Law:
North Country for Old Howrey Men --- Judge Certifies Class in Howrey WARN Act Suit, but Recovery Far From Certain
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New Settlement Bodes Well for Howrey Creditors
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Baker & McKenzie, Patton Boggs, Jones Day: Business of Law
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An Open Letter to Lawyers Young and Old
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Law firm diversity: Women still seeking parity
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Michelle Obama's New Coif—A "Do" or a "Don't"?
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Women Lawyers Who Work Flexibly Are ‘Put Onto The Slow Stream’
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UK: Women Lawyers Earn £50K Less Than Their Male Counterparts
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Report Finds Law Firm Culture Well-Suited for Failure
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Mashma-who?
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Due Diligence For Lateral Partner Candidates
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Court Relaxes Bona Fide Office Rule, Lifting Need for Physical Location
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Corporate Client Tests Corporate Counsel Tech Skills
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Is the GC the Conscience of the Company? Maybe Not --- General Counsel are One Conscience of the Company
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Hausfeld Makes Bid to Squash Explosive Suit by Ex-Partner
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Stealth Lawyer: Nathan Sawaya, Lego Brick Artist
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1 lawyer arrested, 1 lawyer goes to hospital after courthouse fray
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Law firm resolves ERISA case, must repay $1M in worker retirement assets
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Lawyer is shocked at nasty response to Craigslist ad, says he was offering a service to law grads
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Did Greenberg hide tea-time document incineration accident? Claim won’t be heard; case is tossed
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Is lawyer ‘a drug dealer, a pimp and a murderer’?
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'The Baddest Lawyer In The History Of New Jersey' Goes On Trial Again
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Lawyerly Lairs: An M&A Maven’s Magnificent Manse
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The top excuses for making law school so absurdly expensive
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Are B------ Now Considered Deadly Weapons?
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Republicans: Gays Are So Powerful They Don't Need Marriage Equality
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Stop Her, Before She Shovels Again!
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8 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines
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Could The Legal Profession Be On The Brink Of A Thrilling New Era Of Sartorial Elegance?
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Highway Patrol Settles Case Of Pregnant Woman Being Thrown To Ground and Hogtied After Talking On Her Cellphone While Driving
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Law School Recalls Grades Because Teachers Couldn't Figure Out How To Inflate Them In Time
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Sotomayor: Lawyering is a gift, and unhappy lawyers should ‘go back to square one’
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Sotomayor’s fitness tip
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Yes, it was a joke by Supreme Court's Thomas
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The judge who rules on business
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal losses; all eyes on Apple
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Layoffs:
Union Membership Falls to Record 11.3% in U.S.
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Lowe's to Hire 45,000 for Spring (Only)
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Job Placement Programs Don't Work
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
Bankruptcy Court Grounds American Airlines Noteholders’ Make-Whole Claim
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US Airways' profit soars amid strong demand
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Judge approves American Airlines acquisition of Boeing, Airbus jets
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Parker: We got nothing to say about an American Airlines merger
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Jet repossession row could scare off funds
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Could This Industry Shift Bankrupt Every National Airline?
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Oil/Gas:
ATP Seeks Court Permission to Auction Deepwater Properties
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Municipalities:
MO Lawmakers Seek to Reform Failing Second Injury Fund
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City Bankruptcies: The Wild West of Financial Law
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Municipal Bankruptcy Can Restore Financial Stability
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San Bernardino: City sticks with its own police force
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State changing the hiring rules for Michigan's emergency financial managers
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Moody’s downgrades City of Poughkeepsie’s rating
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Santa Ana official credited with avoiding city bankruptcy fired
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California Preventing Former RDAs From Spending Bond Proceeds
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How Rare Are Municipal Bankruptcies?
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Food/Beverage:
Investment firms plan to team up on Hostess bid
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Subway suit says ‘footlong’ sandwiches don’t measure up
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Back Yard Burgers ready to emerge from bankruptcy with new CEO
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Subway Hit With Class Action Lawsuit After Photo Of Too-Short Sub Went Viral
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Banking:
U.S. Bank Deposits Drop Most Since 9/11 as FDIC Support Ebbs
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Autos:
How GM Was Brought Back from the Brink
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Economy:
House votes to suspend debt limit --- New Details on GOP's Debt Ceiling Bill
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IMF Forecasts Modest Global Economic Growth, at Best
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There's Been A Pretty Big Change In How People Are Talking About The Deficit
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Many Young People Will Die in Debt, but Hopefully Not From Debt
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Fitch: Belt-Tightening Continues for U.S. Consumer; Bankruptcies to Drop Again
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Wealth effect creeps back into American households
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Wall Street's $11bn Tax Windfall from Bailout
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Stephen Roach: Fed Just Doubled Down on Plan that Led Us into Crisis
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Good News for Lenders! Minor Errors in Deeds of Trust Less Costly As Result of New Bankruptcy Court Opinion
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US MBA Mortgage Applications Index Increased 7% Last Week
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Ky. AG files suit against national mortgage registry --- Says firm was created to dodge mortgage fees
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Mortgagees Beware: Your Dragnet May Have A Hole In It ...
