Law:
NY BigLaw Dominates, Wachtell Remains at Profession’s Pinnacle in Annual Vault 100 Survey
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Vault 100 Law Firm Rankings
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Quinn, Susman Both Claim Victory in WaMu Hearing
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New Roles for Lawyers
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The pupil strikes back
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Bankruptcy lawyers on pace for record year
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Freshfields to Blur the Meaning of 'Associate'
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Townsend and Kilpatrick Kill Talks
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Texas is hot -- or at least Porter & Hedges and McKool Smith are
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Nationwide Salary Thaw: Happy Happenings at Hogan?
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Minneapolis, Where Recent JD's Work For Dirt Cheap And Scrounge Through Garbage Cans
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'Fabulous Fab' Response to SEC: Blame the In-House Lawyers
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New SEC Disclosure Rules Take Toll on GC Bonuses; Average Drops Below $1M
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Suit Says Law Firm ‘Opinion Mill’ Aided Attorney Marc Dreier’s $700M Fraud
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Davis Wright, Latham Caught Up In Madoff Drama
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Aaron Biber, Guilty
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Fashion Model's Malpractice Claims Revived Against Boies Schiller
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Reed Smith Partner Commits Suicide in Chicago
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NY Real Estate/Bankruptcy Practice Leader Switches Firms
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Ballard Spahr Adds Bankruptcy Partner
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Financial Reform Bill May Be Boon for Law Firms
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FACEBOOK Lawyer 'Unsure' Whether Founder Mark Zuckerberg Signed Contract
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Lindsay Lohan Reports for Jail, Her Longtime Lawyer at Her Side
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Celebrity Attorney Shapiro ‘Joins’ then Bolts (?)Lohan Legal Team
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Legal Job Hunters Should Tune in to Interviewer’s Personality, Recruiting Directors Say
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Lawyer Is Among Those Fed Up with Seat Hogging, an Offense in New York City
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Adieu Review?
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Ambition Looks Lonely (at least from my BigLaw window)
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BigLaw Firm Accused of Missing Deadlines, Could Face $143 Million in Late Fees
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Former Bingham Lawyer Publishes His 18th Novel
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Law and Layoffs: On Making the Best out of a Bad Situation
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Jay Leno Drops a MoFo
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2010 GC Compensation Survey: The Great (In-House)Hangover
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2 Name Partners at ‘Robot Robot & Hwang’ are Legal Machines
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BigLaw Faces Challenges in Managing New Staffing Approaches
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Law School Hiring Skews Liberal, Say Researchers
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Law Schools Run Like Puppy Mills
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Best. College Library Marketing Video. Ever.
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More Kimberly Kourt News
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A Funny Thing Happened to Alex Barnett’s Legal Career: In a Dismal Job Market, He’s Now a Comedian
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Stupid Defendant Tricks: Poor Photo-Editing Skills Edition
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Judges:
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Kagan Nomination
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Sessions: I Must Oppose Kagan's Nomination
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Clarence Thomas calls Supreme Court a 'marble palace'
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In Idaho, Justice Thomas Does Not Stay Silent
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Judge Who Stalked Female Lawyers and Other Women Awaits Word on Punishment
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Judge rebuked but avoids ouster
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Federal court strikes down non-partisan judicial races
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Judge: 'I Know You've Been Sworn ... ' but I Don't Care
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Judge Who Nixed Moratorium On Drilling Won't Recuse Himself
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Wall Street:
Goldman Sachs profit sinks 82% as chunk goes toward SEC fine, British tax
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Goldman: Excluding SEC settlement and UK tax, earnings fall 44%
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Goldman's Viniar `Not Aware' of Any Plans for CEO Change After Settlement
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Goldman CFO says market sentiment hasn't turned yet
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Goldman bonus pool shrinks
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Goldman Lost Money on Volatility Bet in 2nd Quarter
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It's trading engine sputters, and Goldman looks pedestrian
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Goldman Earnings: Fab Gets “Thrown to the Wolves”
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Layoffs:
Extension of Benefits for the Jobless Clears Senate Hurdle
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Jobless Benefits: It's the Economy, Stupid
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Unemployment Extension Fight Is Just Beginning
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Amid The Political Clutter, Listen To What Bernanke Says About Employment
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Stimulating Unemployment
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Unemployment rate falls in 39 states in June
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Unemployment rate falls across 39 states, but it's not good news
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Nevada Retains Highest State Unemployment Rate
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Dire Job Market? Join the Military
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The New Poor: After Training, Still Scrambling for Employment
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Does job retraining work?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Sanctuary Cities Breed Bankruptcy
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Union leaders digging in to fight city in court
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Local governments face tough times -- and worse
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A City Outsources Everything. Sky Doesn’t Fall.
