April 26, 2011

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

BigLaw: Sleeker and Slimmer
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BigLaw Lost Nearly 10K Lawyers in Last Three Years
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After Year of Retrenchment, NJ Top 20 Firms Rebound
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BigLaw Taps NY Bankruptcy Partner for European Leadership
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Firm ushers in new merit-based pay system for firm's associates
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Bonus Watch: Schulte Will Pay Spring Bonuses, But You’ll Need To Jump Through Some Hoops First
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Looking Toward a Day When the U.S. Needs More Lawyers
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Small Firms: Blade Runner and the Future of Law
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In-House: Non-Lawyers As Clients
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Ethics Case Against Bankruptcy Lawyer Is Based Partly on His Representation of Hinshaw Partner - News
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After King & Spalding Drops DOMA Case, Clement Drops Firm
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BigLaw Firm Took Criticism From Gay Lawyers
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Clement's New Firm
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Akerman Expands Bankruptcy Practice
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Is Ropes & Gray New York’s Most Patriotic Firm?
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Sensible Shoes
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Just How Big Is The Lost Generation?
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Former Office Manager Pleads Guilty to $75K Theft from Debt Collection Law Firm
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Hoping for Early Release From BigLaw
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He That Lives By The Sword Shall Be Suspended For 60 Days
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One Lawyer's '30-Year Retrospective' on Changes in the Practice of Law
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The Law Firm / Law School Disconnect
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If Tuition Stays Down, I Don’t Give A Damn What They Call It
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Law School to Be Renamed After Donation
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Law Prof Suspended for Pushing Student During Exams
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Debt Loading
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Start a Solo Practice for Under $46,000 :))
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Manage and Mitigate EDD Costs With Microsoft Exchange Server
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Recovering E-Discovery Costs as a Prevailing Party
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Use Preliminary Conferences to Save E-Discovery Costs
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Whose Claim Is This Anyway? Third-Party Litigation Funding
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Building Women Leaders: 5 Tips for Effective Leadership
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Inspired by Son’s Description of Law Classes, Dad Pursues Degree at Rutgers, Too
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Nixing Therapy Dog, Judge Bans Defendant from Court
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A Dozen Parents Sentenced to Jail for Truant Kids
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Interesting New Case?
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Student sues for traumatic fraternity hazing
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Judges:

Delaware Chancellor William Chandler Announces Retirement From Bench at 60
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Ninth Circuit Seeks Applications For Bankruptcy Judgeship
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Chief Justice Roberts and the First Amendment
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Wall Street:

Futures Rise Ahead of Fed Meeting
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Stocks Slip, Led by Energy, Materials
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Layoffs:

 

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Governance:

Delaware Shakeup: Chancellor William Chandler to Retire
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Lehman:

Fight Heats Up for Lehman Remains
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Goldman, Others File Rival Chapter 11 Plan For Lehman
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How Should Lehman Creditors Be Paid? Goldman Sachs Offers A Plan That Rivals Paulson’s
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Read the Lehman Brothers Rival Bankruptcy Plan
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Paulson Pounced on Lehman's Fall and Bought Cheap Debt
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Paulson Bought Lehman Bonds for as Low as 9 Cents on Dollar
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IFR-FDIC right on Lehman -- in hindsight
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Fashion:

American Apparel Avoids Bankruptcy ; Shares Spike
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US firms circling All Saints
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Environmental:

State can't stop demolition, bankruptcy trustee says
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Distressed Investing:

John Paulson Loads Up on Distressed Debt
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Football:

A Quiet Tragedy: The Financial Doomsday of the NFL Player
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Derivatives:

CBOE Allows Investors To Bet On Wall Street Defaults
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Agriculture:

Grabanski appears at Fargo hearing
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Consumer Finance:

Consumers repaying record amount of credit-card debt
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Student Debt:

More College Students Are Delinquent On Loans
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Tax:

Proposed regulations for COD income exceptions
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Economy:

The 'Age of America' is ending
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What does it mean that China's economy could surpass US's in 5 years?
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How Much Has the Dollar Collapsed in 3 Years?
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An “All-In” Bet By Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
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Bernanke's Press Conferences Will Not Remedy the Fed's Corrupt and Deceptive Public Records Policies
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Treasurys Inch Higher; Bernanke Uncertainty Sidelines Traders
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As economy gains strength, Fed weighs what's next
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Silver, Gold Prices Settle Off Highs
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Gas prices rise for 34th straight day
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There Are Eight States Where Gas Costs Over $4
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When Oil Prices Double, Look Out For Another Recession
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Drill baby drill won't lower gas prices
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Citi Analyst: It Will Take Two Rounds Of Austerity To Prevent S&P From Downgrading The US
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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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Bailout Recipients
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Real Estate:

Suit Says Ben-Ezra Law Firm Was In Network Paying Kickbacks for Foreclosure Cases
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Banks Lawyer Up for Failed Mortgage Lawsuits
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Thriller delves into murky world behind foreclosure crisis
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Buyers' Market? Stressed Sellers Say Not So Fast
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The Morality of Strategic Default
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US new home sales up, market still seen weak
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Cheapest Homes in 40 Years? Not Even Close...
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Wells economist: Foreclosure supply points to 'long, arduous' recovery
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Morgan Stanley revises house prices downward, again
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Economists React: New Home Sales
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Distressed property index rises in March
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Las Vegas Foreclosure Mess Ends in Bitter Duel
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Wealthy Leaving Las Vegas Mansions as Foreclosure Pain Spreads
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Loan Servicers Become a Big Draw
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Judge Confirms C-Bass Liquidation Plan
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Pennsylvania Mortgage Relief Program Wins Plaudits
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Foreclosure Side Effect: Bidding Wars
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Commercial, multifamily originations spike 44% in 2010
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Land developer wants stay lifted to pursue Pathmark lease dispute
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Dancing Bear developers take aim at German bank
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Properties on Aspen Mountain's back side go into foreclosure
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Fraud:

Turning Winners into Losers: Ponzi Scheme Avoidance Law and the Inequity of Clawbacks
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At Last, the Rajaratnam Jurors Get the Case
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Rajaratnam’s Fate Rests With Nurse, Teachers
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Galleon jury begins deliberations
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Rajat Gupta: Like Bernie Madoff, star anti-hero
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Is Farkas A Flight Risk: Redux
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Effort to depose Rothstein moves ahead
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Qtask settles in RRA bankruptcy case
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Judge approves $7M Judgment vs. Mastro
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Post-Mortem on Madoff's Fraud While Scandal Is Still Quivering
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Madoff madness is our own
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Madoff Said From Prison Picower May Have Suspected Fraud, Henriques Writes
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Poor Governance at Berkshire Hathaway Is Nothing New
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'The Jersey Sting' tells of FBI raid
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Accountants sued in Sean Mueller Ponzi
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Orchestras:

Musicians clamor for answers from Philly Orchestra
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Newspapers:

The Beacon declares bankruptcy
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Brands:

Orchard Brands Successfully Completes Reorganization
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Banking:

Short on cash, Macatawa Bank takes loan from its chairman
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Religion:

Vatican Ordered to Release Records for Sex-Abuse Case
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Oregon ruling could affect Milwaukee priest abuse case
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Telecoms:

Judge rejects Verizon appeal of FairPoint bankruptcy-exit plan
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Baseball:

Selig Appoints Rangers Ex-Owner to Oversee Dodgers
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Hockey:

Dallas Stars sale progresses, bankruptcy possible
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Stars, Gaglardi Inch Closer To Sale
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Finance:

"Bad Boy" Guaranties And Protecting Yourself
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today)

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
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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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:

Lehman, Vitro, River Road, IGP, Constar, C-Bass: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

One in 46 Sacramento-area households declared bankruptcy last year
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Preclusion:

Third Circuit Provides Guidance on Preclusion in Chapter 22
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: "Where's My Price Reduction?"
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Retailing:

Appliance Direct companies file for bankruptcy
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Borders Group Asks Bankruptcy Court For More Time to Renew Or Reject Leases
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Bankrupt Borders Books's Bonus Boondoggle
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RadioShack Turnaround Has Been A Failure
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Municipalities:

SoCal City Edges Closer To Bankruptcy
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Jefferson County Receiver Moves To Protect Creditors From Bankruptcy
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Jefferson County struggles with receiver on edge of bankruptcy
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Jefferson County sewer crisis hearing draws large crowd
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Sewer Rate Outrage in Jefferson County
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Forest Products:

Tembec US operation seeks bankruptcy protection
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Tembec poised to benefit from rising pulp prices
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Autos:

GM Bankruptcy Creditors Get $6.6 Billion In Stock, Warrants
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Ford Posts Profit
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Politics:

Financiers Switch to GOP
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Celebs:

You Asked, Donald Trump Answered
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Donald Trump: The $7 billion dollar man
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Donald Trump leaves investors holding the bag
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Lenny Dykstra Probed For Requesting Rubdown In Job Interview
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Charlie Sheen Bails Out Lenny Dykstra
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Lindsay Lohan Gets 120-Day Jail Sentence for Violating Probation
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Toni Braxton -- I Graduated From Debt School!
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Health Care:

Judge Again Rules Against Forum Creditors
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Oil/Gas:

Peregrine I Offshore Drilling Venture Files for Bankruptcy
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Probe Announces Successful Conclusion of Chapter 11 Proceedings
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UK:

UK Fraud Office's Future Said to Create Cabinet-Level Split
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EU:

ECB Stark: Euro-Zone Restructuring Could Be Worse Than Lehman
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PIIGS:

Greek Deficit Exceeds Forecasts
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Greece 2010 deficit hits 10.5 percent of GDP
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Year After Debt Rescue, Markets Unconvinced, Nearly Half Of Greeks Expect Restructuring
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Greece's 2010 Deficit Blows Past Estimates And Now Germany Calls For It To Restructure
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Crisis will help Portugal kick its debt habit
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Portugal On Holiday Amid Bail-Out Talks
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IE: Repudiation And Disclaimer Of Leases In Examinership And Liquidation
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Ireland's Fire Sales: Get Ready to Pounce
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MENA:

Army Crackdown Intensifies in Syria
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Syria Steps Up Violence
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What's Next for Syria?
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Qaddafi's Money Man in Vienna Loses Funds With London Friends
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Japan:

Appleseed Films' Micott & Basara Files for Bankruptcy
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Korea:

'Bad Bank' Seems Poor Choice As Property Savior
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New Zealand:

Debt Overload Leaves Youth No Choice But To Leave
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France:

Mandatory Bonus Plan Draws Fire in France
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