Law:
Harvey Miller: Detroit Will Be In Bankruptcy 'For A Long Time'
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Female lawyers take lead role at Detroit bankruptcy hearing
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Don't Bury Big Law Just Yet --- The Death Of Big Law Is Being Massively Overhyped
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Fried Frank, McDermott, Akin, Fenwick: Business of Law
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Many Detroit bankruptcy creditors tap local firms as counsel
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Pro Bono 2013: Motor City Cleanup Crew
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Lawyer Begs For Job Via Mass Email, Includes Picture of His Toned Arms — Because Why Not?
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Fried Frank Picks Goldman Sachs Lawyer To Lead Firm
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Stealth Lawyer, Victoria Lai, Ice Cream Maker
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Young lawyer saves $25K a year in rent by living with mom and dad
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The Aspiring Lateral: Can You Take It With You?
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Crowdfunding comes to legal services
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Legal Project Management Case Study: Foley & Lardner
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The Real Way to Fix Law School: More Lawyers
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Laying down the law school
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Law Professor Compares His Own Scholarship To Whale Poop
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A Law School Tries To Rope Middle-School Students Into Its Clutches — And It’s Pretty Cool
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How to improve law school? Required clinical training, capped loans are among expert suggestions
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Is a law degree really worth $1M? Law prof says value overstated; study author defends stats
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New website makes it easier to compare law-school jobs data
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12 Ways An Employee Is A High-Achiever
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Prosecutors Reportedly Want To Charge Aaron Hernandez In A 2012 Double Murder
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Snowden allowed to leave airport and enter Russia --- Obama to Congress: Don't Curb NSA Surveillance --- It's Time to Debate NSA Programs --- The 'Amash Amendment' To Derail The NSA's Surveillance Powers Goes Down In The House --- Congress Sides with NSA Against the Public --- Poll: Public Wants NSA Spying Stopped
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Man, 47, swims from Canada to Detroit, is found in water on way home, cited for public intoxication
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Pooping On The Po-Po: Colorful Allegations Against An Attorney
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Former BigLaw ‘Gatsbabies’ associate is disbarred after guilty plea to vehicular assault
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Police Killed Man at Wrong House
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Charges dropped against lawyer accused of assaulting women who answered ad for rough sex
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Judges:
Judge handling Detroit bankruptcy case is Ann Arbor resident and U-M Law School lecturer --- Has Strong Record, Known As A Stickler
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Just How Business-Friendly is the Supreme Court, Anyhow?
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Looked Amazing In 1953
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The Supreme Court's Approval Rating Just Keeps Getting Lower
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Juror No. 3, also a judge, is nixed by defense; prior jury duty pointed him toward legal career
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Judge found in contempt for barring journalist from courtroom in defiance of appeals court order
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Wall Street:
US stock futures trade in narrow range
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Stocks close mostly lower
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A Wall Street Hedge Fund Vet Explains What The Kids He Interviews These Days Are Missing
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Layoffs:
Legacy of Long-Run Unemployment
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Ford Has Trouble Filling New Jobs
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Age bias claims are on the rise; study with ‘old Max’ illustrates problem
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Pensions:
Facing Up to America's Pension Woes
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Detroit’s bankruptcy is proof that states are calculating public pensions all wrong
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Detroit Bankruptcy Filing Puts Spotlight on Distressed Municipal Pensions
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Pension Bonds Raise Red Flags on Munis
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Pension liabilities drive America's cities to their knees
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Food/Beverage:
South Dakota beef plant lays off workers
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Belle Foods to sell all 44 stores
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Basis Farm to Chef Files for Bankruptcy Liquidation
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Court approves auctions of East Coast Brokers and Packers assets
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McDonald's Customers Can't Afford to Go There
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The only remaining 4-star restaurants in NYC
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Lehman:
