Law:

Law firm Sedgwick charged with malpractice in $200 million suit
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BigLaw Feels the Heat as Failed Companies and Their Trustees Blame Law Firms for Their Demise
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Too late to save the legal profession?
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Linklaters And Simmons Score Music Retailer Restructuring
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Proskauer, S&C Wrangling Over Dodgers' Financial Records
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Ex-Reed Smith Partner Apparently Settles Suit Alleging Assignments Linked to Liaisons
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Lockstep on radar as Linklaters’ new chief takes reins
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Law Firm Lateral Hiring Booming
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Legal Industry Adds 1,500 Jobs in April
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A Better End-of-Year Review Starts Now
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Munger, Tolles' Ron Olson and Berkshire: The Question of Lawyers Serving on Client Boards - The American Lawyer
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Pakistan Taps Locke Lord Strategies for Lobbying Work Following Bin Laden Fallout
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In Defense of Kaye Scholer
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Skadden's star rises in Exelon's bid for Constellation
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TX Governor Declares Loser-Pays Bill an Emergency
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A case for loser-pays
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BigTex firms on The AmLaw 100
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A Law Student Plays the Race Card — and Gets Busted, Big Time
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How to Take Vacation from Biglaw Without Being Sent Packing
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Congressional JD Clerks: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
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E-Discovery Sanctions Reach Towering Heights — and Should Be Applauded
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IT Turns Lawyers Into Better Cash Registers
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Social Media in Discovery and as Evidence in Litigation
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Wei To Go (and Testify Against Dharun Ravi)
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An Update on WikiLeaks and Its International Man of Mischief, Julian Assange
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LPO Use Gains Traction at UK Firms, Survey Says
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State Prosecutors Take 20 Percent Pay Cut in Milwaukee
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Should There Be a Market in Law School Commencement Tickets?
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Dress for Success: The Case for Suspenders
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Online matchmaking service used by K&L Gates pairs 2Ls with firms
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From Florida governor to TV lawyer pitchman
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A College Administrator Claims He Was Fired Over the Hiring of Patton Boggs
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Almost All of Paralegal's Accusations Against Amorous Attorneys Axed
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Va. Bar Reprimands Monica Goodling for Making Political Hiring Decisions in DOJ
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JPMorgan, HSBC, Barclays, Stanford, ICP Founder, Lawson in Court News
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iPad Workers Forced To Sign "No Suicide" Pledge
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Life imitates legal cliche: injury plaintiff winds up owning amusement park
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Hyderabad Continues To Employ Many People :)
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Cost Effective Legal Research Training: The Client Perspective
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Judges:

Justice Stevens Gives Mad Props to Justice Alito
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Stevens is retired, but in no way silent
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Contractor Claims Supreme Court’s Need for Quiet Caused Millions in Cost Overruns
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Murder Conviction Tossed Because Judge Advised Jurors Not to Be ‘Hardheads’
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Judge Ordered Recused After Her Comment About ‘Vile’ Defendant Gets Deleted
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Obama Continues Surge of Nominations of NY Lawyers for Federal Bench
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Clarence Thomas tells law grads to earn others' sacrifices
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures rise along with commodities
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Euro zone debt worries weigh on European shares
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Stocks rally as job growth surprises Wall Street
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Who's at risk in next 'flash crash'
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SEC still lacks tools to prevent 'flash crashes'
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Wall Street's complicated reaction to bin Laden
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A former Goldman Sachs partner is going around bad-mouthing the firm
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Layoffs:

