Law:
Is the Billable Hour Going Away? Not According to the Supreme Court
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If Blockbuster Goes Bankrupt, Weil Will Be There
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Union Sues Pryor Cashman for $42 Million
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Law License: Good Wherever you Go?
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Ohio Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer for Destroying Documents and Lying About It
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Always a Trendsetter, Cadwalader Now Experiencing Thievery
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Five Years After Katrina, New Orleans Legal Community Is Finding Its Way
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S.E.C. Lawyer Leaves for Steptoe
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NY Volunteer Attorney Programs Benefit from ‘Lost Generation’ of Law Grads
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Unfriend Me - A GC fumes about a Facebook attack.
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Judge approves restitution for Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's victims
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Rothstein restitution just pennies on the dollar
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Non-Investor Clients to Recoup Bulk of Rothstein Funds
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"It's not about money; it's about freedom. Legal education gives students what 99.9 percent of humanity yearns for but is denied: control over one's own life"
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A Sit-Down with the Law School Transparency Hunger Striker, Zenovia Evans
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Lawyers Take Swings at Each Other in Dodgers Divorce Trial
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Off the Clock: Easy Rider
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Ruling Clears Way for Testimony by Ex-Toyota Lawyer on Hidden Documents
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Ex-Partner, 82, Sues High-Profile Divorce Firm, Claims Broken Pact to Support Him
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Phila. law firms stand out in the Inc. 5000
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Every Legal Secretary Has A War Story
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Two-Track Legal Education Coming to a Law School Near You?
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Lawyer’s Mom Helps Inmate Pen Pal Win Conviction Reversal
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Bed Bugs v. Brooklyn D.A.’s Office: Round 2
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Drunk Fireman Torched Her Home and Two Others, Woman Says
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Squire Sanders Motion Hits Lawyer’s ‘Delusions’ that LeBron James Is His Son
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After the Way He Treated Cleveland, Why Would Anyone Want To Be LeBron James’s Father?
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Oops. Juror Calls Defendant Guilty on Facebook, Though Verdict Isn't In
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Judges:
Bankruptcy Judge Denies Incendiary Motion To Recuse
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How Justice Ginsburg Handled Phone Calls About Her Misbehaving Kid
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Women Make Up One-Third of the Supreme Court, But Does it Matter?
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Chief Judge Has Power to Block Hires on Nepotism Grounds, Appellate Court Rules
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Increasing Federal Bench Vacancies Concern Observers, Including Justice Kennedy
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Administrative Law Judges Call for More Security
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Wall Street:
Stock futures point to Wall Street extending decline
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Stocks drop as fear returns
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Layoffs:
Pimco’s El-Erian Sees ‘Lost Decade’ for U.S. Jobs
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Japan Airlines to cut 16,000 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
Mexicana Grounding `Should Be Permanent' Following Bankruptcy , UBS AG Says
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Chaos and Stranded Tourists After Mexicana Shutdown
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Japan Air's Lenders Agree on $10 Billion Turnaround Plan, to Forgive Debt
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JAL to slash workforce as part of restructuring
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Japan Airlines to Start Discount Carrier as Part of a Plan to Turn Around
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JAL to slash routes, aircraft in turnaround bid
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Panel finds no criminal wrongdoing behind JAL's troubles
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Govt OKs JAL Turnaround Plan
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Religion:
After bankruptcy , Iowa diocese raises $22 million in capital campaign
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Abuse payments sap fund, putting churches at risk
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Hotels:
Crowne Plaza Lead Investor: Bankruptcy Filing Was Measure To Protect Mortgage; Hotel Is Strong
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Public Transit:
Monorail seeks to erase $640 million in debt
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Television:
CEO Young Makes Old Play: Added Compensation
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Insurance:
Hedge Funds Seek to Prevent Ambac From Taking Bond-Insurance Unit's Assets
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AIG's Insurers Settle Derivative Action Against Greenberg
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Taiwan to Block Sale of AIG Unit
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Trucking:
Arrow Trucking trio seeks $1.83 million; bankruptcy trustee objects
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Newspapers:
Pressmen reject Philadelphia newspapers' contract offer
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Teamsters', machinists' contract rejections hold up closing of newspaper deal
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Food/Drink:
Bankrupt owner of San Jose's Mercados Su Vianda leaves suppliers empty-handed
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Consultants:
Alvarez & Marsal Appoints Mostrom Senior Director in Real Estate
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Sovereigns:
Sovereign debt for dummies - It's only a matter of time till runaway debtors such as the United States hit the wall
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Litigation:
Suit: Milacron officers hid info
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Economy:
July Consumer Spending Gain Strongest in 4 Months
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July consumer spending up: Is US economy back on recovery track?
