Law:
MF Global Creditors Hire Dewey, Hughes Hubbard Seeks Expenses
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Morgan Lewis Partner Passes Away in Office
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Top UK firms post rising revenues for first half of financial year
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"The notion that there is only one set of law firm measures for defining success - revenues, short-term profits, leverage - has become a plague on our profession"
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Quinn Emanuel asks London partner to leave in wake of BoA conflict hitch
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Obama boasts that women run legal affairs at the White House
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3 Things Never to Write in Court Papers
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Citigroup, Yahoo, Olympus, Formula One, Wal-Mart in Court News
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How Many In-House Counsel Can You Get for $1 Billion?
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Rise of iPad generation sees firms face up to mobile working demands
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Nixon Peabody sued by tech firm over spy claims
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ABA Standards Review Committee: New Blood, New Direction?
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Law School Applications Are Down in the US, But Not in Mississippi
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What Kind of a Law School Has a ‘Man Auction’?
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"If you don't have a job offer, it sucks. You feel like an illegal alien."
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One 2L’s Innovative Approach to Job Hunting
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"I can trap about 20 of the little bastards"
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Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest Winner
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Most Overrated Jobs
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Gov’t Seeks 50 Years for Lawyer Guilty in Failed Contract Hit on Wife; They Both Say Feds Framed Him
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News Coverage of Prosecutor’s Supreme Court Grilling Gets Snarky
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather Sanctioned for Missed Deposition After Video Shows Him Partying
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Boneheaded Hospital 'Drill' Brings a Lawsuit
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Judge Jails Ex-Harvard English Major Convicted re Application Lies for Putting Harvard on New Resume
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Expectorating hotheads
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Judges:
Judge Jed Rakoff: The Outtakes
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U.S. judge sharply questions SEC-Citigroup accord
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures signal bounce after selloff
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European Stock Futures Decline as Italy on Brink of Sovereign Debt Crisis
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Investors Around the World Flee Stocks
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There Is No Solution for Europe: Stocks Tumble as Italian Yields Surge; Dow Plunges 400 Points
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Stocks Slump 2% on EU Debt Fears; Banks Skid
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VIX Up 31%
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Fear of Contagion Rocks Markets
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Bank Stocks Crushed on Euro Worries
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The 15 Stocks That Tons Of People Are Shorting
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For Goldman, Trading Losses on 21 Days in Third Quarter
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The 10 Craziest, Wildest And Weirdest Wall Street Stories We've Ever Heard
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Occupy Movement Debates How to Police Its Fringe
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Occupy Trenton Wins Injunction Against Seizure of Belongings at Protest Site
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Occupy Protests Plagued by Reports of Sex Attacks, Violent Crime
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Occupy Movement Inspires Unions to Embrace Bold Tactics
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What Occupy Wall Street got right
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Occupy protesters start march from NYC to DC
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Layoffs:
Who Gets Unemployment Benefits
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Fewer Mass Layoff Events In September
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Bartlett: The Fed has an obligation to do more for the unemployed
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Boehner says US economists prefer Republican jobs plan
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:
19 Alarming Facts About The Crushing Weight Of Student Loans
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Politics:
Warren selects campaign manager
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Rove group to launch attack ads on Warren in US Senate race
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Elizabeth Warren : US Business 'Rigged To Work For The Big Guys'
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Republicans Attack Obama's 'Money Problems' After Solyndra , Corzine
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Romney, Whose Net Worth Is $250 Million, Whines That He Makes Less Than Federal Employees
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Message From Tuesday’s Elections: Government Should Back Off
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How Grover Norquist Corners Congress
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Mitt Romney's Bad Day
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Why the Right Hates Mitt Romney and His 2012 Presidential Bid
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Flat Taxes Are Big in the Former USSR. Have They Worked?
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GOP Debate: Weak Economy Takes Center Stage
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Perry Misfires in Debate on Agency Cuts, Regulations
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How the Obama administration completely misread America
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Autos:
Romney Defends Auto Bailout Opposition in His Native State
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Romney: Chrysler, GM should have filed for bankruptcy first
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Fact Check: Romney's clunker claim on auto bailout
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Truth Squad: Did government give automakers to UAW, Fiat?
