Law:
Clients Just Saying No To Paying for Summer Associates
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Welcome, Summer Associates! We’re Glad You’re Here, but Clients Aren't
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A Memo for Summer Associates: Bizarro World
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Like Your Lawyer’s Prediction? Good, Now Ignore It
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NY BigLaw Firm Adds to "Bench" in Bankruptcy Practice
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King & Spalding Helps BofA Settle FTC Charges Against Countrywide
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Toyota Investors Vie for Lead-Plaintiff Lawsuit Spot
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Judge Delays Appointing Lead Counsel in Toyota Shareholder Litigation
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Senate Committee Wrestles With Oil Spill Liability Issues
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K&L Gates: Closed to Associate Mothers?
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Winston & Strawn Tries To Rewrite History By Editing Out a Problematic Partner
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Rule Twelve
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Ex-White House Lawyer Posts $750K Bail in Case Over Alleged Murder Attempt on Attorney Wife
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4 Things Every Recent Female Law Grad Needs to Learn
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Billionaire Sex Offender Settles Legal Fee Dispute
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Utah Gearing Up For Its First Firing-Squad Execution Since ‘96
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Michigan Lawyer Ryan Hill Has a Funny Way of Showing ‘Marriage Matters’
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Judges:
Sotomayor Looks to Scalia While Announcing Civil Pro Decision
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Kagan and the Cert Pool: Should She Jump In?
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Kagan Not a Souter-Style Stealth Candidate, Says Former Acting SG
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Kagan's Brushes With the Boldfaced (While a Supreme Court Clerk)
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Rock On, NY Judges, Rock On!
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Judicial Candidate Defends Robocalls on Jurisdictional Grounds
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Judge Considering Fraud Claims in Banana Workers’ Suit Says She Was Threatened
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Judges Can Moonlight as Artists, Says Ethics Panel
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Wall Street:
Stock futures narrowly mixed ahead of opening
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Late Surge Carries Stocks Higher
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Wall Street's failure to communicate
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Wall Street's Advice to Joran van der Sloot
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Wall Street's Biggest Bears
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Layoffs:
Senate tax bill omits COBRA subsidy extension
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Bosses more bullish on hiring
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A Few Steps Short on Jobs
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Job turnover remains scarce in April, U.S. says
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Fed's Evans Says May Labor Report 'Disappointing'
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Job Prospects in LA Dim
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
Kerviel Seeks to Show That SocGen Knew of His Trading
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Kerviel Tells Paris Court Nothing Hidden From His SocGen Bosses
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Who is Jerome Kerviel? Court tries to crack case
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Goldman's "Four Corners" Strategy Ticks Off the FCIC
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Crisis Panel Accuses Goldman of Stalling
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What Will the FCIC's Goldman Subpoena Uncover?
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The Other Thing Warren Buffett And Goldman Sachs Have In Common
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Shaming Goldman: mission impossible
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A bad quarter coming for Goldman Sachs?
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Smurfs guru Stuart Ross jailed in $11M plot to extort son-in-law David Blitzer
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Ex-girlfriend ordered to pay in Rivas scheme
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Lehman:
Lehman Seeks to Invest $255 Million in 237 Park Avenue Tower
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Lehman Slams SunCal Bid To Block Deal
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Mass Torts:
Congoleum Corporation Plan of Reorganization Confirmed
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Gambling:
Demolition of Oasis Casino expected to cut expenses for Black Gaming
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Laughlin casino developers file for bankruptcy
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Michigan panel to meet on transfer of Greektown Casino ownership
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Corporate Reform:
Reform By Committee Will Fail, Warren Says | WBUR
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Leading Men of U.S. Financial Regulation
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Law of diminishing returns
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Miscellaneous:
Emerging from a stewpot - Companies reorganizing under Chapter 11 enter hard-boiled negotiations for their survival
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Attorneys anticipate increasing activity as assets send distress signals
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Litigation:
E-Discovery: A Litigator's Perspective
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BankUnited creditors seek suit against former executives
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Baseball:
Texas Rangers Seek to Hire Perella Weinberg as Investment Banker
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D.C. Lawyers Flock to Field for Strasburg's MLB Debut
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Economy:
Small-Business Confidence in US Rose in May to 20-Month High
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Stimulus Talk Yields to Calls to Cut Deficits
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Fed's Duke Says 'Burdened' US Consumers May Be Slow to Return
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US Debt is Not Approaching 100% of GDP
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It's the Economy, Mr. Bernanke
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Survey: It's a Riskier World
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Babson Capital to Trim Equity on US Downturn Bet
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Showdown on Fund Taxes
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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:
Mortgage Fraud Risk Up 11% in Yearly Index
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Where is the CRE/CMBS crash?
