Law:
Law School Applications Crater --- Law school applicants could drop below 60,000 for the first time in 30 years
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When It’s Not The Case For You
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Jones Day, DLA, Sullivan & Cromwell: Business of Law
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‘The . . . Toxic Notion That You Hire The Lawyer, Not The Firm’
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We Are Always Discounting
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Saddest Job Application You’ll Read Today
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Quote of the Day: Pink Slips Are Coming To A Firm Near You!
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Biglaw Perk Watch: Tax Equalization for Same-Sex Health Benefits
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Freshfields and Linklaters emerge as top financial services advisers
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UK: Top firms reduce debt, cut staff costs and increase capital in response to downturn
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For lawyers who travel to China, routine data security procedures aren't nearly sufficient.
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Is Katie Holmes Going to Law School?
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The Future of the American Law School or, How the 'Crits' Led Brian Tamanaha Astray and His Failing Law Schools Fails
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Things you can do with a JD: Collect welfare benefits
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Law School Transparency: Various matters
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Academic conferences should be done electronically
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Poll results: Which law school will be the first to close?
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Can Lawyers Stay in the Driver's Seat?
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Gambling addiction cited by debt collection lawyer who says he's under investigation and will give up law license
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Lawyers Behaving Badly Get A Dressing Down From Civility Cops
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Lawyers Sing for Civility
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Was mid-trial DUI a set-up by lawyer’s opposing counsel --- Lawyer Caught in Alleged DUI Honey Trap
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Akin treated bias plaintiff more favorably, at least once, because of her race, 2nd Circuit says
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Mom of 5 who blames nonpayment on memory lapse must pay law firm
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Inside 'unseemly' lead counsel fight
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FBI manhunt for disbarred attorney publicized after 2010 indictment is unsealed
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Privilege protects lawyer conversations with their firm's in-house counsel, ABA brief says
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Casey Anthony May Become a Paralegal, Attorney Says
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O.J. Simpson's Lawyer Reveals The Key To Winning The Trial Of The Century
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Police: Woman choked blanket hog
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'The Good Wife' Recap: God, Bankruptcy And Promotions In 'The Seven Day Rule'
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Accused of extorting indigent clients to increase his fees, former public defender faces trial
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Unlock Your Cell Phone: $1M Fine, 10 Years in Jail, Maybe Both
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Milwaukee Sheriff: Don't Call 911, Arm Yourself
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Judges:
Sonia Sotomayor has no clue what it's actually like to be a lawyer these days
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Judge Sings Broadway Tune To Lament The Rudeness Of Lawyers
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Name of woman who sued over herpes infection is revealed after a suspended justice protests
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Anonymous hacks Sentencing Commission website; is it releasing information on SCOTUS justices?
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Chief birthday
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Ex-judge says he was bribed by Ecuadorians' suing Chevron
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Wall Street:
US stock futures drift in pre-market action
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‘Wall St.’ flees NY for tax-free Fla. --- Private Equity Firms/Hedge Funds: Will Northeast Corridor BigLaw follow the money to Palm Beach County?
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Are stocks a sucker’s bet?
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Layoffs:
Robots kill middle-class jobs
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The Darkest Predictions For The Robot Economy Put Future Unemployment At 50-75 Percent --- What Should We Do If Robots Do Take Our Jobs ?
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Marines to shed 20,000 jobs
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19 Awesome Jobs That Pay $80K Or More
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This Is What You Need To Do After Losing Your Job
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10 Phrases You Shouldn't Have On Your Cover Letter
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Almost Half Overqualified for Their Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Up to a third of Barnes & Noble stores to close, report says
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Jos. A Bank's worst nightmare is coming true
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Education:
Colleges Are Going To Start Going Out Of Business
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School Specialty Inc. to file for bankruptcy --- School Specialty bakes sale into bankruptcy
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Education Holdings 1 Prepacked Bankruptcy Is A Positive For Investors
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Aviation:
Report: American-US Airways merger talks in 'final stages'
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AMR Bondholder Group Said to Favor Merger With US Airways
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American Airlines battles a history of unsuccessful mergers --- Is American-US Airways merger ready for takeoff?
