Law:
Heller Bankruptcy Judge to Lawyers: Your Plan Is a Mess
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The Bankruptcy Files: Is The Party Over?
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Legendary Houston Lawyer Finds Himself Playing Defense
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What Was BofA Lawyer's Advice on Merrill? It Depended on the Audience
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Now a Shortage of Foreclosure Attorneys
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Chrysler's bankruptcy judge approves $48 million in payments to 10 lawyers, advisers
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Old GM billed $23M for 90 days in bankruptcy filing
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No Loyalty to Dead Clients?
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Half of Folger Levin to Join Crowell & Moring
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What’s Going On at Finnegan Henderson?
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Allen Matkins Makes Another Salary Cut, And More Layoffs
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NY Firms Remain Strong in DC Despite Slight Drop in Numbers
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Notes from the Breadline: Friends and Other Strangers (Part 1)
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Malpractice Suit Against Proskauer Is Dismissed
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Orly Taitz appeals judge's $20,000 sanction; Calls Land's remarks 'political lynching'
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Suit Calls U.S. Attorney's Office a 'Girls Club'
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To Build Practice, Ex-Bush SG Embraces Liberal Clients
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Supreme Court's 'Iqbal' Ruling to Get Congressional Hearing
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A big property seizure case hits the Supreme Court
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So You Want to Go Solo? You Sure?
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S&C Chair Credits Flexible Policies for Women-Dominated Partnership Class
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New Associates Find Work but Remain Mindful of Bad Economy
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How is technology likely to impact the practice of law in the next few years?
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Public Interest Lawyer Says Loaned Associates Should Be Permanent Program
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UC Hastings Law School to $50K (Non-Resident Tuition)
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Lawyer Indicted for Bankruptcy Fraud Over Client Advice
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‘Vampire’ Law Prof Takes Academic Look at Zombie Litigation
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Lawyer Who Once Weighed 386 Pounds Is Now Running Marathons
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Lawyer of the Day: Samir Zia Chowhan
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Motion of the Day: “We shall meet again you know where”
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Writ of Craving Oyer
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Lawsuit of the Day: Defective Underwear
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Retired Justice O’Connor’s Family Home Is Moved to Museum
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An Affectionate Portrait of Bill Rehnquist, Regular Guy
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Justices Ginsburg, Scalia onstage in Washington National Opera's 'Aridane'
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Thomas to other Supreme Court justices: Hush!"
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Wall Street:
US Stock-Index Futures Advance
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Stocks End Week on a Down Note
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Soros calls Wall St profits 'gifts' from state
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Short Memories at Goldman
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Flirting With Disaster: The Bear Prosecution Hits More Roadbumps
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Wall Street Follies: The Next Act
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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65 and Up and Looking for Work
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Reflecting on the Financial Health of a Former Employer
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Looking for a New Job? Follow the Pink Slips
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Small Business:
Obama Seeks Support For Small Business
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Autos:
Chrysler Financial's fate: A 56% cut in pay, liquidation
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General Motors To Raise CEO Henderson's Compensation
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Chrysler offered $24.25M for Delaware plant
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Bankruptcy hastened deal, insiders say
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Fisker eyes old GM Del. plant
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'No strike' language riles UAW
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Bill would protect those who lost their dealerships
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How Hecker's empire crumbled
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Auto Recyclers Are Feeling Pressed as Clunkers Stack Up With a Deadline Nearing
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Salaried retirees from Delphi Corp. expected to testify
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GM To Encounter Delay In Opel Sale - Reports
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GM's directors to review Opel sales deal in November
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Health Care:
Bankruptcy filing unlikely to harm communities' ratings
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Davis Wright Settles Sunwest Litigation
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Creditors Object to Forum's Interim CEO
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Medical Debt's Hit on Credit is Unfair
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Newspapers:
Tribune Co. bankruptcy case: Bondholder group says company hid fees
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Good news hard to find at U.S. papers
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Brian Tierney's time, money, luck slipping away from his Philly news empire
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Sun-Times union accepts cuts, clearing way for sale
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Gambling:
RI slot parlor closer to ending greyhound racing
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Can Atlantic City Raise the Stakes?
