Law:
Boies Schiller Throws Down Gauntlet, Calls Out Davis Polk on Associate Comp
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Incensed Judge Rejects Lerach's Request to Work Off Community Service by Teaching
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The 100% Summer Associate Offer Rates Keep Rolling In
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Female Managing Partners Still Rare at Midsized Firms
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Weil Leads String of Clients Out of Bankruptcy
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Jason B. Binford Joins Bankruptcy Section of Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC
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LeClairRyan Selects Next CEO
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Recruiter Claims He Is Owed $1.5M for Bingham and McKee Merger
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Female Managing Partners Say Their Gender Can Help Their Jobs
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How HP, Covington Handled the Mark Hurd Matter
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SJ Berwin managing partner to stand down ahead of potential merger
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Waiting Game Taking A Toll On Blago's Defense Team
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Judge Denies Request to Enjoin Auction of Classic Cars From Prominent Lawyer's Estate
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Duke Law School Dean David Levi Comes Out Swinging for Young Lawyers
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Law Prof Sees More Plagiarism, Allows Do-Overs
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On-Campus Recruiting Picking Up Slightly as Firms Seek to Avoid Generation Gap
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The GC Is Out at the FDIC Buuuuuut ... What Happened?
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In Ugly Economy, Age Bias Claims Are a Tough Sell
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School Renamed for Lawyer Rather than Gunslinger
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Two More L.A. Big Firm Refugees Start Their Own Firm
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McNugget Rage
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"One day, I'm going to law school. I think my years in the industry will make me a great lawyer."
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Judges:
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Kagan’s Clerks!
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Gulf oil spill lawsuits go to New Orleans judge
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Disgraced Former Judges Lose Immunity Battle in 'Kids for Cash' Scandal
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures point to sharply lower open
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European shares fall after Fed fails to impress
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Fed caution weighs on world stock markets
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Whistleblowers to thrive on Wall Street?
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Layoffs:
23 Occupations That Will Never Recover From The Great Recession
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Pentagon to Start Cutting Thousands of Jobs
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For Those With Jobs, a Recession With Benefits
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Why Jobs Are AWOL
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The Seasonal Job Surge: 2010 Edition
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Unemployment Would Be Drastically Lower If All The Newly Created Job Openings Were Actually Filled
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Man Receiving Unemployment Benefits Refuses Over A Dozen Job Offers
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Employers shouldn't be surprised that Americans won't take their crummy, low-wage jobs
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Faces—and Fates—of the Jobless
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
GM results to show gain over first-qtr -sources
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Report: Fleet sales are behind GM and Chrysler post- bankruptcy resurgence
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The hidden cost of auto bailouts
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$114 a share for GM stock would put US taxpayers even
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Officials call for audit of GM's federal funding
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Subprime lender has dubious role in GM sales plan
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Dealers Beg for Cars as Automakers’ New Discipline Curbs Sales
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Defaults:
Defaults Are Falling, But For How Long?
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Hockey:
Now, About the Sale of those Dallas Stars
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
US attorney begins bankruptcy fraud crackdown after Spanky Macher's arrest
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Prosecutor spells out counts against Macher
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Roanoke Business Man Talks about Being Charged with Fraud
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers Europe Sues Dubai Real-Estate Group Over Swap Transactions
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Hope for HK Minibond investors
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Former Lehman Brothers staff finding fresh fortune
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GDF’s Takeover Is a Lehman Alumni Reunion
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Brokers:
CFTC adopts amendment regarding the operation of a commodity broker in bankruptcy
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Litigation:
How Fulbright Transformed Its Document Review
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Batteries:
ISE Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Video Rentals:s
Blockbuster preparing for bankruptcy
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Retailing:
American Apparel warns of likely sales drop, loss
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Credit Counseling:
Debtors' Assessments of Bankruptcy Financial Education
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Private Equity:
Firms Circle Morgan Stanley’s Real Estate Fund
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Economy:
Productivity Weakens in Second Quarter
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Fed downgrades recovery outlook
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Fed Looks to Spur Growth by Buying Government Debt
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Fed Move on Debt Signals Concern About Economy
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Study Looks at Tax Cut Lapse for Rich
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How Economy is Hitting the Middle Class
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House passes state aid bill; Obama signs into law
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Tax reform for the rich and ultra-rich
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Small-Business Owners Still Downbeat About Future
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Reagan Aide: How the GOP Destroyed the American Economy
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Common Adole sense : How Are Teen-Chat-Room Participants Grappling with the Recession?
