Law:
Kagan Backs Bank of America on Bankruptcy in First Supreme Court Opinion
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Kagan's First Opinion Rejects Consumer's Bankruptcy Argument; Scalia Is Dissenter
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ATL’s Lawyer of the Year (2010): The Winner!
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Danielle Gilmore, The Southern California "Super Lawyer" Who Will Make Bank Of America Sweat
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Orrick adds Dewey partner to Paris restructuring team
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New Venture to Focus on Partner Placements
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Want A Great Job? Don't Go To Second-Tier Schools Like Columbia And MIT
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Some Lawyers Say Flat Fees Pose Ethics Issues
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Am Law After Dark: Five Firms Advise on Playboy Going-Private Bid
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The Grass is Not Always Greener: Layoffs in Bermuda
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Survey Results: A Better Billable Year
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Tale of Two Lawyers: Loughner Case to Pit Pair of Prominent Names
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Australian Firms Evacuate Offices As Mass Floods Hit
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Ex-GOP Aide Sought to Borrow Train Fare at Law Firm Hours Before His Body Was Found at Landfill
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Baby Trap
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Glass ceiling: Sober Up, Then Have a Stiff One
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The Constitution and its worshippers
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Your Legal Career in Six Words or Less
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Absurd Cat Litter Box Litigation - "Cats do not talk"
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F. Lee Bailey: Paper proves OJ Simpson's innocence
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Michael Jackson Doc to Be Tried for Involuntary Manslaughter in Singer’s Death
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Max Mosley Fights for Right to Be Told About Romp News Stories in Advance
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Slander Suit Pits Houston Lawyers Against Each Other
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Lawsuit of the Day: Man Says Enlarger Never Worked, Even After 500 Hours Of Use
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We're #147! We're #147! U.S. News & World Report May Expand Law School Rankings
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UC Hastings Could Lose $1.5 Million or More in California Budget Cuts
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Lawyer Who Sued Ex-Fiancé for Jilting Her Is Accused of Keeping $45K Ring
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Judges:
Elena Kagan's first Supreme Court opinion not a dramatic one
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Does Wrist Flick (Gavel Bang) and Finger Pointed to Ceiling (Higher Court) Count as Due Process?
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Neighboring Fla. Jurists Move Chambers After Death of Colleague, Citing Mold Concern
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Wall Street:
Futures Point to Higher Open For Wall Street
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World Shares Advance Ahead of Portuguese Auction
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Stronger retail profits boost Dow
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Wall Street Manages to Close Higher
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Goldman Sachs Renews Its Vows
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Goldman's New Financials Look Similar to Old
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How Goldman Sachs plans to salvage a damaged reputation
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Goldman to Lose Most From Volcker Rule: JP Morgan
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Goldman Says S&P 500 to Gain 18%
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Layoffs:
Lower Wages for workers who lost jobs
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Job openings edged down in November
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Six Flags to Hire 800 for Spring 2011
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MySpace Plans to Cut 500 Jobs
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More Workers Complain of Bias on the Job, a Trend Linked to Widespread Layoffs
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An Unusually Depressing Factory Layoffs Story
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Lehman:
BofA Posts $595 Million Bond in Lehman Bankruptcy
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Fraud:
Little Relief for Madoff Victims
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Ex-Primary Global Analyst Pleads Guilty in Nationwide US Insider Probe
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Litigation:
Plaintiffs' Lawyers Pursue Non-U.S. Securities Litigation Alternatives After Morrison
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Museums:
Deal Could Help Asian Art Museum in San Francisco Fend Off Bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Greeley Mall foreclosure sale delayed another week
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Fraud:
Tom Petters' foul mouth caught on audio and transcripts
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Containers:
Constar Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Indenture:
Noteholders in the Southern District of New York Not Entitled to an Unsecured Claim for Expectation Damages Resulting From a No-Call Provision in an Indenture
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M&A:
First Comes the Deal Announcement, Then Comes the Lawsuit
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Corporate Reform:
Charles Schwab settles with SEC for more than $188 million in YieldPlus case
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Companies warily eye new consumer complaint sites
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Aviation:
Massive Flight Cancellations
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Economy:
Wholesale Inventories in US Declined 0.2% in November as Sales Increased
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Job Openings in US Decrease for Third Time in Four Months
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Jobs Crisis Pushes Up Economic Stress
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Recession Created Epidemic of Homeless
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Boomers Poised to Inherit $11.6 Trillion
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Should Economists Reveal Who Pays Them?
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Figures on Government Spending and Debt
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Fed Officials Offer Dueling Views on Policy
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Richmond Fed Economist Warns Bond Purchases Can Stir Inflation
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Fed report details consumer behavior during recession
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Deep Dive Into The Federal Government's Budget And The History Of US National Debt
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Obama Brings on the B-Team
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Rail Traffic increases in December
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Diesel Fuel index increases in December
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Small Business Optimism index declines slightly in December
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Volcker Leaves Wall Street Untamed
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The 'New Normal' Is Actually Pretty Old
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Why Some Rich People Don’t Feel Rich
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Virginia begins to look at alternative currencies in case Fed breaks down
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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:
US Home Price Drop Now Exceeds Great Depression
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CoreLogic: House Prices declined 1.6% in November
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Associate AG to Testify that Florida Foreclosures are in 'Total Disarray'
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Another N.Y. Lawyer Goes Down in $23M Mortgage Fraud Case
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Another housing-market nightmare
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Major Lenders Protest New Jersey's Threatened Foreclosure Freeze
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Shoddy documentation, moral hazard seen in Massachusetts foreclosure ruling
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Why It Could Be Very Hard for Banks to Avoid Ibanez Mortgage Catastrophes
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Early Read on December Existing Home Sales
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Lennar Climbs Most in Month After Profit Beats Estimates on Cost Cutting
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Homebuilder's Alarm Bells Have Been Ringing Since 2008
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Developer Arlie files bankruptcy plan
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Trustee moves to dismiss or convert Padilla's bankruptcy
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$10M trust owns firm facing legal storm
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Manhattan Office Rents Rise for First Time Since Lehman Collapse
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Exchanging Blows Over One Madison Park Tower
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Nevada's foreclosure mediation kept many in home
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New Jersey Continues To Fight Banks Over Foreclosures
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Waters to FHFA on GSE settlements: 'Best possible recovery?'
