Law:
What Is The World's New Top-Grossing Law Firm ?
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DLA Piper’s Revenge
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It is ironic that no matter how stern your Out of Office alerts in Outlook may be, clients still expect answers.
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Layoff Watch: Expelled Beyond The K&L Gates
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Are lawyers from top schools a lot happier about their career choice? Statistically the answer is no
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Obama's Good, and Hopeless, Idea for Law Schools
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King & Spalding, Winston & Strawn: Business of Law
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Morgan Lewis, Outten & Golden, Cooley: Business of Law
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Allen Matkins Promotes Bankruptcy Associate to Senior Counsel --- Andrea M. Schoor
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Baker & McKenzie just misses top spot as fee income passes $2.4bn --- Chairman sees flat market for legal services
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Firms Boost Bonuses to Snag Recent Supreme Court Clerks
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Gender Divide in Midlevel Opinions of Firms, Future, Survey Says
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Three Reasons To Be Nice to Headhunters
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Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness — At Least It Didn’t In 2007
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Lawyers May Share Fees With Other Firms Whose Jurisdiction Permits Nonlawyer Owners
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Judge Weighs Sanctions Against New York Lawyer Hutcher
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The 2013 Associate Survey: National Rankings
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Firm Cannot Force Ex-Clients Into Unaffordable Arbitration
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Desperate Housewife Not Desperate Enough To Sleep With Attorney --- Disgusting Suggestion Leads To Suspension
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Lawyer who uses wheelchair sues hotel, says inaccessible restroom led to a difficult night
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Best way to boost access to justice? Change ethics rules, ‘13 Legal Rebel Renee Knake says
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Tech skills are the key to law students’ future employment, says ‘13 Legal Rebel Dan Katz
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This Costumed ‘Bank Reform B----’ Once Worked As A Lawyer
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The Famous Lawyer Who Never Existed
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Law Review Circulation Continues to Plummet
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Law Students Do NOT Have Buyer's Remorse
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The 10 best summer clerk selfies of the summer
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Rolling Stone article on Aaron Hernandez alleges he was a heavy user of the drug PCP, or angel dust --- Tim Tebow Was Aaron Hernandez's 'Life Instructor' In College --- Aaron Hernandez bombshells coming?
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Why You Shouldn't Believe Obama When He Says Don't Worry About 'Metadata' Surveillance
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The NYPD Is Labeling Entire Mosques As Terrorism Groups
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"She repeatedly drew blood from him to "monitor his diabetes - though the boy does not have diabetes"
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Man Steals Dad's Body From Cemetery In Hopes Of Bringing Him Back To Life
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Mug shots of the rich and infamous
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George Zimmerman's wife pleads guilty to perjury charge
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Government Worker Writing Letters To Himself May Be The Craziest-Ever Example Of Bureaucratic Waste
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The 19 Biggest Thefts Of The Year
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Most Terrifying Office Prank Ever
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On the menu: lawyers
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Ft. Hood: Hasan Sentenced to Death
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Police Respond After Woman Calls 911 Over 'Giant Spider' On Couch; Officer Kills It With Newspaper
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Man reportedly confesses to raccoon revenge killing
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Police Offer $16,000 Reward To Catch Woman Suspected Of Gouging 6-Year-Old's Eyes Out
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Judge Who Presided Over Many Drug Cases Admits To Being A Drug Mule
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Judge keeps upping insolent defendant’s contempt of court sentence as insults spew forth
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No, a 14-year-old was not “as much in control” as her rapist
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock -Index Futures Advance Before GDP, Jobless Data
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Markets Are Up Around The World
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US stocks close higher
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Layoffs:
America's Disappearing Jobs
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What Makes Employees Work Harder: Punishment or Pampering?
