Law:
Vault's Top 25 Firms for Associates
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The 2013 GC Compensation Survey Results
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Some Additional Thoughts on Law Firm Partner Capital
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Stealth Lawyer: Jodi Ettenberg, Food Traveler
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Trophy Wife Is An Alternative Career
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The Ideal Lawyer To Have A 3-Hour Summer Lunch With
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Asset Protection? - Ex-client sues Becker & Poliakoff, says lawyer told him to give $6M to wife who then divorced him
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Could you pass this in-house counsel’s tech test? If the answer is no, you may be losing business
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What’s the value of a law degree? $1M in a lifetime, report says --- Another Garbage Study Offering Misleading Statistics On The Value Of A Law Degree
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Faculty Group Demands Wachtell's Lipton Quit NYU Post
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What To Do If You Bomb The Bar Exam
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Texan Claims Bar Exam Is Unconstitutional — Which Kind Of Proves Why We Need Bar Exams
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ABA Committee Suggests New Standards for Law Schools
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Don't Blame The George Zimmerman Verdict On 'Stand Your Ground' --- Four Zimmerman Jurors Release Statement Pushing Back On Anonymous Juror's Anderson Cooper Interview --- B37 Returns Fire --- Why Did Prosecutors Let Juror B37 on the Zimmerman Jury? --- Robert Zimmerman to DOJ: Stop the 'Witch Hunt' --- Springsteen Dedicates Song --- Angela Corey’s Checkered Past --- 'Dear George Zimmerman' Letter Hits Home With Many --- George Zimmerman and self-defense: Why it was too easy for him to get off --- Will -- and Should -- Anyone Get Famous from the Zimmerman Trial? --- What Senator Barack Obama Would Have Said About The Death Of Trayvon Martin --- Jimmy Carter: Zimmerman Verdict was Right
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Congress to NSA: That's Not What We Intended --- Left and Right Come Together to Sue NSA for Phone Dragnet --- Snowden’s latest problem is that Putin despises turncoats --- House Grills Officials on Govt Surveillance --- Snowden May Have Details On 'Black Bag Jobs' --- Mission Creep: When Everything is Terrorism
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Lawyers can’t use someone’s immigration status to intimidate them in civil cases, says ethics rule
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Man allegedly shot by Aaron Hernandez gives grand jury testimony --- QBs were worried about Hernandez
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Driving somewhere? There's a gov't record of that
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Why I Won't Be Buying a Surface RT, Even for $349
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Prison Populations Are Expected To Boom Now That The Economy Is Recovering
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Cops: Shoplifter threw her baby at deputy
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Inmate drove from courthouse in truck he found with keys in ignition, authorities say
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Ranking the most liberal and conservative law firms
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How Drug Raids Became A Cash Cow For America's Police
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City Contractor Mistakenly Demolishes Wrong House
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Judicial Nominations Could Spark Next Fight
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Former Bankruptcy Judge Assumes Deanship at Campbell Law
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Little Changed Before Earnings, Fed Testimony
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U.S. Stocks Close Higher After Bernanke Testimony
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Layoffs:
WARN Act Claims Can Be Brought by Adversary Proceeding
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MBA Students Are Deluded About How Much Money They'll Make
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For hire: Professional liars for job seekers
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Nortel US Disabled Employees Win Severance Pay Fight
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Robots Could Take Over Fast Food Jobs
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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:
Denver Health to Slash 300 Jobs
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Baptist Health lays off 170
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IntraOp Medical Files Chapter 11
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New York Obamacare Insurance Rates Said to Drop About 50% for Individuals --- Behind New York State's Obamacare Insurance Rates
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Hospital Denied Access to Its Own Records Over IT Billing Dispute
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Coal:
House Bill Would Continue Health Coverage For Miners Despite Patriot Coal Bankruptcy
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Aviation:
EU says US Airways and American Airlines offer concessions
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Asiana Airlines Is Dropping Plans To Sue TV Station Over Fake Pilot Names
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Law firm says it's suing Boeing over Asiana crash
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Retailing:
At Sears, Eddie Lampert's Warring Divisions Model Adds to the Troubles
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Mass Torts:
Pfizer to pay $964 million to shed asbestos liability
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BP Bid for Spill Payment Freeze Gets Friday Court Hearing
