Law:
Summer Slots Dry Up, but Firms Unsure How Deep Cuts Will Go
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How Lawyers Can Tap the Hidden Job Market
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Small Law Firms: Is the Grass Really Greener?
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The Case for Lower Associate Salaries
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Lessons from a Meltdown
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Loans and Moans
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The Hours Follow-Up: If you're looking at less than 1600 in 2009, you're not alone.
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Lawyers in Lyondell case show chemical dependency
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Where's My Signing Bonus???
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Nationwide No Offer Watch: Look to the Left, Look to the Right, One of You Will Not Be Working At Cadwalader
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Journey With Us Now to Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: P.S., We're Cutting Your Pay
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The open-book approach to reaching a flat-fee agreement with a firm
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'That's Hot!' Paris Hilton Wins 'Hallmark' Decision at Ninth Circuit
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Sherman & Howard gains 3 bankruptcy attorneys in Phoenix
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Chadbourne & Parke Expands Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
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Cohen Firm Adds New Bankruptcy Head
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Macfarlanes adds to restructuring
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Fla. Bar Board to Surf Social Websites for Adverse Applicant Info
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Reform group takes aim at Calif. trial lawyers
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New Managing Partner At Morris Manning
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Fish & Richardson to Close 28-Attorney Office in Austin, Texas
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The Fish Ain’t Sizzling in Texas; IP Firm To Close Austin Office
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New TX solicitation Law Called Unconstitutional
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Toyota may face demands to reopen settled crash cases in light of accusations by a former company lawyer
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Opinion Letters Become Flash Point for Privilege Dispute
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Law Firm Leaders Should Meet Budgets or Take a Pay Cut
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Doing What Felt Right Put Lawyer, 33, at Helm of Own Practice
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Kasowitz Loses Summary Judgment Motion Against Banks in $3 Billion Las Vegas Resort Case
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Court Reporter Not Entitled to Fee for Copied Transcript
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Gonzo for Gonzo! The Former AG Talks. . . and Talks . . . and Talks
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State AGs Report Hearing More Credit Complaints
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In $2.9 Million 'Blast Fax' Settlement, Plaintiffs Get Coupons and Lawyers Get Cash
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Lawsuit of the Day: Don't Like Your Grade? Sue Your School.
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Kilpatrick's attorney says he put client first
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Legal Tab So Far in University of Illinois Admissions Scandal: $439,800
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Dick Cheney and the Rule of Law
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Justice Dept. Again Fielding Charges of Politics
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Justice Dept. to Recharge Enforcement of Civil Rights
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Mom Loses Case Over Unauthorized 10 a.m. Breast-Pumping Bathroom Break
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Virginia May Be For Lovers, But Constance Bay Is For ...
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Judge's Influences Include Obscure Bruce Willis Movies
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Chevron Accuses Judge of Taking Bribes in Tort Case
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Wall Street:
US Stock-Index Futures Drop
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Markets Close Lower After Sell-Off in China
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Shanghai Index May Drop 25% as China Stocks in Bubble
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Bonds bounce on stock selloff
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Brokerages' Signing Bonuses May Fuel Abuses, SEC Chairman Warns
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Study Asserts World's Stocks Controlled by "Select Few"
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AFL-CIO, Dems push new Wall Street tax
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Wall Street Stealth Lobby Defends Derivatives Haul
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Finance Layoffs: BofA, Citizens and more
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Is Unemployment the Worst Since the Great Depression?