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Fat cat officials in small, poor California city cause wide anger
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Bell council seeks resignations of 3 city officials
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Horse Racing:
Ky. horse farm in bankruptcy may move breeding operation to Ocala
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Economy:
Fed in Hot Seat Again on Economic Stimulus
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June Unemployment Rates, by State: Most Regions Show Improvement
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Wages Fail to Keep Pace With Inflation
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Long-Term Unemployed Put Less Pressure on Wage Inflation
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Economic Quagmire For The U.S.
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Does the Fed Have Any Ammo Left?
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TALF, Other Program On Way Out
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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:
Number of homes under construction falls to record low in June
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Many don't qualify for Obama's foreclosure prevention
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Living Large in Bankruptcy
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BofA permanently modifies 70,000 mortgages
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HAMP Permanent Mods Increase 15% in June; Treasury Now Including Delinquency Rate
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40% Leave Mortgage Aid Program
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Massachusetts foreclosures double in June
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Townhouse Price Cut Hits Ritzy Neighborhood
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Why Housing Data Are Misleading: The Tax Credit Angle
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Class Actions Allege Mortgage Trickery
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Ginnie Mae Buybacks Cause JPMorgan REO Assets to Nearly Triple
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Mortgage Banker Profit Slips 32% in First Quarter
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Housing Bubble Leaves $4 Trillion Hangover
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Mortgage Insurer MGIC Posts First Quarterly Profit in Three Years
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Compensation:
Feds target '08 bonuses
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Fraud:
SEC chairman says more post-crisis cases in pipeline
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Goldman Call Turns Testy Over Fraud Case
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Goldman Sachs Settlement With SEC for $550 Million Approved by US Judge
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Fabrice Tourre Not only ‘Fabulous,’ But Also a Fighter
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Goldman Says Clients Stay Loyal Despite SEC Case
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Conrad Black not expected to attend bail hearing
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Legal bills mount for Conrad Black after insurance runs dry
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Conrad Black may leave prison today after being granted bail
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Can Conrad Black afford to sue nemesis Tom Bower?
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Hecker insurance refund sought
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SEC Knew About Repos Accounting Before Lehman: Report
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Is Mary Schapiro Talking About a Certain Lehman Brothers Auditor?
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Stanford Officers Seek to Not Testify at Lloyd's Insurance Coverage Trial
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Banking:
US Banks Pay Bulk of UK Bonus Tax
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WaMu Would Agree to Bank Failure Probe With No Long Delay, Attorney Says
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WaMu bankruptcy judge to appoint examiner
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Wanted: Owners of $9.8 million in WaMu accounts
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Bank of America's Dark Cloud
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More Depressing Commentary on Community Banks
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The loans that killed MetroBank
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FDIC-owned lender says "no" to repayment, opting to keep loans on books at risk to taxpayers
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The Dark Side of Bank Wholesale Funding
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The Shadow of Shadow Banking
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Autos:
Delphi Said to Begin Sounding Out Banks on IPO
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Chrysler Financial may lend big again
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Toyota subpoenaed again, this time over faulty steering components
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Federal Judge Approves Discovery Agreement in Toyota MDL
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Hotels:
Extended Stay Wins Court Approval of Plan to Sell Assets, Exit Bankruptcy
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Cozumel Caribe Seeks Bankruptcy Protection in US on Decline in Tourism
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Hedge Funds:
An Outspoken Fund Manager With Contrarian Views
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Baseball:
Mark Cuban Mentioned in Court as Possible Rangers Bidder
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Rangers Bankruptcy case, the story that just won't die
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Creditors raise new concerns over Rangers' sale
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Nightclubs:
CBGB Holdings Slams Kristal Estate
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Mass Torts:
Asbestos still killing families, decades later
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Thousands Injured, 275 Dead, WR Grace Not Guilty
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Silicosis mass tort fraud update
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Newspapers:
Bankruptcy Sale of Brown Publishing Newspapers Under Fire on Two Sides
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Symphonies:
Symphony must be open to all possibilities
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Hollywood:
Icahn renews Lionsgate push
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Corporate Governance:
Chancery Dismisses Claim that Acquirer Aided and Abetted Breach of Revlon Duty Based on Merger Payments to Preferred Holders and Zero Received by Common Stockholders
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Priorities:
Intercreditor Agreements Get Trumped
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Retailing:
Teen wasteland
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Private Equity:
PE Shakeout “Will Be Huge”
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
WaMu, Innkeepers, Lehman, Point Bank, Cozumel, Extended Stay: Bankruptcy
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Pensions:
Poll: Faith in Social Security system tanking
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Private Equity:
Goldman Plans to Stay in Private Equity Business
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Aviation:
Continental and United reach transition pact with pilots
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UAL Profit Beats Estimates on Fuller Jets, Higher Fares
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United exec sees bag fees spreading
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Oil/Gas:
BP CEO reported to leave soon
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BP Kept Drilling After Report of Leak, Worker Says
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Is experimental well cap making disaster worse?
