Law:
Middle Child Syndrome Plaguing Recent Law School Grads
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Yellowstone Club founder Blixseth blames ex-attorney for $40M fraud judgment
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Supreme Court refuses to throw out $290M judgment against Microsoft
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Former Brobeck Chairman Tower Snow Joins Cooley as Securities Litigation Partner
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Firm's New Recruiting Program Will Let 3Ls Work Remotely
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A Lost Generation of Lawyers? Of 30 Laid-Off Lawyers, Two Got Jobs, Law Grad Says
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Lost and Forgotten
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2011 Signals Bad News for Female Attorneys' Partnership Prospects
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The Baddest Lawyer in the History of New Jersey
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Businessman and lawyer accused in multi-million dollar bankruptcy scheme
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Advice for Summer Associates: Don’t Cost Law Firms More Than You Have To
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Partners Ask MegaFirm, What Am I Getting Paid Again?
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Advertising: Lions and Tigers and Lawyers, Oh My…
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Television Advertising — Is It Worth It?
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Bankruptcy lawyer wins volunteer award
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In-House: Clawback Agreements — An Oft-Missed Trick
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Attorney tearfully pleads guilty to 'keying' parked cars
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Ex-Client Files RICO Class Action, Says PI Firm Made Usurious Loans to 200 Vioxx Plaintiffs
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Predictive Coding Patented, E-Discovery World Gets Jealous
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Ten Tips to Enhance iPad Security
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What Are the Rules for Contract Attorneys in E-Discovery?
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The Real Reason Rupert Murdoch's Top Lawyer Resigned: $656M in Defeats
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Is Your Law School Teaching You Hospitality Services?
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Student Loan Debt: What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
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Bret Lusskin Just Wanted to Win a Free Rolex
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Judges:
Cameras Coming to Federal Court . . . (Limitations Attached)
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In Latest Health-Care Arguments, Judges Mostly Hide Their Cards
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Federal Judge Apologizes for Misconduct
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Scalia Blasts ‘Tutti-Frutti’ Majority
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Scalia rips lawmakers as being as sleepy and lazy
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Law School Launches LL.M. Just for Judges
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Judge who punished lawyer over Pledge of Allegiance to be publicly reprimanded
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Facing Ethics Case re $50M ‘Taj Mahal’ Court Building Project, Judge Points Finger at 14 Colleagues
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Wall Street:
Futures Slip Ahead of U.S. Import Data
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US stocks rebound from losing streak
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Goldman fined $10 million by Massachusetts
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CFTC Head: Wall St. Failed America
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Layoffs:
Jobless claims point to another slow hiring month
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Companies Spend on Equipment, Not Workers
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California sees small drop in new jobless claims
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Daimler Trucks North America to hire 1,400 staff
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:
Restaurant Obama said was saved by stimulus to go out of business
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Allen Family Foods, Delaware Poultry Producer, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
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Corporate Reform:
Dimon Challenges Bernanke in Wall Street Bid to Tame Rules
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Obama reportedly eyes Warren aide for CFPB job
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Has Obama Found a Replacement for Elizabeth Warren
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Liberal group to Obama: Pick Elizabeth Warren
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Will the President Pass the Warren Test?
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Autos:
Rattner dings Romney over Detroit
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Romney Was Right on Auto Bailout
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Romney defends auto bankruptcy remarks amid protests in Detroit stop
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Romney, in Detroit, lashes out at Granholm, autoworkers' union
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Mitt Romney gets icy reception in Michigan
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Romney's advice on carmakers was right
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Mitt Romney and the Auto Industry: Predatory Profiteer
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Prices Soar on Used Cars
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Why GM won't sell Opel
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General Motors Open to Opel Sale
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GM's gas-tax fraud
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Toyota Expects 31% Profit Fall On Yen, Quake
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Finance:
Bank Lending Keeps Falling
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The 15 Most Influential Women in Finance
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Financial Literacy:
Americans Struggle With Financial Problems They Don't Understand: Study
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Celebs:
Prince Reportedly In Foreclosure
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NFL QBs Tackle Debt in Bankruptcy
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Credit Reporting:
Credit Rating Ruined for Seven Years? Serial Bankrupters Know Better
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Credit Scores Drop Three Points; Card Debt Down 15%
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Resorts:
Computer behavior charges fly at San Marcos resort bankruptcy
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Prisons:
Receivership sought for troubled prison
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Accounting:
Piercing the Corporate Veil: A Guide for the Forensic Accountant
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Economy:
US household wealth rose in first quarter
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America's lost trillions
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Household Debt Keeps Shrinking as Mortgages Drop
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April wholesale inventories rise 0.8%
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Unemployment claims stuck above 400,000
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High Unemployment Claims, Food Prices Slow Economy
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Analysts cut U.S. Q2 growth forecast to 2.5% rate
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Trichet: "Of course" we won't have U.S. default
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Americans Split on Debt Limit
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GOP Intentionally Sabotaging the Economy?
