Law:
Facing Shrinking Revenues, Small Firms Hike Fees, Cinch Belts
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Does Milbank Raid Suggest Law Firms Are Readying for an M&A Comeback?
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Milbank, Fried Frank Hit Jackpot With Station Casinos Bankruptcy
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Is Wachtell Overrated?
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Linklaters heads up trio of firms on $3.2bn RBS private equity sell-off
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Recruiter's Complaint Suggests Rocky Road to Bingham-McKee Merger
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Law Schools See Signs of Better Job Opportunities for Students
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Florida Lawyer Holds a $5,000 Contest to Find Him a Job in California
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Energy + Bankruptcy = Deal Time!
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Summer Associate Etiquette 101: Share Your Bottle of Wine
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Meet the Househubby
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14-Year-Old Impresses Law Firm With Document-Review Abilities
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Ex-NY Partner Reveals Hefty Salary in Campaign Disclosures
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Are NY Law Firms Outsourcing Legal Work to India? One Admits It, One Denies It
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Keeping Legal Work From Moving to India
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Texas Firm Grows, But Mainly in Manhattan
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How HP's General Counsel Handled Company's Sex Harassment Nightmare
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Ill. to Pay Only 40% of its Share of Salaries for State’s Attorneys, Public Defenders
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Boies Schiller Partner Takes ABA Helm
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Discrimination Suit Against Covington Heats Up Again
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Seyfarth Lawyer Warns Take-Out Stand About ‘Lizard-Like’ Monsters
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Lawyer Realized Early that Bedbugs Were Going to Be Big
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Is Teaching at Law School a Form of Community Service? Bill Lerach Thinks So
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Power to the People: The ‘Citizens’ Panel’ is Shaking Up Japan
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Shreveport to be home of new LC law school
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The Value of Law School “Eliteness”
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With Lease Running Out, Is Firm Aiming to Axe Office?
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Ruling in Allen & Overy Layoff Dispute Reopens Debate Over French Associates
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Harvard Prof Sees Legal Profession in Turmoil
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Race Is On to Claim Famed Lawyer's Fleet of Vintage Cars
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Career Alternatives: Starving Artist Emory Law Grad Eugene Ahn Gives Up Labor Law for Rap
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Clifford Chance Partner Charged with Hitting Girlfriend
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Attorney Suspended For Paying Receptionist Under The Table
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Sentencing Delayed for Defendant as He Plays Poker in Restitution Effort
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Senator Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Combat ‘Birth Tourism’
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Judges:
Using the High Court’s Bench: A Solution to the Recusal Problem?
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Supreme Court Rearranges Schedule With Kagan in Mind
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Kagan Sworn In, with Three Major Constitutional Disputes Looming
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Justice Ginsburg: Confirmations Should Be Less Contentious
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Scalia unhurt after he tripped outside restaurant
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In defense of the new judicial activists
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For Third Time, Blogger Charged With Menacing Judges Goes on Trial
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Judge's Rant at Pro Se Litigant Draws Ethics Charges
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Bizarre Meltdown in Produce Aisle, Drunk Driving Arrests Haunt Lawyer Running for Bench
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Here Comes the Judge — and Check Out Her Peep-Toe Shoes!
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Judges order pregnant woman to be flogged, shot dead
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Courts:
While most state courts face harsh budget cuts, this court gets a $48 million 'Taj Mahal'
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Wall Street:
Stock futures fall ahead of Fed meeting
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Quiet Day Ends With Moderate Gains on Wall Street
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The Rise of the Permabears
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Layoffs:
Some Firms Struggle to Fill Jobs
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Executive: Why I'm Not Hiring New Workers
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Movie Gallery lays off hundreds
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Bill would freeze federal workforce at 2009 levels
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:
Asbestos Is A Good Lesson For BP — To Avoid
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Law School Dean, Former Judge Named to BP Fund
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BP spill costs rise to $6bn
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BP $20 Billion Oil-Spill Compensation Fund Agreement Completed With U.S.
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BP Deposits $3 Billion in Spill Fund
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BP, Anadarko Lead Energy Rebound as Cap Stops Spill
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Mass Torts:
GM's Estate May Face Billions in Asbestos Claims
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CSX points at 1,400 dismissals in fraud case against law firm
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Fraud:
Madoff Judge Erred in Ruling Over Recovery of Fake Profit, Customers Argue
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SEC, Tourre Had Preliminary Talks, Agency Lawyer Says
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Judge in 'Fabulous Fab' case offers to sell Goldman IRA
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‘Fabulous Fab’ Tourre Gearing up for Paper Flood Ahead of Trial
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Goldman Under Investigation in U.S. and U.K.
