Law:
Brown Rudnick Takes Its Shot at the WaMu Bankruptcy
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Law Firm Mergers in Second Quarter Hit Double Digits
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Jones Day seeks final $7.2 million for Chrysler bankruptcy work
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Lawyers in Wiretapping Suit Submit Their Bill: $2.6 Million
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Are Top US Law Firms Outsourcing Some Legal Work? 83% Won’t Say
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‘The Job Market Is Even Worse Than Many of Us Thought’
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Time to Take That Unsexy Job?
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Lawyer Sues Firm for Overtime Pay, Seeks Class Action Status
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Survey Finds ‘Deep Vein of Anger’ Among Women Partners Over Law Firm Pay Gap
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Understanding the Summer Associate Strata
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Blackstone Group names chief legal officer
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Skadden Tops The World in M&A Advisements
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Freshfields Nabs Some BP Corporate Work
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Another AmLaw Star Goes In-House
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Three Join McKool Smith's Bankruptcy Practice
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King & Spalding Summer Associate Dies in Commuter Train Accident
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Why Does a Chapter 11 Cost So Much?
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Wal-Mart Pulling Out the Big Guns to Fight $7,000 Fine
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Dykema Brings On New Marketing Expert
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Ex-Lawyer Gets 5 Years for Swindling Clients Out of $4.3M
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‘Sequel’ or ‘Spinoff?’ For Actor, a Distinction With a Big Difference
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Freshfields financial results confirm shrinking income at big four firms
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Halliwells gets more time for deals in effort to ward off administration
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Clifford Chance partner profits jump by £200k against marginal fall in revenue
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Clifford Chance Is Top U.K. Law Firm as Revenue Falls
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Hammonds posts strong profits revival as PEP rises by 32%
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Norton Rose PEP dips below £500k on back of revenue drop
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Bird & Bird announces double-digit increase in revenues for 2009-10
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Back to reality - law firm confidence adjusts to an austere age
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Cadwalader Names New Co-Chair of Litigation Department
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Jenner Warns Corporate Clients Harmed by Oil Spill of Impending Pollution Claim Deadline
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Would-Be Associates at Some East Coast Firms Face Longer Deferrals, Fewer Summer Jobs
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Managing Large Law Firm Staff in the New Normal
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Rude Law School Applicants Beware: You Are Not That Anonymous
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Stephen Colbert Rips Loyola-L.A.’s ‘Foolproof Plan to Get Their Graduates Better Jobs’
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"The record clearly shows that the defendants are fools, but that is not the same as being incompetent."
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Michigan Law Tells Its 3Ls They’re Screwed; Offers Counseling
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UMass School of Law: Seductive tradeoffs that lower risk of getting JD
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Cracking the Work-Life Code
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Prof Links Professionals’ Helicopter Parenting to Failed Marriages, Forgone Friendships
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Scorched Law Firm Offers $1,500 Reward, Urges Public to ‘Burn an Arsonist’
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Bakery leader's lawyer smuggled witness hit list from jail, court records say
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Judges:
Would Kagan’s Fundraising Prowess Bring Recusals? It Depends, Ethics Experts Say
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5th Circuit Judges Looking at Drilling Halt Case Have Oil Ties
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Couple alleges Porteous was impartial, requests new trial
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Judicial Screening Committees See an Upsurge
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Ethics Panel Nixes Charity Auction Plan, Says There’s No Fee Lunch for Judges
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A judicial change to believe in
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Wall Street:
US Stock -Index Futures Slip
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Banks boost European shares
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Markets See Biggest Rally Since May
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Layoffs:
Wells Fargo to shut subprime lending unit, cut 3800 jobs
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For a New Generation, an Elusive American Dream
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The New York Times Is Now Treating Kids With 40K Job Offers Like They're In A Breadline
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Overconfidence, Entitlement in Twentysomethings Threatened by Great Recession
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Young Americans Learn That Trying To Find Work Is Pointless
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The Self-Inflicted Insanity of American Unemployment
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Sallie Mae Faces Thousands Of Layoffs
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OECD: Rich Country Jobless May Have Peaked
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:
Two Plead Guilty to Charges in Georgia Bank Failure
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Wells Fargo accused of aiding 'looting' of USA Capital
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Bank Failures : 2010 Pace Exceeds 2009
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Europe puts limits on banker bonuses
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WaMu securities holders file complaint
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Wells Fargo’s Procedure of Freezing Accounts After A Bankruptcy Filing Invalidated
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Tax:
HSBC Clients In U.S. Tax Probe, Report Says
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Tanning salons feel burned by 10% 'tan tax'
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Student Debt:
Tips on Settling Defaulted Federal Student Loans
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Baseball:
Rangers' bidding proposal for team facing likely opposition