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White House Accelerates Debt Talks
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Fed became second-largest Treasury investor in Q1
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Head of CFTC: Speculators Swamping Oil, Grain Markets
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Half of Americans Think Depression is Likely
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Hillary Clinton Seeking World Bank Presidency
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Economic Policy Is Out Of Ammunition As Consumers Retrench
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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:
Foreclosure Accord is ’Closer,’ Should Include Monitor, Iowa’s Miller Says
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BofA, JPMorgan Penalized by U.S. for Failing to Act on Home Foreclosures
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US halts mortgage fees to three big banks
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Too Big to Comply
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Banks Want HAMP Pay
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Fee-blocked mortgage servicers may still get HAMP money
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Obama administration housing scorecard shows continued weakness
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Shiller predicts further home price declines up to 25%
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Home Prices Fell Through The Floor. Mortgage Debt Didn't.
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Census Bureau on Homeownership Rate: We've got “Some 'Splainin' to Do”
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MERS scores another legal victory in California
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Michigan Court Relies on New York Trust Theory, Rules Loan Never Made it to Trust
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Conn. DA zeroes in on BofA
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Las Vegas Lands sells for 15 percent of 2007 price
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1-year ARM falls to record low below 3%
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30-year fixed-rate mortgage falls to 4.49%
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Americans' equity in their homes near a record low
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Cheaper Home Values Down 50% in the Last Year
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More Luxury-Home Owners Opt for Short Sales
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Is Redlining Back? Evidence Grows That Qualified Borrowers Can't Get a Loan
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Squatter Nation: 5 Years With No Mortgage
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Fed's Yellen Paints Bleak Picture of Housing
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S&P looking closer at credit risk of CMBS tenants
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C-Suite Compensation Hits Five-Year High
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U.S. subprime CDS prices rise, vintage 2006 remains troubled
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Foreclosure of luxury icon's HQ postponed
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The increased value of receivership sales for CMBS lenders
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Banking:
Citigroup Hacked: Here's What to Do if You Are a Victim
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Banks step up data security
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Sheila Bair's Final 'Sense on Cents'
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How Much Money Does a Big Bank Really Need to Be Safe?
