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Law:
When economy falters, bankruptcy lawyers and courses prosper
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Should Firms Store Client Data on the Net?
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The Future of Law in 6-Minute Increments
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Last Week in Layoffs
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"New graduates of Top 10 schools more likely to be laid off"
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The Decade's Most Influential Lawyers
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Alternative Billing Gains Traction for Solos, Small Firms
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Majority Say Law Practice Is Undergoing a Sweeping Evolution, Survey Says
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RICO Suit Seeks $500M From Freshfields, Says Retainer Paid Via ‘Corrupt Relationship’
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Lawyer Claims Panic Attack Led Her to Accept $350K Settlement from Clifford Chance
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Ex-Associate Sues BigLaw Firm She Says Shortchanged Her on Fee
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Firm Founder Faces Road-Rage Charges for Allegedly Attack on Driver and His Girlfriend
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3 Ruden McClosky Partners in Miami to Form Own Firm After 20 Staff Layoffs
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Banking Law Boutique BuckleySandler Grows Dramatically
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Akin Gump Acquires Boutique Lobbying Firm
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Ashurst chiefs on back foot after crisis meeting
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Baker Botts alleged to use unpaid interns as slave labor...
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The Ambac Bonanza
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Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Latham Leading on Latest Dubai Debt Restructuring
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Schulte, McDermott, Manatt On the Cerberus Venture into Catholic Health Care
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Mommy Law: Pretend Play and Balancing Games
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Web 2.0 Spins Out Some Tough Marketing Ethics Questions
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White House Counsel: The Toughest Job in Washington?
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Wyoming? Louisiana? California? Where Will the Toyota Suits Go?
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So, How'd the Crazy Toyota Hearing Go?
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An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards
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Attractive People May or May Not Be Better Lawyers, But They Do Get Paid More
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Bloggers Warn: Spare Yourselves From a Life in the Law
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Drug lab scandal jeopardizes hundreds of cases
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Will Apple’s iPad Replace the Old Standard Yellow Paper Standard?
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A Droid v. iPhone Throwdown
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Explore the World of Web Tools Behind Google’s ‘More’
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Inexpensive Web Tools and Straight Talk Help Build Client Relationships
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Life is Good at UCI Law. . . But How Long Will It Last?
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Anti-Law School Blogs Seek to Keep Others from Making 'Same Mistake We Did'
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Eight Days in Haiti
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Here’s One Job Brooklyn Law Students Are Definitely Qualified For
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Judges:
5th Circuit Footnote Hits a Federal Chief Judge for 6-Year Delay
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Judges United: D.C. Circuit Shoots Down Limits on Campaign Donations
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Judge of the Day: Shirley Strickland Saffold
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures rise on economic optimism
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For a Second Day, Wall Street Ends Mixed
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Asian Stocks, Commodity Prices Rise on Fed Pledge, BOJ Lending
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Based on Corporate Profits, Equities Remain Very Cheap
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Stocks Soar, but Many Analysts Ask Why
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Day Traders 2.0: Wired, Angry and Loving It
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The Wisdom of the Short-Sellers
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Layoffs:
When Federal Laws Collide: Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code versus the “WARN” Act
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Florida's Jobless Rate Hits 12.2%
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NYC Unemployment Rate Dips but is Still Higher than the National Average
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Overqualified? Yes, but Happy to Have a Job
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:
US Bank Failures Reach 41 This Year as Four Lenders Are Shut
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Banks become owners, may open restructuring door
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WaMu bankruptcy plan leaves shareholders nothing
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JP Morgan payoff in WaMu case faces FDIC hurdle
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Corporate Reform:
Shelby raises key issue in financial reform criticism
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Reform in Congress Lacking Cash Clause to Stop Lehman-Like Runs
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Derailing Help for Consumers
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On Pay-to-Play and Pension Funds: The Inquiry Spreads West
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Does This Bank Watchdog Have a Bite?
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Pro-Business Lobbying Blitz Takes on Obama’s Plan for Wall Street Overhaul
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Trying to Tame the Unknowable
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Pro-Business Lobbying Blitz Over Reform
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In Retrial, Former Brocade CEO Found Guilty of Most Counts
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Municipalities:
San Diego City Councilmember Emerald challenges bankruptcy, creditworthiness allegations about city
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Vallejo's Painful Lessons in Municipal Bankruptcy
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Economy:
US economic growth revised down
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The New Normal
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Corporate Profits Continue to Impress
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Fastest Recovery Ever Could Push Corporate Profits to Record Highs in 2010
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Downward Economic Trend Worries Analysts
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Year-end growth spurt not likely to be repeated
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Why 5.6% GDP Burst in 2009 Is Not Sustainable
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For Most, It Was a Lost Decade
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Alan Greenspan's Financial History for Lobotomy Victims
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'Garbage, in one word'
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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:
Obama expands mortgage modification effort
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Will White House Plan Rile Up More Borrowers Than It Helps?
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New Mortgage Relief Will Have Limited Effect
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Obama Steps Up on Foreclosures, Next Step is to Make Sure Families Reap the Benefits
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A Bold U.S. Plan to Help Struggling Homeowners
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Some who can afford mortgages prefer to walk
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A Good Time to Buy? Yes, But No Need to Rush
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Answers to questions about new mortgage aid plan
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New mortgage plan still has holes, White House concedes
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Above water?
