Law:
Ruden McClosky files for Chapter 11
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Ruden Files for Bankruptcy; "Assets" Absorbed into Greenspoon Marder.
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MF Global: Just the Right Size to Fail?
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More Bankruptcy Lawyers Pulled Into MF Global Orbit
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Are Occupiers Finally Learning The Value Of Competent Lawyering?
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Top Partners to Work For – Washington, D.C. (Part 2)
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Where's My Mentor?
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Heller Suit Claims Error by Greenberg Traurig Led to 'Chaotic' Wind Down - News - ABA Journal
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Olympus Names Panel to Probe Advisory Fees on Past Deal
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Magic Circle Firms In Driver's Seat for Saab Sell Off
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Ashurst restructuring partner quits for Kaye Scholer
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Ashurst and Weil lead as MF Global files for bankruptcy protection
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Kramer Levin Named Law Firm of the Year in Bankruptcy Litigation
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Pleading Ignorance
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Results: Law Firm Technology Survey 2011
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Captain Lawyer to the Rescue
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Abramovich, HSBC, Wells Fargo, H&R Block in Court News
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Update on the Sam Friedlander Family Murder-Suicide
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Why Quinn Isn't In
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When you just can't find that particular legal specialist
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US is Now 27th in Social Justice
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US News & World Report Law Firm Rankings: Year Two
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The great debate over law schools
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Music Soothes the Savage Briefs
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Women Getting Shafted on Reviews
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Virtual pro bono a hit at Vinson & Elkins
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Pondering the 'Former Lawyer Selling Marketing Advice'
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First-Offense Drunken Driving Isn’t Grounds for Attorney Sanction, Top Nevada Court Says
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Judge Sets Contempt Hearing for Prosecutors and Court Reporters in Runaway Grand Jury Probe
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Not Unethical To Lie To Break Dinner Date
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Bracewell's Scott Segal Tells It Like It Is On Comedy Central
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Can Citizens Record Cops on Cell Phones? Joining 1st Circuit in Mass., Oregon Appeals Court Says Yes
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I Ain’t A Lawyer, I Just Charge A Lot
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10-year-old pulls gun on woman joking about stealing his Halloween candy
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9-year-old Faces Four Felonies For Wild School Bus Tantrum
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Judges:
October is banner month for judge confirmations
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Top Wis. Court ‘Suggestion’ to Appellate Judges: Hold Hearing Before Sanctioning Lawyer re Briefs
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Judge Judy’s Husband Steps Up to the Bench in TV Pilot
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Blogging juror becomes issue
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Judges as punching bags
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Following a Drop in Foreclosure Fees, Fla. Courts Are Projecting $36M Deficit By March
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4 Charged in Alleged Fringe Plot Targeting DOJ, Federal Judges and IRS to ‘Save’ Constitution
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Supreme Court vs. 9th Circuit: Roberts Defends Scalia's Honor As Justices Ready To Reverse Case
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Wall Street:
Stocks set to open higher
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Dow Takes Another Drubbing
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Jefferies Slides on Europe Debt Crisis Concerns
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Mike Mayo's new book blasts Wall Street
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Why being from Goldman can actually be a liability
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The Sell Side Of Investment Banking Slowly Being Dismantled
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Milk Street Cafe Owner Sacks 21 Employees As Consequence Of Occupy Wall Street Demonstration
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The truth about what Occupy Wall Street has become
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The Inevitable Has Happened: Occupy Foreclosures
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Harvard Students Plan Walk-Out Of Greg Mankiw's Economics Class To Show Solidarity With Occupy Movement
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Why Occupy Dallas is Different
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Layoffs:
Tweeter Decision Extends WARN Act Liability to Distant Parent Companies
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U.S. Job Creation Up in October, Reversing Recent Declines
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Jobs Crisis Threatens Globe Social Unrest
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You're Not Going To Believe Obama's Latest 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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Fraud:
Most of the $19.9 bln Madoff case vs JPMorgan gets tossed
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2 Banks Win Ruling in Madoff Case
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U.S. Judge Bars a Suit for Victims of Madoff
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Feds sue Allied Home Mortgage and founder for fraud
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Rajaratnam's prison date changes to Dec. 5 - judge
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Rajaratnam Says He Shouldn't Have to Pay SEC More Penalties
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Autos:
Saab Executive Says Chinese Turnaround Plan Not Yet Complete
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Chinese buy Saab. Swedes shrug.
