August 24, 2010

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Law:

Dewey Asks Clients to Consider Partner Diversity
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Firms Now Looking for Unpaid Summer Associates
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Should Biglaw Deferral Programs Become Permanent?
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Citing Partners Billing for Grunt Work, Judge Slashes NY Firm's Bid for Millions in Added Fees
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ABA Urges D.C. Circuit to Reject FTC Position in 'Red Flag' Case
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Bankruptcy Lawyer Bills $950/Hour, Finds Out-of-Office Work Can Be Productive
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Weil Helps THL Prop Up Ailing Sterling Financial
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Fla. Law Schools See Flood of Law Firm Requests for Unpaid Summer Associates
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Who Do You Write Like??
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Family Ties Help McGuireWoods Land Tiger Woods Divorce Role
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How Gen X Lawyers Can Bridge the Gap, Foster Work-Life Balance
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Can Outsourcing Help Improve Lawyer Job Satisfaction?
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BigLaw Firm Taking Fee Fight With Former Partner to Supreme Court
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Ex-Philly Lawyer Charged With Embezzling $1 Million From Clients, Firm
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What Will Zombies Do With Settlement Dollars?
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Attorney Faces Probe re Claimed Offer of ‘Restitution’ to Witness for Testimony Change
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Lawyer Gives Away Exotic Cars Valued st $3.5 Million to Charity, His Kids Wish He Hadn't
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Tweet of the Day: John Quinn on Trial (And a bit about the Barbie / Bratz case.)
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Women Face 'Glass Ceiling' in Law Review
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The Ladies of Law Review: Mostly Good News
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The real value of a legal education
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Need a Lawyer? A Route to Free Legal Advice
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DUI Defendant Doesn't Want Expert Testimony Recorded on iPhone
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Attorney General Holder Featured in Vogue Magazine
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For Some Inmates in Dallas, Jail Feels Just Like Home
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Judges:

U.S. Judges Sound Off on Bank Settlements
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Judge Shoots and Kills Burglar
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Justice Ginsburg in Chinatown
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Judge in Clemens Case Tells Parties to Keep Their Mouths Shut
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Georgia Judges Gone Wild
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Courts:

Question of Perspective in Courtroom Paintings
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Wall Street:

Stock Futures Drop on Global Economic Worries
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World stock markets fall as economy worries linger
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U.S. stocks end down as economy offsets deals
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Wall Street Bankers Are Not Pure Evil
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Wall St: They Still Don't Get It
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Layoffs:

Arizona's official unemployment rate not the full picture
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Six States Where Unemployment is Improving
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:

Local government bankruptcy bill comes back to Capitol
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Michigan city may soon face bankruptcy filing
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Clash looms with receiver
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Philly Wants Its Bloggers to Pay $300 Fee
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'Our state is $120.6 billion short!'
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Illinois is Bankrupt
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California Delays $2.9 Billion School, County Payments Amid Budget Impasse
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Credit Cards:

Credit-Card Rates Climb
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The credit card pound of flesh gets pricier
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A Primer on New Credit Card Rules
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Lehman:

Video Killed the Lehman/Barclays Star Witnesses
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Barclays exec defends deal as Lehman trial resumes
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Michael Klein returns to the fore in Lehman trial
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A Code Head-Scratcher
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Lehman '08 sale called 'best deal'
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Finance:

Katrina a Tale of SBA Failure
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Labor:

In New Court Filing, NUHW Reveals It's Nearly Broke and Facing Bankruptcy
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Food/Drink:

Bashas' reorganization plan appealed by creditors
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Disputes Between Business Partners Leads to Sale of Chocolate Factory
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Health Care:

The St. Vincent's Lawsuit Is Another Waste Of Money
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice's Bankruptcy May be Kim Granatell's Treasure
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Economy:

Fed Loses Bid for Review of Bailout Disclosure Ruling
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Fed Split on Move to Bolster Economy
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Do Huge Income Gaps Spur Downturns? Legal and Economics Experts Mull the Idea
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Stimulus program cost more than Iraq war?
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TARP Losses Recalculated to $66bn as GSE Outlook Improves
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Washington Uncertainty Is Stalling The Recovery
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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:

Why Tuesday's Home Sales Report Should Be Awful
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Hoenig gives sobering warning on housing
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Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say
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The Costs of Homeownership Drive First-time Buyers Away
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How a homeownership fetish hurt the American dream
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Portrait of California Foreclosures
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HAMP Trial Cancellations Catching up to Permanent Modifications
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IRS raids developers' homes in criminal probe; Mastro connection alleged
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Police seeking Gillette records
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New Fees Eyed for Mortgage Industry
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Real Mystery: REITs Top List for Drug Use on Wall Street
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What were they thinking? Middle-of-nowhere McMansions
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Mortgage Fraud Is on the Rise Again
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Strengthening CRE Market Pushes Defeasance Levels Up: Moody's
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Housing's Second Leg Down
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For Gov’t Mortgage Mod Program, New Numbers Show Old Problems
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Mortgage Meltdown: Now Where Do We Go?
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Boston Properties and Macklowe Make Another Deal
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AIG:

AIG repaying nearly $4 billion in federal loans
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Oil/Gas:

Feinberg takes over oil spill claims, vowing new rules to speed process
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System for Spill Claims Is Assailed
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Is the Claims Process Fair?
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As Gulf Spill Claims Czar Takes Over, a Checklist of Promised Changes
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Gulf Residents Struggle In Aftermath Of Oil Spill
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BP reports nearly $400 million in claims payments
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New Claims Process for Oil Disaster, More Frustration for One Business Owner
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White House, Critics Reach Stalemate in Dispute Over Oil Budget in Gulf
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BP listed 390 problems on Gulf rig
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Did BP fail to take action on technical problems?
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Gulf oil spill: Top oil rig official doesn't know who was in charge
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Realtors announce BP spill fund to cover their losses
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Brad Pitt 'willing to look at the death penalty' against BP culprits
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Louisiana fishermen net more cash working for BP
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Oil Falls a Fifth Day on Concern Over US Supply Gains, Slowing Recovery
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Petroflow Energy Files Chapter 11
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Hotels:

Innkeepers Shareholders Ask Judge to Deny Financing
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Boca Raton Bridge Hotel faces bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy trustee: Da Silva is like 'a ghost'
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Politics:

Democrat's bankruptcy becomes issue in High Desert Assembly race
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Newspapers:

Trib bankruptcy plan falls apart
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Brown Publishing can't close on bankruptcy sale
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Gambling:

Gomes Gaming agrees to buy Atlantic City's Resorts Casino Hotel
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Resorts casino is just the latest challenge for "visionary" Dennis Gomes
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Hollywood:

Breakup fee in MGM-Spyglass pact
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Golf:

Cordillera homeowners angling to buy club
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Resorts:

Omni Buys Amelia Plantation for $67.1M
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Accounting:

PwC receives 800 applicants for 60 posts
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Five Interview Questions You Should Be Ready For If You’re Looking to Switch Jobs
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PricewaterhouseCoopers UK Has A Term For The Housing Market: “Slowth”
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M&A:

Are Mergers Back? Well, Sort Of
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Litigation:

Bankruptcy Pleading Requirements In light of Ashcroft
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Retailing:

American Apparel receives possible delisting note
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)

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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Md. bankruptcy cases rise by nearly 36 percent in past year
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Baby Boomer Bankruptcies on the Rise
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Miscellaneous:

Movie Gallery, BankUnited,Lehman, Fleetwood, Hawaii Biotech: Bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:

Woman Wall Street Hates Most Is Suited for Job
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Elizabeth Warren, Rap's "New Sheriff"
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The Dodd-Warren Rift: President Obama Can you Hear Me?
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Banking:

Hoenig: Don't sacrifice smaller banks to save bigger ones
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Cleaning Up From Recent Bank Failures
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Humor:

If You Have Complained About Financial Industry Regulation
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Autos:

Treasury's Bid For A GM Payback
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Chrysler to Have Difficulty Turning '10 Profit: CEO
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Biden tells Ohio auto workers industry will thrive
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'Cash for clunkers' car dealers investigated
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GM Canada settles lawsuit with 21 dealers
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Fraud:

Scott Rothstein's Favorite Steakhouse is Target of Probe
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Kim Rothstein gets some bling back
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Credit Card Expenses Could Be Smoking Gun if Rothstein Partner Is Indicted
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Feds: Ruling led to dismissal against Westar execs
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Accused Disney Leaker Yonni Sebbag Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Fraud
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Billionaire Brothers Fire Back at SEC
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Envelopes:

National Envelope Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval to Sell Assets to Gores
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Baseball:

Who Leaked the MLB Financial Documents?
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Baseball Chases Leak of Financial Documents
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Horticulture:

Park Seed sold for $13M at bankruptcy hearing
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Tax:

Mitch McConnell's tax cut lies
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State sues 'Tax Lady' Deutch
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IRS Finalizes Regs on Tentative Carryback Adjustments - Refunds Reduced By POC Amount
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Now That’s Rich
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Pensions:

As 401K Matches Disappear, Burden on Worker
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Distressed Investing:

Interview With Tanja Aalto
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Hockey:

Preds owners get more time to buy Del Biaggio shares
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Payday Lending:

State making Payday Loan Stores pay up
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Telecoms:

Distressed Debt Analysis - Fairpoint
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UK:

Sharp rise in public sector supplier insolvencies
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UK's largest football clubs owe £4m in deferred tax
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Law firm says tax amnesty take disappointing
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Decline in business confidence may dent recovery
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EU:

Europe Will Not Lead Growth
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Germany:

German Budget Deficit Jumps to 3.5 Pct in 1st Half
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China:

Yen Rises to 1995 High on Global Slowdown Concern
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China's Outdated Practice Of Capitalism
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Foreign Retailers Fuel China’s Export Machine
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Japan:

Pressed to Act, Bank of Japan Sees Few Ways to Lift Demand
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