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Telecoms:
Carson Block’s Muddy Waters Says American Tower May Drop 40%
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A Steep Fall is Anticipated From This Smartphone Maker
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Alternative Energy:
Conergy, Gehrlicher Insolvent in Germany but Still Alive in US
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Solar Shakeout: Auction marks end to US-based Bluechip Energy
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Video Games:
Bankrupt Game Developer Index Said to Start Auction Next Week
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Environmental:
EPA Objects to Kodak Deal Involving Eastman Business Park
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Imaging:
Greenberg Glusker Wins Court Approval for Imaging3, Inc. Plan
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Economy:
Bernanke Says Fed's Monetary Policy Isn't on 'Preset Course' --- Says Fed May Delay QE Taper If Economy Misses Forecasts --- Tells Congress Fed flexible on bond buying --- Bernanke: Congress still a risk to the economy --- Bernanke Admits To Congress: We Are Printing Money, Just 'Not Literally' --- Bernanke walks the line --- Bernanke hearing turns into eulogy over his tenure at Fed
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Fed Beige Book: economy growing at 'modest to moderate pace'
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IRA balances hit five-year high, Fidelity says
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Long-Term Look At Inflation
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Single-Parent Households Struggle More to Buy Food
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The real budgets of McDonald's workers
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Misfit Borrowers Attracting Lenders as Housing Revives
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US builders start work on fewer homes in June --- Ten-month low, weather blamed --- That collapse in June US housing starts isn’t as scary as it looks
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US mortgage applications slip anew; soaring rates bite
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Bernanke Responds to Black Clouds Over Housing
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MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Continues To Drop As Rates Rise
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American Home Prices Are Still Way Off Of Their Highs
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Distressed properties are on the decline in Phoenix
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Bay Area Rally Sends Rents Soaring
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ResCap wins latest attempt to halt U.S. lawsuit against Ally Financial, other affiliates
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Housing momentum continues in all districts: Beige Book
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Corporate Reform:
Senate confirms Cordray to head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau --- Vote Ushers In New Era in Oversight of Lending Practices
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Elizabeth Warren’s new fight: Why even the Tea Party backs it! --- Elizabeth Warren Schools CNBC Anchors On The History Of Financial Regulation
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U.S. seeks new approach in financial crisis criminal probes
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Banking:
Bank of America's Q2 Profit Up 63% From CEO's Cost-Cutting Campaign
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Sunrise parent receives court approval to sell its remaining banks
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Rice: Banking Lobby Won’t Let New Glass-Steagall Bill Pass
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Municipalities:
All Eyes Are On Detroit As Bankruptcy Decision Looms
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Possibility of bankruptcy among reasons Detroit lost X Games bid
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Slow negotiations could hasten bankruptcy filing
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Decision Day Nears for Detroit Bankruptcy
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Detroit Emergency Manager Orr Slogs Through Tough Job
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Detroit pension funds sue to block benefit cuts
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How others see us
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Stockton, Vallejo warn Detroit: You ain't seen nothin' yet
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California city finances on the mend but pensions are a roadblock
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Bankruptcy judge pushes against CalPERS
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San Bernardino: Bankruptcy judge wants to keep case on track
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Bridgeport: Council Member Emphasizes Budget Woes With Talk Of Bankruptcy
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Yankee Stadium Parking Bonds Get IRS Audit Following Default
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Politics:
Three Out Of Four Americans Think Political Parties Are Corrupt
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Fraud:
Fabrice Tourre and the limits of Wall Street prosecutions
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The silly trial of Fabrice Tourre
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Goldman Colleagues Set to Take Stand in Tourre Trial
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At least one juror appears to snooze during CDO testimony in ‘Fabulous Fab’ securities trial
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In Tourre Trial, S.E.C. Wages Battle Against Its Own Witness
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JPMorgan in Talks to Settle Energy Manipulation Case for $500 Million
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Ex-Goldman Director Rajat Gupta Fined $13.9 Million For Insider Trading
