Law:
Shrinking law firms leave gap in D.C. real estate market
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At Fried Frank, a Strong Year Ahead of Leadership Change
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Freshfields Names U.S. Managing Partner: Business of Law
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‘Hysterias-R-Us legal lemming movement’ attacked; law prof predicts robust legal market
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2015 U.S. News Law School Rankings (15 – 29)
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Dewey Indictment A Warning to Struggling Law Firms
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5 Things I Hate About Doc Reviewers
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Law firms try female leadership
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What To Put In Subject Line Of Work Emails
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25 Things Every Young Professional Should Know By 25
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Lawyer Who Billed Client $900 For S-- Reached For Comment
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Spy Chief Assures Bar Association that NSA Respects Attorney-Client Privilege
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Partner to leave firm after calling for ‘dedicated Islamic airports and airlines’ on Twitter
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Obama stays quiet on CIA vs. Senate --- Caught between ally and advisor, Obama tries to sidestep CIA fight --- Issa: CIA spying on Congress may be 'treason' --- Blowup between Feinstein, spooks had long, slow fuse
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NSA Used Facebook As a Trojan Horse to Infect Targets with Malware
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13 Things You Should Do On Your Commute Instead Of Playing Candy Crush
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Why Proper Sterilization Procedures Are Used During Lethal Injections
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Teenager who sued her parents for support has returned home
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Louisiana’s Longest Serving Death Row Inmate Found To Be Innocent Of Murder . . . Thirty Years After His Conviction
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5 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines
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Tattoos to Replace Lawyer Business Cards?
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Former Manson Family Killer Bruce Davis Has Been Granted Parole And Could Walk Free
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Snakes-in-a-Cab or Torts-in-a-Taxi? New York Comedian Works The Line Between Laughs and Liability
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Lawyer speaks out about eating disorders in men
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Say What?!
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Judges:
TV’s ‘Judge Judy’ files first lawsuit, says law firm used her name and photo in ads without her OK
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Judge Who Used Chambers For Rendezvous Seeks Reelection
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Clarence Thomas Talks
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock -Index Futures Rise Before Jobless, Retail Data
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Markets Are Up In Europe
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S&P 500 Ends Up; Dow Drops
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Bonuses flow again on Wall Street --- Wall Street's Average Cash Bonus Jumped To $164,530 Last Year
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Fabrice Tourre Ordered to Pay More than $825,000
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Edmund Reilly, 47: Latest Finance Suicide
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Layoffs:
ManpowerGroup Reports Only 4 Percent Of Firms to Reduce Staff in Second Quarter
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The 12 Jobs Most At Risk Of Being Replaced By Robots
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NetApp Inc. - Plans 600 Layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
How to Disappear a Jetliner --- Is It? --- Oil Rig Worker Thinks He Saw Malaysia Air Flight 370 Go Down In Flames --- How Anyone With A Computer Can Help Search For The Missing Malaysian Airplane --- Malaysia Pilot's Last Known Words: 'Alright, Good Night' --- Why Submarines Aren't Being Used in the Search for Missing Jet --- Search for missing Malaysian plane expands; China says satellite finds ‘floating objects’ --- Officials dispute report that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 kept flying for hours --- 'We Went There — There Is Nothing'
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Celebs:
Channel West Coast Filed For Bankruptcy
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Teresa Giudice: 'RHONJ' Star Not Guilty, Believes Jail Time Will Make Her More Famous and Rich
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Autos:
GM is asked to waive bankruptcy immunity for ignition switch cases
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Lawyers Prepare for G.M. Suits With Novel Strategies
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Bankruptcy deal may shield GM --- GM has very solid position in court: Attorney
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As GM stock falls, timing of the government's exit looks shrewd
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The GM Recall Scandal: Who Knew What, and When?
