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Law:
Deferred law firm associates working in legal aid
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Law Firm Cutting Costs With Undergraduate Slave Labor?
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Law Firm Survey Shows That Flat Is the New Up
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Misspelling Leads to Big Discovery
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Jones Day, Allen & Overy on Ross- Branson Team-Up For Distressed British Banks
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Despite Court-Ordered $110/Hour Limit, Ex-Ill. Gov’s Legal Defense Bill is Likely to Top $3M
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Prominent Lawyer Indicted, Accused of Extortion Attempt in Settlement Talks
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Firm's Memoir of the Mean, Lean Times
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Freshfields creates alumni pool for overflow work
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Buyer's Guide to Legal Process Outsourcing
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How Bulletproof Firms Get Shot Down
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As Firm Fights the Recession, Will Its Culture of Caring Be Collateral Damage?
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On Legal Ethics and the SEC’s ‘Revolving Door’
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Death of Former Weil Houston Office Head Being Investigated as Homicide
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Discovery Failure Sinks Lockheed's $37 Million Win
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Kelley Drye Responds to Age Bias Suit: 'Life Partners' Not Employees
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March Madness Final: DC v. San Francisco
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Fraud Rings Up Due Diligence Work for Lawyers at Investigative Companies
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New Twist in Ex-Wife's RICO Suit Against SAC Capital's Cohen
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Could Legal Publishing Survive on iPad Only Books?
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Drinking Advice from Indiana Law
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Top Five Lawyers Who Were Great College Hoopsters
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Stand Out as a Lawyer Through Personal Branding
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81-Year-Old Woman Sues for Back Child Support
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Lawyer’s Computer Virus Doesn’t Excuse Missed Dismissal Motion, 4th Circuit Says
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Special Prosecutor Likely to Handle Law Firm Founder's Road Rage Case
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Sheriff Joe makes inmates pedal to watch TV
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Judges:
All Eyes Increasingly on Justice John Paul Stevens
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Justices Increasingly Speak Out, But Are More Restrained Before Confirmation
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After a 16-Month Vacation, Acquitted NY Judge May Resume Bench by Tomorrow
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Judge Accused of Case-Related E-Mail Declines to Step Down, Blames Media
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No Gifts For Judges
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Courts:
Bomb threat closes Kansas City federal courthouse
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5th Circuit Gets E-Filing, Texas Appeals Court to Follow
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal dip in early trade
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Stronger Jobs, Services Reports Send Stocks Higher
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Layoffs:
Kids Feel Pinch of Parents' Unemployment
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Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say
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Jobless rate may rise as many are drawn back to labor force
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Television:
Gems TV Seeks Bankruptcy Protection to Sell Assets
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Jewelry:
Court grants David Webb bankruptcy plan extension
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Horse Racing:
Zayat Stables' Horse Is Top Derby Contender
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Health Care:
Shulman Says IRS Has Few 'Punitive' Ways to Enforce Health Law
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Fictions, frauds found to abound in medical bills
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Vaccine Tests Continue Despite Chapter 11
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Hollywood:
Can MGM Survive on its Own?
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MGM, Miramax ponder second choices
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Lehman:
SEC Probe of Lehman Picking Up Steam
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Lehman Castoffs Sleep on Sidewalk, Seek Redemption From Trump
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Life as a Lehman's Desperate Housewife
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley Fault Lehman’s Asset-Management Plan
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Barclays Says Lehman Contract Entitles It to Disputed Assets
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Lehman’s British Unit Objects to Post-Bankruptcy Plan
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Accounting:
SEC Might Bring Civil Charges Against Ernst & Young Soon, Maybe
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Retailing:
Citibank ending credit card deal with Zale in Canada
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Sales:
Expansive View of 363(m) “Mootness” Adopted
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Consumer Finance:
Pay Day Lenders Outlawed in Arizona
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Economy:
Treasuries-10-yr yield 4 pct as data signals faster growth
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Summers, Greenspan Say Economy, Job Creation Gaining Strength
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Home sales contracts leap higher
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Housing weakness not distorting inflation measures: SF Fed
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Services Sector Grows at Fastest Clip Since '06
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Oil Surges to 17-Month High on Signs of US Economic Growth
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Economist's cry: Break up the banks!
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Treasury Reaps 8.5% Return From Companies Exiting TARP
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Put your hand out, just like the capitalists
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Anonymously, Members Of The Financial Crisis Commission Are Stabbing Its Leader In The Back
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Economy: As Good as It Gets?
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Faces of the recession
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Corporate jet expenses rise at big firms
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IMF: World Economy Not Out of the Woods
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Greenspan Needs To Admit That He Blew It
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Greenspan's Testimony: Will the 'Maestro' Face the Music?
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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:
Gov't Aims to Help More "Underwater" Homeowners
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More on Those White House Anti-Foreclosure Efforts
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Sharp Rise in Home Sales in February
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On Home Sales, Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Dallas-Fort Worth home starts rise almost 60 percent in first quarter
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Servicing Agents Forewarned: Becoming a “Real Party in Interest” when Filing 362(d) Motions
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Agreements on pre-owned homes increased in Feb.
