Law:
They train too many lawyers.
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The Case Against Law School
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Rethink Law
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Who knew conflict checking could be so juicy?
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Departure Memo of the Day: After Biglaw, Everybody Should Find Their Zihuatanejo
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No Money, No Lawyer: Third Circuit OKs Attorney's Exit From Case
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Law Firm Partner Accused of Sexual Harassment Fires Back --- Faruqi & Faruqi hits ex-associate with $15 mln counterclaim --- ‘Obsessed’ --- Nobody Puts Faruqi in the Corner
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Ex-clients Sue Hogan Lovells Over $36M Loss
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Schnader Sued in N.Y. After Client's Stock Options Expire
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Troutman Sanders, Duane Morris, Weil: Business of Law
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Bingham, Sidley, Jones Day, Sullivan: Business of Law
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SRZ Adds Leading European Restructuring Partners to London Office
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Sidley Austin snags 11 lawyers from Bingham McCutchen
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In Defense of In-House Counsel Compensation
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Cooley mulls ‘formal affiliation’ with Western Michigan University
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Law school graduates aren't finding much on the employment docket
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Me Get Part-Time Job? That’s Unpossible!
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Who Are Chicago’s Happiest Law Students?
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Gunner Storms Out Of Class, Sends Snarky Email To His Law Professor
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Undeterred by declining applications, University of Michigan Law School keeps admissions practices same
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The Most Overrated and Underrated Law Schools
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Read This or Die Alone: Advice for the Young Women of Law School
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Citrix reports that iPhone/iPad are the preferred platform for 98% of law firms
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26 Time Management Hacks
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Cloud-Based Matter Management
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A Law Firm Stands Out for Its Work, Not Its Gender Makeup
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Linklaters partner: female board quotas would rub off on law firms
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Lawyer Accused Of Betraying One NYC Mayor Candidate In Plot To Rig Election For Someone Else
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Search warrant seeks cellphone records in DA’s slaying; why did security detail leave? --- Courthouse Employees On Edge, Ask For Police Escorts --- Slaying First Time in History Wife of U.S. Prosecutor Has Been Targeted --- Search Warrant Sheds Light on Investigation --- Texas DA Was Shot 20 Times
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Trump withdraws 'orangutan' lawsuit against comic Bill Maher
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Lawyer Asks Judge to Seal Photo of His P---- from the Public Record
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Cop leaves gun in department store dressing room
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Melvyn Weiss's DUI arrest could mean his return to prison
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Women Allowed to Ride Bikes
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Easter Egg Hunt At Seattle Zoo Turns Violent As Moms Scrap
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Say What?!
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Judges:
SCOTUS to consider whether federal court is bound by contract’s forum-selection clause
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If Ginsburg retires, will Obama have to choose an older nominee?
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TMZ Sued for Placing Hidden Microphones in a Courtroom
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Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Has A Plan To Keep The Federal Gay Marriage Plan In Place
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Lawyer widens target in recusal battle with judge
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Obama Pushes Republicans to Stop Blocking Judicial Picks
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Wall Street:
Wall Street stock futures signal early gains
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Stocks close higher as S&P 500 nears all-time high
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Layoffs:
Empty Wal-Mart Shelves Show The Biggest Problem With The US Economy
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College Grads Earn Nearly Three Times More Than High School Dropouts
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Cheap Energy Hasn't Led to Jobs Boom
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Sequestration to lead to 10.7 percent cut in unemployment compensation
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There's A Fundamental Shift Going On In The US Labor Market
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:
Mary Schapiro: Out of the SEC and Into the Shadows
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Gambling:
InTrade Plan To Give Account Holders Back Their Money
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Alternative Energy:
Suntech Unit Bankruptcy Had Roots in Deadbeat Customers
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Is Fisker Headed for a Solyndra-Like Collapse?
