Law:
The Return of Staff Layoff Watch? Hogan Lovells Offers ‘Voluntary’ Separation Program
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Former judge to represent bankruptcy lawyer in court
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NYLJ 100: Largest Private Law Offices
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Skadden Takes Lead as Edwards Pleads Not Guilty to Campaign Finance Charges
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Aging Gracefully — Or Not
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Chevron Scores Victores in Ecuadorian Rainforest Battle
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Would You Rather Win, Or Get Paid While Losing?
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Orrick Seeks to Withdraw from Bratz Case, Cites $1.2M in Unpaid Fees
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The Keys to Finding a Law Job
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Second Acts for Unhappy Lawyers
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Job Outlook Gloomy for Law Grads, Study Finds
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Merger Would Create 1,000 Lawyer Firm
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Outsourcing: The Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats?
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Outsourcing Your Legal Career
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Dallas plaintiffs lawyer Fred Baron identified as "Person D" in John Edwards indictment
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Promotion of Women to Partnership Stalled in 2011
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Bizarre Case Leads to $350 Million Verdict for Quinn Emanuel Client
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LSAT Hopeful Fails in Bid for Test Accommodations
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Lawyer Sentenced to Prison for Stealing $800K from Clients, Blames OxyContin Addiction
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How to Make Sure That 'Redacted' Document You Uploaded to PACER Is Really Redacted
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BigLaw Firm Gets Back Money From Fired Partner Who Swindled It, Calls the Cops on Him
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6th Circuit Reinstates Supremacist Inmate's Religious Freedom Claim
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Should Non-Lawyers Be Allowed to Own Law Firms?
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West Point cadet sues Patti LaBelle, bodyguards over alleged assault at airport
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Judges:
A Judge of the Day, Back in the News: Fred Biery
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Calif. Chief Justice Troubled by Pol’s ‘Offensive’ Comment on Her Attractiveness
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NY Judge Tapped for Mets Suit Against Madoff Trustee
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Attorney's Testimony Against Removed Judge Requires Recusal Of Colleague
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Wall Street:
US Stock -Index Futures Are Little Changed
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Dow Has Its Longest Weekly Slump Since 2004
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Economy Points Down, Takes Market With It
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Despite Danger, Investors Are Not Ready to Panic—Yet
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Layoffs:
May jobs growth slows to 54,000, a nine-month low
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Job Market Loses Momentum
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Americans Have Lower Income Expectations
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Romney: Jobless Rate is No ‘Bump in the Road’
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Top 10 cities in the U.S. to find a job
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Teen Unemployment 24%
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May jobs worse than worst estimates
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US Service Sector Growth Picks Up Modestly in May
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War of Ideas on U.S. Budget Overshadows Job Struggle
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Actual employment numbers not that bad
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Charting the dismal employment report
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:
U.S. Lawmakers Seek Probe of Handling of Madoff Claims
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US SEC may rebuke Lehman rather than sue
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Goldman Sachs Investigators Bolstered by New York’s Martin Act
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From Dodd-Frank to Dud: How Financial Reform May Be Going Wrong
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Autos:
Obama Says Bailout Saved Auto Industry From ‘Free Fall’
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Boehner Spokesman: Auto Industry Revival Is ‘Nothing To Celebrate’
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Fiat Seeks Canada's Chrysler Stake for $125 Million
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Will US-revived Chrysler's headquarters move to Italy?
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Romney: Bankruptcy , not bailouts, saved Detroit
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Obama Campaigns for Bailout Credit at Auto Plant
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GM Considers Buying Shares from Treasury
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GM Hands Saab Lifeline 18 Months After Abandoning Brand
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Food/Beverage:
Joe Tecce's Ristorante Blames 'Big Dig' for Bankruptcy
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New dietary guidelines from Obama administration
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Religion:
Archdiocese Bankruptcy Clergy abuse attorney meets with victims
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Crystal Cathedral: A Mega Church In Troubled Waters
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As Catholic Schools Close in Major Cities, the Need Only Grows
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Tax:
NOLs May Be Gold Mines for Creditor Recoveries Temporary Measure Boosts Potential for Tax Refunds
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12 Massive Companies Paying Little To Nothing In Taxes
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Economy:
State of U.S. economy grows murkier
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Soft Patch? Economy Looks More Like It's In For Worse
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Fine line between slowdown and stall
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The 2% Economy
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Few jobs added in May; unemployment up to 9.1 pct
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More Americans Think the Economy Will Never Recover
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Economy taking 'awhile' to mend, Obama says
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Obama Blames Europe, Japan for US Economic Woes
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Wrong again Bam
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Obama Is Focusing on Tax Incentives, Subsidies to Spur Jobs
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Who Created This Mess?
