Law:

Fees in Energy Future Case Could Hit $270 Million
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Here Are All the Lawyers, Bankers and Advisers Collecting Fees In Energy Future Bankruptcy
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Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Selects Scott Fink as Bankruptcy Business Unit Leader
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Watch This Biglaw Partner Come Close To Losing His Mind During Deposition
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Biglaw’s Eroding Edge
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New York partners are the wealthiest
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Business of Law --- Business of Law (2)
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Lawyers Carve Out Their Own Unique Career Path: Ditch Declinism
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Check Out This Law Professor Looking Like A Mad Scientist On NBC News
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Do Bachelor(ette) Contestants Make Bad Lawyers?
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Fox Rothschild Expands Wilmington Office Space
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Lawyers Will Crave Lenovo ThinkPad 8 Tablet
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Law Revue Video Contest 2014: The Winner!
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The ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings: We Hope You Held Your Deposits
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This Guy Is Taking SBA Elections Way Too Seriously
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Qui Tam: Summer Associates
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You've Been Rolling Your Shirtsleeves Wrong Your Entire Life
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Law Professor Sends School-Wide Email Bitching About Grads Who Fail The Bar Exam
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Do You Have CUD? - For Some, Caffeine Addiction Is Doubly Dangerous
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Brooklyn lawyer ensnared in sting after asking undercover officer to ‘talk dirty’ to him, police say
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Words That People Almost Always Get Wrong
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Oklahoma inmate dies of heart attack after botched execution; second scheduled execution postponed
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Adam Silver v. Donald Sterling: A Tale Of Two Lawyers --- Donald Sterling Banned For Life From NBA Including Forced Sale Of The Team --- Experts say his legal options are limited --- The NBA Narrowly Avoided The Biggest Disaster In League History By Banning Donald Sterling --- NBA Suspends Clippers’ Sterling for Life for Racist Remarks --- Chief Justice Roberts, Meet Bundy and Sterling --- The Warriors Had An Incredible Plan To Boycott Game 5 If The NBA Didn't Ban Donald Sterling --- Clippers Website Changes After Sterling Ban --- Donald Sterling Is Going To Make An Obscene Amount Of Money By Being Forced To Sell The Clippers
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Judges:

Another Week, Another Rift Between Justices Sotomayor and Kennedy
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More On Writing for Judges
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Oh Please, Like A Supreme Court Clerk Would Ever Do Such A Thing…
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Judge who exercised and sunbathed nude in her office allowed to return to work
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Ex-State Supreme Court Justice Hathaway won't see early release from Camp Cupcake
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White House seeks swift action on judicial nominations
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Fall --- US stock markets to watch Yellen, slew of data
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Markets Are Heading Down
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US stocks gain on earnings; Dow ends up 0.53%
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Layoffs:

Here's The Percentage Odds That Your Job Gets Replaced By A Robot
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fashion:

Coach Sliding After North American Comparable Sales Plunge 21%
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Compensation:

Buffett says his successor should be the only one at Berkshire Hathaway to get stock options as compensation
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The man pushing CEO pay to the stratosphere
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Aviation:

An Australian Exploration Company Says It May Have Found The Missing Plane In Area Where Nobody Is Looking
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Etihad Still Open To Alitalia Talks, But Won't Budge On Demands
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Currency:

Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange customers ask U.S. judge to approve settlement
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Mt. Gox Shouldn't Stay Down…Or Should It?
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Finance:

CIT Group Declines Most in 18 Months as Earnings Miss Estimates
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Gambling:

Suffolk OTB to borrow up to $90M for casino
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Fraud:

A Quarter Century of Financial Fraud
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Food/Beverage:

Sbarro Cancels Auction After Tepid Interest
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Publishing:

U.S. trustee, shareholders criticize Dolan Media bankruptcy plan
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Private Equity:

How Private Equity Firms Defraud Investors By Extracting 'Fees' From Their Portfolio Companies
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Biotech:

Creditors try to force OPK Biotech into bankruptcy, claiming they are owed $1.4M
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Telecoms:

Pensioners take on Nortel bondholders over division of assets
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Engineering:

Bankruptcy filing alleges Marlborough's Comprehensive Power Inc. owes more than $15M
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Education:

ConnectEDU Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Economy:

US consumer confidence near six-year high --- Consumer Confidence Falls More Than Expected
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Yellen's Quest for Clarity Over Rates Leaves Some Saying: What?
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What The Fed Will Do Today
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Fed expected to keep tapering
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Economy Appears to Continue Its Rebound
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China Economy to Overtake US in 2014
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If You Think Wealth Inequality Is Bad Now . . .
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home prices in major US cities flat in February from month earlier --- Home-Price Gains Cooled in February
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Case-Shiller: Comp 20 House Prices increased 12.9% year-over-year in February
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Homeownership Rate Falls To 19-Year Low
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HVS: Q1 2014 Homeownership and Vacancy Rates
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NMHC Survey: Apartment Market Conditions Tighter in April 2014
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Survey, Refinance Activity Lowest Since 2008
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Fannie Mae Senate Vote Said to Be Delayed Amid Democrats' Rift
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GAO Rips Regulators on Foreclosure Prevention
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US Housing Market is Broken
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N.Y. developer in bids for August Wilson Center
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Tallest U.S. Skyscraper Dream Kept Alive by Irish Builder
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Mortgage Complaints Overrun Wells Fargo Shareholder Meeting
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Woman Loses Her Home Over $6.30
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Home Prices Made 'Only a Partial Recovery,' Raskin Says
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Municipalities:

Orr struggles to rally senators' support in Lansing for $350M bankruptcy settlement --- Orr: We're counting on state funding
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Orr: 'We need ... all the partners' for grand bargain
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Detroit bankruptcy deals at mercy of politics, votes
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Regrouping for Detroit
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Some retirees speak out against Detroit bankruptcy plan despite agreements reached
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State Revenue Gains Slow as Income-Tax Collections Decline
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Puerto Rico Debt Rallies on Budget That Avoids Borrowing
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Shamokin to pursue Act 47 status
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Lincoln Park council votes to pursue consent agreement
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Obama Moves to Add Tolls to Interstate Highways
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TX: The Future of Perry's Corporate Welfare
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What Cities Can Do to Avoid Bankruptcy
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Electricity:

Energy Future Files for Bankruptcy --- From TXU to Energy Future to Bankruptcy --- Biggest LBO Ends in Bankruptcy as Energy Future Files; Ranks With Enron's Collapse --- Pre-packaged bankruptcy deal --- Looking To Shed $40B In Debt --- Expects to exit bankruptcy in 11 months --- A Failure in Texas --- Energy Future files for bankruptcy, company splitting up --- Energy Future Files for Bankruptcy, Some Second Liens Not on Board
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A Texas Bankruptcy Seeks a Home in Delaware
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Biggest Buyout Gone Bust in Energy Future Dims Megadeals
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Energy Future Bankruptcy Will Split Utility
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Energy Future's Path To Chapter 11: A Long And Winding Road
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TXU Energy Bankruptcy Has Texas Rivals ‘Licking Their Chops’

The Biggest Private Equity Deal of All Time Has Gone Bust
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Bankruptcy’s Silver Lining for Energy Future’s Coal Power Plants
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Junk-Bond Default Rate Will Double After TXU Bankruptcy Filing – Fitch
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5 Things to Know About Energy Future's Bankruptcy
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For those who blew TXU takeover, EFH chief has only praise
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What's at stake in the massive Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy?
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Energy Future Sponsors KKR, TPG, Goldman to Get 1% Equity
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Bankruptcy won't hit Texas power customers
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How The Shale-Gas Boom Led to Demise of Energy Future Holdings
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Energy Future Holdings Default Highlights Risks of Leveraged Loans
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Energy Future Holdings: Texas fold ’em
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Warren Buffett's 'big mistake' ends up in bankruptcy court
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Factbox: Energy Future Holdings and largest debtor-in-possession loans
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Mach Gen Emerges From Bankruptcy With Lighter Debt Load
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Banking:

Barclays' US boss McGee quits ahead of new regulations --- McGee Exiting Barclays Shows Lehman Legacy Fading Away
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Barclays: Lender to set up bad bank unit
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How Bank of America lost billions and forgot to tell regulators
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Deutsche Bank Among 15 Europe Lenders Cut to Negative by S&P
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Tax:

U.S. Banks to Help Authorities With Tax Evasion Probe
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Lois Lerner’s Lawyer: Holding Her in Contempt Would Be ‘Un-American’
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Retailing:

Coldwater Creek Gets Approval to Hold Store-Closing Sales
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These 15 Retailers Offer The Most Deals And Discounts
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Healthcare:

Study finds that debt for the middle-aged and seniors to be associated with increased depression
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The Most Deadly Creature on Earth
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Agriculture:

USDA refuses to provide info on loan to troubled grain mill
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Jail Time: 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' Stiffs Waitress 25 Cents While Waiting For Sentencing?
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Student Debt:

Is Student Debt Really as Bad as We Think?
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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 (94 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (40 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 Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:

Castleton Plaza II
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Venue:

Delaware messes with Texas, sparks fight over mega-bankruptcy
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Claim Allowance:

Pre-Petition Default Interest: Don’t Take Anything For Granted
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Avoidance Actions:

The “No Harm No Foul” Rule is Alive and Well in the Tenth Circuit, and a Bankruptcy Trustee May Not Avoid Under Secs. 549 and 362 a Transfer if Recovery of the Transfer Does Not Benefit the Estate
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Bankruptcy Social Media:

Xylophone you #discharge such a beautiful melody
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Guaranty:

Guarantors Remain Liable Under Renewed Promissory Note, Even Absent Notice or Consent, Where the Modifications Are Not Adverse To the Guarantors’ Interests
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Nonprofits:

Navigating a Nonprofit Corporation through Bankruptcy
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Television:

Decision on venue in CSNH dispute to come within 2 weeks
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Autos:

US government finds out it lost more money with GM
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GM Customers Pick Lawyers for Ignition-Switch Bankruptcy Hearing
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U.S. Wants to Up Auto Defect Penalties to $300 Million
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Corporate Reform:

Bogus Fund Fees Cited by SEC's White in Push to Boost Budget
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The Rise of Corporate Impunity
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Why Are Big Companies Rarely Ever Punished?
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Religion:

Family sues church for $8.5M in sex abuse case
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Sovereigns:

Elliott Says Argentina Giving 'Radio Silence' on Talks
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Kings, Contracts, and the Rule of Law: Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital
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UK:

Number of companies going bust falls 8% in first quarter of 2014 as economic recovery picks up speed
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Insolvencies slightly up but levels stable
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Rise in corporate insolvencies to hit Hampshire retail sector
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Walkers Expands London based Restructuring Practice
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Punch Taverns bondholders vote to waive covenants
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EU:

European Bonds Stymied as Investors Ponder ECB's Policy Options
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PIIGS:

Garda chief: ‘The Anglo case was a very complex, complicated investigation’ --- Gardai are preparing to extradite Drumm from US over Anglo loans --- ISI criticizes bank’s ‘blunt’ approach when dealing with distressed borrowers
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Spanish jobless rate nears 26%
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2 Convicted Anglo Irish Bank Directors Avoid Jail
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Canada:

Who Gets the Upside in a Single-Asset Real Estate Company? Unsecured Creditors, Québec Court Rules
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Wincrief Forest Products facing prospect of bankruptcy
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Authors Guild Issues Call to MacAdam Cage Authors
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Olympic Village proves to be a costly lesson for Vancouver
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China:

China's Resource-Dependent And Manufacturing-Heavy Provinces Are Seeing A Major Slowdown
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Germany:

German court opens Sunways insolvency proceedings
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German jobless total falls in April
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Japan:

Japan's Manufacturing Output Tumbles To A 14-Month Low
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Ukraine:

Ukraine falls further into chaos --- Ukraine Vows to Staunch Separatism as Militants Spreads --- Russia Threatens Astronauts Over Sanctions --- Exxon’s $900 Billion Arctic Prize at Risk After Ukraine --- Putin Says Sanctions Jeopardize U.S. , EU Energy Deals --- Putin Threat to Retaliate for Sanctions Carries Risks --- Visa And MasterCard Are Suspending Services To Sanctioned Russian Banks --- The United States' Latest Threat To Russia Makes Little Sense --- Putin's Ukraine Fiction Is Falling Apart --- Some US Companies Are Starting To Feel Pain From Ukraine Crisis
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MENA:

Two Men Crucified
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Vietnam:

Vietnam should consider bankruptcy , economists say
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