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GM Falls on Abandoned Europe Break-Even Goal; Profit Drops
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GM outlook disappoints, shares tumble
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Weak earnings may lead GM to implement cost-cutting measures
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Auto Finance Firms Originating More Loans Than Banks, Credit Unions
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Sweden's Saab Keeps Court Protection For Now
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Derivatives:
There’s No Whining In CDS, Says ISDA
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Defending Gretchen Morgenson - and why derivatives are scarier than you think
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CDS demonization watch, ISDA vs Morgenson edition
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A Bunch Of Financial Journalists Are Having A Vicious Cat-Fight About Derivatives
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Retailing:
Retooled Internet sales tax bill gains GOP support
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Media:
Ultimate Grave Dance? Ruling Could Help Zell Recoup Part of Tribune Investment
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Energy:
Dynegy Has A Contentious First Day In Bankruptcy Court
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Fitch cuts Dynegy unit's rating to default status
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Southern Montana general manager Gregori retires
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Corporate Reform:
Cordray Confirmation Stalemate Continues to 'Handicap' CFPB
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Volcker rule too complicated, says . . . Paul Volcker
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Senators cite MF Global as Volcker rule rationale
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SEC enforcement cases hit record high in 2011
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Religion:
Diocese of Orange raises its bid for Crystal Cathedral
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Courts rule that the Catholic Church is ‘liable’ for sexual abuse carried out by priests
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Parallels between Penn State and priest sex scandals
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KC Nun Speaks Out On Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
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Clerical Culture and the Abuse
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Distressed Investing:
Cushman's Rufrano Says Europe Ripe for Distressed
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Tax:
IRS Backpedals on Preparer Finger Pointing
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Orchestras:
Dallas Symphony Near Insolvency
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Small Business:
Fed urges banks to boost small business lending
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Education:
Cooper Union’s murky finances
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Celebs:
Braxton's Bankruptcy Was 'Really Great' For Her
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Ex-NBA star to get new date in Vegas gambling case
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How To Be An Athlete and Not Go Broke – For Dummies
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Accused Celebrity Smuggler Cleared After 25 "Closely Monitored" B---- Movements
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Economy:
U.S. Economic Confidence Weak, but Steady Above Recent Lows
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US Wholesale Inventories Fell 0.1% In September
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Macroeconomic Advisers Slashes 3Q GDP Estimate on Inventory Slump
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Bloomberg: Just Raise Everybody's Taxes
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Global economy teeters on the brink
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Pace of economic growth seen waning into 2012
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Why Italy's economy matters to the US
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How Sleazy Companies Prey On Poor, Hungry Americans
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Who The Government Is Lending Dirt Cheap Money To This Month
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Seniors Rally Against Cuts to Social Programs
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GOP Offers Tax Proposal on the Deficit
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Obama Targets Travel, Cellphones and ‘Swag’ to Save Money
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Wall Street vs. Manufacturing? "We Need to Get Wall Street Off Our Backs."
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Obama Calls Off 'Christmas Tree Tax'
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The social safety net is broken
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Congress closes in on plan
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Bernanke in Texas, Despite Perry's Warning
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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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Real Estate:
US Home Prices Fall In 75% Of Metro Areas
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Over 50% Of US Homeowners Are Effectively Underwater
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Foreclosure Backlogs: A Decade to Clear
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Banks' foreclosure activity picks up in October
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In Florida, foreclosure lull ends
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The Multistate Foreclosure Settlement
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Even the pros can fall victim to foreclosure
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New law pushes Vegas off top of foreclosure list
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GOP candidates offer their cure for what ails housing
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A Dream of Homeownership , Still Beyond Reach
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Mortgage Refi Applications Surged Last Week
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Federal program for low-income homebuyers increasingly serving the wealthy
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own more than 180,000 foreclosures
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Monthly mortgage payment almost 40% cheaper than 2006
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Lennar to Start Second Fund for Distressed Real Estate
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Andrew Farkas: The sequel
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Ally's ResCap Unit Said to Hire Centerview for Restructuring
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IRA downgrades Ally to negative on rumors of ResCap bankruptcy
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Amherst: RMBS cheapest since 2008
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Miami home sales spike 51% over last year
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Housing prices rise in NYC area even as they fall nationwide
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Denial in the Mortgage Industrial Complex
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Fannie and Freddie Need Another $14 Billion, but Losses May Be Slowing
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Fannie and Freddie Executives Pay Themselves $48 Million For Sterling Performance and Then Ask Taxpayers For $13.8 Billion Bailout
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Ginnie Mae Passing Freddie Mac as Second-Biggest Mortgage Funder in U.S.
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Lawmakers move to block Fannie, Freddie bonuses
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Pity anyone who took the tax credit to buy a house
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A Lot Of Things Could Go Wrong When You Try To Refinance Your Mortgage
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Boston developer files for bankruptcy protection
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Multifamily CMBS loans see $2.3B in losses in nearly two years
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The US's Missing Housing Policy
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Goldman Sachs reports $15.8 billion in mortgage-related litigation
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Banking:
US Bank Default Swaps Increase on Italian Contagion Concern
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65% Chance of Banking Crisis by End of Nov.
