Law:
ABA Job Numbers Are Out — Market Still Sucks --- Another Year, Another Lackluster Set of Law Grad Employment Figures --- Job outlook for newly minted lawyers still bleak, data shows
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Ex-wife gets less in divorce of BigLaw partner because her badmouthing hurt rainmaking, judge says
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ATL’s Sixth Annual Law Revue Video Contest
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Leading corporate governance and securities litigator joins DLA Piper in Wilmington
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More Law School Layoffs, This Time Due To A $36M Funding Gap
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Why I Never Got Higher Than A ‘B’ In Law School
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Three Florida Law Schools Make Top Ten for Grads With Most Debt
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Lawyer couple make incredible ‘save the date’ video for their ‘boss wedding’ --- If You Make a Wedding Video Like This You Are Actually Insane
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Federal Judge Shames Attorneys For Phone Use During Tech Trial
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Attorney accused of stealing nearly $30M before his suicide; law firm bankruptcy has recovered $85K
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Soft Skills — Other People’s Perceptions Are Always Right
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Reasons To Close Your Practice
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Big Law partners have a sensitive, spiritual side. Honestly
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Eversheds joins cash-call rush following HMRC crackdown
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Avoiding The Pain Of A Desk Job As A Contract Attorney
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Review: Microsoft Word for iPad
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This is what happens when a group of law students have a conversation about cats on Facebook
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Jim DeMint Says There's No Way the Federal Government Freed the Slaves
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Police Find Meth Pipe in Florida Official's . . .
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Defiant Nevada rancher faces armed federal agents in escalating confiscation standoff
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Man Burns Down His Apartment to Kill the Bugs
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Police in City With Population of 7,000 Acquire Military Tank
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How To Deal When Coworkers Lose Their Cool
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5 Sneaky Ways To Get The Recognition You Deserve At Work
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Man Ordered to Pay $5,001 for Peeing in Co-Worker's Coffee Pot
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Difficult defendant ordered to represent himself after alleged BB gun threat to his latest lawyers
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The Internet Helped Police Catch The Alleged Thief Who Stole A Woman's MacBook Air
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Bridgegate Investigators Gave Christie's Lawyers An Ultimatum
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20 Hurt At Pennsylvania High School After Stabbing Spree
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Bratty teen parties after dropping parent lawsuit
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Innocent Guy Released From Prison 25 Years After Prosecutors Suppressed Disney World Receipt Showing He Was Innocent
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Lawyer Disbarred After Submachine Gun Possession Plea
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Prosecutor gets her job back after filing police report against DA
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6 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines
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Katherine Heigl Sues Drugstore for Tweeting a Photo of Her
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Oops. Rolling Stone cover puts John Hancock signature under Constitution tattoo on star’s bare back
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Say What?!
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Judges:
DE: Chancery Court issues unprecedented arrest warrant
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Attendees’ smartphones cause courtroom chaos at latest Apple-Samsung patent trial
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Judge: Biker chicks and bird-lining
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock -Index Futures Drop as Investors Watch Earnings
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Stocks advance on Fed minutes, US earnings
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Record number of dividend hikes in Q1
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Goldman: Here Are The 19 Best Stocks For Fat Dividends And Huge Buybacks
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Layoffs:
Cajuns Edge Out Texas, North Dakota Oil Country With Lowest Unemployment Rate
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What Managers Really Want To Know When They Ask 'What's Your Biggest Weakness?'
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How Congress Will Keep America Employed: Road Work
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Proms:
Prom Bubble Bursts, Spending Falls 14%
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Tax:
Audit: 17 of 19 paid tax preparers got it wrong
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The Uneasy Case against Tax Lien Subordination
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Mass Torts:
Garlock Judge Orders Destruction of Unredacted Trial Transcripts --- Garlock judge orders destruction of secret files
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Another potential class action filed over W.Va. water crisis
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Celebs:
Teresa and Joe Giudice to clear $13M debt with $7500 --- Bankruptcy over, 'Real Housewives' stars Teresa, Joe Giudice still owe $13.4 million --- Teresa and Joe Giudice Fraud: Sentencing Nears As Couple Erases Bankruptcy Debt, Could Still Lose Everything? --- Teresa Giudice: Bankruptcy Papers Reveal Lavish Lifestyle --- Teresa & Joe Giudice Never Had A Dime & Were Just Living On Credit — $13 Million Worth Of Credit
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Mickey Rooney shuts family out of will, leaves entire estate to stepson
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Chrisley Knows Best: Todd Shows Off 'Grand' Home Amid Accusations of Hiding Assets in Bankruptcy Battle?
