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Law:
Former Proskauer CFO Hits Firm With Discrimination Suit
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Biglaw Discrimination Lawsuit Potpourri: Proskauer Rose and Ropes & Gray
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Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer Alberts Jumps to SNR Denton
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Restructuring lawyer wins Legal Innovator Of The Year award
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Linklaters and Freshfields top Euro M&A rankings amid tough market
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Norton Rose set to continue global push following latest merger deal
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Ex-Cleary, Yukos Lawyer's Death in Russia Called 'Murder' by Kremlin Critics
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Wilmer Partner Has a Few Things to Teach the Red Sox
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Federal Judge Fines NY Lawyer $6,400 for Rambling Depositions in Losing Case
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The Poor Employment Market for Law Grads Predates the Recession
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Reporters welcome at Justice Kagan talk to bankruptcy judges, but it'll cost
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In-House: Moving From Litigation to Transactional Work
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Why Are Lawyers So Expensive? Well, Are They Really?
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Is There A Law Firm Merger in Your Future? The Odds Are Increasing....Are You Ready?
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Firm offers partnership alternative with legal director role
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BofA, JPMorgan, BNY Mellon, S&P, AIG, SocGen in Court News
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Apple General Counsel Sewell Becomes Protector of Jobs's Vision
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The In-House Counsel as Corporate Gatekeeper
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Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to Join Nashville Law Firm
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Law Firms Announce Plans to Sue 15 More Law Schools over Job Stats
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Study Finds ‘Lopsided’ Concentration of Socioeconomic Elites at Law Schools
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Start Socioeconomic Affirmative Action Now
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Skip Jury Duty at Your Peril
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'MyBaldLawyer.com'
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Don't Rob A Convenience Store With A Cop Standing Right Behind You
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Nancy Grace Does Not Believe Amanda Knox
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DC Cops Throw Drivers in Jail -- for Expired Tags
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Ex-CFO of Top Australian Law Firm is Arrested, Accused of Stealing Six-Figure Sum
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Top 50 German law firms post 8% hike in fees in 2010-11 but eurozone fears dampen mood
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Bill would end Florida ban on dwarf-tossing
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Judges:
Bankruptcy judges asking reporters for $100 to cover Kagan talk
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Bankruptcy judges waive fee to cover Kagan talk
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Justice Kagan's eagerness to speak bumps tradition
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Appeals court considers another term for bankruptcy judge
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'Learn to love the gridlock,' Scalia says
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Chief Justice Roberts Invokes Hendrix at Woodstock
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2nd Judge Gets Time in Cuyahoga, Ohio, Corruption Case; 3 Lawyers Previously Sent to Club Fed
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9th Circuit Cases Make Up ‘Staggering’ Percentage of Supreme Court Docket
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SCOTUS Approval Ratings Tank, But Who Is to Blame?
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Wall Street:
Wall Street Looks to Extend Rally Amid Euro Hopes
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U.S. stocks' massive "melt-up" fans investor fears
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US Stocks Advance on Speculation Europe Will Act on Crisis
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Bernanke Signals Some Sympathy for Wall Street Protesters
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Unions, civic groups join with anti-Wall Street protesters
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Unions join Wall Street protests. Will message change?
