Law:
Lender and Developer Sue Their Law Firms for Malpractice, Blame $70M Loan Default on Legal Advice
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Firm Slammed With $10 Million Malpractice Verdict
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Ex-Client Accuses Greenberg Traurig Of Malpractice
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Ex-McGuireWoods Partner Gets Home Detention for Falsifying IRS Doc to Avoid Levy for Unpaid Tax
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Supreme Court Disbars Bill Lerach
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Melvyn Weiss: Trying to Get Back in the Game
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Law firm Weil's Lehman bill tops $300 million
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U.S. law firm spent $7 million to sue Wal-Mart
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Inside the Strategy Behind BigLaw Firm's Big NY Move
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Juggling Assignments and Your Sanity During the Summer
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Celebrity Summer Associate: An Ex-Colleague of Lindsay Lohan
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The Shrinking Legal Academy
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Small Firms: Ice Is Not The Only One Who Loves Coco
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Cozen Raids IP Litigation Boutique in NYC, Takes Away 19 of 27 Lawyers, Including 5 Senior Partners
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Firm to Close Doors After 124 Years
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Top 20 iPad Apps for Attorneys
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Be Good Online
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IBM Escalates E-Discovery Arms Race
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Top Ten Basic Security Practices for a Virtual Law Office
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Facing the Future in the 2011 In-House Tech Survey
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Ouch! Can I Sue My Computer For Malpractice?
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Will Domain Name Changes Produce New Names Like ".Law" and ".Skadden"?
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Thomson Reuters Preps Tablet App for Lawyers
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5 Advanced Degrees Still Worth the Debt
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Stanford Law School: Why Are Your Professors Writing Books That Sound Like They’ve Been Written By Bloggers?
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John Banzhaff, Professor of Law Extraordinaire
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A Visual Representation Of The Law School Bubble
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Some Law Schools Are Admitting Fewer Students. Hold the Applause
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Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Sweet Sixteen
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Attorney-Client Privilege Protects Law Firm from Shareholder Derivative Suit, Appellate Court Rules
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City Settles Suit, Ex-City Attorney’s Law License Is Suspended re Court Sex During Plea Negotiations
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Five Years Later, Thieving Bookkeeper Still Owes NY BigLaw Firm Big
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Maybe This Will Get Their Attention
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Dreaming About Quitting the Law Firm
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Taylor Bean, AstraZeneca, Blackstone, Rambus in Court News
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Moron of the Day
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She Wore an Itsy, Bitsy, Teeny, Weenie . . .
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Judges:
Blogs battle over New York Times's report on Justice Clarence Thomas
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Sotomayor opens up about her diabetes
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Wall Street:
Futures Lower Ahead of Fed Decision
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U.S. stocks gain on confidence over Greece
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Morgan Stanely begins layoffs
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Layoffs:
Gannett to lay off 700 newspaper workers
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The Truth About Getting A Job After College
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
J.P. Morgan nailed in a Goldman-like fraud
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Is JP Morgan So Different From Goldman? CDO Case Sounds Familiar
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Point Blank Solutions Directors Offer to Settle SEC Claims Over Fraud
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Mets Owners: We Never Shopped For Madoff Insurance
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In federal court, Realtor implicates developer Trooien in fraud case
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Feds Seek More Toys From Taylor Bean’s Farkas
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Prosecutors To Cite ‘Adult Entertainment’ Payments In Sky Capital Fraud Case
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Scott Rothstein Saga: "A Dozen to Two Dozen" to Be Charged In Next Round
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Scott Rothstein "Dirty Dozen" To Be Charged?
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Phoney Contest Scams get More Realistic
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Disbarred Ex-Lawmaker’s Insurance Fraud Trial a Long, Strange Trip; 2 Mortgage Fraud Trials Await
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Ex-FrontPoint Hedge Fund Manager Skowron in Talks Over U.S. Fraud Charges
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Ex-Taylor, Bean CEO Paul Allen Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Fraud
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Allen Stanford’s Criminal Trial Delayed to January While He’s in Treatment
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Building Materials:
Grace seeks permission from Bankruptcy Court for 'highly confidential' strategic deal
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Telecoms:
Judge OKs Dish bid to open TerreStar auction
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Nortel's U.S. retirees get voice in bankruptcy
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Judge Clears Path For Terrestar Auction
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Economy:
GOP doubts over long-term deficit deal grow
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Short-term debt limit hike not good idea: Camp
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Geithner Confident U.S. Will Avoid Default Crisis
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Geithner: We Need ‘Revenue Increases'
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Poll: Americans Worse Since Obama Elected
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A Look Inside the Fed's Balance Sheet
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The U.S. Vs. Brazil Chart That's Been Getting a Lot of Chatter
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Competitiveness: A Tale of Two Economies
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How to Revive the American Dream
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Reagan and Revenues
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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:
Banks Will Be Sued If Foreclosure Practices Talks Collapse, Two States Say
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Home sales at six-month low, showing weakness even in 'peak' season
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Behind the Numbers: Drop in Home Resales
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May Existing Home Sales: 4.81 million SAAR, 9.3 months of supply
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Mortgage applications declined last week : MBA
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Architecture Billings Index indicates declining demand in May
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May mortgage delinquencies down substantially compared to 2010: LPS
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Fannie, Freddie HARP refinancings drop for second-straight month
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Rising numbers in Florida home and condo sales
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Big four top contenders to replace Fannie, Freddie
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Lawmakers: Government guarantee preserves 30-year mortgage
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Former Radical Bunny partners face contempt charges
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Corporate Reform:
JPMorgan settles SEC charges for $153M
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Magnetar's Role in 'Squared' Still Unclear
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JP Morgan: 'We Are Sooo Pregnant with This Deal'
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More Whistleblowers Alerting the SEC, Says Chief
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One Madison creditors seek time to challenge loans
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Newspapers:
Gannett Laying off 700 More Workers Amid Ad Slump
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Banking:
OCC wants "modest" capital surcharge for big banks
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Nocera vs Sorkin, bank capital edition
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Autos:
Obama Didn't Save Union Jobs, He Saved Union Pay
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Dyer Consequences: The New Adventures of Old GM
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35,000 Ford Workers Sign Grievance
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Saab auto supplier forced to review options
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Saab Suppliers Likely to Turn the Other Cheek
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Apparel:
Measuring a Brand for a Bankruptcy Suit
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Celebs:
Socialite and Wine Maven Files for Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Ex-clerk enters guilty plea in federal court
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Health Care:
Hawaii Medical Center files Chapter 11 bankruptcy — again
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Defendant Says He Robbed a Bank to Get Prison Health Care
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Live Free And Die
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Medicaid for the middle class?
