Law:
Bonus Watch: Sherman & Sterling
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Bonus Watch: Patterson Belknap
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CC, Mayer Brown act on £495m sale of former Lehman HQ to JP Morgan
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A New Generation of Women Dealmakers
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Top firms gear up for action as litigation tsunami hits UK
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Controversial Civil Rights Lawyer, Fearless Critic of Federal Judges, Is Disbarred After Convictions
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Former Rothstein law partner ready for Feb. 14 civil trial
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Federal Judge OKs RICO Conspiracy Class Action Against Law Firm in ‘Sewer Service’ Case
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Conflicts, Conflicts and More Conflicts
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Legal Content on iPad and Tablets: What's the Business Model for Publishers and Law Firms?
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BigLaw: How to Develop Law Firm Apps for the iPhone
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Lesbians More Successful Than Hetero Women
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Seems Bernie Madoff was good for something -- lawyer may recoup some of his $6.6M divorce settlement
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Lawyer Creates Special Underwear for Modest Airline Passengers
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Blind Lawyer Tests New Technology that Projects Images on Tongue
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The ABA Started ‘Warning’ People About Going to Law School Years Ago
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Cooley Is Latest Law School Taking a Blog Battering
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Eleventh Circuit Holds That It is a Federal Crime For an Employee To Use His Employer's Computer For 'Non Business Reasons' After Receiving Clear Instruction From Employer Not to Do So
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CA Supreme Court OKs searches of cell phones without warrant
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Don't Be Mad, Y'all -- Lawyer Mike Is Back!
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Cops: Men Used Live Snake In S-- Assault
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Judges:
Judge of the Day: Grabs Glock, Subdues Intruder
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What’s Going on With the New Jersey Supreme Court?
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Obama Will Try Again On More Than A Dozen Judicial Nominees
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The Missing Judges
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Scalia: Equal Protection for Ladies? Nobody Voted for That
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Scalia on ‘Controversial Stuff’: ‘I Don’t Even Have to Read the Briefs’
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Former Thomas girlfriend has book deal
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures fall ahead of ADP jobs data
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Goldman Sachs Sends a Message With Facebook Deal: The Magic Model is Back
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Facebook: why so private?
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Friends With Benefits
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Facebook move lucrative for Goldman
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Goldman's Investment Actually Values Facebook At Much Less Than $50 Billion
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What Facebook Can Learn from Google's IPO
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Five reasons why I'm not buying Facebook
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Goldman Employees Blocked From Facebook Said to Get Tutorial
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Layoffs:
Jobless rate declines in Michigan, most regions
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Unemployment Up in Two Thirds of Metros
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The Top 10 Industries To Find Jobs During A Recession
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Harrisburg Workers Face a New Paycheck Threat
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Pittsburgh Dodges One Pension Bullet, but Problems Remain
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Hamtramck's budget woes topic of meeting
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Muni Investors Beware: America Is Full Of Chowchilla, Calif. Death Traps
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A warning on bankruptcy
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Banking:
F.D.I.C. Seeks $2.5 Billion From Executives of Failed Banks
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Energy:
Help Energy Clients Survive Tough Times
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Fraud:
Bernard Madoff aides demand to be released from jail
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Lawyer May Seek Return of Ex's 'Windfall' From Madoff Account
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Ex-Madoff Aide Bongiorno Transferred to New York Jail
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NY Lawyers Fight Feds Over Freeze of Madoff Fees
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Subfeeder fund not liable for failing to uncover Madoff scheme
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Hecker loses bid to get out of jail before sentencing
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Heavy Equipment:
General Crane bought out of bankruptcy
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Retailing:
U.S. Shopping Center Vacancies Rise as Unemployment Rate Climbs
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Rents at big U.S. malls up, but smaller centers lag
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Is Borders bankruptcy bound?
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Borders To Meet with Publishers; B&N Stresses ‘Playing Field Should Be Even’
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Borders Discusses Deferred Payments With Publishers
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Borders General Counsel Thomas Carney Resigns
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Macy's at troubled mall to close
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Mall foreclosure sale delayed another week
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Celebs:
Rapper Xzibit Owes Nearly $1 Million in Taxes
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Husband of 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' star can't walk away from debt
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Storytelling:
Chapter 11 is Newest Tale for Storytelling Center
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Horse Racing:
Stonewall Farm seeks bankruptcy court approval for sales
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Travel:
Joystar Bankruptcy Returns: Trustee Sues Former Owners
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Economy:
Voter Concern About Economy Hits Highest Level In Over Two Years
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Fed members split over economic outlook
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Deflation Concerns Diminish at the Fed
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Fed's bond buying likely to run its course
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8 Scenarios for Financial Catastrophe in 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:
Builders Face a Desert Reckoning
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If the Cap Fits: Landlord Claims for Breaches of Repair and Maintenance Covenants in Bankruptcy
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Argentina's IRSA Increases Stake in Manhattan's Lipstick Building to 49%
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For Developer, California Dream Is a Reality
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After Hibernation, the Office Market Is Waking Up
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Don’t Bet On Lower Housing Prices In 2011
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Bank of America loses to homeowner in small claims court
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Reform of Fannie, Freddie unlikely despite House Republican push
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Maxine Waters Blasts Fannie And Freddie's Settlement With Bank Of America
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An American dream: government gets out of housing
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With holiday foreclosure freeze over, evictions expected to spike
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Abandoned by their loan modification company, a family fights on to save home
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Foreclosures mess is easing
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When lawyers neglect the legal details
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WI foreclosures fall only slightly
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The Daunting Road Ahead for Housing in 2011
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Attorneys must take steps to ensure exemption from new federal mortgage relief rule