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Ponzi-Schemer Rothstein's Law Firm Liquidation Confirmed
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Corporate Reform:
Barclays, Traders Fined $487.9 Million by U.S. Regulator --- Barclays Hands U.S. Reins To McGee After Vowing Change
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Wall St. sheriff: No one too big to indict
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The Statute of Limitations Is Longer Now, Bharara Warns Wrongdoers
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Rating Agencies:
Judge lets US pursue $5 billion fraud lawsuit vs. S&P --- Slams S&P's Defense in Lawsuit
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Pharma:
KV ready for vote on bankruptcy plan
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Celebs:
Toni Braxton Loses Rights to Her Music
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Debt Tops $1 Trillion
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A Mystery Behind the Rise of Student Debt
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Sources: Senators cut student loans deal
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Judges Refuse to Let Law Grads Discharge Student Debt
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Tax:
House Committees Want IRS Chief Counsel's Documents
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Maps of corporate tax-avoidance hairballs
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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 (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Contempt:
Bankruptcy trustee asks judge to order arrest of NJ Assemblyman Robert Schroeder
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DIP Finance:
Bankruptcy: Exide Technologies’ creditors panel eyes alternate DIP
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Miscellaneous:
Bill on Bankruptcy : Make-Whole Premiums, Lehman, ResCap
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TBTF:
Lew defends Dodd-Frank, warns against delays --- Dodd-Frank helped save the banking system --- Says Committed to Ending Too Big to Fail
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Bernanke on How to Contain ' Too Big to Fail '
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Insurance:
Second Circuit Issues Policyholder-Unfriendly Excess Insurance Opinion
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Insolvent-Insurer Fund Must Pay Even if Other Sources Available
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Corporate Governance:
Protection for Public Company Directors and Officers: Indemnification and Insurance
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Delaware Business Judgment Rule Permits Dismissal of Complaint Alleging Breach of Fiduciary Duties
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Furniture:
Newport Furniture converts to Chapter 7 liquidation
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Personal Finance:
How to Say No to Kids' Extracurriculars Draining Your Wallet
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Heavy Equipment:
Jim Chanos: Caterpillar is doomed
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Tech:
EI asks permission to hire 20K per month adviser
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Endicott Interconnect bid procedure scheduled
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Gold River attorney convicted for bankruptcy fraud, money laundering
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Religion:
Multiple issues still await resolution in complex church bankruptcy
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Gas Stations:
Getty, Lukoil Halt Bankruptcy Trial, Reach $93 Million Settlement
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Tobacco:
Sale of Renegade Holdings to French company falls through
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Sovereigns:
IMF to file brief with US Supreme Court in Argentina case
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UK:
Britain’s job market is healing—slowly
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New BoE Head Makes Mark at First Policy Meeting
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Hearts' Scottish FA hearing over insolvency event delayed until August
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Blackpool in insolvency top ten
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The 'Badas' bill will be tough on debtors
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PIIGS:
Spain Clean Energy Projects Face Bankruptcy After Subsidy Cuts --- Spain Covered 63% of This Year’s Funding Goal, Official Says --- Pescanova's executive chairman to step down
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Can Austerity Really Save Portugal
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ie: Insolvency service to accept debtor applications from next month
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Greek Parliament approves new austerity measures
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Canada:
Majority of retired Canadians in debt
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GM Canada Benefits Cuts Rejected By Ontario Court
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Petroglobe Announces Demand by Lender to Repay Outstanding Indebtedness and Notice of Intention to Enforce Security
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Germany:
Munich court indicts Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone on bribery charges
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Praktiker bondholders eye debt for equity swap
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France:
Hollande Sets Out €3 Billion in Cuts in Face of Poll Slump
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China:
IMF urges China to implement critical economic reforms
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China’s Easy Money Flows Abroad as Credit Squeeze Hurts
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South Africa:
Cross-border insolvency and ship arrests
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