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Painfully slow comeback for consumers
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Obama rips GOP for blocking business aid bill
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White House: More Economic Stimulus Measures Coming
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How Obama Got Rolled by Wall Street
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Record number in government anti-poverty programs - 1 in 6 receiving benefits
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NABE survey: Disagreement over Fed policy outlook
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Dallas Fed says fiscal stimulus is a quick fix, not a permanent solution
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Economists: I dunno, man. What do you think?
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Bernanke Manages Expectations for Fed Role
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Why H-P Buyback Is Bad News For The Economy
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The Post Crisis Decade: Ugly
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The Elite Are Getting Richer, The Poor Are Getting Poorer And The Middle Class Is Being Destroyed
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Ten Signs of a Still-Troubled Economy
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Latest Grant Thornton Business Optimism Index Reaffirms That No One Has Any Idea What Is Going to Happen Next
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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:
Lawyer Gets Nearly 4 Years in Fraud Case Over Refi of His Own Home
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Loan Mod Saves OC 'Housewife' Alexis Bellino's Home
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Secondary mortgage market bracing for more declines in housing
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Commercial Real Estate, Bargain or Bust?
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Blackstone Returns Fees in First Clawback Triggered at Firm
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KBW: no benefit from forced refi program
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Statler Sale Approved in Bankruptcy Court
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Wells Fargo Mortgage Loan Application Raises Questions
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Commercial real estate failures easier to spot than residential woes
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Housing Bust Makes Paying for College Harder
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Texas AG Abbott charges servicer with illegal collection tactics
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Reluctant landlords rent to pay mortgages
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Them be fightin’ words: the fight over foreclosure fees
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FL: Receiver alleges developer fleeced his own company
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Arizona HOAs turn to hardball tactics
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StuyTown mortgage holders snub Ackman, embrace tenants
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Banking:
Regulators slam Great Eastern Bank management, capital
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ShoreBank’s buyer lays off 60 employees
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Shareholders Challenge Bank Sale
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Ohio Attorney General Praises Ruling On Bank Of America Suits
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Motions to Dismiss Denied, Granted in Part in BofA/Merrill Merger Securities Suit
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Blankfein owns largest stake in his own bank
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How Robert Steel sold Wachovia to Wells Fargo
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Oil/Gas:
Rigs' drilling parts lack third-party endorsements
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Rules so loose you could float a rig through them
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Cameron Loses Bid to Slow Retrieval of Spill Evidence
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Ethanol:
Fergus Falls ethanol operator receives extension
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Baseball:
Texas Rangers End Bankruptcy In The Black
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Corporate Governance:
SEC Passes Rule That May Help Investors Change Boards
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Corporate Reform:
SEC weighs raising the standard for brokers
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Fiduciary Duty: What Investors Need to Know
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Is Elizabeth Warren Ready For Her Close-Up?
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GOP Warming to Elizabeth Warren?
