Law:
DLA Piper Borrows Wall Street Model In Search for Co-Chairman
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Top Partners to Work For – Washington, D.C.
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In-House Bound: Up To 20 Lawyers Leaving Willkie for Bloomberg LP
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Growing Trend of Staff Layoffs: Fulbright and Goodwin Announce Cuts
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Former Gen’l Counsel David Boden is Target of $37.8M Rothstein Law Firm Clawback Suit
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Cadwalader Partner Is Tabloid Darling
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Lawyers, Where Can You Really Stretch a Dollar?
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Citigroup, Madoff, JPMorgan, Wal-Mart, MERS in Court News
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What Are the Innovative Technologies in the Legal Industry?
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Dentons faces $3.5m professional negligence claim
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Emory Law Student Accused of Spying Freed in Israeli Prisoner Exchange
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Virtual courses make professors brokers of learning
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Poll Finds Would-Be Law Students Are Getting the Message About Scarce Jobs
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Career Services to Alumni: ‘For the Love of God, Please Hire Our Graduates’
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Do law faculty care about what happens to their students?
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Obama's education loan reforms of limited help to law students
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No, We Can't Let Just Anybody Be a Lawyer
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Despite Globalization, Lawyers Find New Barriers to Practicing Abroad
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NALP ‘Buying Power’ Index Says Everything Is Bigger in Texas
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Small Firms Find Big Deals on Office Space
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New kind of lawyer: legal eaglet
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Veteran Attorney Gets Probation for Stealing Ice Cream Shop Signs
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More Nonsense From Andrew Thomas: Claims TV Reporter Revealed News of Lawyer's County Clients, but Judge had Ruled on Issue Months Prior
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Latest Partners to Join Bullivant Exodus Must Wait Longer for Full Capital Repayment
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'Iron Chef' competitor sues lawyers for liquor-license blunder
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Chen Guangcheng: the 'barefoot lawyer'
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"The little turd's in medical school now. I sure love him."
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RIM hit with consumer lawsuits over BlackBerry outage
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TSA disciplines screener who freaked out passenger with note in luggage
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"I don't know how she then became a donkey"
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Judges:
Kevin Ring, Author of Scalia Book, Gets 20 Months in Abramoff Scandal
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U.S. judge skeptical of Citigroup-SEC accord
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Jed Rakoff puts the SEC on notice
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Bankruptcy lawyer appointed to bench
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Former MSU regent bankruptcy judge
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Supremes don't email, but eat lunch together sometimes
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Some advice to lawyers: Don't apologize unless you're sure you did something wrong.
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Sandra Day O'Connor talks of life as a cowgirl and on the court
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Report: Interest Groups Dominate Judicial-Election Spending
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Non-Profit's Suit Against Delaware Chancery Court Puts Spotlight on 'Secret' Arbitrations
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Former judge of the year disbarred over fen-phen scandal
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal lower open after rally
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Asia Booming, Europe Fading, US Falling
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World stock markets rise after European leaders agree to Greek rescue deal
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Stocks Soar Amid Enthusiasm Over European Deal; Dow Surges 370
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October on Pace to Be Best Month For Market Since 1987. Yes, 1987.
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S&P 500 Extends Best Month Since ’74
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S&P in Black for 2011
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Wall St. Exodus Feared on Volcker Pay Rule
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Cop Who Pepper Sprayed OWS Protestors, Exiled To Staten Island
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In Defense of Corporations
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How to Be a 1 Percenter
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Speaking up for That ‘1 Percent’
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Being In The Top 1% Is Both More And Less Awesome Than It Used To Be
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Occupy Wall Street: Where's our share?
