Law:
Real change is here—whether you’re seeing it in your own practice area or not
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Kirkland & Ellis Names New Restructuring Partners --- Ryan Dahl --- Noah Ornstein --- Jeffrey Pawlitz --- Christopher Greco --- David Meyer --- Brian Schartz
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Bryan Cave Announces New Bankruptcy Group Head
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BigLaw firm loses bid to dismiss $718M Ponzi malpractice lawsuit
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Court Upholds $10M Greenberg Traurig Lawsuit Dismissal
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Guy At The Center Of An Epic Law Firm Explosion Has An Absolutely Heartbreaking Story
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"The Collapse" in THE NEW YORKER: Will it be law-firm culture, not models, which creates growth?
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The Talented Mr. O'Riordan
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Don’t Lie On Your Résumé — Even If You’re A Partner
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UK: Female lawyers earn a third less than males
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So How Much Do Contract Attorneys Really Make?
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Prepping for That First In-House Job --- Expanding the View of In-House Life
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10 Tips For Young Professionals Starting Their First 'Real' Jobs
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Attorney suspended over forgeries in bankruptcy cases
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The third year of law school has ignited a fierce and historic debate
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1L Song
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Is "Just Don't" the New J.D.?
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Cooley Law Is A Great Place To Learn To Coach Hockey
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Which Law School Has The Best Career Prospects?
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Open Season On Interns?
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The End of Class Action Lawsuits
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Ohio Cannot Discipline D.C. Lawyer Who Has Bankruptcy Practice in Ohio
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During Shutdown, Your Call Might Not Be Important to Us
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I Was Sentenced To Life In Prison — Here's What My First Day Was Like
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Lawyer’s fiction mirrors reality; his life fell apart after defending an accused pedophile priest
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Drivers' Lawyers Say They Were Too Intoxicated To Commit Murder
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Angry Houston Texans Fans Accost QB At His Home, Berate Over Poor Play
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Father of boy who hopped flight: 'No one stepped up to help'
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Undercover Cop In SUV Brawl Spied on Occupiers at Birthday Parties
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‘Puffed up and angry’ park ranger tickets tourists for hiking on federal land during budget shutdown
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Florida Woman Stabs Boyfriend In the Eye for Turning Down Threesome
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Surprising Things That Could Make You A Sex Offender
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Not All Voters Equal as States Move to Two-Tier Ballots
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Inmate married defense lawyer for help with criminal deeds, authorities say; both are now charged
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You're still dead, court tells live man
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Oops. Former bar prez copies top court on email about its ‘ill-conceived and uninformed questions’
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Robbing Banks for the CIA
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Judges:
U.S. District Judge W. Royal Furgeson Jr.: Shutdown Puts 'Big Hole in the Constitution'
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NM federal courts will remain open during shutdown
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McCutcheon Oral Argument: Or, Justice Scalia Explains How $3.5 Million Isn’t That Much Money
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Lawyer's Guide to Scalia's New York interview
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Judge admits selling religious material at courthouse, but says it didn’t distract her from work
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‘Arrogant, power-abusing’ ex-justice should apologize as ordered, prosecutor says
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Former Police Officer Armed With Assault Rifle Fires At West Virginia Courthouse
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Judge fines defendant $50 over ringing cellphone ... then has to pay another $50 himself
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Wall Street:
Europe Stocks , U.S. Futures Gain With Dollar as Oil Rises
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Stocks close with small gains; Nasdaq drops
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Layoffs:
Chesapeake Fires 10% of Workforce
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Ten US Companies Firing the Most People
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Why Furloughed Government Employees Won't Cause Jobless Claims To Explode
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Cities Where Pay Is Growing The Most Right Now
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Poll: Americans Severely Underestimate How Many Jobs We're Adding
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Men's Wearhouse suits Jos. A. Bank to tune of $2.3B
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JC Penney stock up as retailer cites 'solid progress' in turnaround
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Hotels:
Former Trenton Marriott hotel to be sold at auction next month
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Economy:
IMF Warns: World Financial System Not Safe