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Low-paid workers are marching for fairness
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The Tragic Trap of Longterm Unemployment
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Will a Surge in Labor Force Participation Impede Unemployment Rate Improvement?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Debtor's Case Remanded For Loan-by-Loan Undue Hardship Analysis
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NYU's loans for summer homes highlights student debt injustice
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The Tuition is Too Damn High — The three reasons tuition is rising
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Where People Are Falling Behind On Their Student Loans
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Retailing:
Why JC Penney Just Might Make It
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Aviation:
DOJ: No fast trial on airline merger
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Museums:
New interstate interchange opens in Kearney
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Mining:
Joy Global warns on revenue as coal glut hits orders
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Credit Counseling:
Morgan Drexen takes CFPB battle to its website
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Economy:
The Average American Worker Has Made No Progress In The Past Decade --- U.S. Workers Say Their Wages Rose Over Past Five Years
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How Living Alone Came To Seem Totally Normal
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US is a Bargain Manufacturer
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Black And White Poverty: 1963 Vs. Today --- King’s “I have a dream” speech, by the numbers --- The Other American Dream: Social Mobility, Race and Opportunity --- Here's How Much The Minimum Wage Would Be Today If The Original Marchers On Washington Got Their Demands --- Obama Follows King Urging Post-Racial Economic Equality --- Ten charts show how the U.S. has changed for the better since MLK’s speech --- Martin Luther King's Economic Dream: A Guaranteed Income for All Americans --- The Maddening, Unmoving Economic Gap Between Blacks and Whites
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Bond Binge Pushing Leverage Toward Financial Crisis Peak
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Roach Warns of Global Economic Crisis
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Signed contracts to buy US homes slip in July but remain at healthy pace, despite higher rates --- US housing recovery loses a step
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Housing Market Data Is Softening
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in July, Lowest since April 2009
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Regulators relax proposed mortgage rule
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Banks win another reprieve from post-crisis regs
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Third Circuit Permits Reopening of Reorganization Case to Enforce Debtor’s Purchase Option in Real Estate Lease
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Home Price Growth Beginning To Slow Down, Says S&P/Case-Shiller
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Refinance Applications Drop, Purchase Applications Rise: Survey --- Jumping rates push mortgage apps down
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US agencies propose rules to cut mortgage risk
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New Jersey ranks second in foreclosures
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Developer of Grand Rapids shopping center files bankruptcy
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Claim: Landlord charging extra to use elevator
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Corporate Governance:
Highest-paid CEOs in US are often fired or fined: Study
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Corporate suicides highlight stresses at the top
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Municipalities:
Pensions and Chapter 9 Bankruptcy: How Detroit May Boldly Go Where No Municipality Has Gone Before
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Detroit: More People, Moving Faster (and, in an instance, Slower)
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Detroit is a tale of three cities
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Detroit Retirees Tap Dentons
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Detroit to keep access to casino tax revenues, bankruptcy judge rules --- Syncora Can't Freeze Casino-Tax Revenue
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Detroit: how can regeneration solve city bankruptcy and abandonment?
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Mediator to meet Thursday with city, creditors on Detroit bankruptcy ...
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American Roads Reorganization Survives Objections
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Saving Pensions Will Require Unions to Face Reality
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Detroit pensions: Bribes, a $5000 poker chip and a big financial hole
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Orr ties audits to pension takeover, says mismanagement evidence must be 'overwhelming'
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Orr puts Detroit garages, meters up for sale
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Death (certificates) took holiday in wake of bankruptcy filing
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More Than 200 Detroit Teachers Moonlighting As 'Sugar Babies'
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Detroit's Woes Add to Angst Over Municipal Debt
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Vote For Detroit Campaign Recruits SXSW Audience
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'60 Minutes' visits DIA for Detroit story
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Harrisburg, the anti- Detroit ?
