Law:
Hiring Law Firms Offer ‘Reverse Signing Bonus’ Instead of Guaranteed Minimums
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One PPEP Junkie Down, 199 to Go
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The Perks of Small Law: Tuesday Masseuse and Tagging Events
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Remember the $60, 8-Word E-Mail? Client Shares Hard-Learned Legal Cost-Control Tips
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What’s the Difference Between an Email and a Pager?
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DLA Piper in secret outsourcing discussions
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THE AM LAW 100 2010: Alternative Fee Reality
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White-Collar Bar: Mobilize!
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Law Firm Trades Walls & Doors for Roof Deck, Coffee Bar, Comfy Sofas & Flat-Screen TVs
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Lawyer Accused of Shooting at Census Worker
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Venable Adds Bankruptcy Partner
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Clifford Chance recruits Pillsbury restructuring partner for New York base
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Upstart Bankruptcy Firm Took Leap of Faith That's Paying Off So Far
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Smart Marketing Moves If a Law Firm Client Merges or Dissolves
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Plaintiffs Attorneys Sanctioned for 'Spurious' Allegation
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Plaintiffs From $1 Billion Case Take Another Shot at BofA
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Linklaters lays off six associates and gets a kicking in court
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Hogan Lovells issues ban on "provocative" clothing
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Wolf Block to Former Partner Suing Over Severance: Wait Your Turn
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Greenberg Traurig and Quarles & Brady Named in Investor Class Action
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Suit Against Crowell Over Pan Am 73 Award Now in 2 Courts
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U.S. judge to pick lead attorneys in Toyota cases
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Judge Guts Chevron's Malicious Prosecution Suit Against Lawyer
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Risk-Averse Lawyers Surf Net Into Stormy Ethical Seas
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Revenue dips at leading UK firms but market remains bullish on recovery
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World Wrestling Entertainment Denies Firing GC for Sexual Harassment
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Would-Be Law Student Quits Tuition Contest Because of Mean-Spirited Blog Comments
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Summer Associate of the Day: Kaavya Viswanathan (Aka the Alleged Harvard Plagiarist)
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Firm Partner Gives Big to Alma Mater
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New York Law School Student Trying to Scalp Graduation Tickets
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An Explosive Federalist Society Lunch at Michigan Law?
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Football Coach
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RIP ‘Law & Order’? NBC Said to Mull Killing Legal Drama After 20 Seasons
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Judges:
The Ghost of Mrs. Kagan
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What Citizens United Case Reveals About Kagan
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Kagan’s Link to Marshall Cuts 2 Ways
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Scoring Elena: NRA Sizes Up Candidate’s Record on Guns
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A New Spin on Kagan's Positions
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Senator: Kagan critical of Supreme Court
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Obama Flashback: Supreme Court Nominee With No Judicial Experience Requires Extreme Scrutiny
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‘Sleazy Profiteer?’ Op-Ed, Chamber Group Urge No Vote on Motley Rice Judicial Nominee
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Liu's 9th Circuit Nomination Heads to Full Senate
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Wall Street:
Futures lower with data on tap, debt worries nag
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Time for Regulators to Impose Order in the Markets
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Euro Sags and Markets Turn Lower
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Retail Reports Trip Up Stocks
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The sound of unbridled market chaos
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Oliver Stone Got Insights from Eliot Spitzer for Latest Wall Street Film
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Employee Poaching Returns to Wall Street
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‘Perfect Quarter’ at Four U.S. Banks Shows Fed-Fueled Revival
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Layoffs:
Jobless Claims in US Declined to 444,000 Last Week
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America's Layoff Capitals
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Industries Where Jobs May Not Return
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Billboard petitions Obama for 'a freakin' job'
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Airline employment continues its slide
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
Ford CEO says 2010 will be "solidly" profitable
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Ford Says Mulally Will Be CEO 'as Long as He Wants'
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Chrysler concerned about GM's financing plans
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Chrysler watching GM financing moves closely
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GM to release first-quarter results Monday
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Uncle Sam should firmly nix GM empire-building
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Cooper-Standard Automotive Obtains Confirmation of Plan of Reorganization
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Obama firm on dealer oversight
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Is a Two-Tier Wage System Sowing Division Among UAW Workers?
