Law:
Report Predicts More Equity Partners Will Be Axed, Sees More Outsourced Work
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Law Firms 'Shrinking Toward Profit Growth' in Midyear Survey
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New ‘Lower Cost’ Alternative Law Firm Adds 5 More Seyfarth Attorneys
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Corporate bankruptcy: Costly and often worthless
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One of Every Nine Bankruptcy Cases Is Filed Without a Lawyer
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The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
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What Downturn? Law Firm Rates Rose While the Economy Tanked
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UK 200 financials laid bare in pivotal year for profession
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The underlying goals of law firm interviewers have shifted
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Interviewing for a Job? Try Asking This Question
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Are You One of the Cool Kids at Big Law?
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Associates Survey 2010: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
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Dentons and Jones Day land roles on Connaught administration
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Financial Probe of Europe’s Wealthiest Woman Could Focus on 2 Law Firms
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First Amendment Advocate Defends Right to Lie
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Does This Law Degree Make My Ass Look Fat?
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The Cart and the Horse
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Judge Lets Stand Major Lindsey's Suit Against Former Recruiter
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Judge Axes $28 Million From Lawyers' Fees, Lets Them Keep $5 Million Gift
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Bearing the Fashion Cross
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Trustee Seeks to Auction 80 Artworks Owned by Defunct Dreier Law Firm
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Law Firm's Role in BDO Tax Fraud Case Presents Conflict, Judge Finds
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Ex-NY Partner Says BigLaw Partnership Agreement Lets Him Keep Disputed $875,000
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Ex-Partner Claims He Owes Chadbourne Nothing in Dispute Over Fees
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Protectionism Finds a Home in Ohio
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John Grisham Reveals His Ill-Fated Plans to Be an Asphalt Man and Tax Lawyer
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Waller Lansden Shakes Up Recruiting
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How Much Do Letters of Recommendation Matter to Law Schools?
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Record $10M Chicago Law Grad Gift Will Fund 60 Full-Tuition Merit Scholarships
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Burning Man 2010 Was Not a Police State, Not Even Close
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Judges:
Elena Kagan Quote Provides a Runner-Up in Dictionary’s ‘Words of Summer’
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Wall Street:
Stock Index Futures Up
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U.S. Markets End the Day Higher
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Schapiro: Fleeing investors question stock market integrity
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Analyst: Wall St. layoff wave coming in '11
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Goldman Said to be Winding Down Equity Prop Trading Desk
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Layoffs:
Job Openings Rise For First Time Since April
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Nearly 5 Jobless Workers Per Opening in July
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Fed Can't Fix US Unemployment
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Lockheed Says 25% of Executives to Take Voluntary Retirement
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Why Firms Sit on Cash but Won't Hire
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Hotels:
Hotels Poised to Shed Properties
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Hotels Lure Investors as Lodging Surpasses US Offices, Retail
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Bankruptcy Watch: 10 Riskiest Hotel Stocks
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Ritz-Carlton Kapalua foreclosure could work to buyers' advantage
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Lender seeks foreclosure against owner of former Hilton
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Innkeepers USA Bankruptcy Plan Is Rejected
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Judge: Innkeepers Failed to Uphold Duties to Creditors
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Village hotel auction slated
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Mass Torts:
Pfizer's Quigley Unit Is Denied Permission to Exit Bankruptcy by Judge
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NY Court Rejects Chapter 11 Plan For Pfizer's Quigley Unit
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Chemtura Wins Approval to Dismiss Some Claims Over Butter Flavor Chemical
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Tax:
Two IRS Debtors that might Raise Eyebrows
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Health Care:
Nursing home co. settles $677M lawsuit for $50M
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Skilled Healthcare shares jump on settlement
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St. Vincent's Urgent-care plan aborted
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State allowed HMG to reduce time it keeps medical records
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Unsecured creditors seek peek at North General's financials
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Employers Predict Their Health Costs Will Rise 5.9% Next Year
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Jewelry:
Doris Panos Designs Gets Approval for Chapter 11 Reorganization
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Resorts:
Credit Suisse's "greedy antics" cost it $229M
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster shareholders left in suspense
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Municipalities:
Nevada is most economically stressed in USA
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The Most (And Least) Economically Stressed Counties In The US
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Avoidance Actions:
Meeting planned to discuss VeraSun preference letters
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Some farmers facing having to pay back hundreds of thousands
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Seventh Circuit holds securitization trustee may be liable as "initial transferee" in fraudulent conveyance action
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Fraudulent Transfer Litigation – A New Use for Credit Default Swaps?