Lehman Increases Estimate of Cash Levels to $80.6 Billion
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Economy:
Americans Skeptical of Recovery
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Obama praises resilient economy, warns of 'inequality of opportunity' --- Obama Says Opponents Distract From Steps to Boost Economy --- Good Speech, Obama. Now Deliver the Policies
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Who's Afraid of Larry Summers? --- Larry Summers will destroy the economy (again)
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Obama has not decided on pick for next Fed chief -source --- What They’re Saying About Larry Summers and Janet Yellen
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Life after the Ben Bernanke age
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Early Indicator Suggests Strong July for Factories
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Caterpillar Q2 Earnings, Meh
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World Trade Volume Fell by 0.3% in May
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How The Global Economic Conversation Has Changed
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10 Reasons US Economy Won't Break Loose
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Taxes, Entitlements And Federal Debt In Charts
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
New home sales up 8.3% in June
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An Ohio Bank Foreclosed On The Wrong House, And Repossessed All The Owners Stuff
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Construction Index Dips in June, Still Shows Growth
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FHA Commissioner fields questions on agency's solvency
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Raleigh-area builder files for bankruptcy
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Municipalities:
Lawyers square off in first battle over Detroit bankruptcy bid --- Crowded courtroom inside, sparse protests outside during first hearing in Detroit's bankruptcy --- Detroit firefighters, police show up for bankruptcy hearings --- Judge takes 2-hour break before bankruptcy ruling --- Judge Blocks Challenges to Detroit's Bankruptcy --- Judge says staying lawsuits will prevent 'administrative nightmare' --- Judge: State lawsuits cannot block Detroit bankruptcy filing --- Says bankruptcy court will handle all Detroit cases --- Governor cheers ruling dismissing bankruptcy lawsuits --- Ingham County judge loses another round in her bid to halt Detroit's bankruptcy case --- Detroit Automatic Stay Ruling --- Detroit Bankruptcy Protections Affirmed as Governor Immunized --- Retiree concerned after bankruptcy judge's ruling
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Detroit Immunity Ruling Opens Way for Eligibility Fight
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Municipal Bankruptcies: An Overview and Recent History of Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code
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Judge to Detroit Reporters: Behave Yourselves
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Meredith Whitney: 'Everybody Loses' in Detroit Bankruptcy --- A Quick Thought On Municipal Bankruptcy
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Along the Path to Bankruptcy, Detroit Stayed Under Debt Limit
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Sen. Ron Johnson: Say no to Detroit bailouts --- Lindsey Graham's plan to prevent city bailouts --- Baucus Looking for Ways to Assist Bankrupt Detroit
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Auto bailout a prototype for Detroit pension fix
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History offers few happy endings for Detroit to follow
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Detroit bankruptcy case put into the fast lane
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Detroit bankruptcy tests state pension protections
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Mayor of Detroit - a job about nothing --- Tom Barrow, Krystal Crittendon, Mike Duggan tout their agendas as candidates for Detroit mayor
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Commerzbank to take charge in results for Detroit debt
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Is The City of Detroit The Beginning of A Trend In Municipal Debt?
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Detroit may be bankrupt , but its car companies are booming --- Ford executive: Detroit bankruptcy 'is going to be good'
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Detroit : After bankruptcy , then what?
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New arena gets go-ahead --- Snyder lauds Detroit Red Wings arena project; incentives approved
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Obama's optimism on Detroit meets hard reality
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'They are telling us we have to dig our own graves'
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This Is How Detroit's Pension Funds Really Got Raided...
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Duggan: 'I Can Turn Detroit Around Financially' --- Katz, Bradley: How Detroit can rise again
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Everyone, it seems, has an idea to fix Detroit
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Detroit area's battle with blight may be key to survival
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In Detroit, Citizens Failed Their City
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Detroit is America
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There's No Formula for Fixing Detroit , and That's a Good Thing
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The Motor City's Motor Seizes-Jump Start Won't Help
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Detroit : The Wet Dream of Wall Street
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Detroit bankruptcy - only in America?