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Lawyers prepare to reopen 'honest services' cases in wake of Supreme Court ruling
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Industrial Equipment:
Hilco Industrial Completes Asset Sale in Miller Bros. Coal Company Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
"Spanky" Macher, Roanoke's ex-tow truck magnate, charged with bankruptcy fraud
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster shareholders strike back
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Will Blockbuster Make Its Debt Payment?
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Blockbuster Bankruptcy Imminent, Analysts Say
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Economy:
Stocks, U.S. Futures Climb on Stimulus Speculation
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Economists cut forecasts and see more Fed action
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Fed ponders more easing as economy stumbles
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U.S. Incomes Tumbled in 2009
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Fed paper sees recession odds rising
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Fed Shifting Its Debate to Deflation
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Inexperienced Companies Chase U.S. School Funds
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6 Curious Displays of How the Struggling Economy Is Hitting the Middle Class
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Fooled By Stimulus: Economists Still Missing The Huge Economic Regime Change
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PIMCO: US On Verge of Turning Japanese?
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U.S. executives less optimistic on economy, hiring
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Obama overtures to business fall flat
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Economic Stress Map
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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:
`Buy and Bail' Homeowners Get Past Mortgage Hurdles From Fannie, Freddie
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Fannie Mae brings back no-downpayment mortgages
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$125 Million Shareholder Settlement Approved in New Century Financial Collapse
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Analysts Warn Home Sales and Prices Not Yet at Rock Bottom
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Rasmussen: Mass mortgage forgiveness deeply unpopular
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Freddie Mac needs $1.8 billion more from taxpayers
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac losing political support
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Fannie and Freddie's Foreclosure Barons
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Sen. Bacchus Calls for Investigation into Fannie Mae Whistleblower Allegations
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Zillow Sees 3.6% Dip in US Home Prices as More Underwater Mortgages Come up for Air
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Ackman on Path to Own NYC's Stuyvesant Town
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Pershing, Winthrop Make Move on Stuyvesant/Peter Cooper
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Gencom Restructuring Out of Mortgage Mess
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Second bidder emerges for Statler
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Can "Delay and Pray" Save Commercial Real Estate?
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Corporate Reform:
Memo to Dodd: Elizabeth Warren is Worth the Fight
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Nominees will be crucial in enactment of new Wall Street law
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Durbin and Levin back Elizabeth Warren
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Bank in Maxine Waters case was weakest to get TARP funds
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Merrill’s Downfall Provides Disclosure Lesson
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Feds 'Carving Out' More Cases Against Individual Execs — So What Can GCs Do?
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Lawyer Season
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Politics:
Panic at White House over stalled economy
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Ethics panel charges Rep. Maxine Waters with 3 violations
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Is the Tea Party Going Broke?
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Autos:
For GM, a Subprime Solution
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Revenue Rises, and Chrysler Narrows Its Loss in Quarter
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Chrysler Loss Narrows to $172 Million on Lower Costs
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Chrysler posts $183M operating profit for second quarter
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Chrysler faces long drive to profitability, says Sergio Marchionne
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Recovery ‘a long, slow slog’ for Detroit 3
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Visteon second-quarter loss widens on interest, benefit charges
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GM Done Fighting with Dealers Over Closures; Now Fighting Over Facility Upgrades
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Marketing:
EMAK Worldwide Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition for Relief from Legal Fees
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Health Care:
Skilled Healthcare stock rises on mistrial motion
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Vanguard to buy MedCath's stake in Ariz. Heart Hospital
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Forum union objects to sale
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Nurses object to sale of Forum
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Aransas Pass hospital has a new name and new owners
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Education:
New York Military Academy Adopts A Plan to Stay Alive
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Utilities:
Constellation bids $1.1B for Boston plants
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Telecoms:
Freedom Communications USA files for bankruptcy protection
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FairPoint hoping to emerge from bankruptcy
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FairPoint asks Vt. to reconsider disapproval of bankruptcy plan
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Celebs:
Dykstra Bankruptcy Trustee Steps Down
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Teresa Guidice Kept Bankruptcy a Secret From Bravo?