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Toyota, Honda Fail to Record U.S. Auto Sales Gains as Pledged
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October auto sales up, but concerns deepen
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Chrysler Sales Jump 27%
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Rattner Applauds Auto Bailouts Happy Ending
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Wall St. Funding Tote the Note Lot Scams
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A Vicious Cycle in the Used Car Business
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Municipalities:
Harrisburg Bankruptcy Judge Tells Vendors City Can Pay Them
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Harrisburg Doesn t Need OK To Pay Vendors
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Pennsylvania Interviewing Job Candidates for Harrisburg Receiver
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CBS 21 sits down with Harrisburg Bankruptcy Attorney
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Facing state takeover, Harrisburg officials talk
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State of the City held with Mayor Thompson, two other Mayors of distressed cities
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Act 47 mayors encourage Harrisburg officials to come together on plan
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Pennsylvania Court Rules Against Distressed Munis
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York should file for bankruptcy
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Vallejo's bankruptcy ends after 3 tough years
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Protesters want Jeffco to declare bankruptcy
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Objections filed to Central Falls contract changes
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Jerry Brown’s ‘Nixon to China’ Moment on State Employees' Retirement Age
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What Texas Miracle? Residents in some Lone Star State cities rank among the brokest in America
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Michigan and Its Crumbling Roads
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Student Debt:
Rep. Hansen Clarke: 'Student loan debt has made a mockery of the American Dream'
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College Loan Debt Weighs On Budding Entrepreneurs
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Will Student Loans Soon Be Discharged in Bankruptcy ?
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Bastrop Couple Indicted for Bankruptcy Fraud
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Trustee wants to block Bujak's wife's bankruptcy over Rolex
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Telecoms:
Verizon duped FairPoint, $2B suit charges
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Verizon Knifed it in the Back, Fairpoint Says, Calling $2.5 Billion Spinoff & Merger a Fraud
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Open Range finds Minnesota buyer
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Creditors protest Open Range's chapter 11 sale plan
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Food/Beverage:
Perkins restaurant's reorganization plan approved by court
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Friendly Ice Cream Wins Court Approval to Hold Asset Auction
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Corporate Reform:
US Consumer Bureau to Streamline Rules From Other Agencies
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CFPB official defends bureau's first 100 days
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CFPB now employs 700 staffers
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First 100 Days of Consumer Protection Bureau Examined
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New SEC Leaders Prepare to Undertake Dodd-Frank Oversight Duties
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Religion:
Church braced for wave of sex abuse
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Chapman ups offer for Crystal Cathedral
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Politics:
Brown, Warren slug it out in money trenches
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A Class Warrior, And Hits For Average Too!
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Poll: Texas Don't Credit Perry on Economy
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Perry's Tax Plan: Only Rich Need Apply
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FactCheck: Perry's Dubious Tax Promise
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Personal Finance:
Recession's Impact on Boomer Retirements
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Economy:
Manufacturing growth slowed slightly in October
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Federal Reserve concludes 2-day meeting with many economists expecting no change in policy
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Reid: Rich 'Can Afford to Contribute a Teeny, Tiny Fraction More'
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The GOP Race to Cut Rich People's Taxes
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15% of U.S. Uses Food Stamps
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Budget Veteran Warns Deficit Committee They Might 'Fail the Country'
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Simpson, Bowles want deep cuts from debt panel
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Our Problems Real, No Simple Solutions: Simpson, Bowles
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Langone: Deficit Supercommittee a Charade
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Bond Dealers See Fed Holding Rate Near 0% at Least Through First Half of 2013
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Could Greece’s troubles wreck the American economy?
