Law:
Patton Boggs gets ‘serious overture’ from Dentons
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Ex-Dewey Partners Settle Trustee's Clawback Claims
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Do law firms care what classes new lawyers took in law school?
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Business of Law
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Too Sexy Looking for Your Own Good?
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Marketing: No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
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Momentive Performance Lenders Hire Dechert for Restructuring
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Which Law Schools Had the Best Yield Rate In 2013?
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The Decision To Close Up Shop
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3 Tips To Enjoying Time Off As A Contract Attorney
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What Critics of Lateral Hiring Get Wrong
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Excel For iPad: I Love It But Wouldn't Buy It And Neither Should You
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Supreme Court Voids Overall Campaign Donor Limits --- Legal Experts React to Supreme Court’s Campaign-Finance Ruling --- Before and After the Supreme Court's Ruling --- Highlights from the Supreme Court’s Campaign-Finance Ruling --- Highlights from Justice Breyer’s McCutcheon Dissent --- Clarence Thomas: 'We Remain In A Halfway House Of Our Own Design'
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Supreme Court: Airline can drop frequent flier who complains too much
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Subway Reaches Tentative Deal With Plaintiffs Over ‘Footlong’ Claims
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9 Habits Of Incredibly Charming People
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Teen who sued parents going to WNEU
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Cops: 80-Year-Old Woman Kidnapped By Couple Outside Salvation Army, Robbed
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NJ police giving tickets to drivers caught eating
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A Wounded Warrior Who Turned On His Own
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Judge Has "Unclaimed Funds" Lawyer Jailed for Theft
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US Intelligence Agencies Searched Americans' Emails Without Warrants
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Fool Me Once . . . : April Fool’s Day Prank Of Daughter Leads To Mother’s Arrest
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The Eggers Firm
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Recruitment Staff Pet Peeves
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Bomber blows self up after forgetting to set watch forward for Daylight Saving Time
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Police Capture Millionaire Couple Living Off Welfare, Medicaid On Yacht
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Auto Worker Had $50M in Stolen Art in Home
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‘Rothko’ painting bought for $7.2M was a fake painted in a garage, purchaser says in lawsuit
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Zac Efron to play Yale law grad in new movie based on John Grisham’s ‘The Associate’
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Judges:
Vacant Texas federal judgeships languish
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Justice Roberts Doesn't Believe Money Corrupts
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Little Changed Before Jobless Claims
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S&P 500 hits another record after ADP figures
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:
Yellen gave a shout out to two ex-offenders in a speech this week. So what?
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Wayne Farms to cut 560 jobs
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Juniper Networks lays off 570
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:
Hawk 'n' Dove Heads to Bankruptcy Court
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Capitol Hill Restaurants' Former Owners Owed Millions
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Tax:
Caterpillar hearing morphs into tax-code debate
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Credit Suisse takes $480m charge for tax inquiry
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Banking:
National Republic Bank's troubles deepen with biggest borrower's bankruptcy
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Crime inquiry to open on Citigroup
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Overdraft Fees at Bank Hit New Highs
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Consultants:
EPIQ Systems Rating Lowered to Neutral at Zacks
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Education:
Here's The College Essay That Got A High School Senior Into Every Ivy League School
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Fraud:
Minnesota Ponzi Scheme Fallout Spans the Globe
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Staffing:
Large U.S. Staffing Firm Files Pre-Packaged Chapter 11
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Finance:
'Amend and Pretend' or 'Fake it 'till you Make it'?
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Shipping:
Genco Shipping Says Definitive Debt Accord Needed by April 4
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Gambling:
Caesars Uses $100 Million Lure for Asset Shift
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Uranium:
Federal government to manage Ohio uranium project
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Retailing:
Outlet malls' popularity could spell their demise
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Economy:
More Americans see middle-class status slipping
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Inequality: Even Worse Than We Thought
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ADP: Private Employment increased 191,000 in March
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Wall Street Economists Are Revolting Against The ADP Jobs Report
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Survey: Small Businesses add more Jobs in March
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US factory orders jump
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IMF chief says global growth still too weak
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Citi: Here's What Will Happen To The Global Economy In The Next 4 Years
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Study: Civil servant system outdated
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US Residents Paid 9.8% of Their Income in State, Local Taxes
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New York leads US in residents' tax burden for 7th straight year
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Everyone Hates Paul Ryan's Doomed Budget
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Apartment Vacancy Rate declined to 4.0% in Q1 2014
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Philly: Partners in failed Foxwoods project file for bankruptcy
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Mortgage Purchase Applications Increase, Refinance Applications Decrease
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Hard-hit Vallejo, Calif. property market now on an upswing
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Police Say Arrest Only “Days Away” In Brutal Slaying of Menachem Stark
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Jury acquits 2 lawyers and developer in federal housing kickback case
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Ireland Said to Hire Receivers for Builder Behind Chicago Spire
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Those who lost homes in massive Wash. mudslide may still owe mortgage payments
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Municipalities:
Detroit Judge Asks Lawyer for Bankruptcy-to-English Translation
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Constitutional challenges to the Detroit bankruptcy
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Meet the (proposed) Expert
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Busy Day in Bankruptcy Court
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Detroit skips payment on GO bonds as revised plan comes under fire
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US bankruptcy judge approves $120M US loan for Detroit
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Orr turns up the heat on Detroit pensioners; they push back
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A look at early Jones Day involvement in Detroit
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Dining on Detroit's Coney Island Hot Dogs
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Detroit's new lights signal brighter future
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Dissecting the Disclosure Statement
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A Better Way to Protect Detroit Pensioners
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Judge approves loan to boost Detroit services: 'The time to begin is now, if not before now'
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Detroit Bankruptcy Plan Outlines $1.5 Billion in Spending
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How Alaska and Wyoming Make People From Elsewhere Pay Their Taxes
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Detroit Water Tussle Avoided in Flint Pipeline Debt
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PA: State House advances distressed-cities bill
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Autos:
Senators accuse GM of coverup in delayed ignition-switch recall --- Barra Seeks to Distance GM From Old Cost-First Culture --- Senators express doubts to Barra about new GM --- Senators attack Barra and GM culture in hostile interrogation --- Senate Turns Up Heat on GM’s Evasive CEO Barra --- McCaskill: GM lied about deadly ignition switch
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GM could use a tip from BP on contrition's risks
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Will G.M. Compensate Victims?