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Fed Said to Consider Expansion of Capital Reviews
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Fraud:
Madoff Trustee Seeks $975 Million From Kingate 'Feeder' Funds in Complaint
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Picard aims for triple-word score in Madoff case
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Top law firm William Fry sued by Madoff Ponzi scheme investors
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UBS Madoff Claims Must Wait for Luxembourg Court Ruling
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Cars, bling from Fla. Ponzi scam on auction block
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No surprise: Rothstein will get a break
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Florida Ponzi Schemer Rothstein's Associates Set to Change Pleas
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Confessions of a Vertrue call-center operator
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Municipalities:
Munis face 'more downgrades than defaults'
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Stressed Alabama county faces another blow over taxes
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CME's threat to leave Illinois echoes Sears, CAT
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N.J., Pa. act to cope with insolvency in unemployment funds
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The Highest Paid Government Employee In The State Of New York
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Businessman and lawyer accused in multi-Million dollar scheme
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Consultants:
Stifel may buy all Miller Buckfire after dating
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Student Debt:
Aim of SWAT-Like Raid Was Student-Aid Fraud; Education Dept. Given Police Powers in 2002
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Media:
Tribune Co. bankruptcy hits home for Fifth Third, Ohio National
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Oil/Gas:
New figures show extraordinary growth in energy use last year
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The World Is Consuming More Oil Than It Produces, And Survived 2010 By Drawing Down Reserves
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OPEC says oil supply gap looming later this year
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Tax:
Swiss Government: In Talks With US Over Past US-Swiss Tax Issues
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Financial Privacy:
Key Congressional Leaders Introduce Legislation To Protect The Privacy Of Consumer Online And Offline Information
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Summary Of The Commercial Privacy Bill Of Rights Act Of 2011 (S. 799)
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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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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court continues to construe Bankruptcy Code’s safe harbor provisions narrowly
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Tolling:
Exacting Their Tolling Period: Chapter 15 Debtors Entitled to Benefit of Section 108 of the Bankruptcy Code
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Consumer Bankruptcies Get Bad Rap, Do More Good Than Harm
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Plan Confirmation:
Third Circuit adopts a broad test for determining a party's standing to object to a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization
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Lehman:
Banks balk at call to divulge Lehman debt holdings
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Paulson Disclosure Plan Is Bid to 'Intimidate' Lehman Creditors
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Insurance:
AIG will buy European junk instead of its own
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Fed Reserve sells less than half Maiden Lane II offering
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Maiden Lane Sales Trigger Stampede to Dump Risk
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Is Credit On The Verge Of An Oversaturation "Perfect Storm" Implosion
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Carnivals:
Carnival Operator Shamrock Shows Files for Bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Borders tries to avoid closing 51 more stores
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Borders could close 51 stores but doesn't want to
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Borders Says Lenders Are Forcing More Store Closures
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Health Care:
Our Wasteful Health Care System
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One way capitalism can make health care worse and more expensive
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IMF:
IMF leadership: Christine Lagarde still favorite as nominations draw to close
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UK:
Lloyds confirms 300 jobs to go in restructuring
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Rampant private equity will mean more Southern Crosses
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Lack of Southern Cross plan angers landlords
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Southern Cross to give up 132 care homes to landlords
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Cable rules out bail-out of Southern Cross
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Begbies Traynor continues to struggle
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Legal reform a path to higher insolvency costs
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Hundreds of workers' jobs at risk as Haldanes grocery chain goes into administration
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Appointment of Administrators - 9 June 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 9 June 2011
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EU:
Investor Jim Grant Says ECB ‘Factually Insolvent’
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Euribor rates up after ECB flags July hike
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Canada:
Canadian Supreme Court Refuses Nortel Worker Case
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PIGS:
Schaeuble says Greece is close to broke
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Greek ministers approve new austerity measures
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German parliament votes in favor of new Greece aid
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Trichet Rejects ECB Participation in Greece Bailout
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Germany Digs In on Greek Debt Extensions Rejected by Trichet
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Have German Banks Reduced Their Exposure to Greek Debt?
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Germany: Bond Holders Must Share Greek Burden
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Schaeuble Defies ECB to Insist Bondholders Share Greek Aid
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Impossible to Talk Sense to Trichet and ECB
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Greece piles on austerity measures, economy dives
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Why a Voluntary Bond Swap Could Push Greece Over the Edge
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Europe's Financial Houses to Broker Big Fat Greek Clearance Sale
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MENA:
U.S. Is Intensifying a Secret Campaign of Yemen Airstrikes
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In Saudi Arabia, Royal Funds Buy Peace for Now
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Saudis Arrest 6 Women for Driving
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Egypt: This Revolution was a Curse
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Iceland:
Iceland Court Says Foreign-Currency Linked Company Loans Illegal
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China:
China's May imports accelerate, exports weaken
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China May Crude Imports Top 5 bpd
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Japan:
Japan Needs $125 Billion Rebuild Plan: Maehara
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Tokyo Riot Squad to Safeguard Tepco Meeting
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Nuclear fuel has melted through base of Fukushima plant - "the worst possibility in a nuclear accident"
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Power Cuts Spread to West Japan as Nuclear Restarts Put on Hold
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Toyota Issues A Stark Warning For Other Japanese Firms
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