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Pressure rises on BP, and the well
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BP Can Keep Well Shut Another 24 Hours as No Evidence of Leak
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Relief tunnel should reach Gulf well by weekend
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Exodus of Rigs Hasn't Happened
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Oil service companies fight losing battle over drilling ban
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Transocean Employees Become Focus of BP Oil-Spill Investigators
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Round Two of BP Litigation: The Clean-Up Suits Begin
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Exxon Valdez Lawyers Circling The BP Spill
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BP Considering New Method for Sealing Well
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BP oil spill cleanup threatened by tropical storms
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US oil spill could destroy 100,000 jobs
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BP Sells $7 Billion in Assets to Apache
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UK PM Defends BP as It Sells Assets to Pay for Spill
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The BP leak has been plugged. Let the complaints begin
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BP's altered photo distorts spill center activity
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Messy cleanup of BP oil spill damages the Gulf
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Can BP's Image Survive the Spill?
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BP's chemical soup already causing Toxic Rain destruction
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Corporate Reform:
The Dodd-Frank Act: How it Impacts Specific Industries, Entities and Transactions
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Dodd-Frank Financial Reform: “I’ll Have the Meatless Entrée, Please”
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Obama to Sign Financial Measure as Treasury Reviews Consumer Candidates
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Obama to consider consumer chief fairly quickly
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Democrats push pick to lead agency
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The Case For Elizabeth Warren
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Should Warren be Tapped to Lead Consumer Agency?
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Why Is The White House Afraid Of The Elizabeth Warren Fight?
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Paul Volcker Doesn’t Like His Own Rule Anymore
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Too Big To Fail, the 1912 Version
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Examiners:
Judge appoints WaMu examiner; shareholders win
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Gambling:
Governor to Offer Plan to Overhaul Atlantic City
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Firm agrees to set minimum bid in Fortune Valley casino auction
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Health Care:
Cuts in Home Care Put Elderly and Disabled at Risk
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LifePoint acquisition of Sumner Regional still faces obstacles
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Tax:
How Big of a Burden Will the New 1099 Reporting Requirements Be for Small Businesses?
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Credit Cards:
Credit Card Delinquencies Down in First Quarter
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Schumer weighs in on credit
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Marketing:
Marketer TLC Americas files for Ch. 11
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Cross-Border:
Nortel's Canadian, U.S. creditors face different experiences
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International Arbitration - Perspectives on insolvency
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UK:
Bonus tax costs Goldman Sachs $600m
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EU:
E.U. Test May Need to Fail Some Banks
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Europe Proposes to End Coal Mining Subsidies by 2014
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Moment of truth as Europe learns depth of banking rot
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Canada:
Canadians back away from borrowing
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Where the Job Recovery Is Strong: Oh Canada!
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Greece:
Greek Rail System’s Debt Adds to Economic Woes
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Ireland:
Ireland is staring down the barrel of bankruptcy
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Bank of Ireland Counts Cost of EU Aid Rules
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Irish endure more pain to conquer debt
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Germany:
Germany's New Economic Miracle
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Spain:
Spain's financial crisis
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