Law:
Former Dewey partner may proceed with Citibank counterclaims
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Bonus Watch: Orrick Charts A Steady Course
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The Price Of A Harley Davidson Is Disbarment
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WilmerHale, Bracewell & Giuliani, Bird: Business of Law
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Why do women partners fare so much better at one-tier firms?
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K&L Gates Adds Restructuring and Bankruptcy Partner
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Once-merged law firms separate, citing conflicts
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At Husch Blackwell, a Rebound in Revenue and Profits
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Working From Home Can Be Less Than Idyllic
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The Lapsed Lawyers Survey Results
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Only one woman has made partner in 25 years at BigLaw firm’s Miami office
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Practicing Lawyer With Sideline As A Rapper Releases New Single – Don't Quit Your Day Job?
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Law School Transparency: Historic levels
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Career Regrets—The Big Five
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Stealth Lawyer: Diana St. Louis, Lingerie Designer
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How the Legal System Failed Aaron Swartz--and Us
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SNR Denton accounts reveal UK headcount drop of 10% in 2011-12
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Salaries on the up for law firm support staff, research shows
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Baker & McKenzie ups billable hours target
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Good Documents, Delivery Improve Client Relations
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7 Unusual Ways People Use Evernote
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Police Shoot, Kill Man's Dog After Going To Wrong Home
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Where Congress Stands on Guns
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Nerf toy gun causes lockdown in Long Island
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Attorney charged with aiding boyfriend's jail escape resigns from bar
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Suspension For Marijuana Possession
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Lawyer not liable for $80K put in client trust account—and stolen—by his secretary, judge rules
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Two 6-Year-Olds Suspended For Using Imaginary Weapons
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Man jailed for 23 years should be released: judge
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Is it ‘pleaded’ or ‘pled’?
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Bronx man gets year in jail for posing as attorney
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Man run over, killed, when dog jumps into car, pushes accelerator
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Say What?!
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Judges:
MS: Woodard takes oath as region's new federal bankruptcy judge
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Bankruptcy Judge to Join Indiana Tech
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For lawyer's anti-Catholic slurs against bankruptcy judge, longer suspension in order, panel says
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‘Taking what?’ Scalia objection could mean loss for developer objecting to government ‘shakedown’
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‘Slapdash’ Posner needs to be reined in by 7th Circuit, says law prof
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Judge ripes DoJ's "Alice in Wonderland" lawyering
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Media join fight against Delaware's 'secret' court hearings
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Court Reporter Suppresses Giggles
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Wall Street:
Stock Futures Flat Ahead of Bank of America Earnings
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Stocks Close Mixed
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Goldman Sachs' earnings nearly tripled in fourth quarter, beating estimates
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Defer madness: 3-year wait for Morgan Stanley cash bonuses
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Comparing Wall St. Bonuses? There's an App for That
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Layoffs:
Fed's Beige Book: Fiscal Uncertainty Impacting Hiring
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Jobs with the lowest (and highest)unemployment
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The end of labor: How to protect workers from the rise of the robots
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The Wages of Unemployment
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Americans See Tough but Improving Job Market
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Layoffs Watch: UBS
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Health Care:
Highmark to buy Pittsburgh health system, cash to bondholders --- Highmark to Buy West Penn Allegheny Junk Debt at 12.5% Discount
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There's Been A Paradigm Shift In US Healthcare Spending, And The Industry Is Not Happy
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Education:
Texas Methodist Foundation: Spare our endowments or stop the Lon Morris auction
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Health Care:
Pittsburgh health system in tentative deal to cut debt
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Turnarounds:
What Must Sears' New CEO Do To Turn Ship Around?
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Media:
Tribune Co. to drop some 'clawback lawsuits'
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Economy:
U.S. Industrial Production Rises 0.3% on Equipment Demand
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US consumer prices unchanged in December
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Factory, price data give hopeful signs for economy
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Fed: Economy Picked Up at End of the Year
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In Land of Lincoln, 1 in 3 Near Poverty
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Should We Have to Work Until 70? These CEOs Say Yes
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Consumer credit default rates rise for third straight month in December
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Deep Presentation On What's Really Going On With The US Economy
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Economy expanded in recent weeks, Fed reports
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The US can't simply choose which bills after we hit the debt ceiling --- Republicans push alternative to default in debt-ceiling battle
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A Brief History of U.S. Defaults
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15 Frugal Billionaires Who Live Like Regular People
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CEOs Call for Raising Retirement Age to 70
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If You Thought The Trillion Dollar Coin Was Absurd, You Should See What The Fed Does Every Day
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Conservatives to GOP: Don't Mess With the Debt Ceiling --- Even The Koch Brothers Are Turning Against The Republican Debt-Ceiling Crazies --- Why the GOP Is Backing Away From Business
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Debt Ceiling Battle: Why No One Agrees on Anything
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Low-Income Working Families: The Growing Economic Gap
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For Fitch's Global Credit Ratings, It's Prognosis Negative
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More Americans Raid Their 401(k)s to Pay Bills
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Goldman, Morgan Stanley cut $557 mln foreclosure deal --- Goldman Sachs Earnings Soar
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CFPB launches national mortgage servicing rules
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Foreclosure Activity to Rise in Some States in 2013: RealtyTrac
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Florida tops on home defaults
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ResCap Wins Approval to Try to Sell Defaulted Loans
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Judge to rule on American West Development Inc.'s reorganization plan
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Homebuilder confidence remains near 7-year high --- Home Builder Confidence Stalls
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Dallas: Downtown Towers Scramble to Fill Amenity Vacancies After Operator Goes Bankrupt
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The Latest Myth About the Government’s Mishandling of the Housing Market
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2 lawyers among 11 federally indicted re massive alleged homeowner association corruption scheme
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Recovery in U.S. Saving 8 Million Underwater Homeowners
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Municipalities:
Judge orders Detroit school board, emergency financial manager back to court | City of Detroit | Detroit Free Press
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Moody's New Pension Rules Would Bankrupt Six Cal Counties
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Benton Harbor's emergency manager calls his departure “bittersweet”
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How California Came Back From The Brink
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Nebraska governor latest to propose ending state income tax
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Judge orders mediation in Central Falls receivership dispute
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Banking:
Jamie Dimon gets huge pay cut following London Whale loss --- 'Whale' Swallows Half of Dimon's Pay
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JPMorgan Report on Trading Loss Takes Aim at Top Executives --- How does JP Morgan respond to a crisis?
