Law:
Kaye Scholer Will Pay Opponent’s Legal Fees After Judge Blasts Pleading
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Rolling Stealth Layoffs Continue at McDermott Will & Emery
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King & Spalding Announces New Pay Scale, Bonuses
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"This Isn't the End of Big Law Firm Associates"
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Chicago to $10 an Hour!
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Howrey restructuring set to hit 10% of global partnership
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Firm ditches managing partner role in top-level overhaul
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High Court ruling that lawyers are ‘debt relief agents’ gets mixed reaction
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Howdy Partner! For General Counsel, the Times, They Are a-Changin'
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Prophet of Profit
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S&C Joins General Growth Fray
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Panel Discussion on In-House Work Spells Bad News for Young Associates
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Hustle and Cash Flow: Firms Focus on Raising Revenues Back to Pre-Crash Levels
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As Toyota staggers, lawyers step forward
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Plaintiffs Lawyers Jockey for Venue in Massive Toyota Litigation
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Solo Punished for Paying Paralegal a Percentage of Fees
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Most adulterous professions
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NYU 3L Takes Unemployment Plight to YouTube
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70-Year-Old Lawyer Hits One-Year Mark in Jail in Contempt Case
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Greenberg Lawyer Boies Leaves Cuomo’s Office After Deposition
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Defections Continue at National Minority-Owned Firm
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Former Receiver/Trustee Pleads Guilty to $2.6 Million Fraud, Faces up to 14 Years
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Source: Former Sens. Breaux, Lott in Talks With Patton Boggs
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After Serving His Time, Ex-Milberg Partner Lerach Blasts Wall Street
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Cozen O'Connor Cozies Into New Manhattan Office
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John Quinn Can Skip the Stairmaster
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Yet Another Way the U.S. News Rankings Have Changed Law Schools
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BigLaw Firm Takes the Cake in Annual Contest
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Study Partly Blames Higher Law School Tuition on 40% Leap in Faculty Size
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UT Law Fallout: Professors, Students Scramble
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Business Partner Convicted in Mortgage Lawyer’s Shooting Death
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Tort Lawyer, Onetime Reservist Plays Army Col. in ‘Green Zone’
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Spouses have bathroom privacy rights
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Police: Driver lacked razor-sharp focus
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Friends Face Jail on Weapons Charge After Off-Duty Cop Is Hit by Snowball
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TV's Sexiest Legal Commentators
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"There was no word on why the man had a meat thermometer in a movie theater"
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Judges:
The Death Penalty is Illegal! Oh, Wait, Lemme Double Check That
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Roberts on the State of the Union: ‘I’m Not Sure Why We’re There’
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Justice Roberts Talks About Clerks, Oral Argument, & State Of The Union
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Obama v. SCOTUS: The Battle Rages On
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A Second Mistrial for Blogger Charged With Threatening Judges
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Wall Street:
US Stock-Index Futures Drop
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Stocks post modest gains
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Layoffs:
Unemployment Decreased in Nine US States in January
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Bump in unemployment rates seen as sign that jobseekers are back on market
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Senate Passes $149 Bln for Jobless Aid, Tax Breaks
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Michigan lost 80,000 manufacturing jobs last year
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In January, 5.4 unemployed people competed for every job opening
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South Carolina Considers Cutting 2,300 State Jobs
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Michigan's January jobless rate decreases slightly to 14.3 percent
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Prepacks:
"Prepackaged" Bankruptcy Filings Surge As Debtors And Creditors Work Together To Avoid Costs And Uncertainties of Chapter 11
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Food/Drink:
NY City Wins Right to 'Tavern on the Green' Name
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Gambling:
Judge hears final arguments in Trump casinos' bankruptcy
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Trump Casinos Need New Loan, Icahn Lawyer Tells Judge
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Economy rolls losing streak for Colorado casinos
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Hoosier Park exec reassures employees
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Administrative Claims:
Second Circuit: Section 502(d) Does Not Bar Allowance of Administrative Expense Claims
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Golf:
Barrington Hall Golf Course Could Go Under
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Small Business:
Q&A: Atlanta Fed's Altig on Small Business's Potential to Derail Recovery
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How Goldman Sachs Can Help the Little Guy
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Why Won’t the S.B.A. Lend Directly to Small Businesses?
