Law:
Howrey MP Says Outsourcing, Electronic Discovery Spurred Partnership Downsizing
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A Notable Correction to the New York Times Article on Law School
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Acela Bob, Meet Acela Jim: Kelley Drye Managing Partner Conducts Confidential Conversation on Packed Train
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Part-Time Lawyers Becoming More Common, NALP Says
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Character & Fitness Fail For Graduate With ‘No Plan’ To Pay Off His Debts
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Work/Life: Doing the Math
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Now-Disbarred Attorney Acquitted in Fen-Phen Case Faces New Indictment re Law Firm Insurance Policy
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Lawyer Slammed Over Alleged Fake Time Sheets, Improper Client Relationship
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Law Firm Partners on Hot Seat After Ex-Associate, Former Office Mgr Complain; Was Nanny on Payroll?
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From Buddy to Boss
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Pls Hndle Thx: Are Non-Lawyer Jobs Career Suicide for JDs?
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Will Government Lawyers in Calif. Have to Give Up Their Cellphones? Gov Orders Statewide Cuts
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The admissions offices at the super-elite schools have already picked the best of the best. Why second guess them?
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Hastings Among Those Affected By Brown's Budget Cuts
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Obama lawyers up, a little
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Rajaratnam, Primary Global, Evonik, J&J, Nomura in Court News
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Closing the Loop on Former Fox Rothschild Partner Kenneth Denti
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Leading law firms consider retirement policy shake-up
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Seven law firms cited among UK's top 100 gay-friendly employers
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SRA seeks early engagement with UK firms in financial trouble
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Work/Life Whatever and Ten Missing Minutes of Tape
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Firm Pays For Dates, Disbarment Imposed
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Alllen & Overy most successful among law firm Twitterati
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‘Free’ Office Mgr Allegedly Helped Husband Steal $1.4M from Law Firm
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Hate it when that happens :)
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U.S. condemns prison term for Iranian lawyer who didn't wear hijab
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81-Year-Old Woman Bodyslammed, Mugged Inside NYC Subway Station -- By Another Woman
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"Golden-voiced" Ted Williams detained by police in L.A.
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Judges:
Federal Courthouses Lower Flags to Half-Mast for Judge Slain in Arizona
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Entire District of Arizona Recused From Loughner Case
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San Diego Federal Judge Tapped for Loughner Case
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How Will Loughner's Gunshots Echo in the Supreme Court's Quiet Halls?
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Obama speech undercuts federal charge for judge's murder
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A New Twist in N.J. Supreme Court Saga
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Brown Proposes $200 Million Cut to Courts
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures dip
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India Nosedives Again
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Stocks close higher as worries about Europe ease
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Senate Report to Criticize Goldman Sachs
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What Goldman Sachs Failed to Acknowledge
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JPMorgan's Favorite Stocks In 2011
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Layoffs:
Fed's Beige Book: Employment Improves, But No Wage Growth
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Lawmaker: Cut 200,000 Federal Workers
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Steelcase Fires 750
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How Long to Full Employment?
