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Law:
Kaye Scholer Latest Large Law Firm to Shift Back-Office Operations to Less Costly Locale
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Conservative Lawyers' Blog Finds New Way To Attack Elizabeth Warren
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The 2013 Lateral Report --- Building a Better Lateral --- Playing Not to Lose
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Following Mediation, Gunman Opens Fire in Arizona, Prominent Lawyer Shot --- Attorney Shot, Client Killed, at Hearing in Arizona; Suspect Flees --- 1 dead, lawyer seriously wounded in office shooting
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Ex-‘American Idol’ contestant insists he had fling with Paula Abdul, sues BigLaw firms for libel
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Are Lawyers Being Replaced by Machines?
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NY lawyer faces two years behind bars in mortgage scheme
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Dykema names bankruptcy lawyer as new managing member of Dallas office
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Michigan Law School Begs Students Not To Read Email Accidentally Sent By Professor
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In demand ex-prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald chooses Skadden - but insists on a few conditions.
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Cobbetts, Weil, Wachtell, Jackson Lewis: Business of Law
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An ex-GC on how law firms can attract business
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Student Sends Open Letter To Classmates Explaining, In Detail, Why He Hates Them
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To Clerk, Or Not…
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The Law Clerk Hiring Plan: Really, Really Dead Now
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Former Mintz Levin Partner Tapped to Fill Kerry's U.S. Senate Seat
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Law School Transparency: Uncivil procedures
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Law school grapples with student surplus after switch to 3L practical skills training
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The Law School Crisis Doesn't Exist At Places Like Yale
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Georgia law school applicants on decline
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Fordham Con Law Clusterbleep
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License denied to law grad investigated for cheating on bar exam
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Legal Tech in the Age of the Consumer
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ABA's advice to women is just precious
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S-- and Housekeeping
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Lawyers owe duties to prospective clients: bar association
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A 2013 Law Firm Lawsuit-Palooza
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Client who got $111 from six-figure injury settlement can’t sue law firm for malpractice
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The Associate Investment Conundrum
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Does Your Firm Need a ‘Talent Strategy’?
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Jeremy London's Mug Shot Is As 'Dazed & Confused' As What He Told Cops
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Stealth Lawyer: Todd Neufeld, Balloon Twister
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Unfortunate Law Firm Slogan Of The Week
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Lawyer’s son is charged with unauthorized practice of law
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Tribune Company Brings in New GC as it Emerges from Bankruptcy
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Cops: Woman Robs Bank While Test Driving Car
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"Cannibal Cop" Jurors Will Need To Be Cool With Cannibalism P---
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Lawyer crushed by falling sign was on once-in-a-lifetime trip to London with girlfriend
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Neck ipsa loquitur
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Alabama Man Shoots School Bus Driver And Retreats Into Bunker With 6-Year-Old
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Driver is ticketed 4 times for speeding, within less than 3 hours
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Texas set to 'terminate' trooper following roadside cavity searches
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Matthew Schindler: Talk about an alleged hostile work environment
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Charged driver wears ice skates
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Did a judge-to-be unethically help a jurist in a real estate matter?
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Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett: master of the Twitterverse
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Justice Scalia at odds with President Lincoln over the Constitution
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Quoting Scalia, ABA president says Second Amendment rights have limits
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Fixing the Judicial Clerkship Crisis
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Bankruptcy Court Thinks its Recordings Are More Valuable Than Justin Bieber’s
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Wall Street:
Stock futures steady
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US stocks drop after GDP data
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A Warning to Wall St. About Misleading Clients
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Lessons for Entrepreneurs in Rubble of a Collapsed Deal
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Street bonus woes slam NY housing market
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Layoffs:
Time Inc cuts staff by 6 pct
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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 delinquency rate hits danger zone, report says --- Study: Default on student loan debt more likely than ever
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Third of Student-Loan Debt Belongs to Subprime Borrowers
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How Much Student Loan Debt Is Too Much?
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Fitch - US college costs rise, private loans to remain low
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Half of student loan holders deferring payments
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Behind the falling US birthrate: too much student debt to afford kids?
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Economy:
Economy in U.S. Shrinks as Defense Spending Slumps --- Decline seen temporary --- Michelle Meyer: GDP Was 'Grossly Distorted', And You Should Fade The Headline
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Doh! Those Big Budget Cuts Are Coming
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Private survey shows employers added 192,000 jobs in January
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U.S. Economic Confidence Surges to Five-Year Weekly High
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Fed Losses Could Harm Public Perception
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Fed Keeps Stimulus Amid Signs of Weak Economy
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New Hawks and Doves at Fed Likely Won't Alter Policy
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The American Household Is Digging Out of Debt in the Worst Possible Way
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The US Recovery Is Dangerously Unbalanced
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What's 'Rich'? Depends on How Old (and Rich)You Are
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Middle-Aged Adults ‘Sandwiched’ Between Aging Parents and Kids
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How Americans Spend Their Money
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R-Word For U.S. Economy in 2013 is Rebound Not Recession
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Distressed Investing: When Good News for Real Estate Is Bad
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Best places to buy foreclosures
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Is the Refi 'Apocalypse' Really Upon Us?
