Law:
MegaFirm Raises Associate Pay Slightly, Doubles Some Bonuses
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2Ls Have to Argue a Hypothetical in Pepper Hamilton’s ‘Hot Seat’ Interviews
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Pepper Hamilton Gets Testy with Recruits
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Revamping Law Firm Interviews
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Freshfields to raise associate salaries
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Stern Is Not Bowing Out Gracefully
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KEL law firm banned from US bankruptcy court
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God is in the Details
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Gibson Dunn Launches 10-Part “E-Discovery Basics” Project
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Skadden Partner to Head 9/11 Compensation Fund
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The Rise of the Wall Street Super Lawyer
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Get Rid of Sick Days
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Law Firm Introduces App That Notifies Potential Hires About Available Jobs
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Should You Be Proud of Having Forgotten More Law Than 20-Somethings Have Learned?
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Bingham Must Pay Recruiter $1.9 Million for McKee Acquisition, Arbitrator Orders
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Jacoby & Meyers' Newest Fight: Helping Nonlawyers Own Law Firms
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Manhattan Prosecutor Said to Withdraw From Strauss-Kahn Case Over Conflict
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When Diplomatic Immunity Becomes Total Diplomatic Impunity
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Lawyer, Court Reporter Were ‘Accidental Entrepreneurs’
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If you look closely, though, you'll notice a few poor souls who burn out immediately
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Galleon, Deutsche Bank, Smurfit, Madoff, Lehman in Court News
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Lawyer Loses in Court, But Gets Desired Result With PR Battle in Tabloid Case
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Would You Work as a Federal Prosecutor — for Free?
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The Essential Elements of a Successful Diversity Program
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Indiana Tech Moves Forward With New Law School Plans. Can Nobody Stop Them?
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15-Year-Old College Grad Is Headed to Law School
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Law School Deception
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Gender Imbalance: Declining Numbers of Women at Law Schools
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San Francisco Cops, In Wake of Misconduct Allegations, Might Start Carrying Cameras During Arrests
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Juror dies of heart attack while hearing testimony
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Lawsuit of the Day: Woman Allowed To Relieve Pressures
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Juror Accused of Asking for a Cut of Any Verdict
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Looking to Cut the Rug at the Jefferson Memorial? Think Again
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Judges:
Thomas Talks Back
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Supreme Court Justices on Writing: Say it Simply
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Layoff Announced Today for Hundreds of NY Court Attorneys, Staffers
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Former state Supreme Court Justice pleads for another chance
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Goodwin Liu: Senate braces for possible filibuster over judicial nominee
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Clarence Thomas' visit to Ga. spurs debate
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Higher Ahead Of Jobless Claims, Existing Home Sales
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Wall Street snaps losing streak, but headwinds remain
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Goldman Sachs Back at No. 1
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Layoffs:
Most Common Jobs Among Lowest Paid
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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:
SEC proposes new rules for ratings firms
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Ratings agencies react favorably to SEC's proposed rules
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A New Wall Street Investigation: Is the Hammer Finally Coming Down?
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Will New York's Attorney General Finally Nail the Banks?
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Feds want your feedback to improve mortgage disclosure
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Coming soon: A mortgage you can understand
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Is The ‘Perp Walk’ Contrary To Justice?
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Tepid Regulatory Response to Loan Crisis Hinders Recovery Current Reaction Lacks RTC’s Aggressive Response to S&L Crisis
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Lehman:
Lehman gets green light on $144 million NY tax bill settlement
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Judge approves Lehman derivatives sale
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Lehman Suit Belongs in District Court, Michigan Agency Says
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Lehman, Bank of America Settlement Wins Court Approval
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Health Care:
Health Adventure bankruptcy hearing postponed
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Health expenses to rise 8.5% in 2012: study
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SEC Looks to Revamp Credit-Rating Practices Under Dodd-Frank
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Consultants:
GCG Promotes Angela Ferrante to Assistant Vice President, Bankruptcy Operations
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Settlements:
Multiple decisions in New Century TRS Holdings, Inc., hold: when you settle a claim, you get what you contract for
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Shipping:
Vultures Circling the Drybulk Sector
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Karlsen Shipping In Hands Of Receiver
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Financial Literacy:
Hard Financial Lessons Learned In College
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Turnarounds:
Legal, Practical Reasons Distressed Companies Need Turnaround Advisors
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Food/Beverage:
Sbarro Provides Update on Chapter 11 Process
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Philly developer can't force bankrupt A&P to drop lease, judge rules
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Economy:
Inflation concerns dominate April Fed meeting
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Most at Fed want rate hikes before asset sales
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Geithner: GOP Will be Responsible for Default
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Geithner Offers Fiscal Facts
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Plan for Smaller Social Security Checks
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IMF Chief May Claim "Consensual"; Hotel Key Card Records Are Likely Evidence
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IMF Chief Resigns, Denies Allegations
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IMF’s Strauss-Kahn Makes New Bid for Bail
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Strauss-Kahn: 'I Want To Protect This Institution'
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Scandal Is Another Travesty at IMF Door
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The World Economic Order, Circa 2025
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Poll: Americans Want Government to Push Economic Mobility
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Senate Blocks Repeal of Tax Breaks for Big Oil
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Senate Bill Would Limit Savers Using 401(k)s as Rainy-Day Funds
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Fed’s Bullard: Bond Market Will Be Fine When QE2 Ends
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How Foreigners Will Buy the US
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Government's TARP Investments in Banks Turn $7B Profit
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Rich splurging, others scrimping, report says
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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 attorney David J. Stern sidesteps Fannie arbitration, GSE alleges
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Warren: New Mortgage Forms to Empower Consumers
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'Shopping sheet' may help buyers select a mortgage
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Mortgage applications rose 7.8% last week on more refinancings
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Optimism in Housing Market Ignores One Thing: All of the Empty Houses
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Foreign Buyers Getting Firesale Prices on U.S. Housing
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Treasury establishes single-point of contact rule for HAMP
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Consumers peg housing market recovery at 2014 or later
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Recovery for New Home Sales: Uneven, Long-Term
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What’s the Future of the Mortgage-Interest Deduction?