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The Costs of Wall Street Greed
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Occupy Wall Street Only Scratches the Surface
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Madness and Tear Gas in Oakland; Lawyers Join the Fray
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Wall Street protesters target health insurers
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Thirty Years of Unleashed Greed
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Occupy Wall Street kitchen staff protesting fixing food for freeloaders
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Occupy Chicago, city officials to meet
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Occupy Chicago Arrestees Need Civics Lesson
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Little diversity among ' Occupy Chicago' protesters
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Occupy LA: Police Respond To A Report Of A Violent Threat At Encampent
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Occupy San Francisco protesters brace for possible eviction
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Hackers Threaten to Shut Down Fox News Over Occupy Wall Street
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Vancouver: Anton calls for 'tent city' tear down
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Latest developments in the global Occupy protests
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Occupy Movement Moves to Colombian Orphanage Where Kids Demand to be Adopted
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Layoffs:
Claims for unemployment aid dip but remain high
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Whirlpool To Cut 5,000 Jobs To Reduce Costs
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I doubled my salary in North Dakota
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Seeking fortune in a Walmart parking lot
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States with the biggest changes in unemployment aid applications, and some reasons
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The American Worker Is Increasingly A 'Variable Cost' That Can Easily Be Cut
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Majority of American Workers Not Engaged in Their Jobs
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Here's What Secretaries Get Paid At 19 Major Companies
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
Bernie Madoff says he is happier in prison than free
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Bernie Madoff feels 'safer' in prison but regrets hurting his family: 'I deserved to be punished'
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Madoff Family May Keep $82 Million Under Mets Ruling Limit
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Madoff victims living on pensions, Social Security
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Larry King: I Got My Madoff Money Back
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Madoff reminds us why protesters exist
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Madoff Trustee Sues Somers Dublin Seeking $86.4 Million
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Prosecutors' chances again Gupta questioned
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Gupta's Case Is Seen as Harder Than Rajaratnam's for Prosecutors
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Raj Rajaratnam: The Movie
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Insider Trading In High Places: How About Berkshire Hathaway?
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Workers, Doctors Arrested in $1B Disability Scheme
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Ex-Primary Global Executive Fleishman Seeks New US Trial
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What Makes Bank Traders Go Rogue?
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Corporate Governance:
Record Number of Fortune 500 Women CEOs
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Credit Reporting:
The Next Frontier in Credit Scores: Predicting Personal Behavior
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Lehman:
Lehman Says Bankruptcy Judge Must Keep JPMorgan Lawsuit
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Lehman Brothers Wins Dismissal of 'Minibond' Appeal
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Rating Agencies:
Credit Rating Companies Favoring Firms Paying Most Over Nations
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Oil/Gas:
Why BP (and Big Oil)just can't lose
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Exxon Mobil: A Profit-Making Machine Despite Falling Production
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Economy:
Growth Accelerates as Consumers Spend More
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US economy grows nearly twice as fast in 3rd quarter
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Growth nearly doubles
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Economy in US Surpasses Pre-Recession Level
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Economic Growth in U.S., Though Still Modest, Speeds Up
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Unemployment claims fall
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The "Teal Book" - The Fed's secret economic forecast that it refuses to release
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Americans Hooked on Government as Record Number Get Benefits
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Bipartisan Plea for $4 Trillion in Deficit Cuts
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GOP Rejects Dem Plan to Cut Budget $3 Trillion
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Republicans Cry Uncle On Spending … When Cuts Hit Home
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How the Super Congress Could Lift Stocks Even Higher (Temporarily, at Least)
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Deficit Panel Still Far, Far Apart
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Deficit Panel Looking at Cutting Benefits
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The Supercommittee have been stuck on the same issues for months
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Debt 'trigger' unacceptable, says John Boehner
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Former Fed head Greenspan : Anxiety hurting economy
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Another US Downgrade Won't Hurt Economy
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Nightmare Scenario: US Deflation Risk Rising
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Trucking Reason for Economic Optimism
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Economy Alters How Americans Are Moving
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What life would be like without stimulus
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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:
MERS subpoenaed by NY, sued by Delaware
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Make the banks pay
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It's Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-Style
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Goldman Sued Again for ‘Timberwolf’ Sale, Basis Capital Says
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Mortgage Rates in US Hold Near Record Lows, Freddie Mac Says
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Single-Family Mortgage Delinquencies Edge Up: Freddie Mac
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Senators press Obama for swifter REO strategy
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Zillow: Buyers overoptimistic on home value appreciation
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Fannie, Freddie to need less bailout funds: regulator
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Why Candidates Can’t Ignore the Housing Mess
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge orders Ch. 11 trustee over EpiCentre's owners
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EpiCentre developer: Case is like being 'attacked by a tiger'
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Judge approves reorganization plan for Realty Executives
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Homebuilders use downturn to retool
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The Unbelievable Surge In The Homebuilders
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A Depressing Tour Of America's Cheapest Zip Code
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Student Debt:
White House help on college loans isn't so much
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Obama drops the ball on higher education: Student loan plan only increases reliance on easy credit
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Obama's plan for student loan relief will provide some help, but U.S. is still drowning in debt
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Student loan forgiveness: Occupy protesters demand loan write-off
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College Costs Shifts to Families
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5 biggest state tuition hikes
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Banking:
Bank payout cuts, profits to plug capital holes
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Morgan Stanley Downgrades Bank of America, Bank of America Rallies
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Blossman Bancshares files bankruptcy, First NBC agrees to buy Central Progressive Bank
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Two bankers, one investor sentenced for TARP fraud scheme
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Will other banks go the way of MF Global?