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What’s driving Occupy Wall Street, in one chart
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Footage Of Cop Swinging Billy Club At Protesters At Occupy Wall Street
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Wall Street protesters should dig in
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Occupy Wall Street Teams With Labor Unions for Massive March
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Top Dems endorse Occupy Wall St. protests
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Occupy Wall Street Protest Is MASSIVE
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A tipping point for Occupy Wall Street
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Why liberals now heart "Occupy Wall Street"
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What They've Come to Find at Occupy Wall Street Is America
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'Occupy Wall Street': Why this revolution isn't made for TV
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A Manifesto for Wall Street Protesters
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Six Things Liberal Critics Don't Understand About the Occupy Wall Street Protests
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Occupy Wall Street Is Like a Parody of a Protest
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Malkin: 'Occupy Wall Street' 99% White
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Occupation: From Wall Street to the university
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Most Americans Aren't Occupy Wall Street's '99 Percent'
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Wall Street Occupiers , Protesting Till Whenever
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Dayton, Middle America, Iowa, Idaho, NC, Boston, Dallas, Philly, SF, Cleveland, Houston, Cincinnati
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Photos Of The Wall Street Protests In NYC and Chicago
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Meet the Occupy Wall Street Protesters
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Board of Trade has a message for Occupy Chicago: "WE Are The 1%"
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NYPD’S ‘ white shirts ’ take on enforcer role
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Layoffs:
Announced Job Cuts in U.S. More Than Triple From Year Ago, Challenger Says - Bloomberg
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Report shows service firms cut workers last month
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Right-to-work drive gains steam in MichiganTimes
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Hundreds of Friendly's workers jobless
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Service sector layoffs suggest weaker job market
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Not getting by on minimum wage
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:
Friendly's Closes 63 Restaurants
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An institution seeks protection
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List of the 63 Friendly's Restaurants That Have Closed
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Friendly Ice Cream Corporation's top 20 creditors
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Restaurants Find Big Debt Loads Tough to Swallow
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Friendly's Bankruptcy Likely to Dot Northeast with Awkward Reconversions
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Lease Cancellations: Friendly Ice Cream Melts
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Friendly's Bankruptcy: A Lesson for Any Franchisee
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El Torito Goes El Bankrupto
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Real Mex Wins Approval to Borrow $25 Million in Bankruptcy
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Investors hopeful Moo & Oink can be saved
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Software:
CDC Files for Bankruptcy With More Than $250 Million Debt
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Museums:
Museum files more bankruptcy details
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Hockey:
NHL Guaranteeing Stars Creditors A 15 Percent Return?
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Corporate Reform:
FSB Approves Systemic Risk Regulation Policy Proposals
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Volcker Rule on US Banks Coming Next Week
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Volcker rule draft gives banks ability to hedge
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Court Says Regulator Exceeded Its Power
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Cordray gets his day in the Senate
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Buckeye State Pressure for Cordray
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Committee poised to clear CFPB hopeful Cordray for wider Senate vote
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SEC may deter more cheats by lowering sights
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Telecom:
Open Range Communications files for Chapter 11
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Open Range Communications in Colorado for sale after layoffs
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Economy:
Ben Bernanke does a Jack Nicholson on Capitol Hill
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Bernanke's Blame Game
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Private sector adds 91,000 jobs, but planned layoffs at 2-year high
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IMF Calls Fed's Easing Steps 'Appropriate'; More May Be Needed
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Senate Dems Propose 5% Surtax on Millionaires
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Nearly Half of U.S. Lives in Household Receiving Government Benefit
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ECRI Explains Its Recession Call
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Holiday Retail Sales Set to Slide Amid High Unemployment and Low Consumer Confidence
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It’s Too Hard to Know Who Is Too Big to Fail
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ISM Non-Manufacturing Index indicates expansion in September
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Economists Agree: We’re In a Depression
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Wealthy say tax rich, but they aren't rich
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Top 10 Countries For Business
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10 ways Steve Jobs changed the world
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Striking Parallels Between 2008 & 2011: 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:
3Q house prices up but Clear Capital predicts 2012 dip
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Massachusetts preparing to file foreclosure lawsuits
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2 Lawyers Face Federal Charges in Alleged 9-Year, $25M Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy
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Bill allows tax-free use of retirement funds for mortgage payments
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Unwanted McMansions? Make Them Affordable Housing
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Did The NAR Lie About August Pending Home Sales?