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5 States with Shrinking Unemployment
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Bad Job Market Fueling Bias Claims
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
City Bankruptcies Will Increase, Dimon Warns
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Dimon, Buffett sound warning as surprising muni danger-zones emerge
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Bill Gross: Whitney's wrong about muni bond meltdown
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The War of Words Over Muni Bonds
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Christie will seek teacher merit pay, push for budget cuts, pension reform
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Illinois Passes Big Tax Increase
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Illinois Governor Quinn Calls 67% Increase in Income Tax Crucial to State
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Be Thankful that Illinois Already Had an Income Tax
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Illinois's Record Income-Tax Increase Divides Businesses and Investors
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Questions Persisting as Illinois Raises Taxes
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After Massive Tax Hike, Illinois Continues To Get Humiliated By Neighboring Governor
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Chicago Morgue So Overcrowded, Bodies Doubled Up On Trays
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Pa. names oversight team for cash-strapped H'burg
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Questions remain on ' bankruptcy ' bill
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Muni Bond Risks Mount, But Federal Bailout Unlikely
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Sovereigns:
Sovereign default remains top 2011 risk for WEF
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Autos:
Panel: GM stock sale may trim taxpayer recovery
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UAW Renews Effort to Organize Southern Auto Plants
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UAW's King ups pressure on foreign auto plants in US
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Auto Rebound Pays Dividend to Work Force
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GM Seeks to Fully Fund Pension Funds
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Kicked to the curb, small auto makers struggle
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Chrysler Says Global Sales Rose, Breakeven Point Fell
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Aviation:
More air-travel chaos: Winter-weather cancellations near 10,000
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Gulfstream airline sale saves 600 jobs
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Mesa Settles More Aircraft Lease Claims Ahead Of Final Hearing
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Mexicana to Give 9 Planes to Bancomext to Repay Debt
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We cease operation temporarily: Mandala Airlines
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Hollywood:
James Bond thwarts latest villain - bankruptcy
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Economy:
GAO says more institutions behind on TARP repayments
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Bailout Panel Underlines Treasury's Contradictions
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Auto Bailout 'Promising' as Moral Hazard Remains, Panel Says
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S&P, Moody's Warn On U.S. Credit Rating
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Beige Book Notes Small Steps
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Fed's Fisher: Fed Has Done Enough To Drive Recovery
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The Fed Has Spoken: No Bailout for Main Street
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December Budget Deficit: $80 Billion
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The Looming Debt Ceiling Showdown
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Financial Crisis Has 'Drained' the World: WEF Report
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World 'cannot endure new shocks'
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Why Does Inequality Make the Rich Feel Poorer?
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Timothy Geithner details US concerns over China
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Davos 2011: Fifth of all delegates 'must be women'
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Beige Book: District-By-District Summary of Conditions
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World moves closer to food price shock
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Fiscal Crises, Governance Failures Risk Disrupting Global Economy
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Lack of coordination seen as key global risk
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More families became homeless in recession
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22% of Americans think we have double-digit inflation, and 18% believe former BP chief Tony Hayward is the UK prime minister
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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 Regulator Asked by Lawmakers to Justify BofA, Ally Deals
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Paralegal Sues Fla. Foreclosure Firm, Says She Was Required to Work Unpaid Overtime
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NY Attorney Pleads Guilty in $23 Million Scam, Four Other Lawyers Charged
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1 million homes repossessed in 2010
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US foreclosures hit record 2.9 mn in 2010: analyst
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Foreclosure filings hit 2-year low
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Foreclosures in 2011 to break last year's record
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California leads as nation sets foreclosure
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More banks walking away from homes
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Jim the Realtor: REO Tour
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NAHB Forecast: Single Family Starts to increase 21% in 2011
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Mortgage investors ramping up the pressure on big banks
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Freddie Mac says rising mortgage rates won't stop the housing recovery in 2011
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Foreclosure Options: Widespread misunderstanding about walkaway effect
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Delaware Decision Reminds Landlords to “Speak Now or Forever Hold Their Peace”
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Mortgage applications rose 2.2% last week
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Mortgage Refinance activity increases, Purchase Application activity declines
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Nightmare on Wall Street
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'Distressed' properties 30 percent of home sales
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Fannie Mae to Test the Waters of Earlier Foreclosure Prevention Plan in Florida
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Consumers score in foreclosure fights
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Why a New York Judge Is Throwing Out Foreclosure Cases
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What's a 'Libertarian Solution' to the Foreclosure Mess?