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Art:
Chelsea Art Museum's Building Files for Bankruptcy
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Paintings From Pigs
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Lehman:
Lehman, HSBC May Be Sued Over Worthless 'Minibonds'
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Pay the Bums
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A Different Take on Lehman's Executive Fees
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Cohan: Still Paying for Lehman's Demise
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Lehman Brothers creditors in for long wait
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Hockey:
Stars hope to avoid repeat of messy Texas Rangers sale saga
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Hicks believes Stars sale will be smoother than Rangers
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Insurance:
MBIA reports quarterly profit; Ambac reports loss
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Newspapers:
What the Tribune and Sun-Times had in common
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Hollywood:
Ailing Studio MGM Facing Bankruptcy Next Month
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Distressed Investing:
Hennessee Distressed Hedge Fund Index Rebounds, Increases in July
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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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Southern California bankruptcies tops in U.S.
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Where’s that Chapter 13 influx?
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Miscellaneous:
Lehman Minibonds, Comercial Mexicana, Chemtura, Circuit City: Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:
Student-Loan Debt Surpasses Credit Cards
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Food/Drink:
Top Chef's restaurant in foreclosure
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US judge says he'll rule soon on Bashas' bankruptcy plan
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AIG:
AIG faces Fed scrutiny, Buffett's bets spared by Dodd law
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Elizabeth Warren Uncovered What the Govt. Did to 'Rescue' AIG, and It Ain't Pretty
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Chemicals:
Chemtura Wins Approval for $1 Billion Agreement to Finance Bankruptcy Exit
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Tronox Inc. reorganization delayed while its plan is reviewed
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Banking:
Improve banks’ survival with living wills
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Accounting:
People Are Still Talking About Those PwC Layoffs
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Compensation and Bonus Watch ‘10: Who Knows BDO?
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Credit Cards:
Credit Card Study: Key Info Is Hidden in Fine Print or Not Disclosed at All
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Aviation:
Troubled Mexicana Airlines suspends long-haul flights
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Union in talks to save troubled Mexican airline
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Pilots For Troubled Airline Mexicana To Keep Flying, Defer Pay
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Mexicana Pilots Discuss Plan for Bankrupt Carrier With Possible Investors
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JAL to cut more than 19,000 jobs by March 2015
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Flight Attendant Uses Emergency Slide to Escape Dispute
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Litigation:
Rothstein e-discovery dispute heats up
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All About Emails, Texts, Blogs and Non-Dischargeability
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Magazines:
Magazine circulation fails to rebound despite rise in ads
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Awards:
Andrea Hartley Elected Chair of ABA Law Practice Management Section
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Municipalities:
What a Mess, This Town's in Tatters
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Why we need to let states go broke
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America Goes Dark
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Moody's calls states' aid a bridge to recovery
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Hedge Funds:
Still in the Red: Hedge Funds Posts Most Negative Returns in 16 Months
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Baseball:
Mark Cuban Thought Texas Rangers Were His
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Arlington to begin process of transferring lease, debts to new Rangers owners
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Bankruptcy Finance:
DIP Lending in Transition
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Retailing:
General Growth Q2 sales up, rents pressured
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Cross-Border:
In pursuit of universality in cross-border insolvency
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UK:
Britain Begins to Feel the Pain of Austerity Cuts
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Company Administrations fall for fifth successive period
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High personal insolvency levels becoming the norm
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Enforcement of adjudication on insolvency
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Holyrood to act on debt deals
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Break Up RBS, Barclays While There's Still Time
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U.K. Banks Studying How to Prop Up Firms
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EU:
Argentina's warning to the eurozone
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Europe's Economy: Euro Zone Moves On from Debt Crisis
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Whatever happened to the euro zone crisis?
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China:
In Crackdown on Energy Use, China to Shut 2,000 Factories
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Factory 'Closure' Order Less Than It Might Seem
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China bank stress tests could be sign of trouble
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Canada:
Seventh postponement for Pocklington sentencing hearing
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Sinister Connections at BC Hydro
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Abitibi seeks $1.35 billion finance, fees under wraps
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Spain:
Spanish Corporate Bankruptcies Drop In Q2
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Ireland:
The coming collapse of the Irish middle class
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Japan:
Bank of Japan Holds Rates Steady
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