February 13, 2014

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Law:

Mayer Brown Logs Its Highest Profits Ever
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Sidley Austin Sees Growth Across All Fronts
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Bryan Cave Sees Modest Growth
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As Enrollment Slumps, Another Law School Cuts Tuition
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Business of Law
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Lawyer suing for document-review OT applies for job with defendant; sanctions bid fails
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Finding Love In A Hopeless Place: Document Review
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BigLaw’s obsession with metrics is cautionary tale for doctors, article says
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Depositions Are Much More Fun When You Knock The Glasses Off Opposing Counsel’s Stupid Face
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Pilot: When It Gets Real, It Gets Real — Pistol Whippings and Maintaining Confidence
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Which Law Schools Have The Best Clinics?
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Does Love Survive Law School?
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Surprising Twist Leads To Huge $5.4 Million Judgment Against A California Medical Company
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NFL Player Accused Of Bullying Goes On Twitter Rant Bashing The Same Teammate
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2 Teenage Boys Allegedly Made 'A Deal With The Devil' In Incredibly Brutal Murder
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Note was attached to parcel bomb that killed retired bankruptcy lawyer
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Airport Security Seizes Toy Gun from 'Woody' Doll
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Is it OK to Google a client? A rule of thumb for physicians may work for lawyers, too
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College Graduate First Person In Family To Waste $160,000 :)
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Drunk Teen Disguised as Flower Pot Uses Chainsaw to Rob Gas Station
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Man arrested for fatal drive-by shooting of Amish buggy horse
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Cops: Man Stuffed 3 Lobsters, Pack Of Ribeye Steaks Down Pants Before Kidnapping Two People From Safeway
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Judges:

Obit: Donald E. Calhoun Jr. | 1926-2014: 'Gentleman judge'
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DE BK Court Closed 2/13 --- NJ BK Court Closed Also
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Elena Kagan Has Been Pissed At Ruth Bader Ginsburg For Three Decades, But Why?
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Judge spots familiar face in court; man accused of threats to kill state and federal judges is held
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Justice Thomas: Society is more race- and difference-conscious than in the 1960s
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Benchslap Of The Day: You Won’t Like Judge Easterbrook When He’s Mad
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Wall Street:

Wall Street stock futures trade lower
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Markets Are In The Red
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S&P's 4-day rally ends
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Layoffs:

What do the jobless do when their benefits run out?
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On Wall Street, Getting Laid Off Can Be The Best Thing For Your Career
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Home Depot plans spring hiring surge
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Amazon to hire 2500 people
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D.C. ranks second in job creation for 2013
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5 Common Resume Mistakes And How To Fix Them
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Weather:

'High Impact Event'
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500,000 Without Power in Southeast
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8-12 Inches Headed For New York City
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People Are Abandoning Cars On Snow-Covered Roads In North Carolina
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North Carolina Asks Drivers To Please Not Abandon Their Cars In The Snow
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Atlanta Is A Ghost Town
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Historic Ice Storm Unfolds In South
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Amtrak suspends some trains ahead of winter storm
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Man Puts Gun To Plow Driver's Head
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Panicked Shoppers Fight Over Food Amid ‘Snowpocalypse’
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Storm Wipes Out Power for Thousands
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Religion:

Milwaukee Archdiocese Unveils Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
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Milwaukee archdiocese proposes $4M for victims --- Archdiocese of Milwaukee to give each sex abuse victim $6,000
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Milwaukee archdiocese: $4M for victims; $12.5M for legal fees
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Abuse survivors group insulted by Archdiocesan bankruptcy plan
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Wis. archdiocese: Bankruptcy has so far cost $19M
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Wis. archdiocese to borrow from cemetery fund
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Wis. archdiocese: 125 abuse victims could get paid
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Bankruptcy court filing : Helena diocese debt twice the assets
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Gambling:

Revel's largest equity holder approved as part owner of casino
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NJ OKs Revel co-owners to operate casino
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Atlantic City casino revenue falls 9 percent
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Derivatives:

Fire Sale Risk Climbs With Equity-Backed Repo Rise, Fitch Says
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Economy:

US Budget Deficit Totals $10.4 Billion in January
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Socgen: The Global Economy Is In The Middle Of A 3 Step-Crisis
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Fed Sustains ‘Fool’s Paradise’ With Rates, Miller Says
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Map Renames Each US State With A Country Generating Equivalent GDP
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IMF Paper: No U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance
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Janet Yellen's Thursday Senate Hearing Has Been Postponed Because Of Snow
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Who Benefits From a Higher Minimum Wage?
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Krugman: Yellen and the Labor Market
(DBN - NY Times - Paywall Limit Possible)