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CRE loans rise in value in August
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Apartment Vacancy Rate falls to 5.6% in Q3
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HAMP eligible borrowers drops below 1 million
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Private mortgage mods perform worse than HAMP
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Developer gets 9 years for $98 million mortgage fraud
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Court Considers Whether Homeowners Can Sue Builder over Magnetized Homes
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Politics:
Warren off to fast start in Mass. Senate race
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Senate candidate Warren has social contract upside down
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Elizabeth Warren to Scott Brown: 'I Kept My Clothes on'
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Video Of Debate
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In first debate, Warren leaves an opening
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Warren: Washington doesn't get it
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Elizabeth Warren Blasts Wall Street, Scott Brown
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Elizabeth Warren set to cash in on campaign trail
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Elizabeth Warren debate: Wall St. broke this country
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George Will On Elizabeth Warren's Collectivism
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Why Scott Brown Should Be Very Afraid
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Generic Republican 47%, Obama 41%
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Geithner: 'It's Inexplicable' Why Banks Hate Obama
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White House Chief Of Staff Disses 'Occupy Wall Street'
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DNC Chair: 'Anyone' Can See Economy's Improving
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Herman Cain Tells Occupy Wall Street Protesters to 'Blame Yourself'
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Perry Campaign Brings In $17 Million
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Paul Raised Over $8 Million in Quarter
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Texas Politics Takes a Turn Toward the Extremely Weird
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Tax:
Prosecutors fight new trial in tax shelter case
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IRS Hits Pot Shop With $2.4 Million Tax Bill
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Solar:
Solyndra e-mails: Dept. of Energy was poised to approve $469 million more for firm
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Joe Barton says Solyndra “poster child” of Obama’s “failing energy policies”
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Solyndra probe excludes top Bay Area prosecutor
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Debt Collection:
Feds shut down Calif. debt collection firm accused of harassment, including threats to pets
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Uncle Sam's answer to deadbeats -- robo-calls
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Debt Collectors Might Soon Be Able To Call Your Cellphone
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Education:
Is an M.B.A. Worth It?
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Banking:
Number of Bank Failures Plunge From Year Ago
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Morgan Stanley CEO To Employees: Don't Expect Big Bonus
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What You Need To Know About The New Checking Fees At... Citibank
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A rogue trader, a Swiss bank and another financial scandal
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UBS equities executives resign after scandal
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UBS on Rogue Trading: 'We Have to Be Straight with Ourselves'
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UBS says it spotted unusual trading, but failed to act
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How UBS spun disaster into fool's gold
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Everything You Need To Know About Dexia
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France targeting imminent solution to Dexia
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Dexia GG revival risks setting dangerous precedent
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What went wrong with Dexia?
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Embattled Dexia Just the Tip of the Iceberg?
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Crisis-hit Dexia running out of time
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Belgium backs Dexia savers , seeks French help
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Aviation:
AMR Hits Eight-Year Low On Pilot Retirement, Bankruptcy Concerns
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American Airlines Bankruptcy : Fear and the Airline Business
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American Airlines avoided bankruptcy court, but now is weaker than rivals that didn’t
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Could an American Airlines' Bankruptcy Pump Life Into U.S. Airlines?
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American Airlines faces turbulent ride
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Headwinds on American Airlines' horizon
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Clouds darken for airlines
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Photography:
Kodak's Meteoric Rise And Fall
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Agriculture:
1200-cow dairy files for bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Holiday sales may be sluggish
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Crawford to close all retail stores
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Orchestras:
Philadelphia Orchestra’s Pension Fund Seeks Donations Probe
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Symphony struggles threaten Tobin Center future
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Gambling:
Hooters casino wins victories in legal battle against creditor
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Hooters Hotel owners get chance to find financial savior
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Paper:
Bear Island Paper Can Send Liquidation Plan to Creditors
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Mining:
Ashapura Minechem Seeks Chapter 15 Protection In U.S.