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Italy-FBI Raids Crack Down on Mafia in New York
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Prosecutors Bring Bankruptcy Fraud Charges Against Hecker
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Sales:
Third Circuit To Consider "Credit Bidding" Rights In Asset Sales Conducted Pursuant to Chapter 11 Plan
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Chemicals:
Blavatnik Said to Seek as Much as 15% Lyondell Stake
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Politics:
House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies
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Economy:
U.S. Businesses Continued to Cut Inventories in January
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Obama Defies Pessimists as Rising Economy Converges With Stocks
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Mega-rich adding wealth
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GMAC Bailout Blasted by Oversight Panel
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GMAC Executive Pay Packages Questioned by TARP Oversight Panel
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Stimulus Money to Start Flowing to Private Sector in Coming Months
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Monthly Federal Budget Deficit Balloons to Record; Up 14% from 2009
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Canadian dollar likely to trump US
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U.S. Consumer: Beaten but Not Out
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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:
Foreclosures dip from January levels
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Connecticut Sues Moody’s, S&P Over Subprime Ratings
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Fannie Mae to offer new 3-year benchmark notes
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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Abandons Per Se Rule For "Stub Rent" Claims
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Despite Looming Fed Exit, Mortgage Rates Stay Low
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An Extreme Makeover Home’s Mysterious Raffle
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Section 503(b)(9) Developments: Circuit City and Pilgrim's Pride Courts Weigh In
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Tousa Creditors Score Big With Fraudulent Transfer Victory
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Trustee in Mastro bankruptcy goes after four new targets
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Silverstein Building in 'Imminent Default'
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Woman says Bank of America wrongly repossessed home
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Bank Sorry for Taking Parrot
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Reality Check on Real Party in Interest / “Produce The Note” Strategy
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Thinning Loan Loss Coffers May Restrict CRE Lending
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Recent Improvement in CRE Liquidity Welcomed, But Loan Maturities Loom Large
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Banking:
Drive-through window - The FDIC is seeking to award seized banks to bidders
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BoA CEO Moynihan says overdraft change "gives up" revenue
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Why Bank of America got rid of overdraft fees
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How Will BofA Recoup Lost Overdraft Income?
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Bank of America's New Overdraft Policy: What It Means To You
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Regulators Honing in on Size of BofA
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How The End Of Overdraft Fees Could Wind Up Costing Cardholders
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Don't count on your bank covering overdrafts
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Banks rally on M&A speculation
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Why WaMu Stock Has Soared: It's a Cheap Lottery Ticket
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Washington Federal Warrants Auctioned
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Are TARP Funds Being Used To Fund Cheap Overseas Call Centers?
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Hotels:
Extended Stay examiner completes investigation
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Theme Parks:
Does Apollo want to merge Cedar Fair and Six Flags ?
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Three companies speak out against Cedar Fair deal
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Municipalities:
Illinois in crisis
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Citizens Of Illinois Get Slapped With Staggering 33% Income Tax Hike To Fill Deficit
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Ravitch Presents NY Bail Out Plan
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Cities cut more but won't go bust
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California Is Doomed
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Sales Tax Rates Hit Record High
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Celebs:
Lenny Dykstra, Head Case
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Suge' Knight's Financial Problems
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Newspapers:
Report: Dozens laid off after sale of East Valley Tribune
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Attorneys' Fees:
Second Circuit Says Unsecured Creditors Can Recover Postpetition Attorneys' Fees
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AIG:
What is Spooking the Shorts at AIG?
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Turnarounds:
Experts: Sitcom Logic Won’t Work in Distressed Companies
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Insurance:
More new Florida property insurers in trouble
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Aviation:
Airlines recovering strongly, still in red-IATA
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Airlines Threaten to Cancel Flights
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Credit Cards:
National credit card rates
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Litigation:
In federal court, must the party seeking a preliminary injunction establish a likelihood of success on the merits?
