Law:
Bankruptcy fees Boom, bust, bonanza
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Judge cuts Stanford receiver fee request
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Will Wachtel Take The Fall For The Bank of America-Merrill Merger?
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SEC Filing Takes a Dig at Wachtell by Quoting the Firm’s Own Lawyers
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Why Was Bank of America's GC Fired in the Middle of a Controversial Merger?
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K&L Gates Sued By Bankruptcy Trustee
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White & Case Drops N.Y. Partner From Executive Committee
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The Very Model of a Modern Major BigLaw Firm
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Income Gap Shrinks as Lawyers and Other Top Earners Take a Pay Hit
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Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of BigLaw
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22 Attorneys, 95 Secretaries Face the Ax as BigLaw Firm Eyes Fourth Layoff
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Eversheds to Cut as Many as 117 Jobs
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Pls Hndle Thx: Nope, No Jobs Yet
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K&L Gates Missed ‘Massive Fraud’; Its Probe of Co. a ‘Stunning Failure,’ Suit Says
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‘More Crap to Pursuit’: Judge Highlights Frank Words In UBS Suit
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Hedge Fund Wins $35.5 Million Prejudgment Lien Against UBS
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Lawyers Address Generational Tensions at Law Firms
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Blogging Lawyer Accused of Revealing Secrets of Little-Disguised Clients
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Former Lawyer of the Day: Temporarily Homeless, Currently on Unemployment
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Obama Bucks the Trial Lawyers: Is Med-Mal Reform Imminent?
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Eight (Extremely)Angry Men (And Women)
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PI Law Firm Owes $1.5M for Phone Book Ads, Bankruptcy Petition Says
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Law Prof Charged with Tax Evasion, Claims Severe ADD, Prosecutors Say
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Hamline Law Faculty Might Need Some Ritalin
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The Beginning of NALP's End?
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Stepford Secretary Strikes Again
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Clifford Chance secretary arrested for fraud
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Meet the New York Judges in Charge of Smacking Down Wall Street
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Chief Justice Roberts: Nope to the $15,000; Yep to the Big House
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Advance
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World Stocks Rise
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Stocks Rally to '09 Peaks
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Maybe Goldman Sachs Partner Rich Kimball Didn't Get the Memo About Laying Low for a While
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J.P. Morgan 'borrows' $750M from unwitting customers
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Cautiously, Small Investors Edge Back Into Stocks
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Surviving Lehman: The financial industry crawls back from the abyss
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The Flight from Risk
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Job Openings Down 50% from 2007 Peak
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U.S. now has 6 unemployed people for every job opening
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New jobless claims fall more than expected
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Deere to cut 367 workers at harvester plant
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10 Best U.S. Cities To Earn A Living
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Official at Chicago Factory Where Laid-Off Workers Sat-in Arrested
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Monsanto to cut 8% of work force
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Pelosi: House to act quickly to extend jobless benefits
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Mass Torts:
Philadelphia judge takes aim at mass X-ray screenings
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United They Stood: Beating the Biggest Criminal Environmental Case
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Newspapers:
A private equity solution for family-owned newspapers goes sour
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Sun-Times bidders call for pay cuts, more
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Sun-Times newsroom union leader balks at concessions request
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Philly Newspapers Ad Wars Heat Up
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How bankrupt papers are coping
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Insurance:
Stiffer D&O Rates
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Towers Perrin Releases 2008 D&O Survey Report
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Popularity Of Side A D&O Coverage Growing
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Retailing:
If the rich aren't shopping, who is?
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Wal-Mart CEO: 'Purchase Deferral Is The New Normal'
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Education:
Why college costs rise, even in a recession
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Yale's endowment slides 30 percent
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Harvard Endowment Falls 27.3%
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Williams College Has 18.4% Investment Loss for Year
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Telecoms:
Verizon ready to oppose Nortel enterprise sale
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National security concerns raised again in Nortel asset sales
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Hotels:
Extended Stay agrees to buyout, bankruptcy probe
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Economy:
US Initial Jobless Claims Fell to 550000 Last Week
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US poverty rate rises to 11-year high
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US Economic Growth to Slow as Car Rebates End, Survey Shows
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TARP: Treasury Shifts Focus of Rescue To Small Businesses
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Geithner Says Bailout Programs Are Shrinking
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Fed: Economic activity stabilizing
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We Need More Lehmans
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How TARP Funds Ended Up in the Wrong Hands
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Government fears stimulus fraud, scams; '100 matters' investigated
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Recession Takes Toll on U.S.
