September 26, 2013

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Law:

The Richest Lawyers and Law School Graduates in America: Lawyers on the Forbes 400 (2013)
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Skadden Arps, Crowell, McDermott Will: Business of Law
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Thomas Hoffman Joins Lindquist & Vennum’s Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice
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Law firm can read ex-partner’s incoming email, opinion says, but must forward email about his cases
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Wilson Sonsini Slashes 35 Secretarial Jobs
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Don’t Make Fun Of A Legal Argument If You’re Completely Wrong
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Client fumes at feds’ shot at his lawyer, says he would OK involvement with ‘Attila the Hun’
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Titillating Tales From The Bar!
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She's All Tied Up
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Yale Beats Harvard — in Producing Law School Deans
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Are Diversity Milestones Just The Privileged Patting Themselves On The Back?
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Harvard Law World Bank lawyer rescued from Kenya mall attack by Americans --- Latest Hero From Nairobi Mall Attack: Irish Army Ranger Who Saved Hundreds --- Mall of America Boosts Security After Nairobi
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Duane Morris settles malpractice suit filed by clients who never paid any fees
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Lawyers in Michael Jackson wrongful-death suit can't mask animosity
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An Eight-Figure Gift For A Top Law School
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Amanda Bynes Involved In More Courthouse Craziness
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Financially Savvy Woman Fears Debt, Considers Law School Anyway
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Sex With Client Is Flirting With Disaster
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Declassified Documents Reveal NSA Spying On Martin Luther King, Senators, And Journalists During Cold War
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Here's How To Get Your iPhone's Background To Stop Moving In iOS 7 --- Here's Why Apple Made That Motion-Effect For The Background Of The New iPhone Software --- ????: See What Happens To A Gold iPhone 5S When You Shoot It With A Sniper Rifle --- These iPhone Apps Are Ruining My Finances
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Now Is The Worst Time To Buy An iPad
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12 Ways Android Is Still Better Than iOS 7
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Lawyers' LinkedIn Use Scrutinized Under New Ad Rules
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Time Inc. In-House Lawyer Pens 'The Partner Track'
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How Breaking Bad Is Going To End :)
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5 'Breaking Bad' Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit
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Former President George H.W. Bush Is Witness At Same-Sex Wedding
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9 Maps That Show How Americans Commit Crime
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Florida AG Sorry for Delaying Man's Execution to Fit Her Schedule
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ATF 'lost 420 million cigarettes'
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Motorized Bar Stool Was "Not Road-Legal," Say Police
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Florida Man Tries To Pay Water Bill With Cocaine
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21-Year Old Woman Pushed In Front Of Metro-North Train For Refusing To Give Homeless Man Money
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Teen Accidentally Hangs Himself as Part of Halloween Prank
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Bank and accountants to pay $40M settlement in city embezzlement case
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A Woman Hid Under An NYC Subway Seat To Steal Someone's Phone
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Judges:

Scalia: NSA Spying Will End up in Court --- Justice Scalia: I Have No Business Deciding Whether The Government Can Spy On You
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Tina's Wish
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Judge facing repercussions over his long-ago work as DA resigns from bench
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Federal Judiciary, DOJ Brace for Government Shutdown --- Bharara Acknowledges That Budget Issues Are Straining His Office
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Almost no chance Court will shut down
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Tumblr Is Being Used In A Supreme Court Case For The First Time
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Nudity and jurisprudence are juxtaposed in ‘Arguendo’ play about SCOTUS case
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Report: Prosecutor’s cold medicine joke causes anthrax scare at courthouse
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Wall Street:

US futures edge higher ahead of economic reports
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US stocks dip on Washington fiscal impasse; Dow down 0.40%
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Economist Wins Genius Grant For Proving That Most Traders Are Idiots
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Will The Fear Trade Bubble Up?
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Goldman: The Stock Market Is Presenting An Investment Opportunity We Haven't Seen In At Least 25 Years
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:

Here's What Economists Are Saying About The Claim That Obamacare Is Causing More Jobs To Be Part Time
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Awards:

PA: Fast Track Lawyers
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Fraud:

Petters Fallout Continues Five Years Later
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Compensation:

Receiver Fights WaMu's Golden Parachutes
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People Are Furious Over 'Accident' That Gave Nokia CEO $25.5 Million Payday In Microsoft Sale --- Nokia chairman asked Elop if he would give back €18.8m pay-off
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Fraud:

Instant Messages Allegedly Reveal How Brokers Would 'Fudge' Libor Rates For A Client
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Economy:

Durable Goods Orders Unexpectedly Rise --- Up Slightly
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Household Net Worth Up on Rising Stocks, Home Prices
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Morgan Stanley: The Wait Is Over — American Households Are Finally Feeling The Recovery
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Millionaires Are Feeling More Optimistic Than Ever
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Lew: US may have less than $50 billion soon --- Treasury will run out of borrowed money by Oct. 17 --- Insolvency threatens US starting October 17 --- Lew Issues Warning On Debt Ceiling
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US Treasurys move lower as budget fears weigh
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A Genuine Crisis Is Looming For The Markets Due To The Debt Ceiling --- Analyst: There's A 40% Chance Of A Debt Ceiling Default, And The Path Forward Is A 'Total Mystery'
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Here's What The Next Steps In The Government Shutdown Fight Are, And Why Ted Cruz Voted 'Yes' Today
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The Three Biggest Myths About The Government Shutdown
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Yellen Will Take the Fed in ‘Dangerous Direction,’ Says Schiff
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Forget Hyperinflation — The Fed Is Now Facing The True Cost Of Quantitative Easing
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GOP Reportedly Considering Plan That Would Create Even More Budget Uncertainty
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Top Banks Have $155bn Capital Shortfall
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Ted Cruz Wraps Up Epic, 21-Hour 'Defund Obamacare' Talk-A-Thon --- How Long Can You Go Without Peeing? --- How Others Deal
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Senate poised to clear procedural hurdle on spending bill
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Today's Young People Aren't Ambitious, Care Less About Their Jobs, And Want More Vacation
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18 Countries' Stock Markets As A Percentage Of GDP
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Revisiting the Forbes 400 and Its Deep-Pocketed Attorneys
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Robert Shiller: 'I’m Starting To Worry About A Bubble'
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All-Cash Purchases Are Surging In The US Housing Market
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3 reasons to save the 30-year fixed mortgage
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Mortgage Applications Head Higher for Second Week in a Row
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Boies Schiller Sues D.C. Over Controversial Tax Sales
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25 'hidden gem' real estate markets around the US
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Retailers:

JC Penney attracts short sellers --- Is the end near for JC Penney?
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Goldman Sachs: Bankruptcy For J.C. Penney After 57% Decline In 2013? --- J.C. Penney Investors Run as Analysts Warn of Bankruptcy
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JCPenney Looking To Raise Capital As Goldman Hints At Bankruptcy, Playing Both Sides Of The Deal
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Wal-Mart Cutting Orders as Unsold Merchandise Piles Up
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Municipalities:

Detroit Spent Billions Extra on Pensions
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City asks Detroit bankruptcy judge to stay lawsuits involving 36th District Court
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Feds could bring news of $100M in aid for Detroit
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In Bankrupt Detroit, Casinos Are a Source of Steady Income
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Snyder lauds Detroit's auto dominance, tries to stay hopeful on all the rest
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Former Detroit crisis manager joins Southfield consulting firm
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Voters in cash-strapped SD county OK tax increase
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San Jose could be the next Detroit?
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Mail:

Postal Service proposes 3-cent rate hike for stamps
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Autos:

UAW trust taps Deutsche Bank to advise on Chrysler exit
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The Chrysler Price: Crunching Sales Numbers Before an IPO
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Furniture:

Analyst Bugatch questions Furniture Brands International bonuses
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Magazines:

Penthouse’s Bankruptcy Letter As Read By Andy Richter Is Getting Us All Hot
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Electricity:

Longview Working on Balance Sheet Fix as Cash Fight Looms
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Banking:

JPMorgan in talks to settle government cases for $11 billion, source says --- JPMorgan's Legal Hurdles Expected to Multiply
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Hard-Hit Southern Banks Still Face Earnings Pressure, Regulators Say
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Mercantile Bancorp bankruptcy case continued --- Mercantile Bank sale approved in bankruptcy court
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IP:

Guccione Collector Sues FriendFinder in Penthouse IP Row
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Management:

What Execs Look For In Hires
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Imaging:

KodakNext, Part One: Out of bankruptcy
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Kodak has a new chairman of the board
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Alternative Energy:

China delays Suntech bankruptcy hearing
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Shipping:

CFO resigns as Seanergy struggles to repay debt
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Seanergy Maritime raises going concern risk
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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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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Due Process:

You’re on Notice: Publication Notice of the Claims Bar Date Satisfies Due Process Requirements
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Strip-Down:

Maybe You Can Strip It Off or Down, But You Can’t Void That Lien
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Litigation:

11 E-Discovery Tips for Judges and Lawyers
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Distressed Investing:

Trading places: distressed debt trading in the US and UK restructuring markets
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Corporate Reform:

Fines, criminal charges in Libor probe
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DOJ on Libor Investigations: 'We're Not Done'
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Telecoms:

Fairfax seeking $1 bln equity for BlackBerry deal
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BlackBerry Patents Key to Raising Buyout Debt
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LightSquared Director Off Auction Committee
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Private Equity:

Carried Interest Tax Break Risks Being Undercut by Court
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Food/Beverage:

CA: Longtime blueberry producer faces bankruptcy
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Fox & Obel to close permanently
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Celebs:

Charlie Sheen -- Dismissed From Jury Duty
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O.J. Simpson Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar
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Health Care:

Bankruptcy trustees auction Universal Health Care's art and everything else
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Grand jury investigating three former Universal Health executives
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St. Louis nursing home owners file for bankruptcy
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Doctors Grow New Nose On Man's Forehead After Traffic Accident (Pic)
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Debt Collection:

FTC Fines Debt Collector Over Text Messages
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Politics:

John McCain Tries To Explain To Ted Cruz How Democracy Works
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Religion:

Richmond church files for bankruptcy
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Metals:

Keywell files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:

Serial Defaulter Argentina Burnishes Taper-Proof Status
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UK:

Number of Scots going bankrupt falls by 20%
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Law firm sold via pre-pack
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UK moves to block bankers' bonus cap
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RBS may create its own "bad bank" if UK rejects breakup
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Tax dodging brothers disqualified
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PIIGS:

Monte Paschi chief says ready to change restructuring plan
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Insolvency deals not open to poorer families, says study --- €60k found stashed in Priory Hall developer's former home
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France:

France Unveils Unprecedented Spending Cuts
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With unemployment high, France forces stores to close early
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Brazil:

Bermuda court rules for liquidation of Brazil's Laep
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Netherlands:

Thousands of tourists stranded after Dutch travel firm collapses
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