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How Bud Selig Has Grown Tired of Tom Hicks
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Gilbert a no-show at Rangers' mediation
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Nolan Ryan understands caring for team, fans comes first
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Retailing:
Family Dollar shares fall on weak outlook
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Hotels:
US trustee opposes Extended Stay bankruptcy plan
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Hotel company files for bankruptcy
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Autos:
Chrysler, GM in talks on fed loans
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Gambling:
Paterson replaces OTB chief
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$125,000-a-month new president at NYCOTB
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Racing committee chair 'incensed' over hire of new NYC OTB leader
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Economy:
Congress Has Inhibited Growth By Creating Uncertainty
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This Is No Time For More Federal Stimulus
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I.M.F. Raises Growth Forecasts for World Economy
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5 Ways Congress Can Bolster Growth
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Bigger Role Seen for Emerging Financial Centers
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10 factors that could lead U.S. economy into 'double-dip' recession
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Returns On US TARP Investments May Decline
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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:
Allen Stanford loses third bail bid
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Carlyle hit with lawsuit over collapsed mortgage
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Most HAMP Borrowers Are 50% Underwater
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45% of S. Florida's May home sales are for a loss
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Weekly Mortgage Applications Rise 6.7%
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Housing Double Dip Appears To Be Underway
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US Commercial Property Sales Trail Six-Year Average
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Banks Often Extend Sour Property Loans
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Housing Market Setback? Index Shows Less Work for Architects
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Manhattan Office Vacancy Rate Drops in Second Quarter
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Bulk Condo Sales Reveal A Gut-Wrenching Property Price Collapse
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How Fannie And Freddie Unloaded Their Trash
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Halfway through 2010, the Year of the Short Sale Hits Some Serious Snags
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Buying Into Distress
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Both Sides Now - Borrowers and lenders must face the music with a plan
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Fraud:
Dangerous liaisons at IBM: Inside the biggest hedge fund insider-trading ring
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Police Chief With Rothstein Ties Cleared
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Feds snagged Rothstein's AmEx gift cards
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Judge cites flight risk in ordering Hecker to stay put
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Hecker, Leach to share trial; curfews to continue
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Conrad Black requests bail in 2007 fraud case
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Exec sentenced to 85 years in NY real estate scam
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Philly: A workout in court over Ponzi-scheme gift
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge Funds Drop 0.94% As Distressed, Equity Hedge Funds Take Toll
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Hedge Funds ‘Frozen in Headlights’ Cut Trading as Markets Swing
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Oil/Gas:
Bad Weather Continues to Hamper Oil Spill Response Efforts
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BP in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Incident and the Bankruptcy Implications of Mounting Environmental Liabilities
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Owner of Exploded Rig Is Known for Testing Rules
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BP Sets New Target To Seal Oil Well
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Obama Asks Court to Restore Drill Ban
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White House Appeals Controversial Drilling-Ban Ruling
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BP shores up its takeover defense
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Mr. Hayward, your sunset awaits
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A Beach Walk With the Ghosts of Exxon Valdez
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Truth and lies in oil-skimming statistics
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BP Steps Up 'Charm Offensive'
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Gulf Coast Deserted for July Fourth Weekend
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Spill threatens oystermen's way of life
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Oil Slick Hurting Businesses From Coast to Coast
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Some BP gas station owners switching brands
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Beach cleaners only skimming oil off surface sand
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BP's Hayward flies to Mideast to meet 'partners'
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Abu Dhabi: Once Burned By Citi, Twice Shy With BP?
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The shadowy legacy of BP's former 'Sun King'
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Oil Companies Benefiting From Tax Breaks And Subsidies As Congress Meekly Looks On
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Delta Petroleum appoints Lakey as new CEO
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Flying J Cleared to Exit Bankruptcy
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Health Care:
Obama to Bypass Senate to Name New Medicare Czar
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Skilled Healthcare plunges after $671 mln jury verdict
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Medical Staffing files prepackaged Chapter 11
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North General says goodbye to its last ambulance
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Bankruptcy Judge Scolds Forum Parties
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Lawyers bill accused doctor for $3000K
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Municipalities:
Cash-strapped PA finds $10M for Arlen Specter Library
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Here's The Real Reason Cities And States Would Never Be Allowed To Default
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Soccer:
Soccer odds on Barcelona going bankrupt?
