Law:
Harvey Miller on Argentina and Distressed Investors --- Anders J. Maxwell --- Adam Levitin --- J. Scott Victor
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Yukos Arbitration Fight Yields Big Law Firm Paydays
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At Bingham, Big Guarantees Raise More Questions
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Montali to Play Mix and Match with Unfinished Business Doctrine
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The NRA's Top Lawyer Was Once Convicted Of Murder
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Happy Cities, Unhappy Law Students (And Vice Versa)?
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The Biggest Bar Exam Disaster Ever? ExamSoft Makes Everyone’s Life Hard
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The Greatest Letter Ever? The ATL Lawyer Letter Bracket — Day 2
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A beauty queen's fight for justice in bankruptcy court
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Beyond Biglaw: 4 Tips For Writing Good Emails
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How to Get an Interview (Without Driving the Firm Crazy)
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Yelp reviewer sued for libel by lawyer
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Jacoby & Meyers Drops Bid for Nonlawyer Equity Stake
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Accounting Firms Make New Foray into Legal Services
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Law Prof Sez: State Judges Have Contempt For Smart Guys Like Me
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Is It Possible To Go Completely Paperless In A Law Office?
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The 22 Websites Every Modern Gentleman Should Bookmark
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Everything You Need To Know About Apple’s MacBook Pro Refresh
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Uber Will Now Let Your Employer Pick Up Your Tab For Business Trips
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Is Coffee Good For You?
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5 Things To Remember When Buying A Lightweight Button-Down Shirt
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Thinking Of Leaving The Law? Here Are Some Resources
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Subtle Things Leaders With Integrity Do
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Networking Tips For People Who Hate Networking
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Why You Get Your Best Ideas In The Shower
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Tricks To Appear Competent
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Satanists assert a Hobby Lobby exemption from abortion informed-consent laws
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Office manager accused of stealing over $100K in client payments
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Leading Litigatrix Heads To Court — The Basketball Court
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Surrogacy agency is in involuntary bankruptcy; lawyer says he lost $37K
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Maybe Things Aren't Going Well With Your Employer, But ...
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Dating website intentionally matched wrong people as 'experiment'
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Two Decades of FBI Forensic Errors
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28 Years of Solitary Confinement
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2 Armed 'Older Men' Rob Medical Clinic Of Viagra Pills
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Judges:
Revered former ‘Judge Biff,’ known for his fairness and sense of humor, is dead at 77
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A Life And Death Benchslap
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Law prof claims computer model predicts SCOTUS decisions with 70% accuracy
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Was federal judge on ‘hit list’ reportedly found in courthouse shooter’s belongings?
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Wall Street:
U.S. Equity Index Futures Rise on Earnings; Ruble Gains
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Stocks close lower as global tensions take a toll
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5 Tips For Getting A Wall Street Internship If You Didn't Go To A Top School
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NYSE Margin Debt Is Back In The 'Scary Zone'
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Layoffs:
Jobs That Can Make You Happy AND Rich
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Barclays Has Axed 5,000 Jobs This Year And Thousands More Are Coming
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Amgen laying off 2400
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The One Question Job Seekers Should Ask In Every Interview
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Tax:
Whose Refund Is It? The Sixth Circuit Weighs in, Finding Tax Sharing Agreement Between Bank and Holding Company Ambiguous on Ownership of Refunds
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Fraud:
The CFO behind the Crazy Eddie's fraud
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Judge sets October trial in Parsons bankruptcy dispute
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Court affirms $67M judgment against TD Bank in Rothstein Ponzi scheme
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Leaders Who Focus On Numbers Are More Likely To Act Unethically
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Healthcare:
University Medical Center of El Paso lays off 56
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Dosher Memorial Hospital prepares workers for possible cuts
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The Bare Truth About Hospitals, And Why It's Time For A Revolution
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Fitch: CCRC Bankruptcies No Cause for Alarm
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Mass Torts:
Judge sides with Legal Newsline, overturns sealing of fraud evidence against asbestos attorneys
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Claims deadline looms as Freedom tanks razed
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Biotech:
Genome sequencer PathoGenetix files for Chap. 7 bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
Questions go beyond beef plant
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21 Hidden Bars In New York City (And How To Find Them)
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Aviation:
Is there a future for Malaysia Airlines after flights MH370 and MH17?
