Law:
Bonus Watch: Let’s Make a List of Firms Like Irell & Manella That Are Killing Cravath Bonuses
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Bonus Watch: Arnold & Porter Will Try Transparency Next Year, This Year Sticks With Cloak and Dagger Routine
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Associates: Try Not to Leave Behind Evidence of New Year’s Debauchery
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Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP Announces Three New Partners
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Morrison Foerster LLP: Bankruptcy Year-End Review 2010
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Small Firm Offers Pay-As-You-Go, A La Carte Legal Services
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More for Less: Reducing the Cost of Legal Services
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LeClairRyan Enhances Bankruptcy Practice
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LeClairRyan Hires 16 Lawyers From Nixon Peabody
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Measuring Values
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On Tom Goldstein's Transition Back to Small Law
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Growth of legal outsourcing may herald era of cheaper lawyering
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New lawyer finding there’s no sure thing for her
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"Badges Of Fraud:" Lawyer Suspended For Actual Fraudulent Transfer
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4th Annual Blawg 100 Popular Voting Results
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2011 Forecast: Lawyers Will Still Be Miserable, and the Billable Hour Won’t Die
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Help Associate Morale With Quality Reviews
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Practicing With the iPad
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An iPad for Courtroom Presentations
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USB to HDMI Adapter For Windows And Mac Computers
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In-House: Entering Time
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Onetime BigLaw Partner, Now In-House, Was Aided by Teen Son in ‘Torture’ of Reviewing Time Entries
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For Lawyer Wannabes, Checks for $30 Million Are in the Mail (Almost)
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Lawyers of the Day: ‘Scum Sucking Loser’ and ‘Retard’ Email insults lead to sanctions for two Florida attorneys.
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11th Circuit Upholds $387K Sanction of Small Firm for Persisting in Case After Bad Client Depo
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Baker Botts Disqualified
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RI Supreme Court questions lawyer's business reorganization
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Perfect storm hits legal aid
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Madoff, Deutsche Telekom, Global Research, Siga in Court News
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New Laws Govern Guns, Web, Banks
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Whoops! E-Mail Blunder Ends With General Counsel Booted From Case
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Lawyer is Suspended Over Hit-and-Run for Which He Initially Blamed His Wife and ‘Road Raged’ Bikers
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McGuireWoods loses bid to dismiss securities fraud case
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The ABA is now making the case to persuade college students not to go to law school.
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When You're in Law School, Just How Busy (With Sex) Are You?
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Berkeley law school dean takes heat over demand for higher pension benefits
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New Stamp Will Honor Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch
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Connoisseurs of odd legal arguments might appreciate this item
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Lawsuit Over Donald Duck Fondling Heads to Court
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Judges:
On history's stage: Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
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Wall Street:
Stock Index Futures Inch Up
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Economic Optimism Lifts Global Stocks
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Stocks off to a rockin' start in 2011
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Goldman Learns You Can't Buy Friends On Facebook
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Facebook and the 500-Person Threshold
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A $50 Billion Facebook Valuation Might Not Be So Crazy
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Goldman is still blocking the website it just invested $450 million in
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Goldman Emailed Clients On Sunday Night About The Facebook Investment, With A Catch
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10 Huge Companies That Facebook Is Now Worth More Than
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Facebook Deal Offers Freedom From Scrutiny
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How the Facebook Economy Trumps the Real One
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Goldman Tops League Table
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Layoffs:
Nonfarm payroll data getting stronger
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Underemployed Still Sits at 17%
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Gambling:
New Trump CEO faces the challenge of revitalizing casinos after bankruptcy
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Food/Drink:
Restaurant Performance Index slips in November
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A&P bankruptcy creates new headache for subleasing tenants
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Near 27 - Month Peak
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Deep-Water Drilling Path Clears
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Symphonies:
Louisville Orchestra pays musicians partial salary
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Video Rentals:
Lots of Folks Object to Blockbuster's Store Closure Plan
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Resorts:
Judge Lifts Stay on 2 Tamarack Ski Lifts
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Blixseths start year plagued by legal, financial problems
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Celebs:
Former Escorts Say Lenny Dykstra Bounced Checks, Stole Credit Cards
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Bankrupt Toni Braxton to Star in Reality Show
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Economy:
Manufacturing activity expands for 17th month in a row
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GDP Grew Less Than Forecast, Inflation Cooled
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Obama May Name JPMorgan Executive as Top Adviser
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Corporate Outlook Brightens for 2011
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National Debt Tops $14 Trillion
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Poll: Tax the Rich to Balance the Budget
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30 Reasons Why 2011 Is Going To Be Another Ugly Year For America's Middle Class
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6 Predictions About How The Economy Will Affect Average Americans In 2011
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World Factory Output Running Strong
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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:
Wall Street Relieved as Bank of America Pays Off Fannie, Freddie
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BofA points to potential impairments to home loans division
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Bank of America Deal on Loan-Repurchase Demands Sets `Template' for Banks
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Ohio Ruling: No Substitution of Foreclosure Documents in Robo-Signing Cases
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Top Lenders Set For Foreclosure Settlement: Report
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Big Lenders May Be First to Settle Foreclosure Probe, Iowa Says
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Tale of Three Cities: Foreclosures Don’t Always Follow the Script
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KBW lowers mortgage repurchase risk at major banks to $33 billion
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Amherst finds mortgage market underestimates looming defaults
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House Prices: More Pessimistic Views
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Key to Real-Estate Rebound
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Real Estate Developers Prosper Despite Defaults
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Bellevue Towers developer turns project over to lenders
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Ending Federal Subsidies for Mortgages
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Third-quarter HAMP trials plunge 84% from year ago
