Law:
A Better 2012 for BigLaw (With Big Asterisks)
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From Biglaw to Boutique: Never Satisfied
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Biglaw Perk Watch: Adoption and Surrogacy Benefits
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Attorney Was AMR Deal Key
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Greenberg, Clifford Chance, Venable: Business of Law
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Greenberg Traurig announces leadership changes
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New bar passage rate requirement for accreditation prompts law school to sue state bar officials
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The Most Important Part of Law School: Social Life Rankings!
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Now is the time to go to law school, at least in this state, dean says
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Is This A Good Tuition Deal? Only If You Don’t Read The Fine Print.
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Manhattan Attorney Allegedly Threw Himself A Lavish Going-Away Party Before Heading Off To Prison
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Defunct Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf Auctions Artwork
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Quote of the Day: Beauty School Dropout? Be a Lawyer!
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There Is A 260,000-Person Wait List For A New Email App
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Review: ABBYY FineReader Touch -- scan, OCR, convert to Word, Excel, PDF, etc.
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Chihuahua's Body Exhumed So Its Alleged Killer Can Be Punished
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Bad coffee leads to embezzlement case against law firm worker
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Law firm ‘wine and dine’ event with client led to insider-trading case against partner’s husband
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Paralegal jobs being overtaken by technology, analysis reports
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Facebook Status Update of the Day: I Left Skadden For This?
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The Wrong Lawyers for the Job? (BigLaw Trial Attorneys Get Bench Slapped)
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Kim Kardashian holds hands with both her lawyer and a friend as pregnant star endures stressful day of divorce proceedings
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Florida judge approves birth certificate listing three parents
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Bath Salts: Former Deutsche Bank Exec And LAPD Not Yet Seeing Eye To Eye On “Savage Beating” Incident
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Lawyer arrested and jailed for client’s alleged crime
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Judges:
Florida Supreme Court Could Decide Whether A Judge Can Be Facebook Friends With A Prosecutor
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Racism complaint filed against federal judge by civil rights group
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Judge who had jury deliberate at 3 a.m. to save her vacation agrees to reprimand
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Re-dedication ceremony for Orlando's bankruptcy courthouse
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When Judges Clash: 2nd Circuit Dissentals Edition
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal flat open
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US stocks close lower on investor caution
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16 Hot Wall Street Firms Where Bankers And Traders Really Want To Work
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Layoffs:
Jobless claims point to healing in labor market --- Jobless claims point to slow hiring
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Barclays Capital to lay off 275 employees at 3 offices in New York
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America's Unemployed Are Thankful For Falling Productivity
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mail:
Will the threat of five-day mail shock Congress into action on postal reform?
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The Post Office Fiasco Shows Why America Is Doomed
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Bankrupt pharmacist who kept nearly $6M cash in home convicted of tax evasion
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Municipalities:
Trustee in Alabama's bankruptcy demands accelerated payment
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Allen Park plan cuts officials' pay in half
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Stockton’s Displaced Low Income Housing Tenants Seek Relief from Stay, Enforcement of Settlement Obligations
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San Bernardino, Calpers fail to reach deal before court date
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Flint police union sues over contracts imposed by emergency manager, claims city violated arbitration rules
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Michigan gov. proposes expanded budget amid local, federal risks
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The Pension Fund That Ate California
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10 States With The Best Tax Breaks For The Wealthy
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Fraud:
Madoff’s Brother Agrees to $90M Settlement in Trustee Lawsuit
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U.S. Trustee Wants To Interview Jack Brown On Missing Millions; Brown Attorney Resists; Skiles Said Daughter Spotted Ponzi Scheme
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German 'mini-Madoff' hedge fund founder indicted in U.S.
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Corporate Reform:
Elizabeth Warren Not Ready to Back Down on US Consumer Bureau
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Uncertainty regarding Cordray’s position at CFPB causes concern for agency proponents
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A Closer Look at the DoJ's Complaint against McGraw-Hill and S&P
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S&P's sham First Amendment defense against state AG cases
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Report: The Justice Department May Sue Moody's For Fraud Too
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How the SEC could change policy to 'maximize deterrence'
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Autos:
Fisker to Resume Production ‘Soon,’ Co-Founder Says
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Market Worsens: Peugeot Writes off 4bn Euros
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China: Car Sales Jump 46% in January
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BMW Sales Hit Record for January
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Economy:
Fewer Workers Filed Claims for U.S. Jobless Benefits Last Week
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Worker Productivity in US Declines, Pushing Up Labor Costs
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The Sad New Reality Of The 'Economic Recovery' For American Workers
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Food Bank Visits Surge and Not Just the Poor
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Obama Looks for Big Deal on Spending Cuts and Taxes
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Nine Spending Cuts The Democrats Are Willing Make To Bring Deficits Down $1 Trillion
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Consumer credit increases $14.6 bln in December
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All of America's New Oil Won't Lower Gas Prices --- Energy Independence Means Pain at Pump
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100 Startling Facts About The Economy
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The Great Recession's Long Lasting Scars
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Neil Barofsky: Geithner doctrine lives on in Libor scandal
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Investors Are Being Bullied Into Buying Risky Assets, Which Are Doomed To Crash
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New Tax Law Screws the Upper Middle Class
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Freddie Mac: Typical 30-year mortgage rate levels off at 3.53%
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Robert Shiller destroys the idea of investing in a home
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ResCap Examiner Says Ally Report Delayed for Second Time
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Delaware entity buys financially troubled Kapalua Bay condos on Maui for $100M after auction - Twice the amount bid in winning bid two months ago
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Hensarling: FHA the nation’s “largest subprime lender”
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Florida Is Swamped with Foreclosures – And Deals on Distressed Homes
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Court of Appeals rules on borrower rescission rights
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Florida Supreme Court rules on controversial foreclosure case
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Retailing:
Macy's Leads Biggest Same-Store Sales Gain Since 2011
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Retailers' sales beat forecasts, but worries remain
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Reports: JC Penney Plans More Layoffs at Headquarters
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Bon - Ton January sales slips --- Tightens year view
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Brodkey's Jewelers files for bankruptcy , will close stores
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Aviation:
American Airlines And US Airways Near Merger Deal
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Don’t Expect to Profit From an AMR-US Airways Merger
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American-US Air deal would cut passenger choices
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How American Airlines’ labor unions went behind the CEO’s back to force a merger with US Airways
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American Eagle flight attendants want to delay American Airlines deal with Republic Airlines
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1,900 Pittsburgh-area jobs, flight center at stake if American, US Airways merge
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AMR creditors to meet February 11, may vote on US Air merger
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Horton as non-executive chairman, Parker as CEO of merged US Airways-American Airlines?