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The Dark Side Of Credit Unions
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Italian Exposure Watch: Bank of America
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Italian Exposure Watch: Citigroup
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Italian Exposure Watch: J.P. Morgan
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5 Banks That Cannot Ignore Bank Transfer Day
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Colonial BancGroup, FDIC Resume Sparring Over Tax Refunds
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HSBC says may leave UK, hit by U.S. bad debts
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C.Agricole profit slumps, watching Italy
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Greek charges hit Credit Agricole
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MF Global:
A Board Complicit in MF Global's Bets, and Its Demise
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MF Global Creditors Hire Bienenstock of Dewey & Leboeuf
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Two MF Global Clients Spill About Their Frozen Accounts -- "It Was Like Being In The Twilight Zone."
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Some MF Global Cash Freed
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Clients Question Oversight by MF Global's Regulator
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MF Global Commodity Account Transfers ‘Substantially’ Done
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CME Group updates on MF Global customer account verification
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Gretchen Morgensen was right: MF Global was using derivatives
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Bankrupt brokerage MF Global showed appetite for risk
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Friendship Is Tossed in MF Global Storm
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MF Dumped European Debt at Loss Before Bankruptcy
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Jon Stewart on Jon Corzine's Debt Problem
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Clients who fled MF Global face clawback risk
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Lose Deal for MF Global, Lose Millions on Stock
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Fraud:
Picard Cannot Make It So: Madoff Trustee's Recoveries Curtailed Again
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Olympus fraud is bigger and more shocking than realized
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MF Global 'Starting to Smell Like' Fraud: Ex-SEC Accounting Chief
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SEC May Question Rajaratnam Brothers In Gupta Case
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The Only Two Things You Need To Know About The Guy Who Busted Raj
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Olympus investment losses may have exceeded $1 billion
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Olympus investors may find courthouse door closed
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Ex-Olympus Officials Face Prison If Fraud Claims Are Proved
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Stanford to Be Moved From Prison Hospital After Drug Treatment, Beating
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Financial Scandal Aficionados Never Had It Better
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Municipalities:
Democrats Scored A Huge Win In Ohio - Anti-union law overturned in a landslide
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Alabama's Jefferson County Votes to File for Bankruptcy
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Jefferson County Files Biggest US Municipal Bankruptcy
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Jefferson County bankruptcy filing: reaction from around Alabama
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Alabamians Blame Jefferson County Bankruptcy Delay on Greed, Ego
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Alabama Governor Fails to Prevent County’s Record $ 4 Billion Bankruptcy Filing
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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley disappointed in Jefferson County bankruptcy decision
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Sewer Receiver: Jefferson County Commission Decision "Devastating"
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Chief US Bankruptcy Judge for Northern Alabama will oversee Jefferson County bankruptcy
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No impact from Alabama county bankruptcy: JPMorgan
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What is Chapter 9 bankruptcy?
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Jefferson County's Path From Scandal to Bankruptcy: Timeline
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Jefferson County's bankruptcy spill-over to rest of state
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Jefferson default gives state black eye
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Now what? Here are the steps in Jefferson County's bankruptcy process
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Jefferson County Bankruptcy May Rekindle Whitney Fears, Schroeder Says
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Jefferson County Bankruptcy : A Harbinger Of Things To Come
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State, Muni Crunch Hits Home Values
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Municipal Yields Fall to Five-Week Low on Demand for Safety
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Alternative Energy:
U.S . and China on Brink of Trade War Over Solar Power Industry
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Most Solar Manufacturers Will Be Dead In 5 Years, Survivors Will Be Chinese
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Obama donor discussed Solyndra loan with White House
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Investor Wrong on Solyndra's Future Was Right About the Uproar
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House Repubicans and Democrats skirmish over Solyndra
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U.S. solar cell maker halts production
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Solar bankruptcies mark industry coming of age
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Trade War in Solar Takes Shape
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Solar Glut Worsens as Supply Surge Cuts Prices 93%
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Boehner pressures W.H. on Solyndra - Vows 'relentless' Solyndra probe
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Both sides cite bad faith in Solyndra case
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Krugman: It's time for solar power
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Republicans set their sites on another Energy Department program
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Russian Billionaire Awarded Controversial Energy Dept. Loan
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 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
(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:
Syms, Blitz, Vitro, Lehman, Real Mex, Broadstripe
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Lehman, Madoff, MF Global, Borders, Graceway
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Borders, Vitro, Solyndra , Hussey, Chef Solutions
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Credit Bids:
Can PE Firms Use Chapter 11 to Credit Bid Away Landlords and Unsecured Debt?
