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Law:
CBS: Lawyer Stung Mafia Suspects to Get Witness Time in $1.2B Scheme
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Bankruptcy lawyers join Sullivan & Worcester
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Leader of the Pack: One Elite NY Firm Posts Great 2009 Numbers, Two Others, Eh
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Another Down Year at Stroock
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Less Cash, More Profit for BigLaw Firm
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Pick Me! Toyota Plaintiffs’ Lawyers to Plead Their Cases in San Diego
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Expected Litigation Boom a Bust
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WestlawNext Pricing - Up To $3400 Per Hour!!
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Which is the Best City to Practice Law?
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What Associates Need to Know About Lateral Moves
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Poker: What Lawyers Can Learn About Bankers at the Table
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Ga. High Court Chides Bar, Former Greenberg Associate for Light Sanction Recommendation
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Fifth Attorney Charged in Insurance Fraud Probe
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Changing Demands Have In-House Counsel Gaining Over Outside Firms, GCs Say
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Ex-McGuireWoods Partner Pleads Guilty in Securities Fraud Case
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Valley Boy Speak: Unraveled
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UK Law School Plants Flag in US, Partners with Northwestern; Grads to Take NY Bar
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Hate Abounds at University of Idaho College of Law
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Hypocrisy on Stilts: Law School Professor Calls Out Trade Schools Over Student Debt
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UC ordered to refund $38 million to professional degree students
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Sarah Shahi of ‘L Word’ to Play Mediator in New Legal Drama
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Why is the Co-Head of Grant & Eisenhofer Suing Teenagers?
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When Not Working for Paying Clients, Lawyer Is Suing Officials ... and Growing Veggies
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Lawyer Warns of Blogging Burden, Even as Top Law Firms Embrace It
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Judges:
House Passes Bill to Add Bankruptcy Judges
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Justices Will Prevail
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Supreme Court riven by partisan politics
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Justice Thomas' Wife to Increase Visibility, Join Tea Party Rallies
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Mrs. Clarence Thomas Hosts Her Own Tea Party
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The Supreme Spouses
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Report: Justice Stevens to Decide on Retirement Within Weeks
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How High Court Could Change If Stevens Retires
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Law Would Create New Bankruptcy Judge
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No Way To Treat a Judge
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On Judges, Has Obama Missed A Golden Opportunity?
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Wall Street:
Stocks set for gains
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How the Major Stock Indexes Fared on Monday
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US Stocks Gain as Financials Trim Loss, Consumer Shares Rise
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Offsetting Economic Data Keep Wall Street on Edge
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Chris Dodd proposal hits Wall Street hard
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Serious, Legitimate Offer Made to People Who Hate Goldman Sachs
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Layoffs:
Amid Democratic Impatience, Senators Move on a Jobs Bill
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NY's layoffs get longer
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Sovereigns:
High Ratings at Risk for Big Economies
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No room for error on US debt
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Moody's: US Debt Not in Danger of Losing Triple-A Rating. Yet.
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Moody's Says US Debt Could Test Triple-A Rating
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America's Debt Gets Scary
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Debt and the People: The Hot ... and Concluding Disquietudes
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Autos:
Visteon files amended bankruptcy -revamp plan
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Alix hires former GM chief
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Law firms gear up for dealers
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Jury Awards $15 Million in Accident Case, Clears Lawyerless Chrysler
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Toyota takes aim at California runaway Prius story
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Are cosmic rays really causing Toyota's woes?
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Wear on Runaway Prius Brakes Raises Questions
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Toyota Prius's 90mph runaway ride 'not feasible', says leaked government memo
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Tests on Prius cast doubt on Sikes' runaway-acceleration story
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Toyota Customers Sue for Refunds Over Acceleration
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Toyota Faces Racketeering, Unfair Business Practices Claims
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UAW, Toyota reach deal on NUMMI closing
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Accounting:
Regulators demand detailed Lehman Brothers' papers from Ernst & Young
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Auditors' role in Lehmans collapse unites opposition in calls for reform
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Accounting failure
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Auditors' image in need of polishing
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Lehman's Fishy Accounting: Have We Learned Anything?