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Finance:
CIT Warns of Big Losses if Investors Reject Plan
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CIT warns bankruptcy may leave next to nothing
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Icahn Proposes Own CIT Bankruptcy Plan
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Carl Icahn exits Yahoo's board to focus 'on other matters'
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Icahn Could Become Top Shareholder at CIT Group
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Dispute over CIT claims
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Obama Urges Small Business Loans
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Capmark , Big Commercial Lender, May File for Bankruptcy
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Capmark Financial Files for Bankruptcy, Has $21 Billion in Debt
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Sequoia branches too far
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Pensions:
Calpers Cleans House, Finally
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Hotels:
The Scottsdale W Escapes Foreclosure
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Resorts:
City National calls Greenbrier loans a problem
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Bidder for Daufuskie Island resort asks for more time
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Economy:
Can Main Street Catch Up with Wall Street?
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Middle America Will Take Brunt of Policies
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Obama Says Small Businesses Must Be at Forefront of Recovery
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How Volcker Became Disillusioned with Obama
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Two Lessons From the 1987 Crash
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Is the Stimulus Really Working at All?
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Too-Big-To-Fail Resolution: Why One Size Can't Fit All
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Warning to US, Canada in UK Economic Data
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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:
Existing-home sales rebound to 2-year high
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Uncle Sam Adds 5% to Prices of Homes, Goldman Says
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More Homeowners Simply Walking Away
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Real Estate Market Reels Again
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First Magnus checks won't go out just yet
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Trustee alleges scam, wants execs to take fall
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If Lenders Say ‘The Dog Ate Your Mortgage’
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House Oversight Leader Agrees to Subpoena Documents on Mortgage Deals
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Opus Parent Closing
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Feds Ready To Start Pushing Banks Toward CRE Loan Workouts
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The Best and Worst Retail Markets in Third Quarter
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Strapped Borrowers Go to Court
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Fewer McMansions on the Horizon
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Senate Sets Home-Buyer Proposals
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Report Sheds Light on Why Homeowners Walk Away
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LA: Going for Broke
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Expect Bankruptcy In The Record Stuyvesant Town Real Estate Deal
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UN Investigator Launches Probe Into US Housing Crisis
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Capmark, Big Commercial Lender, May File for Bankruptcy
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"Shadow" Housing Cloud S. Florida Recovery
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Banking:
7 More Banks Closed, 106 Failed in 2009
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Bank failures hit 106 for year; many more are weak
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US Bank Failures Exceed 100 for Year, First Time Since 1992
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America's big banks are getting healthier. The small fry are not.
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The Debate Over Vilifying Bankers
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New Debit Card Overdraft Law Would Change the Game Entirely
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One Bad Check: $683 in Overdraft Fees
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Bernanke: Smaller Banks Not Necessarily the Answer for 'Too Big to Fail' Dilemma
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How Main Street banks get what they want
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Sorting Out the Secret Money From Switzerland
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Corporate Reform:
Bernanke puts heat on Congress to reform financial regulation
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The delusion of managing unmanageable risk
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In Bear Trial, Prosecution Seems to Falter
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Obama's consumer protection agency passes first test
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US Considers Reining In 'Too Big to Fail' Institutions
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The government's push to standardize over-the-counter derivatives could severely disrupt corporate hedging programs
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Fraud:
Witness in Galleon Case Is Said to Have History of Passing Secrets
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The strong case against Raj Rajaratnam
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Shearman & Sterling Signs On to Wind Down Galleon
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Provocative Legal Developments Involving Rajaratnam and Galleon
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Probe Widening In Galleon Case
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Terror-Funding Suit Filed Against Indicted Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager
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Cozy Valley culture under scrutiny in Galleon case
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Galleon Tip-Seeking on Intel Known to Prosecutors Since 2001
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Galleon insider trading web extends back to 1990s
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Galleon Case: The Richard Grodin File
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Polycom executive placed on administrative leave
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Galleon case complicated by further court action
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Rajaratnam Gets Hit With Highest Bail In US History
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Galleon Founder Puts Up Apt. To Secure Record-Setting Bail
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Galleon scandal's executive conundrum
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Learning to Love Insider Trading
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Galleon managers in Asia explore buyout of fund-sources
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Rajaratnam: Relentless Pursuit of Data
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I'm a victim, pleads dealer hiding from art fraud case
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Bernie bargain Benz
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Bernard Madoff scheme's top beneficiary found dead
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Lawyer: Death complicates Madoff investment case
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Swenson didn't loot DBSI, lawyers say
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Judge limiting costs to Stanford victims
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Skilling's Enron Appeal: Is 'Honest Services Fraud' a Bogus Charge?
