December 2, 2010

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Top Partners to Work For – New York (Part 2)
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Well, they can’t send bartending jobs to India.
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Little BigLaw
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Gross Revenue In D.C. Stays Flat, But More Job Cuts May Be Coming
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Buchanan Ingersoll's Lawyers Know When the Check is in the Mail
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Screening Recruits the Goldman Way
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Ex-Employees Sue Stern’s Foreclosure Law Firm and Related Company Over Hundreds of Layoffs
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Thomson Acquisition of Outsourcer Signals that Law Is Entering the ‘Age of Entrepreneurship’
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The ACC/TAL Survey: In 2010, It's Looking More Like Evolution
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Congress Considers Change to 'Red Flags Rule'
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Trowers & Hamlins Confirms Job Cuts
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For Slew of IP Battles, Apple Bringing Some Very Big Guns
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2 House ethics attorneys suspended
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Colo. Lawyer Sues Over ‘Disgusting’ Airport Pat Downs
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Harvard 2Ls Join the Line Suing TSA Over Scans, Pat-Downs
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Litigant opposes motion to withdraw by BigLaw adversary's counsel
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Rick McKnight steps down as Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day’s Los Angeles office
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Both Sides Now - The People's Therapist
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Simpson Thacher's Time Sheet Policy: Barely Legal?
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Mergers Hot, Layoffs Not, Report on Firms Finds
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Comic Book Walks Juvenile Offenders Through the Justice System
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Gunderson Dettmer ‘Blacklisted’ By Startup Accelerator
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How to be Brief Without Being Curt: Departure Emails 101
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Can a lawyer ethically get access to an opposing party's Facebook page?
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Attorney Disbarred For Assault On His Own Father
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Inside Trading, Citigroup, Halliburton, Goldman in Court News
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Could Just Reading Wikileaks Get You Nixed From Working as a Federal Attorney?
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New Dean Aims to Give Law School an "Entrepreneurial" Focus
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What if Law Schools Offered a Big Law Boot Camp?
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He Said, She Said: Lawyer Claims Cop Abused Authority in Relationship Dispute
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Law Firm Office Manager Pleads Guilty to Perjury in $275,000 Overbilling Case
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Former In-House Lawyer for GlaxoSmithKline Pleads Not Guilty to Obstruction of Justice
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Lawyerly Lairs: Three Partners’ Palatial Pads
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York Man With Notoriously Terrible Toupee Takes Felony Plea
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Judges:

Barrier-Breaking US District Court Judge, Former Bankruptcy Judge, Nominated for Seat on 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
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N.Y. Judges’ Pay Raises May Soon Bypass Legislature
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Irate Judge Warns Public Against Disbarred Lawyer
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Wall Street:

Stock Index Futures Signal More Gains
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Stocks Surge to Start December
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Layoffs:

100,000 Apply for 1,000 Flight Attendant Jobs
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Merry Christmas: No More Gov't Checks
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Smaller Firms Still Hesitant to Hire
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Goldman Call Implies ‘Meaningful Drop’ in Unemployment
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Insurance:

The Day College Football Produced a D&O Story
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Banking:

Top 10 Banks That Borrowed From Fed During Crisis
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Thomas Hoenig's War: Shrinking Behemoth Banks
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Bank of America Becoming 'Bank of Asia' as Revenue Increases 30%
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BofA Drags Balance Sheet Confidence Backward
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JPMorgan Begins Trial to Hold Onto $4 Billion of Disputed WaMu Securities
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The Home Stretch
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Avoidance Actions:

They just keep suing and suing and suing
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Can a Reduced Prison Term Constitute New Value Under 11 U.S.C. § 547(c)(1)?
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Retailing:

Hacketts urges court to deny liquidation motion
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Fraud:

Boise law firm Moffatt Thomas had role in fraudulent DBSI plans, lawsuit alleges
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Bankruptcy judge chastises Rowan, lawyer
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The Ladies Of Bernard Madoff Get Their Government Close-up
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Golf:

Fairvue clubhouse to be auctioned Dec. 20
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Economy:

The Danger of a Global Double Dip Recession Is Real
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US Factory Output Expands
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Are we poorer than we used to be?
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Deficit-Panel Chiefs Urge Broad Changes
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Two Senators Endorse Debt Panel Plan
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As Final Debt Plan Is Released, Signs That the Fight Is Just Beginning
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Deficit Panel: Deep Cuts and Tax Increases
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Commission proposes limit to mortgage-interest tax deduction, NAR responds
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Cutting Social Security is Part of Deficit Plan
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Yellen Sees Need to Address `Unsustainable' Budget to Protect Economy
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Fed Officials Push Fiscal Stimulus
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America, Shut Up and Feed Your Grandchildren
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Data Show Recovery Strengthening
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Fed's Beige Book Shows Stable, Sluggish Economy
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Fed data reveal wide scope of loan action during financial crisis
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Tax Cuts Likely to Be Extended Temporarily
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Fed Crisis Borrowers Ranged From Bank of America to McDonald's
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Fed made $9 trillion in emergency overnight loans
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Inside the Fed Loan Flurry During September 2008
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Fed Withholds Data on Collateral for $885 Billion in Financial-Crisis Loans
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The Fed's dodgiest deals
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Fed Fund Data: Millions, Billions, Trillions
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Fed Bailouts: Morgan Stanley’s $61 Billion Loan
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Search for Recipients of Fed Aid
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A Guide to the Alphabet Soup of Fed Bailout Programs
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Who Got Bailed Out by the Fed?
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Foreign Firms Got Fed's Cash
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Hedge Funds Tapped Rescue Program
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European Banks Gobbled Up Emergency Fed Loans
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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:

Regulators Scrutinize Mortgage Buy Backs
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Buy a foreclosure - save 30% on the price
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Distressed home sales drop 31% in 3Q
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Fed data shows 60% of TALF loans repaid
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15 Housing Markets That Will Fall Most by '12
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Fannie, Freddie Defend Foreclosures Amid Criticism
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Freddie Mac halts home evictions for holidays
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Bair says more regulation needed to restore integrity of mortgage servicing
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Lawyer Will Fight Your Foreclosure, But It Could Cost You 40 Percent of Your House
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Consumer groups: Fed proposal would 'eviscerate' powerful remedy to stop foreclosures
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State Busts Sale-Leaseback Home Scheme
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Toll Brothers Posts Profit for 4Q on Tax Benefit
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Class Claims Banks Take Kickbacks
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Attorneys negotiate liquidating AHF holdings
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CMBS delinquencies rise — contrary to analyst expectations
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Billions in Bank Profits Not Yet Turning into New Lending
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Politics:

GOP Will Filibuster All Bills if Taxes, Budget Not Addressed
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Municipalities:

Las Vegas Now Among World's Worst Economies
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Sacramento's Natomas school district appears headed for bankruptcy
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Inglewood declares public "fiscal emergency"
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Aviation:

Mother Kept In “Glass Cage” For Almost An Hour By TSA For Resisting Over Milk
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Credit Cards:

Credit Cards Make You Fat
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Congress Forces Millions to Cut Up the Credit Cards
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Health Care:

Bankrupt St. Vincent's Moves Toward Selling Hospital Site
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What Happened to U.S. Health Care Costs?
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Gambling:

N.Y. legislature fails to act on OTB reorganization in special session
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New York OTB faces Friday closing
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Regulatory board OKs company to run Herbst Gaming
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Trump casinos lay off 250 employees
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Hollywood:

MGM Insider: Optimism Ahead of Thursday's Confirmation Hearing
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Miscellaneous:

Bayou, Blockbuster, Workflow, Point Blank, Orleans: Bankruptcy
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Credit Squeeze Threatens to Swell March to Bankruptcy
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Phil Pagano was one of Chicago's highest paid official but where did his money go?
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Blast From The Past: Website Provides Quick Access To Older Bankruptcy Code Sections
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Personal Bankruptcy Filings Slowing but High
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Small Business Bankruptcies Rise and Fall in Select Regions
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More older people are forced to turn to bankruptcy courts for relief
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November bankruptcy filings fall 12% in Toledo area
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Amendments to the Bankruptcy Rules In Effect
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Plans:

Definition of “Partner” in Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan Controls Subordination of Claims, Not Definitions under State Law
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Trustees:

Rivera appointed to US Bankruptcy Trustee Panel
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Autos:

U.S. Car Sales Climb 17%
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Corporate Reform:

SEC, Banks Discuss CDO Settlements
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Treasury Bears Down On Foreign Banks
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SEC Pushed for Quick End to BofA Probe
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A Brash Bettor Stumbles
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WikiLeaks Says Will Also Expose Corporate World
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Companies Beware: The Next Big Leak Could Be Yours
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The Dodd-Frank Act and Federal Preemption of State Consumer Protection Laws
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Lehman:

Lehman Hands Subpoena to Hebrew Day School
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Body Armament:

Point Blank Sale Draws National Attention
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Personal Finance:

20 Billionaires Who Started with Nothing
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Food/Drink:

Restaurants: Best Business in 3 Years
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Festivals:

Creditors press Taste of Minnesota to pay bills
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Taste owners heading for bankruptcy
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Compensation:

Now Wall Street Pay Seen Dropping
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Religion:

Jury grants big $30M award in Del. priest abuse
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Jury finds Delaware parish liable for priest abuse
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UK:

RBS Cleared by UK FSA in Probe of Taxpayer Bailout
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UK Manufacturing Hits 16 Year High
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Fergie to get IVA?
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Winding Up Petitions - 1st December 2010
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EU:

In the Euro Zone, Investor Worries Turn to Italy and Belgium
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IMF: US Ready to Back Bigger EU Stability Fund
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Euro Rallies Ahead of ECB Meeting
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How Likely Is Default in Europe?
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PIGS:

Spain Defies Its Detractors With Bond Sale
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Anglo Irish Bank secures cost order against David Drumm's wife
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Vietnam:

Vietnam’s entrepreneurs shrug off gloom
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Vinashin Seeks Loan Payment Freeze
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Australia:

Australian Bankruptcy Law Reforms Passed Earlier This Year Now Active
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The Sons of Gwalia Are Dead!
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