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Inside Ernst & Young: Talking Points and Back to the Grind
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Another Lehman Accounting Trick Ending in ‘105’
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SEC Should Calm Markets, Ahead of Possible Audit Crisis
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Agriculture:
South Fla. farming enterprise files for bankruptcy
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Hotels:
Starwood says its bid for Extended Stay is better
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Banking:
WaMu Equity Continues Heavy Trade
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Overdraft Fees Suit Stays Alive in Federal Court
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Student Debt:
A New Source for Student Loans
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Economy:
Is Capitalism A Bad Word?
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Defining the American Middle Class in Recession
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US industrial output rises again
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FedEx: Double Dip Recession Coming
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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:
Home Builders Can't Compete With Foreclosures
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Homebuilder sentiment index falls in March
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Barclays: Foreclosure Backlogs Are Worst in Florida, New York
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Break in Case of Bankruptcy: GMAC Splits Mortgage Account
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Anthracite Capital to liquidate under Chapter 7
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Navigating the Mortgage Minefield
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Mortgage Fraud Declines but Remains Virulent
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Is California’s High-End Housing Market in Trouble?
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Health Care:
Hospital board member resigns
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No buyers surfacing for former Winona Hospital
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Downey Regional Medical Center Talks With Daughters of Charity Health System Ended
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At Ohio Rally, Obama Tries to Personalize the Health Care Bill
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When the Only Hope Is a Peaceful Ending
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Millions Spent to Sway Democrats on Health Care
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With Medicaid Cuts, Doctors and Patients Drop Out
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Corporate Reform:
Dodd Debuts Revised Financial-Reform Plan
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An Appeal Across the Aisle on Financial Overhaul
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The Federal Reserve as Piggy Bank
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A Different Kind of Housing Puzzle
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Dodd Makes His Play
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6 key points of the financial regulation legislation
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Highlights of Sen. Dodd's financial regulation bill
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Dodd's 2nd shot at financial reform still leaves loopholes
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Senator Dodd and Financial Regulation: New Plan, Old Problems
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Dodd's bill includes 'Volcker rule,' ability to sue credit-rating agencies
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Meet The New Financial Regulations Chris Dodd Just Proposed
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Dick Armey Takes Shots at Financial Regulation Plan
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What Would a New Consumer Protection Agency Do?
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Dodd's Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog
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A Closer Look At Consumer Protections In Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill
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State attorneys general vie for stronger consumer protection role
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Girding for the Wall Street Vs. Main Street Fight
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Aviation:
Continental Scraps the Free Food
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Robin Hood Aviation files for bankruptcy protection
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Lehman:
Lehman Plans to End Bankruptcy , Create New Company
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Lehman Brothers Files Plan for Liquidation With Court
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Alvarez & Marsal May Revive Lehman as Money Manager
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Lehman Brothers 'sacked whistleblower after he raised concerns with auditors'
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Lehman Might Put All Creditors in Same Payment Pool
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Lehman fired whistle blower in June 2008
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Lehman's Repo 105: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know
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Findings on Lehman Take Even Experts by Surprise
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You, Lehman’s Re-Po Magic, and Ernst & Young
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U.K. regulator probes Lehman's repo accounting
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Lehman: Criminal Prosecution Possible, Says Pitt
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Why We Should Not Criminally Prosecute Lehman Execs
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Here Are The People Who Are Going To Get Nailed In The Lehman Examiner Fallout
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Erin Callan criticized in report on Lehman
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How a Corrupt Lehman Nearly Hoodwinked Washington
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Why Did Ex-Lehman Executives Talk to Examiner?