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Union says ground workers at American Airlines would get immediate raises in event of merger
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Latest court date set for co-owner of defunct Pace Airlines
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Ground Dreamliner until problem solved
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Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel
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Banking:
Former CEO of New Century Bank files for bankruptcy
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FDIC releases list of 71 enforcement actions for December
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RBS Said to Cut Bonuses to $393 Million as Libor Fine Looms
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The Zombie Websites Of Dead Retailers
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Telecoms:
PowerWave files for bankruptcy
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Small Business:
Healthcare Costs, Taxes Worry U.S. Small Businesses Most
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Compensation:
Treasury watchdog takes aim at AIG, GM pay
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Economy:
Orders for Durable Goods in U.S. Rose 4.6%; Ex-Transport Up 1.3%
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Fitch Backs Off on Downgrading US Debt
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Paul Ryan: GOP Ready to Let Sequester Happen
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Congress: US Deficit Wars Coming to an End
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Dallas Fed Manufacturing Rises To 5.5, Beating Expectations
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Fed waits for job market to perk up
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Treasury 10-Year Yield Rises to 2% 1st Time Since April
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U.S. Treasury to President: "Current Policy is Not Sustainable"
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Why U.S. Income Inequality Is More Frightening Than Europe's
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Why Americans still feel poor
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Interest Rates Are Climbing, but May Not Last Long
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Bernanke still chasing the elusive recovery
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Don't Sweat a Budget Sequester: Honeywell CEO
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US Facing Fresh Financial Shock to Economy
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The 10 Business Schools For Getting Rich
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Corporate America Squeezed Out It's Survival
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Morgan Stanley Analyst: Every Investor I Met At Davos Was Worried About The Same Fed Scenario
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The 20 Fastest Growing Countries In The World
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Pending Sales of Existing Homes in US Decreased 4.3%
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‘The People’s Attorney’ radio host is charged in $10M mortgage fraud
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Loan Buybacks: The Next Hand
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Eminent Domain Proposals Shot Down in California
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Banks To Specialty Mortgage Servicers: Take My Loans
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Creditor alleges collusion in Vail Lake bankruptcy
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Realtor president accused of diverting cash
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Optimists Are Ignoring Two Key Points About The US Housing Recovery
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Where Property Taxes Are Huge Compared To Property Values
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Art:
Museum to Lose 212 “Gifts” of Esmerian Folk Art to Bankruptcy Pool
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Photography:
Kodak seeks more time for bankruptcy plan
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Celebs:
They’re baaackkkk! … Randy and Evi Quaid are in the news again
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Food/Beverage:
Hostess Expects Bids for Drake's, Bread Brands --- Bids Firming Up
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Hostess Selects Stalking Horse Bidders for Drake's® and Additional Bread Brands --- Bids for Hostess' Brands now total $440 million
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In The Future, We Will Eat 60-Day-Old Bread
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EuroFresh files for bankruptcy ,fields offer from NatureSweet --- 2nd bankruptcy
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The Story Behind Little Debbie, Whose Owner May Buy Hostess's Drake's Brand
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N.M. winery owner, facing collection on debt, files for bankruptcy
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MLM:
Federal, state regulators shut down Fortune Hi-Tech
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Brokers:
Peregrine Financial's ex-CEO's ex-wife sued over divorce money
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Ballet:
Bankruptcy won't stop the ballet
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Fraud:
Madoff Victims Can’t Sue SEC for Failed Oversight
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How Identity Thieves Steal Billions in Fake Tax Refunds
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Ex- Jefferies Trader Litvak Arrested for Securities Fraud
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Corporate Reform:
Obama recess appointees face calls for resignation
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Obama plans to re-nominate Cordray as head of CFPB
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Health Care:
Negative Outlook For Nonprofit Hospitals
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12 Recent Hospital and Health System Layoffs
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Health Care Spending Has Slowed for 3 Years
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Dairy:
Golden Guernsey owes $11.5M to creditors in bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:
Texas firm at center of asbestos fraud case seeks summary judgment
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Tax:
IRS can seek UBS records for taxpayers hiding income at Wegelin
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10 Of America Strangest Federal Tax Laws
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Consumer Finance:
AG King blasts loan company bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Buhl Man Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud
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Marinas:
N. Idaho marina bankruptcy filing rejected
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Hotels:
What Adults Do In Hotel Rooms Takes Its Toll On LodgeNet
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Credit Reporting:
Simple Steps To Boost Your Credit Score By 100 Points
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Personal Finance:
Social Faux Pas Of Broke People
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Mail:
Post Office Now Officially on the Brink
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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 (33 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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Exemptions:
Exempt Assets May Be Surcharged to Remedy Debtor Misconduct
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Jurisdiction:
Colorado Bankruptcy Court Concludes it has Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Estate Counterclaims that are “Inextricably Linked” to Creditor’s Proof of Claim
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Executory Contracts:
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Try This! Delaware Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Debtor’s Tactic to “Circumvent” Third Circuit Decision Prohibiting Rejection of a Contract
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TBTF:
Treasury approved big pay raises at bailed-out AIG, Ally and GM, report says
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Litigation:
Getting a Grip on Litigation Holds
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Document retention: Knowing how and when to destroy files
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Creating an E-Discovery Model in a Company or Law Firm
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Combing through the Big Data universe
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How Civil Attorneys Can Seek Criminal Justice for Clients
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Dropbox and the Impact of Personal Cloud Storage on ESI
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The Case for Native
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Municipalities:
Michigan Gov. Snyder sees review team report in February
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Blighted home that says Detroit is going bankrupt: Families flee leaving whole streets empty and broken because governor has not made enough cuts
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Letter: Corvallis should be nervous at realistic prospect of bankruptcy
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San Bernardino City Council imposes cuts on police, other unions
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San Bernardino, already in trouble, now searches for new manager
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RI: Capitol avoids bankruptcy with new pension plan
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Displaced Sandy Victims Say City Housing Is Unlivable, Rodent-Infested
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Best- and worst-run cities in America
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Pivotal week in Jefferson County's attempts to solve its historic bankruptcy filing
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Sandy Recovery Bill: The Details
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Cities Where People Can't Find Work
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Celebs:
Casey Anthony sued for $100,000 by volunteer group which wasted days searching for missing daughter's body
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Casey Anthony explains bankruptcy in interview --- The real reason Anthony filed for bankruptcy
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Casey Anthony -- Kills It in Debt School
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Casey Anthony leaves a Houston company in the lurch: Tot Mom flees debt, compared to O.J.
Lawyer: Casey Anthony 'living on kindness of friends'
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Famous people who filed for bankruptcy
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Canada to Randy Quaid: Time to Go
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Shipping:
Ship Owners Worry About Global Economy
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Coal:
Patriot Coal seeks trust to limit retiree health costs
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Miners to stage mass protest over Patriot Coal bankruptcy
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UK:
Business insolvencies fall in 2012
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Freshfields sees Bank of England fees drop as financial crisis work subsides
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IT insolvencies increase by nearly a quarter in 2012
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More than 100 insurance failures during 2012
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UK Firms Fear 'Downward Spiral'
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Britain's Economy Is a Disaster and Nobody Is Entirely Sure Why
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U.K. consumers reduced debt, increased savings in 2012
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Premier in a dive after turnaround chief makes shock exit
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PIIGS:
Scandal of Italy's Monte Paschi means questions for Draghi --- Derivatives at core of bailout --- Seat PG suspends payment of 42.2 mln euro interest
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Irish banks at mercy of international paymasters --- Fitch affirms Bank of Ireland support-driven ratings
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Italy Sells Bills as Rates Drop to Lowest Since March 2010
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ie: The Personal Insolvency Act 2012: A solution to our personal debt crisis?
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Canada:
The Biggest Housing Bubble in the World Is in ... Canada?
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TD Joins Five Canadian Lenders in Moody's Credit Downgrade
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France:
France Bankruptcy Comment, Labor Protests Put Sapin in Hot Seat
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Iceland:
Iceland Wins Case on 2008 Refusal to Cover Foreign Deposits
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MENA:
UAE to Issue New Bankruptcy Legislation Soon, WAM Reports
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Japan:
Welfare payments in Japan to be slashed 6.5% to root out 'comfortably poor'
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China:
Tripling in Debt to $1.7 Trillion Drags on Economy
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Australia:
Adelaide court declares former ABC founder Eddy Groves bankrupt
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