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US to increase housing loans
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Low Rates, Tax Credits Failing to Ignite Housing Market
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Mortgage interest rates continue to rise
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Greenspan says Fed didn't feed housing bubble
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Regulation Fuels Office-Space Demand
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Kobra holdings head to auction, bankruptcy winds down
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Autos:
Chrysler invites 86 former dealers to rejoin network
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GM supply chief softens approach to parts firms
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Ford sells Volvo to China's Geely auto group for $1.8 billion
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Toyota Slows Production in Europe as Sales Lag
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Driver Imprisoned Over Fatal Toyota Crash Seeks New Trial
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Chemicals:
Access may boost Lyondell stake post-bankruptcy
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Hollywood:
MGM studios on verge of bankruptcy
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Movie Producer Says Attorney Did Him Wrong
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MGM creditors grow tired of the script
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Retailing:
Is Chapter 11 next for bookseller?
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State squeezes retailers for overdue sales taxes
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Bankrupt General Growth nears plan filing: sources
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Shoppers Emerging With Best Buy’s Sales Signal Retail Revival
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Sports:
Isle bowl games operator files for bankruptcy
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Accounting:
Accounting firms facing rise in negligence claims amid credit crunch fallout
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Distressed Investing:
Sears/Kmart CEO Lampert ordered to give deposition in age bias lawsuit
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Food/Drink:
Lawsuit claims former owners stripped Bruno's of $290 million
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Ollie's, Vine face bankruptcy after labor disputes
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Starbucks admits growth starting to drip
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Health Care:
Let the Sun Shine In: Payments to Docs from Companies to be Disclosed
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Doctors Shift to Health Centers, Away from Private Practice
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Health-Care Battle Spreading to Governors and State AGs
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Sunwest Management auction set for May 17
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Market's reaction to health vote is telling
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Health Care: What Did We Get? Where Are We? And, Where Do We Go From Here?
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Lawmakers Face Fallout at Home From Health Vote
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Senate fails to extend COBRA subsidy before break
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Waste Management:
Appalachian Landfill Owner Files For Bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
Nortel Settlement to Pay Benefits Thrown Out by Judge
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Aviation:
Sky King files Chapter 11 in face of dropping revenue
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Fraud:
Latest Madoff Victim: Gold Coast Country Club
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Presumed Prejudiced, but Fair?
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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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Insurance:
Ambac regulator’s move threads CDS needle
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Politics:
Analysis: For voters, economy matters most
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Obama throws out the political rules
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Newspapers:
'Chicago Tribune': Our Parent Co.'s Bankruptcy Typifies Huge Fees These Days
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Avoidance Actions:
Earmarking Does Not Protect Balance Transfers
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Finance:
Junk bonds sell in record volumes
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Building Materials:
Cover-All Building Systems headed to bankruptcy
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Celebs:
Celebrities fall on hard times, too
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Trustee Slams Dykstra's Bid To Exit Bankruptcy
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Axl Rose Sued for Nearly $2 Million
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Gambling:
Paterson Urged To Speed Up Aqueduct Casino Project
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OTB to lay off 1300 Employees
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OTB halts pay for executives, consultants in wake of massive layoffs
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Religion:
Diocese bankruptcy judge waits to appoint mediator
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Cardinal Calls for Abuse Housecleaning
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Pope signals won't be intimidated by abuse critics
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Canon Law: Roman Catholic Pope Can't Be Fired
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Law Firm Uncovers Documents Linking Pope to Sex Scandal
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Litigation:
E-discovery Can Create Big Hassle for Small Cases
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E-Discovery Can Be TMI—Even For Those Seeking It
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Rethinking the Adversarial Approach
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Turnarounds:
Kurtzman Carson Consultants (KCC) Recognized as 'Turnaround Service of the Year' in M&A Advisor
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Deadline Calculation:
Bankruptcy Code Trumps State Law For Time Provision of Trustee’s Claim
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Symphonies:
Symphony on SC coast suspends operations
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Video Games:
Stargate Resistance Sold Off as Bankruptcy Guts Original Publisher
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UK:
The insolvency administrator: Noble salvage
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House of Commons committee: No 'special relationship' between Britain and USA
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U.K. Feb. net consumer loans up more than expected
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U.K. Lawmakers Say ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Need Tougher Rules
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U.K. Accounting Suits Reached 5-Year High Last Year, Study Says
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Deloitte to be Jarvis administrator
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Insolvency Service publishes annual insolvency practitioner review
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EU:
Bunds Fall, Greek Bonds Rise After EU Leaders Agree Aid Plan
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Greek Plan Won't Paper Over Euro Cracks
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Countries from FYROM face financial bankruptcy
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Greece bailout: What's the future of the euro?
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Swiss central bank says EU recovery lagging, consumers uncertain
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Greece:
Greece to Sell Eurobonds Next Week in Rescue Test
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Echoes From Davos: The Real Wins For Greece
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Tough challenges over financial aid
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Greece prepares €5bn bond issue
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Europe has left Greece hanging in the wind
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Canada:
Dallas Cowboys' tent-collapse firm files for bankruptcy in Canada
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Sale of Jones properties can go ahead
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Middle East:
UAE: head of largest sovereign wealth fund missing
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Dubai close to ending Dubai World nightmare
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Ireland:
Crisis shines light on lending practices
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