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Politics:
Mass. GOP: Elizabeth Warren Is The 'Matriarch Of Mayhem'!
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Massachusetts to Elizabeth Warren: Will Work For Free
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GOP casts Elizabeth Warren as 'radical' mother of Occupy Wall Street
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Elizabeth Warren and the OWS election test
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More Hits from the Anti-Warren Whopper Factory
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Elizabeth Warren's Lobbyist Complication
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Senate Hopeful Warren Clarifies Protest Remark
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Scary (For Scott Brown)Photo Of Elizabeth Warren Volunteer Meeting Goes Viral
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Polls Suggest Obama Victory in 2012, But Economy Suggests a Defeat
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Bachmann Slams Obama on Student Loans
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Tea Party Group to Bachmann: Time to Quit
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Perry May Skip Some Debates
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What's Hammering the Perry Campaign? Perry
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GOP Tax Plans Would Benefit the Rich
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Poll: Clinton favored over 2012 GOP candidates
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Aides warned: "Do not speak to [Herman Cain] unless you are spoken to"
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Republicans Nationwide Are Similar in Composition to 2008
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A third-party presence in 2012
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Defense:
A Jobs-Deficits-Defense Trifecta at U.S. Naval Shipyard
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Hedge Funds:
John Paulson Bets Wrong (Again)
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Aviation:
The Return of Pan Am, for a Weekend
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Dubrovnik Airline facing bankruptcy
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Municipalities:
The Next Chapter: Municipalities Are Using Chapter 9 to Fend Off Creditors
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Will Harrisburg Incinerate Itself Financially?
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Harrisburg : a city at war with itself
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An incinerator brings Pennsylvania's capital close to fiscal ruin
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Harrisburg Judge Sets Emergency Hearing on Routine Bills
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Brown Proposes Overhaul of CA Pension Programs
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California Pension Changes Face Opposition by Brown Labor Allies
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Altoona may seek 'distressed' municipal status
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10 US Cities With the Highest Inflation Rates
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Atlanta: Worst Wage Inequality in US
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Solar:
Dems: Bush-era Loan Deserves Same Scrutiny as Solyndra
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Solyndra probe to hear from Energy's Chu on November 17
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DOE lawyers not testifying on Solyndra
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Romney tied to former Solyndra lobbyist
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Orchestras:
Federal bankruptcy judge approves Philadelphia Orchestra, musicians 4-year labor agreement
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Hockey:
Dallas Stars Sale & Bankruptcy : IRS Files Objection To Sale
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Baseball:
Naivete be damned: Wanting to believe McCourt mess is near an end
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McCourt divorce settlement set for court approval
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Dodgers Lawyer: Stow Has Blame for Beating Too
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Health Care:
HMC seeks buyer for troubled hospitals
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States Medicaid Cost-Cutting May Not Control Program Spending, 29% Increase In Cost
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Lehman, Dodgers, Madoff, Dallas Stars, AmTrust
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Lehman Claims Deal, Kirch Group Trial, Saab Pay
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L.A. Dodgers, Seaarland, Point Blank, Vitro, Hussey
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Rochelle on Lehman, L.A. Dodgers, Seaarland Bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy 101 – Back to Basics with Butner
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Hotels:
Innkeepers ends 15-month bankruptcy
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Court Fight Behind Them, Cerberus Clinches Its Innkeepers Deal
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From Hotel Owner to the Hired Help
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Personal Finance:
Poll: Many baby boomers expect to stay put when they retire
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Corporate Reform:
Judge Rakes SEC Over the Coals, Again
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SEC Says FINRA ‘Altered Documents’
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2012 Candidates Target Costly Enron-Era Law Aimed At Thwarting Accounting Fraud
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Too Much Enforcement? Panel Explores Criminalization Of Business Conduct
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Oversee Wall Street
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Sharper claws: Expanding the SEC's 'clawback authority
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SEC Enforcers Frozen as Watchdog Unleashes Chilling Probes
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Broker-Dealers:
MF Global Falls Again After Fitch Downgrade to Junk
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Religion:
California's Crystal Cathedral Aims to Sell Itself to Chapman University
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Crystal Cathedral accepts Chapman purchase offer
