October 18, 2010

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Suit Against Law Firm Could Signal Next Wave of Mortgage Modification Fraud
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Lehman Bankruptcy a $1 Billion Payday for Advisers
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Honigman, Former Firm Chair Sued by Ex-Assistant Over Discrimination Claims
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Mandatory retirement is back on management’s agenda
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Saying BP Has Paid 'Lots and Lots,' Attorney Hedges on $75 Million Cap
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When Mom Disses Your Work
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Buchanan Ingersoll bucks trend in associate hiring
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Mercer & Hole - London partner Chris Laughton to lead INSOL Europe
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Friendship Trumps Law Firm Partnership
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Management Committee Reprimanded For Misleading Web Page
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The Lawyer Who Reined In the Rubber Stampers and Robo-Signers
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Former Prosecutor Sued by Abuse Victim He 'Sexted'
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Foreclosure Lawyer Goes Extra Mile, Helps Clients Break Into Their Former Homes
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Burger Business Busted By Biglaw Will Keep On Cookin’
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How Authentic Is 'Law & Order: SVU'?
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Crime Show Threatens Her Life, Woman Says
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Mozilo, Daimler, Hypo Real Estate, Red Sox Soccer, Panalpina in Court News
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Single White DA Seeks Victim for Hot Nights in the Jacuzzi
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Law Schools Try to Address the Happiness Issue
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Arizona State Law School Moving Towards Private Funding Model: Prepare to be Gouged, ASU Law Students
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Was Paladino a Law School Paladin?
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Firms aren't getting fat on big TARP contracts
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Ground Zero lawyers use carrot and $ticks
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Does a J.D. Turn You Into a Cougar?
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Web communications and social media in law firms' toolboxes
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Questions of Discretion Arise When Jurors Blog
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Woman Stabbed Another Attendee at Anger Management Class, Police Say
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Great moments in lawyer TV advertising
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Chocolate thief 'to have hand chopped off'
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Man Awarded $650K for Lap Dance Injury
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Judges:

Judges Can Moonlight, But Job Must Pass a ‘Conflicts Check’
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In important cases, Supreme Court outcomes sometimes determined by a single word
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Supreme Court: In court of public opinion, justices mostly get it right
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures fall
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Foreclosure debacle to test stocks' rally
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US Stocks Advance as Google Leads Tech Rally
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Bank stocks fall again
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Can Stocks Erase the Lost Decade?
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: First Circuit Takes a Whack at "Bump Up" Claims Coverage
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Celebs:

'Beverly Hills Housewives' Hubby Went Belly Up
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Corporate Reform:

Former Countrywide Executives Settle SEC Charges as Trial Nears
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Telecoms:

TerreStar Weighs Bankruptcy Filing
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Utilities:

Electric co-op seeks bankruptcy after well cost overruns
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Aviation:

Delta hiring hundreds, 85,000 apply
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Lithuania's misfortune with its airlines
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Lithuanian bankrupt airline Star1 may be rescued by Chinese group
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Religion:

Crystal Cathedral, creditors at $7.5 million impasse
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Diocese may use other cases as benchmarks as talks begin
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Health Care:

West Siders take to the streets to demand new hospital in wake of St. Vincent's closure
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Awards:

MorrisAnderson Managing Director Named as Finalist in 7th Annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business
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Finance:

US Gives Small Biz Access to Microloans
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Education:

Short-sellers snarled in education litigation
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Economy:

Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore
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The Financial Time Bomb of Longer Lives
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Elderly: Poverty Level Doesn't Cut It
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Feds Almost Powerless Over Economy
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Dollar Declines for Fifth Week on Prospects of More Monetary Easing by Fed
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Fed set to bet bottom dollar on easing
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Quantitative Easing Seen Helping Yields, Not Economy
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Fed's Evans: U.S. in 'Liquidity Trap'
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Government outlays to Fannie, Freddie 24% below estimates
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Why Worry About Low Inflation?
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What Could Cause the Next Recession?
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‘Culture of Poverty’ Makes a Comeback
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Consumers Show Signs of Stirring
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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:

Damage From Mortgages Spreads
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Inexperienced, Untrained Workers Hired as Foreclosure ‘Experts,’ Lawyer Says
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White House Urges Calm on Lenders
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Billion-Dollar Foreclosure Mess Took Root at $75K House
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Fannie, Freddie, Citigroup suspend foreclosure referrals to Florida law firm
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Speed equaled money in foreclosure 'machine'
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An easy fix: Lenders must put people first
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After Initial Nix by One County Court, Fla. AG Wins Subpoena for Law Firm Docs From Another
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Mortgage System Fraught With Problems
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Feds can remedy mortgage me$$
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Not merely a housing industry crisis; a crack in the moral code of America
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MetLife says its foreclosure affidavits are accurate
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SEC opens probe of foreclosure mess
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JPM: Robo-signing now borrower strategy to avoid foreclosure
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Foreclosures now, Pensions next year
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Avoid Foreclosure Market Until the Dust Settles
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It's time to stop blaming the lenders
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Ex-Boss of Countrywide Financial Angelo Mozilo settles charge of duping investors for $67.5 million
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Former Countrywide Executives Settle SEC Charges as Trial Nears
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Angelo Mozilo: From housing hero to subprime foe
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Crime Pays: The SEC's Slap on the Wrist for Angelo Mozilo
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Mozilo Settlement: BofA's Deal Making Blows Keep Coming
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Mozilo Puts SEC Suit Behind Him; Criminal Inquiry Still Looms
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How Countrywide Covered the Cracks
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Foreclosure Crisis: Weekly Financial Recap
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Mortgage Crisis II Is Here and It's Not What I Thought
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Qualified? Home lenders saying not so fast
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Mortgages: A Little-Known Loan Program for Fixer-Uppers
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Luxury Homes for (at Least) 30% Less
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Class Claims Indymac Bank Hustled Them
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The Subprime Debacle, Act II
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LPS: September delinquency rate 9.27%
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New Foreclosure Suits Focus on the Lawyers
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Banking:

Three Midwest Banks Fail
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WaMu Shareholders Win Class Certification in Case Against Former Directors, Others
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Banks Shared Clients’ Profits, but Not Losses
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A Financial House Advantage
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One Angry Banker Suing the Fed
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Food/Drink:

Tavern on the Green Reopens as Visitors Center
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Symphonies:

Symphony bankruptcy still unresolved
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M&A:

Headaches Can Crop Up After Private Deals Close, M&A Study Finds
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Politics:

Former adviser's e-mail another nudge for Maes to exit gubernatorial race
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Will Dan Maes exit the race for governor?
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Return of the Secret Donors
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Haslam says he tried to save company he chaired from bankruptcy
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Chemicals:

LyondellBasell making up for lost time after leaving bankruptcy
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Fraud:

Kerviel wants former employer investigated for fraud
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Bernard Madoff's West Palm Beach pad sold for $5.65 million
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Corporate Governance:

Supreme Court Accepts Expedited Appeal of Chancery's Rejection of Airgas' Challenge to Bylaw Amendment Regarding Annual Shareholder Meeting
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)

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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Miscellaneous:

Old General Motors, Blockbuster, Schutt, Gems TV, Car Expenses: Bankruptcy
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Autos:

GM says IPO pricing not yet set-SEC filing
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General Motors clarifies Whitacre's comments about $20 to $25 share price
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Only In America: Workers Fight Their Own Union
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GM Wins: All 2 Tier Pay for Orion Workers
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Ex-Delphi Execs to Go on Trial
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Examiners:

DE Bankruptcy Court Denies Appointment Of Examiner Despite Statutory Mandate
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Credit Cards:

Bank of America Sept. credit card defaults fall
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Credit card protections won't be extended to business cards
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Corporate Reform:

40l(k)s will have to reveal fees
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Analysis Of The Corporate Governance And Executive Compensation Provisions In The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act
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SEC Schedule for Implementing Dodd-Frank Act
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Hotels:

Hilton Hotel Workers Walk Off the Job
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A brilliant hotel plan goes south
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Tax:

Obama: Tax Policies Should Aid Investment, Not Overseas Jobs
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N.J. Treasury targets tax deadbeats with Internet list
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Hockey:

Glendale to fill in blanks on Coyotes deal
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UK:

Hard-hit British heartland braces for cuts
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What Now for Liverpool?
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Bond investors warn against UK cuts delay
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Deep cuts must be made, Osborne says
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Britain targets banks, welfare as deep cuts loom
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NHS must cut 25% of senior managers, warns SNP
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Broke Britain clinging to role as global power
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Recession hits women harder than men as female bankruptcy soars
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KPMG pre-pack saves 4800 jobs at East London Bus Company
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EU:

ECB's Trichet Rejects Weber View on Bond Buying
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Canada:

Ice-cream maker Lambert files for bankruptcy
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Pocklington breaking terms of plea bargain, says creditors' lawyer
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Why are more seniors filing bankruptcy in Canada
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Ireland:

Bankruptcy bid came as pension deal loomed
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Drumm plays American trump card
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Anglo to fight Drumm's US petition
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Call to extradite Anglo-Irish Bank CEO from United States
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Laws on bankruptcy need urgent review, says regulator
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Mortgage holders in arrears deserve 'fresh start'
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Pity real victims of the crash
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Irish Regulator Says Country's Mortgage Arrears Are Set to Increase More
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Key bankers advised to 'sit tight' over inquiries
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Japan:

Japan Goes From Dynamic to Disheartened
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Portugal:

Portugal Says Austerity Will Slow GDP
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France:

French protesters rally over pension reform
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Fuel pipeline to Paris cut
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All 12 Refineries Now on Strike
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Middle East:

Dubai's DIC won't sell Europe assets before end-2011
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Chile:

Reality may not be miners' friend
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Rescued Miners’ Secrecy Pact Erodes in Spotlight
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