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Analyst: Fannie, Freddie pain to taxpayers may be overblown
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Mass Torts:
Panel calls for drastic steps to stop future deep water oil spills
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Retailing:
Sears Rises After Quarterly Profit Forecast Tops Estimates
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Glass:
Vitro Bondholders Seek Talks After Ruling Against Glassmaker
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Municipalities:
JPMorgan's CEO Dimon Says More US Municipalities May File for Bankruptcy
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20 Most Stressed, 20 Least Stressed Counties
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Budget to put Texan self-sufficiency to the test
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California Budget: Tales Of State's Demise Greatly Exaggerated
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A Breakdown of California's New Budget
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10 States Where Poverty Rates are Soaring
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Spending cuts over bankruptcy for cities-Michigan governor
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Christie Calls for More Cuts and Big Changes to Schools
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Pension Envy Vexes Underfunded Public Workers
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Autos:
Detroit auto show rebounding after recession
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US Drivers Revive Gas Guzzler Love Affair
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GM Seeks to Pare Debt
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Hotels:
GI hotel foreclosure postponed
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Lender's value of Marriott OK'd by judge
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Mediator brought into Wyndham case
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Celebs:
'Survivor' Star May Be Heading Back to Prison
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A look at Boseman's bankruptcy filing
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A suit Longoria refuses to wear
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Banking:
Time to Stop Chastising Bankers, Diamond Says
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Barclay's CEO: Time to Stop Saying Sorry
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Big banks seek plan for failures
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It's Confirmed: Wikileaks Is Targeting Bank Of America
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Resorts:
Judge Tosses Tamarack Bankruptcy Case
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Entertainment:
RHI Entertainment Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval of Chapter 11 Financing
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Hedge Funds:
When hedge funds are too boring
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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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
High Court Ruling, Constar, Anchor Blue, Tamarack: Bankruptcy
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Smurfit, A&P, Oriental Trading, Parsons: Bankruptcy
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Derivatives:
Safe Harbors for Derivatives vs. Chapter 11
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Lazard tops bankruptcy deals, global volume down
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Report: Corporate Bankruptcies Fell in 2010
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Utah's 2010 bankruptcy filings highest in five years
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New bankruptcy cases up almost 28% in Ventura County
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Corporate Governance:
Suit by Disgruntled Bank Shareholder Tests Limit of Business Judgment Rule
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Religion:
Delaware Diocese Proposes $750,000 Average Payment to Victims of Sex Abuse
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Abuse victims reject Del. diocese bankruptcy plan
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Victims say diocese's new plan falls short
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Give clergy abuse victims more time to file civil lawsuits
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Consumer Bankruptcy:
Bankruptcy reform eliminated 'ride-through' for vehicles, judge says
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Insurance:
On Appeal, MBIA Wins a Challenge to Its Split
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New York Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling On MBIA
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Newspapers:
Gannett to Cut Staff at 3 NJ Papers by Nearly Half
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Golf:
Golf course faces bankruptcy
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The Dominion Club files for bankruptcy protection
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Homeowners Share Thoughts on Ford's Colony Bankruptcy
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Gold Star Fitness owner to buy Ridgefields Country Club
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Art:
Art funds return
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Sovereigns:
The 19 Countries Most Likely To Default
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UK:
Scott-Moncrieff takes on Glasgow insolvency team
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UK insurers attacks Europe’s bank ‘bail-in’ plans
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EU:
Euro's Architect Worries About Its Future
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Euro zone in talks on size and scope of rescue fund
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EU Wants More Government Budget Cuts
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Foreigners Shun Europe’s Bonds, and Debt Piles Up
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'Europe Needs Growth to Prevent a Collapse of the Euro'
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The Bargain Germany Must Accept In Order To Save The Eurozone
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German plan for controlled bankruptcy for euro zone countries
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PIIGS:
Greece sells T-bills below 5 pct, eyes on Portugal
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Tensions Rise Before Portugal Auction
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Portugal Bond Sale Succeeds Despite Budget Woes
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EU hands tied ahead of Battle of Spain
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Canada:
Fraser Papers Pensioners, Largest Creditors Reject Restructuring Proposal
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Germany:
German Economy Grew at Fastest Pace in Two Decades in 2010
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Roubini vs Issing on next steps for Germany
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Australia:
Big-Name Bidders Line Up to Buy Australian Firm's 712 Shopping Centers
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Australian floods 'to hit economic growth'
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Queensland firms face flooding woe
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Rich list member's $500 million tower project in receivership
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Croatia:
Zagreb's popular radio bankrupt, could shut down
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Romania:
KPMG Appoints New Head Of Restructuring
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China:
China bank loans surge, policy tightening expected
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China Demands The US Make Statement Promising Its Dollar Assets Will Be Held Safe
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Middle East:
Economic chief calls for Emirates bankruptcy overhaul
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Latin America:
Risk of bust after boom haunts Latin America
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