September 15, 2009

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Law:

Tight Lips, No Pink Slips Are BigLaw Firm's Secrets to Lateral Hiring
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Judge Rejects Settlement Over Merrill Bonuses
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The BofA Chronicles: Pondering the Bank's Litigation Strategy
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Judge Rejects SEC Deal with Bank of America, Asks Why Lawyers Weren't Charged
(DBN)

Let’s Go to Trial: Rakoff Slams BofA, SEC, Rejects Pact
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NY's Cuomo to charge B. of A. over Merrill
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Cuomo: Nothing new in Bank of America issue
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The Bankruptcy Files: Trident, Triple Crown, and Tavern on the Green
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Trust Case Involving Hogan Partner Sent Back to Judge
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Cozen O'Connor chief eyes expansion
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Haynes & Boone Adds Bankruptcy Partner
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A journey from teacher to bankruptcy attorney
(DBN)

Restructuring the Misperception of Lawyers: Another Task for Bankruptcy Professionals
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Ways a Hiring Firm Can Assess if Clients Will Follow a Lateral Move
(DBN)

Alston & Bird: Sit Tight Summers Your Offer is Still Being Considered
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More Cuts at King & Spalding
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How to Respond to Interview Questions About Age or Being Overqualified
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Kirkland & Ellis: Not Just Great Lawyers, But Fine Concierges, Too
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Professional Responsibility Meets Facebook, Another Oops the Bar
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Seyfarth Shaw Says Six Sigma Method Has Cut Client Fees by Up to 50 Percent
(DBN)

Ex-Client’s Bankruptcy Trustee Seeks $25M from Former Powell Goldstein Lawyers
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Bankruptcy lawyers await SCOTUS ruling
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BigLaw Worries Over Which Firms Will Win New Chevron GC's Business
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Two Lawyers Sue Jailed Uber-Litigator Over Fees
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NY Litigator Lands BigLaw Gig
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Lawyers’ Social Media Horror Stories
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Professionalism discussed at ' Bankruptcy Boot Camp'
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A College For Lawyers Or Monument For Founder?
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Intel General Counsel Steps Down in Executive Shuffle
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Hulk Hogan Sues Lawyers Over $1M Bill, Says He Wasn’t Told About Insurance
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Zuckerman Denies Charges in Hulk Hogan Case
(DBN)

Adventures in Shingle Hanging: Two Quinn Associates Go Their Own Way
(DBN)

Biglaw Is Good to Gays
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Lawyer launches movement against colleagues' Web advertising
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Survivor Samoa has strapping law student competitor
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Death By Stoning For Adultery
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Plaintiffs' Firm Sued by Potential Client After Chair Collapse
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Mug Shots Of The Week
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Say What?!
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Judges:

When Talking Smack About a Judge, Proceed With Caution
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Using Pump in Court Costs Ex-Judge Pension
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Blogger Charged With Threatening Judges Gets Home Confinement
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Longtime Judge Now Helps Others Growing Up on Wrong Side of the Tracks
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Sandra Day O'Connor: End judge elections in Wash."
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The Trial of John Roberts
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What difference will a 'wise Latina' make?
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Wall Street:

Stocks ready to slip as reports awaited
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Stocks Notch Modest Gains
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Stocks Gain Slightly After Obama Reform Call
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Eight Years: Dow Down 0.1 Points
(DBN)

Obama vs. Wall Street by the numbers
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What Was Obama Really Saying to Wall Street
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A Tough Crowd on Wall Street
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For Obama, a Chance to Reform the Street Is Fading
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No more reckless behavior, Obama warns Wall Street
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Heroes of Wall Street
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Obama: Wall Street Owes A Debt To American People
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Has Wall Street Learned Its Lesson?
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Jobless rate to remain high despite economic growth
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Lilly To Cut 5,500 Jobs
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Conde Nast execs to make big cuts, insiders say
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5 things to do after a layoff
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Many laid-off workers are lowering their standards and accepting entry-level jobs
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Another hidden sector of unemployed
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Hearing 'You're Overqualified' Again and Again
(DBN)

NJ Gov Seeks to Boost Hiring of Jobless
(DBN)

Career Counseling for Out-of-Work Clients
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Newspapers:

Triple Crown media files for bankruptcy , to reorganize
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Lighter in debt, Star Tribune nears Ch. 11 exit
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Status of newspaper publishers that filed Ch. 11
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Key Arguments in Philadelphia Newspapers Bankruptcy Are Postponed
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Heir to Haas fortune a potential investor in Phila. Newspapers
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Gambling:

Winners begin to emerge in fight for Station assets
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Harrah's buying Planet Hollywood debt
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Accounting:

Regulators: accounting changes need global reach
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Standard-setters' fair value moves slammed
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Is the Party Over?
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Does Grant Thornton's Business Optimism Index Mean Anything?
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Is KPMG's Song Writing Team the Same as E&Y's?
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Deloitte Wants to Help You Find a Job. In Another Country
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Education:

Crisis sparks soul-searching at business schools
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Magazines:

Reader's Digest Shuffles Exec Deck
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Telecoms:

Ernst & Young takes over Nortel liquidation
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Avaya to retain 60% of Nortel enterprise staff
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Municipalities:

Detroit unions 'have to wake up and recognize the world has changed'
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Cash-strapped cities pile on parking fines
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California has to turn its inmates loose by week's end
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Calif. Seniors Bearing Brunt of State Cuts
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Economy:

Treasury says must remove stimulus carefully
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Obama says recovery needs time, government involvement will continue
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US Treasury Sec says tax increases not likely
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Investigating Sesame Street's role in the financial collapse
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Bailed-out companies detail new expense policies
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US credit shrinking at Great Depression rate
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Economist warns of double-dip recession
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Has the Stimulus Really Created or Saved One Million Jobs?
(DBN)

Obama's no-more-bailout stance may be tested
(DBN)

G.D.P. Seen as Inadequate Measure of Economic Health
(DBN)

Advisers See Economy - And New Clients - On The Rise
(DBN)

Yellen Says Fed Should Boost Jobs, Curb Disinflation
(DBN)

Slowest Recovery Since WWII
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OECD: Global Recession is Over
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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:

Air rushing out of California commercial real estate
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New meltdown looms as Sacramento-area commercial vacancy rate rises
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Long Before Lehman's Collapse, Goldman Move Signaled Mortgage Ruin
(DBN)

Tenant Protections in Foreclosure
(DBN)

Clock ticking on crisis aid programs
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Partying at Foreclosed Mansions! What Do the Real Owners Say?
(DBN)

Wells Fargo Exec. Loses Her Job Over Malibu Foreclosure Flap
(DBN)

On the Market: The Most Ponzilicious Penthouse in Town
(DBN)

The top seller of Ponzified properties
(DBN)

Sue-Nami: Tidal Wave of Subprime Suits Subsides
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Calif. State Bar Prez Blasts Lawyers for Taking Advantage of Foreclosure Clients
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Housing Prices Have Turned Homes Into Shelters, Not Investments
(DBN)

Home Sales Picking Up on Long Island
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Americans lose their appetite for supersized homes
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Texans Pay Most In Closing Costs
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Florida Streamlines the Foreclosure Courtroom
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Corporate Reform:

Obama Says New Financial Rules Needed as Crisis Eases
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Obama: Some in Finance 'Misreading this Moment'
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Obama Wall Street speech: execs wary of his reforms
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Obama's Regulation Speech Thin On Too Big To Fail
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Obama Says Reforms Should Give FDIC Control Of AIG-Sized Firms
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Obama Banking Too Much On Banks
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Obama's Financial Reform: All Talk, No Action
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Reactions To Obama's Financial Reform Speech
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Four Questions About Obama's Financial Reforms
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SEC to Enlist State Regulators in Pursuing Tips
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Fed's Lacker: Financial Regulation Could Backfire
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Do We Need Consumer Protection Reform?
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Cases Skyrocket as the Economy Plummets
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Sales:

Debevoise's Richard Hahn on 363 sales
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Lehman:

Ex-Bear chief sees Lehman silver lining
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Behind Lehman's Big Property Struggle
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Scaling Mt. Lehman - If Enron was a mountain, Lehman is a mountain range
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Cause and Effect - Lehman was a symptom, not a cause
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Robbed by the Bank
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The Kindness of Strangers
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Last Days of Lehman
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After Lehman - Fear and wariness
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Obama: Lehman lessons ignored
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Cramer: Lessons of Lehman
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Barclays boosts bottom line after buying Lehman assets
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Lehman woe proved timely for BarCap
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''Remember The Lehman!''
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The Great Unwinding Begins -- And So Does The Selling
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Lehman creditors face long delays
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Hockey:

Predators latest to skate into bankruptcy
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Tuesday will be busy for Coyotes hunters
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Coyotes Bankruptcy Puts Gretzky's Job on Ice
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Boating:

Genmar seeks reorganization extension
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Fraud:

Madoff Broker Boardman Brings Social Register Allure
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Firm blew whistle on Madoff - in 2004
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BofA Case Over Parmalat Starts
(DBN)

Etheredge's securities fraud case postponed
(DBN)

A Mysterious Death for California's Purported Ponzi Schemer
(DBN)

Famous Scams: Bayou Hedge Fund
(DBN)

Now 'Pimp' & 'hooker' catch ACORN staff in NYC
(DBN)

ACORN says tape doctored, edited
(DBN)

Three Strikes And You're Out, ACORN!
(DBN)

Senate Acts to Deny Acorn Aid
(DBN)

Police charge two Calgary-area men in $100M Ponzi scheme
(DBN)

Four found guilty in $16M ponzi scheme
(DBN)

Both Sides Lobbing Ethics Charges as Suit Over Alleged Ponzi Scheme Gets Down and Dirty
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Shipping:

U.S. vessel operators in Great Lakes report 40% decrease in shipping
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Chemicals:

Lyondell says to reorganize via new stock offering
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Horse Racing:

Hearing Tuesday in Magna Entertainment bankruptcy
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Food/Drink:

Recession Dashes Restaurant Hopes
(DBN)

Sweetener maker Merisant sees 2010 bankruptcy exit
(DBN)

Agriprocessors Debacle Spawns New Kosher Rules
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Oil/Gas:

Natural gas prices jump 12 percent
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Oil Hovers Near $69 Amid Weak Crude Demand
(DBN)

Total Struggles to Reverse Output Drop Amid Slowdown
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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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Aviation:

Delta says available cash will continue to dwindle
(DBN)

Fliers line up to criticize Southwest Airlines' boarding fee
(DBN)

Troubled JAL mulls raising $2.8 billion
(DBN)

JAL to cut workforce to stave off bankruptcy
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Derivatives:

Derivatives in Bankruptcy -- part 3
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Banking:

Obama urges banks to accept new sense of responsibility
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Bank bonus case to go to trial
(DBN)

Big Trouble For Bank Of America
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Judge Smacks Down Bank of America's Settlement With the SEC, Wilde-Style
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At Last, BofA Shareholders Find a Friend
(DBN)

BofA Investors Boosted by Judge's Decision
(DBN)

Wells Fargo Scandal the Least of Its Worries
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How the Financial Crisis Has Impacted the Banking Industry
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Let's Pay Bankers in Toxic Assets: Farrell
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Russia, US bank near deal in $US22.5 billion lawsuit
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Russia Wanted $22.5b from BONY, But Will Settle for $14m?
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Health Care:

Hospital files for Chapter 11 to escape HMO contracts
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LifeMasters Files Chapter 11 to Restructure CMS Liabilities
(DBN)

Emergent BioSolutions says Protein Sciences corp insolvent
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Delaware Dismisses Involuntary Bankruptcy Case
(DBN)

Forum Senior Lenders Object to More Time; Tell Court Health Care System Is in Default
(DBN)

Lenders Lack Confidence in Forum Health; Seek Appointment of Trustee to Run System
(DBN)

A.F.L.-C.I.O. to Push for Overhaul With Public Option
(DBN)

Senate Negotiators See a Cost Below $880 Billion for a Health Care Overhaul
(DBN)

Democrats Voice Health-Bill Concerns
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How bad is health care fraud?
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How Much Should Older Americans Pay for Insurance?
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Health Care Abroad: France
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Autos:

Chrysler's turnaround seen as race against time
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Fiat Chairman: Too Early to Show New Chrysler Models
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Delphi salaried retirees sue to block pension takeover
(DBN)

GM Seeks New Ad Teams at Some Agencies on Unhappiness Over Work
(DBN)

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz Says Auto Crisis Has 'Bottomed Out'
(DBN)

So far, no auto supplier bloodbath -- but is that really good news?
(DBN)

For Ford, Going It Alone Now Looks Like a Winning Strategy
(DBN)

EU Seeks Opel Plan From Germany as Jobs May Be Cut
(DBN)

EU to query German preference for Magna's Opel bid
(DBN)

Opel Will Repay Government Aid by 2015
(DBN)

Could Politics Derail GM Europe Deal?
(DBN)

Magna to keep separate Opel from its parts business
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Fears for Vauxhall jobs as Magna admits plans to cut 10,500 in Europe
(DBN)

Ssangyong Submits Turnaround Plan
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Fashion:

Have Short Hemlines And A Rising Economy Decoupled?
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Video Games:

Handleman Co. unlikely to clear debts with creditors, SEC filing shows
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Lexicon:

Putpockets
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Finance:

S.B.A. Lending Is Rising, But What Happens When The Stimulus Runs Out?
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Litigation:

Pursuit/UBS Suit Getting Increasingly Naughty
(DBN)

Has the New Round of Banking-Related Litigation Begun?
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Agriculture:

No longer milking it: Low prices, high supply force farmers out of dairy industry
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Celebs:

Annie Leibovitz Lender Art Capital Group Demands Apology For Being Called "Predatory"
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Dykstra tale even sadder
(DBN)

Another home owned by Lenny Dykstra is on the market
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Politics:

The net worth of the 50 richest members of Congress
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Contracts:

Bankruptcy Often Requires Renegotiation
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Retailing:

Court OKs Hilo Hattie bankruptcy plan
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Lampert Seeing Red Over Barron's Story
(DBN)

How the recession has affected New York's street vendors
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UK:

UK to Push Ahead With Bank "Living Wills"
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UK Banks May Lose Nearly $400bn on Loans, Securities, Says Moody's
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Spot On Computers succumbs to insolvency
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EU:

ECB nets €900m from crisis lending
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EU forecasts end to recession
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Ukraine:

Ukraine Failing to Meet Debt Obligations, Bankruptcy Possible
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Middle East:

Dubai trail of dud deals shows sovereign wealth gone awry
(DBN)

Dubai’s trophies are now lead weights
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Russia:

BNY Mellon offers $4 bln to end Russia suit
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Germany:

German Investor Confidence Rises to Three-Year High
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Hypo Real Estate may need more capital
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