Law:
Former Dewey rainmaker who earned $6M in 2011 files for bankruptcy --- Dewey Know A Third Former Partner Driven Into Personal Bankruptcy?
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Justices to Pick Over Bankruptcy Leftovers
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Dr Dre's Billionaire Bonus Bonanza for Lawyers
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What's the Going Rate for a Major Rainmaker?
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Associate Bonus Watch: Which Famous Rapper Made It Rain On An Entire Law Firm?
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New crowdfunding site helps individuals raise money for legal fees
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BlackRock exec loses career for dodging fares
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Business of Law --- Business of Law (2)
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9 remaining lawyers at Houston litigation boutique to join Vorys Sater
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Congratulations To The 2015 Skadden Fellows
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Sony Pictures hires David Boies, who warns media to destroy hacked documents
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Female Attorney Banned From Visiting Clients In Jail After Alleged S-- With Inmate
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LawProse: lay; lie
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10 Tell-Tale Signs Your Boss Doesn’t Like You
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How To Unlock The Best Feature Of The iPhone 6 --- I Bought An iPhone 6 With A Teeny 16GB Of Storage — And I Completely Regret It
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I've Been Wearing A Smartwatch For 2 Months And I'm Completely In Love With It
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How To Make A Great First Impression
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Pennsylvania restaurant: ‘No malice intended’ by calling man N-word on bar receipt
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Ex-administrator helped convict 6 lawyers, feds say, asking that judge cut her prison time in half
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Thieves Steal Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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Woman arrested for attending soccer game
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Lawyer Attains One Of ‘Greatest Achievements In Human History’ By Marrying Celebrity
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Art Museum Staff Brazenly Sold Original Artworks And Replaced Them With Forgeries
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Hit and run motorist continues drive with dead victim on car
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Judges:
NYC’s asbestos court called the most unfair in the nation by tort reform group
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Wall Street:
Futures rise, shaking off Russian turmoil, tumbling oil
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U.S. Stocks Fall as Oil Selloff Overshadows Deals, Data --- Oil price slide roils emerging markets, stocks fall
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Stocks Give It All Back
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Religion:
Helena Diocese files reorganization plan
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Ex-Spokane bishop denies smear tactics in diocese’s legal battle against bankruptcy law firm
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Gambling:
Caesars Said Planning to Skip Bond Payment Amid Bankruptcy Talks --- Caesars misses $225 million interest payment
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Caesars Restructuring Talks Stall as Top Lenders Pull Out
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Which Las Vegas Casino Could Win Most From Caesars Entertainment's Demise?
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Union doesn't drop suit over Taj benefits
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Lehman:
Lehman trustee petitions Supreme Court over Barclays dispute
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Lehman Bros. Investors Suffer Setbacks in RMBS Suit
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Agriculture:
Lawsuit Says Turner Grain Companies Shared Assets as 'Same Entity'
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Student Debt:
SoCal Student Loan Company in Hot Water
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Fraud:
SEC Says Ponzi Man Jumped Into River
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Former DBSI executive gets 2 months in prison
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TelexFree trustee faces daunting task of distributing claims payments
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Coal:
Canadian owner of New Elk coal mine files for bankruptcy
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Litigation:
How to Aggressively Defend Against Lender Liability Lawsuits
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Personal Finance:
Why I Turned Down A Store Credit Card, Despite The 40% Discount
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Corporate Reform:
How Did Banks Get That Big Win in DC?
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Taxis:
The Immorality of Uber
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Pensions:
Pensions and Bankruptcy Claimants
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Economy:
Factory Output Eclipses Pre-Recession High
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NY Fed: Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates "activity declined for New York manufacturers" in December
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Americans are 40% poorer than before the recession
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Fed likely to note gains but signal no rate hike
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Fed on track to raise rates this summer: Survey
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Will Low Oil Prices Affect The U.S. Fed's Decisions?
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Memories of financial crisis fading as risks rise
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Survey: Consumers Expect Long-Lasting Debt
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Census: Whites become 'minority' in 2044, Hispanic population twice African American
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Elizabeth Warren's Crusade Against A Wall Streeter Joining The Treasury Gets A Mixed Reaction From The GOP
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The Ex-Goldman Trader Who Correctly Shorted Subprime Mortgages During The Financial Crisis Has Made A New Bet
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home-builder confidence stays near nine-year high
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Home Builders Feeling Great in the West, Glum in the Northeast
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Updated Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in November
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Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in November (look for big dip)
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The Intersection of M&M Liens and Bankruptcy Law
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Equifax: Seriously delinquent mortgages hit new low
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Ocwen Loan Reviews Faulted by Monitor After Whistleblower Report --- Bank of America fails 2 mortgage settlement tests
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How many homeowners have paid off their mortgage?
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Early Glimpses at New-Home Sales Show Buyers Still Hesitant
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Ocwen buying portfolio of delinquent Ginnie Mae mortgages
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The 10 Hottest Housing Markets In 2015
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Municipalities:
'Mr. Municipal Bankruptcy' Contemplates Detroit Work, Future
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Judge rules Detroit bankruptcy bills due by December 22
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Financial loose ends being tied up in Detroit's bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico to present power-authority overhaul ideas to creditors
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Puerto Rico to seek extension to bondholder agreement-sources
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$141 million for legal and consultant fees in Detroit's bankruptcy . How does Jefferson County's compare?