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What is a non-executive chairman?
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Federal Officials Fine Sky King Airlines
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NTSB blames ‘green’ battery for Boeing’s woes
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Awards:
Dallas: Weil, Gotshal bankruptcy lawyer becomes TMA NextGen Committee vice chairwoman
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Alternative Energy:
A123 says unsecured creditors to get 65 pct of claims
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Student Debt:
Cohen reintroduces bill to make it easier to discharge private student loans
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As College Debt Grows, Students Delay Payment
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Health Care:
Universal Health Care Group files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Universal Health's largest unsecured creditor: HCA at $6 million
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Investigation finds pattern of financial mismanagement at Universal Health Care
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Wise Regional Health System in Texas Bids $20M for North Texas Community Hospital
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Pensions:
PBCG multiemployer pension plan reports raise alarms on underfunding
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Tax:
IRS nabs identity thieves in nationwide crackdown
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Judge Calls Customers Suing UBS 'Tax Cheats' Who Are Like Kids Suing Their Parents For Raising Them Poorly - "Travesty" of a lawsuit"
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Ratings Agencies:
Justice Dept, states weigh action against Moody's
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Food/Beverage:
Hostess' bakers 'confident' of better deal with a new owner
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Hostess Bakers' Union Says It Held Talks With Bidders
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USDA cites closed company for PACA debts
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Restaurant Gives Family A 'Well-Behaved Kids' Discount
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Celebs:
Armstrong Is Sued Over Prize Money
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Baseball Player Who Has Made $156 Million In His Career Arrested For DUI While Buying Lottery Tickets
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Olympic medalist's Harley up for auction
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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 (37 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (36 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:
Business-related bankruptcies down in New Mexico
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Private Student Loan Debt to be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy Under House Bill
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History:
Stare Indecisis – Supreme Court Upholds Depression-Era Law Limiting Ability to Exercise Security Interests After Striking Down Predecessor Law
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Plan Confirmation:
Chapter 11 Plan May Include Lump Sum Balloon Payment For Priority Tax Claim
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Sales:
Section 363 Sales — An Increasingly Viable Tool For Bank M&A?
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Recent Pleadings:
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Insurance:
D&O Insurance: Bank Directors' Notice of FDIC Failed Bank Suit Held Timely
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Banking:
RBS Trader Colluded With UBS Counterpart to Pay Bribes
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RBS and Libor: The wrong stuff
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LIBOR fines could hit $22 bn
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Recent Libor Settlements Just Tip of the Iceberg
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TBTF:
A Growing Split Within Republicans On Too Big To Fail Banks
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Politics:
A Change in Name and More
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Why Rand Paul's Hair Looks Like That
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UK:
Victory for David Cameron as EU budget faces cuts for first time
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Deloitte administrators to close 66 HMV stores
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HMV's two-month wave of store closures
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KPMG administrators arrange pre-pack of Cobbetts
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Cooper Parry bolsters restructuring team
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Rapid insolvency measures to Mochdre car plant leaves workforce "angry and anxious"
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Punch Taverns reveals business restructuring options
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Threat to one in three retailers
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EU:
Draghi Signals Euro Strength May Hurt ECB's Recovery Efforts
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Draghi Finds Powerful Weapon in Words as Markets Heed His Voice
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Euro falls sharply vs dollar after Draghi comments
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PIIGS:
ECB "takes note" of Ireland's Anglo Irish debt plan --- 850 IBRC staff in shock and fear --- Ireland Wakes Up From Nightmare Over Debt Wrangling With ECB --- Relief as ECB gives Ireland 40 years to repay debt
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Greece: Revenue shortfall in January calls for emergency action --- Greek household incomes down average 38 pct from cuts, survey shows --- Greece Just Unveiled Its 2013 To 2016 Budget Plan
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Bankruptcies in Spain rise by 39.4 pct in Q4
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Canada:
Canadian Superpriority Bowl: CCAA – 34, Ontario Pensions – 31
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France:
French Workers Threaten To Blow Up Their Factory
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Showdown at Peugeot plant as strike splits workers
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France backs Egyptian bid for threatened refinery
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Japan:
Bond Risk Increases in Japan
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Fujitsu cutting 5,000 jobs in restructuring
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China:
China's January Trade Numbers Crush Expectations --- How Chinese Manufacturing Makes The Rest Of The World Look Tiny
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India:
India Unexpectedly Slashed Its GDP Growth Forecast To A 10-Year Low
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Serbia:
Serbia tells state power monopoly to restructure or go bust
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MENA:
Kuwait considers $6 billion consumer debt bailout
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Iceland:
Former Icelandic retail baron found guilty of tax evasion
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Russia:
A Photographic Tour Of Russian Corruption
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