U.S. Payrolls Grew 244,000 in April; Unemployment at 9%
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How can the US add jobs but the unemployment rate goes up?
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What Is The Real Unemployment Rate?
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The bad news on jobs
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Analysis: Good jobs, bad jobs, but not enough of either
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New Yorkers dropping out of job market and joining welfare rolls
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Major Companies That are Hiring
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A More Normal Job Market?
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Employment: A comment on the Birth/Death Model
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Why Jobless Rates Fall so Slowly in Recovery
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NYC: Bloomberg to Cut 6,000 Teachers
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Graduates Learning Education Degree No Longer A Hot Ticket
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Don’t Credit McJobs for Payrolls Gains
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Job Engine Shifts to Higher Gear
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Why Companies Are About to Start Hiring
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One Theory for Unemployment Rise: The Farmers Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:

Investors eye bank deals rinsed in Chapter 11
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Citi Slapped With More Sanctions
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WaMu case: Hedge funds face questions
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Big banks spend billions on litigation costs
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HSBC profit jumps 58% on lower tax bill
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HSBC disappoints as profits fall short
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Barclays, HSBC hit by compensation capitulation
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Credit Cards:

Consumers Increase Credit-Card Debt
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Big Six Card Lenders Give Up Market Share
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Hotels:

Landmark Chicago Hotel Checks Into Bankruptcy Court
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Allerton Hotel owner files for bankruptcy
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Trucking:

YRC CEO, interim CFO likely to step down in July
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Arrow Trucking Co. bankruptcy trustee, bank agree to trial discovery schedule
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Fraud:

After Foot Surgery, Raj Back in Action on Friday
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Rajaratnam Jurors Set to Begin Third Week of Deliberations
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Feds Seek Prison For Ex-Atty In Galleon Spinoff Case
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Why The Fed's Examination Of Steve Cohen's Book Is One More Bit Of Great News For Raj
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Feds Eyeing Hedge-Fund Titan Steven Cohen
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The Global Economy's Corporate Crime Wave
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Ex-Primary Global Consultant Jiau Enters Plea Talks in U.S.’s Insider Case
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Tax:

AIG: We're Practically Tax Free!
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The Facts About Corporate Taxes
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Federal Tax Chutzpah
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Nature:

Mississippi Floodwater Threatens Neighboring Towns
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Hedge Funds:

Regulators Eye the Riskiest Hedge Funds
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Autos:

Should General Motors and Chrysler owe taxpayers money from auto industry bailout?
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Chrysler hopes to repay $7.5B loan before June 10 bankruptcy anniversary
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Wave of supplier M&A expected
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Visteon remake is very good to Stebbins, other execs
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Ford says hourly labor costs $8 more than nonunion plants
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Saab's Chinese Saviour Dismisses Doubts Over Deal
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Gambling:

Blanca Gaming Issues Statement Following Bankruptcy Rumors
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Apparel:

Clothing chain Metropark files for bankruptcy , will close all stores
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Publishing:

Summit Business Media to exit bankruptcy
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Orchestras:

New beginning for Philadelphia Orchestra? Or beginning of the end?
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SSO musicians playing Monday for relief fund
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Glass:

Vitro Allowed to Auction Assets of US Units in Bankruptcy
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Defaults:

S&P: Corporate Default Tally Rises To 14, Well Below 2010
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Investment Management:

Highview Point Partners Files for Chapter 11 Protection
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Horse Racing:

Derby Winner Sets Shining Example for Wayward Industry
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Avoidance Actions:

Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York creates conflict with Third Circuit by holding safe harbor inapplicable to private securities transactions, even absent illegal conduct
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Economy:

Congress Prepares for Showdown Over Debt Ceiling
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Volcker Warns of Danger from US Deficit
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CBO says $871 billion deficit so far in FY 2011
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The Inflation Monster Under the Bed
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U.S. economy adds 244,000 jobs in April
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Job growth remains insufficient
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A Recovery Less Robust Than in the '70s
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Silver Plunge Spreads
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Silver has worst week since 1980
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How to Surf the Silver Plunge
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Silver-Mad Small Investors Fueled an Epic Rise and Fall
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Price Slide Temporary, New Highs Likely: Goldman
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Gas Prices Expected to Drop 50 Cents by Summer
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Fed’s Dudley: Economy’s ‘Soft Patch’ Is Temporary
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Gasoline eats 9% of household budgets
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Commodity Rout Lends Credence to Bernanke’s Inflation Outlook
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Average price in Indiana -- $4.25 a gallon - Hawaii: $6.03
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Workplace suicides at record high in '08, '09
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The Reason The Economy Will Shrivel Once The Stimulus Runs Out
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US Economy in Graphs
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BHP Billiton sees fragile global economy near-term
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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:

Housing Crash is Getting Worse
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Home Market Takes a Tumble
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US 'Underwater' Homeowners Increase to 28 Percent, Zillow Says
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Obama Anti-Foreclosure Efforts Still Falling Short
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White House data details fragility of housing
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GAO: Foreclosure Standards Needed
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Someone Is Crying For MORE Lawyers?
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US Housing Just Had Its Worst Quarter Since 2008, As Foreclosures Surge Again
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A New Zombie Lumbers On: The Mortgage Settlement Negotiations
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JPMorgan’s Settlement of Military Mortgage Foreclosure Suits Wins Approval
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HOA foreclosures climbing as associations seek 'revenge' on delinquent homeowners
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Freddie: Modified Mortgages Show More Promise
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Bankrupt homeowners shed second mortgages
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HAMP Update [updated]
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Should You Abandon Your Mortgage?
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Minority report: Potential mortgage defaulters are on FICO's radar
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GOP has more questions for CFPB on mortgage settlement
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Mortgage Delinquencies Post Big Drop in March
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The cities with biggest home price discounts
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Hawaii Passes Sweeping Foreclosure Reform
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South Carolina acts to fix 'a grand mess'
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Foreclosure mediation sputtering
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The Bull in BofA's Mortgage Portfolio
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Wells Fargo Likely to Lose More than $1 Billion in Mortgage Legal Battles
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B Of A, Citi Among Those Being Sued By FHLB Boston
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The Challenges Facing Communities of Color
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Fannie Mae Reports $8.7B Loss for First Quarter
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Seeks $8.5B more from taxpayers
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Freddie Mac sells record number of REO in 1Q
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Old School Apartments Ripped Up for ‘Echo Boomers’
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‘Home Alone’ House Hits the Market, Staircase Included
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Vacation-home market faces long road to recovery
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New Deal for Developer Hit by Downturn
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Creditors quiz developer Rusty Hyneman on $69 million personal bankruptcy
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CMBS Delinquency Rate at Record High
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CRE occupier demand surpasses availability
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Mastro declared competent to testify in bankruptcy trial
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Labor:

Why You Work More, Enjoy It Less
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Trustee Proposes Rescue for Stuck InnoVida Worker
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Corporate Reform:

A CFPB deadlock is forming
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Senate Republicans Give up on Opposing Elizabeth Warren
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Republican Senators Say “No!” to Wall Street Watchdog
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GOP vow to block nominees makes Warren more likely
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Why Republicans Just Did Elizabeth Warren a Big Favor
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Consumer Groups Back Warren for CFPB
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The Battle over the CFPB
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Elliott's Paul Singer Rails Against Dodd-Frank
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Regulator Clash on 'Systemically Important' Label
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Keystone cops
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Schapiro Signals SEC Plans Scrutiny of High-Frequency Trading
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Nuclear Agency Is Criticized as Too Close to Its Industry
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JP Morgan in advanced talks with SEC on CDO probe
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SEC subpoenas JPMorgan over failed mortgages: report
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The Story Behind Credit Suisse's SEC Subpoena
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In Cohen, the Feds circle a big fish
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Critics continue efforts to chip away at the new CFPB
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You Call That Tough?
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The Word is "Whistleblower"
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Derivatives reform proving difficult
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How Congress works for you, private-equity edition
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Why the Fed won’t be good at bank regulation
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Ghosts:

Debt-Stricken Companies Call on Ghosts for Help
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Oil/Gas:

Oil market drop sparked by mini-flash crashes
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One Speculator Has Payday on Oil Fall
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Oil price retreat hurts producers, helps refiners
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Consumers must share in oil-price drop: A-G Holder
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SemGroup legal saga winding down
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Attorney Indicted on Bankruptcy Fraud Charges
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Lenny Dykstra Indicted in Bankruptcy Fraud
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Municipalities:

Requirements for Prepetition Negotiations in Municipal Bankruptcies and the City of Vallejo Experience
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Bankruptcy bill not a solution
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Latest stab at municipal bankruptcy bill just as bad
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Local governments feel effects of California's budget pinching
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More cuts will cause a debacle
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Texas Best, California Worst for Business
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Feel The Rapacity
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The One Area Where The Job Market Is Still Horrible
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Renewal Of Pacts Eases Fear For Munis
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Utilities:

NRG’s $7 Billion Plan Relies on Lenders Loosening Grip
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Aviation:

Latest Attempt To Revive Mexicana Fails
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Health Care:

Hospitals to file for bankruptcy protection
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Financial Ties Bind Medical Societies to Drug and Device Makers
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Doctors and Nurses: How Does the Medical Industry Influence Patient Care?
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Golf:

Golf community goes off course
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Personal Finance:

Debt doesn't go away when lender writes it off
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Retailing:

Retail Sales Probably Rose, Showing U.S. Consumers Bearing Higher Prices
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Debt Collection:

States, Bankrupt Video Chains Reach Deal In Late-Fee Fight
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Elevator Music:

Muzak sells to Mood Music for $345M
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Private Equity:

The Private Equity Power Shift
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Baseball:

Mets-Dodgers: Bankruptcy Bowl
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Lenny Dykstra, former MLB All-Star, indicted for bankruptcy fraud
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Hockey:

Dallas Stars Sale Could Be Pushed Into Late June or Beyond
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Just so you know, Stars are not moving
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Glendale fight for Coyotes turns 2
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion 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
(large downloads)

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:

Summit Business, Howrey, Movie Gallery, Tribune: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Personal bankruptcies, especially among elderly, surge in Massachusetts
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Phoenix-area bankruptcies drop 8 percent
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NV bankruptcies drop 15 percent but still highest rate in US
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Growth rate slows for DC bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy Filings Up Slightly in March
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Mass Torts:

Mississippi Jury Returns Largest Asbestos Verdict in U.S. History
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Secured Debt:

Seven cautionary rules
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Insurance:

Ambac, Bankrupt Bond Insurer, Settles Subprime Assets Suit
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Lawsuit Alleges Fraud in Federal Bailout of AIG
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AIG Fall Blunts Talk of Taxpayer Gain
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Seeking Business, States Loosen Insurance Rules
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Student Debt:

Class of 2011, Most Indebted Ever
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85% of college grads return to nest
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Celebs:

Lenny Dykstra indicted in bankruptcy fraud case
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ETFs Lenny Dykstra Would Love
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Toni Braxton asked to pose
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Braxton can't choose
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Trump University Sued for Fraud
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Trump’s litigiousness, cont’d
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Lehman:

Lehman plan rivals snap up failed firm's debt
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Bonds:

Why junk bond rally should be cheered - and feared
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster Canada goes bust
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SD, others settle with movie video collectors
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Small Business:

What's keeping small businesses up at night
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Food/Beverage:

The state of Sbarro: America's least essential restaurant
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Nearly $20 million will go unpaid in Basalt wine seller's bankruptcy
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Credit Reporting:

Credit-Report Errors Rare, Industry-Funded Study Says
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Compensation:

Moving the Goal Posts on Pay
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CEO Pay Exceeds Pre-Recession Levels
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CEO pay at major U.S. firms up 11%
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Top 50 Highest Paid CEOs for 2010
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UK:

Cracks Become Visible in UK Coalition Government
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UK April House Prices Fall Most in Seven Months
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New citizens advice bureau swamped by young professionals
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Barclays restricts Tchenguize accounts: report
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Personal bankruptcy falls, but more companies facing liquidation
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Insolvencies start to climb again as company administrations rise by 22%
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R3 concerned over increased cost to insolvency profession
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MG Rover Phoenix Four struck off
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Phoenix Four remain defiant after being banned from being company directors
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UK Banks Drop Appeal; Barclays Sets Aside 1 Billion Pounds
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Appointment of Administrators - 6 May 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 6 May 2011
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EU:

Euro-Zone Meeting Exposes Anxieties
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German economy minister rejects Greece exit from euro
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Here's How Exposed German Banks Are To The PIGS
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Germany's Revenge
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Why I Won't Support More Bailouts
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Europe Is Running A Giant Ponzi Scheme
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PIIGS:

Athens Mulls Plans for New Currency: Greece Considers Exit from Euro Zone
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Pros and cons if Greece ditched euro zone
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EU Said to Consider Requiring Collateral for Providing Extra Aid to Greece
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Greek Finance Ministry Says Report Of Eurozone Exit Is 'Completely Untrue'
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Greece’s brave face can’t mask a deepening crisis
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One in three Greeks want out of EU-IMF rescue: poll
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Greek CDS spreads widen on debt worries
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Greece Slips Farther Behind Budget-Cut Target
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Greece may ask for fresh bail-out
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Greece May Want Bailout Fund to Buy Its Debt
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Greek land plans offer little hope
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German Economists Warn Against Greek Exit From Euro
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Greek Restructuring Would Be 'Bigger Problem,' Meister Says
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Lawyers refuse to meet with troika officials
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Europe groping for new Greek crisis plan
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Dutch exclusion from Greece debt talks criticized
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Europe pressured to revise Irish and Greek bailouts
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IE: We must shake off the ECB loan sharks
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Irish 'Dr. Doom' Says Country Faces Economic Ruin on Bailout
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Ireland's future depends on breaking free from bailout
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Ireland Will Avoid 'Doomsday,' Honohan Says Amid Debt-Rescheduling Debate
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Irish Consumer Confidence Falls on Rising Bank Bailout Costs, Job Losses
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Morgan Kelly On How Ireland Can Save Itself From Bankruptcy
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Poll: Patrick Honohan vs Morgan Kelly. Who do you believe?
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Ireland To Get Interest Rate Cut On Its Bailout Loan Without Sacrificing Its Low Tax Rate
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Greece's problem is a gift to Ireland
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Greek problems put focus on Spain
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Portuguese strike against bailout austerity plan
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Portugal: A Scheme to Make Ponzi Proud
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British Airways to bid for Portugal's TAP
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Aer Lingus Warns More Cost Cutting May Be Necessary
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MENA:

Syria deploys more troops, tightens grip over key cities
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Syria Broadens Deadly Military Crackdown on Protesters
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Sweeping Arrests in Syria After Military Rolls In
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Egypt economy hardest hit in MENA, experts say
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Will Osama's Death Bankrupt al-Qaeda?
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Japan:

U.S. Cables Show Worry Over Japanese Nuclear Plants
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Japan's Chubu Declines Immediate Nuclear Shutdown
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Another Post-Quake Controversy: Evacuee Housing
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Takefuji Administrator Declines To Disclose Bidding Details
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China:

Chinese inflation rises
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What Happens When Foreign Corporations Try To Raise Prices In China
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Beijing's Frantic Measures In Fight Against Inflation
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Australia:

Lebanese consul in flight from bankruptcy charges
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Wickenby tax probe to look at potato chief's liquidators
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New Zealand:

Strategic Finance Receiver Trims Likely Returns
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Brazil:

Independencia to Auction Meatpacking Assets to Help Pay Debt After Default
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