October 9, 2009

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Law:

Cadwalader Slashes Billing Rates for Treasury Work
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For potshots at bankruptcy , it's Miller time
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Hogan & Hartson and Lovells in Merger Talks
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What a Hogan/Lovells Merger Would Mean
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Lovells and Hogan - something transatlantic this way comes?
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Bankruptcy Attorneys Eye High Court Argument on Legal Advice Rules
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BofA Shareholder Urges Board to Unmuzzle Former GC
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Heller Bankruptcy on Track for $5M/Year in Lawyer Fees
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A Look at Orrick’s Crisis Management Practice
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Outside Counsel Spending Projected to Drop by 4.3 Percent
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Edwards Angell Wants Responses to Offers in Three Weeks (or Less)
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How DLA Piper Plans to Save $1M a Year in Travel Costs
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Firm rumored to be cutting salaries by up to 42%
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Lawyer Loses Unemployment Cash Because of $1.30 in Daily Blog Income
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Everyone's A Loser in Pitcock v. Kasowitz Benson
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Jury Finds Astor's Son Guilty of Looting Estate
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Astor's Son Marshall Led Astray by Co-Defendant Morrissey, Key Juror Says
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3 Lawyers Among 12 Charged in $9M Mortgage Fraud Case
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11th Circuit Bounces Attorney's Contempt Sentence Back to Florida Federal Judge
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$567 Million Fee Award Upheld in Fen-Phen Litigation
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Bingham Lawyer Discusses His Erin Andrews Strategy
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Meese: Trial lawyers draining the economy
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Pls Hndle Thx: I Can’t Quit You
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Laid-Off Associate Finds New Job Outside a Law Firm
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Confirmation that dozens of firms won't consider laid off candidates
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Is It Time to Revamp the NALP Rules? (And: Another firm abandons the 45-day rule.)
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Law Firm Loses Debt Collection Case; Plaintiff’s Attorney to Seek 6-Figure Fee
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whocanisue.com Comes Under Fire in Florida
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Banana Attorneys to Plea for Mercy Before Ninth Circuit
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Defense Lawyer Defends His Grillz Strategy
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Further Misadventures in Lawyer Advertising: Where Did Jane Clark Find Her Hubba-Hubba Photo?
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Kristin Larson gets to know both Emperor penguins and Skadden lawyers
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The Childless Lawyer's Revenge
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Say What?!
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Judges:

A ‘Visibly Angry’ Justice Scalia Ponders ‘Some Conglomerate of a Cross’
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Coming to the Defense of Judge Kevin P. Moriarty
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1st Latina Named to Top Texas Court; Other Hispanics May Soon Be Fed'l Judges
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Benevolence is an abuse of discretion
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Wish list for fed judges plus for Texas
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Senate hearing on judgeships
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Wall Street:

US Futures Fluctuate After Bernanke Comments on Fed Policy
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Stocks rally on earnings hopes
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Bank Buster: Elizabeth Warren is Wall Street's Worst Nightmare
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Ex-Bear Stearns Fund Manager Worries in Unsealed E-Mails About `Blow Up'
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Jobless Claims Hit 9-Month Low
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Dell has announced plans to shut down a factory in Winston-Salem, N.C. and trim its workforce by 90
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Aer Lingus is expected to cut up to 650 worker
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RedCats USA will lay off 490 employees
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Unemployment Over 10% Will Suppress U.S. Consumer Spending, Survey Shows
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Ex-autoworkers find temp work
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Newspapers:

Bankruptcy judge approves Sun-Times sale
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'Sun-Times' Staffers Welcome Sale to 'A Chicago Guy'
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US judge backs Philadelphia newspaper creditors
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Lenders Can Use Debt to Buy Philly Newspapers
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Newspapers allowed to hire investigator
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Credit Cards:

Democrats want credit card reform effective sooner
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Credit Card Shock: Payments May Skyrocket
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Trucks:

Truck parts maker Accuride files for bankruptcy
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Banking:

'Bank Minded. Wild at Heart'
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Dealing With the Shadow Banking System
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Lehman:

Bank of America Said to Be Selling Lehman Claim
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Lehman Administrators Ask to Pay Brokerage Clients $3.3 Billion
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Ethanol:

Aventine reconsiders sale in bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Vitol to buy Semgroup's GP, get more US oil assets
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Edge Petroleum Soars on Chapter 11 Ruling
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Saudis ask for aid if world cuts dependence on oil
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Religion:

Davenport Diocese Back in Court
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Deadline looms in Jesuit sex abuse lawsuit
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Economy:

US jobless claims hit lowest level since January
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Fed Is Split Over Timing of Rate Rise
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Obama's Economic Adviser Summers Rejects `New Normal' of Slow U.S. Growth
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Why Obama's Team Won't be Able to Fix Economy
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A Rocky Road to Economic Recovery
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Interest Rates Are Unchanged in Europe and Britain
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Proposals to create jobs add up to second stimulus
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Obama, Republicans spar over effectiveness of stimulus
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Bernanke Ready to Tighten When Recovery Sufficient
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Timmy's Telephone Travesty: Why Geithner Needs a Bailout Now
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U.S. Mortgage Backer May Need Bailout, Experts Say
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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:

Obama Claims Progress on Mortgage Mess
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TARP Oversight Group Says Treasury Mortgage Plan Not Effective
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Why Authorities Haven't Stopped the Foreclosure 'Rescue' Boom
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Will Risky FHA Loans Prompt Another Big Bailout?
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Manhattan apartment leasing down 59% in year
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Go Ahead, Throw Them the Keys
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More Commercial Loans Enter Special Servicing as Performance Worsens
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Special Servicers Get 6% Busier
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JPMorgan, Others to Pay $100 Million to Settle Subprime Suit, Lawyer Says
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Roubini says housing market hasn't bottomed
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Congress May Extend Credits for Home Sales
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Worries About Stability of Another Mortgage Giant
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Mortgage rates remain below 5 percent
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Fannie and Freddie Continue to Struggle, Lawmakers Told
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Geithner says loan modifications accelerating
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California Home Sales Expected to Fall in 2010
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DFW Homes Sales Down 34% in 3Q
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Bank of America/Countrywide REOs Fall To February 2007 Levels
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Bank objects to THP examination
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Retailing:

Retailers' Sales for September Only Reach 2005 Levels
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Retailers see ray of hope as sales in September rise 0.6%
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A Retailer's Journey Ends With Liquidation
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Mervyn's HQ joins default parade
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Shoppers With Money in Hand Find Less Luxury to Buy at Saks, Neiman Stores
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September same-store sales top expectations
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Pensions:

NY AG:Lawmakers To Seek End Sole Trustee For Retirement Fund
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Hockey:

Bankruptcy judge declines NHL and Balsillie bids
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Prospective owners to take first-hand look at the Coyotes
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Autos:

New GM board to review business plan
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GM: What Its Progress Report Doesn't Say
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GM Said to Near $150 Million Hummer Sale to Tengzhong
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CEO: Chrysler profitable by 2011
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Hecker says cash is from friends
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Settlement near in $90M Delphi suit
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Germany Seeks to Patch Up Splits Over Opel
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Finance:

CIT and Pimco: Collateral Damage
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Commercial Paper Market Expands Most in Almost a Year
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Compensation:

Judge Disagrees with Congress on Bonuses
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The man behind the pay czar poker face
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Twin River drops request to pay bonuses
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Pay czar urged to stop BofA CEO pension
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An interesting look at Merrill's pay plan
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Former Nortel CEO claims bankrupt company owes him $12 million
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Student Debt:

Clock ticking on student loans
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Debt Collection:

Law Firm's Debt Collection Review Violated Federal Act, Judge Says
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Small Percentage Of Attorneys File Most FDCPA Lawsuits
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Accounting:

Grant Thornton's Latest Survey Reminds Everyone That Your Chances of Getting Another Job Are Still Pretty Slim
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Comp Watch '10: Is PwC Phoning It in Already?
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Ernst & Young Performance Ratings Are Super Top Secret - Most of the Time
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Training:

Dynetech parent company files Ch. 11
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Mining:

Asarco takeover's final stage to begin showdown due in Texas court
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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 Statistics:

Consumer Bankruptcies Soar in September, Arizona Jumps 77%
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Corporate Governance:

What Does Veil Piercing Success Mean Anyway?
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Payday Lending:

Financial firms agree to pay $100M in American Business Financial Services case
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Theme Parks:

Amusing no more: Last ride for a US park
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Municipalities:

California Raises Yields, Scales Back Bond Sale to $4.1 Billion
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Health Care:

Pols press for hearings on hospital closures
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Judge delays decision in Luna bankruptcy case
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Half of adults in debt may have a mental health problem
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Controlling Healthcare Costs The American Way: Not Doing It
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Fraud:

Madoff judge freezes Beverly Hills money manager's assets
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Oklahoma receiver controls assets in alleged Ponzi scheme
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LandAmerica: The final days appeared like a Ponzi scheme
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Woman sues broker, bank over Cedar Funding investment
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Consumer Debt:

Credit Scores Improve, Debt Declines
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Corporate Reform:

New SEC Goals Emphasize Enforcement -- and Winning
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Derivatives Lobby Links With New Democrats to Blunt Obama Plan
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Financial Reform: Lessons from 1929
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Derivatives:

Derivatives Month in Review
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Elevator Music:

We're Gonna Party Like It's Your Birthday
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ARS:

When Law Obscures the Facts
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Committees:

Upcoming DE Organizational Meetings
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Shipping:

Bulk-Shipping Lines Must Cancel 50% of New Orders
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Magazines:

Could the closing of Gourmet mark a bottom for the magazine business?
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Aviation:

Flying Into Headwinds
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Fashion:

Recession's Celebrity Fashion Victims
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Designer Yamamoto files for bankruptcy protection
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Enron:

Financial disarray and the collapse of Enron as seen on the London stage
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Gambling:

Pa. cites Pittsburgh casino for missing payment
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Bankruptcy judge opts to tap examiner in Fontainebleau case
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Major US Casinos Still in Slump
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UK:

Channel insolvencies drop in Q3
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Plastic Fantastic? Britain's Credit Card Love Affair
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No-Money-Down Property Loans That Sank UK Housing Return
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U.K. Producer Prices Rose 0.5% in September, More Than Economists Forecast
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England Overtakes US as Top Financial Center
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EU:

Trichet Signals Rates on Hold as Euro's Gains Threaten Recovery
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European Unemployment
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Thomson Default-Swaps Settlement May Snarl Debt Restructurings in Europe
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Canada:

New credit card laws threat to consumers, critics charge
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Yangarra plans restructuring under bankruptcy act
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Canwest employees worried
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CanWest and the future of Canadian journalism
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CanWest's woes are nothing to do with me, says Black
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Forestry's future: Abitibi under siege
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Russia:

Russia's Motor City braces for widespread layoffs
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Middle East:

Restructuring in the Middle East
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