Law:
Bonus Watch: Orrick’s Merit-Based Total Comp Will Use Cravath as a Baseline
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Law Firms Hold Line In Setting Bonuses
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Kirsten Gillibrand: ‘This One Time, at Davis Polk…’
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Dallas influence puts Texas flavor into Weil Gotshal & Manges law firm
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Doc Film Helped Chevron Subpoena Plaintiffs’ US Legal Files in $113B Ecuador Enviro Case
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Parking Garage Near Miss Turns Heated, Landlord Blocks Firm’s Access to Offices
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Senate Passes Aid Package For 9/11 Responders, Caps Legal Fees
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If you regret going to law school….
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Two-time Supreme Court clerk balances legal endeavors with motherhood
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Harvard Law Grad Turned 9/11 Chapel Arsonist Pleads Guilty
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New NY AG Fills Six Top Posts With BigLaw and Government Lawyers
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Judge refuses to toss $269M verdict against Disney
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iPad Not a Novelty. Replacing Laptops?
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Already Facing Criminal Charges, DA is Arrested Again for Allegedly Harrassing One of His Accusers
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Jailed for Wearing Headscarf at Courthouse, Muslim Woman Sues; Others Object to Airport Searches
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Senator Who Fought for Gay Rights Cites BigLaw Single Life, Fire Island Trips
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Celebrity Lawyer Going From the Small Screen to the Big House
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Tweeting from Jury Duty, Steve Martin Judges Defense Lawyer Guilty
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Kevin Bacon and BigLaw
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Man Quits Job, Makes Living Suing E-Mail Spammers
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NY Lawyer Bests His Suspended Dad in "Greek Tragedy" Courtroom Showdown
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Jurors in Trial Held for Hours so Judge can Vacation
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US News Warns Wannabe Law Students About ‘Absolutely Incorrect’ Use of Rankings
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Judges:
Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan shift Supreme Court debates to the left
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Sotomayor protests court's refusal of appeals
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Senate Confirms Nomination of Mary H. Murguia to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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For judges, inconsistent use of ethics rules is evident
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Wall Street:
US stock index futures signal profit taking
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The FTSE Flourishes And The Shanghai Shipwrecks
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US Stocks Slump as Valuation at Six-Month High Offsets Economic Reports
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Why Investor Optimism May be Red Flag
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Goldman Adopts Long-Term Incentive Plan to Deter Risky Bets
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Layoffs:
All Ill. metro areas see Nov. jobless rate drops
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Insurance:
Insured v. Insured Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Suit Brought by Insured in Any Capacity
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Compensation:
Goldman Sachs ties bonuses to long-term profits
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How Superstars’ Pay Stifles Everyone Else
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Turnarounds:
Value Added: Working on a turnaround
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Elder Debt:
Credit cards a major cause of bankruptcy among senior citizens
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Municipalities:
Conservative chorus calling for states’ right to declare bankruptcy
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Alabama Town Stops Paying Retirees' Pensions, Some Residents Destitute
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16 US Cities Facing Bankruptcy If They Don't Make Deep Cuts In 2011
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Where the Pension Checks Stopped
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Alabama Town's Failed Pension Is a Warning
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16 US Cities Facing Bankruptcy If They Don't Make Deep Cuts In 2011
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Vallejo's challenges of 2010 likely to carry over
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'US cities could face bankruptcy next year'
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Let states go bankrupt
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When towns go broke
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Maybe bankruptcy would save California
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Meredith Whitney Getting Trashed Eight Ways To Sunday For Terrifying Muni Default Call
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Strapped Cities Hit Nonprofits With Fees
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Entertainment:
Entertainment turnaround wiz John Hyde knows his way around the lot
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Museums:
Next 30 Days Will Decide Future of SF's Asian Art Museum
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Banking:
FDIC seeking failed Henderson bank's $8 million tax refund
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Unlimited FDIC Coverage For Lawyer's IOLA Accounts Approved
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The Return of Bank M&A: Who Will Be Buyers? Who Will Be Sellers?
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Banker Fees: Who Made the Most Working for Uncle Sam?
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439 Ways to Hate Bank of America
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3 Ex-UBS Execs Put Bank in Court Spotlight
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Bank of America gets low marks in Treasury reports
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Economy:
Republican Senator Offers Dire View of Economy
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2011 to bring recovery, inflation, more euro-pain
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2011 Could be the Year of Recovery
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Frugality And Excess to Mark 2011
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Stimulus, Without More Debt
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Dr. Doom Assesses Efforts to Restart the Economy
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Lehman Prophet Fears Second Crisis on Rates
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The Collapse of Merrill Was an Inside Job
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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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Bailout Recipients
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Real Estate:
A Mortgage Nightmare’s Happy Ending
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Mortgage Rates May Have Hit Bottom
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Foreclosures Still Dragging Down Housing, Economy
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At housing court, final pleas to head off evictions
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Home sales lag expectations, bruising homebuilders
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Novice Florida lawyers draw suspicion in foreclosure mess
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Lender Accused Of Skirting Law On Foreclosure
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An idea for revamping calculation of mortgages
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Bank purchase of Park Lafayette condos approved by court
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Legal bills, questions keep building in West Edge case
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New fed rule requires change in adjustable mortgage rate disclosure
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Worst Tenant Ever?