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San Bernardino Calls It Quits
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Mortgage applications fall 8.1% as rates rise
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Multiple lawyers admit guilt in mortgage-related criminal cases
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Overhauling Mortgage Giants Takes Industry Initiative, Official Says
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Auction next stop in SRKO developer saga
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DB Structured Products Sued by Trustee Over Mortgage Pool
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Former Real Estate Execs Accused Of Using Investors' Money for Boats And Rum
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Million-dollar foreclosures
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The 10 Most Expensive Neighborhoods In New York City
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Aviation:
Airline merger talks focus on role of American's CEO --- AMR CEO's Fate In Balance As Merger Nears
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US Airways Union Assails 'Back Room Deal' With AMR Workers
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Job totals at American Airlines shrink 7.4% after a year in bankruptcy
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Batavia declared bankrupt , suspends operations --- Batavia Says "Force Majeure" Led to Bankruptcy
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Court Appoints Four Curators over Batavia Bankruptcy --- Batavia's passengers want ticket refunds
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Autos:
Fiat debts grow as recovery spending mounts
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Fiat CEO wants to do Chrysler buyout 'the faster...the better'
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Brokers:
What Jon Corzine Has Been Doing In His Spare Time Since MF Global Blew Up
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Peregrine Financial CEO's Son Says Fraud Devastating
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US Wants Peregrine's Wasendorf Imprisoned for 50 Years --- Ex-CEO expects life of fraud to end in jail
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Death and the Iowan
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Victims jockey to maximize refunds in Iowa fraud case
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Stafford woman admits to bankruptcy fraud after profiting from Ponzi scheme
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FBI Arrests Diamond Bar Man on Fraud Charges
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Agriculture:
Judge OKs EuroFresh plan to pay PACA debts
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Pensions:
US pension insurer warns of rising deficit
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PBGC reports lead to calls for multiemployer pension reform
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Fraud:
Secondary Investors In Madoff Seek Payback
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Kim Rothstein attorney Scott Saidel pleads guilty
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Former Florida real estate executives charged in Ponzi scheme
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SEC not liable for sleeping through Madoff fraud
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Municipalities:
Bankruptcy rulings favor Stockton
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Judge affirms bankrupt city's rights to run itself
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San Bernardino is not having a very good week
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Jefferson County Bondholders Begin Fight Over Sewer Rates
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Creditors push bankrupt Alabama county to hike sewer rates
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Jefferson County Manager Tony Petelos first to testify at county bankruptcy trial
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Quinn delays $500 million borrowing in wake of state's bad credit rating
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Decision on Detroit takeover within weeks - Michigan governor
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Corporate Reform:
Who are Justice Department's 'outside experts' on prosecuting banks?
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The Six Degrees of Mary Jo White
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Top Federal Prosecutor of Corporate Crime Resigns
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What's the point of bringing criminal charges against banks and not its execs or employees?
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SEC could use a few tips from workplace watchdog
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Health Care:
Financially troubled hospitals in KCK, Leavenworth sold
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Telecoms:
PowerWave prepares to fight for cash in bankruptcy
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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 (32 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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: Junk Debt Interest Rates at 30-Year Low
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Litigation:
Discovery on the Go
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Judges' tips on keeping down costs of e-discovery
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Personal Bankruptcy:
A Grey Day in Charleston
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DIP Finance:
Troubled Companies Seen Winning Lifelines in 'Fragile' Market
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Litigation:
Forecasting the Big Litigation Trends for 2013
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Defaults:
Distressed debt investors see fewer U.S. defaults
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Celebs:
Casey Anthony: Relaxing on the Beach, Looking For Closure
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Electricity:
Is Electricity a “Good”? Montana Bankruptcy Court Says Yes!
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Is bankruptcy LIPA's saving grace?
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Small Business:
What's Driving the Spike in Small Business Acquisitions
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Food/Beverage:
Former CEO of bankrupt Ala. company faces charges
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Hostess Chooses Apollo, Metropoulos as Lead Bidder
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Alternative Energy:
CFIUS approval of A123 Systems deal draws critics
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State repaid $3 million after A123 sale
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Jiangsu Sunshine Unit Files for Bankruptcy on Silicon Price Fall
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Politics:
No Budget, No Pay? No Big Deal for Rich in Congress
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Hotels:
LodgeNet Gets Interim Approval to Tap $5 Million of Bankruptcy Loan
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Steel:
Owner of RG Steel sued by feds for $97M in pension funds
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Banking:
JPMorgan Bet Against Itself in 'Whale' Trade
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Human-Whale Relations At JPMorgan Were Pretty Frosty
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Barclays, RBS May Pay Billions Over Improper Derivatives Sales
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The Eurozone's Biggest Bank Posts A Stunning $26 Billion Write Down
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Sovereigns:
Argentina on hedgie ‘ship’ list
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Hedge Funder Paul Singer Went Ballistic On Argentina In His Q4 Investor Letter
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Countries Headed For Trouble Exhibit An Observable Pattern Of Events
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UK:
Cobbetts to call in administrators as firm heads for fire-sale of business --- Cobbetts filings reveal debt deal with Lloyds ahead of fire-sale announcement --- Seeks buyer --- Market expresses sadness but little surprise --- Was continuing to hire lawyers up until December --- The path to administration --- First U.K. Law Firm Since 2010 to Seek Protection From Creditors
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Clydes to cut jobs as firm reviews back office in wake of BLG merger
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Olswang set for cuts in finance and employment
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Scots insolvency rates at four-year low
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Economic crisis 'wreaking havoc'
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Unemployed U.K. Man Made $1 Million on Insider Tips: FSA
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PIIGS:
Investors Throw Spain a Lifeline as Economy Shrinks --- Profits drop at Santander as bad loans rise
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Germany:
German Unemployment Unexpectedly Declined in January
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German Retail Sales Plunge In December
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MENA:
The Panicked Exodus of Syria's Middle Class
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Iceland:
1109 companies bankrupt last year in Iceland
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Cyprus:
Small island, big problem: how Cyprus troubles the euro
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