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This Clever Hack Will Help You Get Cheaper In-Flight WiFi
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Japan Airlines' profit falls nearly 20 percent
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Flight Attendant: Flush Drugs Before Landing
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British Airways Sued Over Child Abuse
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Batteries:
Exide Technologies' DIP Lenders Approve Amendments to DIP
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Economy:
Consumer confidence surges in July --- Strongest reading since October 2007 --- Gallup: Huge Drop in Economic Confidence
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Fed meeting may give clues on interest rates --- Fed weighs key questions this week on reversing its low-rate policies but may reveal little
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Wall Street Worries About End of Fed Easing
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Everyone's Anxiously Looking For Clues For When The Fed Will Start Hiking Rates
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Deutsche Bank Expects Today's GDP Report To Blow Away Expectations
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US Economic Growth Is Speeding Up To 3.0% Right Now
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New Bank Card Credit Reaches Six-Year High
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What to Watch at This Week's Fed Meeting
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One in Three Americans Has Debt in Collections; So What?
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More Than 80,000 Pentagon Employees Owe Millions In Unpaid Taxes
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Young Adults Drive Increase in Multi-generational Living
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home Prices Unexpectedly Fall For The First Time Since January 2012 --- Housing Slowdown? The Case-Shiller Index in Five Charts --- Prices rise 1.1% in May amid signs of waning pressure --- US Home Price Gains Slow for 6th Straight Month --- Los Angeles-area home price gains slow in May, Case-Shiller shows
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US homeownership at 18-year low in second quarter
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US Now a Nation of Renters
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Airbnb Squatter Says He Would Totally Squat Again, And He Also Hasn't Delivered On A $40,000 Kickstarter
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The Airbnb Condo Squatters Allegedly Evaded Eviction By Wearing Disguises
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Sherman Industry must liquidate, orders judge
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The 20 Most Expensive Buildings In New York City
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Municipalities:
Judge sets Thursday deadline for bankruptcy eligibility challenges
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Critical Detroit bankruptcy hearing delayed by one week
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Holdout unions, retirees reach tentative agreement with Detroit
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Control of Detroit water department placed in mayor's hands after criticism of shutoffs --- Mayor Duggan may keep Detroit water shutoffs on hold
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Duggan: 'Truly needy' will get help to avoid Detroit water shut-offs
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Detroit inspector general opens probe into water department
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Detroit's Drought of Democracy
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Pending settlements stall appeals of Detroit bankruptcy ruling --- Oral arguments in Detroit bankruptcy appeals canceled
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Detroit fire fighters and city change decades of promotions policies
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San Bernardino Judge Accuses Fire Union of ‘Stonewalling’ --- San Bernardino Fire union can't currently sue, bankruptcy judge says
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Tesla's Battery Factory Could Be Great For A Bankrupt California City
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States with Fewest Consumer Debt Problems
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Oil/Gas:
Creditors charge 'sham transaction' in Buccaneer bankruptcy
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Military:
Soldiers get $92M in debt relief under settlement
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Retailing:
RadioShack Running Out of Cash --- May Run Out of Cash Next Year, Moody’s Says
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America's Poorest Shoppers Are Putting Discount Stores Out Of Business
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The Family Dollar deal embodies everything wrong with American capitalism
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Top Fashion Retailer Modnique.com Runs Out of Money
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Personal Finance:
Here's What The Numbers On Your Credit Card Really Mean
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Newspapers:
The New York Times Is a Great Company in a Terrible Business
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Corporate Reform:
Regulator Wants Monitors in Deutsche Bank, Barclays U.S. Offices
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Pensions:
PBGC takes over pension plan sponsored by estate of Victor Posner
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Education:
Corinthian Is Shutting Down, but Its Students Are Still Stuck With Loan Debt
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Banking:
Bank Of America Is The Most Complained-About Bank In The US
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Religion:
Is the Milwaukee archdiocese too broke to pay its legal bills?
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Autos:
GM sued over deaths linked to ignition switch
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Delphi workers finally getting some justice
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Television:
Rockets, Astros indicate deal imminent that would restructure troubled network
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Gambling:
On one earnings call, no love for Atlantic City's casinos
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Sioux City riverboat casino takes final bets
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Politics:
Kansas gubernatorial candidate Winn, running mate have bankruptcies in their pasts
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Are 97 of the nation's 100 poorest counties in red states?