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GAO criticizes Fed's handling of AIG bailout
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US Infrastructure Argument Crumbles
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The Money Printing Era Will Implode In One Or Two Years
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25 Super Rich People Who Use Their Money To Help The World
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This Is How Income Inequality Destroys Societies
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Most Americans Believe Crime in U.S. Is Worsening
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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:
Dallas Seeks to Bring All Texas Counties Into MERS Filing-Fee Lawsuit
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Strategic default risk growing for negative equity jumbo mortgages
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Bloomberg blames crisis on bad Fannie/Freddie loans (except they don't make loans)
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Fannie Mae serious delinquencies lowest since 2009
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LPS: Foreclosures delinquent an average of 624 days
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Regulators Begin Offering Foreclosure Reviews to Borrowers
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4M homeowners eligible for foreclosure review
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'Robo-Signing' Prompts New Foreclosure Reviews
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Cost of foreclosure settlement rises by $5B
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AG settlement targets 5 largest mortgage servicers
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Federal judge unlikely to approve SEC, Citi settlement
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BNY Mellon Appeals federal Judge’s Venue Ruling in Bank of America Deal
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Administration Favors Settling With Banks on Criminal Actions They’re STILL Engaged In
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Banks, regulators start massive review of foreclosures
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The Looming Occupy Foreclosures Movement
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Ad claims Mitt Romney's housing policy is to let foreclosures "hit the bottom."
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Bank of America Forecloses on Home That Doesn't Exist, Fails
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Allied Home Mortgage sued for lending fraud
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Texas home sales jumped 18% in the third quarter
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Soaring delinquencies could crush the New York housing market
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Several more years with nearly 1M foreclosures per year
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Incline Village: Blazing the Trail for Property Tax Revolts
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Empire Towers auction draws no bidders
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Credit Suisse Shutters CMBS Group
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N.J. Prosecutor: Mafia Took Over Subprime Lender
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Goldman buys real estate portfolio from Lehman
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California Commercial Loan Delinquency Remained Unchanged In Q3
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Price Tag On Manhattan's Last Freestanding Mansion
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Banking:
PIMCO's Gross: US banks need more capitalization
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Bank of America Backs Off From Plan to Charge Debit-Card Fee
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Debit card fee waived, but bank customers still upset
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Occupy shrugs off bank's debit-card move
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Bank of America's Qwikster Moment
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Bank of America Retreats on Fee, Stock Retreat Continues
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Wells Fargo 125% Fee Hike
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Wells Fargo: Welcome Super Rich
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Credit Suisse Plans More Job Cuts Even as Profit Rises 12%
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Broker-Dealers:
Report: MF Global Exec Admits to Using Client Money
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Implications of MF Global Inc. SIPC Proceeding for Counterparties and Market Participants
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Worried investors swamp MF Global Singapore's office
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FBI Probes into MF Global Bankruptcy
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MF Global Customers Call SIPC Asking for Money After Bankruptcy
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Former NJ Governor embroiled in missing funds scandal
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Corzine's Lack of MF Global Controls Exposed With Missing Money
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Former New Jersey Governor’s Fund Lost Track of a Bit of Money
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In Corzine Comeback, Big Risks and Steep Fall
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Mr. Corzine's Big Bet
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Corzine last week: "the structure of the transaction...essentially eliminates market and financing risk"
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Fiscal tragedy of an ill-suited pol
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Jon Corzine's Revenge on Goldman
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MF Global Bankruptcy Leaves Star Bankers Adrift Amid Cuts
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Judge grants $8 million 'lifeline' to MF Global
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JPMorgan Seeks Lien on All MF Global Assets
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J.P. Morgan Seeks Restrictions on MF Global's Use of Cash
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All MF Global Funds Are Accounted For, Held by Brokerage
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CME investigating MF Global account separation 'failure'
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MF Global bankruptcy shows regulatory resolve
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MF Global accounts shock leaves clients scrambling
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“Business as Usual” for Some Parts of MF Global
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MF Global enters insolvency proceedings on both sides of the pond
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MF Global UK enters special administration regime. What happens next?
