Law:
Where Do Partners Come From?
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Dodgers Case Could Mean a Big Payday for Bartlit Beck
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Legal Sector Added 4,000 New Jobs in July
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Law Professors Ask SEC to Require Disclosure of Campaign Donations
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Grate Expectations
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New York State Bar Prez Says Law Students Need Better Training
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More On Abuse of Adjuncts
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The New Way To Pay Back Educational Debt
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Law Schools That Make Partners
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NALP Backs Off Threat to Sue ABA
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Texas Tech Law Dean Defends the JD
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Law Firms Overlook Vulnerabilities to Cyberattacks, Panel Says
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Summer Associate Offer Rates: An Update
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Would Jeffs Have Fared Better With a Lawyer at his Side?
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"Google Me"
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Let's (Carefully) Chat: Guidelines For Firm Participation In Chat Rooms
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Of Legal Auctions and Icebergs
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Has Stephen McDaniel Been Framed for the Murder of Lauren Giddings?
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Celebrity Litigator Pleads Guilty to Illegal Campaign Contributions
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Lawyer accused in murder-for-hire plot
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Guy Who's Not a Lawyer Claims Gender and Age Bias Kept Him From Getting a Job as a Lawyer
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Police: Man Robbed 7-Eleven Using Tree Branch
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Man Crashes Through Store Ceiling Trying to Steal Copper
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Judges:
ABA President Calls for Return to Civility; Breyer Notes Justices Don’t Raise Voices in Chambers
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Panelists: Judges Should Watch Who They ‘Friend’ on Social Media and What Friends Post About Them
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For Justice Breyer, the Need for Civic Education Is as Clear as Blue and Red
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Scalia Has Had an Impact, But Is It Lasting? Supreme Court Experts Disagree
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Ex-Judge Loses Law License for 2 Years for Behavior re Multiple Female Lawyers While on Bench
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures tumble on S&P downgrade
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Dow Posts Biggest Weekly Drop Since 2009
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How Will US Markets React on Monday to S&P's US Debt Downgrade?
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Tel Aviv stocks fall 7% after USA debt downgrade
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Most Gulf Stocks Tumble
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Asian stocks plunge on first day of trading after U.S. downgrade
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Greenspan: More Market Turmoil to Come
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Memories of the stock market crash leave investors on edge
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Layoffs:
Just 58% of work-age Americans have jobs, lowest since July 1983
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Labor Force Participation Hits New Low
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9 States That Are Slashing Unemployment Benefits
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Man Who Jumped White House Fence: A cry for help because he can't find a job
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Beneath Jobs Report Surface Lie Some Ugly Truths
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Carney: "The White House Doesn't Create Jobs"
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Fannie Mae economist says unemployment cutting growth
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Stop the bias against the jobless
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Monster Employment Index: Sideways Job Market
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mass Torts:
Asbestos tort and trust systems should be cooperating
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Mail:
U.S. Postal Service Posts $3.1 Billion Loss for Third Quarter
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Postal Service warns it could default
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Tax:
Jackson Hewitt Creditor Group Now Backs Restructuring Plan
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Autos:
Hand-to-mouth Saab avoids fresh bankruptcy threat
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Saab dodges bankruptcy bullet again, pays workers
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GM Canada Retirees Face Benefit Cuts
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Warranties:
U.S. Fidelis paying $25M to Maryland
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Health Care:
New revelations in hospital sale: State Planning Board approves deal, operators declare bankruptcy
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Peninsula Hospital Closure Met With Resistance
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MedCorp lacks assets, owes $36.5 million
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Hotels:
Paulson control over hotels affirmed
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Rating Agencies:
Rating Itself: S&P Defends Lehman's "A"
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Oil/Gas:
Blueknight's second quarter losses put it in the red
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Sports:
The Collapse of the Sports Ticket Bubble
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Consumer Credit:
Consumer Credits Jumps the Most in 4 Years
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Religion:
Crystal Cathedral -- 'give it your best shot'
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Cardinal is ordered to court in abuse trial
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As it pays for the past, diocese tries to move on
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Economy:
Geithner to stay on as US Treasury chief
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Republicans Want Geithner to Walk The Plank After Credit Downgrade
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S&P downgrades U.S. credit rating
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Britain, other eurozone countries face ratings cut
