October 4, 2010

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Law:

Bankruptcy Lawyer Shares Name with Facebook Founder
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Beach Club Privileges Keep Attorneys from Sea Island Case
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Ropes & Gray's London office in the middle at the end of Almatis thriller
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Fightin' Irish: Top Dublin Lawyer Says Country Will Weather Bank Woes
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Time for a Lawyers' Tea Party?
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Vinson & Elkins soaring with airline mergers
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Client Demand for Greater Global Presence Pushes More Law Firm Mergers
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The Reed Knight?: Another BigLaw Merger Is in the Works
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List of Top Firms Has ‘an American Accent’; Baker & McKenzie Is No. 1
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Pregaming the 2010 Law Firm Bonus Season
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Layoff Watch: Husch Blackwell
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Halliwells: Litigation looms as former partners prepare for action
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Pls Hndle Thx
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Law Firm Diversity Slowed by Economy
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Women Lawyers: Don't Let Your Wall Street Sisters Quit
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Study: It's Your GPA, Not Your Law School, That Matters
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And the Largest Law Firm in the World is . . . *
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Ex-Duane Morris Client Claims Fuzzy Billing, Wants $2.3M in Legal Bills Voided
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Stroock & Stroock & Losin': Firm's Typo Costs Client $16 Million
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Lawyer Sues Brother, Former Partners After Ouster From 3 Firms
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Government Lawyers a Hot Hire Even Without Books of Biz
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Michigan Asst. AG, Owner of Blog Targeting Gay Student, Takes Leave
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New Scam Targets Lawyers
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DA Accused of Late-Night Porn Viewing Learns Lesson About Hotel Cameras
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Lawyer Calls Expert's Bachelor’s Degree Into Question
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City Attorney Exonerated in Criminal Probe re $15K in Work Monthly Sent to His Own Law Firm
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Cuffed to Prostitute, Lawyer Agrees to Take Her Case for Free, Earning a Disciplinary Censure
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Falling Into Fall Fashion
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Jailed Attorney Charged With Assaulting Guard in Dispute Over Copy Machine
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Journal Editors Chosen Through Cite-Check Battles
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The Governator Terminates Misdemeanor Criminal Charges for an Ounce of Pot Possession
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Man denies drugs are his
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Judges:

First Monday
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Kagan Gets Her Day at the Court
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Five Justices, Vice President Attend Red Mass
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Supreme Court opens term with three women, potential for partisan divide
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Does Ginsburg still have the fire?
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Friday at the High Court: Obama, Roberts Get Along; Kagan Set to Begin
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The Roberts Court, Version 4.0
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After Supreme Court, Stevens looks back and forward
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Senate Recesses Without Confirming 23 Judges; Obama Lashes Out
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Free speech cases at top of Supreme Court's agenda
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Alito Warns of ‘Observer Effect’ if Courtroom Cameras Are Allowed
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On the High Court's Fall Docket, Few Blockbusters -- but Plenty to Watch
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Ninth Circuit Sanctions Attorney Who Filed Kozinski Complaint
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May a Judge participate in a program or skit for an American Inn of Court if the presenting group competes for a "best skit" award which includes a monetary contribution to a charity of the group's choice?
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Wall Street:

US stock index futures signal dip
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Stocks Begin October on Positive Note
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How one automated trade led to stock market flash crash
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How a Trading Algorithm Went Awry
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Rousing Wall Street From Its State of Denial
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Be Afraid, Wall Street Workers
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Goldman Sachs Throws Stock At Griping Bankers
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Does Economy Justify This Stock Rally?
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Layoffs:

White House Plans Job Training Partnership
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'Survival job:' Jobless may need to accept much less
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3,000 Millionaires Took Jobless Benefits
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:

Will Airline Mergers Raise Airfares?
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Lithuania's Star1 Airlines files for bankruptcy
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Celebs:

DC Househusband Tareq Salahi Takes Another Business Into Bankruptcy
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Sorry, looky-loos, Teresa Giudice's bankruptcy auction canceled
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Michael Vick's redemption
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Insurance:

QOC I, Life Insurance Settlement Company, Files for Bankruptcy in Florida
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Economy:

Unemployment Likely Increased in September
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Cheap Debt for Corporations Fails to Spur Economy
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Consumer Pessimism Is Plumbing New Depths
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The ties that bind at the Federal Reserve
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Chapter closes on vilified bank bailout
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Bailout Ends, Not Anger
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Tracking Which Banks Have Paid Back TARP
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Count on Sequels to TARP
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The Untold Story of TARP
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How an unloved bail-out saved America
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IMF Issues Devastating Report On What Will Happen If Every Country Cuts Spending
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The 20 Poorest Nations In The World
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What Would Keynes Say Today?
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Could US Officials be Charged for Financial Crisis?
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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:

Company stops insuring titles in Chase foreclosures
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A New Way to Cut a Mortgage
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Bank of America suspending many foreclosures
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Wells Fargo standing by accuracy of foreclosure affidavits
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Foreclosures Scandal to Delay Housing Recovery
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Foreclosure Mills Under Fire; A New Way Forward?
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Document Fabrication Price Sheet
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More Foreclosure Freezing To Happen, Says Experts
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Flawed Paperwork Aggravates a Foreclosure Crisis
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Paperwork Fuels Foreclosure Fights
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Cummings Calls For 60-Day Foreclosure Moratorium
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Illinois AG Demands Meeting With Chase
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US Rep. Giffords seeks 90-day foreclosure moratorium in Arizona
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California AG demands JPMorgan Chase halt foreclosures
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Conn. AG Seeks 60-Day Freeze On All Foreclosures
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GSEs Tell Servicers To Check Affidavits
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Foreclosure robo-signers put homebuyers' tax credit at risk
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Mortgage Mischief to Add to Housing Illusion
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Foreclosure Central
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It's paper chase on foreclosures
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10 Best and Worst Markets for Real Estate Investors
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Stubborn, Wealthy and Waiting for an ‘Oil Sheik’
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Battle Over Home Resale Fees Heads to Congress
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ING Direct Ad Falls Shy Of Truth-in-Mortgages
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Blockbuster bankruptcy leaves real estate holes
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CMBS Delinquencies Continue Rise
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Baltimore commercial real estate foreclosures continue to rise
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Lennar Makes Another Distressed Play
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Sale lends hope to Manhattan tenants in limbo
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Morgan Stanley analysts push housing price trough to 2012
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Wells Fargo Curtailing Short Sale Extensions
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The Evolution Of Mortgage Fraud
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Politics:

Democrats concede Tarp is no vote winner
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Priceless
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Which Wall Street Officials Had Rahm Emanuel’s Ear?
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Bloomberg 'next Treasury Sec?'
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Oil/Gas:

Claims to BP Fund Attract Scrutiny
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Few roughnecks in the help line
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Depression lingers after oil spill, survey finds
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BP Set to Avoid Ban on New Gulf Drilling
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Autos:

Ford Heads Toward More Cash Than Debt
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GM’s Sales Results: What Do They Mean for the IPO?
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Visteon, auto-parts producer, exits Chapter 11
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Visteon's bankruptcy exit signals end of era
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Rattner's insider tale of auto rescues reveals egos and mistakes
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White House: Est. of Auto Bailout Shrinking
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Chrysler's Sales Rise 61%
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Retailing:

Retailers Try to Pass On Higher Costs
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Oriental Trading Faces Candy Claim
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General Growth Scion Denied Seat
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American Apparel Said to Hire FTI to Help Operations
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American Apparel reworks debt agreement with Lion Capital
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Dark days drag on at Opry Mills mall
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Privacy:

Senate Approves Bill to Protect Social Security Numbers
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Credit Cards:

The 79.9% APR Credit Card
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Debt Collection:

Franken Introduces Bill to Amend FDCPA
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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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Estoppel:

5th Circuit Reverses Novel Bankruptcy Judicial Estoppel Remedy
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Miscellaneous:

Claim Jumper, DBSD, US Fidelis, Naknek Electric, Blackstone: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:

HR 6198 Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010
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Litigation:

Are Digital Copiers Targets for E-Discovery?
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5 Tips to Keep Loose E-Mails From Sinking Litigation
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Tax:

Business Interests Quietly Push for Tax Change
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Avoidance Actions:

Clawback of fraudulent transfers from investors—“good faith” defense update
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VeraSun Attorneys Retract Demands for Farmer Payments
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Fraud:

Allen Stanford Judge to (Nearly) Everyone: You Shall Not Speak
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SEC Attorney on Billionaire Stanford’s Case Pleads No Contest to Resisting Arrest
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Satyam Says It Received Notice From S.E.C.
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Sports:

Empty wallets, empty seats: Economy affecting sport attendance
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Baseball:

After Driving Up Price of Rangers at Auction, Cuban and Crane Want a Few Mil Back
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg Asks State for Relief
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Vegas Faces Its Deepest Slide Since 1940s
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Corporate Reform

Elizabeth Warren in the lions' den
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Elizabeth Warren's profitable conflict of interest
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The (Liz) Warren Commission and Financial Reform
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Religion:

US judge asks Vatican to serve court paper to Pope
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Yet another mega-church pastor falls from grace
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Prior Suit May Signal Fate of Cases Against Megachurch Pastor
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Fashion:

‘Curse of Michelle Obama’ Strikes for the Second Time, Kai Milla’s Fashion Line Shuttered
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Consultants:

Logan & Company: How It All Started
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Food/Drink:

Taco Del Mar goes to Conn. firm in bankruptcy auction
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Student Debt:

Yes, You Really Should Go Into Debt for Yale
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Banking:

Regulators close small Florida, Wash. banks
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Accounting:

KPMG, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Are Global Most Attractive Employers
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Investors unhappy with lack of competition in audit market
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UK:

Insolvency rate on an upward curve in 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 1st October 2010
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EU:

China offers to work with EU on financial reform
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China backs EU recovery, seeks concessions
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Stiglitz: The Euro Might Not Survive
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Middle East:

Dubai Property Prices And Rents to Fall Further
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Cuba:

Cubans in shock at Raul Castro's warning of an end to their jobs for life
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Ireland:

Tycoons transfer luxury homes to wives
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1100 firms insolvent so far this year
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Ireland Now Has A Worse Deficit Problem Than Greece
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Switzerland:

Swiss publish 'too big to fail' rules for banks
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