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IMF says start of Fed tapering threatens $2.3tn bond losses --- Decision not to taper was a 'close call'
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Failure to raise US debt limit would spark global recession: OECD --- Fidelity sells off short-term US government debt --- Moody's offers different view on debt limit --- Here's The Truth About Debt Ceiling Trutherism --- Some in GOP: Default Won't be that Bad --- Senator: US default could lead to municipal bankruptcies like Detroit's --- Fears of a U.S. default are increasing --- The Kochs Can't Control the Monster They Created --- Obama Sets Meetings With Lawmakers --- Obama Is Already Sniping At Republicans Ahead Of A Big Meeting Today --- Obama Issues Another Debt Limit Warning --- The Folly of the Debt Ceiling --- Fed's Fisher Warns on Flirtation with Default --- GOP Quietly Backing Away from Obamacare --- GOP Alters Asking Price to End Shutdown --- Wharton Negotiation Experts Map Out 15 Ways To End The Government Shutdown --- GOP Favorability Ratings Have Tanked To Their Lowest Point Ever --- It's Looking Like Republicans May Give In To A Short-Term Debt Ceiling Raise --- Why Congress's Lousy 5% Approval Rating Doesn't Matter --- Analyst: This Is The Tea Party's 'Alamo' — The Odds Of Default Are 20% --- 'Braveheart' --- Political Wrangling Hits Short-Term Loans --- Starbucks Wants The Shutdown To End So It's Giving Away Coffee --- Shutdown delays notice of Social Security COLA --- Man Tasks Himself with Keeping DC Memorials Tidy During Shutdown --- US shutdown makes an easy target, as diplomats gather in Washington --- Trucker Protest Gets Crazier with Lady Who Believes Obama Is Osama --- Tracing the Calendar Down to the Last Cent --- How the Shutdown Hurts Main Street
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Obama announces Janet Yellen as nominee to be next Fed chair --- If approved as Fed chair, Yellen must confront tough challenges on stimulus, economic recovery --- What Janet Yellen's nomination means for middle-class Americans --- Yellen Promises to Help Hardest Hit Americans --- Why Janet Yellen Will Craft the Greatest Fedspeak Ever --- For Janet Yellen, quiet patience paid off --- Yellen Fed to Stick With Tougher Rules for Riskiest Banks
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Ben Bernanke helped lead nation out of crisis
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A New Poll Shows Americans Don't Actually Understand Anything About The Deficit
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Even A Poll Asking People How The Debt Ceiling Works Doesn't Understand How The Debt Ceiling Works
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The Most Important Charts In The World
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Anxiety as stimulus hike in food stamps set to end
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A Guide To America's Wealthiest Family
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Here's Where The World's Richest 0.00001387015% Live
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In Just 5 Years The World Will See A Stunning Increase In The Number Of Millionaires
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
September Foreclosure Activity Down 27 Percent From Year Ago, Marking 36 Months of Annual Decreases --- Charlotte foreclosure activity drops 46% in September --- Number of Fla. homes owned by banks still rising --- Foreclosure starts in Chicago area ease in 3Q
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Builders Selling Houses but Don't Disclose They're Keeping the Mineral Rights
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Photos Of The $1.4 Million House A Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Allegedly Trashed
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Miami site fetches $7.3M at bankruptcy auction
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Municipalities:
Snyder explains path to bankruptcy filing in deposition --- Gov. Snyder Gets Grilled For 3 Hours By Union Lawyers --- Historic day: Unions grilling Michigan governor under oath
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Detroit's Managerial Milestones
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Request to freeze lawsuits against 36th District Court brings union objection
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Detroit: Joining The Attention Economy
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Long sentence expected for former Detroit mayor
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Comedian Lewis Black Weighs in On Detroit's Bankruptcy
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Detroit is Paying $600 an Hour to the Guy Appointed to Oversee Bankruptcy Expenses
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Why the Detroit Institute of Arts is one asset that Kevyn Orr shouldn't touch
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Puerto Rico Might Need A Federal Bailout Because It Can't Declare Bankruptcy --- Puerto Rico Yields Above Venezuela’s in Worst Rout
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Stockton gives CalPERS a pass, but pension costs still big issue
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Citigroup breaks securities law in Jefferson County bankruptcy deal, lawsuit says
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Next two weeks busy for Jeffco Commission bankruptcy
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California ranks 48th in Tax Foundation's business climate index --- New York Not-So-Open For Business --- Texas Drops Out of List of Top 10
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Awards:
Butler-Cooley Excellence in Teaching Awards Presented at The TMA Annual
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Carl Marks Student Paper Competition Winners Recognized at The TMA Annual
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Mass Torts:
Garlock lawyers say asbestos plaintiffs’ firm concealed exposure and ‘implanted memories’ to increase fees
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Video Games:
THQ sues UFC and EA over UFC video game license --- EA discussed buyout of THQ a year before it went bankrupt, say court docs
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Compensation:
McDonald's Employee And Single Mother Detained For Confronting Company President About Worker Pay
