Law:
Fund manager sues Willkie Farr for conflict of interest
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Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Lone Star, Apple in Court News
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Feds accuse lawyer of bungling Bonds case
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Law firm Baker Hostetler makes a mint off Madoff
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Firm faces continued fallout after associate charged with theft
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Proskauer Partner Publishes Novel About ‘Death, Guilt and Regrets’
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Court overturns $9.2 million Morgan Keegan "fraudulent expert testimony" case
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Law Firm and Estate of John M. O’Quinn Sue Houston Lawyer Over Alleged $1.5M Investment
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Vandals fill Texas A&M football team's buses with manure
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Status Updates Lead To Real-Life Arrests
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Suspect's Cell Phone Dials 911 During Burglary
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4 Amish Men Charged In Bizarre Attacks
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Owners still baffled over theft of entire bridge
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Ex-Law School Controller Pleads Guilty in $173K Embezzlement Aided by Tuition Breaks
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Are Male Lawyers Getting Less Attractive?
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Man Busted for Marijuana After Petting Police Dog
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Lawyer Who Allegedly Kicked In Boyfriend’s Door and Had Knife in Bra Is Suspended
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3-Year-Old Boy In Stolen Vehicle Pulls Gun On Cop
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Man impersonating cop pulls over real cop
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Judges:
The Honorable Laura K. Grandy: She plays spoons, writes songs and writes songs and wields a mean chainsaw
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Julie Wagner Brand Named Bankruptcy Judge for Central District
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Clarence's Questions: The Case Of The Burning Cross
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Judge battles cancer without missing a day
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Antonin Scalia Unplugged: Wants to Kill ‘Living’ Constitution
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Scalia, Breyer weigh in on value of televised arguments
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Wall Street:
Stock futures rise on euro zone optimism
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Stocks Struggle to Hold Gains as Banks Slip
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Stocks: Earnings and Europe come knocking
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Short Sales Rise Most Since '06 as Stocks Lose $11 Trillion
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The S&P 500 Has Declined 30% In Real Value Since 2000
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Time of greatest fear offers opportunity
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Clergy Members March Alongside "Occupy Wall Street" Protesters
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Berkeley, Sacramento, Tampa, Dallas, Atlanta ????
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Sacramento Protesters Unsure Of Why There, Lash Out At Basic Reporter Questions
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Occupy Wall Street: What Are They So Angry About?
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Occupy Wall Street Needs To Occupy A Library
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Organizer admits to paying ‘Occupy DC’ protesters
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Wall Street Protesters Want World to Know They're Just Like Us
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The 3 Smartest Things I Heard at Occupy Wall Street
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Battle Of The 'Air And Space'
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Occupy Wall Street, "Fringe Banking" and Public Options
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It's time for Occupy Wall Street to set sights on Congress
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Bloomberg: 'Occupy Wall Street' Hurting NYC Economy...
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Park Not Cleaned In 3 Weeks
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Protesters trashing park with ties to powerful political, financial players
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Cain: Protestors are playing "the victim card"
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The Only Major Country Where Mass Protests Actually Work
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Bank protesters arrested after trying to cash a $673B check
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Private Owners Of Public Spaces In ‘Occupy Wall Street’s’ Wake
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Jefferies Had Trading Losses on 26 of 65 Trading Days Last Quarter
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When People Got Angry At Wall Street And Bombed Morgan Bank
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Layoffs:
9.1%
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The REAL scariest jobs chart ever
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Falling Wages for Young College Grads
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Slow Crawl Out of 6.6 Million-Job Hole
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Breaking Down the Jobs Numbers
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Austerity Bites
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Long-Term Joblessness Likely to Spur Unemployment Extension Fight
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Economists React: ‘Treading Water’ on Jobs Better Than Drowning
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Broader Jobless Rate Hits 16.5%, Highest Level of 2011
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Avg. duration of unemployment 40 weeks
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Finance Sector Loses Jobs in September
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Workers at strapped AC casinos face steep pay cuts
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Manufacturing Jobs to Shift from China to US
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Damage from Jobs Crisis Extends Beyond Base
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Charities pay dearly in jobs plan
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Commercial Metals to Cut 1,500 Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Magazines:
In Jewish Times bankruptcy , longtime collaborators become foes
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Oil/Gas:
Judge tosses Tulsa investors' lawsuit against SemGroup
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Media:
Tribune Settles Tax Claim Related to 2007 Leveraged Buyout
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Municipalities:
Chicago: property tax bills soar
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A Pathway to State Bankruptcy
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Fla. County May Eliminate Top In-House Lawyer to Save Money
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Museum:
Slavery museum reports $7.6 million in assets
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Televisions:
Four Roberts Bros.' TV stations file for bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:
Debt collectors with govt contracts paid penalties
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State Targets Eight Collection Agencies Over Hiring, Accounting Practices
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Corporate Reform:
Is the CFPB a Step Closer to Having a Leader?