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Freddie Alters Property Insurance Requirements
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Southern California Distressed Investor CT Realty Sells Off Notes, Properties
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Private investors, issuers tell Senate they're ready for more RMBS deals
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CRE professionals warn Dodd-Frank could undercut CMBS recovery
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CMBS delinquency rate climbs to 9.22% in April: Moody's
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First-quarter commercial foreclosures climb in North Jersey
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Razing Buildings to Raise Cash Generating Recovery from ‘Deconstruction’
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Minimizing Rental Losses Requires Active Management Days of ‘Set It and Forget It’ Are Gone
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Investing in State Tax Liens Understanding the Mechanics of Acquisition
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Debt Collection:
Bartmann Testifies Before Massachusetts AG
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Enron:
Enron exec Fastow gets closer to prison release
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Enron's Andy Fastow Out of Prison
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Orchestras:
Month after bankruptcy filing, Philadelphia Orchestra unveils awareness, fundraising campaign
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Phila. Orchestra Cellist Speaks: Don't Blame Us For Bankruptcy, We Rule At Life
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Municipalities:
Bankruptcy suggested for indebted Electric City Power
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Welfare-queen states
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W.Va. jobless benefits fund dodges insolvency
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State Pension Showdowns Call for New Federal Referee
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Fraud:
Madoff Trustee Drops $212 Million Claims Against Feeders
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Peter Madoff’s Wife Sells Palm Beach Home
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Madoff Wines, Brown Liquid Help Raise $41530 for Ponzi Victims
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Goffer Passed Tips to Galleon to Impress Rajaratnam, Prosecutor Tells Jury
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Defense Launches Aggressive Attack on US Case Against Traders
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Former Diamondback Capital Manager Pleaded Guilty in Galleon-Linked Probe
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Jury Consultants: At Least Part of the Raj Trial Went Well
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Perella Weinberg to Fork Over $11.5 Million in Dreier Fraud
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Packaging:
Smurfit Shareholders Ask Delaware Judge to Block $3.5 Billion Buyout Offer
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Resorts:
Utah company buys Daufuskie resort from lenders who reclaimed it from bankru0ptcy
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Yellowstone Club Founder Blixseth Wins Bankruptcy Case Dismissal
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Ex-billionaire to seek sanctions against Montana
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Hotels:
Bankruptcy Court judge gives go-ahead to unfinished deal to sell Lotus hotel
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Sales:
From the Bench: Practice Points Section 363 and Plan Sales
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Compensation:w
Citi CEO Gets a Big Retention Deal
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Former Idaho woman sentenced for bankruptcy fraud
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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:
(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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
One in Eight Americans Have Contemplated Bankruptcy
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
Lehman, Windstar, Wolf Mountain, Lotus, Alabama Air: Bankruptcy
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Merit Group, Windstar, Blockbuster, Tribune: Bankruptcy
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Merit Group, Bernard Madoff, West End Financial: Bankruptcy
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How to Prepare for Your Company’s Death
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Rating Agencies:
SEC to propose tougher rules for credit raters
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S&P downgraded more firms to junk over past month
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Insurance:
AIG: Government Prays a Bigger Sucker Is Out There
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Judge: Insurer Not Responsible For Covering Bank's Losses From Ponzi Scheme
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Banking:
Fed Wants Annual Bank Stress Tests
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3 Banks Facing Maximum Legal Pain
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Personal Finance:
In Consumer Behavior, Signs of Gas Price Pinch
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Telecoms:
FairPoint Q1: Revenue declines $16M while broadband subscribership rises
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Celebs:
Celebrity Investments Gone Sour
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Autos:
Chrysler Said to Prepare to Repay US, Canada Government Loans Next Week
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Aviation:
Frequent Flier Plans Still Draw Consumer Ire
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Entertainment:
A Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle Gets Real
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UK:
Trading While Insolvent
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UK Banks Will Be Made to Disclose More Data, BOE's Bailey Says
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Appointment of Administrators - 18 May 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 18 May 2011
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Commercial Court to rule on UK bankruptcy proceedings
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EU:
How the Strauss-Kahn Case Damages Europe
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Europe's denial of debt default will only make matters worse
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Canada:
Want to Invest in Canada? Buy Some Beef, or Canola
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Remaining Hangers stores closing their doors
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PIGS:
Greek Bonds Lead Peripheral Debt Decline as Restructuring Concern Persists
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Stark: ECB would reject Greek bonds after restructuring
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ECB holds line against Greece restructuring
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Vienna Could Be a Stop on the Route to Greek Recovery
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Greece bankruptcy would have domino effect -Dutch Fin Min
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IE: IL&P Mortgage Arrears Increase
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Spain raises $4.5 billion at broadly unchanged rates
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Portugal opposition says no room for error in bailout
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Russia:
Medvedev proposes special bankruptcy regime for agribusiness
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MENA:
US, EU Plan New Steps on Syria
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U.S. freezes assets
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Egypt Running Out of Food
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Gaddafi's Wife, Daughter Flee to Tunisia
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Japan:
Quake knocks Japan into recession, late 2011 recovery
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Economic Effects of Japanese Quake Ripple
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Czech Republic:
Sazka uses its debt as a strategy
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Denmark:
Moody’s downgrades seven Danish banks
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Australia:
Moody's Downgrades ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB
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Iceland:
Iceland's Economics Ministers Promises Icesave Payment
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