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Solyndra 2.0
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Electric Car Company Posts Its First Profit While Another May File For Bankruptcy
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GOP Exaggerates Energy Loan Failures
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Aviation:
It's Only April and Already Two Airlines Have Gone Bankrupt in 2013
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Travelport to pay American Airlines in lawsuit settlement
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Delta Hits Turbulence on Sequester Cuts
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Airline says charging passengers by weight is 'concept of the future'
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About 400 employees lose jobs due to Armavia's bankruptcy
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Engineering:
County, towns caught up in Birdsall probe
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State tries to stop Birdsall's bankruptcy filing
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Heavy Equipment:
Hi-Way Equipment to Reorganize Under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:
Economy leaves many returning students disappointed, deep in debt
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Bill would ease debt burden on students
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Newspapers:
Guild vote delays Journal Register sale
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Tech:
Tech Data delays annual report filing
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Economy:
Orders to U.S. Factories Increase on Demand for Autos, Planes
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Survey: Americans spending more, worried about lack of savings
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Fed's Kocherlakota repeats call for more policy easing
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The Problem With David Stockman's Economic Solutions --- The Incomplete Education of David Stockman
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Global Manufacturing Is Accelerating
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Household Debt Could Be A Game Changer For Retirees
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Signs That US Economic Momentum Is Sputtering Out
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Fannie Mae Earns $17 Billion, It's Biggest Annual Profit Yet --- Gigantic Check To Taxpayers --- In the Black, Now What? --- The Big Risk of Fannie & Freddie's Big Profit
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Bank of America settles MBS case for $165M
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MBIA cleared to pursue fraud case vs BofA's Countrywide
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Bank of America appeals dismissal of lawsuit over MBIA split
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Mass. foreclosure activity falls again in Feb.
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This Man Bought 200 Foreclosed Homes To Save His Hometown From Ruin
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Inside the housing market Robert Shiller calls "exuberant"
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Lawyer is disbarred for dealings with partners in soured real-estate venture
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New trial for Ohio homebuilder in fraud case
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New Yorkers voting with their mortgages
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Judge raises Flagstar liability in mortgage case to $106.5 mln
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" Zombie " foreclosures hit ex-homeowners --- More Than 300K Homes Are Foreclosed ' Zombies '
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What's behind the "boomerang home-buying" trend
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Demand for vacation homes on the rise
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'Everyone's Scared To Death' About Property Values In The Town Where Burst Pipeline Flooded People Lawns With Oil
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Awards:
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones Wins Big at the 7th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards
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Banking:
NCUA Bans Former Employees of Looted, Failed Credit Unions
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FDIC : Bank of Wausau is undercapitalized
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Can Cyprus Happen In The United States?
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Another reason banks need more equity: They tend to have less than they claim
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BofA Has the Most Customer Complaints
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Autos:
Auto parts empire collapse creates sprawl of litigation
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General Motors March US sales up 6 percent
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Chrysler Sales Jump 5%
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Mass Torts:
Halliburton worker testifies at Gulf spill trial
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Oil/Gas:
Lenders to credit-bid in GMX bankruptcy
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Consultants:
Guggenheim Securities Names Michael Henkin Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Restructuring
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Fraud:
MasterCard Pins ATM Fraud on Owners
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Michael Steinberg seeks new judge for insider trading case
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March 2013 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio moved from prison to halfway house
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Receiver reaches out to winners in NC scam
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Trustee sends out $506M to Madoff scam victims
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Brokers:
MF Global Says Creditors Overwhelmingly Support Payment Plan
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Coal:
W.Va. lawmakers vow to put pressure on Patriot
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Patriot investigating claim Peabody fraudulently formed Patriot --- Creditors Seek to Probe Peabody Over Spinoff
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What does Patriot propose for escaping bankruptcy ?