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Revealed: Why Buffett Turned Lehman Down
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Another Disturbing Finding in Lehman Bros. Report
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Lehman report raises derivatives clearing fears
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Frank Partnoy: Lehman Examiner Punted on Valuation
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At Lehman, Watchdogs Saw It All
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How Lehman Brothers hid its problems from the world
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Lehman Report: Why the US Balked at Bailing Out Lehman
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Report detailing Lehman Brothers collapse wins praise
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Lehman Brothers Executives Let Loan Exposures Balloon in Order to Save ‘100 Bankers’
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Shining a harsh light on Lehman's bankruptcy
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Awards:
David Neff Inducted As A Fellow Into The American College Of Bankruptcy
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American College of Bankruptcy Inductees
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Theme Parks:
Six Flags note holders want committee vote nixed
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Newspapers:
Philly Newspapers Taping Incident Takes Center Stage
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Trade Papers Struggling in Hollywood
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Credit Reporting:
Lower credit scores cost New Yorkers $1,400 a year
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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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Derivatives:
Goldman, Chase Don't Play Fair on Derivatives
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Credit Default Swaps and the Empty Creditor Problem
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Taking Derivative Risk Out of the Code
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Municipalities:
Gov. Chris Christie plans to cut NJ school aid by $800M
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Forecasting NJ Pension Doom
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Finance:
Lender Kennedy Funding, Inc. sued for $282M
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Junk Bond Avalanche Looms for Credit Markets
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Advanta, bank subsidiary in tax fight
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Bank Failures Threaten Small-Business Lending
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Credit Cards:
Credit card data signals consumer stress easing
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AIG:
The CDOs That Destroyed AIG: What They Knew and When They Knew It
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No One Was Driving the AIG Train When It Went Off the Rails
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Ex-AIG staff gets the $haft
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Here's a surprise: AIG might pay back $170 billion of its $182 billion bailout.
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Fraud:
Lloyd’s Must Pay Stanford Defense for Now, Court Says
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Madoff Family Seek Dismissal Of Cases Against It
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NYC ex-bank prez charged in bailout fraud
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One attorney quits, one sticks with Denny Hecker
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There's Deep Fraud On Wall Street, And Goldman's Behavior In Greece Is Just The Tip
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Movies:
Meltdown movie magic
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Batteries:
Latest Battery Startup Shutdown: Firefly Energy
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Retailing:
General Growth lists properties headed for its bad company in bankruptcy reorganization
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Swoozie's to auction its assets
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The Real Retail Sales Numbers
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Shipping:
Shipping Market Is Worst Since World War II
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Golf:
Firethorne Country Club files bankruptcy
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Ironhorse Country Club goes for $2.85 million at auction
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Green Products:
Maker of Wheatware products files for bankruptcy
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Art:
Salander Art to Be Sold as First Republic Makes Concessions
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Art savior De Niro
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Avoidance Actions:
BearingPoint's Trustee Seeks Return of $8.1 Million From Yale
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Convenience Stores:
In bankruptcy sale, gas stations auctioned to ex-owner's cousin
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Compensation:
Pay czar limits exec pay at still-struggling GMAC
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US Steel CEO's 2009 Pay Dives as He Rejects Awards
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AIG Bonus Contract Terms Outed
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Former A.I.G. Employees Might Sue Over Payouts
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Celebs:
De Niro, Bankrupt Art Gallery Settle Artwork Dispute
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Horse Racing:
NY horse breeders warn of risk if OTB funds cut
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Religion:
German Priest Close to Pope Is Suspended in Abuse Case
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UK:
More tax trouble for Gordon Ramsay
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Readers Digest administrators consider nine offers
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The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010
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EU:
Europe Should Not Curtail Credit Default Swaps
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EU Puts Off New Rules for Hedge Funds
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EU Lost 4 Million Jobs in 2009
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Canada:
Canada Finance Chief Says Recovery Showing ‘Good Signs’
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China:
Is China's Politburo spoiling for a showdown with America?
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Greece:
Eurozone ministers study Greek options
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Finance Ministers Stand Ready to Help Greece
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Greece braces itself for EU meeting
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Athens seeks 25bn loan facility
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Greek Aid Options Include Loans, Dutch Minister Says
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Greece's finances, the menacing numbers
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Middle East:
DW issue 'an ordinary commercial restructuring'
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Germany:
Karstadt Administrator Wants to Sell Chain by End of April
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German Investor Confidence Drops Again in March
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