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Accounting:
Accountants in the Doghouse
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Ernst & Young Is Nuts to Say Lehman Was Clean
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Can You Break the Law by Complying With It?
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Retailing:
At 11th hour, shoppers descend to spend
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Online U.S. holiday sales up 15.4 percent
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Retailers roll out after-Christmas sales
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Cooley Advises Oriental Trading Company's Creditors As the Company's Plan of Reorganization is Approved
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New Jersey's Xanadu to be Taken Over by Mall of America Owner Triple Five
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Tax:
IRS Delays Start of Filing Season for Taxpayers With Itemized Deductions
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New Tax Law Packed with Obscure Biz Tax Cuts
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Exemptions:
Gov. Paterson signs new bankruptcy rules into law despite Mayor Bloomberg's objection
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A Good Bankruptcy Law
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New law eases NY bankruptcy limit
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Food/Drink:
NJ distributor faces layoffs after A&P bankruptcy
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Hotels:
Hope Hotel gets more time for bankruptcy reorganization plan
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Investor wants to foreclose on two Baltimore hotel sites
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Theme Parks:
Freestyle's problems wade through court
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Aviation:
Storm Wreaks Havoc on Travel
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The Snowstorm That Buried New York
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Crew members to sue JAL over dismissals
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Airport Christmas for Europe's stranded travelers
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US Judge Approves Comercial Mexicana Emergence From Chapter 15
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Video Rentals:
Icahn Sued by Blockbuster Creditor Over Conversion of Equity
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Religion:
DeKalb church has loyal followers, history, huge debt
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Mass Torts:
‘Master of Disasters’ Ken Feinberg—Is He Changing the Course of Mass Tort Resolution?
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Report: Everything Failed on the Deepwater Horizon
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Corporate Governance:
Can Lenders Prevent LLC Bankruptcy Filings? A Recent Decision Highlights the Debate
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Telecoms:
Vt. regulators approve reworked FairPoint plan
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Iusacell Celular Can Start Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Nortel Moves to Retrieve Executive's Retirement Savings
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Credit Cards:
Senate’s Durbin Plans to Seek Fee Limits for Prepaid Debit Cards
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Sen Durbin Wants Consumer Bureau To Monitor Prepaid Cards
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Apparel:
MVBY's assets foreclosed on
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Environmental:
Classic Chapter 11 Reorganizations Versus Section 363 Sales And The Effects On Environmental Cleanup Obligations: The Choice After Apex Oil Co. And General Motors
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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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Fraud:
Bankruptcy Suit Alleges Fraud in Factory Sale
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Maui businessman accused of Ponzi scheme charged
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Parrett, Former Fugitive Facing 25 Years in Prison, Apologizes to Judge
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Madoff's Mortgage Rates Folly
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Tough Times Breed Financial Cons
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Oil/Gas:
SemGroup investors sue Kivisto, auditor
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Awards:
Elizabeth Warren, Inspire Awards 2011 Honoree
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Sales:
In re Dewey Ranch Hockey II A Pragmatic Outcome to the Phoenix Coyotes Section 363 Dispute
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Corporate Reform:
The Confirmed Secret Weapon Against Insider Trading
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Texas about to take over examination of larger investment firms
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Warren shows her frugal chops in reusing tea bags
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Dodd-Frank Sure Complicates Things
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Autos:
Toyota Disappointed $10 Million Crash Deal Disclosed by Dealer's Lawyer
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Martin Cadillac deal nixed by bankruptcy judge
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Hollywood:
Ex-Pixar CFO named to head MGM studio board
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Pensions:
What happens when a pension fund goes broke?
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State pension problems are billions worse than advertised
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Pension Insurance for Public Employees?
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Student Debt:
16 Shocking Facts About Student Debt And The Great College Education Scam
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Celebs:
Michael Vick takes shot at redemption
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A felon's forward pass
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Man threatens octuplets mom with foreclosure again
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Nicolas Cage's tale of multiple foreclosures
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Horse Racing:
City's Horse Racing Channel Flickers Back Onto Screens
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Credit Counseling:
How Debt-Settlement Companies Skirt the New FTC Rules
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Claims:
Your Money's No Good Here: Equitable Remedies As Claims Under Section 101(5) Of The Bankruptcy Code
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Travel:
Fall of high-end Denver-based vacation club costs members, investors $7 million
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UK:
Sheridan faces bankruptcy
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Mortgage approvals slump to 20-month low
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EU:
What's Next in the Euro Zone Crisis?
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PIGS:
Anglo Irish boss pays $13,000 running luxury homes
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Wife of disgraced Irish banker OKs sale of Chatham property
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Canada:
Nortel creditors nab executive retirement fund
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Hungary:
Police investigate Aeroviva bankruptcy
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Middle East:
New Claims May Add to Nakheel's Legal Woes
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Austria:
Austrian bank fraud case to see retrial
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Russia:
Russian court finds Khodorkovsky guilty
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China:
China Stocks, Bonds Drop on Concern Central Bank Will Boost Rates Further
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China May Be Destined For An Economic Hard Landing
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As Hot Money Rushes Into China, The Smart Money Is Getting Out
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Vietnam:
Vietnam shipbuilder Vinashin defaults on loan
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