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U.A.W. Wants to Share in Big 3’s Financial Success
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Federal judge in Calif. begins housekeeping of Toyota lawsuits as lawyers jockey to take lead
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Building Materials:
Aleris International's Plan of Reorganization Confirmed by Bankruptcy Court
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Conversion:
Sixth Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court’s Retroactive Conversion Order
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Banking:
How Big Banks Managed Miraculous Perfect Quarter
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Forecast For The Sunshine State: Thunderstorms
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Midwest Bank warns failure may be near
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Changing the Narrative: Goldman Helps Ill. Bank
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Swiss Whittle Away at Banking Secrecy
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Consultants:
Former Mesirow Employees Lose Trade Secret Ruling
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Municipalities:
A Michigan success story
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Showdown in New York: Legislature Approves 100,000 Furloughs; Judge Blocks Action After Union Protest
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15 Scary Reasons Why It's New York That's The Next Greece
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Illinois among worst states for business
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Michigan ranked as third-worst state for business by CEOs
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D.C. flirts with its own Greek tragedy
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In anticipation of upcoming bankruptcy hearing, Prichard approves $10.25 million budget 8 months into fiscal year
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Banks’ Municipal Debt Trades Face Preliminary Probe
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Economy:
New claims for unemployment insurance inch down
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Millions of jobs that were cut won't likely return
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US faces same problems as Greece, says Bank of England
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Deloitte: Executives Seem To Feel A Double Dip Is Coming
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Americans' spending falls in April from March; figures underscore uncertain economic picture
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Why Did the Senate Vote to Audit the Fed?
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TARP watchdog: Big banks slashed small business credit lines
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Could Debt Drive the U.S. to Collapse Like Greece?
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Elizabeth Warren: ‘Capitalism Cannot Survive’ No-Strings Attached Bailouts
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Majority Still Believe US is in Recession
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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:
US Home Seizures Reach Record as Recovery Delayed
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Foreclosure continue to rise as banks work on backlogs
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Home-buying fades without government help
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Foreclosures Dip, More Trouble Ahead
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Only $242 Million Spent So Far on Gov’t $75B Mortgage Mod Program
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BofA Reaches 56,400 Permanent HAMP Mods
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2 Lawyers Among 17 Charged in $3M Mortgage Rescue Fraud
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Online system streamlines mortgage modification
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Housing never really improved
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Mortgage rates hit lowest levels of the year
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Sellers Reduce Nearly 25% of List Prices in 2010
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Crisis cut U.S. minority mortgage access
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Ill. foreclosure filings jump 38% from 2009
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W.Va. mortgage foreclosures up 24% in 2009
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Distressed Sales Dominate Two-Thirds of Orlando Market
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In California, Rates of Delinquency Vary, Mostly Driven by Negative Equity
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Foreclosure filings in New York City dip from 2009: 'Things getting better'
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To the survivors go the spoils of wrecked housing market
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Housing Bulls Just Aren't Paying Attention To The Facts
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Delinquency-Negative Equity Correlation
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Senate Moves To Ban YSPs, No-Doc Loans
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Are Pension Funds Warming Up to CRE Again?
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Mall, Shopping Center REITs See Brightening Retail Landscape
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New Survey Finds Improved Sentiment Among CRE Execs
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CMBS Loan Delinquencies Keep Rising, Moody's Says
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Are Friends of Angelo Still Receiving Perks From Bank of America?
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13 Senators Who LOVE Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac
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Tea Party protestors take aim at Fannie and Freddie
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Private-equity firms Apollo Global Management and Centerbridge Capital Partners seek to acquire special servicer that holds troubled Stuyvesant Town loans
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Residents ask for CalPERS’ help in Stuy Town rescue
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Lake Las Vegas golf course owner sues Henderson over water agreement
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Fraud:
Rothstein Trustee Sues AmEx For $20M
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Judge: RRA depositions open to the public
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Former Rothstein Chief Operating Officer Gets Plea Deal
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Rajaratnam Says Cricket, Not Crime, Was on His Mind
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Ponzi report: Failures span 3 agencies
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NY attorney general probing 8 banks over securities
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Corporate Reform:
Congress a stage for scolding of executives
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With Banks Under Fire, Some Expect a Settlement
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Moynihan Is Obama’s Top Bank Ally on Rules Overhaul
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Bank probes expanding with new investigation
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Banks, Ratings Agencies Said to Be Subpoenaed by NY's Cuomo
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Does Inquiry into Morgan Stanley Implicate Citi and UBS?
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Mortgages, auto loans at issue
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Airlines Want Regulations on Derivatives
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With Obama, Regulations Are Back in Fashion
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Ratings Agencies:
Bloomberg to enter credit rating business?
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Were the Ratings Agencies Duped Rather than Dumb?
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ECB Official Lashes Out at Rating Agencies
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Senate vote would upend rating agency system
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An SEC office would assign a credit rater for each security to avoid conflicts
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Deals:
Bankrupt Companies Now Look Like Great Bargains - Improving economy pulls companies from the brink
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Bank failures pump up deal flow
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CEOs: The Most Beautiful People in the World?
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Art:
The auction of Halsey Minor
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Basketball:
Cuban facing full 'court' pressure from Perot Jr.
