Law:

Four Firms Help AMR Fly Into Chapter 11
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Fortress Loses Bid To Chase Dreier Dollars
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Linklaters handed £2.2m profit share to highest-earning partner in 2010-11
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Attorney Whose Law Firm Paid for Lavish Home Bath Remodel Gets Time in $466K Forgery Case
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Confidence slumps among London partners as euro crisis continues to worry
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Business Claims Bryan Cave Attorney Lied
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Biting Ruling Slams Lawyer for Misleading Appeal Court
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Judge says lawyer "no advertisement for male sensitivity"
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Relatives of Heiress Huguette Clark Accuse Lawyer and Accountant of ‘Plundering’ Her Fortune
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Nelson Mullins Adds Bankruptcy Lawyer
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley, EFSF, Cargill, Anglo Irish Bank in Court News
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Lawyer Blows Whistle on Own Firm, Testifies Against Ex-Partner at Trial
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Small Firms Rule
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Groupon for Lawyers: MyLegal.com Delivers Legal Deals
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Survey of chief legal officers explores priorities, budgets
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In Law Department Spending, Efficiency Trumps Cost
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Hard times for law firms spell pro bono cuts
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Jobless Lawyer Starts Occupy Movement
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Law Firms, Associates Weigh the Benefits of Deferrals
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Law Student Breaks Up With His Law School
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USC Law’s Snitch Patrol: Episode Two
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Solyndra Lawyer Joins Gibson Dunn
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Jackson doctor gets 4 years in jail, no probation --Reduced To 2 Years -- Lawyer: The Documentary Was a Mistake
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Lawyer Accused of Seeking Secretary with ‘Benefits’ Gets One-Year Suspension
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Marty Feldman, Doc Review Lifer
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Things You Can't Do on a Plane: Vol. 8
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Book Review: The Litigators
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Federal Jail Overrun With Strippers Posing As Paralegals, Lawyers Say
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Elvis Presley Estate Sued For $130 Million By King's 'Real Daughter'
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Love Hurts, Especially When Your Boyfriend Gives You a ‘Tatt-poo’ -- Just Kidding
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Judges:

Commission moves to censure judge who played lawyer in own court
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A Portrait of Elena Kagan as a Young Justice
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Group wants Kagan, Thomas to explain recusal decision
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Should three key Supreme Court justices bow out of health care ruling?
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Creeping informality at Supreme Court
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A Chastised Lawyer Lashes Out at Judge Posner
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Federal Magistrate Judge Accuses 2 Prominent Lawyers of Ethical Lapses During ‘Festival of Perjury’
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Wall Street:

Stock futures signal losses, focus on banks
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Stocks Close Mixed, S&P Ends Below 1200
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Five Stocks That Could Be Impacted By AMR's Bankruptcy
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Layoffs:

US Planned Layoffs Edge Down in November: Challenger
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

'Cyber Monday' sales up 33 percent
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Banking:

Bank Of America: The sickening drop continues -- Nearing $5 danger zone
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Ranking the Largest U.S. Banks: J.P. Morgan Ascends to the Top Spot
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JPMorgan Bonuses May Drop as Bank Wraps Up Performance Reviews
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BofA, Goldman, Citi Ratings Reduced by S&P -- Downgrades Dozens Of Global Banks
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31 Banks The Fed Is Watching Like A Hawk
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The World’s Most Profitable Banking Center Is…
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Tax:

Swiss Banks Could Lose $1.2 Billion From Tax Deals
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Fraud:

Fortress Credit Suit Against Dechert Thrown Out on Appeal
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Rajaratnam Witness's Bail Loosened
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House Ethics Committee Warns Lawmakers About Insider Trading
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Why Congress can freely trade on insider information
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Paulson Delivered Inside Information on GSEs to Cronies
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Hank Paulson’s inside jobs
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Olympus Whistleblower Woodford Meets With Prosecutors, SEC Investigators
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Allen Stanford Mental Fitness Hearing Before Fraud Trial Set for December
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Paramount Responds to Massive Fraud Lawsuit, Claims Finance Partner 'Ignores the True Facts'
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Citigroup Saudi Deal Haunts Pandit as Family Claims $383 Million Wipeout
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Politics:

American Airlines bankruptcy won't ground DC lobbying fleet
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Municipalities:

AMR-Backed Municipal Airport Debt Falls on American Air Parent Bankruptcy
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Jefferson County Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Two Arguments on Sewer Receiver
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Petelos expects legislative fix for JeffCo -- Talks about his first two months in office
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Court upholds conviction of Jefferson County official
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Rulings on Jefferson County bonds could have ripple effect on muni market
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Central Falls, RI, retirees, receiver have accord
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Emergency Manager Named to Control Flint, Michigan, Finances
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Illinois senate passes CME, Sears tax relief
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States Facing Bleak Economic Forecasts
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Distressed Investing:

Will AMR Vultures Be Grounded?
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MF Global:

MF Global trustee seeks to pay out $2.1 billion more
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Details Emerge on MF Global's Last-Ditch Effort to Fill Shortfall
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Fees for MF Global Wind-Down to Reach $100 Million
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MF Global USA Will Have Zero Employees By Year's End
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The Numbers That Never Stop Changing In The MF Global Bankruptcy
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KPMG Finds Half of That MF Global Client Money; Still Not Making Any Promises
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Lawmaker presses CFTC on MF Global collapse
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KPMG Recovered $500 Million of MF Global UK Client Assets
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MF Global Hotseat for Corzine ... and the White House?
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Jon Corzine: The hazards of a celebrity CEO
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MF Global sells exchange seats, cuts ties to grains
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MF Global sells more KCBT memberships
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MF : We stole only 1/3 of the $1.2 trln!
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Finally, MF customers catching a break
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Food/Beverage:

Sbarro Bankruptcy Proceedings Over As Pizza Chain Exits Chapter 11
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Potato chip maker Mister Bee files for bankruptcy
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Whatever Happened to Tang?
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Autos:

Saab Great Britain files for bankruptcy protection
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Orchestras:

With pension agreement, Philadelphia Orchestra nears resolution of bankruptcy case
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Economy:

Consumer Confidence Beats At 56.0 Versus Expected 44.0 -- Surges
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US Company Profits Highest in 40 Years
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Fedex: The Economy Is Still Growing, And Will Grow Next Year As Well
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Paulson gave Wall Street executives advance word of Fannie, Freddie bailouts
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For the US and EU, What Nearly Killed Us Could Save Us
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There's A Simple Way To Fix The Economy, And A Simple Reason We're Not Doing It
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Fed's Secrecy During Crisis Limits Effort to Stop Another
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Bloomberg Report Exposes the Federal Reserve Doing Its Job
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Hank Paulson And The Wall Street/Washington Axis Of Power
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Crony Capitalism? Hank Paulson's Extraordinary Meeting
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The Ultimate Tale Of The Economy's Collapse, Recovery, Slowdown And Then Recovery
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Report: Payroll Tax Cut extension is likely
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Congress Is Still Miles Away From A Deal On The Payroll Tax Cut
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The 21 Most Bizarre Economic Indicators
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Are Workers to Blame for Income Inequality?
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Retirement Preparation in US Reaching Crisis Levels
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Half of Americans worry they can't afford Christmas this year
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Developed World Facing 'Mission Impossible': Economist
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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:

NY, Delaware AGs may intervene in BofA, BNY Mellon MBS settlement
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Home prices drop in September, reversing months of gains -- 8-year lows-- Chicago area slide -- Seattle down -- Detroit up 3.7% -- Atlanta prices drop -- Las Vegas: new post-peak housing low
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Fewer Underwater Borrowers, But Housing Keeps Sinking
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Mortgage Applications Tumbled Last Week
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Home Ownership Heads to New Lows
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Housing Recovery Hinges on Household-Formation Gain, Case Says
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Case-Shiller Price Index Falls More than Forecast
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The Reason The House Prices Will Fall Another 8% Next Year
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A New Shot at Mortgage Relief
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Report charges FHFA for ignoring rep and warranty concerns at Freddie
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There's One Region Of The US Where The Housing Market Is On Fire
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N.M. AG to again push for foreclosure protection bill
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Las Vegas notary public guilty in robo-signing scheme found dead
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Why Getting a Mortgage Is Tough Right Now
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Bleak outlook for manufactured housing as secondary market shuns sector
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The World's Best Places to Live 2011
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Commercial Real Estate Default Rate Down 3.75% In Q3
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Aviation:

American Airlines Parent AMR Files for Bankruptcy Protection - Press Release - Petition - First Day Affidavit - Timeline - Liveblogging: first day
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American Airlines draws new bankruptcy judge in NY
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AMR Executives Said to Have Begun Bankruptcy Contingency Plans in August
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Fitch Downgrades
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Unsecured Creditors May Recoup 'Next to Nothing'
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Shares halted repeatedly -- fall 85% as trade resumes
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Airline ETF In Focus As AMR Lands In Bankruptcy
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Small cities may see less of American
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AMR: A Moral Man Loses a Battle
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Arpey could not mend relationships with unions
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For AMR's Now-Former Chief, a Long Career Felled by Chapter 11 -- Balked at bankruptcy -- But: Said to Have Mapped Exit After Anti-Bankruptcy Stand
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Gerard J. Arpey Joins Emerald Creek Group as a Partner
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Q&A with American's new CEO: 'It was time to get on with the full restructuring' -- 'Challenging day'
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Lost Altitude
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Five facts about American Airlines
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AMR's Self-Funded Bankruptcy A Rarity
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American and Why Different Didn't Work
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AMR Bankruptcy Deals 'Blow' to Region Airline Put on the Map
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AMR Files (video)- Miami's 4th Largest Employer
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American Airlines bankruptcy unlikely to disrupt fliers - May trim flight schedule
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What the American Airlines Bankruptcy Means for Travelers -- Travelers React -- Passengers, crew rattled -- Seeks to soothe worried AAdvantage members
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Only fliers are safe in American Airlines bankruptcy -- Who Loses?
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TWU president: Union is 'very disappointed' in AMR bankruptcy filing --Talks With Pilots End -- May Cost Workers $1 Billion in Pension Benefits -- Retirees have the most to lose -- Workers Likely To Lose Out
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Tightening Belts at American Airlines
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APFA president: Chapter 11 filing by American Airlines not a complete surprise
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United Continental, Delta Air May Gain From AMR's Bankruptcy -- Bad news for Republic Airways -- US Airways Seen as Possible Partner -- Qantas says no impact -- May opt for a deal
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United Continental Call Volume Skyrockets on AMR Bankruptcy
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American Airlines succumbs to the industry's head-winds
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American bankruptcy long overdue, travel experts say -Joins long list of airlines filing for bankruptcy protection - Filing will be good for industry
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Is the Airline Industry in Dire Straits?
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Who's running the show at American Airlines
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Gordon Bethune: AA bankruptcy "inevitability of an irrational workforce"
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Analysts React American's Bankruptcy Filing: 'This Wasn't About Liquidity'
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How Will AMR Use The Power Of Bankruptcy?
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AA jettisons some excess baggage
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For American, a blemish on a distinguished history
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Airlines and Boeing: What's the Fallout from AMR Bankruptcy ? --CEO Says Record Jet Order Is 'Rock Solid' -- Boeing's Albaugh Expects Long-Term Benefits
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AMR bankruptcy clouds Boeing jet order
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Global Knafaim: American Airlines plane leases are 18% of revenue
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GE doesn't see "significant" loss from AMR filing
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Experts, Leaders Weigh-In On AMR Bankruptcy
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Is Bankruptcy 'Business As Usual' For Airlines?
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American Airlines catches up with aviation reality a decade later -- Waited too long to bail out
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Airport bonds eyed in American Airlines bankruptcy
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Health Care:

Failed NY dental chain lists no assets, $3.6M debt
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Protests:

Police, Protesters Skirmish in Los Angeles
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Hundreds Of Cops In Riot Gear And Hazmat Suits Storm Occupy LA
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"Occupy 2012" and how next year's election could resemble 1968
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History:

The Man Who Busted the ‘Banksters’
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Alternative Energy:

Solar power bankruptcies loom
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SolarCity Gets Loans for $1 Billion Project Without Guarantee
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Art:

A second chance with art
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Celebs:

Half Of Hollywood Is Broke -- The Stars Who Lost Or Squandered Their Fortunes
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Miscellaneous:

MF Global, Lehman, Solyndra , Dodgers, SP Newsprint
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

How American Airlines's Bankruptcy Stacks Up
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Unofficially, AMR is 100th airline bankruptcy since 1990
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Ranking the Largest Airline Bankruptcies
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:

Bankruptcy Court Holds Assignment of Voting Right Unenforceable
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Administrative Claims:

Severance Payments as Administrative Expenses? One Court Says, “Don’t Count On It.”
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Bankruptcy Reform:

House approves military-related bankruptcy bill
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Corporate Reform:

NY federal judge an outlier in challenging SEC
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A Closer Look at Judge Rakoff's Rejection of the SEC's Settlement with Citigroup
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Judge to Citi: if you don’t admit, you can’t settle it
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Tackling the power of the 1%
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Judge to SEC: Don't Let Wall Street Off the Hook
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SEC, Citi fight CDO settlement rejection
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CFPB moves to streamline inherited financial regulations
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Chief judge: Rakoff assignment to Citi case was 'totally random'
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SEC's Schapiro Asks Congress to Raise Limits on Securities Fines
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Litigation:

Obtaining Disclosure of ESI From Non-Parties
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The Future of Class Action Lawsuits
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How to Fulfill Document-Preservation Obligations
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Environmental:

Tronox Judge to Decide on Anadarko Request for Cap in $15.5 Billion Suit
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Baseball:

Dodgers bankruptcy hearing delayed as talks open
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Entertainment:

Michael Jackson Tribute Promoters File For Bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Hooters hotel-casino to be auctioned off in Las Vegas bankruptcy
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Politics:

Karl Rove's Massachusetts culture war
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Cain Helped His Latest Accuser with Rent and Car Payments
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Lehman:

Lehman Liquidation Plan Backed by $450 Billion in Claims -- Voting creditors back plan
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Ratings Agencies:

Credit agencies lack credibility after role in crisis: survey
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S&P Cuts Credit Ratings on Several Large Banks
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Electricity:

Trustee named for SME -- Members want audit
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Questions and answers about Southern Montana Electric
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Financial Advisors:

CFP Board to warn planners about declaring bankruptcy
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UK:

British Politician Admits The Whole 'Austerity' Thing Isn't Working
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UK: Bad News on Growth and Jobs
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2 million strike in Britain over pension changes
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EU:

Europe Stares into the Abyss
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Eurozone fatigue setting in
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It's Official: Europe Has 10 Days To Save The Euro
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Flow Chart For The EFSF
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Europe Boosts the Size of EFSF Bailout Fund
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Euro Ministers Bid for Bigger IMF Role as Fund Boost Falls Short
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Euro Finance Ministers Discuss Radical Ideas
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Central Banks Urged to Take More Active Role in Fighting Euro Debt Crisis
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EU Writedown Plan May Shield Creditors
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Rearranging the Deck Chairs in Europe
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Will the Eurozone Last the Year?
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The Rosetta Stone Of The Entire Sovereign Debt Crisis
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New Troubling Headlines Coming Out Of Europe
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Citi: Euro Crisis to Escalate
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Morgan Stanley: The Euro Economy In 2012 And 2013
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Bill Gross: Two Big Problems With The Eurozone
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Euro finance ministers try to avert crisis
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Merkel won't swap euro bonds for stability rules: MPs
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Germany and France Should Help Italy and Others Leave the Euro Behind
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Euro Nations Renew Talk of IMF Role -- Central Bank Loans to IMF as Last Resort
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What the IMF should tell Europe
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Saving the euro: Solutions vary nation by nation
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Financials shaky as Europe officials meet
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Euro Drops Amid Speculation Leaders Won't Agree on Crisis Steps
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Hedge Fund Managers Give Policy Makers Poor Marks for Handling of Euro Crisis
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PIIGS:

Eurozone ministers OK $10.7 billion Greek loan
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Citigroup makes gloomy forecasts for Greece
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Ratings Firms Misread Signs of Greek Woes
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Italy's borrowing costs hit a lifetime high of 7.89% -- At risk of insolvency -- Unemployment Blasts Higher -- Reportedly in Exploratory Talks With IMF for Aid
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Roubini: Restructure Italian Debt
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Seat PG asks bondholders for more time to pay coupon
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Geronzi, Arpe Convicted in Parmalat-Related Case
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Italy's moment of truth
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Ireland Backs ECB 'Fire Power' To Solve Crisis
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20 Banks That Will Get Crushed If The PIIGS Go Bust
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Germany:

German Unemployment Falls More Than Economists Forecast
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MENA:

Iranian Students Storm British Embassy in Tehran
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China:

China Cuts Banks' Required Reserves in Surprise Move
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