September 20, 2010

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Law:

Best Restructuring Lawyer in the World to Join Distressed Investing Experts Forum 2010
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Most Admired Attorneys: Evan Flaschen
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A Whopping 5 Firms on Citigroup Student Loan Deal
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Citi Sells Student Loan Division: Can’t You Hear the Bubble Bursting?
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Partner rates skyrocket at top firms despite economic gloom
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Are the 'U.S. News' Law Firm Rankings Big Law's Next Black Swan?
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More Law Firm Oscars? Yawn ...
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One-L of the Day: Notre Dame’s Chris Stewart
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Juggling for Lawyers
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DNA Evidence Leads to Exonerations in Mississippi, 30 Years Later
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More Summer Program Profiles
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My law career lasted two years
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Dozens of small businesses suffer after firm's collapse
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Two-tier fears grow at Clifford Chance
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Europe's GCs Warn of More Pressure on Law Firm Fees
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Pro Bono Group Taps into Expertise of Stay-at-Home and Unemployed Lawyers
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E-Mail Fight Ensues in Lawsuit Over Slain Lawyer's Death
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How Not to Handle a Traffic Stop
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Lawyer Sued After Delivering Belly Bump, Sucker Punch
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Ex-MoFo Partner Pleads Not Guilty to Bilking Autism Services for Son
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Supreme Court Filing Highlights Danger to BigLaw Firms Facing Litigation
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M&A Market Hesitantly Picking Up, Say Corporate Attorneys
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Vinson Joins the Hostile Takeover Game
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The American Lawyer's Top 25 in IP
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A Handy App for Bankruptcy Lawyers
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Lawyer Gets Three-Year Suspension for Having Sex with Client’s Wife
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Animal Protection Attorneys Are Pushing the Law to Treat Animals More Like Humans
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Michigan Assistant Attorney General’s Personal War Against A Gay Dude at the University of Michigan
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Lawyer and the Lions Den
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Tax Obligation Discharged, Attorney Reinstated
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‘Crockefeller’ Lawyer Suspended for Allowing Paralegal to Practice Law
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Planning A Prison Stay? The Options Can Be Overwhelming
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Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: It’s So Hard to Find a Jewish Lawyer These Days
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Fake Prosecutor Sentenced to 4 Years for Obstruction
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Lawyer Loses It During Divorce, Gets Suspended for Frivolous Suit and Nasty Notes
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Lawyer Gives Examples of Husbands' Divorce Cases Undone by Facebook
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Suspended Lawyer Pleads Insanity in Bank Robbery
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Ave Maria Becomes First Law School to Agree to Transparency Project: Is That a Good Thing?
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Forbes Law School Ranking: Already Falling Apart
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Former Arnold & Porter Associate Charged with 10 More Child Porn Counts
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That's a Lovely Settlement You've Got, Mrs. Cleaver
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Social Media For Lawyers: Location-Based Networking
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Lawyer Stands by Claim He's LeBron James' Father
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Law Schools Still Don't Teach Writing, Say Deans
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The Most Insane Zero Tolerance Story Yet
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Toy Gun Earns 7 Year-Old Boy 2-year Suspension
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A Bomb, You Say? Well Can We Interest You in a Toaster?
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Juror Dismissed After Telling Judge That Prosecution Seemed Unprepared
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In Professor-Dominatrix Scandal, U. of New Mexico Feels the Pain
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Rabbit Phobia
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Judges:

4th Circuit Becomes New Front in Battle Over Judges
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First Prop 8 Amicus Brief Raises Issue of Judge's Sexual Orientation
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Lap dance, bucket of shrimp, 'Gretna mentality' discussed in Porteous impeachment hearings
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From one crooked judge to another
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Thomas Porteous Jr. and impeached judges in history
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Appeals Court Rebukes Judge Who Cut Fee Award to Discourage Fee-Shifting
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Does Specter's Vision of Supreme Court Arguments on TV Have a Ghost of a Chance?
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New Show Features Hulk Hogan as Judge Settling Sibling Disputes
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More People ‘Somewhat Confident’ in Supreme Court than Organized Religion
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The Roberts Court's Business Jurisprudence
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103-Year-Old Federal Judge Is ‘Sharp and Capable’ and Still on the Job
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures signal slight gains
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Wall Street’s Engines of Profit Are Freezing Up
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Layoffs:

11 Firms That Overdid the Layoffs
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Productivity Limits Bode Well for Jobs
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For the Unemployed Over 50, Fears of Never Working Again
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The Vanishing Lunch Break
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Calif. Loses Another 33.500 Jobs in August
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Jobs with the Fastest Rising Salaries
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Help for the Long-Term Unemployed
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College Grads Expand Lead in Job Security
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:

Six Banks Fail, 2010 Tally Now 125
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Curtains for 'window dressing'
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Economy:

We're $12.3 Trillion Poorer Than We Were Three Years Ago
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The Financial Crisis Credit Freeze Never Happened, And TARP Accounting Was A Lie
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Audit: $2 million per stimulus job
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Lost Decade for American Income
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The Paradox of American Poverty
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10 States with Soaring Poverty Rates
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Obama Among `Small Businesses' Bearing Share of Tax on Wealthy
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Your Coming Tax Cut (or Not)
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BarCap anticipates stronger GDP growth in 3Q, double dip risk receding
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Companies Still Hoarding Tons of Cash
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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:

Bankruptcy Judge approves TBW settlement with FDIC
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2.5 million homes in foreclosure, shadow inventory rising
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A housing rebound? Yes, it's possible
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Hank Wilton files for personal bankruptcy
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Dire consequences for the downtown Buffalo office space market
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Reasons Not to Refinance a Mortgage
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Best Practices in Distress Investing: No Single Strategy Fits All
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Moody's downgrades billions in RMBS, more to come
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CRE CDO delinquencies up slightly in August, near record-high
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SEC-Countrywide case headed to trial
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RBS analysts see 'insurmountable' obstacles facing investors of Countrywide MBS
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Foreign Investors Hover Over U.S. Real Estate, But Few Swoop In
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Oil/Gas:

Blown-out BP well is declared dead
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Relief Well Expert Led the Shutdown
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BP Faces Other Challenges
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Gulf oil well is dead but the pain will remain
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BP oil spill costs hits nearly $10bn
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Hundreds of Attorneys Pack Pretrial Conference on Deepwater Horizon
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Louisiana Says Transocean's Trying to Limit Its Liability to the Surface
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Odyssey Arranges Financing for U.S. Subsidiary and Proposes Consolidation and Name Change
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Autos:

GM's IPO May be Toned Down
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Treasury expects diverse buyers for shares
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GM, Chinese auto maker in talks over IPO investment
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GM's China Partner SAIC Says `Closely Watching' Automaker's Plans for IPO
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GM formula: $483 million investment to create 483 jobs
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Overhaul
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Bailing Out the Big Guys, Posthaste
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State treasurer hopeful says Mourdock misjudged Chrysler case
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Toyota settles suit over Saylor car crash
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Student Debt:

Citi Exits Student Loan Business
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Municipalities:

A Risky Pension Accounting Tactic Is Spreading
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Bankruptcy , 'option of last resort,' might not hurt Harrisburg
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Harrisburg and bankruptcy : The facts and the myths
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Official: Treat Pa. city's debt crisis as 'cancer'
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Bailouts are bad medicine
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Rallying support for Harrisburg's mayor
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Pensions:

Pension Funds Gap Looms Larger
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Hollywood:

Sahara India Pariwar in talks to acquire MGM
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Enron:

Judge Tosses Out Charges Against Former Merrill Lynch Executive in Enron Case
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Fraud:

A Banner Week for Ponzi Schemers
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Contractors Accused of Fraud Still Getting US Contracts
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Litigation:

2nd Circuit Rejects Corporate Liability in Alien Tort Act Cases
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Plaintiffs Bar Is Less Savvy About E-Discovery, Consultant Says
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Bonds:

Bond Markets Get Riskier
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Travel:

Ultimate Escapes, `Vacation of a Lifetime' Club, May Be Nearing Bankruptcy
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Turnarounds:

A Stalled Food Manufacturer Overhauls Its Management Style
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Health Care:

Critical conditions for Forum Health takeover by CHS play out this week
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Debt Collection:

Some Debt Collectors Less Than Careful Who Owes
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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:

The Bankruptcy Files: Hotels, Restaurants, Real Estate, and Timeshares
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Monorail, Tronox, Orleans, Claims Trading, Tousa: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Politics:

Lawyer, Accountant Slam Each Other’s Professions in Governor’s Race
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Carrasco defends past bankruptcy in tight San Jose race
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How many times did Linda McMahon go bankrupt?
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Joe Miller Says Unemployment Benefits Are Unconstitutional, Struggles To Say How He Would Deal With Poverty
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GA-Gov: Nathan Deal's (R) financial travails
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Deal's son-in-law didn't disclose 1st bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Octomom Facing Bankruptcy and Foreclosure
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Teresa Giudice's Husband, Joe Goes to Jail!
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Randy Quaid Faces Burglary Charges
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Compensation:

Morgan Stanley Executives Ask Dismissal of Shareholder Lawsuit Over Pay
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Convenience Stories:

Oasis Market Chain Set for Auction
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Aviation:

Air Fares Get Much Too Low
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Finance:

How Angels' Growing Influence Affects Venture Capital
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Video Rentals:

Icahn Not Done With Blockbuster Yet
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Small Business:

Small business bill won't actually help small businesses
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Religion:

Bank Seeks Synagogue's Torahs to Pay Loan
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Ratings Agencies:

Whistleblower Says Moody's Smeared Him
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Retailing:

General Growth Said to Settle With Hughes Heirs
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Occupancy rates are high at some malls despite recession
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Corporate Governance:

Chancery Determines Pre-Judgment Interest in Breach of Fiduciary Duty Case
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Corporate Reform:

Elizabeth Warren: Why Is Everyone Afraid of Her?
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Why Wall St. Dislikes Elizabeth Warren
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What's On Warren's Mind? Check Her Old Blog
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Housing Agenda for the new Consumer Czar
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Dimon Questions New Fed Rules
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Newspapers:

Reporters Barred from Attending Newspaper Auction
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Fireworks In the Philly Papers Bankruptcy !
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Judge: New Philly newspaper bids to start at $50M
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2 key creditors file reorganization plan in Tribune bankruptcy case
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EU:

EU hedge fund plans under fire; Senior figures in industry warn of 'catastrophe'
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Chile:

Pinera: We've done all to rescue Chile's miners
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China:

Think getting tough with China will solve our jobs problem? Think again.
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Greece:

EU, IMF Assure Investors on Greek Aid
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IMF poised to send permanent officials to Greece
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Greece to put off bank stress tests until Oct
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Ireland:

Anglo Irish bill not as high as some fear
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Australia:

RBA chief bracing for robust upswing
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Croatia:

One in five Croatian companies on the brink of bankruptcy
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