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Lincoln Park: Officials hope they can stave off emergency manager
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Pontiac City Council: EM's final order is illegal --- Pontiac mayor vetoes council resolution against EM's final order: "unintelligible, and therefore unenforceable"
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Why more California cities are in big financial trouble
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San Bernardino, deemed eligible for bankruptcy, may take knife to pensions --- Ruling Clears a Path for California City's Bankruptcy --- Bankruptcy court win almost goes sour
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Fraud:
SEC probing Soros over alleged insider trading
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Ex-Madoff Aide Says Beach House Isn’t Fair Game for Jury
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Retailing:
Why Wal-Mart Will Never Pay Like Costco
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Bridal Shop Says Rats Led To Bankruptcy
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Tax:
Swiss Agree on Program for Banks to Settle U.S. Dispute
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Compensation:
Want a job where you can fail and still get paid lavishly? Try corporate CEO
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Corporate Reform:
Tortuous extradition process awaits Spaniard in JPMorgan 'Whale' case
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
McHenry County Man Pleads Guilty to Making False Declaration in Bankruptcy Case
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Oil/Gas:
GMX Resources bankruptcy auction brings in $338M
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Food/Beverage:
Northern Beef plant running out of time
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Restaurateur Jason Denton files for bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
LightSquared's Quest for Spectrum Continues
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Gambling:
Gary's Majestic Star taken off county tax auction, appeal pending
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Mass Torts:
Claims Chief Counters BP's 'Uncorroborated' Fraud Charges
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:
Back to the Future: Appeals Court Lets Bankruptcy Court Decide State Law Claims
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Professional Compensation:
The U.S. Trustee’s New Chapter 11 Fee Guidelines
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Finance:
Make-Whole Confirmed to be a Stable Compound
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Bankruptcy Theory:
Jonathan Lipson on “Relational Reorganization”
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Consolidation:
Sixth Circuit Considers Finality of Bankruptcy Orders in the Context of Substantive Consolidation
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Good Faith:
Bad Faith Filing No Obstacle for Hotel Reorganization
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Safe Harbors:
How Safe Is the Section 546(e) Safe Harbor? Part I: Quebecor
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Automatic Stay:
Stay Here – Second Circuit in Residential Capital Holds Automatic Stay Can Be Applied to Non-Debtors Where Action Has an Immediate Adverse Economic Consequence for Estate
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Aviation:
AMR Holders Lose 19 Cents on Dollar on Blocked Deal
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Airlines say March trial date would put merger in jeopardy
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DOJ, American, US Airways say they're open to settlement
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Some American Pilots Make A Measly $20 Per Hour
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US Airways' Washington Airport Prize Hobbles AMR Merger
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Celebs:
'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Joe Francis Is Going To Jail For Allegedly Holding 3 Women Captive In His Limo
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RI judge OKs lawsuit against Schilling, others
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Tupac’s Mother Settles Claim Against Suge Knight
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Banking:
Libor Rate-Probe Spotlight Shines on Higher-Ups
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Rundown: JP Morgan's Legal Headaches
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Electricity:
Moody's downgrades Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC Corporate Family Rating to Caa1; maintains negative rating outlook
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Wind Surge Saps Bondholder Hope for Energy Future Payout
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Sovereigns:
Argentine Bondholders Urge US Supreme Court to Reject Appeal
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Doubts over Argentina's 'Plan B' weigh on sovereign curve
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Argentina Bonds Tumble after Debt Swap Plan --- Open-ended debt restructuring
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Argentina's latest bond swap offer has no end date
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Argentina Economy Minister: New Swap Not Aimed at Skirting U.S. Courts --- ' Debt swap is not a way to dodge justice'
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Argentina plays for time in debt battle, in search of escape
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UK:
Care home sector proves insolvency hotspot
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RSM Tenon & Baker Tilly: In this together...
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Railcare sold out of administration
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No future for Modelzone
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Co-operative bank reports after-tax loss of $1.2 billion
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Pihl files for bankruptcy after ‘too aggressive expansion’
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EU:
Cypriots Try Getting By Without Credit
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Canada:
Gray Aqua files for bankruptcy protection
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Germany:
The Number Of Jobless Germans Unexpectedly Jumped In August
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Austria:
Massive Losses for Alpine: € 5bn in Debts
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New Zealand:
Guilty plea in $300M New Zealand Ponzi scheme
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Brazil:
OGX offers debt-for-stock exchange to bondholders
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Brazil's OGX shares plunge as Batista empire unravels
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China:
China's Debt-Laden Steel Industry On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
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