Law:

The Examiners on GM’s Liability: Richard A. Chesley --- Marc Leder
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Nine Partners Are Leaving Bingham McCutchen --- Fourteen lawyers at Boston firm Bingham McCutchen jump ship --- Which lawyers are leaving Patton Boggs?
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New York's High Court Considers Fees From Defunct Law Firms
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Which Biglaw Attorneys Make The Most Bank?
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Law Firm Model: Maybe It Is Broken
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A Messy Divorce Offers An Inside Look At Biglaw Partner Pay
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Finally, Regular People May Be Able To Afford Lawyers
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10 Things To Remember About Your Summer Employment At A Biglaw Firm
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Preet Bharara’s Awesome Harvard Law Commencement Speech
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Student Debt Collector Takes Out Loan For Unaccredited Law School
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On Being More Than Just A Lawyer
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Only 3 percent of lawyers in BigLaw are black, and numbers are falling
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Morgan Lewis changes department leaders as female lawyer prepares for chairmanship
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In Fraud/Malpractice Action, Proskauer Blames Accountants for Tax Strategy Issues
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Are Messenger Bags Unprofessional?
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The 10 Hottest Apps Right Now
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5 Android Apps That Change the Way I Manage the Practice of Law
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Legal Sector: CIO, So 20th Century, Need CISO
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There's a 12-Step Program for That
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Habits Of Exceptionally Likable People
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LawProse: "whether"r
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Who owns the law? Technology reignites the war over just how public documents should be
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NSA Intercepts Millions Of Photos For Massive Facial Recognition Database
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Traffic to law firm homepages dying? Not so far.
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Donald Sterling sues the NBA for over $1 billion --- Breaking Down The Clippers Sale --- Why Steve Ballmer Overpaid For The LA Clippers --- Shelly Sterling on track for bigger payoff than Jamie McCourt got
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Did Edward Snowden Have Options?
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Judges:

Judges: Law Firm Ties That Bind
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Austin Carter Named As Bankruptcy Judge In MD GA
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Meet Camry, a Four-Legged Friend of the Court
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Defense lawyers abuzz about judge who found a drug-case defendant more credible than a cop
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Former White House lawyer wins trial delay after linking judge’s statement to Pontius Pilate
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The Post-Clerkship Letdown
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Wall Street:

US stocks seen boosted by upbeat China PMI data
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New High for S&P, Despite Mixed Economic News
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:

The public shame of soaring US student debt
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Ripple effects from rising student debt
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Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy : An Empirical Assessment
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Lawmakers introduce bills to end kickbacks between colleges, banks
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Pensions:

Seven Counties can leave indebted Ky. pension system
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Agriculture:

West Texas Guar to pay farmers part of money now, or all in 5 years
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Autos:

GM Asks Judge to Keep Information From Consumer Advocate
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GM: Where Were the Lawyers?
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GM, Chrysler union retirees to get dental, vision benefits restored
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Inside GM's path to survival
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Turnaround Maestro Marchionne Must Now Focus on New Cars
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Golf:

Defunct Bayview Golf course owners seek rezoning to agriculture
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Attorney, client indicted for alleged bankruptcy fraud
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Tama County man pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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Trial scheduled for brother of police chief
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Currency:

HashFast Staves Off Involuntary Bankruptcy In San Francisco Court
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Mass Torts:

Garlock proposes $275M end to bankruptcy --- Garlock files amended plan of reorganization
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Senate’s FACT Act “clips the wings of the plaintiffs bar”
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Electricity:

Energy Future Creditors Protest Bankruptcy Financing
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BlackRock Has $903 Million in Junior Energy Future Notes
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Longview Power Gets Approval for Vote on Modified Plan
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Settlement talks occurring over bankrupt co-op
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EPA to seek deep cuts in carbon emissions from power plants
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Music:

Did Apple save Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine just in time?
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Food/Beverage:

Crumbs' Accountants Have 'Substantial Doubt' The Cupcake Chain Can Stay In Business
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Hawk 'n' Dove bankruptcy reveals woes for CEO
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Restaurant Performance Index increases in April, Strongest since May 2013
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Personal Finance:

Worst money mistakes you can make at any age
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Economy:

Consumer spending declines --- Consumers glum as wage outlook droops
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US recovery hits 5-year mark, but long way to go
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What rebound? 'I got left behind'
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Piketty: A Wealth of Misconceptions --- Piketty's 'errors' aren't mistakes: They're questions, and he answered them --- Everything You Need to Know About Thomas Piketty vs. The Financial Times --- Don’t believe brokers, the government, or Piketty: Your property values won’t grow faster than your paycheck
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Economists Share Predictions at Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Conference
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Fed's Plosser floats new approach to forward guidance on rates
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Fed's Plosser: 10-year yield may not fall further
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Fed Officials Downplay Financial Stability Concerns
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The Fed's Favorite Measure Of Inflation Is On The Rise
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Fed Debate Over Future Beyond End of Stimulus
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Americans Rarely Move to Flee High Taxes
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A Poor Kid's Chance at the American Dream
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in April
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Homebuyers With Another Shot at Low Rates Still Don’t Buy
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Toll Brothers: Net Signed Contracts “Flat” vs. Year Ago; Prices Up But Gains Slow; Demand over Past Year “Relatively Flat”
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August Wilson Center fans push to keep black cultural mission alive after sale
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Hialeah property owner exits foreclosure, Chapter 11
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City of LA accuses JPMorgan of "mortgage discrimination"; seeks damages
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Municipalities:

Orr: Detroit bankruptcy deal of nearly $1 billion at risk
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Palpable optimism for Detroit deal in the air on Mackinac
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Detroit retirees warned of severe cuts if deal rejected
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Protesters claim Detroit water shutoffs unfair to residential customers
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Orr: Detroit to regain its place of prominence
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Google Street View Images Show The Incredible Amount Of Decay In Detroit Just Since 2008
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Orr: Some Detroit pensioners to benefit from bankruptcy ballot error
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Detroit to hand over Dave Bing, police chief documents to bankruptcy creditor
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Koch brothers are targeting a fair bankruptcy deal in Detroit
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Detroit council chief Jones takes cooperative tone with Duggan
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In Bankruptcy Water Deal, It's Brooks Patterson Vs. Detroit, And Detroit Is Winning --- Fitch Maintains Watch Negative on Detroit, Michigan's Water & Sewer Revs --- Snyder ready to be 'positive force' in negotiations over Detroit water department
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Detroit Institute of Arts Makes Case for Its Art as a Public Trust that City Could Not Sell Even if it Wanted To
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Rahm's $12.5 Billion Pension Problem
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R.I. moves to add municipalities, others as defendants in pension lawsuit
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Amended Act 47 plan details negative swing for Pittsburgh's finances
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Harrisburg's 'profits' from debt-recovery plan draw resident interest; task force will spend
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The pensions that ate New Jersey
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$4 Trillion In Hidden Muni Liabilities: SEC Commissioner Gallagher
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Banking:

FDIC fines Former Tennessee Commerce Bank CEO Michael Sapp $485K
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Future bankers learn how to "get around every rule" at Princeton, says Volcker '49
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Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 496 Institutions
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Bank Failure #9 in 2014: Slavie Federal Savings Bank, Bel Air, Maryland
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Fraud:

Judge OK's federal oversight of TelexFREE
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US investigates Icahn, Mickelson for insider trading: Source --- Mickelson cooperating with FBI on probe --- Carl Icahn Has A Scathing Response --- Insider-Trading Probe Hits Snag
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US Government Investigating 15 Financial Institutions for Alleged Fraud
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Rothstein Ponzi scheme feeder fund loses $7M judgment
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Florida continues to lead US in identity, tax fraud
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Rengan Rajaratnam Rejected Plea Deal, Prosecutors Say
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Petters clawback action is poised to expand overseas
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May 2014 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Tax:

Why US companies can earn $51 billion in the Cayman Islands even though its GDP is only $3 billion
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Coal:

Is Coal on a Collision Course to Bankruptcy ?
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Coal credits slide amid bleak prospects; shares fall; Arch, Alpha, Walter, Patriot
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Politics:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren waking consumers up to realities of financial system
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Retailing:

Coldwater Creek Shoppers Say ‘Fear and Need’ Drove Sales Boom
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RadioShack High Yield Bonds Soar In Trading As Investors Ponder Struggling Co.'s Fate
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Guns:

Colt Is Shooting Its Way to Financial Disaster
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Aviation:

Airlines' Earnings Surge Masks Narrow Margins, IATA Says
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Religion:

Religious freedom law a focus in church bankruptcy
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Milwaukee Archdiocese's bankruptcy case moves Chicago court
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Hotels:

Lehman Subsidiary Commences Voluntary Chapter 11 Proceeding for Canyon Ranch Living Miami Hotel; Plans Auction, 363 Sale
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Apparel:

Hardwick Clothes to be auctioned
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(6 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 (89 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (20 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead: Energy Future Unit Seeks Bankruptcy Financing
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The Changing Nature of Chapter 11
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Valuation:

An Economist's View of Market Evidence in Valuation and Bankruptcy Litigation
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Safe Harbor:

Storm Clouds Continue to Gather Over Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbors
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Avoidance Actions:

Thelen Ruling Highlights Evidentiary Issues in Fraudulent Transfer Case
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Sales:

Upsetting a Bankruptcy Auction: Money Talks
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A Lesson On What Not To Do In A § 363 Auction
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Trustees:

Lubbock man named bankruptcy trustee
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Eligibility:

Wave Goodbye to Bankruptcy Waivers? (Court Rules LLC’s Prepetition Waiver of Bankruptcy Protection Contrary to Public Policy)
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Oil/Gas:

Buccaneer Energy Files Chapter 11
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Celebs:

Aaron Carter Bankruptcy: Everyone Got Screwed Except the Pooch
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Aaron Carter Broke And Bankrupt: No More Debts, Relieved Of Massive Debts By The Court; Even His Dog Was Valued At Zero!
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The Broke and the Beautiful: BottleRock Edition
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Drowning His Sorrows? Prison-Bound Joe Giudice Hits Trendy New York Nightclub Without Wife Teresa, Looks ‘Bombed’ and ‘Disheveled,’
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As his assets continue to dwindle, Minor ventures into bitcoin world
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Health Care:

Bill aimed at relieving Palm Drive debt heads to governor
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Successful Hospital Restructuring Requires Early Intervention
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Union: Dimensions planning hundreds of layoffs of nurses, caregivers
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Telecoms:

Falcone's Harbinger Seeks Government Action on LightSquared
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Harbinger's hiring of law firm could indicate plan to sue FCC
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Falcone to FCC: 'Take action' to reverse hedge fund losses
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Environmental:

Anadarko's $5.15 Billion Environmental Settlement Moves On As David Keeps Fighting Goliath
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Environmental Liability and D&O Exposure
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Sovereigns:

Argentina Creditors Say Memo Shows Plan to Defy Courts --- Argentina says no plan to evade US courts in creditor case
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Argentina confident US Supreme Court will take its litigation case with hedge funds
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UK:

IT supplier insolvencies fall for first time as economy recovers
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Thousands chased by HMRC debt collectors due to overpaid tax credits
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Hearts plan to exit administration within a fortnight
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EU:

Hypo Alpe-Adria to open new chapter for Europe bank debt bail-in
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Expansion in euro zone factory activity eases in May - PMI
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German manufacturing sector expands at weakest rate in 7 months in May: PMI
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PIIGS:

Spain Plans to Spend $8.2 Billion to Boost Growth --- Spanish factory activity grows at fastest rate in 4 years in May: PMI --- Spanish bankers jailed for financial abuses
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ie: Billions of pounds at stake as family empire slowly unraveled over years --- Bankruptcy threat ‘forcing banks to offer mortgage-holders writedowns’ --- Yet another twist in tale as Drumm to learn his fate
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Breakthrough in Alitalia and Etihad negotiations
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Greece moves to calm austerity fears as Germany suggests new bailout --- Schäuble says third Greek bailout to be less than €10bn
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Canada:

Report paints bleak picture for Ontario auto industry --- Report Reads Like An Obituary
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Brazil:

Small creditors take legal action over OGX restructuring --- Deutsche Bank sued over Óleo e Gás funding deal
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Deutsche Bank Says Oleo e Gas Lawsuit 'Without Merit'
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Batista’s Oil Company Viable After Creditor Approval: CEO 1 day ago
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Ukraine:

Europe, Ukraine avoid gas disaster (for now)
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Kazakhstan:

Kazakh Wealth Fund Calls Alliance Bank Creditors to Save Lender
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China:

China manufacturing PMI rises to 50.8 in May
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Japan:

Sweets Maker Closes After 553 Years in Business
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Australia:

Insolvency guru KordaMentha's Mark Korda under fire on advice
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