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Reaffirmation:
Reaffirmation Agreements – Not Just for Individual Chapter 7 Debtors
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Insurance:
Ambac Swings To 3Q Loss On Derivative Product Losses
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Food/Beverage:
Bankers Decide To Boycott Mario Batali's Restaurants After He Compares Them To Hitler
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Oil/Gas:
IEA Cuts Oil Demand Forecast a Third Month on Weaker US, Japan
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Delta Petroleum Posts Q3 Loss, May Seek Bankruptcy Protection ...
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Telecoms:
House E&C Seeks Documents on RUS Broadband Loan to Bankrupt Open Range
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Baseball:
Peter O'Malley wants to own the Los Angeles Dodgers again
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Source: Dodgers stuck until sold
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Dodgers' Path To A New Owner Begins With Character And Integrity
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McCourt could ignore Kemp before selling Dodgers
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The Commish v The Artful Dodger
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10 promising candidates to buy Dodgers
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Post McCourt-Em: A Letter to the Los Angeles Dodgers' New Owner
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Mass Torts:
500 More Fishermen Say BP Owes Them for a 'Campaign of Deceit'
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Hotels:
Hotel Foreclosures Will Have 'Huge Increase'
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Tax:
Ex-UBS Client Werdiger Gets One-Year Prison Term on Tax Charges
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Lehman:
Lehman to sell stake in Neuberger Berman
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Aviation:
Cape files motion to convert Commander bankruptcy to Chapter 7
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Sovereigns:
The 19 Countries Most Likely To Default
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The World's Biggest Debtor Nations
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UK:
British bank muscles weakened in Brussels
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Welsh households most financially stressed in UK
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Government proposes making it easier to wind up companies where there is no dispute
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Stand and deliver - Utility company "ransom payments" from insolvent companies
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Comet sold for £2 and new owners get £50m sweetener
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Appointment of Administrators - 9 November 2011
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EU:
EU Lowers Euro-Region Growth Forecasts
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ECB's Stark: We Are Not 'Lender of Last Resort'
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Euro zone split fears as EU dithers on Italy
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Will Italy's Economic Crisis Mean Endgame for the Euro?
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France And Germany Have Discussed A Smaller, Core Eurozone
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Why This Idea Of A 'Core Eurozone' Is A Complete Joke
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Saving the Euro: Thinking the Unthinkable
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Italy woes signal dangerous phase in crisis -PIMCO
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Terrifying chart from Europe
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Here’s What’s Scaring Everybody All the Sudden
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PIIGS:
Italy's debt woes worsen despite Berlusconi pledge to step down
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Italians nervous, skeptical about Berlusconi quitting
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Crisis in Italy Deepens, as Bond Yields Hit Record Highs
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Here’s One Way It Could Get Even Worse for Italian Bonds
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Italy Now at Risk of Debt Restructuring
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Bond Vigilantes To Target France As Italy Is Past Point Of No Return
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Italy's Senate Speeds Austerity Vote
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Italy Sells 5 Billion Euros of 12-Month Bills at Highest Rate in 14 Years
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The Weirdest Part About The Italian Debt Crisis
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Before Making The Biggest Decision Of His Life, Berlusconi Turned To The Comfort Of This Woman
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Euro zone has no plans to rescue Italy: officials
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Italy Bond Attack Breaches Euro's Defenses as Region's Contagion Worsens
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Berlusconi's Ouster Won't Avert Italian Default, Euro's Collapse
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Italians nervous, skeptical about Berlusconi quitting
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Berlusconi Resignation is the Silver Lining of the Euro Crisis
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Italy's borrowing rate spikes; Catastrophe looms?
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Roubini: There's only one option left for Italy
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What separates Italy from Greece?
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Italy Slowly Becoming Greece 2.0
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Why Italy is Much Scarier Than Greece
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Leave the Ouzo, Take the Cannoli
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Greek Leader’s Speech Hints at Decision on New Prime Minister
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Greece Says, Hey, Don't Forget About Us! We're Still a Hot Mess, Too!
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Greek powersharing talks disintegrate
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Greek 'Farce': How the Deal on New Leader Fell Apart
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Greek unity deal stalls as EU demands guarantee
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After Long Debate, Papademos Takes Charge in Greece
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IIF says weeks away from concluding Greek debt deal
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Greeks feel mocked by squabbling politicians
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Citizens uncertain and insecure
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Deposits shrink on Greek fears
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Tour Of Ireland’s Eerie Abandoned Houses
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Canada:
At home with Generation Boomerang
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China:
16 Facts About China That Will Make Your Mind Melt
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Is China in Danger of Losing Their Rich?
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Inside the huge Chinese loan-sharking industry that's leading to suicides and disappearances
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China's Slowing Growth Could Be The Next Crisis
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China October imports surge as exports wilt
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Australia:
Australian Bankruptcies Rise
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Small business failures at record levels
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India:
Moody's cuts Indian banking sector outlook
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Japan:
Japan Welfare Recipient Numbers Soar
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