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Music Industry:
Death Row To Release New Tupac Album
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Politics:
N.J. gov. sets tone for US
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Food/Drink:
Grocer Bashas' close to bankruptcy financing deal
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Textiles:
Xerium Technologies Reports Court Confirmation of Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster shares dive as cash worries mount
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Gambling:
Operator of Atlantic City Trump casinos cuts first-quarter losses in half
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Lehman:
Ex-Lehman Bankers Start Funds to Buy Structured Debt
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Hotels:
Banks Embrace ‘Extend and Pretend’ as U.S. Hotels Await Rebound
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Extended Stay Has 'Number of Bidders' Before Auction
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Credit Reporting:
Consumer Credit Scores Hold Steady
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In the War on Credit Scores, FICO Loses a Battle
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Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
The Uneven Rise and Fall of Bankruptcy Filings
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Senate Rejects Bankruptcy For Nonbank Financial Cos Amendment
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Derivatives safe harbors under siege
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Litigation:
Federal Civil Practice Bulletin: Second Circuit States that Pleading Allegations on "Information and Belief" Acceptable under Twombly
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Federal Pilot Program Curbs E-Discovery Fights
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Sovereigns:
The Twilight of the Welfare State?
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Oil/Gas:
BP boss admits job on the line over Gulf oil spill
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BP CEO: We Could Have Done More
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Florida braces
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Size of Oil Spill in Gulf Underestimated, Scientists Say
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U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits
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Where's the oil? Model suggests much may be gone
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Forget That $75 Million Liability Cap: Criminal Charges IN BP Spill Are "Very Likely" Says Former DOJ Official
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Transocean To Workers After Rig Explosion: Sign The Waiver Here
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Transocean: Limit Our Liability to $27 Million
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US crude hits three-month low below $74
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Biofuel:
Federal court orders NW Mo. biofuels company to be sold at auction
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Retailing:
Kohl's profit tops Street; outlook disappoints
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Kohl's, Urban Outfitters lead retail sector lower
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Highland Mall files for bankruptcy
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Personal Finance:
The New Poor: In Job Market Shift, Some Workers Are Left Behind
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Small Business:
Weak small business lending could slow recovery
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Accounting:
Ira Silver Helps With Reinstatement of Deland Dodge
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Standards tug of war risks more Lehmans-style accounting
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
AmerLink CEO pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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North Myrtle Beach hot dog vendor guilty of bankruptcy fraud
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Newspapers:
Tribune Co. bankruptcy plan faces new hurdles
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More roadblocks crop up as Tribune Co. tries to emerge from bankruptcy
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The economics of newspapers
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Tax:
Imminent End of Secrecy to Shake Up Swiss Banking
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Are Taxes Really at a 60 Year Low?
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Profit Exports Import U.S. Tax Cuts for Pfizer, Lilly, Oracle
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Companies Dodge $60 Billion in Taxes Even Tea Party Condemns
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Health Care:
Triple the trouble for St. Vincent's Hospital as malpractice suits pile up
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Finance:
Court Decision Invalidating Indian Casino Debt Shakes Lenders
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Hockey:
Glendale follows one bad decision with another
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Watchdog on trail of money transfer to NHL
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UK:
AlixPartners appoints two directors to London team
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Top 20 firm sues former IP over repayment
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Taxman toughens up on Time to Pay
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U.K. Banks Face Possible Ban on Most Credit Insurance
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EU:
Euro Slumps as Jitters Over Greece Return
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Europe the 'Lifestyle Superpower' Falters
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Volcker Worried About Eurozone Dissolution
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Spanish Union Calls for Public Sector Strike in June
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Portugal Follows Spain on Austerity Cuts
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Portugal to issue 'Crisis Tax'
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What Spain's Brutal Austerity Budget Would Look Like Here
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Preventing Future Debt Crises in Europe
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Canada:
Documents raise ownership questions at former Abitibi sites
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Fraser Papers appointed Glen McMillan as Chief Restructuring Officer
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Greece:
And It Will Get Even Worse For Greece
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Ackermann Doubts That Greece Can Pay
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Greek Debt Crisis Will Worsen: The Center Won't Hold
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Athens Hoteliers Say Greek Riots Emptying Rooms
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Greek accounting stumbles towards change
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How Republicans Would Stop U.S From Funding IMF Loans to Greece
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Ireland:
Will Ireland's Toxic Bank Cure or Kill the Nation's Economy?
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Iceland:
Icelandic bank accuses former CEO of fraud
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Glitnir bank’s winding-up committee launches major court proceedings in New York
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China:
Fake Divorces and Housing Bubbles
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Middle East:
Abu Dhabi hotel installs gold vending machine
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Japan:
Properst Files for Bankruptcy on Property Market Drop
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