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Furniture:
Furniture Brands creditors approve liquidation plan
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Personal Finance:
Ways To Raise Your Credit Score
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 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 (9 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 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:
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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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SIPA:
The Interplay between Section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code and SIPA’s Requirement of “Prompt” Return of Customer Funds
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Valuation:
Replacement value applies even when debtor surrenders property
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Sales:
Sale “Free and Clear”: Adequate Protection of Nothing is Nothing
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Recent Pleadings:
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TBTF:
Ending 'Too Big to Fail' Could Rest on Obscure Contract Language
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Defaults:
Fitch: Another Jump in US HY Default Rate Looms
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Electricity:
Average Price of Electricity Climbs to All-Time Record
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Sovereigns:
Argentine Bond Standoff Puts U.S. Judge in Focus
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Argentine debt talks end without deal as default looms
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Argentina Banks Preparing Bid to Help Argentina Avoid Default --- Argentine private banks prepared to buy holdouts' credit; Kicillof/Pollack talks to continue today
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South American leaders rally behind Argentina over debt
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BofA Says Argentine Default Definition Unclear for Bonds to CDS
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Wall Street Realizing That Argentina May Be Just As Irrational As It Seems --- Argentina is about to choose a sovereign default that could wipe out its foreign reserves
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Whose Fault Is the Argentina Debacle?
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Argentina's President Spends The Last Few Hours Before Her Country's Default Among Friends
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Argentina says it expects gesture in its favor in debt talks
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Argentina Bond Judge Says Nation May Pay Repsol Bonds
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A Stay Would Not Affect the Plaintiffs... Except by Eviscerating the Injunction
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IMF's Lagarde says Argentina default not market-shaking --- Here's What Happens If Argentina Defaults --- It's the end of Argentina as we know it, and the world economy will be just fine --- Messy situation as Argentina debt default looms
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Argentine debt negotiators arrive for mediator meeting in NY
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Argentina hopes for last-minute exit as default looms
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Argentina's euro bondholders ask US judge to suspend debt ruling --- Ask for Emergency Hold
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As Argentina stares down deadline, one group will make default call
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Investors Can Punish Argentina Almost Immediately If It Defaults
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The Economist explains
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Congo and Grenada to Be Next Victims as Argentina Braces for Default
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Forget Argentina: How Do You Collect from Russia?
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UK:
Personal insolvencies rise sparks fears for struggling households
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More debtors opt for ‘insolvency arrangements’
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Administrations hit lowest level since 2005
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Fall in level of business failures in Wales
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Baker & McKenzie advises as Gherkin goes up for sale
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Record number of people opt for insolvency after becoming overwhelmed by debts
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New World Resources Gets Court Order for Debt Restructuring Vote
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UK Bank Bonuses Targeted by BOE in 7-Year Clawback Rule
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EU:
Three European banks drawn into 'dark pool' probes
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PIIGS:
Greece moves debt talks to France
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Spanish CPI slides into negative territory in July
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Bank scandal tarnishes powerful Portuguese family
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Dunne attempt to quiz Nama chief blocked by US court
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MENA:
Richard Branson "flabbergasted" UAE has no bankruptcy law
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The US Is Seizing $100 Million Of Iraqi Kurdish Oil In Tanker Off Texas
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Ukraine:
Putin May Have Passed The Point Of No-Return Over Ukraine
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Russia:
BP’s sweet deal with Russia is suddenly turning sour --- BP's 'exciting future' in Russia looks a lot less bright with EU sanctions
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Russia, U.S. Edge Toward Economic Warfare --- Obama Announces The Most Punishing Sanctions Yet On Russia — Says They'll Have A 'Bigger Bite' --- Russian Stocks Are Laughing Off The Latest Sanctions --- Sanctions Have Little Effect On Putin's Incredible Popularity In Russia
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Yukos: An expensive lesson --- Ex- Yukos Official Satisfied With Court Award --- Yukos shareholders say would talk to Russia over $50 billion compensation --- Expert Says Yukos Ruling Could Take Years To Enforce
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China:
China’s Banks Pose World’s Largest Systemic Risk
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Japan:
Japan Factory Output Falls Quickly
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