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Mass Transit:
Las Vegas Monorail Wins Permission to Seek Vote on Plan
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Municipalities:
Collective bargaining agreements, city bankruptcy protections eroded under proposed Pennsylvania bill
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Harrisburg mayor: City should avoid bankruptcy
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Harrisburg Works to Prevent Bankruptcy
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Act 47: What if Harrisburg doesn't enact state's plan for financial recovery?
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Harrisburg Hoping God Can Help Balance the Books
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Harrisburg Mayor Stages Hunger Strike Over City's Budget Woes
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Just in case ... Harrisburg asks mayor to prepare paper work for Chapter 9 ...
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Alabama County's Woes Threaten Its Neighbors
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Alabama governor's foray into Jefferson County sewer talks should help clarify options, including bankruptcy
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No Threat of Bankruptcy , Los Angeles Budget Boss Contends
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S&P: California Credit Rating at Crossroad
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Cook taxpayers owe $108 billion - $63,525 per household
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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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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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Bankruptcy Reform:
Fixing Too Big To Fail Using Balance Sheet Sequestration
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Bair Says Resolutions Panel Has Public, Private Expertise
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Bankruptcy Poetry:
Delaware Diary
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
Pennies from Heaven: A Proposal for Streamlining De Minimis Distributions in Bankruptcy Cases
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Corporate Reform:
Republican Lynch Mob Looking Awfully Hard to Find Rope With Which to Hang Elizabeth Warren
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John Walsh, a Regulator Critical of Over-Regulation
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Lehman:
Court holds that a bankruptcy termination provision that subordinates an in-the-money debtor’s right to a distribution may be an unenforceable ipso facto provision
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Retailing:
Borders Compensation Adviser May Take Pay Cut
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Borders closing puts pressure on Barnes & Noble
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Food/Beverage:
Full-timer: Kluge working while filing bankruptcy
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Horse Racing:
Creditor seeks liquidation of farm assets, including sire of Kentucky Derby winner
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Aviation:
Commander Premier Aircraft Files Chapter 11
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Texas TSA anti-groping bill back in play
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Mass Torts:
Chipping Away at Oil Spill Claims, BP Says State Laws Don't Apply
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Consultants:
Carl Marks Advisory Group Hires Berk as Managing Director
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Hedge Funds:
Paulson May Deal Clients $720 Million Loss
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Paulson Is Not Alone as Sino-Forest ‘Mistake’ Hits $31 Billion Davis Fund
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UK:
Appointment of Administrators - 21 June 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 21 June 2011
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Corporate insolvencies expected to rise by three per cent during Q2
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EU:
Fitch details U.S. prime MM fund European exposure
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EU readying 'Robin Hood' transaction-tax plan
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Morgan Stanley Slashes Euro Forecast
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EU Said to Consider Releasing Stress Tests When Markets Closed
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It Sounds Like Someone Put The Fear Of God In Angela Merkel
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Where Germany Would Be Without The Biggest Default In Modern History
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Canada:
Lyrtech shares fall after creditor issues notice of intent to enforce bankruptcy
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Quebec helps insolvent shipyard with bid
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PIGS:
Greek govt survives, battles on to avoid bankruptcy
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Confidence Vote in Greece: Papandreou Allowed to Continue from Frying Pan to Fire
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Greece races for vast reforms after vote victory
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Greek Vote Sets Stage for More Cuts
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Talks with banks over Greek bailout begin
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Greek Banks Feel Hostage to Debt Crisis
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IMF warns Spain of setbacks
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IMF says Spain needs more labor reforms to cut high jobless rate
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Quinn's Swedish Firm 'Cannot Repay Huge Anglo Loans'
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US judge orders Anglo Irish to discuss merger
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