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Too Big to Fail Not Fixed, Despite Dodd-Frank
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Don't Dump the Volcker Rule Just Because It's Not Perfect
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Wall Street CEOs may be in Volcker rule crosshairs
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Shipping:
Container Ship Rates Plummet
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge Funds Suffer Worst Quarter Since 2008
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It's Not Just Paulson: Look At All The Other Big Names Getting Crushed In 2011
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Accounting:
Federal judge puts brakes on SEC's Deloitte case
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Health Care:
Hospital likely to stay open Sale moving forward bankruptcy settlement approved
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Federal judge approves $10.2 million settlement between Hoboken University Medical Center and its creditors
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Hospital CEO, lawyer indicted for alleged obstruction, perjury of $188M fraud collection
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Half of Texas Doctors May Quit Medicare
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Economy:
Economy adds 103,000 jobs, but it's not enough
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Economic Signs Point to Improved Hiring
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CBO: 2011 Deficit Will be $1.3 Trillion
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What the Recession Has Done to the Rich
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WHouse warns risk of another recession unless jobs bill passes
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Tale of teacher’s job struggle stretches truth
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Fisher Says He Sympathizes With Protests Against Fed, Wall Street Bailouts
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An entire system of global trade is at risk
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Fannie Mae economist says recession risks remain
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Is the US Facing a Modern Day Depression?
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CEOs: US Recession Unlikely
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'Zombie' program cuts deficit
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Supercommittee Hints at Deficit Progress
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Greenspan: US Faces Dangerous Threat from Euro Debt
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Greenspan: Let the Bush tax cuts expire
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Bill Clinton: How to Fix the Economy
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Soros: US, EU Troubles Like Soviet Collapse
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Why America Is The New Third World
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Poll: 88% Worried About Retirement
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Obama, Geithner, and the Next Financial Crisis
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TARP After Three Years: It Made Things Worse, Not Better
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The Hot New Theory About What Just Happened To The US Economy
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The number of Americans holding second jobs just soared
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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:
Home ownership sees biggest drop since Great Depression
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Housing Desert Leads Biggest US Homeownership Drop Since 1930s
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Construction Employment
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One In Three Prime Borrowers Are Underwater
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Another Casualty of the Housing Crash: Strip Malls
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Another Texas County Mulls Possible MERS Suit; Up to $100M Could Be In Issue in Harris County
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Harris Takes a Hard Line With Lenders
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Robosigning 2.0: Mortgage Foreclosure File Reviewers
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Foreclosure talks move forward
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House Democrats To DeMarco: Do Your Job, Or Get Out
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Housing industry jobs down for fourth month in September
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Bank of America offers up to $20,000 to entice short sales
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SIGTARP catches counselor stealing $300,000 in modification payments
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EpiCentre creditors moving to block payment to Ghazi group
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New Kent development files for Chapter 11
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Fannie, Freddie stand in way of debt reductions
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Fannie, Freddie expand allowable foreclosure assistance for military
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Fannie and Freddie debt fuels anxiety
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GMAC to pay select veterans to remain current on mortgages
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Mortgage bankers write screenplay about boom and bust
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A High Roller Feels the Bite of Foreclosure
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REITs hit slump in stock market
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Politics:
Brown on Warren quip: Lighten up
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Massachusetts senatorial race: Elizabeth Warren's claws are out for Scott Brown
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Why George Will is Wrong about Why Elizabeth Warren is Wrong
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WNEU poll: Sen. Scott Brown leads Elizabeth Warren 47-42
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Herman Cain steps up attacks on Occupy Wall Street protests
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Cain opens 20-point lead on closest rival