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Rosenberg: Everything is still terrible
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Fed's Kohn says no exit for extended period
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Florida's economic recovery lags behind rest of U.S., Fed says
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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:
Freddie Mac: Fixed mortgage rates inch lower
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Foreclosure Filings Top 300,000 for Sixth Straight Month
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Foreclosures: The struggle continues
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Moody's Sees Slow Recovery for Securitization Industry
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LandAmerica files bankruptcy plan
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Too Gloomy? Whitney Predicts 25% Home Price Plunge
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REITs prepare for commercial real estate bust
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Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Rates
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Dallas-Fort Worth pre-owned home sales fall 15% in August
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Denver-area home sales fall 14 percent
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Bankruptcy Filed for Downtown LA Tower
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Fannie & Freddie's Guarantee: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
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Banks Fuel Ginnie, Mixed Report Card for Mods
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Autos:
More than $25.5 billion in auto loans at risk, according to Experian Automotive
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GM reportedly will offer 60-day money-back guarantee
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Johnson Controls Auto Unit Shifts to Growth From Restructuring
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Bankruptcy judge orders Checker Motors to make severance payments
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Chrysler Prepares to Resume Leases
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Auto dealers now united on settlement
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'Clunkers' Reimbursements on Track
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Germany's Merkel: GM Board Backs Opel Sale To Magna
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G.M. Agrees to Sell Opel to Magna, With Strings
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Layoff fears as GM picks Canadian buyer for Opel
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Fraud:
And The Oscar Goes To...
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What Do You Think This Is, Merrill Lynch?
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Brown, Everything Brown! Bernie Madoff's Penthouse Revealed to Critical Media
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Madoff Rage Turns Florida Residents Into Poop-Throwing Psychos
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Bernard Madoff's boats to be sold
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How to break the law , a guide by Bernard Madoff
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Madoff Mocks the SEC, Hates Charities
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Ex-Stanford Employee Raffanello Charged With Obstructing SEC Investigation
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Former Miami DEA Chief Indicted in Stanford Probe
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Scrushy ordered to answer questions about assets
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Resorts:
Florida developer backs out of troubled resort project near Vail
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Recession Lexicon:
TGIT
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Credit Cards:
Dodging Credit-Card Reform
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Television:
New Vision Television's Reorganization Plan Approved
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Oil/Gas:
PNG Ventures files for bankruptcy protection
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New SemGroup leaders await work as reorganization dustup continues
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Gambling:
Atlantic City casino revenue down in August
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Plastics:
Molder Triple Diamond files for Chapter 11
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Lehman:
Lehman's Wrath Is Felt in Land of Genghis Khan
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What happened to bankers who crashed with Lehman
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Mining:
Sterlite Lifts Asarco Bid, Topping Grupo Mexico Offer
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Accounting:
Ex PwC employee goes global with email rant
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Deloitte UK and PwC UK Revenues Flat, Showing Tough External Conditions
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Always Remember Pants
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 Jobs:
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Conyers argues for reconsideration of mortgage 'cramdown' provision
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Barney Frank Vows To Resurrect Cramdowns
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Despite Frank’s Threats, Cramdowns Still Long Shot
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Banking group decries cramdowns
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Banking:
Aligning the stars for investments by private equity funds in banks
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Bank's Commercial Loan Defaults to Hit 5%
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Compensation:
Geithner Wants Bankers' Pay in Equity That Can Be 'Clawed Back'
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Corporate Reform:
Will any Wall Streeters go to jail?
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Congress probing SEC's Madoff failure
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SEC contrite over failure to uncover Madoff
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Geithner says less need for government in markets
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SEC's Kotz Offers Steps to Help Prevent Next Madoff
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Former AIG Executive Faces Probe
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Predatory Lending:
How a PR Op's Nonprofit Turned Payday Loans Into Gold
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Gift Certificates:
$2.3M in Claims Filed Against Gift Certificate Co.
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Aviation:
Court approves Frontier reorganization
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Airline Bankruptcies: Is the Industry Out of the Woods?
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JP Morgan doesn't see bankruptcies this time around
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Airline Fees are Big Money
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Trucking:
Judge grants Gainey Corp. more time to complete negotiations, sale
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Fashion:
Fashion's Night Out: Dealmaker style
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Hockey:
Judge ponders rejecting both bids for Coyotes
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Judge Baum's third option: Balsillie, NHL might both end up without Coyotes
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Desert showdown
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Judge muddies battle for Coyotes
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Coyotes auction: Glendale makes damage case, NHL and Balsillie argue over relocation fees
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NHL - Phoenix Coyotes Bidding War Getting Hilariously Messy
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10 Issues to Focus on in Phoenix Coyotes Case
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Health Care:
'Extremely Compromised': Jamaica Hospital Faces Fiscal Strain
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Health Insurers Say Obama's Misportrayal Misses Source of Medical Expenses
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Carraway board faces lawsuit on medical records
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Litigation:
Subprime-Related Filings on the Wane but Defense Costs Aren't
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Food/Drink:
Bankruptcy Takes A Bite Out Of The Big Apple
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Time May Change Me. . . But Judges Don’t Change Venue
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Credit Reporting:
Credit Scores: What You Need to Know Now
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Theme Parks:
2 firms vying to take over Orleans theme park
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Rail:
US Rail Shipments Fell 16.4 Percent in August
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UK:
Bank of England Keeps Asset Purchase Plan at $290 Billion, Rates Unchanged
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Bosses' pensions up 23% despite downturn
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How every household lost £31,000
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UK Seeks Disqualification of Former MG Rover Executives
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Canada:
Disgraced financier Jones facing eviction
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Mexico:
Mexico Scrambles to Save its Credit Rating
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France:
French July Industrial Output Climbs as Stimulus, Exports End Recession
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Ireland:
Irish bad bank law published
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