Law:
Ex-Dewey Partners Face New Foe in Firm's Bankruptcy
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CalPERS Claims Legal Team “Raided” by Bankruptcy Opponent
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S&C Adds Linklaters Restructuring Partner in London
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Survey: Firm Leaders Admit Downturn's Permanent Impact --- Law Firms in Transition 2013: Altman Weil Survey Results
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Stealth Lawyer: Ruchi Bhowmik, Deputy Cabinet Secretary
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Seyfarth, McKenna Long, Duane Morris: Business of Law
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Paul Weiss Scuttles $1 Billion Suit over Lyondell Buyout
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Man Enough to Take Your Wife's Name?
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Four Essential Steps to Take Before Changing Law Firms
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Going, going, gone – to the person with bucks to blow on legal work experience
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Law firm leaders say industry shift permanent, yet don’t list value and efficiency as top concerns
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Cost-wary clients push law firms
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Law Firms Continue to Scale Back on Office Space Needs
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10 Questions with Jim Maiwurm of Squire Sanders
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The Worst LL.M. Programs… In The World
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Stanford Law is a hotbed for tech startups and legal entrepreneurs
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Are Law Schools Too Logical?
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Law School Offers A Second Chance for Rejected Students
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A young attorney who works late while the colleagues with kids leave early
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Report: Orlando Man Shot By FBI Confessed To Involvement In Boston Triple Murder
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Suing ex-client for $500K in divorce fees led to disbarment ruling, bankruptcy for former bar president - ABA Journal
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BigLaw Firm Removes Stairwell Security Cameras: "We picked up so much sexual activity on the cameras, after midnight, that it was a liability to have the videotape in our possession"
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A Nixon Peabody Staffer's Personal Take on Gun Control
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Cleveland Kidnapping Hero Charles Ramsey Is Getting Free Burgers For Life
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Girls Gone Wild founder says jury that convicted him should be ‘lined up and shot’
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'Low Bono' Endeavor Aims to Address Unmet Legal Needs
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NYPD Detective Allegedly Hacked 40 Email Accounts To Spy On His Ex
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Judges:
Going to in Texas
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N.Y. judges' lawsuit over health benefit cuts can move forward: ruling
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70 is not so old, say state court judges challenging mandatory retirement rule
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Do courts serve the ‘customer’ well? The public deserves better than it’s getting, judge writes
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Which Supreme Court Justice Are You?
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Wall Street:
Stimulus uncertainty looms over US stock futures --- Stock futures slide, rattled by Fed, China data
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Markets Are Getting Destroyed Around The World
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Stocks close down on news that Fed considered cutting stimulus
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Layoffs:
Stephen Colbert Shreds GOP Congressman Who Wants To Destroy The Jobs Report
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Televisions:
The Pay TV Industry Is Finally Getting Killed By The Internet
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Municipalities:
Detroit ‘Crushing’ Debt Among First City Overhauls, Orr Says
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Cuomo calls for no taxes for new businesses
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Pa. control may limit Harrisburg election's impact
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One Stockton creditor accuses another of playing dirty
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SEC charges South Miami with fraud over debt deals
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Stockton tax plan in works
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Chicago Just Carried Out The Biggest Round Of School Closings In American History
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Fraud:
Bernie Madoff's Stuff Is The Star Attraction At A Gangsters And Serial Killers Museum Exhibit
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Alternative Energy:
The Reason Why Solar Costs Are Falling Is The Same Reason Why They're About To Go Back Up
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Tesla Pays Off All $465M in Federal Loans 9 Years Early
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Banking:
FDIC's Latest Failed Bank Litigation Update Reflects Increasing Lawsuit Filings
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Despite Setbacks, Libor-Scandal Claimants Press Ahead
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New Survey Says Bankers Are Drinking Or Praying To Deal With Stress
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Aviation:
Delta Says Rebound Puts S&P 500 in Reach as Credit Ratings Rise
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Consumer Reports rates the best and worst airlines
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Printing:
Printer TPO Hess Holdings Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Economy:
The Fed Effect, in One Chart
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Food Stamp Rolls: They’re Elevated for a Reason
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Fed Winddown Strategy Will Test Economy’s Reaction and Adjust
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The College Class Of 2013 Reveals Their Biggest Financial Regret
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UBS: 5 Assets That Look Like They're In A Bubble
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Charts That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity
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Most Americans Think The Middle Class Is The New Face Of Poverty
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Average 401(k) Balance Up 75% Since 2009
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Did the Pentagon cry wolf over sequestration?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Homes Selling at Fastest Pace Since Boom
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The 15 Worst Housing Markets For The Next Five Years
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ResCap: Stake race
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Berkshire Seeks ResCap, Ally Financial Report
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Toll Bros.' profit jumps 46 percent for quarter
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Four Reasons Housing Recovery Isn’t Yet Boosting Economy
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Home sales close in on three-and-a-half year high
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Proof the US housing market is finally starting to look normal
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Mortgage-Bond Yields Guiding Loan Rates Rise to Highest in Year
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Architecture Billings Index reverses recent gains
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac 2013 bill sale calendar
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Number of Americans in foreclosure plummets: LPS
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Mortgage apps tumble, refis drop to lowest since late March
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Investment Banking:
As Gleacher Vote Nears, A Tale of the Little Bank That Couldn't
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Tax:
IRS' Lerner: Not Me and I Take the Fifth --- Tea Party Congressman Chews Out IRS Official Who Pleaded The Fifth --- Who else took the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more
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Six Facts Lost in IRS Scandal
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Heads Won't Roll at IRS
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Weather:
The Oklahoma Tornado Is One Of The 5 Costliest Weather Events In US History
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Celebs:
Schilling lawyer argues for tossing lawsuit
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Justin Bieber Makes Friends Sign A $5 Million Liability Waiver Before Entering His Home
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Brad Pitt Says Life With Angelina Jolie Is Way Better Than Being Married To Jennifer Aniston
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Autos:
Bidders Circle Fisker
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Fisker To Be Saved By Lutz And Wanxiang?