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Patriot Coal provides 'fact sheet' on labor proposal
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Stadiums:
Yankee Parking Garage Misses $6.9 Million Payment on Opening Day
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Hotels:
Liberty Group looks beyond distressed assets
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LodgeNet emerges from bankruptcy with new chairman, CEO
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Retailing:
S&P cuts Orchard Supply rating on weak liquidity
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JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson's Pay Package Plummeted 97%
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Basketball:
Report: Kings Minority Shareholder to Place Bid for 7 Percent of Team in Bankruptcy Court
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Telecoms:
Judge OKs Nortel's $67M settlement with US retirees
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Hedge Funds:
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Paulson & Co over Sino-Forest bet
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Defaults:
S&P: Global default rate edged up in March
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Pharma:
Affymax Q4 Loss Widens
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Ratings Agencies:
S&P pushes to move state cases to U.S. federal court
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Standard & Poor’s Says U.S Hid Role With States in Court
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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 (40 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (15 new filings today)
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Hawaii bankruptcies fall in March for 25th straight month
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Rochester-area bankruptcy filings drop 27 percent in March
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:
Post-Petition Lock-Up Agreements and Designation Standards Clarified
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Sales:
Seventh Circuit Decision Gives Support To Protecting Buyers In Bankruptcy Sales From Successor Liability
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Recent Pleadings:
UST Says Rothstein Plan Gives TD Bank Too Much Under the Guise of 502(h)
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Finance:
Make-Whole Premiums and OID in Bankruptcy
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Health Care:
PolyMedix files for Ch. 7 bankruptcy --- PolyMedix defaults and hands over a PhII antibiotic to bankruptcy court
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St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia Lays Off 46
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Universal Health Care Subject to WARN Suit
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Municipalities:
Why Stockton should worry American pensioners
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Stockton Ruling Makes Public Employees a Protected Class
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Stockton’s Racket — And Ours
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'Day of Reckoning' Coming for Pensions in Bankruptcy Cases
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Ruling Sets Up Pension Battle in Bankrupt City --- Why Stockton bankruptcy could cost you your retirement
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Stockton's sustained slog
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CalPERS Issues Statement on City of Stockton Bankruptcy Ruling
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Stockton bankruptcy: the case for CalPERS cuts
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What the Stockton Municipal Bankruptcy Means, And Doesn't
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Bankruptcy OK would apply to San Bernardino as well
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Stockton City Manager, Mayor Clash Over Sales Tax Proposal To Hire New Officers
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San Bernardino hires firm
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Judge Napolitano Slams ‘Reprehensible, Immoral’ Spending Habits Of Californian City
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More litigation coming over state takeover of Detroit and Emergency Manager --- Priorities for Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr
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Spokesman: Detroit City Council can meet, but actions must be approved by Orr
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Detroit Taxes Are High, But City Spending Is Higher, Study Finds
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California bankruptcies may offer Detroit lessons
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I’m a Creditor of Detroit…Now What? (Part 2 of 2)
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Fitch upgrades Michigan's rating as economy improves
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Sovereigns:
Argentina Bond Clash Extended as Court Seeks Fund Plan --- Argentina's creditors face deal deadline
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A Plan B for Argentina
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Why Argentina's behaviour must not be allowed to stand
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Argentina Challenges US Court
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Argentine - bond tango heats up
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UK:
Iran sanctions, RG steel bankruptcy sink UK steel trader Balli
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Craig Gore says he's a broken man shunned by friends
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US manufacturing growth slows in March
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Why Is It So Hard For Standard Chartered To Claw Back Bonuses ?
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The Next Lehman ?
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Financial crisis litigation wave set to hit UK
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Barclays Must Review Pay Practices: Report
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EU:
Cyprus finance minister quits after bailout concludes, investigation begins
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IMF to Contribute 1 Billion Euros to Cyprus Rescue --- Cyprus Tiptoes Toward New Currency --- Cyprus Committee to Examine Responsibility for Economic Crisis --- Slovenia Needs to Say How It’ll Avoid Cyprus Fate, Kranjec Says --- Calculating the Impact of Cyprus's Bailout --- Cypriot finance minister resigns amid crisis probe --- Cyprus plans tax breaks and casinos to kickstart economy --- UK customers to escape Cyprus levy --- Cyprus stocks slide as bourse reopens after 2 weeks --- Inside Laiki: Countdown to catastrophe --- Cypriot Depositors Take Money Out By Sea --- The Cyprus And Lehman Moments Share One Similarity
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EC facing risks from Grenada default
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PIIGS:
ie: Council 'has to step up fight in hunt for Dunne's millions' --- Dunner's rules - selective amnesia, audacity and disconnection from people --- Dunne and dusted? --- Ireland's bankruptcy 'tourists' who battled to get easier outcome abroad --- ie: Lessons Not Learned in Designing a Consumer Insolvency Regime
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Eurozone jobless rate steady at 12 pct; Greece at top with 26.4 pct --- Crisis Pushes Some Greeks Into Trailers --- Greek Corruption Soars
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Canada:
Canadian Court Grants Initial Order and Denies Receivership Application
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Crystal firm's future clearer
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France:
Hollande Is Reeling After 'Unpardonable' Hypocrisy From His Former Tax Chief
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Mexico:
Mexico Builders Crash as Foreclosures Overwhelm Towns
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India:
In India, Never Invest In Anything That Flies
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Vatican:
Pope to review Vatican bureaucracy, scandal-ridden bank
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