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Number of homes entering foreclosure drops 22.1% to six-year low
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HI: Judge dismisses Chapter 11 filing for mortgage brokers
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Report: California's pending home sales dipped in December
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Mortgage delinquencies tick up in December
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Long-Term Vacant Properties: Part I - How The Crisis Emerged
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FHFA says settlement reached with GE in mortgage case
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Mall REITs May Decline In 2013 As Vacancies Remain High And Property Sales Continue
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Fraud:
NCAA investigating its investigators; MSU's Lou Anna K. Simon 'deeply disappointed' -- Enforcement staff members worked with the defense attorney for Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro “to improperly obtain information form a bankruptcy proceeding" --- NCAA Says It Broke Own Rules --- Curious timing to NCAA announcement on Miami probe
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Court Orders Some Stanford Ponzi Victims to Pay Money Back
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Ex-UBS Trader Hayes Said to Seek NatWest 3 Man’s Advice
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Fewer Investors Are Suing Corporate America For Fraud
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Politics:
Delay becoming the norm for US gov't
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Photography:
New Development in Kodak's Efforts to Emerge From Bankruptcy --- Approval for $844 Million Bankruptcy Financing
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Kodak retirees group sells claim for $70 million
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Gambling:
Bankruptcy trustee drills into casino developer's bank box
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Debt Collection:
In 2013, debt collection is big business -- really big
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Education:
Education Holdings Wins Interim-Financing Court Approval
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Moody's : Outlook for higher ed sector now negative
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Corporate Governance:
Board Takeaways for 2013
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Strine Blasts 'First-Filed' Rule in Harvard Law Paper
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Best Practices for Corporate Internal Investigations
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Agriculture:
Grant Family Farms let organic license lapse
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Tax:
IRS Gives Up on Regulating Tax Preparers
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Accounting:
Tax advice not secret like legal counsel, UK court rules
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Corporate Reform:
Former officials tell hedge funds: Be ready for the regulators
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Media:
Reporter Bankrupted After Being Ordered To Pay Damage For Test Drive In Porsche 917
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Pharma:
Ipsen and Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Enter into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Baxter International on OBI-1
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Video Games:
Court Grants Motion to Approve Sale of THQ Inc. Assets
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Furniture:
Carls Patio ownership changes due to bankruptcy filings
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Software:
Goldman not negligent in arranging Dragon sale - jury
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Corporate Reform:
The Real Story Of How 'Untouchable' Wall Street Execs Avoided Prosecution
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Mass Torts:
Avandia case: the new normal for plaintiffs' fees in mass torts?
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Creditors move to freeze assets of meningitis pharmacy owners
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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 (29 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:
The Bankruptcy Files: Hunton in for Atari, as Other Am Law Firms Get Boost from Overseas Assignments
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Bill on Bankruptcy: AMR Make-Whole Opinion Vulnerable on Appeal
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
OC bankruptcies fall to lowest level since 2009
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Claims:
Climbing the Priority Ladder: Rules Governing The Priority of Prepetition Unsecured Federal Income Tax Claims In Bankruptcy
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Sales:
Hostess creditors object to high break-up fee in Flowers Foods deal
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Plan Confirmation:
Absolute priority rule a debtor's Catch-22
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Asset Protection:
Asset Protection: Business Owners Beware!
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Health Care:
Future of Bronx hospital hangs on competing takeover bids
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Competing Offer Threatens Montefiore Med Center's Acquisition of N.Y. Westchester Square Med Center
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Moody's: Financial Risks Keep Non-Profit Hospital Outlook Negative in 2013
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Judge: Bankrupt nursing home can't avoid judgment in fatal overdose
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Defaults:
Moody's: US Corporate Family Defaults Remain Steady in Q4 2012
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster busted? Co. reps mum
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Sovereigns:
Why Argentina Is Accusing the US of "Legal Colonialism"
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Schroders EM bond duo take bet on Argentinian debt
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UK:
Mark Sands appointed as Deputy Vice President of the Insolvency Practitioners Association
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Deloitte administrators given hope on HMV future
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Jersey's bankruptcy law 'could be updated'
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Jessops brand buy-out: Restructuring specialist in frame
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EU:
Eurozone forecast cut, but Lagarde is optimistic
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11 EU Members Agree to Robin Hood Tax
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PIIGS:
Rogoff Says Europe Must Put Greece in ‘Outer Orbit’ to Save Euro
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Portugal gets $3 BN in 1st bond sale since rescue --- Portugal's ENVC Shipyard Faces EU Probe Over Government Aid
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Lagarde list panel to start calling witnesses --- Budget meets the targets set for 2012
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Spanish joblessness climbs again, no relief in sight --- Spanish Youth Unemployment Is On The Verge Of Breaking 60%
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Canada:
Nortel wins court approval to settle with US employees
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France:
French Factory Confidence Drops, Heightening Recession Risk --- French Flash PMI Comes In Horrible
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Renault warns factory closures inevitable if no wage deal
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Germany:
Germany Shows Why It's An Economic Miracle Once Again
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Netherlands:
Record number of bankruptcies recorded in Netherlands in 2012
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Australia:
Bosses seek cost cuts, restructuring
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China:
China's first bond default averted again after local govt steps in
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$2.1 Trillion Powder Keg Near The Heart Of The Chinese Banking System
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China Manufacturing Expands at Fastest Pace in Two Years
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Cyprus:
IIF?s Dallara warns against underestimating Cyprus crisis
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India:
HDIL dismisses rumors of bankruptcy ; stock tanks over 30% in 3 days
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