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Employment for Young Hits Record Low
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Laid Off and Learning . . . to be a DJ
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Boomers Take a Step Back Down the Career Ladder
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Lessons of Extreme Job Hunting
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Credit Cards:
Citigroup sells three credit card portfolios
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Least Informative Announcement
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Older People Using More Plastic
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Sales:
Section 363: a useful tool for asset sales in bankruptcy
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Article on Chrysler and GM 363 Sales
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Banking:
Better and worse ways to fail
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Big banks are even bigger than before
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Bank Losses - CRE Sword Of Damocles
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How a Bank's Directors Failed its Shareholders
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What Big Banks Can Learn From A Sub-Sub-Prime Lender - 100% Payback Rate
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Home Loan Executives bank is teetering
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Bank of America Aims to Repay Some US Aid
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US turns profit on bank bailouts
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Dresdner Bankers Jump The Gun
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Merkel, Sarkozy Take Aim At Bank 'Excesses'
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Bad Faith:
Implications of The Recent "Bad Faith Filing" Decision In General Growth Properties' Bankruptcy Proceeding
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Hedge Funds:
Amaranth Cleared in SEC Probe
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Retailing:
Barneys eyes restructuring or bankruptcy : report
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Cleaned Sheets
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Still No One Shopping
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OfficeMax could use help of 'easy button'
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Saratoga Shoe Depot files for bankruptcy
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Automatic Stay:
The 5th Circuit Helps Answer The Question Of Who Owns An Automatic Stay Violation Claim
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Distressed Investing:
Cerberus to Raise New Funds After Investors Pull $4.77 Billion
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Baby Steps - Angelo Gordon Distressed Fund
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Accounting:
FASB Proposes Broader Fair-Value Reports
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E-mail blunders you know you'll regret
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Handicapping Firm Failure
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Guess the Tab: E&Y Edition
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Cash and Cash Equivalents, Insolvent State Version
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Economy:
Business Activity Rises More Than Expected
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US Income Slump Biggest on Record
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Factory And Lending Data Cast Recovery Doubt
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US turnaround experts see light in 2010
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TARP could have cost taxpayers $700 billion. Now it looks like it might break even.
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Wait: Are Taxpayers Really Seeing a Profit From the Bailout?
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Some Profits From TARP, but Are They Enough?
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Blaming Hoover (for Helping Workers)
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Krugman: The burden of debt
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Men's Underwear Sales Dip
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:
Commercial Real Estate Lurks as Next Potential Mortgage Crisis
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Commercial Mortgage Defaults Jump for US Banks
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The Paradox of Empty Storefronts
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Foreclosure Or Receivership? Handling Distressed Properties
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A House Used to Own Me
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Nudist Property Market Survives U.S. Housing Disaster
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Is Angelo Mozilo a villain or just vilified?
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Ex-Countrywide Execs' Firm Modifies Bad Loans for Taxpayer Cash
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Hedgies Still Paying Record Rents In Greenwich
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Colorado condo owner files for bankruptcy
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A first step for Fannie and Freddie
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Appraisal rules cause depreciation, critics say
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Developer-owned NY bank hit with cease and desist
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Colonial, Taylor Bean Woes Impact ABCP, RMBS Deals
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FDIC Says TB&W Is Holding Homeowners 'Hostage'
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Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Mess
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Mortgage, escrow checks are frozen in legal standoff
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Mining:
Bankruptcy judge backs Grupo Mexico bid for Asarco
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Grupo Mexico Wins Judge's Support to Retake Asarco
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Asarco is awarded to Grupo, ex-owner
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Miner Asarco awaits key bankruptcy recommendation
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Fraud:
Madoff Liquidator May 'Claw Back' Charities' Profits
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Madoff's Long Island beach getaway put up for sale
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Stanford: "... it does not appear there will be any Estate left..."
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Allen Stanford to undergo heart tests:
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Signs point to more charges in Stanford case
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Rogue Trader Ordered to Stand Trial, Lawyer Says
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SEC Sues Man for Defrauding Church Community in Ponzi Scheme
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Hedge Fund Exec Charged With Petters Conspiracy
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Insurance:
AIG CEO Sees No Need To Work In The Office
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AIG Claim of Breach by Starr Is Rejected by Judge
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Life Insurance Sales Post Biggest Drop Since 1942
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Waxman Demands Insurers Explain 'Purging' Clients
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Trucking:
YRC Names Chief Strategy Officer
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YRC Worldwide secures key $950M credit amendment
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Finance:
General Growth Properties Rulings Raise Concerns with Bankruptcy-Remote Structures
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GGP Ruling Exposes Weaknesses in Popular Bankruptcy Remote SPE Structures
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Single Purpose Entity or All in the Corporate Family?
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Next Step for Microfinance: Taking Deposits
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Personal Finance:
Man Immune to Recession
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Loan Sharks Circle the Credit-Starved
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Oil/Gas:
Semco: Court allows legal costs
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SemGroup mediation requested
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After 150 years, age of oil entering an efficiency phase
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Baseline Oil & Gas files for bankruptcy protection
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Newspapers:
Zell's Role 'Unclear' After Bankruptcy
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You’re Gone. But Hey, You Can Reapply.
