October 26, 2010

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Law:

The Looks That Bill
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Law Firms Feel Pressure From New Breed of Competitors
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What's in a Name?
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Sunshine in the Forecast as Managing Partners Say, Finally, Future Is Brighter
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Law Firm Cliques: High School With Nicer Clothes
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BigLaw Firm Adds Standardized Psych Test to Associate Hiring
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Why You Shouldn't Be Tempted by a Law Firm Counteroffer
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Clifford Chance senior partner election goes to second round after voting stalemate
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Leonard P. Goldberger Elected to INSOL World Editorial Board
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Linklaters, Adams and Reese Advise on Latest BP Asset Sale
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For Orrick and Quinn, a New Twist in Bratz Battle
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Firms Put Out a Contract on Costs: Temp Lawyers Doing More
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BigLaw Firm Adds Senior Associate Rank to Career Track
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Mark Cuban’s New and Entirely Novel Defense Approach
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Representing Mavericks' Cuban, Dewey Gets Creative With SEC
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Do You Fire A Client To Save Your Practice (and Sanity)?
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A Small Firm Salary Survey: The Results (Part 2)
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Lawyer Reprimanded for Hard Drive Shenanigans
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Staff Cutbacks Hit Law Firms' Professional Development Departments
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Ex-DPW Assoc. Hotness Confirmed in Vogue Profile
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After Unexpected Death, NY Firm Names New Managing Partner
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How to Dodge the "Of Counsel" Bullet (and Make Partner)
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Lawyer Gets 18 Years For Raping a 15-Year-Old Boy
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Whoops! FedEx Went With Their In-House Lawyers ... and Lost a $66 Million Verdict
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Gloria Allred: The Attorney Folks Love to Hate
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Chair-ity Case: Ropes Switches Offices, Donates Furniture
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Trial of Tom ‘The Hammer’ DeLay to Kick Off in Liberal Texas Capital
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Reed Smith Litigator Summits Kilimanjaro, But Not Without Some Breathlessness
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Baby killed as family jumps from window after 'devil sighting'
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Another 198 Layoffs Follow Business Slowdown at Foreclosure Firm Under Fire
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Robbers Show Creative Side
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They're all geeks and no-one knows what they do
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Nevada Lawyer Sues Over Mean Facebook Comments
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Is an iPad Useful During Client Meetings?
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So you want to be a lawyer
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Neighbors’ Overflowing Bath Causing Hedge Fund Manager Serious Emotional Distress
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Figuring Out the Future of Law School Education
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Law Schools Face More Pressure to Provide Job Data--Maybe
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Diversity and the Bottom Line: Compelling Data from McKinsey
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Judges:

Congressman Talks About Impeaching Chief Justice Roberts
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Clipboards Had Judge Seeing Red
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Ex-stripper who brought down appellate judge is sentenced for bank fraud
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Attack of the Bobbleheads
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Top Calif. Court OKs Dismissal of Up to 300-Plus Criminal Cases Due to Judge Shortage
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NY Judge Who Was Model for Jurist in "Bonfire of the Vanities" Dies
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'Don't Ask' Ruling Puts Judge in Spotlight
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Would You 'Friend' the Judge?
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Report: Court Tried to Protect Worker from Socially ‘Inept’ Judge by Hiding Her Desk
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Wall Street:

Futures Drop Before House-Price Report
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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:

S&P Strips AAA Rating From Assured Guaranty's Units
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RMBS Policyholders Comment on Ambac Rehabilitation Plan
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Aviation:

Jury rules FedEx deal caused airline's bankruptcy , owes $66M
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Ghost of ATA Avenges FedEx Contract Breach Which Put Airline Out of Business
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Oil/Gas:

BP Chief Calls Spill Furor Excessive
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Is Russia Riding to BP's Rescue?
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Elder Debt:

Fixed Income & Credit Card Debt: Why Retirees Are Declaring Bankruptcy
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Distressed Investing:

Boyazny Launches Distressed Firm MB Global Partners
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Food/Drink:

60 growers file for bankruptcy amid Muscadet 'meltdown'
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Religion:

Shelved abuse case goes forward
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Economy:

Home sales up in Sept. but more troubles ahead
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Report: Treasury's AIG bailout loss estimate is too optimistic
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Bernanke: Fed is probing flawed foreclosure process and its risks for economy
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Bernanke on US recovery, Fed policy
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Bernanke Asset Purchases Risk Unleashing 1970s Inflation Genie
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US Income Disparity Highest Ever
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Curious Politics of Income Inequality
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The Ten Million Dollar-per-week Club
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America's Richest Women
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Rubin Sees Systemic Risk In Trillions
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Treasury Draws Negative Yield for First Time During TIPS Sale
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Debt Has Increased $5 Trillion Since Speaker Pelosi Vowed, 'No New Deficit Spending'
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Obama panel mulls end to mortgage interest, child tax deductions
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Fed's secretive $300B Citi bailout
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Dollar at Risk of Becoming 'Toxic Waste'
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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:

US existing home sales rise, supply edges down
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Home Prices Probably Receded as U.S. Sales Slumped After Credit
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South Beach area of Miami Beach has 18-year inventory of new condos
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Fannie Stops Foreclosure Work by Florida Firm
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Bank of America, JPMorgan Get Texas Subpoenas on Foreclosures
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Florida Foreclosures Put Off as Banks Restart Home Seizures
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Fed Details Response to Foreclosure Crisis
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A disconnect in the faulty foreclosure story
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Watchdog: TARP falls "woefully short" for homeowners
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'Strong Censure' Recommended for Lawyer Who Aided Land-Flip Frauds
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In Foreclosure Fiasco, Firm Forms National Practice Team to Defend Wall Street Clients
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With foreclosures crisis, banks undermine faith in markets
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The mortgage mess and Chapter 13
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Foreclosure Mess May Hurt Housing Market, FDIC Says
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Mortgage Lenders Say `Enough Is Enough' as Buybacks Curb Loans
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Lawsuit Alleges that MERS Owes California a Potential $60-120 Billion in Unpaid Land-Recording Fees
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The Ben Show: Fed's mortgage oversight has gotta be a comedy, right?
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US foreclosures probe results due in November: Fed
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Short Sales Resisted as Foreclosures Are Revived
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Permanent HAMP mods drop 16.5% in August
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Greenvale Construction loses lots to lender
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S&P: Defaults on CMBS loans to peak beyond 2011
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PPIP Funds Surge 36% in First Year, Treasury Says
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Newspapers:

Daily newspaper circulation continues decline
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Sam Zell fair game for lawsuits from creditors of Tribune Co.
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Tribune Company Has Spent $135 Million on Bankruptcy
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Banking:

Buffett Says U.S. Bancorp's Prospects Negate Need for Writedown
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Bank of America Loses Motion to Dismiss Wage-and-Hour Class Action
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Is The Clock Getting ‘Close To Midnight’ For FHLB-Seattle?
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Awal Bank extends bankruptcy process to US
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Saudi using PC said to have laundered $1 trillion
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UBS Investment Bank Loss Sours Client Money Turnaround
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Commercial Banks: Closures, Lawsuits Continue to Mount
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Mercer Island Man Arrested for Ponzi Scheme and Bankruptcy Fraud
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Avoidance Actions:

No punitive damages under UFTA
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Hotels:

Banks Market Hilton, Extended Stay Commercial-Property Debt
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Hilton owner accused of 'incompetence'
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg officials confident workers can be paid
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19 Great Reasons Everyone Should Leave Calif.
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Autos:

GM won't postpone dealer closings
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Hedgie Paul Singer to reap $1.5B on Delphi auto stake
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster's Ripple Effect
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UCC:

UCC search logic: can secured creditors be too careful?
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Student Debt:

The Student Loan Disclosure Document that Every Borrower Should Read
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Golf:

Hillcrest Bank failure deals another blow to Oakridge and The Shores country clubs
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Art:

De Niro Art Dealer Heads to Trial as Salander Languishes at Rikers Island
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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:

(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:

Tribune, Refco, Point Blank, Moo Town, Carefree, Crestwood: Bankruptcy
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Tribune, Trico, Sex.com, Tronox, Lehman: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

WI bankruptcy filings outpace 2009 levels
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Equifax Study Shows Drop in Small Business Bankruptcies for Fifth Consecutive Quarter
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:

Delaware bankruptcy court rules bid procedures in Section 363 sale were unfair and unreasonable
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Accounting:

Berkshire defends the way it handled stock losses
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Corporate Governance:

D&O Indemnification: A Lifeline for Accused Executives?
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How Independent Are Barnes & Noble Directors?
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Fraud:

SEC seeks receiver for Petters financier's funds
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Connecticut, SEC Sue Southridge Capital for Fraud
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Prosecutors Seek 45 Years For Fraudster Nicholson
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Lakewood

developer charged in $200M Ponzi scheme seeks new attorney
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US slips to historic low in global corruption index
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Dad testifies against lawyer in adoption Ponzi trial
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Money Manager Starr Sued by Bank of America Over Debt
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Politics:

Alaskan Senate Hopeful Joe Miller Admits Ethics Violation While Government Attorney
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Eight False Things The Public “Knows” Prior To Election Day
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Water Treatment:

Bluewater sinks into bankruptcy protection
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Celebs:

First Lady's dress designer can't pay rent!
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The Mystery of Annie Leibovitz's Economic Collapse Solved
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Nevada Supreme Court Denies O.J. Simpson's Appeal
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Randy Quaid Seeks Asylum From ‘Hollywood Star Whackers’
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Top Earning Dead Celebrities
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Alter Ego:

Court Allows Creditors to Pursue Bankrupt’s Shareholders
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Litigation:

Chevron Can Depose Plaintiffs Attorney Who Acted as ‘Political Operative,’ Judge Rules
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Corporate Reform:

Dodd-Frank Reform Ignites Demand for Borrower Verification Tools
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Frank Says `Death Panels' Await Failing Banks Under Law Bearing His Name
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Warren Staffs Up, Stands Up Consumer Agency
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Oil/Gas:

BP chief Bob Dudley: we'll never quit America
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Dudley hits out at Gulf spill fear-mongering
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Greenpeace: Oil is still in the Gulf of Mexico
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Hollywood:

Lions Gate reveals merger proposal details as MGM urges creditors to reject it
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MGM favors current Spyglass deal, contacts lenders
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Lionsgate Says Merger Would Save MGM $100M
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Finance:

Fed-Induced Rally Makes Riskiest Debt Priciest
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UK:

Patience no longer a virtue in debt recovery
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UK third-quarter growth beats forecasts
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Winding Up Petitions - 25th October 2010
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Public sector job cuts could intensify bankruptcy hotspots
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Pound Set for Pain as Cuts Push King to Print Money
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EU:

Banks May Be Pressed by EU to Hoard Extra Capital in Boom Times
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Greece:

Roubini: Greece Will Default
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PM asks Greeks for 'votes of hope'
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Vatican:

Prosecutors: Vatican bank defying laundering laws
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Switzerland:

Switzerland’s Consumer Index Falls to Lowest in Six Months
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Spain:

Spanish Banks Take Steps to Survive
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