Law:
Joff Mitchell Of Zolfo Cooper: 'My Advice To Law Firms Is To Get Your House In Order'
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Disbarred ‘Prince of Torts’ Could be on the Hook for at Least $25 Million
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Business of Law
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As Big Merger Deals Boom, So Do Big Failures
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Too many lawyers? Blame the bankers
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Boies Schiller
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Document Review Attorney’s Billing SNAFU
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A Final Warning To Those Who Enter The Law School Black Hole
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Lawyer Asked To Not Represent Women: Otherwise, No Concerns?
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Circuit Bars Trustee From Recovering Thelen Fees
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Objection! Interrupting lawyer gets rare sanction
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Lawyer Accused of 'Frivolous' Filing After Malaysia Airlines Tragedy
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Judge grants expedited hearing in racketeering suit against law firm
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Three Things Lawyers Can Learn From Teachers
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Federal Judge Sanctions Firm, Three Lawyers, Failure To Cite Controlling Precedent
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Law Firm Violates FDCPA After Four-Second Review of Debt Collection Complaint
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8 Tips For On-Campus Interviewing
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What kind of jobs are JD advantage?
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Pay discrimination alleged in prof’s suit against FAMU law school
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How To Make Small Talk
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Lawyers Want Evidence Preserved in Hernandez Kidnap
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The Affluenza Kid And Privilege (This Time The Evidentiary Kind)
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Kid Rock Responds To Lawyers At ‘Sad Ass Excuse For A Law Firm’
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Woman Used Illegally In The Infamous Burger King "B------" Ad Speaks Out
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Feds raid criminal defense lawyer’s office, seek conflict hearings in multiple cases
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On probation for stowaway attempts, woman flew from San Jose to LA sans ticket, officials say
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Insurance Company Pays Man's Settlement With $21,000 in Coins
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Kanye West Gave An Incredible But Ridiculous Deposition In A Court Fight With A Paparazzo --- Kanye West Declares, Under Oath, That He's Smarter Than Britney Spears
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Office manager sues after ex-client fires dozens of rounds at law firm
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Missouri execution takes 10 minutes; four SCOTUS justices would have granted stay
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Woman sends $150K to dating scammer who used photo of Montana’s attorney general
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Man Buys Every Pie at Local Burger King to Spite Brat
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Obama Defends Use Of Executive Power: 'The American People Don't Want Me Just Standing Around'
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Judges:
Chief judge of top Delaware court gets gown makeover; sleeve stripes are reminiscent of Rehnquist
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Teen gets jail term for tagging courthouse during vandalism prosecution
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Judge Arrested After Allegedly Punching, Choking, and Biting Wife In Moving Car In Front Of Their Children
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Wall Street:
Stock futures tilt higher
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Wall Street ends near flat as Russia concerns linger
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15 Signs It's Time To Break Up With A Wall Streeter
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Layoffs:
What Hiring Managers Really Want To Know When They Ask, ‘What Are Your Hobbies?’
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TVA - Eliminating 2,000 Jobs this Year
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'I Learned My Company Was Getting Shut Down Over Twitter'
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Shipping:
Eagle Bulk Shipping Goes to the Birds --- Eagle Bulk Shipping Files for Bankruptcy in New York
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OSG exits Chapter 11 --- OSG Sails Out of Chapter 11 Amid Creditor Dispute
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Coal:
Southwestern Pennsylvania's Emerald Mine closing
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Television:
Report: AT&T to make bid for CSN Houston --- AT&T Said to Weigh Buying Comcast's Houston Sports Network --- AT&T, DirecTV to take over Comcast SportsNet Houston --- Plan calls for AT&T, DirecTV to become sole owners of CSNH
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Retailing:
The Great Mall Exodus
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The Fate Of America's Dying Supercenters
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RadioShack: Is All Hope Really Lost?
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Education:
Gates Foundation to ConnectEDU: Where's Our Money?
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Celebs:
Jasmine Guy Joins the 'I Owe the IRS' Club
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George Clooney posts wedding banns ahead of marriage to British lawyer
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'Girls Gone Wild' mogul Joe Francis could be going to jail
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Construction:
Former Assets Of Bankrupt Allied Industries Up For Bid
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Economy:
The NBC/WSJ Poll Confirms The Great Political Divide In America --- Poll Finds Widespread Economic Anxiety --- Americans Blame Washington for Their Recession Hangover
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Fed looms as major factor in Treasury borrowing outlook
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U.S. Births increased in 2013 after Declining for Five Consecutive Years
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Trade Deficit decreased in June to $41.5 Billion
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Unemployment insurance prevented 1.4 million foreclosures
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Record Numbers of Americans Are Renouncing Their U.S. Citizenship
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Bank of America to pay nearly $17 billion in mortgage pact --- Bank of America Offers U.S. Biggest Settlement in History
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Some struggling homeowners may soon find it easier to get mortgage help
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34 Percent of U.S County Housing Markets Now Less Affordable for Buying Than Their Long-Term Averages
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The scary houses you can buy for less than a car
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Municipalities:
Detroit Nears Financing Exit, Creditor Accord, Court Told
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Detroit bankruptcy judge: No more delays for debt-cutting trial
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Detroit's bankruptcy tab tops $50 mln, likely to grow
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Duggan willing to keep Orr in Detroit, bankruptcy transcripts reveal
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Judge sees holes in Detroit's plan to exit bankruptcy, revitalize itself
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Bankruptcy fee examiner challenges law firm's fees for talking to the press
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Detroit reaches critical water bond restructuring deal in bankruptcy --- $5B water debt plan to free up cash for bankruptcy
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Detroit working to secure loan for bankruptcy exit -lawyers
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14 People Who Are Changing The Face Of Detroit
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Toyota Pledges $1M Toward Detroit Bankruptcy Deal
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Puerto Rico Muni Bankruptcy Plan Would Aid Investors, Fitch Says --- Fitch Affirms Notes Issued by 12 UBS Puerto Rico Funds
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What States Have the Most Government Workers?
