Law:
The 2009 Global 100: The Great Game
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AmLaw's Global 100 - Still A Lot Of Money At The Top
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Is there a revolution about to upset the world of law - or is it all hot air?
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Law Firm Leaders, Citigroup GC Discuss Fixed Fees
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Hertz GC Sues Analyst Who Said Company Could Go Bankrupt
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Raft of top firms call for partners to tighten up billing
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Skadden, Paul Weiss, S&C -- but Not Wachtell -- on Hand for CIT's Last Gasp
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More Female Partners: A Noble Goal, but How to Get There?
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Can Remote Access Help Firms Make Female Partners?
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Paradigm Shift: Power-Lawyer Mom, Stay-at-Home Dad
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Marcia Clark (Marcia Clark!)Throws Twist Into Polanski Matter
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Manatt Phelps and Roman Polanski
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Polanski Goes Big; Hires High-Profile, Connected U.S. Lawyer
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Suits for Unpaid Legal Fees in Top 10 for Stupidity, Lawyer Says
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Tales of the Recession
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How Cozen O'Connor Wowed the Summers
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It’s Come to This: Unpaid Internships For Lawyers With One - Three Years Experience
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Summer Associates Happier At Firms That Don’t Do Layoffs
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Dealing With Big Law Survivor's Guilt
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Notes from the Breadline: I Am Waiting
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Law Firm Partner Says Worker’s Alleged $1.2M Theft Forced 10 Layoffs
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Revenue Per Lawyer Drops 3 Percent at Global 100 Law Firms
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Dismissal of Fraud, Malpractice Claims Against Prominent Litigator and Three Firms Upheld
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Judge OKs $54.7 Million in Claims by Victims of Lawyer's Debt-Relief Scam
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Cox Smith Attorneys Have Three Times the Fun Doing Body Shots
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Former "Star" Paul Hastings Associate Spared Prison in Insider Trading Case
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Bryan Cave Exonerated in Ponzi Case
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Mergers and Mass Hires Leave Out-of-Town Firms With Two Manhattan Offices
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Grand Central Shuttle: Firms Moving Manhattan Offices
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9th Circuit: Privilege Didn't Apply to Former Broadcom Executive
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Supreme Court Takes Case on Reach of Gun Rights
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Miami law firm Bilzin Sumberg to move into 1450 Brickell
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Legal Aid Holding Its Own, ‘But Just Barely’
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Partner Says Law Firms Should Take a Cue from Obama, Who Works at Home
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Former Paul Weiss Lawyer is Busy Giving Away Much of His $2.7B
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(Former)Lawyer of the Day: Allen Feingold
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Are Yellow Pages Obsolete for Lawyers?
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Less than Half of Medical Malpractice Suit Dollars Go to the Person Suing
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Lawsuit of the Day: Another Fruity Class Action
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Judges:
Ninth Circuit Appoints Two New Bankruptcy Judges
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California Appeals Judge Scolds Lawyers for Excess of Acronyms
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Wall Street:
World Stocks Mostly Lower on Weak Economic Data
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Asian Stocks Fall on Growth Concern
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A Give-and-Take Day on Wall Street
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Want a job on Wall Street? Good luck.
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The Dead Dogs Of The Dow
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US secretly tried to make deal with Goldman Sachs in wake of financial crisis
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Jobless rates rise in all US cities in August
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Jobs: Look for Lower Losses in September
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IMF Says Rising Joblessness to Weigh on US Growth Next Year
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Chrysler Financial lays off about 360
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Lives after layoffs
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Autos:
Penske Ends Talks to Buy Saturn From G.M.