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Retailing:
Berkowitz Gets 'Long Leash' at Fairholme to Pursue Mall Offer
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Waste Management:
Trash Hauler EnviroSolutions Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Debt Collection:
Suthers settles debt collection suit
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Accounting:
Profession under fire over gender pay gap
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Administrative Claims:
Administrative Claims Cannot Be Disallowed Under Section 502(d)
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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 Jobs:
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Seminars
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Resolution But No Solution?
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Mass Torts:
Federal jury finds fraud on part of asbestos lawyers
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Autos:
Rattner Now Predicts Taxpayers Could Get GM Investment Back
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Rattner: Auto Turnaround Wasn't Like Private Equity At All
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Rattner: Auto Collapse Could Have Led to Michigan Bankruptcy
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Arbitration or Bust: Chrysler Says it Won't Reinstate Terminated Dealers
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Chrysler calls back hundreds of workers
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Toyota's bad, but Chrysler is worse
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GM CEO says on track for pre-June loan repayment
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Shareholders want new bankruptcy plan for Visteon
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Chrysler Stamping Plant Auctioned Off
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Hummer Plant Reopens For a Final, Huge Fleet Order
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Toyota hands over 'smoking gun' memo
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Another runaway Toyota Prius reported
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Spike in Prius Complaints May Not Be All It Seems
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BMW 2009 Profit Falls 36 Pct to $286 Million
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Volkswagen Targets Second Year of Record Sales After 27% Two-Month Surge
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Corporate Reform:
Corker: Financial Reform Plan 'Is Very Imminent' - Includes "Contingent Capital" and Provisions to Steer Firms Into Bankruptcy
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Elizabeth Warren: "It's Banks vs. Families."
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Will ‘Shaming’ Punishments Take Hold in Corporate America?
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Senate Bill on Finance to Include Agency That Tracks Financial Risk
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Fraud:
Hello Franz! Cooperator No. 9 in Galleon Case Makes Debut
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Hedge Fund Trader Wore Wire In Galleon Probe
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Question: What Do Bernie Madoff and David Letterman Have in Common?
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Former NY state official pleads guilty in 'pay to play' scandal
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Grand jury adds new charges, including bankruptcy fraud, against Hecker
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Hecker associate will fight questioning
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Another Hecker lawyer wants out, citing pay
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Bankruptcy lawyers: Kim Rothstein owes $1 million she spent in Ponzi cash
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Ponzi victims, unite!
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Former Humboldt Creamery CEO looks to keep dairymen from addressing court in federal fraud case
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Finance:
Companies Resume Bond Sales
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US corp bond sales climb as risk appetite returns
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Chances missed at GMAC to protect taxpayers: panel
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Credit Market Springs to Life
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Even the Wealthy Can't Attract Credit
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Avoidance Actions:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Says Subsequent New Value Need Not Remain Unpaid
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Health Care:
Jackson Health System leaders warn of insolvency without county loan
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Jackson Memorial Health In Miami Facing Financial Collapse
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Health Secretary Asks Insurers for Cooperation
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Insurers, Reaping Huge Profits, Hike Rates
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Tax:
HSBC: employee stole data on 15,000 Swiss accounts
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Derivatives:
Derivatives Debate Splits US and Europe Regulators
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UK:
Regus uses insolvency tools to cut rents
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Civil servants 'told to imitate answering machines'
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EU:
Naked Swaps Crackdown in Europe Rings Hollow Without Washington
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Hedge Fund Law Coming to a Head
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Canada:
Canwest Noteholders Abusing Bankruptcy Process, Goldman Says
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Bondholder Catalyst says it backs Goldman's fight for Canwest's broadcast assets
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Ian Thow's debts will still weigh on jailed investment adviser
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Canada's economy shifts into recovery mode
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Greece:
Greece, the Latest and Greatest Bubble
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Greece warns of worse downturn as strikes loom
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New Strike Paralyzes Greece
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Greece says EU could intervene, mechanism in works
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Hedge Funds Lose Money Even With Euro, Pound Tumbles
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Spain:
Spanish banks postpone losses, store up trouble
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Australia:
Structured finance company collapses
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China:
Number of Chinese billionaires 'second only to US'
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Chinese Consumer Prices Rose 2.7 Percent
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