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Lehman:
Ex-Lehman directors win ruling over retirement plan
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Bridge over troubled water
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Oil/Gas:
Federal judge OKs $28 million settlement against SemGroup co-founder Kivisto
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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, Auto Loans, Centaur, Townsends, Pure Beauty
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Friendly, Chef Solutions, WaMu, Madoff, NewPage
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Rochelle on Real Mex, Innkeepers, Bagels Bankruptcies
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What Steve Jobs taught us about failure
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Phoenix-area bankruptcy filings continue to drop, but trend could be deceiving
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:
Ambac Wins Approval of Reorganization, Nears Tax Resolution
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Claims Trading:
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Setoff:
Lehman Bankruptcy Court Denies Contractual Right to Three-Party Setoff in Bankruptcy
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Awards:
TMA Announces 2011 Turnaround and Transaction of the Year Award Winners
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Fraud:
How to turn a bankruptcy reorganization into an insider trading charge
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Rothstein bankruptcy attorneys vs. Don King
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Madoff Trustee Seeks to Pursue Racketeering Claim Against Kohn
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Garth Drabinsky applies for bail
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Medicare Thief Lobbied Congress to Keep Cash Flowing, U.S. Says
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Consultants:
Miller Buckfire Hires Former Houlihan Lokey Banker McKenna
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Utilities:
Americans Face Double-Digit Hikes in Electricity Bills to Fund Upgrades
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Autos:
Former Chrysler owner's lament
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Toyota's car production back at pre-tsunami levels
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Ailing Saab still waiting for Chinese money
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Volvo owner Geely interested in Saab
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Municipalities:
Scranton may avert 'Payless paydays' by leaving $7M in bills unpaid
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Ohio Union Law Vote Pits Business Groups Against Public Workers
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Compensation:
25 highest-paid men
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Art:
The art market: just as absurd as the banking crisis
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Celebs:
Brunell confirmation hearing set for Dec. 5
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Health Care:
Zimmer: If bankruptcy settlement agreement isn’t approved right away Hoboken hospital will close
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Avoiding closure, creditors approve sale of Hoboken University Medical Center
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Creditors Committee Reaches Agreement; Final Hearing Is Last Step in Hospital Sale
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Palm Drive takes critical look at hospital management
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Bamberg hospital plans to reduce services
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Stress: Top cause of workplace sickness - 'Black Death of 21st century'
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Drug Resellers Probed by Lawmaker for 80-Fold Markup on Scarce Medicines
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Study: Worst hospitals treat larger share of poor
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Palliative Care Expanding in Hospitals
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Baseball:
Dodgers' argument fails to move bankruptcy judge
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Dodgers Probably Won't See Rivals' TV Contracts, Judge Says
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UK:
Bank Of England Debating More Stimulus
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House prices down 0.5 percent in September
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BBC 'will cut up to 2,000 jobs'
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Emmerson defects to BDO
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Winding Up Petitions - 5 October 2011
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The global economic recovery is over - say finance professionals
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EU:
Europe wakes up to need for bank aid plan
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Why European Leaders Are Suddenly Backing More Bank Bailouts
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Europe Tries to Stave Off a Reckoning
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Some Hedge Funds Are Making A Killing On The European Collapse
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European bank rescue talk intensifies
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Whitney: Many European banks will fail
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How the EuroTARP could play out
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Wall Street's fingerprints all over EU crisis
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Europe struggles with bank support
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Bank sector woes put France's Sarkozy to the test
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Merkel Signals Greek Investor Losses, Bank Capital Boost
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Merkel Says Europe's Rescue Fund Is Only Last Resort for Banks
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ECB looks to help banks but rate cut unlikely
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Europe’s Ship of Fools
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IMF warns Europe of 2012 recession risk
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IMF floats euro zone bond-buying idea, backs away
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PIIGS:
Strike by Greek civil servants shuts down government
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Clashes in Athens as workers strike against cuts
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Greek protester: 'Measures hurt the poor'
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Greek-Bailout Shenanigan
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French Minister: Open to Bigger Haircuts on Greek Debt
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Greek default is just a matter of time
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No Need For Ireland To Take 'Dramatic' New Austerity Steps, Says IMF Director
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Latin America:
IMF Says Latin America Must Be Ready to Adopt Stimulus Measures
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IMF : 'Severe' Downside Risk to Latam Econs Amid Global Strains
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Australia:
Class Action Fails To Stop Centro Restructure
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MENA:
Humbled Dubai Looks to Real Economy, Arab World
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