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Collecting Taxes Among Detroit's Financial Troubles
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A Guide To Detroit's Chapter 9 Default And How Bankruptcy Could Change The City
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Richard Florida Flip-Flops on Detroit
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Rep. Dan Kildee: Flint 'on same path' as Detroit
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Michigan's Other Big Problem
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Detroit's Fallout: How Safe Are Other Municipal and City Pensions? --- Detroit holds clues for fixes for other big cities --- Paul Krugman: Detroit's crisis isn't a harbinger of national crash --- There will be more Detroits: Your town could be next
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Indiana Legislators Might Debate City Bankruptcy Option
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Illinois Stripper Haven Reveals States Missing Bankruptcy Threat
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Upstate leaders warn: 'We don't want to be Detroit'
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The Wages of Bankruptcy : Stockton's Cautionary Tale for Detroit
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Contractor sues for $4.7M despite city's bankruptcy
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Harrisburg, PA, close to deal on debt-laden incinerator --- Overview of the Harrisburg debt plan --- Business leaders hope incinerator, debt deal will also solve a regional image problem --- Harrisburg is no Detroit --- Why not bankruptcy for Harrisburg's debt? A closer look at the receiver's strategy
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The sad story of Detroit: The writing's on NYC's wall
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Analyst Meredith Whitney warns of 'staggering' aftershocks --- 'Neighbor vs. neighbor' in cities: Whitney --- Why Detroit's Bankruptcy Could Detonate A $3.7-Trillion Muni Bond Bomb --- No, Meredith Whitney, Detroit's Bankruptcy Is Not Going To Lead To A Wave Of Municipal Defaults
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LA Bankruptcy Could Be Two To Three Years Away, Says California Pension Reform President
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Could Kansas City ever face bankruptcy like Detroit?
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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 (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (30 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 Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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DIP Finance:
Sharia Compliant DIP Financing: Coming Soon, to a Bankruptcy Court near You
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Estoppel:
Court Nixes Discrimination Claims by Worker Who Didn't Reveal Them in Bankruptcy Filing
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Autos:
Metavation LLC of Southfield files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Payback unlikely from GM bailout
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Health Care:
Scripps Health Closes Escrow on Hillcrest Hospice Facility
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Fraud:
Galleon’s Rajaratnam Seeks Rehearing Before Full Appeals Court
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Ex-Goldman Exec Calls Central E-Mail in Fraud Case ‘Inaccurate’
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Ex-Goldman Sachs trader, SEC spar in civil trial over 2007 mortgage deal
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Banks Said to Weigh Suspending Dealings With SAC as Charges Loom
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SAC Sued by Elan Investors Over Alleged Illegal Trading
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Telecoms:
Dish raises offer for LightSquared assets
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Education:
Harvard Is Only The Eighth Best College In America, According To Forbes
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Metals:
AEP Sues Ormet
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Non-Profits:
Omaha nonprofit's directors subpoenaed over $25 million HUD loan
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Collectibles:
Family Bankrupt After Spending $100,000 On Beanie Babies
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Sovereigns:
Pari Passu Whiplash
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UK:
UK Supreme Court Throws out the Nortel and Lehman Pension Baby Claims with the Bathwater
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British economy grows 0.6pc in second quarter: reaction
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‘Super Priority’ of Financial Support Directions Overturned in Supreme Court of England and Wales
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Jail or No Jail
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North East insolvencies fall again
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EU:
Euro helped by signs of eurozone recovery
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The State Of Political Risk In Europe
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PIIGS:
EU says Portuguese banks on right track, don't need more aid
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Spanish unemployment falls for first time in two years
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Irish Woes Get Personal for Minister as Losses Top $173 Billion --- Anglo Irish Creditors Said to Face More Losses After Liquidation
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Canada:
Northstar directors liability to be decided by Environmental Tribunal
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Germany:
Earlier discharge for German debtors ... but not many
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German Business Confidence Is Improving
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