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Paper:
White Birch Paper Co. Auction Set for Sept. 15
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Golf:
Shores golf course buyer backs out
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Receiverships:
Request for Appointment of Receiver for LLC based on Chancery's Equitable Powers Allowed to Proceed to Trial Due To Potential Insolvency
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Gambling:
Time to Shuffle Up & Deal at Harrah’s
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Economy:
Job Openings in US Rose in July in Sign Some Businesses Ready to Expand
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Fed Report Finds Signs That Growth Is Slowing
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BofA Sees Low Chance of Double Dip
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Fed Buying Treasurys Pose Serious Risk
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Boehner Calls for 2-Year Freeze on All Tax Rates
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Obama plan for corporate tax credit, infrastructure spending gets cool reception
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The harsh math behind Obama's tax-cut pledge
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Stiglitz: Academic Economists Deeply Guilty for Current Mess
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US loses ground in competitiveness report
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More Stimulus Needed For "Savage" Recession: Geithner
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Kocherlakota-Fed policy as accommodative as can be
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Fed survey sees slower growth in East and Midwest
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Obama slams GOP leadership, economic policies
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GOP Academics Praise Obama's New Plans
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Reid blames Bush, Wall Street for sick economy
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Panel examining recession's causes meets in Vegas
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Financial crisis panel tells NV leaders to be bold
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OECD cuts global economic growth forecasts
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TARP investment returns strong
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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 Mortgage Applications Index Falls, First Drop Since July
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Double dip in home prices coming in 2011
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Loan Mod Profiles: For Some, a Modification
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Purchase Mortgage Applications Post Largest Rise Since May
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Fannie, Freddie mortgage refinancing increases one-third in August
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US Banks Report CRE Loan Troubles Subsiding Amid Strong Quarterly Earnings
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What Happens If We Just Let the Housing Market Crash?
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Is Housing Overvalued?
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Obama Administration announces an additional $1 billion to foreclosure-stricken neighborhoods
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Short Sale Lease-Backs Make Total Sense – Fannie, Freddie and Servicers Are the Problem
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'Stuy' in Bill's eye
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Bass Brothers Seek Jury Trial in Lake Las Vegas Case
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Sparks Developer's Chapter 11 Blamed on Economy
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Pitcairn Property tossed out of bankruptcy court
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WCI sells Sun City Center golf courses
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Crescent litigation trust sues Duke Energy, seeks $1.2B
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Builders Brief Land Buying Spree Gets Grounded
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Brothers charged in foreclosure fraud
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Hedge Funds Can't Always Save Home Builders
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Religion:
The Gospel of Wealth
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Lehman:
The final hours of Lehman : Debate continues
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Fed Lawyer: No 'Plan B' If Barclays's Lehman Buy Fell Through
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Oil/Gas:
BP: No Single Factor Caused Gulf Spill
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The Report - Executive Summary - Appendices A, B, F, G, H - Appendices C, D, E - Appendices I to AA - Video - Press Release
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BP and Partners Trade Blame for Oil Spill
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BP Report Spills Blame on All Involved in Deepwater Horizon Disaster
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Report by BP on Gulf Spill Hints at Likely Legal Defense
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Report Highlights More Problems at Offshore Oil Agency
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Regret, apology not part of BP's oil spill report
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New supply, flat demand will create an oil surplus
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Accounting:
Gun-slinging accountant loses Chapter 7 battle
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Retailing:
General Growth CEO to stay on after restructuring
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Circuit City Stores Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval of Liquidation Plan
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Celebs:
Real Housewives of NJ Teresa Giudice: 8 Rumors About Her – Which Are True?
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Teresa Giudice: Multiple Cases of Fraud Can Lead to Prison
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11 Famous Athletes Who Blew Millions Failing At Business
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Newspapers:
Tribune names head of restructuring effort
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Two unions still holding up sale of Philadelphia papers
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Student Debt:
Is the student loan industry headed for a meltdown?
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Directories:
Truvo USA Wins Court Approval for Voting by Creditors on Bankruptcy Plan
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Prediction:
Will These Companies Drown in Debt?
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Hedge Funds:
Bayou creditors Want Award Against Goldman Upheld
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Are hedge funds abusing bankruptcy?