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Japan in ratings cross-hairs
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S&P: 1 in 3 chance USA will fall another notch
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The credibility and integrity of S&P’s ratings action
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Microsoft has Better Credit than the USA
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'Basic math' dispute began with S&P mail
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Why the S&P downgrade was delayed
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The Unbelievable Story Behind S&P's Downgrade Of The US
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S&P Official Defends Downgrade Decision
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Economists, Market Watchers Increasingly Concerned About Recession, Shrug Off Downgrade
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President Obama's downgrade blues
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Dollar Weakens After S&P Cuts U.S.'s Credit Rating From AAA
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Why S. & P. Got the US Government Downgrade Right
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Washington attacks S&P's competence
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S&P Fires Back At Washington
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Finger-Pointing in Washington Follows Debt Downgrade
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Blame Game Vitriol Demonstrates S&P Disgust
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Partisan Divide Remains Amid S&P Downgrade
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To Be Fair, Obama’s Responsibility for the Downgrade Is only 15 Percent
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Obama, Tea Party, get hammered over downgrade
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Timing of S&P US downgrade couldn't be better
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Did Pimco Play a Role In S&P's Downgrade
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No Shortage of Opinion on US Credit Rating
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Credit Downgrade Means 'Pretty Darn Fu**ed,' Former Obama Adviser Says
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Don't Panic: The US Credit Downgrade Changes Nothing
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Greenspan: US "Can Pay Any Debt It Has Because We Can Always Print Money"
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World leaders race against fresh market turmoil
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Food stamp use rises to record 45.8 million, 1 in 7
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VA Beach ponders 'tent city' for homeless
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China: US downgrade 'sounds alarm bell'
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China: Dollar to Be 'Discarded' by World
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The Downgrade: What It Really Means To China
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Biggest Foreign Buyers to Stick With Treasuries After Downgrade
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End of American Empire: Not Really
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Krugman: S&P and the USA
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Bleak Prospects
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S&P Downgrader Never Studied Economics, Has A Master's In English Lit
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Five False Premises about Economic Recovery
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11 Timely Insights From George Soros On The Economy
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Buffett Says Cutting U.S. Rating Was Mistake, Sees No Recession
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Voters' Calls for US Spending Cuts Collide With Demands for Job Growth
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US National Debt? Try $211 Trillion
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Companies Tailor Strategies to Uncertainty
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Three Things the Fed Could Do Right Now
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Wind Turbine Maker Who Obama Praised Files for Bankruptcy
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Double Dip Recession Odds Still High
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Second Recession in U.S . Could Be Worse Than First
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The Latest on Our Sputtering Economy, by the Numbers
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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:
Fannie seeks $5.1 billion more from taxpayers
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Fannie, Freddie pressured to rent more foreclosures
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America's 10 Sickest Housing Markets
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Construction Employment Update
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Senators Request Info On Servicers' Bankruptcy Practices
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Mass. Homeowners in Foreclosure Can Challenge After the Fact, State Supreme Court Says
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Bank of America’s ReconTrust Sued by Washington State Over Foreclosures
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A.I.G . to Sue Bank of America Over Mortgage Bonds
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Fla. AG, mortgage firm's relationship called into question
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Don’t Look for Low Rates to Help Housing
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Home Builders to Buyers: Sell First, Then We’ll Talk
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Bank of America Sees Claims Rising From Fannie Mae for Mortgage Buybacks
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Mortgage stocks decline for second day
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Late payments push U.S. CMBS delinquencies to a record high
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Get Ready for Higher Property Taxes
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Myth of Middle Class Mortgage Deduction
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Politics:
Poll: Congress Hits Record Low After Debt Deal
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Democrats vs. Republicans By Cats
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Food/Beverages:
Big Apple Restaurants files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Ousted Owner Cooks Up Plot to Buy Giordano's
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Experts:
Insolvency expert’s ‘hyberbole’ comes back to haunt in Daubert hearing
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Corporate Governance:
Should Former Directors of Failed Firms be Stigmatized?