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Cities facing bankruptcy are squeezing non-profits
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The 10 Friendliest Cities In The US
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Banking:
Fed approves Bank of America's capital plan --- BofA Boosts Dividend First Time In 7 Years
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Banks must show regulators they're prepared to die quietly
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Fraud:
Appeals Court OK's $67 Million Verdict Against TD Bank For Rothstein Ties
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DBSI president wants convictions overturned
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Politics:
Elizabeth Warren Quietly Racked Up A Nice Win Yesterday
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Latest Blow to Gov. Brownback: Kansas Debt Downgrade
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Obama Is Preparing To Make One Of The Boldest Moves Of His Presidency — And Some Are Questioning If It's Even Legal
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Mr. President, You Can't Do Whatever You Want
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White people are winning the war on whites
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Electricity:
Blackstone’s Bankruptcy Auction ‘Misstatement’
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Energy Future exclusivity bid draws flak from EFIH 1st-lien trustee
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Tax:
Double Punch for 'Inversion' Deals --- Why Walgreen Chose Not to Invert
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Treasury Could Target ‘Earnings Stripping’ In Inversion Hunt
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Healthcare:
UF Health CEO: 'We've been close to bankruptcy forever'
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Wave of N.Y.-Area Hospital Mergers Brings Fear of Cost Spike
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Imaging:
Kodak Still Operating in the Red
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Corporate Reform:
Justice Department's “New Toy” Could Cost Wall Street Big Bucks
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Mass Torts:
Second Circuit affirms $500M Travelers Insurance settlement over coverage of Johns Manville
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FDA agent: Peanut plant 'not fit' to produce food
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FDA: Peanut Plant Knew It Shipped Salmonella
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W.Va. wants $1.8 million from Freedom bankruptcy
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Gambling:
Revel casino bankruptcy auction scheduled for Thursday postponed
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Aviation:
Property line dispute plays role in Rock Airport bankruptcy case
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Amusement Parks:
Conneaut School Board OKs sheriff's sale for park
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Derivatives:
Bank Regulators Roar at $700-Trillion Market
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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 (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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:
July Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Decline 21% Y/Y
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Bankruptcy Filings Will Be the Lowest Since 1995 -- Here Is a Reason Why
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Year-Over-Year Bankruptcy Filings Decrease 12 Percent
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:
A Fraud, by Any Other Name…
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Cross-Border:
Chinese solar firms seek bankruptcy protection for U.S. assets in precedent-setting case
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Valuation:
Genco : Future Earnings? That Was Then; This Is Now
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TBTF:
Banks' Failure on 'Living Wills' Frays Relations With Regulators
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FDIC Says ‘Too Big to Fail’ Bank Bailouts Could Happen Again
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CIT’s Thain Says Biggest U.S. Banks Are Still ‘Too Big to Fail’
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Litigation:
Cornerstone Research Releases Securities Litigation Report for the First Half of 2014
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Electronics:
Radio Design files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Tax:
These are the companies abandoning the U.S. to dodge taxes
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Sovereigns:
Judge Orders New York Bank To Hold On To Argentine Bonds
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Argentina calls on US to rein in debt dispute judge
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Argentina closer to contempt of court as it suggests bondholders to change paymaster
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Paul Singer Will Make Argentina Pay
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Argentina : Unresolved debts
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Argentina Blasts Default Designation,Erroneous BNY Mellon Info
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Moody's cuts Argentina's outlook to negative
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Argentina's `Default': The Pot Calls the Kettle Black
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UK:
Plans to increase the minimum debt which can trigger bankruptcy --- Bankruptcy reform plans considered
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Timber trust plans capital raising to stave off bankruptcy
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Sidley Austin triumphs for Investec in banker bonus High Court battle
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Repossessed homes sell for less than half of their value
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Hotel parent company enters admin
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EU:
Europe Stocks Slump on Italian Recession, Ukraine Crisis
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Draghi Outlook Menaced by Putin as Ukraine Crisis Bites
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PIIGS:
Pressure on Renzi as economy contracts --- Italy's Lost Decade
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Banco Espirito Santo Ruled Not to Be in Bankruptcy Event --- Ex-head of crisis-hit Portuguese bank posts 3 mn-euro bail --- Portugal banks to work for swiftest sale of new BES -association
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Spanish Bankruptcy cases decrease in Q2
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NAMA can use Dunne divorce evidence in bankruptcy case
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Germany:
German industrial output fuels slowdown concerns --- 'No End in Sight for the German Industrial Slowdown'
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Russia:
Ukraine crisis: Putin orders retaliatory sanctions --- Limits on agricultural imports from countries imposing sanctions --- Putin Has A 'Plan A' And A 'Plan B' For Ukraine --- If Russia Closes Siberian Skies, European Airlines Will Suffer
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Micex Drops to 3-Month Low as Putin Import Ban Pummels Retailers
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Are sanctions on Russia beginning to bite?
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MENA:
Libya's Oil Sector Is In Freefall As The Country Collapses
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Desperation on an Iraqi Mountaintop
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ISIS Takes Christian Town in Iraq
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Japan:
Japanese Lenders Seek Out Riskier Borrowers
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