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Collapse of deal for Saturn stuns GM
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Time for GM to overhaul its culture
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Old liability claims dog new GM
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Saturn shutdown surprises dealers
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GM kills Saturn after Penske ends deal
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Saturn's Sad Story Nears an End
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GM, Chrysler meet with dealers over closings
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GM retirees considering filing claims
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Ford seeks UAW givebacks
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Fiat says it won't renew Chrysler contract
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Corporate Reform:
In Harsh Reports on S.E.C.’s Fraud Failures, a Watchdog Urges Sweeping Changes
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US Officials See Challenges, Promise For Global Financial Regulation
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Dodd Presses For Consolidating Regulators
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Bernanke to Urge 'Strong' Consumer Protection in House Hearing
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Funds Try to Ward Off New Regulations
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Hotels:
Ex- bankruptcy judge to lead Extended Stay probe
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Hockey:
Bankruptcy judge rejects both bids to buy Coyotes
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Balsillie gives up bid for Coyotes
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Hamilton residents refuse to give up NHL dream
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Derivatives:
Metavante court ruling retains swap safe harbor-ISDA
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Celebs:
Vick to Turn Over $400K to DoL
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Randy & Evi Quaid's Long History Of Financial Trouble
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Pamela Anderson's home from home... a one-bedroom mobile shack
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Private Equity:
Private equity seeks creative distressed deals
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Movies:
'Terminator' Looking for Buyers After Hedge Fund Suit
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Economy:
Paul Volcker: You Call This An Economic Recovery?
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Q2 GDP shrinks less, private jobs fall in Sept
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Chicago Fed Midwest factory activity down in August
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Economic Growth Seen Slowing by Year's End
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IMF Raises 2010 Growth Forecast; Asia Leads Recovery
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IMF Cuts Forecast for Global Losses to $3.4 Trillion
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Kohn Says Low Rate Likely Warranted for Extended Time
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US Treasury launches first toxic asset funds
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Treasury Strikes Two Deals for Distressed Securities
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Greenspan Sees Economy Slowing in 2010 as Stocks 'Flatten Out'
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Miller Buckfire exec sees long downturn
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Bailouts Through the Back Door
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Some businesses thrive in spite of a downturn - or even because of it
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US wealthiest lost $300 billion in last year: Forbes list
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Gates Still Forbes' Richest American in 'Billionaire Bloodbath'
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Countries Billionaires Could Buy
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Meet the Taxpayers' $3 Trillion Watchdog
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The real reason that capitalism is so crash-prone.
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:
Q&A: Shiller Sees Flat Home Prices
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CMBS face bankruptcy test
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A Full House Beats the Recession
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Two Risks That Paralyze Mortgage Renegotiations
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New Bill Will Force Modifications and Restrict Foreclosures
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Are Distressed Homes Worth It?
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Principal Reductions Jumped In Q2
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Mastro moved assets offshore, bankruptcy trustee charges
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Caranalli Gets Bankruptcy Protection With Debts of $165-million
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Carinalli creditors respond to bankruptcy filing
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Fannie's Single-Family Serious Delinquency Rate Hits 4.17%
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Developer to close Sun City Center golf course
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Private mortgage insurance volume hits record low
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50% Of Rescued Mortgages Have Re-Defaulted
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Finance:
CIT Plans for Exchange Offer and Potential Bankruptcy
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CIT May Pit Bondholders Against Each Other With Debt Swap Offer
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Can CIT Survive a Bankruptcy Filing?
