Law:
Akerman Adds Bankruptcy Partner in Chicago
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Feds and 15 states announce suits against law firms, attorneys and others over mortgage-relief work
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Women and Minorities Who Push Diversity Get Negative Reviews
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Dewey & Leboeuf: Connecting More Dots
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How Bad Is Life In A Law Firm? A Sitcom Tries To Answer That Question
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The Attorneys’ Psychologist (Part 2)
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Lawyers who rejected $9.5M attorney fee will get $21.8M
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UK: Pace of law firm recovery slows in first half
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Which Law Schools Received the Most Applications For Fall 2013?
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6 clues that you are about to be fired
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LinkedIn May Not Be The Coolest Social Network, But It's Only Becoming More Valuable To Businesses
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The iPhone 6 Is Coming In The Second Or Third Week Of September
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Apple Will Have A New MacBook With Super-Sharp Screen This Fall
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Tips For Getting Busy People To Read And Respond To Your Emails
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Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: Bad News For The Defendants
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Biglaw Firm Mourns Partner Killed In MH17 Crash
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‘Sovereign citizen’ must face charges, even if he is Crown Prince Emperor El Bey Bigbay Bagby
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Black and white is the new orange? Sheriff buys jail jumpsuits after orange becomes 'cool'
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Client trashes Manhattan salon over botched hairdo
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Ghost Post? No! Never! Don’t Ever Do That…
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Shirtless Wade McCree May Be Heading To The Supreme Court
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McDonald's Worker Caught Selling Crack
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75 Percent of Newark Police Stops Are Unconstitutional
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Man charged with murder after body is found at Texas trial firm
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Prisoner 'gouges his own eyes out' in protest at heat inside cell
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High flying lawyer and cheerleader making leaps
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Grandmother, grandson charged with running heroin ring
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Inmate Who Appealed Arizona's Lethal Injection Methods Takes Nearly Two Hours To Die --- Study: Cognitive impairment, other mitigating factors present in cases of most executed inmates
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San Diego Police Sued Over Stripper “Inspections”
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The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist
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Court Jails Three Journalists After Denouncing Them As Being Guided By The Devil
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Unisom delirium blamed for lawyer’s actions in police standoff; judge tosses charges
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Cops: Woman Crashes Into Motorcyclist After 'God Told Her' He'd Take The Wheel
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Judges:
Justice Ginsburg’s ‘Independence’ Was a Concern for Clinton White House
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Judge says office revenue is 'not public money'
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Mixed verdict in Philly ticket-fix conspiracy case: 2 judges acquitted, 4 guilty on only one count
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Trend Higher Before Earnings, Data
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Mixed finish for US stocks
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Layoffs:
Dick's Sporting Goods Cuts 400 Jobs Since Americans Are Less Interested In Golf
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Bombardier to Cut 1,600 Workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:
BNP's Monstrous $9 Billion Fine Is Going Toward...New Office Carpets
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Invoking Anti-Fraud Law, Louisiana Doctor Gets Rich
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Student Debt:
Even Pastors Are Struggling To Pay Off Their Student Loan Debt Today
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Electricity:
Dueling bids for regulated business put mega-bankruptcy in flux
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Education:
Magnolia going into court to keep 2 of its charters open
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Some community colleges end federal direct student loans
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Construction:
A Reliable Construction Indicator Is Signaling Growth Through 2015
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Claims mounting against D.C. region's largest electrical contractor
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Autos:
GM Seeks Broader Immunity From Suits Over Old GM Flaws
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Food/Beverage:
Owner of Wellington's Bella's Market closes 3 stores
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Central Michel Richard Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Family of Slain Sbarro Employee Can Go After Insurance Money
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Retailing:
Edwin Watts Golf Shops nets court confirmation of reorganization plan
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Golf:
A Game of Golf? Not for Many Millennials
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Television:
Bankruptcy Judge returns Crane-McLane-Comcast lawsuit to state court
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Education:
LAUSD Probing Charter Schools, Say They're Financially Insolvent
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Economy:
IMF cuts US 2014 growth forecast to 1.7 percent
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Inflation: Another "False Alarm"?
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There Are Too Many People In The World Living On Less Than $1.25 A Day
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The many stubborn kinds of inequality that children face growing up in the U.S.
