August 2, 2010

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Law:

Baker Settles Suit Over Business Picked Up From Defunct Coudert
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BigLaw Associates Moving From Lockstep to Loose, Footloose, Kick Off Your Sunday Shoes
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Latham & Watkins: 100% Offers to Summers in D.C.
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Last Week in Biglaw
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Sheppard Mullin Comes Back to the Light of $160K
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Financial Reform Law Keeping Firms Busy
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Star NY Litigator's Matchmaking Pays Off for Client and Litigation Financing Firm
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Former Jackson Walker Lawyer Snared in Federal Case Against Wyly Brothers
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Law Firm Partner Resigns Amid Financial Probe
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Play to Pay: One-Year Ban for Horny Attorney
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Royal Pain: Foreclosure King Lawyer Faces Class Action by Angry Mob of Homeowners
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Feds Don't Trust Trustee With $1 Million of Crookedest Lawyer Ever's Money Anymore
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Lawyer Transitions: Money Isn't Everything
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Lawyer for Whistleblowers Shrieks Over Slashed Fees
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White-Collar Crime Boss: Guilty Verdict for CEO in Obstruction Conspiracy Could Be Wake-Up Call
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Silent Grief
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Signs of Hope for Law Firm Summer Hiring in 2011?
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What the Shoes Say
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Philly Lawyer Is Charged in Pot-Growing Operation
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Litigator of the Week: E. Joshua Rosenkranz of Orrick
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So Much for Socrates
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Atlanta Lawyer Is the Go-To Guy for Botched Circumcision Cases
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Lawyer Suspended Following Tirade During Deposition
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ABA Launches Smart Soloing Center
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New Study: Forget the Rankings, Just Bring Home Straight A’s
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Judges:

Democrat Ben Nelson Opposes Kagan
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The BP Mess: Judging Judges' Impartiality
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7th Circuit Cites ‘Unreasonable Fury’ of Chief District Judge as Reason for His Mid-Trial Removal
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What Crawled Up His Robe?
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Ginsburg Speaks Out on Kagan, Comparative Law Issue
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What Would Brandeis Do?
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Rise
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Europe shares hit 3-mth high after banking results
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What Happened to JPMorgan’s Friendship With Cablevision?
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The Return of the IPO
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Layoffs:

Employment outlook fades
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The new division of labor: Adding profits, subtracting workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Tax:

US Had Long Suspected Billionaire Brothers of Evading Taxes
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Aviation:

Delta fined $38M for Northwest cargo price-fixing
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Spirit Airlines begins charging for carry-on bags
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Newspapers:

Tribune Proposes Golden Parachutes To Top Executives
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Brokerages:

Jesup & Lamont files for bankruptcy
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Foundries:

Neenah exits bankruptcy , cuts debt by $270 mln
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Aerospace:

Sea Launch to exit bankruptcy in Russian hands
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice is Not Alone: Celeb Parents Who've Declared Bankruptcy
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Teresa Giudice: Going Dancing With the Stars?
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Teresa Guidice's Lawyer Trying to Block Bankruptcy Auction?
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'Real Housewife' Teresa Giudice's Auction Goes Global
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Teresa Giudice is Working Hard for the Money
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Khloe Kardashian in trouble with the State of California
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Bianca Jagger Ordered to Pay Back Rent, Attorney Fees
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Jersey Shore’s Snooki Is Not Above the Law
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Lehman:

Lehman Unit's Dutch Trustees Reject Proposed Intercompany Claim Reduction
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Agriculture:

America's oldest family farm for sale
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Retailing:

The ‘New Normal’ in Consumer Shopping Behavior
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Economy:

Recession deeper than gov't previously thought
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Alan Greenspan warns that US could be heading for double-dip recession
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Greenspan: A 'Quasi-Recession'
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Big Investors Fear Deflation
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U.S. economic growth slows sharply
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What Would Roosevelt Do?
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IMF: U.S. Financial System May Need $76 Billion in More Capital
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US Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Fell to 67.8
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A Richter Scale for the Financial Markets
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Boom, Bust and the End of Certainty
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Letting Bush Tax Cuts Die 'Not a Good Plan': Fed's Bullard
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Five myths about the Bush tax cuts
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Mayor Bloomberg: Bush tax cuts for the rich should be extended so wealthy can help economy recover
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Obama must break his tax promise
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What to Expect if Bush Tax Cuts Expire
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Raul says state will reduce economic role
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The Growth Imperative
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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:

FDIC gets into the securitization business
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Fed Leaves Part of Mortgage Market Broken
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Home Ownership Rates Continue to Fall
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Shadow Inventory to Push 2011 Home Prices Lower than '09
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RICO Suit Seeks Billions from David Stern and His Foreclosure-Mill Law Firm
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Greenspan Says Decline in Home Prices May Spur Recession
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Fighting Foreclosure with Cornbread
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Volcker: Fannie and Freddie ‘Need to Go’
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More Bad News for CMBS
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Bidders Line Up for Amelia Island Plantation
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EpiCentre's creditors upset over bankruptcy
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New Century ex-leaders to pay $90 million in settlements
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Meridian Mortgage founder has questions in his past
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Mortgage rescue firm settles with FTC for $2.4M
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Alleged Mortgage Fraud up 4% in 2009 with LA, Miami in Top Spots
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Paulson: Revamp Homeownership Policy, After Market Stabilizes
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Feds Not Impressed by Vegas Builder’s Generous Incentives
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Citigroup to Invest in Distressed Multifamily
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Turnarounds:

Warren Buffett's Mr. Fix-It
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Banking:

U.S. Bank Failures In 2010 Reach 106
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Don't Be Fooled By Idea Of Bank Bailouts
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Banks Face $122 Billion Bond Tab as Europe Pays Up to Sell
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Bank Failures To Peak In Third Quarter, Bair Says
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Another $30B to Save Weak Banks
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HSBC First-Half Net More Than Doubles on Return to Profit in North America
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BNP Paribas net profit soars in 2nd quarter
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Regulators close banks in Fla., Ga., Wash.
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Oil/Gas:

Residents worry about contamination from oil spill
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Lawyers See Both Promise and Problems in $20B Gulf Coast Compensation Fund
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BP pulls back oil spill cleanup operation
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BP: One of Just 400,000 Abandoned Wells
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Locals to BP: Don't Leave Town Yet
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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
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BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
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When will spill be cleaned up? Maybe never
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BP Hires Scientists to Buy Silence on Spill
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BP's Hayward: 'I Became a Villain for Doing the Right Thing'
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Undersea Plumes Nowhere to Be Found as Tests Show Seafood to Be Safe
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Congress probing use of dispersants in Gulf
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Is It Too Soon to Roll Up the Cleanup?
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BP Offering One-Time Payments To Gulf Oil Spill Victims In Attempt To Avoid Lawsuits
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BP's Damaged Gulf Oil Well to Be Sealed Next Week
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BP's scientific integrity is questioned
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How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Fill a Boise Courtroom?
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US owners of BP stations may seek rebranding
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Gambling:

Boyd Gaming Abandons Bid for Station Casinos Assets
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Credit Cards:

The Growing Resilience of Plastic
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Municipalities:

Layoffs to gut East St. Louis police force
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Student Debt:

New Bankruptcy Legislation Could Provide Relief For Those Buried in Student Debt
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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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Corporate Reform:

Elizabeth Warren, touted to lead new consumer financial protection agency, has powerful enemies
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GOP opposes Warren for post
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Elizabeth Warren's Enemies List
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Standing up to banks
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Elizabeth Warren: My Mission Is to Restore America's Great Middle Class
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Elizabeth Warren: An Okie in Washington riles Wall Street
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Former Students Endorse Warren
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Candidate to Head Consumer Agency Waits in Wings
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Dodd Pushing FDIC Chair Sheila Bair To Run Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Paul Krugman: Obama making mistake when he snubs friends
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Three Auto Dealer Tactics That Financial Reform Missed
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Disgraced mogul Conrad Black slams US justice system
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Miscellaneous:

Rangers, Almatis, Abitibi, Circuit City, Arrow Air, Newark
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Fraud:

SEC sues billionaire GOP donors over use of offshore trusts
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Maverick not probed in Wyly case
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The Wylys respond
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A Tangled Web for the Wyly Brothers
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Running Government as a Cash Business
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SEC Attempts to Eliminate Fiduciary Duty Element of Insider Trading
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Ponzi's Auditors
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Trucking:

Successful Flying J bankruptcy a throwback to different time
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Hotels:

Midland Loan Services says Innkeepers' bankruptcy plan unfair
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Autos:

Obama: GM Alive Because I Ignored Critics
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Visteon Union Seeks Bigger Role in Exit Plan Vote
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Delphi chief getting job done in and out of bankruptcy court
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Chrysler sues 7 Detroit dealers over disputed letters of intent
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Baseball:

Judge in Texas Rangers bankruptcy case known for innovative rulings
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Rangers auction could put Ryan, Cuban in bid war
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Rangers auction set: It's Ryan/Greenberg vs. Cuban and others
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Mark Cuban could align with lender in Rangers sale
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Mark Cuban is Sleeping with the Enemy in Texas Rangers Sale, FOX May Bid on Club
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Game changer
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Latest Drama in Texas Rangers Case Might Mean Cancellation of Auction
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Rangers auction will proceed despite higher offer
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Rangers Go to Auction After Judge Rejects 'Enhanced' Greenberg-Ryan Bid
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Outcome in Texas Rangers Auction Could Mean Losing Cliff Lee, Others
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Food/Drink:

Max & Erma's owner backs alternate buyout bid in bankruptcy court
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Bashas' bankruptcy trial winding down
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Closing arguments Aug. 9 in Bashas' case
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Lower litigation income hits Parmalat profits
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Bids re-open for winery
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Sovereigns:

Public debt: State of bankruptcy
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UK:

UK Factory Growth Slows Less Than Forecast as 'Boom' Persists
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Canada:

Consumer Proposal: One of the most important financial tools available to Canadians
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China:

China overtakes Japan as No. 2 economy
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China manufacturing growth slows
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China Manufacturing Faces `Slowdown, Not a Meltdown'
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State-Owned Groups Fuel China’s Real Estate Boom
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Australia:

Bringing the liquidators into line
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Cuba:

Cuba eyes more self-employment as massive layoffs loom
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Germany:

German retail giant Metro sees 15.4% profit drop
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Japan:

Softbank: to be sponsor for bankrupt Willcom
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