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Mary Barra's Defining Moment: Can GM Become The Next Tylenol?
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Is General Motors criminally liable for its faulty ignition? --- GM Hearings Revive Debate on Corporate-Fraud Penalties
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Despite hurdles, Delphi's liability in GM recall could be tested
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GM Recall Concessions Hardly Mollify Plaintiffs Bar
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Without Answers, GM's Apologies Are Starting To Sound Hollow --- GM needs to provide specific answers: Expert
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CEO Barra says GM to share everything related to safety from probe of defective part
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Chrysler recalls nearly 900,000 Jeeps, Durangos to fix brake problem
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Personal Finance:
You Are Paying an Insane Amount in Overdraft Fees
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Aviation:
Etihad has examined Alitalia's books, to present plan soon
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Healthcare:
North Adams Regional Hospital bankruptcy plans could complicate efforts to reopen, expert says
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Fishing:
Pescanova Lenders Said to Present Alternative Restructuring Plan
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Private Equity:
Apollo's Momentive Performance Preparing for mid-April Bankruptcy Filing
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Oil/Gas:
Energy executives turn pessimistic about industry’s future
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Electricity:
Energy Future plan to wipe out KKR, TPG, Goldman investments
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Energy Future Talks Pit Billionaires Against Billionaires
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When will the Energy Future Holdings time bomb go off?
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For-Profit Education:
EDMC cuts 200 jobs nationwide, sells Art Institute of Pittsburgh building
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Derivatives:
Architect of credit default swaps to leave JPMorgan
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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 (29 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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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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Miscellaneous:
March Madness: Weil’s Championship Round
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Trustees:
Reflections on the Dark Side - What Is A Chapter 7 Trustee's Role?
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Secured Debt:
Dragnet Clauses: Sometimes They Don’t Work as Hoped, and Sometimes They Do
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Professional Compensation:
Getting Fees Paid by the Chapter 11 Estate Without Proving Substantial Contribution?
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Cross-Border:
An English man in New York COMI in the UK or the Us?
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Subordination:
Mandatory Subordination Under Section 510(b) Extends to Claims Arising From Purchase or Sale of Affiliate's Securities
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Executory Contracts:
Seventh Circuit Suggests That Longer Assumption/Rejection Deadline Should Govern Integrated Franchise and Commercial Lease Agreements
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Distressed Investing:
Giving a Debtor a Big Club Against Lenders
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Claims:
EDKY: FDCPA Does Not Apply to Proof of Claim
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"Trade Away!" - Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Decides That Original Issue Discount From Fair Value Exchanges Is Allowable in Bankruptcy
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Exemptions:
Shielding Inherited IRAs From Creditors
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New: Take Our Bankruptcy Reform Issues Survey
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Stress:
Zurich Insurance executive's widow confronts executives at company's annual meeting
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Clifford Chance considers rolling out trainee stress programme across firm
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Celebs:
Ex-All-Star Lenny Dykstra sues, alleges jail beating
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7 Celebs Whose Parents Decimated Their Fortunes
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Mass Torts:
Judge Denies Access to 'Misrepresentation' Evidence in Asbestos Bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:
Sovereign Debt Update
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IMF ramps up loan conditions despite promises, study finds
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EU:
Investcorp Joins Rush to Invest in European Distressed Debt
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Dexia Takes 447 Million-Euro Accounting Hit Amid ECB Test
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The Euro Zone Just Had Its Best Quarter In Three Years
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PIIGS:
ie: 'Computers not people' decide how banks approach arrears --- Liquidator appointed to publisher of Buy & Sell --- New insolvency service 'too expensive' --- No disclosure on SME debt restructuring --- Just four insolvency deals involving mortgage debt approved
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Borrowing costs in recovering Greece fall to pre-bailout levels --- Too early to tell if Greece needs new bailout, says Dijsselbloem --- Talks on debt relief could start in May, Greek official says
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Europe’s Recovery Diverges as Italy Jobless at Record
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Spain services sector grows for fifth straight month in March: PMI
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Germany:
Hypo Real Estate to pick Depfa buyer shortly - sources
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France:
Belvedere Shows Risks as French Insolvency Law Falls Short
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Ukraine:
Lagarde Says Ukraine Standoff May Cloud Global GDP Outlook --- US details charges against Ukrainian oligarch --- NASA Suspends Contact With Russia's Space Agency Over Ukraine
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Russia's Binbank to take over Ukrainian bank unit after "political pressure"
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China:
Debt troubles within the Great Wall
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China embarks on 'mini' stimulus programme to kick-start economy
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Near-bankrupt Chinese property firm offers lesson in lending risks
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Australia:
Bevilles enters voluntary administration
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MENA:
Dubai World hires Blackstone to look at debt options
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