January 29, 2010

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Law:

Reed Smith Sees Profits Rise as Revenue Dips
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Former Clients File Malpractice Suit Against Milbank
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K&L Gates Guilty of Overlawyering
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Texas DA Sued Over Alleged Phony Arrest Scheme Left 'High and Dry'
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Everyone Comes Out in Support of Textron's SCOTUS Plea in Work-Product Privilege Case
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Lawyers in Vioxx Case Hit With Negligence Lawsuit Over Alleged Paperwork Errors
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Lathrop & Gage to pay $7.4M to settle malpractice suit
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Kelley Drye Hit With Age-Bias Suit; More on the Way For BigLaw?
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EEOC Sues Kelley Drye Over Older Lawyer Pay, Seeks Sweeping Relief
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Ex-Howrey Associate Alleges Racial Discrimination, Wants $30 Million — Mule Soon to Follow
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Heller Refugee at Orrick Makes Second Jump to Sidley
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Eversheds partner questions parent's commitment
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Building a Global Legal Career
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Six Tips for Finding a Job
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Lawyer Indicted & Cleared in Case Linked to Serial Murders of 3 Clients Has Died
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Report: Movie Gallery Hires Restructuring Lawyers
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Struggling Lawyers Turning to . . . Lives of Crime
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War of the Farrens: Skadden Counsel Files $30 Million Lawsuit Against Her Husband
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Appellate Law Clerk Is Out of a Job After Ghostwriting Claim
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Firm Partner Donates Kidney to Staffer's Son
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10 Tips for Lower-Cost Law Firm Marketing
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Inside the New Westlaw, Lexis & Bloomberg Platforms
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Pls Hndle Thx: Can I Touch You There
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Who Dat Sey Dey Own Dat Chant?
(DBN)

Frequent obstacle to alternative fees? Software and management can't handle it?
(DBN)

Andrews Kurth Launches Fixed-Fee Startup Package
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What to Say When Friends Ask About Law School
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Lily Tomlin, Martin Short drop funny for serious and nasty on 'Damages'
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Who Needs Harvard Law When You've Got Jersey Shore?
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Poker Pro/Law Grad Fighting Familiar BigLaw Foe
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Fugitive lawyer caught
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Judges:

Bankruptcy judgeship bill introduced and passes out of Committee
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Potus’s SOTU Scotus Smackdown: Justified or Out of Line?
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Obama picked odd time and place to jab high court"
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SCOTUS Retirement Watch? Zzzzzz…
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Former Judge of Pants Lawsuit Fame Takes Swipe at Federal Bench
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Study: Lack of Opportunity & Access Keeps Women from Serving as Judges
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Mmmm, chicken.
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Wall Street:

Lackluster Economic News Pushes the Markets Lower
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Wall Street falls below key level
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What Goldman owes its clients
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 470,000
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Geithner Urges More Progress on Job Growth
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Obama's Jobs Plans: Would They Work?
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Getting a Job in a Dying Profession
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AstraZeneca to cut 8,000 jobs
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6 companies with no layoffs - ever!
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Aviation:

Airlines Stay Cautious Despite Signs of Rebound
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Airline results cloud recovery outlook
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Tallying 2009 Airline Profits and Losses
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Parking:

Parking Co. of America Airports Files for Bankruptcy
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Politics:

D.C. Bickering Leaves Little Hope for Change
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Meet The Wall Street Fat Cats The Democrats Are Hitting Up For Huge Cash
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Sales:

A signed Abe Lincoln photo for sale? Maybe, at local bankruptcy auction
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Compensation:

AIG Gets Strong Response on Bonus Cuts
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Manpower Chief "Not Happy" About Banker Pay
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A Huge Amount of Angst Went Into Deciding New Bank of America CEO's Salary
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Municipalities:

Bankruptcies Hit Arkansas ‘Boomtown’
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NYC mayor paints two city budget pix: dark and darker
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Pensions:

Obama Makes Auto IRA, Retirement Savings a Focus
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PBGC aids insolvent multiemployer pension plans
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Can the government make you get an IRA?
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Financial Literacy:

Financial education helps students deal with economy
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Hedge Funds:

Cayman Fund Of Funds Wins US Bankruptcy Protection
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Trucking:

YRC Worldwide's Aggressive Push May Not Be Enough
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Corporate Governance:

How corporate boards are killing American business
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Economy:

US Senate backs Bernanke for second term at Fed
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Finds CEO More Confident, Hiring
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Financial CEOs: No recovery until 2012
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Fed Declares that the US is in Recovery
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House Prices Jump, Confidence Rises
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Economic recovery a mixed bag for many Americans
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Jobless claims, durable goods point to weak growth
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Fed: Worst recession since the Depression
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Geithner bashing not seen threatening job--for now
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Geithner: 'I'll carry the burden' of AIG forever
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Geithner Was 'Not Doing His Job' at Fed, Issa Says
(DBN)

Time for Tim Geithner to go
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Geithner Testimony Trumps Paulson, Bernanke And Obama State Of The Union
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Going, going, Geithner
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Senate permits gov't to borrow an additional $1.9 Trillion
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The Fed's Anti-Inflation Exit Strategy Will Fail
(DBN)

Stiglitz: The Big Mistake Is The Way We Bailed Out The Banks
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Davos: Signs of Global Power Shift
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How Davos makes incredibly rich people seem smarter than they actually are
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Economic Stress Index
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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:

Lenders Pursue Mortgages Long After Homeowners Default
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US Moves to Ease Paperwork Needed to Modify Loans
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Freddie Mac redoubles delinquent borrower effort
(DBN)

Administration tightens documentation requirements for mortgage relief
(DBN)

Yet another try at foreclosure rescue
(DBN)