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MF Global, European Sovereign Debt and Risk
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The Fed’s MF Global Problem
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MF Global Stock to Be Delisted by NYSE, Citing Bankruptcy
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The biggest losers in MF Global's bankruptcy
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4 N.Y. Firms Own 24.4% Stake in MF Global
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The firms facing $37 billion in exposure to MF Global are "still mostly opaque"
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MF Global’s fall from ‘junk’ to bankrupt
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Live: Inside MF Global's Bankruptcy Hearing
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Why MF Global could thump advisers, too
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IFR-MF Global subprime RMBS liquidation is scuttled
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Deloitte Assumes Control of Insolvent MF Global’s Business in Australia
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More than 700 staff face redundancy as broker goes bust
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MF Global's Demise Will Have Political Fallout
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3 big questions for MF Global fiasco
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Corzine Key Man Bonds Default Before Coupon
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Fallout From MF Global Bankruptcy Declaration
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Jefferies Would Like to Say It's Not MF Global
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While MF Global sank, lobbying went on as usual
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MF Global Bankruptcy Filing Shows Company was in Push to Create Core Business Value, Not Looking to Liquidate
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KPMG says closing out MF Global UK client positions
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KPMG Is Confident That MF Global UK Clients Will Get Their Money
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Deloitte accused of losing clients money
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Celebs:
Mark Brunell Faces Bankruptcy
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Jets Quarterback Mark Brunell's Catastrophic Financial Path
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Oil/Gas:
Oil declines nearly 3% on Europe jitters
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Mass Torts:
Transocean Turns up the Heat on BP
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Museums:
Hollywood Holocaust center may face foreclosure
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Corporate Governance:
An Interview with Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele
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Waste:
Developer of Eagle Mountain dump files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Hotels:
Crowne Plaza loses affiliation
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Energy:
Carl Icahn to Dynegy Bond Holders: I Dare You.
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Financial Literacy:
Financial Aid - What is a Bank? - What is a Company? - What is Equity? - What is a Stock Exchange? - What is a Fund? - What are Taxes? - What is Financial Information? - What is an Economy? - What is Insurance? - What is Bankruptcy?
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Art:
Christie’s New York Art Sale Flops as Buyers Shun Degas Amid Market Slump
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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
(large downloads)
UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
MF Global, Tribune, Harrisburg, Beacon, Lehman
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Rochelle on Madoff, Vitro, Removal from Bankruptcy Court
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Rochester: Bankruptcy filings fall again in October
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San Antonio area bankruptcy filings climb in October
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Hawaii bankruptcy filings continue to fall
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:
Smack-Down of a Straitjacket
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Indentures:
Bankruptcy Court Overrides CDO Indenture Provision Requiring Noteholder Consent to Liquidation After Accelerating Default
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Executory Contracts:
Historical Breaches May Undermine Assumption of Executory Contracts
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Litigation:
Document destruction results in sanctions
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Media:
Tribune Co. to move fast on revised reorg plan
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Tribune hopes bankruptcy exit plan can be altered to win approval
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Tribune Co. hunkers down to fix bankruptcy plan
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Trib investors could face legal trouble
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Insurance:
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Claim For Defense Costs Incurred During Voluntary Compliance With An Informal SEC Investigation
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Golf:
Trinitas golf course loses another round
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Alternative Energy:
DOE Gets Another Black Eye With Beacon Bankruptcy
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Beacon Power: We're broke, but we're no Solyndra
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Rep. Blackburn: We Should End All of These Programs
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White House Orders Review of Energy Department's Loan Program
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Solyndra Auction Will Unload Bankrupt Solar Panel Maker's Assets
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Solyndra Was Just the Beginning
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Former Solyndra CEO got $456K severance
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Green tech still withering in the 'Valley of Death'
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Texas Rep. Michael Burgess accuses White House of Solyndra cover-up
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Range Fuels website down; is bankruptcy filing imminent?