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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:
Bankruptcy could be option for Stuyvesant Town
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Stuyvesant Town mezz lenders Pershing and Winthrop plot Chapter 11
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Bill the landlord
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Bill Ackman Has His Hands All Over Stuyvesant Town
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Obama studies U.S. role in mortgages
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Storm Clouds Loom Over California Housing Market
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Creditors Take Over Xanadu Project
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Weekly Rate on 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Averages 4.3%
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Unemployment drives more home sellers to cut price
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Jim Lindsey Buys Properties in Son John David's $170 Million Bankruptcy
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Fitch: RMBS Delinquencies Possibly Nearing Plateau
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Moody's Downgrades Multiple RMBS Tranches
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Three S. Fla. law firms target of foreclosure probe
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More underwater in metro Detroit homes
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New York Jumps Ahead of Feds With Law Holding Mortgage Companies Accountable on Mods
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Bachus Urges Hearings On HAMP Controversy
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Amherst: 'Relatively Few' Loans Will Qualify for FHA Short Refi Program
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Saguaro Ranch raises $3M, may move through bankruptcy process
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Meruelo Maddux' Disclosure Statement Approved By Bankruptcy Court
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The Shrinking Second Home
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Finance:
Solvency Opinions, The Trib, and Leveraged Deals
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Structured Notes are Next Bubble
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Accounting:
Judge Grants Preliminary Approval in New Century Shareholder Settlement: KPMG to Pay $44.75 Million
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Examiners:
WaMu Examiner Wins Approval on Scope of Investigation
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Gambling:
Trump Entertainment, Post- Bankruptcy , May Seek Partner for Plaza Upgrade
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Mass Torts:
Report on Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust System
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Order Tossing Expert Grabs Attention in Asbestos Case
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Health Care:
CHS Deemed Winner in Bankruptcy Court
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Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Forum Health
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Sicel files for bankruptcy
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St. Joseph's hospital aims to buy St. Vincent's psych facility
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Insurance:
Actual and Potential Conflicts in D&O Coverage Placement and Claims
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Ambac Financial in bankruptcy talks; shares plunge
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Ambac Looks At Options While MBIA Cooks
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MBIA Says It Will Have C.M.B.S. Losses
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An Unsatisfying End To Insurer's 'Devastating' Ordeal?
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Museums:
Two Smaller Manhattan Art Museums (Chelsea and Folk) Have Big Money Problems
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Museum Exhibits Muni Debt Woes
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Food/Drink:
No ruling yet in Bashas' bankruptcy case in Ariz.
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Religion:
Vatican pleased US plaintiffs seek to dismiss case
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Magazines:
Playboy's circulation drops 34%
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Tax:
Chicago leads largest cities in sales tax
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Fraud:
Is Goldman Sachs Still in Hot Water Over Abacus Deal?
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No Settlement for Fabulous Fab
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Revisiting Madoff and his stakeholders - is trustee Picard pursuing Hadassah and other charities as candidates for "clawback"?
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Names "leaked" in Rothstein Ponzi case
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WG Trading Receiver Seeks SunAmerica Ponzi Profits
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Resorts:
Sea Island to file for bankruptcy
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Colony files for bankruptcy
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Hotels:
Developers of 2 downtown Baltimore hotels file for bankruptcy
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Jewelry:
Fortunoff Looks To Re-Launch Jewelry Business
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Education:
Court official: Close Pennsylvania Academy of Music
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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 Jobs:
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
July Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Up 9 Percent from Last Month, Year
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Awards:
Charles A. Beckham Names St. Mary's 2010 Distinguished Law Graduate
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Miscellaneous:
Tronox, Compania Mexicana, Trump, NEC,, Abitibi, Nabors: Bankruptcy
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Hollywood:
MGM Studios face forced bankruptcy
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Spyglass Said to Close in on Managing M.G.M.
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Banking:
Financial reform may kill the free checking account
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US bank regulators move to replace credit ratings
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Richer countries have cleaner banknotes
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Judge denies WaMu attempt to get shareholder data
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Citi Debt Sales Could Reach $21B in 2010
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Wells Fargo Loses Ruling on Overdraft Fees
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Corporate Reform:
Cantwell, Murray back Elizabeth Warren for consumer agency
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Groups Urge President Obama to Support Elizabeth Warren to Head New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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White House leaning toward Warren nomination for new agency?
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Obama's Subprime Nominee
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Warren-Wary
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Consumer agency begins to set infrastructure despite being leaderless
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Hurd's final payday at Hewlett-Packard could reach $40 million
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Why Mark Hurd's consigliere had to turn against him
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HP value plummets $9 billion
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Morgan Stanley Fined $800,000 for Failure to Disclose Conflicts
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Financial regulation: Clear as mud
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Goldman ‘Should Win Big’ Under New Regulations
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Aviation:
Mexicana needs $150m to keep flying
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Mexicana resumes flights from London Gatwick
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JetBlue suspends flight attendant accused of outburst
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Lawyer attributes scuffle to rudeness of air traveler
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Hero or Felon?
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Politics:
Wall Street Donates Twice as Much to Republican Campaigns as to Democrats
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Oil/Gas:
‘Shrinking to grow’ BP strategy for survival
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Meet Your New BP Fund Trustees
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Boom Makers Say BP Left Them Adrift
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BP Station Owners Face Long Road to Recovery
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Kilduff: Is Oil Headed to $200
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Oil Declines on Slowing Fuel Demand
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IEA raises oil demand outlook, but warns of growth doubts
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Asset Protection:
Ruling erodes protection for many small businesses
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Municipalities:
States Test Whether Pensions Can be Stripped
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Schoolteachers Driving Cadillacs
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Vallejo gets a deadline to give up bankruptcy protection
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Does New Federal Aid Come at the Expense of Business?
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Operating expenses of Chapter 9 municipal debtor are not administrative expenses protected by Section 503(b)
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UK:
Bank of England Lowers Economic Growth Outlook, Sees Inflation Moderating
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Pound Drops as BOE Cuts Growth Forecast
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Tods Murray acts in Tesco debt restructuring
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High Court Sets P.E. Precedent With Ruling
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Canada:
Pocklington sentencing set for September 13
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Canadian house prices see ‘dramatic’ slowdown
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No immunity to bankruptcy
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S. Korea:
Yangjae project faces bankruptcy
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China:
Are Official Statistics Masking Blistering Hot 33% Inflation In China?
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China auto sales fall 11.9%
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China Output Growth Weakens; Inflation Accelerates
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China Said to Order Banks to Book Trust Company Loans
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Germany:
German Bond Default
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German corporate bankruptcies up 1.1 percent year-on-year in May
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Chinese push into Germany’s heart and soul
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