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Don’t think Obama has reduced inequality?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Feds Sue Law Firms in Foreclosure Relief Scams
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Dispute over AWC covenants going to trial
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Housing Inventory: NAR and Housing Tracker
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AIA: Architecture Billings Index increased in June
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Mortgage Loans in Foreclosure Process Lowest since May 2008
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Chicago: Owing biggest creditors $136 million, developer seeks refuge in bankruptcy
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FL: Office condo owner files Chapter 11 to halt foreclosure auction
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McGraw Hill Financial Receives Wells Notice From SEC Regarding S&P's Rating Of Six Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Transactions In 2011
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Murder-suicide does not have to be disclosed to home buyer, state supreme court says
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Municipalities:
Painful Progress in Detroit
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They voted, now what? Looking forward to the bankruptcy trial
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Detroit bankruptcy expert: City's top priorities are improved information systems, highly skilled employees
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Bond Insurers: Fight Against Detroit Bankruptcy Plan to Continue
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Crowdfunding campaign seeks to help Detroit residents pay water bills
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Why Coleman Young was not the cause of Detroit's bankruptcy
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Creditor: Detroit pensioners may pay 'consequences' of Kilpatrick deal
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Film charts Detroit's 'slow motion catastrophe'
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How Detroit's Grand Bargain leaves out little guys with lawsuits
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Welcome to Dysfunction Junction
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Bankrupt Detroit set for $650m building boom
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What cities can learn from Detroit’s bankruptcy
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Water Shutoffs: Detroit's Katrina?
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S&P puts negative outlook on Illinois credit rating
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Atlantic City's Credit Rating Cut Two Steps to Junk by Moody's
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NYC 'Least Happy' City in America --- The 10 Unhappiest Cities in America
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Christie Says NJ Must Cut Retiree Benefits Or Face Bankruptcy
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Bell ex-mayor, convicted in scandal, filled with 'shame' and 'remorse'
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Once teetering toward insolvency, North Las Vegas has a new executive who’s prepared for tough decisions
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Desert Hot Springs financial director Amy Aguer steps down
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Texas governor's startup fund is not all it seems
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Autos:
GM Recalls Continue as Newer Model Camaros, Cadillacs Flagged
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GM to estimate settlements
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Will General Motors Be Charged With Crimes?
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Creditors OK Fisker liquidation plan
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Aviation:
Three Ways Malaysia Airlines Can Deal With Its Uncertain Future --- Will Double Disasters Put Malaysia Airlines Out of Business?
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After Two Disasters, Can Malaysia Airlines Still Attract Passengers?
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Malaysia Prepares to Prosecute Those Responsible for Downing Flight 17
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Facing Bankruptcy, Cyprus Airways officially up for sale
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Air Algerie Flight Reported Missing
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America's Own MH17
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Family Asked To Leave Southwest Flight After Tweet
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Currency:
Mt. Gox Trustee Will Consider Returning Bitcoin Unconverted
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Mt Gox creditors want payouts in Bitcoins
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Fraud:
Ex-Jefferies Executive Litvak Gets Two Years for TARP Fraud
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Feds, Bankruptcy Settle Battle Over Rothstein Assets
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Florida lawsuit calls Digital Domain “de facto Ponzi scheme” --- Florida Sues Former Digital Domain Executives
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AgFeed disclosure statement hearing set for Aug. 21
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Mass Torts:
Quebec Police Seizes Lac-Megantic Lead Locomotive Being Auctioned
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Asbestos Claimants Fire Back As Charlotte Bankruptcy Case Draws National Attention
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Transparency Still Needed to Resolve Asbestos Claims on the Merits
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Bankruptcy Court Schedules Hearing on Motion to Reopen Estimation Proceedings in Garlock Asbestos Proceedings
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Gambling:
Will two Atlantic City casinos get a reprieve?
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Mayor: 6 potential buyers for Revel casino --- Atlantic City mayor confident Revel will find buyer
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Moody's cuts Atlantic City's bond rating to junk
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Healthcare:
NY: Upscale retirement home files for bankruptcy
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M-Modal expects to emerge from bankruptcy in coming weeks
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Fitch Maintains Rating Watch Evolving on Citrus Memorial Hospital's Bonds
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Indiana CCRC Leans on New Fee Model After Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
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Did the Supreme Court already tip its hand on Obamacare subsidies?