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Food/Beverage:
NM peanut butter plant closes, files for Chapter 7
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NYC restaurant requires patrons to eat in silence
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Credit Cards:
Card issuers ready to check cardholder income, assets
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Fraud:
Madoff Trustee Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Sue Banks
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Ex- Madoff Workers Trial to Be Jurors' Reality for 5 Months
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Martha and Milken and Madoff, Oh My! Profiting From Corporate Criminals and Prison Stocks
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Potential jurors in Madoff employee trial asked about celebrity victims of $65B scam
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Coal:
Patriot Coal Announces Settlement with Peabody Energy --- $310 Million Accord on Patriot Retiree Benefits --- Plans Bankruptcy Emergence By Year-End
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Arch Coal to Acquire Patriot's Guffy Assets; Parties Resolve Litigation
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Banking:
JPMorgan seeks to bail on dicey lenders
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Religion:
Bankruptcy judge rejects Charles Street AME church’s repayment proposal to OneUnited Bank, creditors
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Health Care:
Dantra Healthcare to close 3 facilities in King George following Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing
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Calif. health exchange processed 16K applications
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Some Left Out in the Cold by Obamacare
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Telecoms:
Judge sends various LightSquared plans to creditors for vote
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Tax:
Hedge funds score 1,000% return bankrolling tax refund bankruptcy case
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Overseas Shipholding to Sue Former Legal Counsel Over Tax Snafu
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Supreme Court Will Hear Quality Stores Case
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
Judge Clears ResCap to Pay $2 Million Bonus to Restructuring Chief
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Plan Confirmation:
Supreme Court Leaves Standing Seventh Circuit’s Castleton New Value Opinion
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Cross-Border:
Foreign Representative Alert: Chapter 15 Gap Period Relief Subject to Preliminary Injunction Standard
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:
Ninth Circuit Splits From Fourth Circuit on Involuntary Bankruptcy Standard: In re Marciano
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Jurisdiction:
Fifth Circuit Nixes Consent in Stern Cases
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Due Process:
A Tale of Two Rules: The Questionable Applicability of Rule 7004(b)(3) to Claim Objections
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Personal Finance:
Awesome Free Things Nobody Knows About
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Tech:
Avoiding the Fallout From a Bankruptcy in the Cloud
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Electricity:
Old Russian Warheads Power 10% of America
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Rail:
Eight suitors express interest in MM&A auction
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Bankruptcy judge approves $3 million loan to allow Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway to continue operating
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Corporate Governance:
When Board Members Behave Badly
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Education:
The Ridiculous Items A Dartmouth Fraternity Makes Its Pledges Carry Around At All Times
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Television:
Crane: Astros' payroll could be $50-60 million in '14 --- Crane hopes Astros, CSN Houston can strike deal
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Astros Owner: CSN Holding Out
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Comcast opts not to get in war of words with Astros before hearing
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Aviation:
Union: Alitalia closes on cash injection to stay in the skies
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Alitalia's Capital Needs Soar as Collapse Looms
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Alternative Energy:
A123 Systems reorganizes and names new CEO --- Announces Alignment Plans With Wanxiang
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Hockey:
NHL plans to pursue further legal action against Jerry Moyes
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Furniture:
Investors’ lawsuit accuses Furniture Brands of hiding financial problems
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Sovereigns:
Critics: Argentina could pay unnecessary billions
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UK:
Bankrupt sentenced for transferring money out of reach of his creditors
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EU:
Cyprus C.Bank appoints Oliver Wyman as restructuring advisers
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PIIGS:
Greek Unemployment Hits 27.6%
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Austria:
Alpine owes creditors around 4.15 billion Euro
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China:
Bad Banks Turn Toxic China Debt to Treasure for Investors
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Brazil:
Batista cut OGX stake to 50.2 pct in September
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Brazil's OGX, Bondholders Unlikely to Reach Agreement This Week, Sources Say
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Brazil's Batista sells stock in shipbuilder OSX
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India:
India Inc needs stronger bankruptcy legislation
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Montenegro:
Montenegro court declares country's sole aluminum plant bankrupt
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Russia:
110 People Now Own 35% of Russia's Wealth
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