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Celebs:
Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Joe and Teresa Giudice Are in More Legal Heat
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Suge Knight Wanted for Skipping Court Date
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Brunell Chapter 11 'sign of the times'
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A Tearful Lindsay Lohan Is Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail
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Lindsay Lohan sued over boutique bills
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Ray Williams, Living out of his Car
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Former Kiss Guitarist Loses Bankruptcy Appeal
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Lehman:
Head of Lehman Brothers UK administration steps back
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Puzzle over Banque de France’s Lehman role
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Electronics:
Philips taps restructuring expert as new CEO
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Religion:
Vatican Revises Rules on Sex Abuse
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The financial rewards reaped by Methodist preachers who grow their flocks
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Debt Collection:
FDCPA Rulemaking Authority Part of Financial Reform Bill
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Accounting:
“Independent” Directors for the Audit Firms: Much Ado About Nothing
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Cruise Ships:
Royal Caribbean Is Headed for Rough Waters
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Sovereigns:
Sovereign Risks Materialize
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The Progressives’ Legacy of Bankruptcy
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Agriculture:
Men who ran bankrupt Salem plant face charges
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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 Statistics:
Minn. Bankruptcies Highest In A Decade
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Discharge:
Extended Stay Bankruptcy Plan Draws US Objection Over Lawsuit Releases
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Corporate Reform:
Auto Dealers, Local Banks Avoid Consumer Oversight
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Elizabeth Warren to head Consumer Protection Bureau?
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Madigan cool to consumer board post, supports Warren
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Looks Like Dimon Has Some ‘Splaining To Do
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Exhibit A in the Case for Corporate Responsibility
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Here's How Financial Reform Could Make Another Crisis Even More Likely
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Is This Really Finance Reform?
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Too Big to Fail = Too Powerful to Pay
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Former FDIC Chief Slams Final Financial Reform Bill
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Finance:
Are Big Banks Really Helping Small Business?
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Miscellaneous:
Trade Secret, Medical Staffing, Eco2, St. Vincent, Rangers: Bankruptcy
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The Bankruptcy Files: Aviation, Publishers, Toll Roads, and Athletes
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Extended Stay, Neenah Foundry, Medical Staffing, Cedarlake: Bankruptcy
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I Really Must Find a New Line of Work
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Secured Credit:
Is the Tide Turning Against Secured Creditors?
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Consultants:
FTI Consulting Takes A Tumble
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Work Out and Reorganization Specialist Larry Candido Joins Sitrick Brincko Group
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Telecoms:
NH board approves FairPoint reorganization
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Turnarounds:
Doheny touts role in struggling firms' revival
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Food/Drink:
Restaurants feeling the pinch
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Credit Cards:
Credit-card delinquencies fall to 8-year low
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Aviation:
Airlines Gain Altitude With June Traffic Reports
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Education:
Fewer Low-Income Students Going to College
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Awards:
Weil Gotshal Receives Two International Legal Alliance Awards
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Litigation:
Federal jury awards $269.2 million in damages in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" suit
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Don Johnson awarded $23.2 million in 'Nash Bridges' back profits
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Hollywood:
MGM Studio Said to Seek New Debt Waiver Amid Creditor Talks
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Distressed Investing:
Credit Suisse Said to Spin Off Credit Hedge Funds
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Shipping:
Container Shipping Rates Back to Highs
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Trucking:
Home of former Arrow Trucking executive auctioned
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Art:
Applejack Art Partners files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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UK:
North East Is Regional Bankruptcy and IVA Hotspot
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OFT plans could push up cost of insolvency
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Treasury steps up anti-avoidance plans
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Vantis sale process months in the making
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EU:
EU lawmakers vote to cap bank bonuses
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Bank stress tests put EU leaders in the hotspot
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'Soft as butter' bank tests draw lukewarm reaction
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EU Stress Tests on Banks Will Be 'Very Serious,' Juncker Says
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European Banks Leave Rates on Hold
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Canada:
Toronto existing home sales fall by 23 per cent in June
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‘Moderate decline’ forecast for Toronto house prices
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Shareholders sue MI Developments
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Greece:
Market Sets Greek Debt Haircut at Three Times Stress-Test Level
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Greeks strike against pension reform
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As cuts bite, Greece tested by dissent
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Krugman: Greece May Have To Leave The Euro
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Russia:
Shunned By Central Bank, Russia's IIB Defaults, Turns To VTB
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Germany:
Karstadt Creditor Valovis Says It Can't Accept Rental Demands of Berggruen
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Hong Kong:
Hong Kong Luxury Flat Deal Raises Questions
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Japan:
Japan machinery orders drop 9.1 percent in May
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Japan's Corporate Bankruptcies Continue To Drop In June
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China:
China's Export Growth Slower in June
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