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PwC Has the Perfect Solution to This Whole Satyam Misunderstanding
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Aviation:
Cut In Half
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Sham Divorces? Not for a Retirement Plan Administrator to Decide, Says Judge
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Don't expect top-notch service on a bankrupt airline
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Tough week for Delta, in air and at the bank
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Japan govt looking into special law for JAL
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Govt-backed body to oversee JAL turnaround
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Turnaround force tasked with rescuing JAL as it slashes jobs and subsidiaries
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British Airways cut to sell at Deutsche Bank
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Accounting:
The U.S. and international accounting standards boards mull the divide between them on how banks should recognize changes in a loan's fair value
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Health Care:
Senate Bankruptcy hearing
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Small Business Faces Sharp Rise in Costs of Health Care
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How an Insurance Mandate Could Leave Many Worse Off
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Seniors balk at retirement home buy-ins
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Fragrances:
Crabtree & Evelyn Files For Chap 11
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Mass Torts:
Hardie fund 'close to bankruptcy '
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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 Humor:
Bankruptcy Bill
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Compensation:
5 myths about Wall Street pay days
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Fed plan to police bank pay unlikely to curb risk
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Washington's Plans May Result in Even Higher Executive Pay
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AIG to disburse $12M in delayed exec payments
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A Step Forward on Pay
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Wall St. pay wrath thrusts directors in spotlight
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Banks Face Bonus Deadline - Report
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US pay czar emphasizes wide "clawback" power
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Psst...Here's Where Bankers Are Getting A Pay Raise
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Why Are Bankers Paid So Much?
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Banking Pay: ‘Is It Really Risk Mitigation or Just Populist Politics?’
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Bailouts and Bonuses
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Why Wall Street Bonuses Won't Go Away
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Executive pay is only part of the problem
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Companies as diverse as Polo Ralph Lauren and Eli Lilly are adopting executive-pay plans that echo principles laid out by U.S. regulators
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Antitrust:
House Panel Discusses Bankruptcy, Antitrust Issues
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Celebs:
The Obamas pose for Annie Leibovitz. Will it help her avoid bankruptcy ?
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First family's first portrait on the house
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Broke Aussie Author Inspires Bidding Frenzy
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Pammie bankrupt over platinum pool
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Hard-up Fergie out of the red
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I was on the brink of being bankrupt after US lifestyle firm failed, says Duchess
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Toni Braxton Faces Foreclosure
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Behind Michael Jackson's mad money
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Lehman:
Goldman claim a shame
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PricewaterhouseCoopers tries to win approval for Lehman Brothers' assets scheme
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Metavante to appeal swap ruling in Lehman case
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Clearing a Name at Lehman
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Lehman Brothers Examiner Wants to Interview Former SEC Chief
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Telecoms:
Governors talk tough to FairPoint
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Let FairPoint go bankrupt
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FairPoint Voluntarily Files for Ch. 11 Protection
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Personal Finance:
Wealthy Hawk Their Gold for Cash
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Dave Ramsey; Can He Really Get You Out of Debt?
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Oil/Gas:
Bankruptcy filing shows state of oilfield services firms
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Oil Poised To Climb
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Exemptions:
California Homestead Exemption Increases January 1, 2010
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Horse Racing:
Chickasaw Nation submits new top bid for Lone Star Park
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Environmental:
Apex Oil: Environmental Cleanup Liability Survives Bankruptcy
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Utilities:
Few bondholders accept Energy Future Holdings offer
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Food/Drink:
Max & Erma's chain in Pittsburgh files for bankruptcy
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Super 88 files bankruptcy
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Chain eateries feel crunch after the economy went sour
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Credit Cards:
Angry Consumers Cancel Their Credit Cards
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Card issuers rethink policies
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Card companies are fending off criminals and the effects of new laws
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Schumer: Credit card law should take effect sooner
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Prepaid, but not prepared for debit cards' hidden fees
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Hockey:
NHL inches closer to settling Coyotes' fate
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Agriculture:
Lender's Failure Squeezes Dairy Farmers
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Religion:
Diocese's struggles surpass bankruptcy
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Municipalities:
Veloz: Consider bankruptcy for Bayonne
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Bankruptcy : Some Explainers
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UK:
Plan for larger state role in bankruptcy cases attacked
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PwC wins two gongs at Insolvency Rescue Awards
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Conservative Wants Business Credit Scheme
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Prince Andrew defends big bonuses
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Seaside towns' rising tide of personal insolvencies
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Time to Break Up the Megabanks
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Germany:
German consumer confidence for Nov slips
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Canada:
Conservatives willing to change bankruptcy laws: O'Connor
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Details of Canwest's debts outlined in creditor list
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Norway:
Norway Divided by Citizen Wealth Tables
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Japan:
Saving lives by offering debtors a way out
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Korea:
Korean growth at seven-year high
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Mexico:
Mexico Looks to US for Economic Recovery
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