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Desperation Pushed Homeowner Facing Foreclosure To Fatal Actions
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Warren Says Foreclosuregate Scandal Could Have Been Prevented
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States working toward separate foreclosure resolutions
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Foreclosures resume in South Florida after two-week hold
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The Fall of Florida's ' Foreclosure King' Will Create Huge Waves
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Florida's foreclosure mediation program produces few results
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Moody's sees multifamily REIT credit strengthening in 2011
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Fresh Signs of Life in Office Market
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CIC Backs Manhattan Tower as China Steps Up US Real Estate Investments
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Private Construction Spending increases in November
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Coalition sues state over Newhall Ranch permits
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New CA Legislation Creates Risks for Lenders
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Banking:
The Official Bank of America–WikiLeaks Checklist
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Bank of America's campaign to fight WikiLeaks is flawed
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Are They BANKING On It? BofA Scrambles Amid WikiLeaks Nightmare
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Bank of America Buys Back $2.5 Billion in Mortgage Debt
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Moynihan Fights Fires at Bank of America Amid Investor Doubt in Book Value
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Fraud:
U.S Claims Some of Scott Rothstein's Choicest Trinkets; Creditors Moan
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Prosecutors, Trustees Fight For Dominance In Ponzi Bankruptcies
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Ex-Madoff Aide Bonventre Seeks Dismissal of Charges, Cites Asset Seizure
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Feds eyeing Madoff kin
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Receiver of Merkin Fund Tied to Madoff Fraud to Distribute $167 Million
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Hecker back in court seeking release from jail
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Nadel now in nicer prison
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Criminal charge for operator of alleged Utah Ponzi scheme
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Beau La Madrid Could Get Ten Years for Ponzi Scheme
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Pensions:
Were Social Security, Medicare "Raided"?
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Corporate Reform:
Rove Suspected In Swedish-US Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks
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Dodd-Frank and the Return of the Loan Shark
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Warren Plans Information-Sharing With States to Regulate Non-Bank Lenders
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Holly Petraeus To Be Elizabeth Warren's Pick For Top Post In New Consumer Agency
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Sleeping Cops At SEC Give Bio Willie Operator A Pass
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Debt Collection:
Dead Soul Is a Debt Collector
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Politics:
Lame Duck: As wounded as a lawyer at a Dick Cheney shooting party
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Finance:
Lenders Shift Some Loan Costs to Big Borrowers
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Valuing Ally Financial
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Trial rescheduled for identity thief accused of bankruptcy fraud
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Hollywood:
Movie Maker Calls "Lonely Teardrops" Deal a Burden
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Health Care:
Health Care Is Already Rationed
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House Republicans move to repeal Obama healthcare
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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:
(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:
Vitro, Centaur, Medical Staffing, Paradise Ranch: Bankruptcy
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Obits:
Boies Schiller Partner Caryl Boies Dies at 48
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
After Two Years, Bankruptcy Boom Set To Fade In 2011
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U.S. Consumer Bankruptcies Rose 9% to 1.5 Million
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Personal Bankruptcies Up 9% in 2010, Expected to Rise Again in 2011
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Personal Bankruptcies in 2010, by State
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Personal bankruptcies in Florida rise 16.5 percent in 2010
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South Florida bankruptcies up 40% in 2010
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Oklahoma bankruptcy filings increase
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Northwest Ohio bankruptcy filings decrease 5% for year
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Hawaii: December bankruptcy filings fall
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NH bankruptcy filings fall to close out '10
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Alternatives:
ABCs can make going out of business smoother and quieter
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Litigation:
Court allows lawyers seeking sanctions to recover costs
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A Closer Look at the 2010 Securities Lawsuit Filings
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E-Discovery to Serve the Small Litigant
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Avoidance Actions:
Midway Games Liquidating Trustee Begins Filing Avoidance Actions
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Municipalities:
When States Default: 2011, Meet 1841
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Bankruptcy might save some cities
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Cuomo, Ahead of Asking for Wage Freeze, Says He Will Cut His Pay 5%
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Illinois Has Days to Plug $13 Billion Budget Gap
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Governors Warn of Tough Times
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There's One Huge State Budget Crisis That Everyone Is Refusing To Talk About
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States Make Gains in Sales Taxes
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Half Moon Bay Faces Insolvency
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State and Local Government budget cuts: A 2011 Theme
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Labor:
Labor's Coming Class War
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Public Workers Taking Blame for Budget Crisis
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Strained States Turning to Laws To Curb Unions
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Private employer may refuse to hire bankrupt applicant
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Autos:
Unemployment Puts Brakes on Auto Recovery
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Auto-Bailout Planner in Line for Post
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Fiat Looks to Majority Ownership of Chrysler
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GM shares rise about 2 percent on analyst note
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Retailing:
Borders to Meet With Publishers
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Two Executives Leave Borders
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Education:
'Math Monkey' company files for bankruptcy
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M&A:
Morgan Stanley Takes the 2010 M&A Crown
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UK:
VAT Rise Will Cost Families $800 a Year
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UK mortgage approvals rise unexpectedly in Nov
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UK Manufacturing Grew at Fastest Pace Since 1994 in December
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EU:
Europe begins confiscating private pension funds
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Is EU Debt Restructuring Inevitable?
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European Inflation Accelerates More Than Forecast to Two-Year High on Oil
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Ireland:
Insolvencies up 8% in 2010
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Over 1500 firms go out of business over debts
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Anglo screamer
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Former Anglo Irish Bank Boss forced to take personal budgeting course
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Russia:
Khodorkovsky's Lawyer Appeals His New Sentence
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Ivory Coast:
Sovereign default watch, Ivory Coast edition
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