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Tribune Judge Approves Sale Process for Cubs
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Philly Newspapers Ad Sparks Creditors’ Ire
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Newspaper Cuts Clip Younger Workers
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Ex-WSJ publisher among picks to lead Star Tribune
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Pa. newspaper chain bids on NH paper
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Philanthropy:
Drops in corporate giving exceed forecasts
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Travel:
Travel site sued by several casinos files for bankruptcy
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United's Credit-Card Fee Draws Travel Agents' Protest
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Chemicals:
Lyondell seeks injunction to protect Europe units
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Lyondell lenders challenge Apollo/Access for fulcrum in backstop battle redux
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Tax:
UBS Tax Evasion Cases to Be Probed by IRS Corporate Auditors
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IRS to Mine Mortgage-Payment Data
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Student Debt:
Should U.S. Adopt U.K. Student Loan Program?
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Aviation:
China's East Star bankrupt after court rejects investment plans
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Slovak-based airline SkyEurope files for bankruptcy
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Shipping:
Shipping Rates Seen Falling 50%
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Finance:
CIT To Defer Interest Payment On Note Series; Shares Down
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Corporate Reform:
Broadcom Settles Stock Options Backdating Claims for $118 Million
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Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Health Care:
Medical center in involuntary bankruptcy filing under siege by creditors
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Until Medical Bills Do Us Part
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CVS Clinics Match Care Offered at Physician's Offices in Study
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Health-Care Anger Has Deeper Roots
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Autos:
Avoid GM stock, investors told
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Rate of past due auto loans rises in 2nd quarter
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Busted auto deals drive off Cerberus investors
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Future claimants' interests in Chrysler bankruptcy
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Dealers Still Waiting For 'Clunker' Cash...
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Sayonara, California
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HHI Holdings To Buy FormTech Assets
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Auto Suppliers Reach for the Scalpel
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Selling Opel key to rebuilding GM
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Toyota accused of hiding test evidence
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Lehman:
PwC Basically Says That the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy is a Trainwreck
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Lehman shares jump in over-the-counter trading
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
HI bankruptcy filings trail in August
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Lexicon:
Pre-Fired
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Committees:
DE Organizational Meetings
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Magazines:
Women's Magazines Fare Poorly in Latest Circulation Figures
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M&A:
M&A's Late Summer Bump: Good Things to Come?
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Compensation:
Pension Advisers for G.M. Are Part of Pay Czar’s Review
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AIG Chief Benmosche Says Cuomo 'Unbelievably Wrong'
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Pensions:
Worse than Madoff?
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Just as We Learn to Love Saving, Government May Limit 401(k)Contributions
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Small Business:
Six businesses, one bad economy
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Corporate Governance:
"Better" Corporate Governance Made Banks Riskier
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Celebs:
Annie Leibovitz's exit strategy
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Batman vs. the Taxman
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William Jefferson Files For Bankruptcy
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Ex-congressman Jefferson runs out of cold, hard cash
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Vick's bankruptcy stay nears its end
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Hockey:
Balsillie's tactics 'bizarre': Melnyk
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Hockey's 'crooked timber' extends beyond the sticks
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Food/Drink:
Benihana Restaurants' Profit Falls 50 Pct in 1Q
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Tech:
Mac clone maker in legal tussle with Apple again
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Private Equity:
Freedom's failure marks setback for sponsors
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A Motown headache for Cerberus
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Jewelry:
Tiffany Pursues Diamond Sales of Fallen Competitors
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Gambling:
Station Casinos' creditors file new objection
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Municipalities:
Strapped cities lay off workers, cancel projects
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Fitness:
Crunch to Exit Bankruptcy After Sale to Angelo Gordon
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UK:
Worst of slump yet to come, says economist
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Tight lending sparks fears for recovery
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Brown pledges bonus clampdown
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UK output hit forever, say experts
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EU:
European retailers fear working capital and supply chain risks
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Euro jobless rate climbs to 9.5 pct
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Germany:
German move to stop banks becoming 'too big to fail'
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Canada:
Canada's Economy Cratered 3.4% in 2Q
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China:
Sina Profit Declines 41% as Internet-Ad Sales Drop
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Iceland:
Iceland To Save Itself By Parting With Half Of Yearly Economic Output
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Mexico:
Satmex Seeks Restructuring Accord by Year-End, Stein Says
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Comercial Mexicana Bondholders Agree to Debt Exchange
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Italy:
Italy's Risanamento wins more time for revamp plan
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