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The Sultans of Swap: Dodd-Frank and the Future of International Derivatives
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The Dodd-Frank Act: Creative Destruction, Destroyed
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US pay law branded ‘logistical nightmare’
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FDIC financial reform roundtables start Tuesday
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SEC, Asleep During the Financial Meltdown, Vows to Get Tough
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Municipalities:
New York Rebounds From Slump, but Unevenly
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State Tax Revenues Tick Up
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Where States Get Their Money
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California: the Golden Parachute State
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Ross May Find Profit Elusive in Muni Insurance Buffett Shunned
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Plans to Skip $2.2 Million Payment Due Sept. 1
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Recent Bankruptcy Decisions Demonstrate Importance of Structuring Considerations in Financings of Public-Private Partnerships
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RVs:
RV Recovery to Be Flatter Than Expected
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Avoidance Actions:
Farmers get warning on VeraSun payments
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Horse Racing:
Judge orders $14.7M payment in Stonewall case
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Tax:
2nd Circuit Upsets Fine Imposed in KPMG Tax Shelter Case
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Attention Dallas Cowboys Fans: You Have Another Shot at Season Tickets Courtesy of the IRS
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Utilities:
US Power Acquisitions Surge as Blackstone, NRG Hunt Bargains
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Health Care:
Lower Bucks Hospital is given more time for bankruptcy filing
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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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Miscellaneous:
HSH Delaware, Crucible, P&C Poultry, Metrofinanciera, Garlock: Bankruptcy
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Failure to Notify Bankruptcy Court of Discrimination Suit Knocks Out Damages
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IP:
The Edge of Discretion
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Fraud:
Not So Fabulous
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Fraud Laws in the Crosshairs
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Rothstein Trustee Sets Sights on Retailers
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Fla. Ponzi schemer owes $363 million restitution
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Rothstein ordered to pay $363 million to victims, surrender half his prison wages
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Do Rothstein investors deserve to be paid back?
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Court Affirms Arb Award Against Madoff Feeder Fund
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Colo. man extradited from Argentina in Ponzi case
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Judah ponzi scheme victims take arguments to judge
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NY: Man Charged in NY Ponzi Scheme Commits Suicide
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Defense lawyer wants off May financial fraud case
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Crybaby Ponzi Schemer Alleges NCAA Violations
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SpongeTech Execs Paid For Escorts With Company Credit Card
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The Bernie Madoff of Beverly Hills
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Student Debt:
The Student Loan Debt Clock
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Autos:
US Car Sales Head Toward 1982 Lows
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Used vehicle demand up, supply down; prices soar
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Late Payments on Auto Loans Fall in 2Q
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Symphonies:
Budget woes sowing discord at Detroit orchestra
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Celebs:
No horsing around, IRS tells ex-NFL star
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Lady Gaga going the bankruptcy way?
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Hogan has bankruptcy fears
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Resorts:
Creditors want Yellowstone Club's founder to pay up
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Gambling:
Court Confirms Station Casinos Plan
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Finance:
Banks are lending but no one wants debt
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Hockey:
Mystery buyer emerges for Coyotes
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster Shareholder Group Decries Bankruptcy Talk
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Lehman:
Lehman Derivatives Records a `Mess,' Barclays Executive Says
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Lehman's Fuld to Testify Sept. 1 for Panel Probing Credit Crisis
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Debt Collection:
Creditor Garnishes Funds Held by Chapter 13 Trustee
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Cross-Border:
Welcome to New York; the Bankruptcy Court is Below the Museum
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UK:
Billionaire Real-Estate Mogul Is Blabbering Fool, Lawyer Claims
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Insolvency Practioners to fill in after cuts to Insolvency Service
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UK Mortgage-Approvals Report Adds to `Downbeat' Data on Housing Market
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House prices have nowhere to go but down
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Search for Weymouth's teeny raiders - Bankruptcy consultant superglue victim?
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EU:
European Confidence Rises to Highest Since March 2008
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Canada:
Another delay requested in Pocklington perjury case
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Bedroom Depot bankrupt
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Fishery casts 130 adrift
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Bankruptcies on rise in Canada, raising recovery concerns
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Japan:
Japan Policy Tinkering Leaves Economic Outlook With `Huge Downside Risks'
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Mexico:
Metrofinanciera, Mexico Mortgage Lender, Seeks US Bankruptcy Protection
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Defaulted Vitro Bonds Rally to 22-Month High as Creditors Bet on New Offer
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Chile:
Chilean Copper Mine Flouted Worker Safety, and Now Warns of Bankruptcy
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China:
The Go-Go World of Private Equity in China
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India:
Indian Economy Accelerating
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Greece:
Greek FinMin: markets still assessing reforms
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Ireland:
38,000 firms at risk of failure
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