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Lenders boost South Florida short sales by 49% in 2010
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Three Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. Affiliates File for Bankruptcy in Dallas
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Rittenhouse Square condo developer files
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Wall Street Preparing $4 Billion of Commercial-Mortgage Bonds
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Tax:
IRS Guidance on Insolvency Lien Release Procedures Updated
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Majestic Star Sues CEO Barden Over Switch In
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Deals:
Deal Makers at the Head of the 2010 Class
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Private Equity Firms at Odds Over Investments’ Value
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Autos:
Auto sales up for first time since the recession
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U.S. Auto Recovery May Continue With 12.9 Million Sales in 2011
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UAW’s King Says Workers Must Share in Automakers Turnaround
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Unlike Rivals, Toyota Saw Its Sales Fall in December
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GM, Ford, Chrysler US December Sales Top Analyst Estimates
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Insurers Take on Toyota in Acceleration Lawsuits
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60 Lose Job After Auto Group Closures
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Religion:
Milwaukee archdiocese to file for bankruptcy
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Sexual-Abuse Lawsuits Drive Milwaukee Archdiocese Into Bankruptcy Court
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Archbishop Jerome Listecki Discusses Archdiocese's Bankruptcy
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Abuse Victims Unhappy About Archdiocese Bankruptcy
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Clergy Abuse Victims Say Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protects "Church Secrets"
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A tactic? Milwaukee archdiocese files for bankruptcy
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Archbishop Makes 'Final Call' For Victim Lawsuits
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The Back Story of a Sex Scandal
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Attorney questions Wis. archdiocese's bankruptcy
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Pursued by St. Paul attorney, Milwaukee Archdiocese files for bankruptcy
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Obligations remain
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Survivors Group to Discuss Archdiocese Bankruptcy
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Catholic schools feel funds are safe from Chapter 11 filing
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Delaware Diocese to Raise Offer to Pay Victims to End Sexual Abuse Cases
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The devastation of sin in the Church
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Student Debt:
Government Collects on Student Loan Default
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Aviation:
Delta pays $13 million to group of former Northwest workers
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Resorts:
Tamarack To Lose 2 Ski Lifts
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Consumer Finance:
Auto Title Lending Data: 65% Repossession Rate?!
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Personal Finance:
Winning $355M Mega Millions Lottery Tickets Sold in Idaho, Wash.
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Lehman:
School Districts Sue County For $20 Million Lost in Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Merrimack man admits committing bankruptcy fraud
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Sovereigns:
Peak Oil Means Massive Sovereign Defaults
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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:
Majestic Star, Milwaukee Archdiocese, Broadstripe: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Surge in bankruptcies shows signs of slowing
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Experts Expect Fewer Bankruptcies in 2011
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Hawaii bankruptcy filings up 28%
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Central Illinois bankruptcy filings fall in 2010
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Personal bankruptcy rates jump everywhere in California
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MN bankruptcy petitions increase 3.6%
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NC foreclosures up 7% for 2010
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Chicago home to 3 of 20 biggest US bankruptcies
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Poetry:
Bankruptcy in 2011
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Litigation:
Bankruptcy Litigation Trusts May Be 'Lottery Ticket' For Creditors
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Injunctions:
Enjoining the Bank: Arizona Bankruptcy Court Considers Post-Confirmation Injunction Against Enforcing Guarantee
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Corporate Reform:
G.O.P. Asks Businesses Which Rules to Rewrite
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Ex-Primary Global Insider Suspects Released on Bail After New York Hearing
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Legal expenses refused in trading probe
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Memo to Elizabeth Warren: How to Do Things With Documents
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Protection bureau to hire general's wife
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Elizabeth Warren forges alliance between CFPB, regulators
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Consumer Watchdog Strikes Deal to Police Lenders
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Goldman's Facebook fund tests SEC resolve
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SEC: Battenberg misled investors
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Hedge Funds’ Inside Tips Are Like Paying for Sex
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Trustees:
Hobbs and McDermott Named Interim Acting Trustees for Regions 5, 8
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Bonds:
Bondholders Are Rattled by Prepayment Covenants
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Health Care:
Allcare Patients Wonder How They'll Get Their Money Back
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Former Healthcare Financing Exec to Serve 25 Years in Prison for $1.9B Corporate Fraud Scheme
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Food/Drink:
A&P Bondholders Balk At Grocer's Bankruptcy Financing
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Golf:
Members tee up to save Valley Country Club
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Offer on bankrupt golf community
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Hotels:
Magic Johnson joint venture buys Hotel Icon
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Politics:
Obama ready to deploy executive powers against GOP Hill
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UK:
UK Company Administrations Decline, But Many More At Risk
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Deloitte: Propcos 'continue to walk tightrope'
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Six-fold increase in OAP bankruptcy
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Many borrowers still burdened with huge debt sums, warns Bank
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Sharp rise in pensioners becoming bankrupt
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2011 will see continued record levels of personal insolvency
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EU:
Europe Services, Manufacturing Grows at Faster Pace Than Earlier Estimated
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Germany:
Germany's Schiesser out of insolvency
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German Unemployment Climbs
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Canada:
Government loses its priority to GST in CCAA proceedings
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Australia:
Australian Secured Creditor and Insolvency Law: Sweeping Changes Under the New Personal Property Securities Regime
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Perth millionaire Pankaj Oswal to sell luxury toys as receivers chase $360 million in debt
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India:
India’s Microfinance Industry Fuels Mass Suicides
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No police plan to question Citigroup execs on scam
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Czech Republic:
No. of insolvency petitions up by 70% in 2010
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Greece:
The Greek-German Yield Spread Just Hit An All-Time High
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Vietnam:
Will The Default Of A Vietnamese State-Owned Company Be The Black Swan Of 2011?
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