Luxury Fashion CEO Says The 99% Needs To Stop Whining Because They're Better Off Than The Chinese
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How John Boehner decided to give up on the debt limit fight
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Paul Ryan's Embarrassing Debt Ceiling Vote
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The Best Gauge of the Labor Market?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Foreclosure Auctions Rise in 27 States as Filings Decline
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FNC: Residential Property Values increased 8.7% year-over-year in December
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Non-Bank Mortgage Servicers Grow Too Quickly
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Report Hits Fed Purchase of 'Risky' Mortgages
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CA: Southland home sales tumble in January, price increases slow
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Americans Are Still Moving To The Suburbs
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Bankruptcy judge approves Fisher Island development plan
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Blackstone-Fueled Single-Family Home Boom Lifts Chicago
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Municipalities:

Health Insurance Deadline Looms For Detroit Retirees
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Puerto Rico Cuts Push OppenheimerFunds Junk Holdings Above Limit
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AIG's Miller: Here's Why Puerto Rico Isn't Detroit
(DBN)

Cash is good in bankrupt San Bernardino, but financial reforms better
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Counting the Homeless in Poorest US City
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Electricity:

Gates-Controlled Optim Energy Files for Bankruptcy --- Filing Says Optim Energy Couldn't Get Consent to Borrow More Money
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Bill Gates-led power-unit bankruptcy may revive Texas electric debate
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Celebs:

'Drake and Josh' star Drake Bell files for bankruptcy? --- Justin Bieber's Enemy Files for Bankruptcy
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Rihanna admits near bankruptcy
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10 Celebrities You Didn't Know Filed For Bankruptcy
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Ken Todd hints at legal action against Brandi Glanville for bankruptcy claim
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Depressed OJ Simpson goes on hunger strike to end life
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Tax:

Cooper-Booth says tax bill from NYC is $5M too high
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Here's Why More Than 8 Million Americans Fall Behind On Their Taxes
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Mass Torts:

Judge throws manufacturers a lifeline with asbestos ruling
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Mass Tort Bankruptcies and Valuation Considerations in the Claims Estimation Process
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Retailing:

Dead And Dying Kmart Stores
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Target's Massive Data Breach Originated With A Single Phishing Email
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What Does Billionaire Mario Gabelli's Company See in J.C. Penney?
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Food/Beverage:

Whole Foods Tumbles
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How To Get A Restaurant Reservation Even If OpenTable Says There's Nothing Available
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Personal Finance:

6 Financial Maxims You Should Rethink
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7 'Soft' Skills You Need for Career Success
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6 Benefits Of Paying Your Bills Early
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Autos:

China's Red-Hot Auto Market Is Quickly Cooling Off
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Shipping:

OSG puts forward debt plan with 60% support
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Brands:

Zombie Brands Found Alive and Well as Mister Donut Rises
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Health Care:

Westchester Medical's bid allayed antitrust concerns, documents show
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Natchez Regional bankruptcy legislation filed
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Saint Francis deal holds promise
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (33 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (17 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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:

Fitch: Insolvency Regimes in Spotlight as Investors Look to Next Default Cycle
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Consumer Bankruptcy Decline Trend is Expected to Continue
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Guaranties:

Enforcing “Bad Boy” Guaranties When The Borrower Files For Bankruptcy Protection
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Professional Compensation:

Sure You Can Appeal – As Long as Committee Counsel Works for Free
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Sales:

New Challenge to Credit Bidding - Distressed Debt Purchasers Beware
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Avoidance Actions:

Anadarko Kerr-McGee Damages Cuts Opposed by Tronox Trust
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Recent Pleadings:

 

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Credit Reporting:

Fifth Third Bank accidentally reports customers filed bankruptcy --- 'You're Not Bankrupt ? Our Bad'
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Awards:

Bettie Kelley Sousa Named Emeritus Director of The American Board of Certification
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Telecoms:

Judge: Odds of bankrupt Lightsquared sorting itself out are 'zero'
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Corporate Reform:

White House Vows Veto of Bill to Alter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Aviation:

Airline Pilots Get Paid Crap
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American Eagle Pilot Leaders Reject Negotiated Agreement
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Television:

Judge Refuses to Delay CSN Houston Bankruptcy
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Isgur issues opinion explaining ruling in CSN Houston bankruptcy
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Alternative Energy:

Fisker auction outcome unknown
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UK:

Punch management backs down from "final" proposals
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Andrew Penman: Take a tip to avoid insolvency rogue who was jailed in 2011 but continues to operate
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PIIGS:

Italy's Government May Be On The Verge Of Collapse --- The Italian Government Is In Crisis
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Spain, Six Years Later
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Greece's Unemployment Nightmare Continues To Get Worse
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ie: Changes to insolvency service 'inevitable' --- Those drowning in debt deserve real compassion, not laws that don't work
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Canada:

Top insolvency practitioner is honored as superior court judge
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Austria:

Austrian Opposition to Probe Government on Hypo Alpe
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Russia:

With Khodorkovsky out, Yukos investors fight on
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Australia:

IMF: Australian dollar should trade at 'low US80¢'
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Jobs Australia's 'Achilles heel' as inflation worries keep rates on hold
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Court throws out ASIC bid to block liquidator
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Israel:

Sources: New Hadassah tower helped drive hospital to near-bankruptcy
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Brazil:

Brazil's OSX, Bondholders Seek to Reach Debt Deal This Week
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