September 16, 2009

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Law:

Baker & McKenzie: For Some, Deferral Extensions Could Lead to Offer Revocation
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Google’s Layoff Predictions?
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No Offer Watch: Finishing Up The Philly Circuit
(DBN)

Greedy Hog, Revisited
(DBN)

UK Partners at NY Firm Take a Pounding on Profits
(DBN)

Kelley Drye Group Departs for K&L Gates Chicago
(DBN)

Unscrewing Shareholders
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In BofA, SEC Case, What Happens Now?
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Former Lawyer for W Lands BigLaw Job
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Fact-Finder or Legal Shield? Internal Probe a Tough Gig for In-House Counsel
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When a JD Just Doesn't Do It: Law School Offers LLM as Recession Insurance
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Study Shows Masculine Name Can Better Odds of Success in the Legal Field
(DBN)

Record Tort Verdict Cut From $15 Million to $619,000 by Pain-and-Suffering Cap
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Ex-Lawyer to Get 4 Years for Stealing $824K from Dead Client’s Trust
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NY Tax Lawyer’s $100K in Deductions for Prostitutes Disallowed
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Lost Weekend: Lehman's Collapse
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How to Succeed at Business Development: A First-Year View
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CivPro Prof Channels Dr. Seuss with ‘There’s a Pennoyer in My Foyer’
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Instant Jury
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Drop in Legal Business Hits Bicycle Couriers in DC and NY
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Looking Back at Senate Hopeful's Law School Centerfold Spread
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Judges:

Legal Liberals Ponder How Best to Lose
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Hates Acronyms, Loves Marisa Tomei
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Justice O’Connor on Judicial Elections: She’s Not a Fan
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Judges Plead Not Guilty to Locking Kids Up for Cash
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Post Office to Sell Supreme Court Postage Stamps
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Judge Disciplined for Contempt Sentence After Getting the Raspberry
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Judicial Pay Increase a Priority Despite Economy, Congressional Leaders Tell Judges
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Advance
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Most Japan Stocks Fall
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China shares fall on liquidity doubts
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Risky Move Buying Shares Of Companies Back From Brink
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Unemployment in Industrial World to Hit New High
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The Coming Flood of Government Jobs
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Wages Grow for Those With Jobs, New Figures Show
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High Jobless Rates Could Last Years, O.E.C.D. Warns
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Credit Cards:

Capital One credit card defaults drop, delinquencies rise
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Lehman:

Lehman and the Financial Crisis
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Lehman Says Barclays Got $5 Billion Discount, Wants Assets Back
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Biggest Mistake of the Financial Crisis: Lehman Bros. Bankruptcy
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Debriefing Lehman - The time to worry about moral hazard is now
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Lehman And PE A Year Later: By The Numbers
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Lehman Says Barclays Got at Least $5 Billion Windfall
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Lehman liquidator renews pursuit of $8.2bn
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Buffett Says He Was Approached About Supporting Lehman Brothers
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If Warren Buffett Had Checked Voicemail Would Lehman Have Survived?
(DBN)

One year later, Lehman bank is still in business
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Final Thoughts On Lehman
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One Year Later, Lehman-Barclays Deal Gets Nasty
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Lehman Plus One
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Parsing a Lehman employee's words
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Autos:

Obama defends auto bailout at GM plant in Ohio
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Obama says survival of General Motors essential to US economy
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American Axle appears close to bank deal to avoid bankruptcy
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Visteon Corp. terminates leases on suites at Comerica Park, Palace
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Denny Hecker creditors don't want certain debts discharged
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Alternative Fuels:

Dixie Pellets files for bankruptcy
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Metals:

Barzel Industries files for Chapter 11 protection
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Corporate Reform:

Where are the subprime perp walks?
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Bank reforms going down wrong road: Fed's Lacker
(DBN)

The SEC gets neutered again
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Municipalities:

MI: 'Sacred cows' are dying all over the place. What's up next?
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Bing: Detroit needs region's help
(DBN)

Politicizing state bankruptcy laws won't work
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Consumer Debt:

Consumers Present Growing Credit Risk
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Economy:

New York Factories Index Rises to Near 2-Year High
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GOP: No more government bailouts; bankruptcy works
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Bernanke: Despite Recovery, Economy Likely To Feel Weak
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Bernanke to World: I Couldn't Have Done It Without You
(DBN)

What Bernanke Really Said
(DBN)

Buffett says U.S. economy 'has not turned up'
(DBN)

U.S. `Stall Speed' Economy Prone to Relapse, Morgan Stanley's Roach Says
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Americans Say Uncle Sam Wastes Half of Every Dollar Spent
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Bernanke's Predictions Imply Tough Decisions for 2010
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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:

Fight Looms in Congress on Tax Break for Home Buyers
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SoCal Home Sales Dipped in August
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Can Housing Market Pick-Up Last? SoCal Numbers Raise Questions
(DBN)

U.S. property recession seen through 2011-survey
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Wells Fargo CEO Speaks Out on Malibu Foreclosure Fracas
(DBN)

Investors seek to force Carinalli bankruptcy
(DBN)

Capmark To Choose Bankruptcy Over Firesale?
(DBN)

CMBS Due Dates May 'Jump-Start' Distressed Buying: Moody's
(DBN)

2759 Distressed Units Hit the Market
(DBN)

BofA wants Everglades on the Bay bankruptcy tossed
(DBN)

New Rules Ease the Restructuring of CMBS Loans - Treasury Relaxes Restrictions on Refinancing in an Effort to Stave Off Commercial-Mortgage Defaults
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

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Jewelry:

Diamonds Post-Lehman Have No Aura as Buffett Can’t See Recovery
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Retailing:

'Cash for Clunkers' Clouds Retail-Sales Outlook
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Retail Sales Surge In August
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Best Buy Profit Falls as Sales Drop at Older Stores
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Retailers, Suppliers Brace for Tough Holiday Season
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Food/Drink:

Detroit's Seldom Blues files for bankruptcy
(DBN)

What Went Wrong at Tavern on the Green?
(DBN)

Kroger Profit Falls More Than Analysts Estimated; Sales Decline
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Mining:

Groupo wants new bid for Asarco barred
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Health Care:

Bankruptcy Judge Denies Forum Extension; Lenders to Seek Northside's Separation
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N.Y. Hospital Closures Spur New Legislation
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Workers To Pay More For Less Health Care In 2010
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Health Care Premiums Rose 4.3 Times Faster Than Earnings in California
(DBN)

Health Plan Squeezes Those in Middle
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Obama's health prescription a problem for Dems
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Your Tax Dollars At Work
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Majority of U.S. doctors support public option
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Religion:

Should Christians File for Bankruptcy?
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Compensation:

General Motors releases expense policy
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25 Highest-paid men
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EU to push for G20 bank bonus 'sanctions': summit draft
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Consumer Appliances:

Franklin Chef Files Under Chapter 11
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Newspapers:

Did a Star Tribune-Pioneer Press merger just get easier?
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Lawmaker Weighs In On Philly Newspapers Sale
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Phila. Newspapers in accord on short-term financing
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Philadelphia church brings newspapers to life with unusual loan
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Optimistic Murdoch: ad markets are improving
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Union workers at Sun-Times reject concession demands
(DBN)

NY Times sees suitors shrink in Boston Globe sale
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Hockey:

Loose Change: Baum's away
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NHL, Balsillie up ante for Coyotes
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Prospects grow a little dimmer for Balsillie's bid to buy Coyotes
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The man in Balsillie's corner
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Glendale claim, lack of an Arizona bid may decide Coyotes' fate
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Pensions:

Delphi Retirees File Suit Against PBGC
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Stant, Standard-Thomson plans under PBGC oversight
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster to Shutter as Many as 960 Stores
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Celebs:

Actor Stephen Baldwin Seeks Talks With Banks on New York Home Foreclosure
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Rating Agencies:

SEC mulls stricter rules for credit agencies
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Tax:

U.S. and Monaco agree to exchange tax information
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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 Reform:

The Failure of Bankruptcy Reform
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Aviation:

IATA:Global Airlines Face Long Recovery From '09, '10 Losses
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A Look at Expected Airline Losses Around the World
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The problem according to IATA: Too many airlines
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Japan Airlines to Cut Routes and 6,800 Jobs
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Politics:

"Wait till her fat keister is sitting at this desk"
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Banking:

Chapter 11 & Financial Institutions
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Bank of America Ruling Throwing Out Settlement Leaves SEC With Few Options
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Does BofA Owe Treasury Billions?
(DBN)

FDIC's Bair sets the record straight
(DBN)

Bernanke Sees Reduced U.S. Shadow Banking System
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IMF Outlines Ending Bank Relief
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It's time for big banks to do something about their image problems. Like stop misbehaving.
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U.S. Said to Explore Selling 34% Citigroup Stake Acquired in Bank Rescue
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A death panel for Citi
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SunTrust losses moderating, wants to repay TARP
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U.S. rebuffing big banks' push to exit bailout
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Texans CUSO Receives Bankruptcy Court Relief
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Poetry Slam: BofA’s Ken Lewis Gets Introspective in Japan
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FSB aims to limit bank bonus pools
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Horse Racing:

Magna bankruptcy judge approves Thistledown sale
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Lone Star Park may be acquired soon
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Fraud:

Judge Appoints Public Defender for Stanford
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Will Allen Stanford Wind Up Calling Allen Stanford To The Stand?
(DBN)

Lautenberg Foundation's Suit Against Madoff's Brother Can Go Forward
(DBN)

Former Gen Re Exec Gets Probation
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Acorn Faces More Funding Pressure
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Acorn Runs Off the Rails
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Billion-Dollar Pyramid Scheme Rivets Lebanon
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Accounting:

SEC Files Settled Accounting Fraud Charges Against Four Former Employees of Dana Corporation
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Ex KPMG director jailed for fraud
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40m claim tribunal case against PwC begins
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Amnesty deadline looms for offshore account holders
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CFOs Put on a Happy Face
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Gambling:

Harrah's buys Planet Hollywood debt
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Potential Buyer for Fontainebleau
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Skiing:

Lehman Brothers moves to foreclose on Moonlight Basin ski area
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Oil/Gas:

Semgroup, producers agree to bankruptcy plan
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Theme Parks:

Six Flags Noteholders Offer Competing Bankruptcy Plan
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Six Flags reorg criticized
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Dinosaurs:

Appeals court denies rehearing in T-rex case
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Private Equity:

Does Cerberus (Finally) Have a Hit With Talecris?
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Derivatives:

Credit Swaps Lose Crisis Stigma as Confidence Returns
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UK:

UK Unemployment Rises to Highest Since 1995
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'Jobless Recovery' in U.K.?
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King Says G-20 Yet to Act Implement `Good Intentions' on Bank Regulations
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FSA Insider-Trading Arrests Fail to Clean Up Suspicious Spikes, Data Shows
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Canada:

Concord Steel, Inc. Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition
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Australia:

Beware the clawback: bankruptcy v superannuation
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Russia:

Bankruptcy Law May Be of Little Help to Debtors
(DBN)

Yukos Capital seeks U.S. court order on Rosneft
(DBN)

Russia and American Bank to Sign Settlement
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Germany:

Merkel slams bankers on Lehman anniversary
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Ireland:

Ghost Towns Haunt Ireland as Government Prepares to Buy Real Estate Loans
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