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Law:
Kasowitz Takes Lead on Borders Restructuring
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Bouncing Back? Report Shows Demand for Legal Services Rose at End of 2010
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Is Anybody Reading Law Firm Client Alerts? Not If the ‘Spray and Pray’ Method Is Used
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Made Partner at Susman Godfrey? Fill Those Boots
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Why I Love Being a Lawyer
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Firms Need to Offer Incentives for Trying Value Pricing--Or Lawyers Won't Do It
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Document Ninja School: A New Program for a New Career Track
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Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok, LLP, Announces New Partners
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Pls Hndle Thx: Should You Ask for Lateral Signing Bonuses?
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Bonus Watch: Wilson Sonsini
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Bonus Watch: Morgan Lewis & Bockius
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Prominent NY Lawyer is Pro Se in Trial Over Alleged Conversion of $853K Fire Insurance Check
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School District Says Former MoFo Lawyer Took it for $300K
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Hunting Happy: In Grim Times, a Search for Joy in Law Practice Gains Ground
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Study Shows Truths About Billing, But Do Clients Care?
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Officials Don't Play; They Say: Remove Grand Piano from Fla. Sandbar! But Salvager Gets There First
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Lawyer Trades $1,100 Monthly Porsche Bill for $700-Per-Month BMW, But Loses Bid for Alimony Cut
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Law on the Open Road: One Man's Avocation has Become His Niche
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Law Graduates: Welcome to Your ‘Barely Legal’ Future
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Trust Account Guidelines for Lawyers Adapt to Electronic Banking
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Law School? Bag It
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iPad App Review: Jury Duty
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Don't Buy That iPad Yet!
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Top Five Uses for Your Aging iPad
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Get Back in the Race
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Crime Stoppers Boss Busted
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Can You Name Your Child 'Toilet Queen'?
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Lawyer Gets Probation for Punching Opposing Counsel
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Judges:
Bohanon's New York stint invaluable to court
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Former Judge Is Federally Indicted in Hurricane Ike Fraud; Defense Cries Foul, Says He Is Innocent
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Some Justices Still Haven’t Mastered E-Mail, Sotomayor Says
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Where judicial activism morphs into disregard
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Judge May Have Web Page
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures mixed
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US Stocks Fall, Preventing Longest Dow Streak of Weekly Gains Since 1995
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Asian Stocks, US Futures Fall as Dollar, Yen, Oil Gain on Egypt Unrest
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Money for nothing at Goldman
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Layoffs:
Pay Raises at Lowest Rate in 3 Decades
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Borders delays payments to conserve cash
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Borders' cash cache
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Borders: Is that a fat lady I hear singing?
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Bankruptcy may be next storyline for Borders
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Loehmann's closes another O.C. store
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Fraud:
WNBC, NYT Seek Access To Bankruptcy Files In Madoff Case, Involving New York Mets
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New York Mets Minority Stakeholder May Expect a Profit, Not Dugout View
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Thanks to Madoff, you can buy a stake in the Mets
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For Mets Owners, a Costly Precursor
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Lachina Victims Win Judgments
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Feds seek 6 months for Hecker's girlfriend
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Celebs:
Lenny Dykstra's Former Mansion Is Sold
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Symphonies:
Louisville Orchestra gets money to pay musicians
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Investments:
Investment firm in legal dispute says it faces bankruptcy
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Banking:
Second-guessing the WaMu seizure and sale: FCIC report
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Banks grip on prime shadow inventory growing: Morgan Stanley
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Bank Crisis: Laughing Through the Tears
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BankUnited brings right kind of bailout bonanza
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Autos:
Ford Sued by UK Union Over Pension Loss in Visteon Transfers
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Chrysler Significantly Narrows Fourth-Quarter
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Boss Sweats Details of Chrysler Revival
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Skiing:
Wolf Mountain Keeps Plugging Away; Court Hearing Nears
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Economy:
Boehner warns against debt default
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Global policymakers poles apart
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American Economy Is Bigger Than Ever
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Anti-capitalists clash with riot police in Davos
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CEOs in Davos Meeting-Marathon Wish for 50-Hour Days as Dealmaking Returns
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Coulda, shoulda, wouldas
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United States of Bankruptcy: The union's troubled state
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Many U.S. companies ailing despite economic recovery
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Davos: "They book a hotel room and prowl the streets hoping to snare their prey"
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Top Global Risks of 2011
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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:
Judge upholds Bankruptcy Court's right to launch foreclosure mediation program
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U.S. investigates Deutsche Bank in foreclosure case
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Home Prices Sink Further
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Glass Condo, Rock-Bottom Price
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O.C. home brokerage owner in reorganization
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Texas to receive the most mortgage aid from HUD's unemployment program
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Housing to Hit Bottom in Mid-2011
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12 Depressing Facts About The Massive Housing Slump That Just Won't End
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Lehman:
Lehman, JPMorgan Aim to Keep Valukas Documents Secret
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Lehman Had $200 Billion Overnight Repos Pre-Failure
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Corporate Reform:
Time for the Financial Bad Guys to Pay