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Hockey:
No deal on Coyotes, talks continue
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Coyotes still a big problem
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Pensions:
Third Circuit concludes that employees’ unvested retiree benefits are protected during an employer’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Ballet:
Ballet Florida workers may get relief soon from bankruptcy court
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Defense:
Military Contractors Shed Workers as Pentagon Cuts Budget
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Finance:
CEO Who Drove CIT To Bankruptcy Gets New Gig
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Education:
For-Profit Colleges’ Latest Lesson to Students: How to Fight Stricter Regulation of Schools
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Private Equity:
Gores Group Buys National Envelope’s Assets and Some Liabilities Via Section 363 Deal
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Freeman & Co. LLC Names James Murray As A Managing Director
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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Hires James Moriarty and Russell Pinilis As Partners
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Quigley, Truvo USA, Capmark Financial, Circuit City: Bankruptcy
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Savings:
Debtors Feast at the Expense of the Frugal
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Academia:
The University of Richmond School of Law welcomes David Epstein as George E. Allen Chair Professor
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Corporate Reform:
Working with Elizabeth Warren is no walk in the park, critics say
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Will Elizabeth Warren get the Nod or Not?
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Consumer watchdog candidate Elizabeth Warren pays another visit to White House
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Warren call gets warmer
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Aviation:
US Airways Pilots Yearn For a Contract
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Autos:
Chrysler, U.S. Bank in 'formal' loan agreement
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New CEO Akerson urges GM to go on 'attack'
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GM still awaits its Lee Iacocca
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G.M. Makes a Play for Buyers and Investors
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GM's AmeriCredit acquisition irks feds
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How GM Made $30 Billion Appear From Thin Air
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Auto Industry Could Get Boost on Obama Plan
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Why Carmakers Aren't Coming Back Soon
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Consumers find auto deals, discounts thing of past
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Trucking:
North America could be shut out of commercial markets: Alix
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Debt Collection:
Late On Your Car Note? Don't Accept That New Facebook Friend Request
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Insurance:
What to Watch Now in the World of D&O
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Hollywood:
Spyglass toppers sign intent to take over MGM
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Spyglass signs MGM letter of intent, courting Ken Schapiro to become COO
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'Nash Bridges' judgment increased by nearly $28.5M
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DIP Finance:
Capmark Creditor Committee Opposes Disputed Loan Deal
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Credit Cards:
Study Shows Drop in Credit Card Use
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Is Anything Going To Stop The Decline Of Consumer Credit Card Usage?
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Business Credit Cards Under the CARD Act
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Fraud:
Hecker agrees to plea deal, could face 10 years in jail
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Hecker pleads guilty to conspiracy, bankruptcy fraud
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U.S. Attorney in NY Brings Back Old Hand to Head New Civil Frauds Unit
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Goldman Sachs Fined $27 Million by UK for Not Reporting Probe
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Judge Denies Allen Stanford's Motion for Contempt in Insurance Coverage Case
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Banking:
Judge OKs Advanta settlement with FDIC that could cost investors
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‘We’re not buying anything,’ BofA CEO says
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UK:
Massive bonus deal for new Barclays boss provokes fury
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Bob Diamond: Polished - or Flawed?
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Connaught collapse: What went wrong?
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Connaught demise exposes Osborne's gamble
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Connaught fate a sign of austerity woes to come?
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Connaught clobbered
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Connaught administrators say they need goodwill of councils
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Social housing group Connaught calls in KPMG as administrators
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KPMG seeks to sell stricken Connaught's contracts
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Connaught jobs threatened as social housing arm enters administration
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Sheffield Wednesday saved from bankruptcy by Co-operative Bank
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Goldman Sachs expected to be fined about $30 million in UK
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Debt problems mount for struggling households
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EU:
In Europe, it's no longer East vs. West
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Fiscal Austerity is Failing in Europe
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Canada:
Government investment in asbestos is morally bankrupt
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CanWest gains protection extension
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Olympic Disaster In Vancouver As Taxpayers Get Billed For $1 Billion "Ghost Town"
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Germany:
Data Show German Economic Juggernaut Slowing
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Ireland:
Ireland Plans to Split Up Troubled Lender
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Greece:
Greek recession deeper than thought, outlook bleak
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Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds
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Portugal:
Portugal's Borrowing Costs Rise at Sale of 2013, 2021 Bonds
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Afghanistan:
Afghan security forces beat angry customers to prevent run on Kabul Bank
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Spain:
Spain allows cities to take new loans to rescue them from bankruptcy
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Russia:
Lenders, lawyers fight over assets of bankrupt Russian gambler
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Are Big 4 Audits in Russia Worthless?
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