Law:

Slight slowdown in work for associates shown in two surveys; should they be concerned?
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Rough winter ahead, in terms of law firm growth
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Are Lawyers Really Getting Happier?
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Dentons, McKenna Long Confirm Merger Talks
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A Biglaw Firm That’s In Big Trouble
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How to Handle the Client from Hell
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The Path To Partnership
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Divorce Tips For The Biglaw Wife
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And Now, A Very Important Message About Lunch
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The Recession's Winners and Losers --- Most Revenue --- Most Profits Per Partner
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Kirkland, DLA Piper Work on Active Deal: Business of Law
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The Wow Factor: YouTube Helps Lawyers Create Infographics
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Recreating Law School
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Cooley Law defamation suit against law firm and bloggers critical of its job stats is nixed by judge
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The Law Schools With The ‘Best Value’ (2013)
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Oops! Lawyer for Fortune 100 Company Wants Trial ‘On All The C**ts’
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Lawyer writes Congress with his money-saving idea: Fire me and my co-workers
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My Month With An iPad
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What new legal services jobs have emerged in the last five years? And what does the future hold?
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Salvage company that lost $600M sunken ship case must pay $1M to Spain for ‘abusive litigation’
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Lawyer accused of shooting himself, making up story of attack by third party takes misdemeanor plea
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Is Florida too tough on lawyers using LinkedIn and Twitter? Endorsements and short skirts targeted
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A Tale Of Two Edits
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Why California Really Is The Car Theft Capital Of America
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Why Louisiana Is The Murder Capital Of America
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Jury mulls Michael Jackson case, as lawyer for family complains of defense counsel ‘smugness’
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Here's What I Learned When I Tried To Get Justice From A Cab Driver Who Almost Killed Me
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Here Are The Reviews For The Final Episode Of 'Breaking Bad' --- Warren Buffett's Fourth Tweet Ever Was About 'Breaking Bad' --- Two Songs In The 'Breaking Bad' Finale Perfectly Explain Everything --- The 7 Best Moments From The 'Breaking Bad' Finale --- 'Breaking Bad' Finale Illegally Downloaded More Than 500,000 Times in 12-Hour Period
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Man Named Fudge Arrested for Stealing Desserts
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Couple Having S-- on Railroad Tracks Fails to Notice Oncoming Train
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Thugs Armed with Tasers Terrorizing DC Streets
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Barrister Hottie of the Week: The Mark Darcy Duel
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Fencing coach uses sword to foil robbery
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Is There Anybody Left We Can Harass At Work?
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Say What?!
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Judges:

SD IL: Chief judge: Shutdown won't affect federal courts here
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Federal judges to remain on the job - Unclear whether magistrate and bankruptcy judges will be paid until the crisis is resolved
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In Government Shutdown, Civil Litigation Takes Hit
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District of Nebraska’s “shutdown” plan
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Indictment: Man lay in wait and shot at federal judge, at home, with high-powered rifle
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Federal judges increasingly tap special masters to handle pretrial morass in complex cases
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Judge gives murderer 53 years to life, then conducts his marriage ceremony and provides cake
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Blind Judge Calls Football Games
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance Amid Government Shutdown
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Markets Don't Care That The Government Just Shut Down

Stocks slide as hopes fade for budget deal
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Threats to stocks loom as fourth quarter kicks off
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Buffett Poised to Get $2 Billion Goldman Stake
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Layoffs:

The Current Job Market Is Shockingly Bad For 20-Something Men
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

JC Penney sinks to lowest since 1929 crash
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One Of The Top Hedge Fund Holders Of J.C. Penney Stock Dumped Half Its Stake
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Telecoms:

BlackBerry analysts see deal likely below $9
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Caveat Emptor for BlackBerry Customers, Experts Say
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U.S. Bancorp : Judge Set to Approve Auction Rules for LightSquared Assets
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Lightsquared Seeks to Halt Harbinger's GPS Suit for 60 Days
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LightSquared Has Agreement With Lenders on Auction Process
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Food/Beverage:

Tesco's Fresh & Easy declares bankruptcy to ease sale to Burkle
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Filing Details Fresh & Easy Debts
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Rouses Markets Acquires Six Stores In Alabama
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Anthony Bourdain On Frito Pie
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Student Debt:

Elizabeth Warren Advocates for Vast Student Loan Reforms --- Urges Bankruptcy Option for Private Student Loans
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CFPB launches toolkit to help teachers tackle student debt
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Retailing:

Is J.C. Penney On The Verge Of Bankruptcy?
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Budget-Conscious Customers Are Abandoning Wal-Mart For Dollar Stores
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JC Penny shares sink ahead of stock sale
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Metals:

Ormet seeks more time to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan
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Economy:

The Federal Government Shuts Down For The First Time In 17 Years --- John Boehner Gives A One-Minute Shutdown Press Conference, And Walks Off After Taking Two Questions --- It Increasingly Looks Like Obama Will Have To Raise The Debt Ceiling All By Himself --- Obama Releases A Message To The Troops On The Shutdown: Congress Has Failed You --- Even With The Government Shutdown, 80% Of Federal Employees Will Keep Working --- Shutdown: Is There a Danger to the Economy? --- Cruz Tries to Pass the Buck --- Why A Government Shutdown Is Actually Bad News For The Debt Ceiling Fight --- Senate Republicans Are Floating An Extremely Short Solution To Avoid A Government Shutdown --- Why Some Crazy Republicans Want To Shut The Government Down --- Moderate Republicans Are Revolting Against The Push To Defund Obamacare --- This Exchange Between Harry Reid And John Boehner Says Everything You Need To Know About The GOP Right Now --- A Complete Guide To Every Government Shutdown In History --- Stocks Are Selling Off As A Government Shutdown Looms --- Wall Street in broad slump as government shutdown draws near --- 3 ways to abolish the debt ceiling --- Shutdown Shows Washington's Breakdown --- Obamacare push accelerates as government shutdown nears --- Crude dragged lower by US shutdown fears --- Jobs Report Won't Be Released Oct. 4 If U.S. Government Shut --- S&P: Budget, debt fights unlikely to send US credit rating down --- Shutdown And Debt Ceiling Debate Prove U.S. Not Worthy Of AAA Credit Rating
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Shutdown may force me into bankruptcy : Federal worker
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Debt Ceiling Wall of Worry Is Another Reason for U.S. Investing
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Dallas Fed Manufacturing Explodes Higher
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Treasury Sales Would Continue in Shutdown With Data in Doubt
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Fed Too Familiar With Lost Workers Seeks New Guideposts
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The Counties In America With Above-Median Incomes
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Uh-Oh: The Economic 'Canary In The Coal Mine' Looks Sickly
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Is Obamacare a Jobs Killer?
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Study: World Not Ready for Aging Population
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Bankruptcy Woes March On at Murray Hill's Morgan Lofts
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Wells Fargo in $869 Million Settlement With Freddie Mac
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Municipalities:

Detroit learns that being broke ain't cheap
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Man keeping tabs on Detroit bankruptcy fees submits August bill: $47,897.35
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Following Chapter 9 Plan, Monoline Insurer Must Continue to Make Payments on Old Bonds
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Proposed bill would prevent emergency managers from giving work to former employers
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Detroit bankruptcy filing details $59M in unpaid invoices
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Fitch's downgrades Detroit bonds --- Rating downgraded after not making payments
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Detroit's expected bond default seen raising constitutional issue
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The Obama Administration and the Detroit Bankruptcy --- US sending bankrupt Detroit $300 million. Think 'stimulus,' not 'bailout'
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Obama's Detroit Bailout
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How Kwame Kilpatrick's Wall Street Deal Helped Bankrupt Detroit
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A 10-Foot RoboCop Statue Is Being Built In Detroit Thanks To Successful Kickstarter Campaign
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Saving the Detroit Institute of Arts: The Case for Forgeries --- A suggestion to replace art with reproductions in bankrupt Detroit
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Why Is Detroit Mulling a Tax Break for General Motors?
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Detroit Bankrupt Disaster Decades in the Making
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Detroit What's Left After Bankruptcy
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Bankrupt Stockton “Throws Down the Gauntlet” --- Stockton Proposes Bankruptcy Exit Plan
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Stockton May Dodge Pension Battle If Deals Hold
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Stockton cutting deals with bond insurers
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10 Cities Where People Are Actually On Track For Retirement
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Hollywood:

Creditors in ThinkFilm Bankruptcy Ask Judge to Step Aside
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Mass Torts:

Judge Hears Claims BP Lied to Feds About Oil Spill
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Judge sets deadline for meningitis claims
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Doesn't Understand Indictment Charges, Joe Says "We Never Lived Beyond Our Means" --- 'Teresa Giudice: 'Fraud charges are devastating'
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Eva Longoria producing mother-daughter legal drama for NBC
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Aviation:

American Airlines plans to hire 1500 pilots
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Lawsuit over American Airlines-US Airways merger has produced nearly two million documents
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Retirements will prompt about half the 1,500 American Airlines pilot hires over next five years
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Tom Horton to American Airlines employees: You can look forward to profit sharing, probably
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American Airlines parent AMR earns $71 million in August
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Airlines promise a return to civility, for a fee
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Health Care:

Physiotherapy Associates' Bankruptcy and the Future Private Equity Investments in Healthcare
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Obamacare confronts its biggest challenge
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Furniture:

Could objection by trustee lead to new bidders for Furniture Brands?
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Education:

Freebies for the Rich
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Data:

Data company TLO weighs offers
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Corporate Reform:

Canaries, Coal Mines, and the CFPB
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Financial Literacy:

Cordray: Financial education should be on par with history
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Autos:

Old GM Settles Lawsuit With Hedge Funds, Ex-Parent
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US auto industry's remarkable recovery
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Golf:

Foreclosure auction looms for Woodlake Golf Club
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Tech:

Nirvanix confirms abrupt shut down rumors --- A Nirvanix Post Mortem - Why There's No Replacement For Due Diligence
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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 (30 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (16 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcies decline in Minnesota
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Bankruptcy filings drop as Americans shed debt
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Tax:

Bankruptcy Court Has Jurisdiction to Reopen Ch. 11 to Consider Plan's Tax Consequences
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Chapter 13:

Chapter 13 Plan Binds Chapter 13 Trustee, Says Eleventh Circuit
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Government Contracts:

Issues Facing Business Partners of Bankrupt Government Contractors
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: How Many Different Ways Can Coverage Be Precluded for a Single Case?
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Opera:

George Steel, Who Briefly Led the Dallas Opera, Can’t Save City Opera From Bankruptcy --- New York opera company falls short of fundraising goal --- N.Y. City Opera Lawyer Expects Bankruptcy Filing Oct. 2 --- Bloomberg Says City Opera Is On Its Own --- Placido Domingo: New York City Opera demise would be a 'tragedy' --- The Failures of Crowdfunding: No, Kickstarter Cannot Support an Opera Company
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Television:

Astros will fight bankruptcy case against ComcastSportsNet Houston --- Comcast to bid for Houston sports network if court forces sale --- Not a Conspiracy Theory After All: CSN Files Bankruptcy Petition --- Comcast cites 'total gridlock' --- CSN Houston faces bankruptcy dispute, president steps down
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Hotels:

Miami Beach Banker Party Shows Why Hotel Debt Fills Bonds
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Banking:

JPMorgan Employee Said to Be Cooperating in RMBS Probe
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Bank Secrets Exposed in EU’s Credit Derivatives Antitrust Probe
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Coal:

Weak coal demand prompts WARN notice by Alliance Resource
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M&A:

Strategic Acquirers Jeopardize Credit Ratings
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Sovereigns:

US Supreme Court considers hearing Argentina bonds case
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UK:

Insolvency unit is spun off in ABS first
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No increase in UK insolvency rate for 12 months running
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Consultation to simplify insolvency process launched
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BLP confirms 40% PEP fall during 'challenging' 2012/13
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EU:

EU Consultation on New European Approach to Business Insolvency
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This Latest European Economic Data Doesn't Look So Good
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Eurozone Unemployment: 12.0%
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German Manufacturing Index Slows
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French Manufacturing Industry Continues To Be Poor
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PIIGS:

Berlusconi's Plan To Bring Down Italian Government May Cause A Revolt In His Own Party --- Berlusconi Ministers Resign, Italy in Chaos --- Italian PMI Falls
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ie: Difficulties in Accessing Employer’s Insolvency Fund in the Case of Informal Insolvency --- Insolvency Service of Ireland receives more than 6,000 calls and emails
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Spanish Manufacturing Stays In Growth Mode --- Spain's public debt to approach 100% of GDP
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Greece plans new anti-racism law amid 'Golden Dawn' crackdown --- Ex-members reveal 'criminal acts'
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Canada:

CN to service major portion of bankrupt Kelowna Pacific Railway Ltd. rail lines
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Court Allows a CCAA Stay to Be Lifted for Proposed Litigation by Unsecured Suppliers
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Mobilicity wins creditor protection, seeks buyout OK
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France:

Swiss Army prepared for invasion by bankrupt French
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Germany:

Conergy cuts jobs, expects sale
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Franz Sill goes into preliminary administration
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German TV maker Loewe files for insolvency
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Sweden:

€230 million award in landmark case on auditor's negligence
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China:

China's factories struggle for growth
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Australia:

Australia's Manufacturing Sector Is Growing Again
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Brazil:

Brazil's OGX on track to miss $44.5 mln interest payment -sources
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