October 12, 2009

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Law:

Heller Creditors Target Accountants
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McKenna’s Smart Move: Hiring More Bankruptcy Lawyers Before Downturn
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Sparks Fly In Chrysler Debate
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Last Week In Layoffs
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Stealth Layoff Watch: Nixon Peabody
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Layoff Watch: Foley & Lardner Lays Off 39
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Mystery Meeting at Winston & Strawn
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Nationwide No Offer Watch: Fenwick & West Sends Letters of Endorsement, But Not a Lot of Offers
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Hogan & Hartson/Lovells?
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Lovells will axe lockstep to push through Hogan tie-up
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Firm Battles Scammers Writing Fake Checks on Firm's Bank Account
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Why Avowed Bachelor BigLaw Firm Was Suddenly Smitten to Post the Banns With British Bride
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Lawyer's multi-million dollar battle over ruined career
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Baker & Hostetler Gets Into Bar Fight Over Unpaid Legal Bills
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Foley: Company that Sued and Changed Its Mind Sought to Defame the Firm
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Bad News for BigLaw: GCs Expect to Pay Outside Counsel Less in 2010
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Smaller law firms cashing in on bankruptcies
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Northwestern Law Study Takes Aim At “Faux Class Actions”
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Conflicts Between U.S. And U.K. Corporate Privilege Laws
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Is Legal Consulting Going the Way of BigLaw?
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Dreier Loses Law License
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Ethics Ruling Stops Short on Metadata Duty
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EDD Providers Adapt to a Down Economy
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Virtual lawyers or high quality temps?
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A Star Is Born
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Judge Denies Mistrial for Ex-Greenberg Lobbyist After Mistaken Revelation
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Fretful Jottings from a Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Manager Facing Trial
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Firm Rebuffed on Bid to Recoup Costs of Failed Medical Malpractice Suit
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FBI Raids Offices of Fla. Attorney-Accountant
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Have JD, Will Travel: One Lawyer's Road From the Big Apple to Bangalore
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Defense Lawyer’s Courtroom Tactic Results in Eight Arrests
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CA Governor vetoes State Bar dues bill
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A Small Firm the Big Firms Can Turn To
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Novel About Wily 16th-Century Lawyer & Adviser to Henry VIII Wins Rave Reviews
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Another Law Student in Playboy’s Pages
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Is Lawyer’s Ivy Plus Society ‘a Meet Market for the Pedigreed’?
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Lawyer = 18th ‘Best Job in America’
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Mexico's 'narco-lawyers' risk everything
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Armed Robber Sues After Being Shot by Armed Victim
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Article on Judge Peter Carroll
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Contempt Isn't a Felony, Says 11th Circuit, Eliminating Possible Draconian Sentences
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C-SPAN's Supreme Court Week
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O'Connor Leaves Court Then Gripes About the Result
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Sotomayor Puts Stamp on a Court Day
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Wall Street:

European Stocks, US Futures Gain as Bonds Fall; Dollar Rises
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Crude Oil Rises a Third Day as Equities Spur Recovery Hopes
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Wall St Week Ahead: For stocks, it's all about earnings
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Cioffi, Tannin Face US Jury Over Bear Stearns Funds Collapse
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Jobs Wanted, Any Jobs at All
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For Long-Term Unemployed, Payments Near End
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Job Competition Toughest Since Recession Began
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Fraud:

Stanford Can Use Lloyd's Insurance to Pay Lawyers, Judge Rules
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The Madoff Case Turns Oedipal
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Alleged Ponzi Schemer Nicholas Cosmo Jailed
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Cosmo Returns to Jail for Violating Bail Order on Computer Use
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Doctor Charged With Fraud For Prescribing Herbs to Cancer Patients
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Okun: Follow the Money
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Lehman:

Barclays-Lehman Papers Should Be Public, Trustee Says
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The New Lehman Trade: Selling the Bankruptcy Claims
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BofA's Lehman Claim: Collateral Damage
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Lehman: The art of the deal
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Now, Lehman Brothers' art collection for sale
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Retailing:

Vero Beach outlet mall faces bankruptcy
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Food/Drink:

Bankruptcies for restaurants a sign of times
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Legal Fight Looms Over Tavern on the Green
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Health Care:

Mounting medical bills a factor in a rise in bankruptcies
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Patients tangled in health dispute
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Employees May See New Insurance Choice This Fall
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Utilities:

Energy Future debt exchange in jeopardy
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Economy:

Dollar facing 'power-shift': analysts
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Fed futures raise bets on rate hike
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A Bounce? Indeed. A Boom? Not Yet.
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Fed's Bullard warns on inflation, unemployment
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El-Erian `New Normal' May Beat Summers `Rocket Ship' in Economic Reports
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In 2009, about 40% of income taxes will go towards debt interest payments
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Recession hitting hard along the Appalachian Trail
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AIG, others TARP scofflaws
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Economists have told us why the crunch happened, but the why may be better explained through books, theatre and art
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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:

'Faulty' Modification Packages Take Bites out of Borrowers
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Foreclosures Rise in Housing Top Tiers
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Panel Says Obama Plan Won't Slow Foreclosures
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‘Toxic Titles’ Make Mortgage Foreclosures a Lot More Complex
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Unemployment fuels Gotham mortgage mess
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Writedowns on Mortgage-Collection Servicing Make Even JPMorgan Vulnerable
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Treasury urged to alter scope, permanence and scale of mortgage modifications
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Wells Sees 60-70% Loss Severity in Option-ARMs
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Help From Fannie and Freddie for Foreclosed Homes
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KB Home says SEC probes accounting issues
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Mystery Over Accounting Probe May Spook KB Home Investors
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Developer's collapse leads Huntington to sue ex-employee
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Developer linked to mall accused of securities violations
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Projects unravel for Sacramento's New Faze Development
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Developer Michael Mastro Misled Investors, State Says
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First Colony creditors seek cash
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Magazines:

Condé Nast slated to lose $1bn in advertising revenue this year
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Cut down to Si(ze)
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In a Fast Food Nation, No Taste for Gourmet
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Corporate Reform:

Former Wall Street financiers face criminal action
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Emails & Wall St crisis key in Bear Stearns trial
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Citi to Pay Fine Over Derivatives Deals
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Telecoms:

Signs pointing to FairPoint bankruptcy
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Nortel execs get in line for their money
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Hotels:

Clearwater Beach hotel seeks bankruptcy
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Theme Parks:

Bankruptcy court OKs Six Flags settlement deal
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Newspapers:

Sun-Times buyer Jim Tyree: Media magician?
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Eagle Times Returns to News Stands Today
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A Reporter With a ‘Tom Sawyer Business Plan’ Buys a Newspaper
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Media Bankruptcy Update: Creditors Win in Philly Papers Case
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Autos:

Disgruntled car dealer takes case to youtube
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Dumped GM, Chrysler dealerships find new life
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Sparks Fly In Chrysler Debate
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Accuride Receives Court Approval on "First-Day" Motions
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GM to drop ad agency for luxury Cadillac brand
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GM, Chinese firm reach Hummer deal
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Volkswagen 9-Month China Sales Rise 37% on Stimulus
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Opel Sale Contract May Come This Week
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Banking:

Failures of Small Banks Grow, Straining F.D.I.C.
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Stiglitz Says Large Banks Should Face Derivatives Trading Ban
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Scant Earnings Relief as Banks Build Reserves
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The Bank Everyone Loves to Hate
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Have Banks No Shame?
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Citigroup Hires Mr. Inside
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Calm summer may hint at banks’ true earnings power
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Awal seeks US bankruptcy protection
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Group Of Small Shareholders to Sue RBS
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Dutch DSB Bank denies it is on brink of bankruptcy
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DSB put under central bank control
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Oil/Gas:

Trident Resources Files For Chap 11
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Corporate Governance:

What Factors Correlate With Veil Piercing Success?
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Boating:

Crisis creates glut of yachts
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Private Equity:

When Buyout Firms Flip and Flee
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Simmons a tale of being bought, drained, sold out
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European PE Is 'Kind Of A Mess Out There'
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Alvarez & Marsal’s Hiring Spree
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)

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 Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Bankruptcy Prediction:

Open Your Books to Chapter 22
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Analyst's audacity floors firms
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy filings slow in 3rd quarter
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Bankruptcy Means Test Irony: As Incomes Drop, More May Have To File Chapter 13
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Judge Rules that Spouses Debts are Considered Separately for Eligibility for Chapter 13
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Claim Trading:

Lying Is Wrong
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Litigation:

E-Mails a Flash Point in Bear Stearns Managers' Fraud Trial
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Insurance:

1st Circuit: Individual Parties Must Be Named for D&O Coverage to Apply
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Gambling:

Fontainebleau a symbol of bad timing, not the only victim
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Personal Finance:

The 'Democratization of Credit' Is Over -- Now It's Payback Time
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Hockey:

The Coyotes Bankruptcy and the Meaning of Chrysler
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Coyotes Sell Out Home Opener
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Like Desert Wanderers, Coyotes Endure Disarray
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Education:

Bankruptcy lawyers contend federal vendetta caused Decker College collapse
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Aviation:

Hard calls helped pull Frontier from bankruptcy
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Airlines face rising pressure to cut costs
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The European Union wants passengers affected by airline bankruptcies to be compensated
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Compensation:

Keeping Pay Police at Bay
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Accounting:

KPMG Earns Most From Bank Asset Plan
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SEC investigates KB Home accounting
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Book Reviews:

The Business Judgment Rule: Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors, Sixth Edition
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Celebs:

Vick to rehab on TV
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Wesley gets 'Sniped'
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Municipalities:

California Budget in the Red 10 Weeks After Passage
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'Major Blow' as Debt Sales Loom
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Mayor paints ugly legal picture if tax fails
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Shipping:

Bankruptcies and takeovers to hit global shipping firms
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Finance:

Bonds step in where bank loans fear to tread
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UK:

FSA discouraged European banks from opening London branches
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Rise and fall of a reclusive tycoon
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British PM Brown to Announce Assets Sell-Off
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Kerry Katona's new £40k Hummer
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EU:

Soros says EU "wrong" to push austerity on Latvia
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Canada:

10,000 bankruptcies in August
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Entegrity seeks another court extension
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Bulgaria:

Bulgaria to investigate causes of Kremikovtzi bankruptcy
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Middle East:

Rainy-day oil funds see Mideast through downturn
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Gulf economies to grow 5% in 2010 on oil price rise: IMF
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An Analyst Questions Dubai on Its Heavy Debt Burden
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Australia:

King: I'm not bankrupt
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Iceland:

Icesave time running out for Icelandic government
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