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Prices on Track to Hit New Lows
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Oil slumps near $59 for first time since 2009 on oversupply
Oil sinks below $57 as stocks dive into red
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A Comment on Oil Prices: "Wild and confusing news articles"
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High-Yield Energy Bonds Are Getting Crushed
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As the oil price plunges, gloom and ill-will, oddly, abound
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Falling Oil Prices Could Ignite Global Tensions
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Winners and losers of oil price plunge
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Shockwaves From Oil Plunge Hit Stocks, Currencies
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Oil price fall threatens $1tn of projects
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More oil and gas firms go to wall in UK, report reveals
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Latin America experiences economic turmoil amid crude drop
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Oil Producers Commit Mass Suicide
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OPEC Not Scared of $40 Oil
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Gas for Less than $2 is now Widespread
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Energy Bonds Breach Distressed Level Amid Oil Selloff
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Oil Price Plunge Is Deflationary Canary In Coal Mine
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Junk-Bond Worries Spread Beyond Oil
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Oil Slick: The S&P High Yield Bond Index, Energy vs Other Issues
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Expert: Keystone XL No Longer Makes Sense
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Noreco Seeks $426 Million Bond Conversion Amid Oil Collapse
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Noreco puts forward restructuring plan amidst falling oil prices - News for the Oil and Gas Sector
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Healthcare:
Is Bankruptcy Best For Insolvent Hospitals?
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Obamacare blamed for killing hospitals
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Americans trading sleep for work -- and it's literally killing us
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Museums:
Evergreen Aviation Museum bankruptcy filing says it owes IMAX, other creditors
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Retailing:
RadioShack still breathing as credit deemed OK
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RadioShack Shares Tumble Amid Concern That Default Is Looming
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Sears CEO Compares His Business To The Death Of Landline Phones
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Up To 75 Million Items Were Slashed To A Penny During The Amazon Price Glitch
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Tax:
To Avoid Taxes, Delta's Assets Could Book a One-Way Flight to Europe
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The IRS Is Returning This Woman's Seized Cash But Reserves The Right To Take It Back At Any Time
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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 (24 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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:
(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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Bankruptcy Reform:
ABI Commission Proposes Changes to Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbors
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Proposed Amendments To Bankruptcy Rules Published for Public Comment
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Notice:
Why You May Not Want to Get All Your News From Facebook
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Cross-Border:
U.S. Court Asserts its Authority in a Cross-Border Bankruptcy Case
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Plan Confirmation:
SCOTUS To Decide Whether Order Denying Plan Confirmation Is “Final” Appealable
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Advice of Counsel:
The “Transparently Plain” Exception Isn’t Yet Clear in the Sixth Circuit
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Withdrawal Rights:
The Shadowy Contours of Bankruptcy Resistant Investments
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Insurance:
Yet Another Reason Why D&O Insurance Is Critical
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Tech:
GT Advanced Tech modifies bankruptcy deal with Apple --- Court approves GT Advanced settlement with Apple
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Politics:
Obama and Warren emerge as potential political foils
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Warren Can Win
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Resorts:
Key figure in Swallow-Shurtleff scandal faces trial next month
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Sovereigns:
Kiciloff unmoved as investors rebuff Argentina's bond sale
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Who Gets Citgo's Assets If Venezuela Defaults?
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UK:
Scarlets: HMRC 'error' behind High Court insolvency proceedings
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Bank of England stress test results for banks --- 3 UK Banks Warned In Stress Tests
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RBS Planning Debut Sale of Riskiest Bank Debt After Stress Test
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Insolvency Service appoints Albon as chief executive
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Oil and food prices drive inflation to lowest since 2002
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Hearts reveal they made a PROFIT during administration
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Apcoa restructuring scheme of arrangement sanctioned by the English High Court despite being contested – Court of Appeal hearing set for 9/10 December 2014
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EU:
ECB May Have to Buy Sovereign Bonds, Nowotny Says
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Austria:
Austrian Banks Face Downgrade Amid Change in EU Bailout Rules
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Russia:
Russia Jumps Key Rate to 17%
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Ruble Extends Record Low Defying Surprise Russia Rate Increase --- Selloff in Russian Ruble Steps Up --- Ruble Drops Despite Huge Rate Hike
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El-Erian: The Sad Reality Of Russia's Dramatic Midnight Central Bank Rate Hike
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Oil sinks, Russian moves fail to quell nerves
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Credit Suisse Says Russian Company Defaults Are ‘Inevitable’
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Facts on Russia's Currency Crisis
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Krugman: Putin on the Fritz
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Sorry, Putin. Russia’s economy is doomed
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Ukraine:
Ukrainian PM appeals to EU for immediate financial aid
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MENA:
Dubai Stocks Lead Gulf Markets Lower as Oil's Plunge Deepens
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