Law:
ABA Brief Says Lawyer Advice Shouldn't Be Restricted by Bankruptcy Law
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The ABA Brief
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The CLLA Brief
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Plan B
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Lock the Law School Doors
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Layoff Watch: Sonnenschein Continues the September Push
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Sonnenschein Makes More Cuts
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Layoff Watch: Kirkland Closes Down 20 NY Associates
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No Offer Watch: Dorsey & Whitney Brings More News From the Upper Midwest
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Layoff Watch: Quarles & Brady
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Counting Up Baker Botts' Lawyers
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Partners In, Associates Out At Cooley Godward
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No Offer Watch: At Least Pepper Hamilton Breaks 50%
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Disbarred NYer and Ponzi Scheme Embroil BigLaw Firm in Malpractice Fight
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In Law Firm Divorce, Who Gets the Kids, Er, Clients?
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Your Thoughts on Work-Life Balance
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Are Law-School Applicants Like 'Gatsby's Revelers?'
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As BigLaw Leader Leaves to Huddle With NFL Stars, How Will His Firm Replace Him?
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Retirement Ruled Wrongly Imposed on In-House Counsel
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Ropes & Gray Leads on Pfizer's Record Settlement
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Pfizer Whistleblower's $51.5M Payday Could Spark More Qui Tam Suits
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Distinguished Legal Career Grows Out of Rural Texas
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Lovells secures insolvency boost with French referral deal
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No Double Trouble at All: Lawyer Represents Both Parties in Sale, Is Sued by Both, Wins
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Friending a Naive Adverse Witness for Info Could Violate Ethics Rules
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Career Center: News You Can Use, for Fall Recruiting
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Proffered opinion from Texas lawprof does not suffice to save big fees
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Running SueEasy Turned Out to Be Not So Easy
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Alberto Gonzales the opera
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Supreme Court Retirement Watch: Justice Stevens?
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Chilly Judge Concedes She Needs to Stay Cool
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Judge Accused of Bias for Dig About Cigar-Smoking, Latte-Drinking Lawyer
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Chevron Video Posted on YouTube Was Doctored, Accused Judge Says
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After Striking Out With Ginsburg, Attorney for Catholic Diocese Tries Scalia
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Wall Street:
Futures Climb Out of Rut
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Stocks Book Fourth Straight Drop
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Private sector sheds 298000 jobs in August: ADP
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Planned layoffs, actual job cuts declining
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Detroit mayor eyeing Sept. 26 for city layoffs
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Recession Fallback: Jellyfish Business
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Job scams growing in sour economy
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Under-40 work force struggling more than ever
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A Reluctance to Retire Means Fewer Openings
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Autos:
The old GM garners some interest
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Del. Chrysler site on fast track for auction
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Investors use debt to buy auto suppliers, experts say
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GM Board Said to Study Opel Options Before Next Week
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Cooper-Standard borrowing OK'd
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German Plans for GM's Opel Go Awry
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RHJ plays cool hand in Opel bidding
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Germany Rejects RHJ's Improved Bid for GM's Opel, Backs Magna
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Buy-out group eyes Ssangyong
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France threatens boycott on US auto firm over plant closure
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Newspapers:
Freedom wins motions to keep operating in Ch. 11
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Freedom: Ch. 11 reorg should take just few months
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Court gives preliminary OK to Claremont newspaper sale
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Hedge Fund Taps Media Vets to Lead Creative Loafing
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Apparel:
New Hartmarx names new president, COO
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Hockey:
Save the Coyotes? Not on Taxpayers’ Dime.