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Housing weighs down the recovery
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Banks' Housing Giveaway: Four Horsemen of the Housing Bust Saddled with Homes
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In Tucson's sprawling suburbs, recession has dimmed the American dream
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Fannie Mae sells $3 bln bills at lower rates
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CMBS delinquencies rose 79% in 2010: Moody's
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Kislak buys three distressed multifamily properties in Florida
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California Coastal Communities to Begin Solicitation of Creditors to Confirm Plan
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Mortgage investors urge servicers to cap delinquent loans handled per employee
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Manhattan Apartment Market Tightens as Leasing Triples, Concessions Fall
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Sales:
Don't Delay, Obtain A Stay
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Religion:
Milwaukee archdiocese bankruptcy documents available online
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Bankruptcy Could Force Milwaukee Archdiocese To Put Insurance Tapping on Hold
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Bankruptcy filing could hurt tithing, priests fear
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Financial Advisers:
Suit claims QA3 ‘facing bankruptcy’ over private placements
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Banking:
WaMu Channels Humperdink: Please Release Me, Let Me Go
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Insurance:
AIG to fully repay US government
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Appeals Court Rejects $5 Billion Suit Over MBIA Restructuring
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Oil/Gas:
Hedge Funds Bet on $100 Oil
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Why $4 Gas Will Hurt Less This Time
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Telecoms:
Nortel's US, UK units reach accord on who speaks for Europe
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Health Care:
4 Mistakes That Cause Surgery Centers to Fail
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Celebs:
Legal battle heats up over finances of Eva Longoria's Beso nightclub at CityCenter
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Tattle: A suit Longoria refuses to wear
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Prosecutors won’t file charges against Dykstra
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Price drops 30% on famed Ferris Bueller home
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Nic Cage's Old Vegas Mansion -- Back on the Market
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P--- King Pays Octomom Nadya Suleman's Mortgage
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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:
Fuddruckers, Workflow, PPI, Brunschwig, Smurfit: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy rankings, 2010: Nevada holds its sad crown
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Ala. counties lead nation in number of bankruptcy filings
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Bankruptcy filings drop in Middle Tennessee
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First Coast No. 2 in country for filing bankruptcy
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Consumer Bankruptcy:
One More Time on Ransom
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Justice Kagan's Torture Memo: "It Can't Possibly Mean That"
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Litigation:
If You Don't Get the EDD You Ordered, Send It Back
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A figurehead plaintiff?
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Corporate Reform:
Elizabeth Warren on Tavis Smiley
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Businesses try to guide new financial regulator
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CFPB Releases Details of Complaint Database It's Creating
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SEC Investigating Allegations that Khuzami Caved to Pressure from Citigroup, Spared Individual Defendants in Bank's Controversial $75 Million Settlement
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Federal Judge Adds Probation to $296 Million Guidant Plea Deal
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Food/Drink:
Debt-burdened Sbarro could slice some shops
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Retailing:
Retail Sales Drop Sharply in Week
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Anchor Blue files for bankruptcy , to close 8 O.C. stores
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Borders Runs Into Some Resistance With Publishers
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Saving American Apparel From Bankruptcy? The Hipster Retailer Backs Away From More Conservative Advertising
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Bank of Nova Scotia seeks foreclosure on Soffer Mall
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Small Business:
Turnarounds: Would You Pay $170,000 for a Consultant?
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Fraud:
Judge freezes assets of 'Bernie Madoff of Montco'
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Stanford Should Be Sent To Prison Psych Hospital – Prosecutors
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Clawback adds to Madoff clients' pain
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Tax:
Up against the ivory tower: 2011 brings fresh IRS guidance on debt restructurings
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Village Threatens To Put Down Dogs Whose Owners Don't Pay Taxes
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Hotels:
Cadillac, Mich., Comfort Inn to be sold at auction
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UK:
Leonard Curtis opens office in Bristol
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'British Madoff' admits running £14m Ponzi
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Britain's Madoff Didn't Know Anything About Finance Except For What He Read In Self-Help Books He Bought On Amazon
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Dealing with Britain’s overpaid bankers
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Winding Up Petitions - 12 January 2011
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Dealing with accountants with debt problems
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CBI calls for change to insolvency
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Siemens Funds Restart Of Bankrupt UK Wind Factory
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Half a million taxpayers face tax underpayment bills
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Barclays chief denies committee's tax avoidance claim
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EU:
Can Europe Be Saved?
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EU seeks to expand bailout fund to calm markets
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Why Europe's Bailouts Might Actually Be Working Right Now
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Germany backs wider rescue fund role
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Germany:
German dioxin scandal company files for bankruptcy
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PIIGS:
Portugal Shouldn't Be Forced Into Rescue, Germany's Hoyer Says
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Spain fares better than expected at bond auction
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Quinn Proposed €200m Payment To Firm's Creditors
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Australia:
Centro's Fate In The Hands Of Distressed Debt Hedge Funds
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Japan:
Lender Takefuji's Potential Sponsor List Narrows
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Spain:
Spain Moves to Clean Up Cajas
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China:
Inside China's Massive Ghost Malls
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