In a Surprise, Office Market Posts Unexpectedly Good Results
(DBN)

Mass. Couple Sue Bank of America Alleging Erroneous Foreclosure Attempt
(DBN)

Housing’s ‘New Normal’: More Renters, Slowing Home Appreciation
(DBN)

How Will the White House ‘Step Up’ Refinancing?
(DBN)

Credit Suisse Calls Housing Recovery ‘Fragile’
(DBN)

California Foreclosures Drop 24.3%
(DBN)

Spreading Foreclosures Still Concentrated in Sand States
(DBN)

Non-profit housing unit faces possible sale, bankruptcy
(DBN)

Would-be buyer evicted from Statler
(DBN)

Loan Modifications Are They Worth It - An Overview In Simple English
(DBN)

The Trouble With Complex Mortgages
(DBN)

Examining The Enforceability Of Securitized Mortgages
(DBN)

Single-Family Home Sales Closed 2009 In A Decline
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Insurance:

Can Insurers Really Just Cancel Bank D&O Insurance?
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Retailing:

Amazon holiday profit beats, sees strong 1st qtr
(DBN)

Appliance World shutters Denver-area stores
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Claims Trading:

Traders Drive Up Price For Tribune Co. Claims
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Heavy Equipment:

Distress risk for heavy-equipment manufacturers has tripled
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Mining:

Firstgold Corp. files for Chapter 11 court protection, plans restructuring
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Banking:

WaMu shareholders get their voice in bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Judge Denies Wamu Request for Subpoenas
(DBN)

More bank downgrades coming?
(DBN)

A New Sort of Moral Hazard in the Banking System
(DBN)

Federal Home Loan sues banks for $2B
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Celebs:

Elizabeth Warren on The Daily Show
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Barney Frank Reveals His Secret Crush
(DBN)

Anna Nicole Smith --The Bankruptcy That Keeps on Giving
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Miles high flight attendant busted and broke
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Nicholas gets hugs after charges dropped
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Radio:

MediaNews Files To Put Stations In Trust
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Debt Collection:

A Simple Solution for Getting Bill Collectors Off Your Back
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Text Messaging As the Next Frontier in Collection Communication
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Politicians Still Arguing Over Debt Collection Regulation
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M&A:

KPMG Predicts Modest Uptick in Global Mergers and Acquisitions
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Newspapers:

Execs cash in on Post parent bankruptcy
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MediaNews to judge: Please don't make us write "Debtor-in-Possession" on our checks
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

 

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 sate Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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

Top Ten Parts of BAPCPA Congress Needs to Fix
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Bankruptcy Rules:

With Revisions To Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Under Review, A Second Delaware Bankruptcy Decision Goes The Other Way On Whether The Rule Requires Informal Committees To Disclose Their Trades
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Lehman:

Lehman, Synthetic CDOs, Sapphires, etc.
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Paulson Says He Would Have Guaranteed Lehman If He Could Have
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Autos:

How company executives and union leaders brought the auto industry down
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Chrysler Won't Sue Over Dealer Arbitration
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Delphi retirees lose out
(DBN)

Ford's costly 'way forward'
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AIG:

The Government Could Have Handled AIG's Bailout Better
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Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows
(DBN)

Who Told N.Y. Fed Lawyers to Keep AIG Details Secret?
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Gambling:

Bondholders file appeal over Herbst reorganization plan
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Oil/Gas:

Magnum Hunter gets approval for Triad deal
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Finance:

Plan to Boost Small Businesses Unlikely to Thaw Lending Freeze
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In the Packaging of Loans, a Bust With Precedent
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Loan Surge Unlikely From Obama's Plan
(DBN)

Lenders of last resort thriving?
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Fraud:

Scott Rothstein is facing 100 years. Maybe less, if he rolls on other lawyers.
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Can the S.E.C. Get the Galleon Wiretaps?
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Intel employee linked to Galleon case left company
(DBN)

He won't sing
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On stand, Dwek tells of life of crime
(DBN)

Stanford's Daughter Agrees to Vacate $1.3M Condo
(DBN)

"Are you Bernard Madoff's brother?"
(DBN)

SEC restructures to catch next Madoff
(DBN)

Former SEC lawyer guilty of fraud
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Judge orders Nadel colleague Neil Moody to yield condo
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Satyam's Raju declared pauper by US court
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Tax:

In UBS Case, a Swiss Diss?
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Obama to propose small business tax credits
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Health Care:

Saint Vincent's search for partners dates to 2007
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Distressed Investing:

Making Money in a Down Economy
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LBC Credit Partners Hires Portfolio Manager
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Consumer Debt:

The Rise of Consumer Debt...
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American Debtor Pool Undergoing Massive Demographic Shift
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Lawyers push Fair Finance bankruptcy
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Packaging:

Debts, future of mill in spotlight with Smurfit-Stone set to detail bankruptcy plan
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Accounting:

Grant Thornton International revenues drop 9%
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UK:

Court backs tax authorities over offshore trust
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Canada:

Realvest Corp. files for bankruptcy protection
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Lenders to take control at Aveos
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Pocklington treasures divvied up
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Japan:

Japan Factory Production Rose, Unemployment Fell in December
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Japan's Homebuilding Slumps 28% to Lowest Level Since 1964 Olympics Heyday
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Greece:

Trichet Says 'Confident' Greece Will Meet its Deficit Target
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Greece's debt could prove 'fatal' to eurozone, German minister warns
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Europe Lays Plans for How to Bail Out Greece
(DBN)

Greek Bonds Show Waning Faith It Can Avoid Bailout
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Sweden:

Swedish Banks Come Down on Different Sides of Bonus Question
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Australia:

Cosmos to file for bankruptcy
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Hungary:

Number of insolvency procedures up 29%
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