April 26, 2010

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Law:

Saul Ewing's PPP Up 14.5 Percent
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A Peek Inside the Winston & Strawn Black Box And additional info on stealth layoffs.
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Mayer Brown Start Date Follow-Up: The Magnanimous Mr. Chuck
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The High, the Low, and the Middle Market
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Orrick tops the list of suitors for tie-up with SJ Berwin
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Was Goldman Sachs GC's Talk With Investors a Mistake?
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Proskauer Represents Buyers in Acquisition of Quality Built
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16-Lawyer Wilson Elser Group Leaps to Lewis Brisbois
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Linklaters’ global partnership meeting turns to dust
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Truth in Advertising? One Law School’s Pitch
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Neighbor with Record, 3 Others Arrested in Slaying of Lawyer Who Was White Supremacist
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From Alleged ‘Hate Group’ Chairman to Toledo College of Law 1L
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A Message That Needs Sending
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After ‘Affront to Justice’ Testimony, Ex-SEC Lawyer Gets 8 Years in ‘Pump & Dump’
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Lawyer Skips School Discipline Route, Files Restraining Orders Against Alleged Bullies
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Goldman Vulnerable? Don't Ask Plaintiff Lawyers
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Clients Sue Lawyer in FenPhen Class Action
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Judge Nixes RICO Charges, But Defense Lawyer Still Faces 36 Counts, Including Murder
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Juror Faces Contempt for Watching YouTube Video Before Deliberations
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8 Reasons to Do Pro Bono, Besides Home-Baked Cookies
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Former Special Counsel Charged With Criminal Contempt
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Gardner to Face Firing Squad for Murdering Lawyer During Botched Utah Courthouse Escape
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Does academic freedom protect professor's right to blog about "scoring"
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Big Bad Wolf on Trial at Maryland Firm
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Utah To Execute Man by Shooting
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Judges:

Pressure Grows to Pick a Nonjudge for the High Court
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Sensitivity to 'ordinary Americans' a key criterion of court nominees
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Is Obama Looking for Empathy by Another Name?
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Maybe America doesn't want an immobilized judicial branch after all
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Obama's Supreme Court point man low-key but tough
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Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold Can’t Deal With the Trial by Public Opinion
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Inside the Ninth Circuit
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Judge Resigns in Wake of Sexual Harassment Claims
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Wall Street:

Stock futures edge up ahead of Caterpillar earning
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Layoffs:

Companies in US Plan to Increase Employment, Survey Shows
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2500 Sallie Mae jobs fall to new student loan law
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Sandwich-board job hunter finds work after 2 years
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Unemployment impedes global economic recovery -- IMF chief
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Harley CEO offers no promises on preserving jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Rating Agencies:

How credit watchdogs fueled the financial crisis
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Ratings agencies' Nixon moment
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Ex-Moody's, S&P Employees Say Firms Put Business Before Ratings
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Congress Drops the Ball on Ratings Agency Reform
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"Screwing With Criteria To 'Get The Deal' "
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Ratings agencies' leaders take no blame in Senate testimony
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More Hot Emails Put New Heat on the Credit Rating Agencies
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Autos:

Grassley: GM Didn't Really Pay US Back
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GM: We still own it
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A Full 10% of General Motors Bailout Paid Back
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Obama hails auto industry turnaround in radio address
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Ford cuts new offers to suppliers
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No Longer 'Like a Rock': GM Dumps Chevy Ad Agency
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State lawmakers want to hit Chrysler with heavy fines
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Hecker's $125,000 donor identified
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Renegade Toyota Attorney's Own Attorneys Ask to Withdraw
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Ottawa ends warranty guarantees for GM, Chrysler
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China's influence grows in global auto market
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Carmakers 'Unsustainable' Growth in China Risks Overcapacity
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Finance:

Are SBA Loans in Trouble?
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Food/Drink:

Magic Brands, LLC Receives Approval of First-Day Orders in Connection with Sale
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Newspapers:

Stunning Twist In Inquirer Auction
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Three bidders vying to own Philadelphia Newspapers
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Phila. Newspaper Reporters Try to Stay Focused Amid Bankruptcy Auction
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Lehman:

Lehman Fights Nomura's 'Egregious' $2 Billion Claims
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Ernst & Young new defendant in Lehman suit-report
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Lehman Asks for Dismissal of Japanese Firm's Claims
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Lehman's Liar's Loans and Other Cons
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Telecoms:

Nortel rejects office leases, dumping half-million square feet on market
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Credit Reporting:

Financial Overhaul Could Include Access to Free Credit Scores
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Apparel:

Distressed Denim
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Health Care:

St. Vincent's Is Putting Building on Market
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Health Care's History of Fiscal Folly
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Sovereigns:

Greece and Who's Next?
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IMF to Wealthy Nations: Party is Over
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Hotels:

Hotel at winery files for bankruptcy
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Economy:

From Docks to Dealerships, Signs of Economic Turn
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Repayments soften impact of bailout, Geithner says
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Geithner: 'Compelling Case' for Massive World Bank Funding Boost
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Geithner: Deal Reached On World Bank Funding, Votes
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Treasury's Geithner resents "Wall Streeter" tag
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Geithner: 'I Never Had A Real Job'
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Home Sales Surge, Goods Orders Climb
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G-20 Split on the Need for a Global Tax on Banks
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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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Bailout Tracker
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Real Estate:

Rating Agency Data Aided Wall Street in Mortgage Deals
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Sales of new homes rocketed up 27 percent in March
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Wells Fargo CEO: “I Have Been Upside Down On a Mortgage”
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Church Pension Fund Thwarted In Bid To Buy MBS
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Sales of New Homes Soar With Help of Tax Credit
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Tax Credit Extension? Don’t Bet the House On It
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New-home sales rise fastest in 47 years
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Time running out for home buyer credit
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Fed's Focus: Selling Mortgage Bonds
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Florida Retirees See New Hope In Unfinished Housing Project
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103 Months to Clear Housing Inventory
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Texas Sundown Ranch sold at auction
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Fraud:

Goldman Sachs e-mails show bank sought to profit from housing downturn
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Betting 'serious money'
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Goldman Sachs email said index 'like Frankenstein'
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The Juiciest Goldman Email Details
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Fabulous Fab Tourre: The CDO's I Create Are "Pure Intellectual M-----------"
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Where were you at about 10.30am on Friday April 16?
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Sachs' sneaky bet
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Goldman's to swear on internal division - "Got many calls wrong" ahead of the collapse of the housing market
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How Goldman lost a fortune and then made it back
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Goldman's Tourre Foresaw Subprime Chaos, Emails Show
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New Tourre E-mails Show Trader Under Duress
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Goldman's "Fabulous" Fab's conflicted love letters
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Goldman Sachs Messages Show It Thrived as Economy Fell
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Goldman's Defense: 'We Didn't Know'
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Goldman's Blankfein Faces 'Pecora' Moment in Senate
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Lloyd Blankfein: Still "Doing God's Work?"
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Goldman CEO to Perform Community Service as Treasury Secretary :)
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The Senate throws the wrong book at Goldman
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Lloyd Blankfein. King of Wall Street defiant under siege
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Fight On, Goldman Sachs!
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Goldman's big e-problem
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Goldman Sachs Emails: Firm Had 'The Big Short' As Economy Fell
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‘Goldman Sachs Has A Greater Responsibility Than You Can Possibly Fathom’
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Goldman case shows Wall Street's true colors
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SEC confident on IKB part of Goldman Sachs lawsuit
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What is the Goldman Case Really About?
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Goldman Sachs case opens window into financial folly
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SEC Fraud Suit Against Goldman Is a 'Buy' Sign
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SEC v. GS: Fraud? Maybe, But What’s The Point?
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Wall St banks scrutinize pre-crisis CDOs
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SEC Top Cop Oversaw Deutsche CDOs
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Cross of Gold
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Was there impropriety in Goldman's gamble on a synthetic collateralized-debt obligation? Let the SEC prove it in court
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Fabrice Tourre Unlikely to Cross Blankfein's Path
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3 Lessons Young Professionals Should Learn from Goldman's Tourre
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Lloyd Blankfein: The prince of casino capitalism
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Goldman Sachs Won't Be Last Bank Fingered: Poll
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Goldman Sachs Leak Deserves Scrutiny
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SEC Inspector General to Investigate Timing of Goldman Sachs Case
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Goldman Sachs Director Gupta Said to Be Suspect in Buffett Leak
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Goldman Sachs must change tack to revitalize its image
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Goldman Sachs: Too big to fail? No, too 'synthetic' to succeed
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Goldman rivals: SEC hasn't queried us on CDO deals
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Goldman Finds Resume a Pariah With Governments
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Goldman shock is good news to post-Lehman tigers
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Ex-Moody's exec didn't know Paulson shorted Abacus
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Goldman case could be bonanza for India and China banks
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Miami Ponzi swindler gained cred with sports stars
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Kim Rothstein Packed Out Of Palace, Hounded For Shoes
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Gambling:

NYC OTB cuts 35 non-union management positions
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Celebs:

Dick Smothers' home sells on Bird Key
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Christians Come to Baldwin's Aid
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Resorts:

Request calls for auction of resort's assets
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Colony bankruptcy case in play
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Symphonies:

Tough times: 'We are trying to save the symphony'
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The Sad State Of The Philadelphia Orchestra
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Hockey:

Bettman: Reinsdorf group to take ownership of Phoenix Coyotes
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Funeral Services:

Funeral home bankruptcy casts cloud over burial policies
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Politics:

Corporate Forces Gear Up Over 'Citizens United' Bill
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Wall Street Buys Off Both Parties
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Man Charged in Ohio with Concealing Assets in Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
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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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Big Filings Dry Up, But Others Remain
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US business bankruptcy rises 52%
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Bankruptcy filings spike
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Debt Collection:

Default Judgments Can Allow Creditors to Collect Debt That Was Never Owed
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Examiners:

The Double-Edged Sword of the Tribune Examiner
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Corporate Reform:

SEC p--- scandal: Political payback for fraud suit against Goldman Sachs?
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Chances 'North of 80%' for Accord of Finance Bill, Warner Says
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McConnell predicts filibuster of financial reform
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Lawmakers turn to credit raters, prepare overhaul
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Consumer Lending Reform Efforts Gain Allies, Support for Enactment
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More Tough Luck For Convicted Former Qwest CEO Nacchio
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Jail Time for Wall Street's Derivatives Writers?
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Do You Have Any Reforms in Size XL?
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Derivatives:

C.D.O. Days, S&M Nights at Derivatives Conference
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Why bets on synthetic CDOs must be banned
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Banking:

Bank failure a nail in Giannoulias' campaign
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U.S. Shuts 7 Banks; Year’s Failures Rise to 57
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New Document Sheds Light On WaMu Sale
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Aviation:

US Airways' exit could aid Continental Air
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Is Continental's Smisek Willing to Take the United Leap?
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United and Continental Merger Talks Said to Stall
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Aircraft builders shrug off March durables report
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JAL liabilities rise while passenger numbers fall
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Horse Racing:

Racing's big losers
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Chemicals:

Lyondell judge approves plan to exit bankruptcy
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Baseball:

What Rangers' sale needs is bailout help
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Environmental:

Judge OKs $103M Kalamazoo River cleanup settlement
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Municipalities:

Jefferson County officials: Sewer plant design is flawed
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Central Falls seeks ability to file for bankruptcy
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Return of ugly municipal bankruptcy bill in California
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10 Cities Facing a Double Whammy of Default Risks
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Pensions:

Bleak House for NJ Pensions
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Mass Transit:

Vegas Monorail seeks more time on bankruptcy plan
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Caltrain On the Verge of Bankruptcy
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Corporate Governance:

SEC Targets Independent Director for Failing to Investigate CEO
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Debt Collection:

Learning How to Fight the Collector
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EU:

Calls mount for Greece to quit eurozone
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A fateful day for the eurozone
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Will the Greek Bailout Destroy the Euro Zone?
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Rogoff Says Greece May Not Be Europe's Last Bailout
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Germany:

Merkel calls for better financial regulation
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Merkel: Greek aid depends on talks with IMF
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Greece bailout not a given, says Germany
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Greece:

Greece back from the brink of bankruptcy - for now
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For Greece, Restructuring Is No Longer Unthinkable
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Greece Pleads For Loan Lifeline Amid Riots
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What Do Those Greek Debt Contracts Say?
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Desperate Greece hopes for financial help
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EU, IMF prepare Greek loan plan
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Will European bailout actually help Greece? Maybe not.
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How to solve the Greek debt crisis
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IMF - EU rescue plan provokes wave of protests across Greece
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Greece Races For Rescue Plan, Meets Finance Chiefs
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IMF Head: Confident Will Conclude Greek Talks By Time Funding Needed
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IMF statement on Greek rescue talks
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63% of Greeks expect IMF to impose extreme measures for batting down the hatches
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New austerity a precondition for Greek aid: Germany
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Finance Chiefs Demand Quick Greek Aid Deal at Washington Talks
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A Family Portrait of a Greek Tragedy
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The Greek Debt Crisis: Lehman 2.0?
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Japan:

Morgan Stanley fund in debt extension in Japan
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Korea:

Daewoo Motor Sales faces insolvency
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Iceland:

Iceland loses two more banks to bankruptcy
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Middle East:

AlixPartners eyes Gulf restructuring after downturn
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