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Lutz Sees Stripped Down Fisker as Potential Gem
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Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Dallas woman who filed for bankruptcy six times in four years is charged with fraud
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Bethesda Woman Sentenced for Bankruptcy Fraud
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Gambling:
Revel Wants You (and Your Dog) to Visit
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New Jersey casino 1st quarter profits plunge
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Compensation:
Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012 --- The 10 highest-paid CEOs of 2012
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Brokers:
Brokers May Soon Have To Tell Clients About Their Fat Bonuses
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CME vows not to sway membership prices after MF Global sales
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Video Games:
38 Studios court case begins
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Oil/Gas:
Will Oil Spill Payments ‘Irreparably’ Harm BP?
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Ratings Agencies:
Feds Attack S&P's 'Puffery' Defense in Securities Suit
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers Holdings to sell $4.22B in claims
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Lehman to Sell Shares of Equity Residential, AvalonBay
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Celebs:
Justin Bieber Will Sue You for $5M Over Gossip
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Retailing:
Judge says gift card claims against Borders are 'equitably moot'
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Boating:
Court appoints trustee, may liquidate Yacht Path International
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Shipping:
Tanker Owners Have Lost $27bn Since 2009
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Non-Profits:
Bankruptcy for Urban League of Lancaster County
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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 (10 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: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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DIP Finance:
Ahern Noteholders Nervous About Double Fee on Exit Loan
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Avoidance Actions:
Benefits from Subchapter S Election Constitute Reasonably Equivalent Value for Dividend Payment by Insolvent Debtor
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Recent Pleadings:
Late Gift Card Claims In Borders Case Are Equitably Moot Due To Plan Consummation
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Litigation:
Parties ordered to hire neutral expert to probe plaintiff’s Facebook page
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TBTF:
DOJ Official Testifies on Banks as 'Too Big to Jail'
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Telecoms:
KIT Digital leaders ask judge to reject rival sale offer
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USA Telephone customers in Maine lose phone service
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Health Care:
County Owners Say 3 Buyers Want Natchez Regional Medical Center in Mississippi
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Layoffs coming to Pittsburg hospital
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ObamaCare being blamed for hundreds of layoffs at Tulsa hospital
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Is Obamacare a legitimate reason for hospital layoffs or just a scapegoat?
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There's Finally An Easy Way To Stop Getting Ripped Off At The Hospital
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Food/Beverage:
North American Food & Beverage files Chapter 11
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Tech:
Elpida seeks court approval for sale to Micron
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Atari seeks court approval for assets sales to escape bankruptcy
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With no acceptable offers on the table, Atari is going to auction
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Vacuums:
Hoover expresses interest in Oreck sale
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UK:
U.K. Banks Losing Home Advantage
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IMF Tells U.K. to Move Quickly on Banks
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IMF calls for new growth measures to help UK economy and ease austerity
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Pre-pack hopes 'all rise' for boyband Blue
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The Rising Surge of Female Insolvency
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Administrators cleared of Rangers conflict of interest allegations --- Duff & Phelps cleared of misconduct over Rangers
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Insolvencies rising among women
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EU:
EU's 27 leaders agree to important step in fight against tax evasion by year's end
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Eurozone Manufacturing Data Comes In Better-Than-Expected, But Still Ugly
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PIIGS:
Irish seek to hold the line in tax battle
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Portugal plunders pension fund to tackle debt cliff
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Brazil:
Brazil Faces Budget Dilemma in Face of Stagflation
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Vatican:
Vatican watchdog reports suspect money movements
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China:
Suntech's local creditors claim $2.5 billion as restructuring starts --- Suntech Has $541 Million Confirmed Debt Claims, Government Says
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China Manufacturing Unexpectedly Contracts
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Mexico:
Mexico's Homex says some creditors could seek early payment --- Says "arguably" in default on some debt
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Japan:
Japan Economy Chief Warns Against Panic Over Stock Sell-Off --- Breathtaking 7% Plunge - Worst Since The Fukushima Disaster
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Vietnam:
Crane Operator Accidentally Hits Tree, Knocks Out Power To A Third Of The Country
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