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Did the CIO have a Kodak moment? Like, literally?
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Judge approves FDIC settlement sparing executives of failed BankUnited
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Debt Collection:
Appeals Court Rules Foreclosures are “Debt Collection” Under FDCPA
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Celebs:
How Lance Armstrong's Oprah Confession Could Lead to His Bankruptcy --- Legal Fallout of an Armstrong Confession --- Lance Armstrong's Long, Long Fall --- Lance Armstrong: Straight From The Horse’s Mouth
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Die Hard director John McTiernan heading to prison
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Real-life details of crime fiction writer’s high finances revealed at trial
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Golf:
Double Bogie: Bank's Security Interest in Green Fees Cut Off by Club's Bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Boise-based chain store Honk's $1.00 files for bankruptcy
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Autos:
U.S. Picks Citigroup, JPMorgan to Manage GM Shares Sale
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Chrysler: We Hit Rock Bottom
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Brokers:
MF Global Creditors Undeterred by Low Value
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87-month prison term sought for Iowa Ponzi schemer
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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 (21 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (31 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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Miscellaneous:
Bill on Bankruptcy : MF Global Creditors Undeterred by Low Value
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Changing the Bankruptcy Code
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Arbitration:
Don’t Be a Ding Dong: Twinkie’s Cash Collateral Motion Is Not Arbitrable
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DIP Finance:
Wells Fargo Provides Financing in Handy Hardware Bankruptcy
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J.P. Morgan to Arrange Bankruptcy-Exit Financing for Hawker
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Insurance:
Providing defense and indemnity does not foreclose bad faith claims against insurer
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Corporate Reform:
Defense lawyers balk as SEC makes play for hard drives
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Aviation:
AMR, parent of American Air, posts profit after year-ago loss --- Swings to Profit on Tax Benefit --- Big improvement after a full year in bankruptcy court --- Restructuring Curbs Costs
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Pilots see details of what a US Airways-American Airlines merger holds for them
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AMR's Horton extolls new American Airlines in letter
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Q&A with AMR CFO Bella Goren
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Horton hints at American Airlines rebranding ‘very soon’ --- Further evidence that American Airlines is about to change the color of its lipstick and rouge
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Pinnacle Airlines path from Chapter 11 may run through Delta Air
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Entire fleets of 787 Dreamliners grounded in Japan
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US, Others Ground Boeing Dreamliner Indefinitely
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TBTF:
AIG Seeks Approval to File More Bank Suits
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Religion:
Milwaukee Archdiocese and creditors battle over cemetery funds
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Agriculture:
Grant farms owed $10 million in debt, put down 5000 chickens
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Distressed Investing:
Capula Adds Another Distressed Debt Expert
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Hedge Funds Involved in the Edison Mission Case
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Corporate Governance:
How Officers and Directors of Financial Intermediaries Can Avoid Personal Liability in the Post-Dodd-Frank Market
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Two Recent Corporate Decisions Reviewed by Delaware Corporate Law Professor
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Equipment Rental:
Ruling exposes Ahern Rentals to takeover by outsider
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UK:
Blockbuster UK files for bankruptcy protection, more than 4,000 jobs at risk --- Blockbuster Administration Pushes UK Closures to a Record
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Blockbuster becomes latest U.K. retailer to go bust
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R3 president and Neville Kahn to lead Blockbuster administration
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MoFo wins instruction from creditors on HMV administration
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Nipper the Dog Trademark Seen as Most Valuable HMV Asset
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PIIGS:
IMF OK’s 3.24 Billion Euros For Greece --- Greece Wants Germany to Pay for WWII --- Greek Shops Desperate for Customers --- Greece not out of woods, must stick to reforms: finance minister --- Stournaras Fears Unrest Could Undo Reforms
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Germany:
Germany asks banks for restructuring blueprint
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Cyprus:
Europe's Mounting Reluctance to Bail Out Cyprus
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MENA:
Creditors considering Amlak debt proposal
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