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FactCheck: Romney Misfires on Defense
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Romney Mocks Perry on Lack of Jobs Plan
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Bachmann: Protesters Should Focus on Obama
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Chaos in Senate Worries Left and Right
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Privacy:
FBI to launch nationwide facial recognition
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Banking:
Sun Security Bank, Ellington, MO, Closed By Regulators
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The RiverBank, Wyoming, Minnesota, Fails After 114 Years
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Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 983 Institutions
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Dexia CEO seen as firefighter more than culprit
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France, Belgium, Luxembourg Agree on Dexia Plan
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Belgium nationalizes Dexia subsidiary for $5.4B
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Dexia Shares Dive on Nationalization Talk
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Belgium: Another Late-Friday Rating Agency Shocker
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The gouging banks
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Better Business Bureau advises consumers on new bank fees
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Bank of America, Adam Smith and a Fee Market System
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Bank of America Customers Are Furious: Poll
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Getting banking off the fee track
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More Bank Bailouts On The Way
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Celebs:
Actor Armand Assante Enters Bankruptcy
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Troubleshooter Tom Martino left some property taxes unpaid
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Hotels:
The Broke and the Beautiful: Sagamore Hotel Edition
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Innkeepers USA to square off with Cerberus
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Aviation:
Business Jet Sales May Grow in 2012
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AMR financial woes stoke merger prospects: experts
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Judge OKs Commander request to stop eviction, but requires bond
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Autos:
GM's run of success helps lighten its load
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Chicago mayor: No auto industry if Romney had been president
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Godfrey & Kahn paid $1.5 million for GM bankruptcy work
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Toyota to Parts Suppliers: Cut Prices or Else
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Nardelli Retreats on Bailout Comments
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Food/Beverage:
Sbarro files amended bankruptcy plan
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Friendly's and Other Distressed Delicacies
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Friendly's not an economic victim
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Dispute over deleted emails flares up in Xyience bankruptcy
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Fraud:
FRM bankruptcy trustee fees, expenses top $1 million
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Madoff victims die before checks for lost money arrive
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District Court’s Dismissal of Madoff Trustee’s Constructively Fraudulent Claims Against Customers Reaffirms a “Settled” Principle
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Markopolos: "So maybe law enforcement needs to drop into those corporate board rooms and treat them like Seal Team 6 treated Osama Bin Laden"
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Man pleads guilty in $135 million phony lease scheme
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Rajaratnam Awaits Reckoning as Another Underling Heads to Prison
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Resorts:
Federal Judge Dismisses Appeal by Yellowstone Club Trust
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Photography:
Some Kodak bondholders prefer bankruptcy
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Madoff, WaMu, Lehman, Inspirada, Point Blank: Bankruptcy
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Rochelle on Wall Street Rulings, Hovnanian, Yellow Pages
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Elderly Bankruptcy Filings at All-Time High
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Medical Debt Bankruptcies on the Rise
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Fewer bankruptcies in WNY
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Poetry:
Global Recession
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The Emperor’s Clothes
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Mighty Casey Has Struck Out
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Rule 2019 Amendments: Clarify Disclosure Requirements - Changes Guide Representatives of Multiple Creditors in Bankruptcy Cases
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Setoff:
Contractual Rights Vanish Again in the "Bermuda" of Triangular Setoff
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Solar:
White House sends Solyndra emails to Congress
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Solyndra e-mails: Warnings of legality came from within Obama administration
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Issa Questions Latest Energy Loans
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White House adviser on Solyndra: '*#~@ show'
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Obama warned not to visit Solyndra
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E-Mail Shows Senior Energy Official Pushed Solyndra Loan
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Solyndra emails: Obama fundraiser 'pressured officials to approve loan guarantee'
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Will Solyndra Scandal Spill Over to Scald Nuclear Loan Guarantees?
