October 25, 2010

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Law:

The Lawyers of the Forbes 400
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Lawyers Throwing Parties Featuring Sting, Sheryl Crow and '70s Legends: What Are You Doing Tonight?
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Womble Carlyle Representing John Edwards in Sex Tape Dispute
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Just Say No?
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I am a 'Robo' detector: Lawyer
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WSJ Blames Evil Consumer Lawyers
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Refco Class Lawyers Seek $50 Million in Fee Request
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King of Torts Hires King of Pain to Play Holiday Party
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Baker Botts Partner Named New FINRA Enforcement Chief
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Last Week in Biglaw
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What Makes a Great Managing Partner
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JDs Are Classier Than MBAs
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General Counsel to Cut Legal Spending Up to 25%: Catastrophe or Opportunity?
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D.C. Judge Clears POM Wonderful Attorney in Sanctions Inquiry
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Yale Law Grad and Former Simpson Associate Seeks to Sell $34.5 Million Condo
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William Lerach on Corporate Power, Corporate Crime and the Failure of the Democrats to Confront Wall Street
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Murdered Michigan Lawyer Had ‘No Shortage of Enemies’
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Thickskinned or Boneheaded?: Wannabe Lawyers Undaunted by Dim Prospects
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Laid-off minority lawyers toil for no pay
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NY Firm Seeks $55 Million Fee for Largest Housing Meltdown Settlement . . . Yet
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‘Gimme Two Complaints . . . And a Large Side Order of Exhibits’
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NY Partner Set to Become Sole Chair at Bi-Coastal Firm
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Frank Ciaccio Joins Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
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Franc joins Hodes, Pessin & Katz
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Backup? There's a Service for That
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The Barter Deal From a Law Graduate Craigslist Doesn’t Want You To See
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Georgia Mulls Citizens' Right to Access Courts via E-File
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Lawyer Transitions: Encountering Counteroffers
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The Right Way to Manage Assignments
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UBS, Lloyds, RBS, PWS, Greenberg, Cuban, Delphi in Court News
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Overworked Lawyer Accused of Challenging Opponent to Fight
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Law Firm Uses Social Network and Billboards to Raise Money for Client’s Cause
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Upset with dinner, boy, 10, dials 911
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Proposed Sanction Upped For "Channeling" Attorney
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Private Donors Pick Up 1/3 of the Tuition for New Law Students at UC-Irvine
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Judges:

Another Episode of . . . ‘Judges Say the Darndest Things’
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Former Girlfriend of Clarence Thomas Speaks Out After 19 Years
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Clarence & Ginni Thomas Learn About Karma the Hard Way
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7 Theories on Ginni Thomas’s Call to Anita Hill
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LexisNexis Attorney Claims Public Has No Constitutional Right To Access Courts
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Justices’ Remarks About Black Criminals, ‘Poverty Pimps’ Stun Audience
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Judge Accused of Lashing Out at Court Watch Group and Their Intimidating Clipboards
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Former Justice John Paul Stevens Criticizes Scalia, Praises Other Colleagues in Speech
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Retired Justice Stevens Still Believes Flag Burning Isn't Protected Speech
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Lawyer Says "Bitter, Mean-Spirited, Short-Tempered" Judge Not Fit for the Bench
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Judge Dressed Down for Crash While Driving Drunk
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures rise
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Stocks may dance to big swings, earnings
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Proof That America Still Hates Wall Street
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Prop Traders Are Wall Street's Most Wanted
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Layoffs:

When Unemployment Benefits Run Out...
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Unemployment in Some States Near Record Highs
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Employment Rose in 39 States in September
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Unemployed workers caught in credit-report trap
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Thousands in Bay Area Can't Find Work
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Deutsche job cuts to come
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Defense Costs Incurred in Informal SEC and Internal Investigations
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Greenberg to appeal ruling on sham reinsurance case
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"What to Watch Now in the World of D&O"
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Religion:

Crystal Cathedral's Cracks Show in Bankruptcy Filing
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Rifts, debt tear at Crystal Cathedral
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Crystal Cathedral in touch with past but needs better future
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Schuller pleads for dollars for Crystal Cathedral
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Dispute Over Succession Clouds Megachurch
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Records of sexual abuse by San Diego priests to be released Sunday
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Files on priests shed light on charges of abuse
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Hollywood:

Icahn offers to buy debt from MGM lenders
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Icahn extends Lions Gate offer till after MGM vote
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Despite Icahn, MGM Bondholders Favor Spyglass Deal
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Gambling:

Leaders named at gaming companies after bankruptcy
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Bookies of the living dead
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Politics:

Milwaukee man is one curious candidate
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Health Care:

Why St. Vincent’s Is the Lehman Brothers of Hospitals
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Economy:

Angelides: ‘Very, Very Little Consequence’ for Wall Street
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Economy to Grow at Slower Pace
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Fed’s Plosser Reiterates Reservations on Asset Purchases
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Jobless Rates Remain Elevated
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British Budget Axe Might be Imported to US
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Presidential entourage books all 570 rooms in 5-star Taj Mahal Hotel
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Now Isn't the Time to Cut the Deficit
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Rich Guy Who Wants to Pay More Taxes
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Top personal income tax rates are rising worldwide
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The Worst Economist in the World
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Just Call Him Bernanke-sama
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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:

Homeowners Win Fights Over Mistaken Foreclosures
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Owners Seek to Sell at Loss as Banks Push Foreclosure
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What the Foreclosure Fiasco Means for People in Foreclosure
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New York Grants Right to Claim Attorney Fees to Prevailing Homeowners in Foreclosures
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What you need to know about the foreclosure mess
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Federal Housing Finance Agency to Investigate Claims Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
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The American Dream and Federal Foreclosure
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Never having to say you're sorry
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Bank of America finds foreclosure mistakes
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Bank of America Sued in Class Action Over Flouting of Foreclosure Rules
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Foreclosures: A Paperwork Fiasco
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Foreclosure Mess Causing Paper Jam at Nation’s Courthouses
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One Mess That Can’t Be Papered Over
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New Testimony Reveals Citigroup Knew Exactly What Crap It Was Selling
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A house of loan horrors
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Chicago foreclosure auctions rise 45% during 3Q
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Fitch: CMBS Default Rate Topped Double-Digits in Third Quarter
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FDIC responds: Safe harbor "crystal clear" for CMBS
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Thousands of NJ homeowners in foreclosure 'limbo land'
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Disturbing pattern emerges
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Inmates Used to Clean Up Homes in Foreclosure
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Refinancing Surge Gives Lift to Banks Amid Foreclosure Scrutiny
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Celebs:

Fugitive Randy Quaid, wife arrested in Vancouver
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Randy Quaid, wife claim refugee status in Canada
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Banking:

Feds shut 7 banks in FL, GA, IL, KS; 138 bank failures this year
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Bank Back From The Brink By Making Nice
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Newspapers:

Tribune Company Ousts Randy Michaels as Chief
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Controversial CEO Randy Michaels leaves troubled Tribune Company
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No golden parachute for Randy Michaels at Tribune
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Randy Michaels' first disaster in Chicago? It was 'Hell'
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Tribune revises recovery plan
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Tribune's Quest for Bankruptcy Exit -- Timeline
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Autos:

GM Wins Conditional Approval of Liquidation Outline
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Fiat: 35 percent Chrysler share set for 2011
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Visteon holders could sell up to $2.94 billion in stock
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Elder Debt:

Most seniors cite credit card debt in bankruptcy claims
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Sporting Goods:

Schutt Sports files
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Corporate Governance:

Chancery Rejects Challenge to Successful Bidder
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Third-Party Liability Ruled Out in N.Y. Suits for Corporate Misdeeds
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Mass Torts:

Should BP’s Money Go Where the Oil Didn't?
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BP Claims in Bankruptcy
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Fraud:

Exec's 10-year sentence upheld in $1.9B Ohio fraud
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Farkas to Remain Tethered to GPS Anklet
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AIG's Greenberg Found Liable for Fraudulent Action
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The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions
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Trustee: Waterford Ponzi scheme 2nd-largest in Utah
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Hecker Case: Taxpayers off the hook
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Hecker stuck in jail, gets his attorney
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Petters clawback targets
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Clawbacks add muscle to the law's long arm
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Book Juggling Cost 2,000 Jobs, Bank Says
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Feds Arrest Darren Berg in Los Angeles
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Identical Twin Ponzi Schemers Given Identical Sentences
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Cuban offers to fund SEC probe of himself
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Mass Torts:

BP sells Gulf of Mexico fields to pay for oil spill
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Tech:

Milestone in Qimonda insolvency: Settlement with U.S. subsidiaries over disputed claims
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Aerospace:

Emivest Aerospace files bankruptcy
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Credit Counseling:

Class Calls 'Debt Reduction' Group Predators
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Debt Collection:

U.S. Debt Collector To Pay $1.75 Million In FTC Settlement
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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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Baseball:

Rangers Lenders Balk at Cuban's 'Contribution' Payment Request
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Miscellaneous:

Trico Marine, Sex.com, Fulton, Tronox, Lehman, Tousa, Adelphia: Bankruptcy
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Credit Cards:

Credit Cards Soon to Get a Makeover
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Banks sideswiped
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Will Credit Card Settlement Bring Fee Relief to Merchants?
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Consumer Bankruptcy:

New Means Testing Figures Coming
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Book Reviews:

The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Bankers Fleeced America and Launched a Global Crisis
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Golf:

Greens wither with financial uncertainty at Palm Desert Country Club
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Resorts:

Dancing Bear's fate in judge's handscom
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Non-Profits:

How Germantown Settlement debt ballooned
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Food/Drink:

Tavern on the Green morphs into a food court
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Autos:

Wave of profits are expected this week from carmakers, suppliers
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The inside story of the American auto industry's fall from grace
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Municipalities:

Candidates Suggest Feds Should Bail Out IL
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Finance:

Boom Times, at Least in Finance
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Corporate Reform:

Consumer Agency Still Not 'Secure' Amid Opponents - Warren
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In charge of consumer bureau, Warren takes new tone
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Obama: GOP will undo financial reform
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Financial system trust down with Dodd-Frank dissatisfaction
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Personal Finance:

Yale’s Dumpster-Diving Foodies
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UK:

Nationwide cuts commercial lending legal panel from 60 to 17 firms
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Portsmouth exits bankruptcy protection and is sold back to Balram Chainrai
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George Osborne, Muddy Waters
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Insolvency is still hot topic for firms
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Takeover proposals set to force corporates to disclose legal fees
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Former Dundee United player Noel Hunt facing bankruptcy threat over £2k tax debt
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Why More Hostile Takeovers are Coming to the U.K.
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Lending to businesses falls again
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Taxation at the heart of fears for UK competitiveness
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RSM Tenon scoops personal insolvency award
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Work Foundation bought out of insolvency
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EU:

European Industrial Orders Increased Twice as Much as Projected in August
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Canada:

Winalta to emerge from bankruptcy protection, focus on oilfield services
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Supreme Court of Canada Grants Shield Law for Confidential Sources
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Purchase of Canwest TV assets wins CRTC approval
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Demise of Nortel campus ends Ottawa's high-tech dream
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Greece:

EU did everything to rescue Greece and will not allow bankruptcy
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Greek PM vows 'no new cuts'
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Greece will default, economy guru says
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No new cuts in debt-locked Greece 'whatever happens'
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Middle East:

Saad-owned Bahrain Bank Files for Bankruptcy
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Former Dubai Bank Executives Face Heavier Penalty
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Switzerland:

Switzerland to Sign Key Tax Deal With Germany Thursday
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Russia:

Prosecutors urge 14-year term for Khodorkovsky
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Luxembourg:

Lux judges could get insolvency powers to help people in debt
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New Zealand:

$740m in lost tax as Kiwis go bust
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France:

France braced for second week of strikes, blockades
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French protests are creating a staggering amount of economic damage
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China:

Chinese Unemployment Keeps Dropping And Is Now Well Under Half America's
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