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Currency:
Bitcoin money-laundering charges will test digital currency laws
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Bitcoin firms dumped by National Australia Bank as 'too risky'
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Fraud:
Jurors begin deliberations in DBSI fraud case
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Bar To Investigate Complaint Against Maria Elena Perez In UM Case
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Judge set to decide SAC Capital's penalty
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HP Pays $108 Million To Settle Bribery Cases
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Economy:
US wholesale inventories up, sales rebound
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IMF focuses on distressed loans
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Fed struggled with interest-rate guidance, minutes show
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Several Fed Officials Said Forecasts Overstated Rate Rise
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Fed's Evans 'exasperated' by inflation warnings
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Fed Officials See Dwindling Risks and Uncertainty in Their Forecasts
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Bank Of America’s Harris Laments Fed Minutes Muddled Messaging
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Stay-at-home moms: Leaning out or left out?
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Deutsche Bank: Here Are The Only 5 US Economic Indicators You Need To Watch
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What Happened to Fast-Food Workers When San Jose Raised the Minimum Wage?
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How Many White Castle Sliders Does Minimum Wage Buy?
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You Better Not Outlaw Living in Cars Unless You're Giving Out Houses --- Priced Out of Silicon Valley
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Billion-Dollar Trends
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Day care costs more than college in 31 states
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The Growing Inequality In How America Saves For College
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Lawler: Number of Home Owners Lower than 2006!
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New Mortgage Lending at 14-Year Low
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MBA: Mortgage Purchase Applications Increase, Refinance Applications Decrease
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Fannie, Freddie shareholders lobby against US housing reform bill
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West Coast Condo Values Continue to Rise
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What To Expect When Buying A Short Sale Property
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Judge hands Tampa Port Authority another defeat on Channelside
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Municipalities:
Detroit settlement with insurers cuts bondholder losses --- Agrees to pay 74% on $388M claim in bankruptcy --- Bond Insurers’ Breakthough Settlement in Detroit --- Detroit's Orr Hopes Debt Deal Encourages Others
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Detroit passes key milestone with insurer deal
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Creditor cramdown could imperil money pledged for Detroit retirees
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Detroit Bond Deal Shifts $100 Million to Pension Funds --- Detroit bankruptcy bond deal frees up $50M for pensioners, Orr says --- Orr implores Detroit unions to settle in wake of bond debt deal --- Orr Wants Debt Deals With Detroit’s Retirees, Workers Next Week
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A better deal for Detroit pensioners - but is it good enough?
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Details of Settlement: Mediators release deal terms
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Snyder To Use New York Model In Post- Bankruptcy
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City questioning, proposing to claim some of pensioner savings plans
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Who’s objecting to Detroit’s plans
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The Winners and Losers in Detroit Bankruptcy
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Bond insurer in bankruptcy case has several bids for Detroit's DIA artwork --- Higher Price Tag Put on Detroit's Art --- Several billion-dollar bids --- Bond Insurers Say City Could Get $2 Billion --- Detroit creditors still have eye on city-owned art --- Detroit creditor shopped around DIA collection and got four offers of up to $2 billion
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Detroit's emergency manager rebuffs new art sale proposal
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Offers to save DIA would mean big trade-offs for city, pensioners
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Detroit plans legal notices in fight vs. blight
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100 days in, Mayor Duggan firming up reputation for getting hands dirty
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Five Former Bell Officials Accept Plea Deal In Corruption Case
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Puerto Rico calls in bankruptcy lawyers
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Puerto Rico's New General Obligations Trade at Lowest Price
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Report Finds a Los Angeles in Decline
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Los Angeles should adopt Warren Buffett pension formula-report
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Stockton: City, creditor still a ways apart
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30 Amazing Before-And-After Snapshots That Show How New York Has Transformed Over Time
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Coal:
James River's bankruptcy may prove to be an anomaly
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Banking:
J.P. Morgan's Dimon Describes Year of Pain
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Healthcare:
BMC Confirms Hirings, Medical Practice Relocations
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Palm Drive moves closer to closure as board considers options