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US Apartment Rents Decline as Vacancies at Record, Reis Says
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As Gov't Expands, Feds Gobble Up Commercial Real Estate
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Office vacancies hit 16-year highs
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Crisis Panel Turns to Risky Mortgages
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The Housing Blowup: Did You See It Coming?
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U.S. Probes Foreclosure-Data Provider
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Solow drops Conseco lawsuit over GM building in NY
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Trabucco's real estate empire falls one building at a time
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Freddie To Auction Vegas And Inland Empire REOs
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Mansion Owner Fights Taxes With Church Exemption
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Colleyville luxury developer files for bankruptcy
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Money crunch hits high-dollar Nashville houses
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New lender guidelines could speed up short sales
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HUD Foreclosure Prevention Funds Taking Longer to Reach Housing Markets
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House Bill Would Bar Mortgage Servicers from Holding Additional Mortgages
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Banking:
CEOs of bailed-out regional banks get raises
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Theme Parks:
Six Flags amends bankruptcy plan
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How about a theme park focused on doomed theme park projects?
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Municipalities:
Detroit needs drastic change to avoid bankruptcy, report says
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Matt Taibbi's Excellent Savaging Of JPMorgan And Corrupt Alabama Officials
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California's big pension increases bite back
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Public pensions a half-trillion dollars short
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LA Controller Says City Could Run Out of Cash by May 5
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L.A. sneezes, and Fresno gets severe pneumonia
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Most Jefferson County Commission candidates reject bankruptcy
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Hotels:
Extended Stay Switches Sides…Again
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Long fight for Extended Stay
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AIG:
Prognosis Negative for Charges Against AIG Executive
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Golf:
Pawley's golf course's bankruptcy plan OK'd
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Radio:
Black Crow Chapter 11 stays on track
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Religion:
Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal Poised to Return
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MAG: Vatican deputy led cover-up in abuse case
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For U.S. Catholics, a Bittersweet Easter Sunday
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Catholic Abuse Crisis Echoes 2002
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Distressed Investing:
Wilbur Ross Bets Big on Virgin Money
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Consultants:
FTI Consulting Expands in Asia
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Personal Finance:
The 10 Cheapskate Billionaires Who Live Like Paupers
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Corporate Reform:
Financial Crisis Inquiry Wrestles With Setbacks
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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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Seminars
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Autos:
Shareholders seek examiner for Visteon bankruptcy
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Chapter 11 plan filed by Visteon Corp. ‘unfair, unlawful,' stockholders say
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Feds Target Toyota with Largest Fine Ever Levied Against an Automaker
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Toyota faces legal dilemma as well as record fine
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Saab May Have a Future, but Its Present Is Rough
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Bailed-out banks feast on bankrupt customers
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Beyond Bankruptcy And Bailouts - The FDIC resolution process is the right model for failing firms
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy Review and Outlook: Q1 2010
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Personal Bankruptcies Hit All Time High
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Official Bankruptcy Forms Revised To Reflect April 1, 2010 Dollar Amount Adjustments
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Mass Torts:
N.J. Court Affirms Record $30.3 Million Award in Asbestos Exposure Case
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Professional Retention:
Heightened Standard for Section 328 Retention
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Compensation:
Halliburton CEO's 2009 Pay Falls 20 Pct to $12.4M
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Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn paid $8.39M in 2009
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Newspapers:
Tribune lenders seek documents from Centerbridge
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Politics:
Some in Washington Surviving the Recession Nicely
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Sovereigns:
Debtor States
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Gambling:
Indiana Live casino facing 2010 debt troubles
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Casino's credit rating is cut
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Icahn Buys Trump Casinos' Mortgage - Now Owns 100%
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Atlantic City casino industry suffers 21 percent drop in profits last year
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Oil/Gas:
Reports: EnerCrest closes 5 offices, cuts 225 workers
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Dunhill Terminals goes downhill
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Awards:
Saul Ewing Partner Appointed To New York Institute of Credit Board of Directors
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Celebs:
Nicolas Cage Loses His Over-The-Top Bel Air Mansion
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Annie Leibovitz sued over financing deal
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Leibovitz accused anew of not paying her bills
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Friends fear the worst for "broke" Lindsay Lohan
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Ex-raider Farley to pay fund $7.8M
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Aviation:
Sun Country airline files plan to exit bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:
Woman Sues Debt Collector, Wins $8.1 Million
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UK:
FSA Raids Financial Offices Across London
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Privatization Grows as Economy Worsens
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Canada:
Many homeowners should have rented
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Nortel retirees planning for the future
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Greece:
A Daring Proposal To Rescue Greece
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Greece Said to Seek to Avoid I.M.F. Limits
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Russia:
Khodorkovsky And The Trial That Scared The Kremlin
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China:
US-China Trade War Would Be A Disaster
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Japan:
Japan's Tornado files for bankruptcy
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Germany:
German Corporate Failures Hinder Recovery
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Ireland:
New Partner to Join Maples' Dublin Office
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High rents blamed for insolvencies
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Company failures rise
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