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Consumer Finance:
Consumer Credit Tumbles
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Compensation:
Krawcheck Gets a $6 million Severance Package From BofA
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The $6 Million Lady
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Baseball:
Judge Tells Dodgers to Leave the Other 29 Teams Out of It
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Dodgers Can't Use TV Contracts of Other Teams, Judge Rules
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Bankruptcy judge denies Dodgers request for Selig details
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Judge to MLB: Prove McCourt-Dodgers case
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Judge sides with MLB, but warns Bud Selig
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Ruling In Texas Rangers Bankruptcy Bankruptcy May Hurt MLB In Its Fight With McCourt
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Gambling:
Casino workers fear falling from middle class
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Religion:
Crystal Cathedral Scandal 'a Bad Picture of the Church, Christianity'
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KC diocese facing lawsuit
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Priests say they were 'let down' by abusive minority
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Fort Worth Diocese settles priest abuse suit
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Bishop Zubik: 'The Roman Collar is Not a Bull's Eye'
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Lawyers ask court for 'continuing supervision' of diocese
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Cross-Border:
US Bankruptcy Court Rules on Extraterritorial Scope of Automatic Stay Arising upon Recognition of Foreign Main Proceeding
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Sovereigns:
Debt court idea for bankrupt states gathers pace
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UK:
Bank Launches New Stimulus To Stave Off Recession
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Moody's Downgrades 12 British Banks
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E&Y sued for PE firm's lost insolvency business investment
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Winding Up Petitions - 7 October 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 7 October 2011
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EU:
European banks on the brink
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IMF Advisor: Eurozone Meltdown in 2 or 3 Weeks
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Qatar unlikely to be white knight for Europe banks
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Explaining the ECB’s latest program
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Europe vs. the ECB: A high-stakes game of chicken
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EU leaders vow they have a plan to release a plan
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Italy, Spain Ratings Cut by Fitch; Belgium Is Put Under Review by Moody's
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France, Germany to Discuss Greek Bankruptcy , Contagion, JDD Says
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World Bank demands more leadership in Europe from Germany
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EU Leaders Are Talking About A 'Plan B'
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Median European credit rating falls by a notch-S&P
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17 Countries, but Even More Unknowns
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PIIGS:
Greek Bankruptcy Not Cheaper Than Rescue, Barroso Says: Report
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IMF mission chief says Greece is at crossroads
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Barroso says Greek default would spread crisis
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How Greece Could Escape the Euro
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Greece must give up sovereignty to get more help
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Greek Protests: This Has Destroyed Us
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Fire Sale on Irish Property
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Prepare For An Irish Haircut And A Worse Banking Crisis Than You've Read About In The Papers
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Spain Moves Ahead With Bank Clean-Up
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Central Bank Says Lisbon Must Take 'Significant' Steps on Deficit Targets
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Germany:
German Corporate Insolvencies Fall For 11th Straight Month
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Canada:
Dramatic Divergence Between Employment In Canada And In The US
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Canada outshines U.S. with stunning jobs growth
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Australia:
Corporate insolvencies surge to record level in August
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Venezuela:
Chavez to seize homes and hotels for the poor
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Korea:
Korean CDS debt spread widens most since 2009
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India:
Demand slowdown, volatile prices force more companies to go for debt recast
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Japan:
Japan Central Bank Warns on World Economy
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Denmark:
Max Bank Will Fail Under Denmark s Bail-In Law, Government Says
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China:
Chinese underground banking is out of control
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