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Why Other Nations Spend Less on Healthcare
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Personal Finance:
11 Tips For Saving Money At Starbucks
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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 (18 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:
The Deal Announces Results Of Q2 2014 Bankruptcy League Tables
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Mid-Year Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Update: From One Extreme To The Other
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Claim Allowance:
Court Rules That Creditors May Assert Full Amount of Claim Despite Partial Recovery From Third Parties
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Discharge:
Indecent Disclosure: How the Failure to Disclose a Third-Party Release Led to Its Undoing
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Injunctions:
Justice Story, Bankruptcy Injunctions, and the Anti-Injunction Act of 1793
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Trustees:
CD IL Looking For Ch. 7 Trustees
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Cross-Border:
Essar restructures finances; gets cash infusion
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Recent Pleadings:
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Litigation:
Advisen Releases 2014 First Half Corporate and Securities Litigation Report
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TBTF:
Barney Frank Challenges GOP’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ Arguments
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Celebs:
Judge 'Gives Girls Gone Wild' Founder $US5,000 Daily Fine Until He Returns Luxury Cars
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Casey Anthony 3 Years Later Working As Live In Maid For Former Attorney May Be Facing New Legal Troubles For Bankruptcy Disclosures
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Brokers:
Brokers Bankruptcy Filings Keep Them In Business And Investors Potentially In Peril
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Sovereigns:
U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on Argentine Debt Has Worldwide Implications For Foreign Investment And Debt Restructuring
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Argentina: RUFO Clause Should Not Impede Settlement
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Argentina delays debt negotiations further: 6 days to default
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Argentina Debt Default: The Real Cost
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Argentina: Possible Default Won't Collapse Economy
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Argentina debt mediator postpones start of New York talks - Argentine delegation "could not get here in time"
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Bond Holders Shockingly Expect to Be Repaid
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And if Argentina defaults. What then?
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In defiant speech CFK openly brushes aside any default "because Argentina has paid" --- Argentine president says debt stance not made on a whim --- Argentina Won't Sign Deal That Endangers Future, Fernandez Says
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UK:
Q1 Scottish corporate insolvencies up 36% on last year --- Fewer individuals in Scotland facing insolvency
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Move to get ‘benign bankruptcy’ in UK irrelevant, Supreme Court told
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EU:
Stalled recovery leaves Europe defenseless against economic shock from Russia --- The Eurozone Economy Had A Much Better July Than Expected
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Could another banking crisis happen in Europe?
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PIIGS:
Spanish Guarantees in Rem: Heading towards Cram Down? --- Spain’s Gowex scandal raises ghost of a German defeat
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EU clears National Bank of Greece's restructuring plan
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The Former CEO Of Troubled Banco Espirito Santo Has Been Detained
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US judge directs Gayle Killilea Dunne, Nama to resolve dispute --- US ruling on Drumm's bankruptcy is imminent
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Canada:
Essar Steel Algoma staves off third round of bankruptcy protection
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France:
Sick Man of Europe: France May Turn to Fascism
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Ukraine:
Tragedy Fails to Quiet Ukraine --- The Dutch Could Punish Putin All By Themselves --- Why The EU Still Won't Approve Tough Sanctions On Russia --- U.S.-Germany Tensions Sway EU Sanctions on Russia --- German Officials Say The EU Will Hit Putin With Biting Sanctions --- Ukraine Rebel: 'It Was Awful. That Was When I Realized It Was A Civilian Plane'
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MENA:
ISIS to Shopkeepers: Mannequins Must Wear Veils
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FAA ban marks Israeli setback, Hamas 'victory' --- EU Airlines Suspend More Israel Flights --- Kerry meets with Netanyahu amid Israeli anger over ban on U.S. flights --- FAA Lifts Ban On Flights To Israel
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Russia:
Yukos investors await ruling in $100bn claim against Russia --- Countdown Begins for Ruling in $114 Billion Yukos Case
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Restructuring debts of Russia's Mechel better than bankruptcy - Putin aide
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China:
Chinese Manufacturing Beats Expectations, Surges To 18-Month High
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China's Financial Markets Will Explode To $53.6 Trillion By 2030
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