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CIT Collapse Would Be A Mess, Turnaround Pros Say
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Without CIT, Life Is Tougher, but Better
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CIT Plans Debt Swap, Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy Option
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CIT Shareholders Hold Breath
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Time to let CIT go
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CIT Shares, Debt Slump Amid Wait for Restructuring Plan
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Lenders Expect to Make More Loans In Q4
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Ratings Agencies:
Executive Denies That Moody’s Inflated Ratings
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Rating agencies protest broader oversight
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Moody's gets hammered from all sides
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Drop Moody's Into a Volcano
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Fashion:
U.A.E. Sheik May Rescue Lacroix
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Mariella Burani says banks could swap debt
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Slashing personal expenses to $1,000 a night: The recession hits the fashion industry
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Building Materials:
Panolam Announces Agreement Regarding Restructuring
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Gambling:
New bidder to make offer for Trump casinos
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New Century Investments Targets Trump Entertainment Resorts
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Trump Entertainment CEO surprised by new bidder
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Penn Natl looking at Fontainebleau Las Vegas-CFO
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Florida Court to Hear Fontainebleau's Case
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Court Considers Liquidation for Fontainebleau
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Corporate Governance:
In a Leveraged Buyout With a Controlling Stockholder, Loyal Directors Must Actively Negotiate
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Fraud:
Chais Accuses Madoff Trustee of Seizing His Money
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Madoff Investor Chais Seeks Access to Goldman Sachs Account
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SIPC Coverage: Madoff Yes, Nadel No
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Stanford's Alleged Document Shredder Wants Indictment Dismissed
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Credit Counseling:
Some debt-relief services offer more grief than relief
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Insurance:
D&O Insurance: Additional Consideration, "Loss," and the "Bump Up" Exclusion
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California regulators seize struggling insurer Golden State Mutual Life
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Compensation:
Feinberg Questions Rescinding Company Execs' Pay
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Accounting:
UK E&Y coy about 7.9% growth
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E&Y global revenues fall 6.8% in USD
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Sharp decline reported in number of New York area accounting professionals
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Banking:
BofA CEO Lewis out by year's end, search on for successor
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Lewis departure catches BofA board off guard
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The Merger That Ruined Lewis
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Bank of America seen looking internally for Lewis successor
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Federal Reserve Puts Four More Banks on Notice
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The junk, and treasures, of bank failures
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Equifax: Commercial bankruptcies up in Q2
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Bankruptcy Prediction:
Lawsuit Raises Questions About Limits Of Stock Research Calls
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Exemptions:
Schwab v. Reilly -- The Amicus Brief
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Immigration:
Former Agriprocessors CFO Pleads Guilty
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Advertising:
Rate of Decline in Global Ad Spending Slows, Report Shows
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Cable Television:
Charter bankruptcy ruling delayed
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Retailing:
How CIT saved Christmas
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Kohl's Opens Stores at Ex-Mervyn's Locations
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Outlet Centers Rise to the Top During Recession
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Television:
New Vision Exits Bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
FairPoint: 'No evidence' for license revocation
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FairPoint defends itself at phone service hearing
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Nortel to prepare for Oct. 13 trial
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Newspapers:
The Star Tribune's first big post- bankruptcy departure
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Unions could hold key to fate of Chicago Sun-Times
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Decision looms for ailing Chicago daily
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Credit Cards:
CARD Act Compliance Could Be Moved from February 2010 to December 1, 2009
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Horticulture:
Proposed settlement in Pike Nurseries' bankruptcy
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Aviation:
Economy grounds air cargo industry
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Frontier Airlines exits bankruptcy today
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Pension fight needs trial, judge rules
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Tax:
Nortel, IRS to Face Off At Trial Over $3B Tax Bill
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Health Care:
Hospitals Know That Getting Efficient Is A Big Money Loser
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Swiss Health Care Thrives Without Public Option
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A Dozen Disturbing Health Care Statistics
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Mental illness worse in downturn
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Borrowing Outpacing Tuition Increases
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Food/Drink:
PCA to return to US Bankruptcy Court
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UK:
UK emerging as restructuring capital of Europe
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UK Banks Agree to Limit Bonus Pay Before Law Change
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IMF Raises UK 2010 Growth Forecast on Housing Market, Pound
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HMRC faces wall of silence from banks over offshore accounts
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Funds to flee London as banker pressure backfires
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Audit firms left unprotected against claims of negligence
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Britain to make 'stronger' exit from recession
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EU:
Europe Economy Recovering - IMF
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Euro zone joblessness hits 10-year high of 9.6 pct
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IMF predicts sluggish recovery in Europe
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Factory Activity Shrinks In September
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Canada:
Attractions Hippiques provides its creditors with restructuring plan
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Germany:
Germany Benefits from Global Recovery
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German retail sales fall unexpectedly in August
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Russia:
Rising debts driving increased state involvement in economy
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Japan:
Business confidence in Japan up for second quarter
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Iceland:
Over 500 Icelandic Companies Go Bankrupt
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Africa:
Sub-Saharan Africa's Per-Capita Income to Fall, IMF Forecasts
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Middle East:
IMF sees stronger Middle East growth in 2010
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China:
Beijing moves to halt its growth juggernaut
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Ukraine:
Ukraine's Naftogaz Indicates Default on Bonds
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