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Crisis May Seem Criminal, but Try Making a Case
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A Bank Crisis Whodunit, With Laughs and Tears
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Warren nimble in building Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Coakley reportedly discussed federal job
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US House Republicans Ask Regulators For Cost Of Dodd-Frank Law
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Entertainment:
RHI Entertainment Trustee Objects to Bankruptcy Plan For TV-Movie Company
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A Mistake to Write Off the Weinsteins
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Municipalities:
Polls: Voters oppose state bailouts and bankruptcy
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Katz: Controller urges pols to KO push to let states file for bankruptcy
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States' Troubles Are Not the Real Risk for Muni Bonds
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Ten Troubling Facts About Gov't Spending
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Municipal bankruptcy attorney says fears overblown
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Bankruptcy may be an option for states
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Don't invite states into bankruptcy
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Key Republican: Congress will examine bankruptcy for states
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States Need Bankruptcy Option
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Top 10 States in Deepest Debt
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Scandal costs driving city to insolvency
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Budget-Strapped States Might Prefer To Be Bankrupt
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Detroit's Demise a Dire Warning for Other Cities
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Michigan ranked 27th most likely to go bankrupt
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'The City With a Bright Future' - $80 Million in the Hole
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Bankruptcy Is Not the Only Option for States
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Ratings:
Unrest Worries Credit Rating Agencies
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Trucking:
Trustee moves against lender
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Litigation:
Strong Words: A Sense of Injustice Can Empower a Jury to Undo a Wrong for Your Client
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Telecoms:
Hawaiian Telcom suit highlights huge payouts
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Horse Racing:
Penn National wins Rosecroft bidding
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NY Horsemen to Receive $4.4 Million in Awards
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Religion:
Wilmington bankruptcy plan increases settlement amount to $74 million
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Alternative Energy:
Investors irked over load-of-crap bankruptcy
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Credit Cards:
Credit card rates at record highs near 15%; some have 59.9% APR
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Fraternities:
A Fraternity's Fight Could Lead to Its End
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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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Bankruptcy Reform:
5-year-old federal bankruptcy reforms leaving some people deeper in debt
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Professional Fees:
The Upside of High Fees
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Cash Collateral:
Cash Collateral Keeps Trico Marine Afloat
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcies in West Alabama exceed national average
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Putting the Brakes on Bankruptcies
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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UK:
‘Squeezed middle’ swallows the medicine
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Future of Cattles put to the vote
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EU:
Acute phase of euro crisis over, claims Barclays chief
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EU working on "Brady plan" for Greece
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Eurozone inflation spikes up to 27-month high
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Canada:
Canadian government sets auto assistance deadline
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Angiotech enters bankruptcy protection, shareholders empty-handed
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Fraser Papers Files Amended Restructuring Plan
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Bowater Canada Finance Chapter 11 Case to Be Dismissed
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Belgium:
Belgian court declares SAirGroup liable for Sabena bankruptcy
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Germany:
Germany's Retail Sales Unexpectedly Dropped for a Second Month in December
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Ireland:
Disgraced banker forced to sell his $5.5 million Boston home
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Ireland, Mired in Crisis, Will Dissolve Parliament
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Stagflation Headed For Ireland As Eurozone Inflation Rises And Dublin Downgrades Growth Estimates
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Greece:
Greece loses Mediterranean Games over budget cuts
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What's Broken in Greece? Ask an Entrepreneur
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Greece confident over new rescue loan installment
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Spain:
La Caixa Plans Restructure
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Egypt:
Egypt's military moves to take control of parts of Cairo
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Egypt riots knocks Wall St to biggest drop in nearly 6 months
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Airport Pandemonium: Governments scramble to fly citizens out of Egypt
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US Prepares for Post-Mubarak Egypt
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ATMs Running Out Of Cash In Egypt, While Traders Pull Up To $500 Million Per Day From Country
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Egypt turmoil rattles Middle East stock markets
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Egyptian Unrest Has Repercussions in Global Economy
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Oil Traders Brace for Big Egypt-Induced Price Swings
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Americans Advised to Get Out of Egypt
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What's Next for Egypt, US and Middle East?
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Egypt's Economic Tragedy In 3 Simple Charts
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What Uprising? China Censors News From Egypt
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Moody's Cuts Egypt Bonds Citing Political Tensions
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Middle East:
Is Syria the Next to Fall?
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Egypt and Tunisia usher in the new era of global food revolutions
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Egypt's Food Problem In A Nutshell
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Korea:
South Korea Industrial Output Rose 9.8% in December
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Japan:
Japan's Industrial Output Gains Most in 11 Months
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China:
China to Allow Select Cities to Impose Property Taxes
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Australia:
AimCo, New Forests Scoop Up Australia Timber Lands
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Ivory Coast:
Ivory Coast Bondholders Expecting Default Hold Out for Ouattara
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Afghanistan:
Losses at Afghan Bank Could Be $900 Million
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