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Coyotes bankruptcy theater is flat
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NHL asks judge to scrap Balsillie bid
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NHL Doesn’t Trust Balsillie to Own Team, Judge Told
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Judge: Balsillie should consider extending deadline
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Balsillie agrees to only some games in Hamilton
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Key ruling looms in Coyotes bankruptcy
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Balsillie shows up for crucial hearing
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Owners examined making pitch to purchase the Coyotes
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NHL would pay creditors: lawyer
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Judge in Coyotes case biding time as season nears
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Economy:
July Factory Orders Up 1.3%
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Factory orders rise less than expected in July
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Companies Cut More Jobs Than Forecast in August
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ADP Jobs Data Boost Consumer-Spending Fears
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Stimulus saves construction jobs: House panel
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Iowa a leader in using stimulus dollars
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Further evidence points to recession bottoming out
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G20 Seek Coordinated Exit Strategies
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US companies borrow, stockpile cash as rates fall
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Consumers more confident, still not spending
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Gen. Y: The "entitlement generation' gets a rude awakening in the recession
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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:
Hearing on Kirk bankruptcy plan delayed
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Mortgage Bankers Push for Federal Loan Guarantee
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U.S. mortgage applications slip, loan rates dip
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Berkshire Enters Deal With Capmark as Lender Weighs Bankruptcy
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Perkins Rowe in financial hot water
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Fed Considered Extending End-Date for MBS Purchases
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Berkshire, Leucadia Form Venture to Buy Capmark Mortgage Assets
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Extreme Makeover Sequel: Another 'Dream Home' Listed for Sale
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Assets of Bankrupt Developer R.W. Hertel May Go to Creditors
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Workouts And Lender Liability
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Feral Houses
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Caruso Homes on track to emerge from bankruptcy protection
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Hovnanian Posts a Narrower Loss
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Corporate Reform:
CFTC: 'No sacred cows' in harmonizing swap rules with SEC
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CFTC's Approach Is Best for Derivatives, Brodsky Says
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SEC, CFTC cautious amid calls to end turf war
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SEC, CFTC coordination worries exchange chief
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Crackdown on deals seen at both FTC and DoJ
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Retailing:
Retailers Report Sales Declines for August
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Samsonite retail unit files for bankruptcy
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Costco August same-store sales fall 2 percent
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Retailers play defense, thin inventory
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Gambling:
Judge delays key part in Station bankruptcy case
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Lenders want study on Station's rejection of Boyd, other issues
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Municipalities:
Jefferson County to take new look at bankruptcy
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Alabama's Jefferson County seeks bridge loan
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Ethanol:
Nebraska Ethanol Plant to be Auctioned
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Lehman:
The Lehman 'undertaker' who takes a real delight in his work
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Politics:
Congress's Rating in US Drops to 24-Year Low
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Oil/Gas:
Talisman Energy Says Needs Oil Prices of at Least $60 a Barrel
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Insurance:
Inventing a Future for AIG
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M&A:
The Bright Side of an M&A Bottom: Fees Can Only Go Up, Right?
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Health Care:
Pfizer to Pay Record $2.3B, Subsidiary to Plead to Felony in Drug Marketing Case
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Accounting:
Billion-dollar lawsuit could destroy top accountancy firms
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Lawsuit to Turn on Fair-Value Feud?
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Crowe Horwath Offers Chapter 11 Services
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Pensions:
US Airways pilots union sues pension agency
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Food/Drink:
Reported Brazilian suitor for Pilgrim's Pride denies any takeover
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Finance:
CIT Still Likely to Dodge Bankruptcy
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Daimler Said to Offer 160 Basis-Point Spread for Loan
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TALF data point to improved loan outlook
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Mail:
Postal Service Considering Closing 413 Post Offices
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Celebs:
Which One Of You Is Lenny Dykstra's White Knight?
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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 Statistics:
US consumer bankruptcies up 24 percent in August
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Mining:
Asarco Gets Closer to Chapter 11 Exit
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Why does Grupo Mexico want Asarco so badly?
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Fraud:
SEC investigation: We missed Madoff
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SEC Never Took 'Competent' Look at Madoff's Firm, Report Finds
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A First Look at the Big Ol' Madoff SEC Report
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Madoff Files: A Chronicle of SEC Failure
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False prophet, false profits?
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Stanford Receiver Defends Fees After SEC, Investors Protest
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Sir Allen's Bellagio problem
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'Shi'ite Bernard Madoff' held in custody in Lebanon
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Feeling Minnesota? Dreier Heads to Sandstone, 'A Fine Place to Be'
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Compensation:
Bank CEOs Paid More Than S&P 500 Chiefs, Study Shows
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They Make What?! Bank Exec Pay Soars
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Executive Pay Overshadows Pensions, the Details
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Mass Torts:
Promise of scrutiny could save asbestos defendants
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Is Laser-Hair Removal the New Asbestos?
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Aviation:
Frontier Airlines' majority creditors approve its plan to emerge
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Banking:
White House to Propose Big Reserves at Banks
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It's Ground Hog Day for the Nation's Top 50 Banks
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Bailed-out bankers to get options windfall: study
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Private Equity:
How private equity profits at taxpayer expense
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Education:
Should College Resemble A Low-Cost Airline? Schools Tout Value Over Amenities
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Telecoms:
Nortel Talks on LG Venture Sale Advancing With Multiple Bidders
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Distressed Investing:
KKR Turns Vulture Investor as Distressed Debt Cheaper Than LBOs
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Hotels:
Hotel, 68% Off
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Hilton owner's Detroit hotel closes
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Hotel Stocks Set to Catch Swine Flu
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RVs:
Motorhome dealer owes nearly $18M
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UK:
Restructuring cases highlight subordinate risk
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UK Services Index Climbs to Near Two-Year High
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UK Insurers Drop on $113 Billion EU Capital Plan
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Northern Rock's Mortgage Arrears Soar, S&P Reports
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EU:
OECD Sees Smaller G-7 Economic Contraction, 'Modest' Rebound
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Euro-zone retail sales fall in July
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Italy:
Italy's Risanamento clears revamp plan after banks sign up
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China:
Deal Struck in China on Bankruptcy Test Case
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Cayman Islands:
UK paper: 'Cayman bankrupt'
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Caymans’ dream run ending
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Ukraine:
Ukraine's Naftogaz struggles with debt amid losses
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Australia:
Australian Interest-Rate Increase Looms as Economy Accelerates
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Mexico:
Mexican Real Estate Empire Faces Woes
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