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C.E. Hines Memorial Christian Fellowship declares bankruptcy ahead of sheriff's sale
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Shipping:
Chapter 11 Victory for Marco Polo Seatrade BV
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Autos:
Moody's upgrades Ford, GM
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Saab bids to avoid bankruptcy
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Swedish Automobile in final talks for Saab
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Chinese companies in tentative deal to buy Saab for $141 million
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Chinese Carmakers to Buy Saab, Pulling It Back From the Brink
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Construction:
Electrical Firm Seeks to Rewire Finances in Bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
McDonald's bans mom on clean play-area crusade
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Debt Collection:
FTC: Debt Collectors Used Lies, Threats And Insults To Get People To Pay Up
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Credit/Debit Cards:
September Card Charge-Offs Down, Early-Stage Delinquencies Up: Moody's
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Credit card companies acting like Big Brother
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Why banks want to wean you off debit cards
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Consultants:
Lazard’s Quarterly Earnings Fall 15%
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Tax:
What America's Big Corporations Pay In Taxes
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Investor cannot sue over illegal tax shelter: NY appeals court
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Steve Jobs Appears to have Legally Stiffed IRS Out of $3B
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Sovereigns:
The 15 Fastest-Growing Economies In The World
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Sovereign Bond Risk Extends Decline to Lowest in Three Months
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UK:
The Conflict Between Global Companies and Local Laws
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UK: 20,000 High Street Jobs Lost
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EU:
Europe Bolsters Crisis-Fighting Tools
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Euro consolidates after rally; can rise further
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Everyone Bails Out Everyone - European deal has something for everyone, except the real problem.
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Eurozone summit: designed to fail
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Greek Credit Default Swaps Are A Sham And It's No Surprise
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You Have Just Witnessed The Death Of Developed Market CDS
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Chart of the day, Euro bailout edition
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Europe’s half-baked deal
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Gauging the Fallout of Another Rescue
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Europe Averts Disaster, but Much Work Remains
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Fitch Says Europe Leaders' Crisis Agreement Is 'Positive Step'
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EU Debt Crisis: Who Pays for It?
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Looking Ahead To The Next Emergency EU Summit
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European Bank Stocks Jump After EU Summit
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Europe's new debt crisis agreement: the good, the bad, the ugly
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EuroDeal 101: Five basics of the new agreement
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The European Agreement Offers Other People's Money
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Eurozone Debt Crisis: Another Failed Bailout Scheme?
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EU Plan to Save the World: Analysts React
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In Rally Over Euro Deal , Relief Mixed With Wariness
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Nicolas Sarkozy, Get Some Sleep ASAP
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Euro Shorts Sew Up Their Gunshot Wounds, Wonder What’s Next
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French Bank Capital Needs ‘Substantially’ Underestimated, Says German Bank
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Sarkozy Temper Boils, Banks Yield in Fight
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PIIGS:
So, About That Insurance You Bought on Greek Debt...
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EU Pact Does Little to Lift Greek Spirits
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Europe banks told to find extra €106bn as protection against Greek losses
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FinMin: 'We choose the nation over bankers'
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Greek bankruptcy has “finally been accepted”
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Sarkozy: Greece should not have entered eurozone
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Venizelos Says Austerity Law Approval Led to Granting of Loan
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EU deal will leave Greece with a higher debt burden than at the start of the crisis
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Rogoff Says Markets Haven't Seen the End of Greek Writedowns
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Banks Reassured by Euro Deal , but Italy Remains a Worry
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Italian 10-Year Yield Tops 6% in Auction; Sets New Record
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Spanish Third-Quarter Unemployment at Highest in 15 Years - 21.5 percent
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Now Everyone Is Worried That Portugal Has Entered The 'Grecian Vortex'
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Japan:
Tepco Requests Government Support for Fukushima Compensation
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China:
Tax resistance sparks riot in China
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MENA:
More Egyptians Finding It Difficult to Make Ends Meet
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