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Non-Profits:
Endowments, Foundations Gained 20% in Year Ended June, Best Since 1997
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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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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Rochelle on Lehman and Extended Stay Bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:
Bankruptcy judge says code protects insurers' contribution claims
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Municipalities:
Town on the brink seeks private loans from residents
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Judge signs off on Vallejo's exit from bankruptcy
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Election delays Vallejo's hunt for new city manager
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U.S. municipal debt may prove resilient despite S&P
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Central Falls bankruptcy means a grim present for the 'city with a bright future'
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Central Falls bankruptcy shines national spotlight on R.I.’s fiscal woes
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Central Falls receiver is a high-powered lawyer who relishes a challenge
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Altering pensions puts Central Falls in uncharted territory
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All Central Falls, All The Time
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Wall Street's Tax on Main Street
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Bankrupt Rhode Island city may default: S&P
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Central Falls, RI: An SB5 Mini-Lesson
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JeffCo Commission to make counteroffer to creditors
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Ex-Alabama County, City Official Langford Loses Appeal in Bribery Case
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District attorney should ask if Jefferson County commissioners broke law in closed-door meeting on sewer settlement
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Harrisburg Incinerator Draws Buyer Interest as Debt Sinks City
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Obits:
Hugh Carey, NY gov. during '70s fiscal woes, dies
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Lehman:
U.S. District Court Must Decide Lehman Claims, JPMorgan Says
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Appeals Court Blocks SunCal From Demoting Lehman Debt
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State Street has agreement over some Lehman claims
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Lehman's $200 Million Suit Against Bethany 'Ready for Trial'
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Citigroup Owes Lehman Brokerage $1 Billion for ‘Setoff,’ Trustee Says
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Banking:
BofA Slides as Lender Braces for New Wave of Mortgage Refunds
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WaMu Bank’s Failure Won’t Result in Criminal Charges, U.S. Says
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Wells Fargo strikes deal with Wachovia bond investors
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Did Bank of America Risk Customer Data Through Overseas Outsourcing?
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Feds Close Two Banks In Washington and Illinois – Depositor’s Concerns Grow
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Fraud:
Trustee Asks Judge to Dismiss Hecker's Bankruptcy Appeal
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Judge imposes 20 years in Kimura Ponzi scheme
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NY Attorney Who Ran Ponzi Scheme Targeting Tinseltown A-Listers Is Disbarred
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How Fraud and Bad Economic Thinking Got Us in This Mess
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Baseball:
Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball Reach Terms on Bankruptcy Loan
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Loan agreement could protect Dodgers
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Frank McCourt has worn out his welcome
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Terms of Loan From Baseball Ease Dodgers' Fear of Seizure
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Fox Sports Not Part of Proposed Dodgers-MLB Loan Deal
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McCourt divorce: Court dates set to decide spousal support
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Will Frank McCourt Be Able To Keep The Dodgers?
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McCourt and the mayor
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Celebs:
The Broke and the Beautiful: Reality TV Edition
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UK:
New laws fail to deter "bankruptcy tourism" to the UK
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Winding Up Petitions - 5 August 2011
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EU:
ECB to Intervene 'Significantly' on Markets
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ECB to buy Italian, Spanish bonds to stop contagion
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The Hedge Funds Profiting Off Big Europe Shorts
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With Prospect of U.S. Slowdown, Europe Fears a Worsening Debt Crisis
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PIIGS:
Italy agrees to liberalize economy
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European bankers try to defuse Italian debt crisis
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Italy's Hard Road to Avoid Financial Collapse
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Ie: Law change to see 400 people freed from shackles of bankruptcy
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MENA:
270,000 Israelis Flood Streets in Largest Social Protest in Country's History
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Linklaters - Bankruptcy and corporate rescue in the UAE: overview and observations
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Australia:
Bankruptcy rumors circle Team Bondi
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