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White House releases data listing Medicare's top-paid doctors --- Everything you need to know --- Medicare data will help public fight fraud, officials say --- Doctor-Pay Trove Shows Data's Limits --- Florida eye doc got $21 million from Medicare in 2012 --- Here's The Controversial Doctor Who Got A Whopping $21 Million From Medicare --- The top 10 Medicare billers explain why they charged $121M in one year --- Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs
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Corporate Reform:
BofA Sets $783 Million Accord on Card Marketing Dispute
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In scathing farewell, SEC lawyer says agency penalties just a ‘tollbooth on the bankster turnpike’
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Autos:
General Motors: Another Slap on the Wrist for a Crime in the Suites
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Automaker's explanations on crashes don't fly
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Analyst sharply cuts GM forecast --- Five Takeaways From the GM Safety Debacle
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Big Car Makers in Race to Recall
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Baseball:
Newark Bears to hold liquidation sale, auction
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Environmental:
Clearing way for $5.15 billion settlement: Court says Kerr-McGee's successor is responsible for prior liabilities
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Ratings Agencies:
Moody’s, S&P Say Calpers Looking for Ratings Scapegoat
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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 (21 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
AZ: Valley bankruptcies in March continue downward trend
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Equity:
There’s No Equity in Law
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Safe Harbors:
Seventh Circuit confirms the independence of the "settlement payment" and "securities contract" safe harbors of 11 U.S.C. 546(e)
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ISDA nears "safe harbor" amendment completion
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Sales:
Free and Clear. Not So Fast. Bankruptcy Court Claws Back Ability to Sell Distressed Assets Free and Clear of Claims and Interests
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Claims Trading:
Tullett Prebon Alts. Unit Expands Into Bankruptcy Claims
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Estoppel:
Judicial Estoppel and Claims Not Disclosed in Bankruptcy
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TBTF:
Ally Financial Set to Cut Treasury Stake Through IPO
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Insurance:
Understanding an Agent's E&O Risks When an Insurer Becomes Insolvent
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Aviation:
American Airlines Delivers Rich Payout
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Malaysia Airlines could opt for bankruptcy if multiple, costly lawsuits are filed in response to missing flight
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Pings Heard Again in Malaysia Jet Hunt Stoke Optimism
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The Business Class Seat Of The Future Will Blow Your Mind
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Gambling:
Union: Revel casino only worth $25M to $73M
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Compensation:
Jamie Dimon Got Paid $20 Million Last Year
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Distressed Investing:
Distressed Investors Beware: Assignment Restrictions May Not Mean What You Think in Certain Jurisdictions
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Distressed Debt Fund Not a 'Financial Institution"
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Personal Finance:
How To Find Deals At Whole Foods
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4 Money Lessons From Secret Millionaires
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Alternative Energy:
Fierce Winter Forces Maryland Renewable Energy Company into Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:
IL House calls for student loans to be forgiven in bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
Quiznos Delays Chapter 11 Exit
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UK:
Number of British businesses in distress reaches record low --- Businesses in distress down by half
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ICAEW Sounds Alarm Over HMRC Bank Raid Power
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EU:
Euro-zone crisis over; at least the financial crisis is
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European policymakers seek to reshape bundled debt market
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PIIGS:
Greece: Master of Suspense --- Greek yields tumble as investors primed to snap up new bonds --- Greek Bond Sale Said to Top $4 Billion in Market Return --- Back from cold, Greece announces market return --- Greek unions hold general strike over income cuts --- Greek return to financial markets attracts flock of investors --- Hellenic Fish Farming asks court for 65% debt cut
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Some fraud charges dropped against ex-Anglo chiefs
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Austria:
Hypo gets another 750 mln eur state aid
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Ukraine:
Leave or we’ll force you out of our country, Interior Minister tells pro-Russian protesters --- The US Is Reportedly Refusing To Give Ukraine Intelligence About An Impending Russian Invasion --- Putin turns up economic heat before Ukraine talks
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Russia:
Here's Why Russian Cancer Patients Are Killing Themselves
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Japan:
Bankruptcies Fall to Pre-Crisis Level
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Norway:
Schjødt boosts restructuring practice with key hire
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China:
Chinese Exports Tumble
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Australia:
Personal bankruptcies rise as business insolvencies fall
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