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Debit/Credit Cards:
Here's What You Should Do With All That Junk Mail Offering You Credit Cards
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Baseball:
McCourt Agrees to Sell Dodgers, Team to Be Auctioned in Bankruptcy
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Frank McCourt's selling the Dodgers? Get outta town!
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Frank McCourt agrees to sell Dodgers
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The Los Angeles Dodgers Are for Sale
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Health Care:
Prime to manage hospital over Harris' objection
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Awards:
Lois R. Lupica Named a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:
Rogue Debt Collection Companies Get Clamp Down by FTC
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Lehman:
Goldman Sachs Gets 24 Subpoenas From Lehman in Probe of Derivatives Claims
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Singapore Investors Lose Bid to Recoup Lehman-Related Losses on Appeal
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Aviation:
Incredible Video
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Sovereigns:
IMF May Create Credit Line for Countries
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UK:
Bankruptcy tourism to be addressed at breakfast briefing
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Cattles Claims 'Gross Misstatement' of Bad Debt in PwC Audits
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What really happens when a football club goes into administration
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UK opts out of Euro insolvency rules
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EU:
Europe's Bogus Bailout
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European Debt Crisis Tightens Its Chokehold on Global Markets
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Europe Shouldn’t Count on a Chinese Bailout
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EU leaders race to save eurozone deal
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Greek referendum plan stuns Europe, markets
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Germans warn of Greek euro exit after referendum gambit
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European Perspective: Roll Up! Roll Up! Schemes Roundup
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What Has Really Happened To Euro Debt Insurance?
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EU Financial Crisis Rumbles in Texas
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Why EU Plan to End Crisis Won't Work
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Super Mario May Need a Bazooka to Save the Euro
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Euro-zone Oct. manufacturing PMI falls to 47.1
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PIIGS:
Greek govt 'on verge of imploding'
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Sixth tranche from IMF in doubt
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Greek Bailout Referendum Rattles Markets, But May Not Happen
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Eupdate Game-Changer: The Greek Referendum
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What’s at stake for Greek citizens?
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Whispers of Return to Drachma Grow Louder in Greek Crisis
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Here's What's About To Happen To The Greek Government...
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PM faces opposition from some ministers, MPs
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How Greece Just Destroyed The EFSF
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IIF's Dallara focused on haircut despite Greece ?rollecoaster?
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Many Greeks Now Leaving Their Country
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Papandreou brinkmanship may be step too far
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EU leaders set to give Greece "take it or leave it" offer
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Here's What Happened The Last Time A Papandreou Blackmailed All Of Europe
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Referendum Will Confirm Greece in Euro: Papandreou
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Austerity Faces Test as Greeks Question Their Ties to Euro
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Athens vote threatens bail-out deal
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Emerging Stocks Decline on Greek Referendum; Currencies Weaken
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Greece faces bankruptcy in case of 'No' vote: Juncker
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Can Greece Survive?
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Italian bond spreads reach euro-era high
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Here's Why Spain Desperately Needs A Bad Bank
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Ireland sees ECB "wall of money" to calm markets
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ie: UK escape route for our bankruptcy 'tourists'
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NIB Reports €623 Million Impairment
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Canada:
Creditor pans Aviawest restructuring plan
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Risky Business: Terminating Contracts Under the Master ISDA Contract
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China:
The Dark Side of China's Infrastructure Boom
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World Needs China to Slow Growth Gradually
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Unpaid Wages In China: Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay
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Japan:
Possible new "fission" found at Japan's wrecked nuclear plant
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Olympus Scandal Reveals Little Has Changed in Japan
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Soul-Searching at Nomura
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Indonesia:
Court sends bankruptcy judge briber to prison for 3.5 years
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Mexico:
Creditors of Mexico's Vitro reject restructuring plan
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