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Despite Narrow Monthly Gain, House Prices Fall 2.8% from 2009
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BofA Subprime Settlement a Sign of the Times for Countrywide
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Tousa proposes bonuses for remaining 29 employees
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Millions in unpaid bills left in dust of Elevation Chandler bankruptcy
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Bank of America Puts Short Sales Ahead of REO
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Strike Strategic Default: Survey Finds Mortgage Payments Remain Borrower Priority
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GE Capital to Slash CRE Holdings in Half
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Homeowner Frustrations Over Chinese Drywall Shift to Suppliers
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Chapter 13:
Supreme Court Rules in Lanning
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Retailing:
Dollar General profit tops expectations
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Sun Capital's Drug Fair confirms liquidating plan
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Chapter 11 hits San Jose's Hacienda Gardens
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Aviation:
With Profits Near, Airline Leader Throws Down Gauntlet With Labor
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Airlines body slams German air travel tax plans
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Reviving Fast Lanes at Security
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Municipalities:
Public Pensions Could Bankrupt California
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Central Falls state receivership faces opposition in court and on streets
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Central Falls, RI, court-takeover hearing delayed
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Muni Bond Issuer Tests Receivership As Answer To Fiscal Woes
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Once Considered Safe, Municipal Bond Defaults May Rise
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It's All Greek to Albany
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Grand Jury Says City Should Consider Bankruptcy
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Food/Drink:
Bankrupt operator of 4 IHOPs given 2 weeks to resolve tax issues
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Owner of 5 TGI Friday's files for bankruptcy protection
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Rubashkin Cleared of Child-Labor Charges
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Private Equity:
Return to 'bolt-on' deals
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Accounting:
PwC face investigation over JP Morgan audit
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Accountants to sue funk legend George Clinton
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Building Materials:
Columbus Wood Products owners seek bankruptcy to wrest control from bank
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Tech:
Microsoft seeking to restructure debt
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Small Business:
Small-Business Confidence in US Increased in May
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster Debt Falls as Bankruptcy Loan Offered, Analysts Say
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Only a fraction of those in need file for bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Phoenix bankruptcy filings fall in May
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St. Louis business bankruptcies highest since '92
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Marine:
Henry Marine Service Inc. files for bankruptcy
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AIG:
To justify AIG's bailout, regulators overlooked its colossal problems
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Politics:
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats? - After tax income is declining for many
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The Tea Party: Tax Cuts And Smaller Government, But More Red Ink
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Consumer Credit:
First Quarter Credit Card Charge-offs Increase, Delinquencies Decline
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Hockey:
Glendale approves proposal in bid to keep NHL Coyotes
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Distressed Investing:
Distressed Funds Suffered Large Losses in May
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Finance:
Usury on Prosper
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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 Statistics:
New bankruptcy filings are ebbing, but the billion-dollar Chapter 11 bonanza of 2008 and 2009 still haunts us
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Compensation:
Fed Finding Status Quo in Bank Pay
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Oil/Gas:
BP Warned by Gov’t Agencies, Vinson & Elkins of Potential Issues at Multiple Sites
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Boycott BP? For What?
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U.S. and BP slow to accept Dutch expertise
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Gulf oil leak may be bigger than BP says
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BP to donate oil revenues to wildlife fund
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BP: Fishermen getting bulk of compensation checks
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Oil Drilling to Reopen
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Interior Department imposes new drilling safety requirements
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Ken Salazar, fed agencies slapped with lawsuit over drilling ban
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Congress mulls boosted liability for drilling firms and oil companies
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Moratorium to cut 25 mln bbls of 2011 US crude
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Will BP be bought or bankrupt?
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Level of Staffing On Rig Is Questioned
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BP Becomes Lawmakers’ ‘Pinata’ as Oil-Spill Hearings Reach 28
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Deepwater Drillers: Analysts Cut Bait
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Rate of Oil Leak, Still Not Clear, Puts Doubt on BP
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Oil spill cleanup faces 'an enemy that changes'
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Why BP CEO Tony Hayward hasn't been fired yet
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BP Indirectly Funded Rahm Emanuel's Rent-Free (and Tax-Free) Use of Capitol Hill Townhouse
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Fickle oil slick scatters its threats across Gulf
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Take spill forecasts with grain of salt water
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Coastal communities react
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Toxic Undersea Oil Plumes Lurk in Gulf of Mexico
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Chevron's $27 billion liability In Ecuador
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Insurance:
Ambac May File Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy as Regulators Limit Cash
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Credit Cards:
Zywicki on Interchange
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The Interchange Cross-Subsidy: False Analogies
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Autos:
Auto parts maker Holley to emerge from bankruptcy
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Report: GM to reinstate more dealers
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Closing Chrysler Dealer Refuses To Go Silently
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German committee rejects GM aid request
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Germany denies committee rejects GM aid request
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Tax:
Lampert’s $829 Million Payout May Shield Him From Tax Increase
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After Swiss Vote, UBS/DOJ Deal Suddenly Looking Less Certain
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Legacy for One Billionaire: Death, but No Taxes
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Banking:
WaMu shareholders file second motion for examiner
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Telecoms:
FairPoint report shows credit default, big loss in ’09
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UK:
Manchester United Owner's Debt Troubles Fans
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Fitch Says Cameron Faces 'Formidable' UK Debt Task
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HMRC to veto Portsmouth CVA
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Northern Rock Plans to Cut 650 UK Jobs by Year End
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Corbett’s Bookshops takes on administrators
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Griffins Insolvency Practitioners challenges Pompey administrators with higher return
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EU:
EU finance ministers seek European bank tax
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EU tightens oversight of governments
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Govt rejects EU budget peer review deal
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Are Europe's political elite on course to destroy the EU?
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Europe's Rescue Fund Won't Halt Sovereign Debt Crisis, RBS Says
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EU Debt Unlikely to Reignite Bank Crisis, Ingves Says
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Greece:
Greek Finance Minister: Budget Is "On Track"
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Hungary:
Hungarian Leader Announces 29-Point Budgetary Plan
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Brazil:
Brazil's First-Quarter GDP Expanded 9% From Year Ago
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Switzerland:
Switzerland: Home of Chocolate, Cuckoo Clocks and BigLaw
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