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Disappointing economic reports do not point to double-dip: Barclays
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Volcker Named to Panel That Will Advise on Too-Big-to-Fail
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China Divests 97% of Holdings in US Treasury Bills
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Greenspan 'Scared' Over Deficit
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Republican Ron Paul Dismisses Boehner’s Dollar-for-Dollar Debt-Cut Demand
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Romney cites new unemployment numbers as proof Obama is failing US economy
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Lack of retirement savings makes entitlements sacrosanct
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Ron Paul: We're Defaulting On The Common Person All The Time
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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:
US house price fall 'beats Great Depression slide'
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CBO estimates another $42 billion needed for Fannie and Freddie
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The Hidden Cost Of Cutting The Mortgage Deductions
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Mortgage Rates Slide for a 7th Straight Week
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Regulators consider releasing foreclosure reviews
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Housing recovery will begin with more jobs: PIMCO CEO
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Research firm predicts California home price appreciation by 2014
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Delinquent Homeowners to Get Mortgage Help From Government
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Wells Fargo concerned over mortgage-servicing fees
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Moody's improves ratings outlook on Toll Brothers
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MERS names former banking regulator as independent director
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Foreclosure mediation bill approved by House
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For the Jobless, Little U.S. Help on Foreclosure
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Bank of America Gets Pad Locked After Homeowner Forecloses On It
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Nearly half of modified CMBS loans redefault
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Portfolios at failed banks heavy with nonperforming CRE loans
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Fitch: Rate Of Specially Serviced U.S. CMBS Still Falling
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Court Clears Barclays of Dumping Mortgages
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CalPERS loses on Arizona land deal
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Banking:
Fed's Tarullo: Big banks don't have to be so big
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Bank Shares Take a Beating, and It May Not Be Over Yet
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Banks May Need More Capital
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Woman, 100, has bank account dating to 1913
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Atlantic Bank becomes 45th bank failure of year
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Bank Failures Declined in May
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Judge OKs Colonial BancGroup liquidation, moving Montgomery bank's bankruptcy closer to an end
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Did SocGen Bet Against Its Own Share Price?
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IP:
Google probed in Nortel patent acquisition
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Aviation:
In a sluggish economy, niche airlines take off
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IATA cuts airline profits forecast by 54%
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Municipalities:
Land of Delinquents
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MPS Board president Bonds files for bankruptcy
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Cities bankruptcy bill heads to state Senate
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Skyrocketing Employee Costs Drive Another California City To The Edge Of Bankruptcy
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Usually a job engine , localities slow US economy
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The 10 States That Spend The Most On Students
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Hotels:
Doubletree Hotel, Gallery Row file for bankruptcy as firm's woes mount
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Lender's $8 mln claim draws Innkeepers owner's ire
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Obits:
William Rutledge, former judge (scroll down)
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Media:
Sam Zell's $8.5 Billion Tribune Co. Buyout Fiasco Under Broad Attack
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Turnarounds:
Time Matters: Maximizing Recoveries in Wind-Downs
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today)
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:
(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:
Vinashin, Aurora Empowerment, Madoff-Linked Funds: Bankruptcy
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Consumer Bankruptcies Do More Harm Than Good
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Valuation:
Getting a ‘Fresh Start’ After Chapter 11 Valuations for Fresh Start Reporting for Emerged Entity
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Plan Confirmation:
Hurdles Are High for Claimants Seeking ‘Equal Treatment’ Courts Are Loathe to Unravel Confirmation Plans
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Sales:
Evolving Approaches in Asset Acquisition, Disposition
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Fraud:
Madoff trustee, SEC should be probed -US reps
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JPMorgan Seeks Dismissal of $6.4 Billion Madoff Trustee Suit
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Primeo Fund Seeks to Take Madoff Bankruptcy Trustee Suit to District Court
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JPMorgan Asks Judge to Dismiss $6.4 Billion Suit by Madoff Trustee Picard
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Denny Hecker, in prison, on what went wrong: Bad advice
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UK:
Former magistrate cleared but facing bankruptcy
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Southern Cross to update on rescue plan, home sales
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Appointment of Administrators - 3 June 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 3 June 2011
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EU:
Dignity and Democracy: Escaping the Clutches of the Financial Markets
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ECB Is Still on Track for July Rate Increase on Worsening Crisis
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EU banking rules fraught with snags
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Flaws in Euro Zone Don't Have to Be Fatal
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EU regulator wants tougher U.S. banker bonus rules
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Pope denounces 'disintegration' of Europe families
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Canada:
Montreal-area trustees seek payback for Ponzi scheme
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PIIGS:
Greece says aid talks with 'troika' go well
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Prospect of 2nd Greek Bailout Worries Economists
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Greece to ramp up privatization program, says IMF
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The big fat Greek sell-off
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Furious Greeks Pack Streets to Protest Austerity
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Greece to start austerity drive as nation seethes
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Political "accident" could derail new Greek bailout
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Greek Bonds Advance Amid Optimism Over Greek Bailout Agreement
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Banks asked to roll over Greek debt, ECB's Wellink says
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New Greek aid may top 100 billion euros: report
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The Greek Debt Problem "In Simple Mathematics"
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Greece Creditors Must Give €30 billion to Bailout
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Greek Debt Plan Gains Support
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Portugal Votes Amid Austerity Pain
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Portugal Socialists admit defeat
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The biggest gamble in IMF history
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Spain: No Money to Pay 70,000 State Workers
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Japan:
Radiation at Highest Levels Since Tsunami
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MENA:
Fighting Rages in Streets of Yemen
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Yemen on the Brink
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Yemen Street Cheers Exit of Wounded President
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Palestinians Storm Gaza Crossing
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More Protests As Thousands Fill Syrian Streets
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Israeli Forces Fire on Syrian Protesters
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Syrian death toll up to 63; 'abyss' predicted
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Libyan Rebels Capture Beer
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NATO 'one step' from land war in Libya
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