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GM Staff, Media Flagged Ignition Fault Long Before Recall
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Auto safety group urges GM to set up $1B victims fund
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GM: Drivers should always use lighter key rings
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Weak Auto Sales May Sideswipe Growth
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Voting Machines:
Former Election Firm With ‘Hanging Chad’ Ties Sues New Owner
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Television:
ABC Countersues Soaps Producer for $5 Million
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Electricity:
Edison Int'l Bankrupt Unit Gets Asset Sale Nod
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Religion:
DA: W. Pa. priest stole $124,000 from ex-parish
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Economy:
Fed Nominees Vow To Fight for Recovery
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These 12 Regions Are Driving The US Economy
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Obama Is Seeking A Massive Expansion Of Overtime Pay
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New report details vast s-- economy
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Southern California home sales fall in February
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Chart: The Monthly Mortgage Payment Vs The Monthly Rental Payment Since 1981
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U.S. Foreclosure Activity Decreases 10 Percent in February From January Jump to Lowest Level in More Than 7 Years
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Wells Fargo made up on-demand foreclosure papers plan: court filing charges
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Sen. Toomey Goes to Bat for Fannie, Freddie Shareholders
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Chicago Spire Exiting Bankruptcy But Not Yet Out of the Woods
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Petaluma real estate agent admits to $20 million swindle
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Municipalities:
Explaining the DIA’s history and the “grand bargain”
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Detroit’s Plan of Adjustment: Breaking it down for pensioners
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DWSD: Deal clogged?
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New Puerto Rico debt in high demand after robust offering --- The Next Financial Catastrophe You Haven’t Heard About Yet: Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico may have $70 billion in debt. But it didn’t have a problem getting a loan
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Syracuse Mayor Sees Debt as Path to Insolvency
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Bell: Rizzo sentencing postponed; attorneys want to question him
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The Most Educated States In America
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America's Most Unequal Metros
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Cities' shiny fake future collapses
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The 5 Best Cities For Starting A Business
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Hollywood:
Creditor Claims Against David Bergstein Companies Dismissed
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Currency:
Mt. Gox’s Japanese Bankruptcy and U.S. Chapter 15 Case - Implications For Creditors
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Bankruptcy & Bitcoin: Mt. Gox Follow-Up
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Goldman Completely Obliterates Bitcoin In New Report
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Mt. Gox and its founder are being attacked by the law and the lawless alike
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Tokyo lawsuit raised red flags on Mt. Gox funding, compliance
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Mass Torts:
W.Va. chem spill co submits plan to demolish tanks
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Two months after spill, residents weigh whether to trust water
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Tax:
Guilty Plea By Credit Suisse Banker Could Blow The Lid Off --- Ex-Swiss banker’s guilty plea could spell more trouble for his customers and Credit Suisse --- Swiss banker in U.S. tax case says he was told, 'Don't get caught'
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New House GOP Report Reignites IRS Scandal
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Telecoms:
LightSquared Drops Regulatory Hurdles From Proposed Bonuses
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Fraud:
Creditors left with little in Namvar bankruptcy case - Creditor claims trustee acted against creditors' interests
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Vratsinas concealed assets and fund transfers in bankruptcy case federal court official says
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Seattle financial advisor turned 'devious swindler' facing decades in prison
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Gambling:
Caesars Entertainment Corp's Reshuffling Doesn't Hide Massive Debt Load
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Atlantic City casino revenue suffers 6 percent decline in February
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Healthcare:
Supervisors hire financial adviser to help hospital
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Actions by board don't make sense
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Saint Francis deal curtails Westchester Medical Center's fiscal outlook
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Bidder for Parkway Hosp. fails to close on $22M sale
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Retailing:
Working In Retail Left Me Broke, Depressed, And Living On Food Stamps
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Metals:
Pacific Steel Casting Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Scary Factors in Cooper's Plunge
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Oil/Gas:
Singer's Elliott Management opens a position in Anadarko Petroleum
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Banking:
Georgia Federal Court Rules FIRREA Blocks Jurisdiction for Failed Bank’s D&O Insurer’s Declaratory Judgment Action
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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 (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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:
Trends Point to Chapter 11 Cases Taking Either a Quick Trip Through Bankruptcy or a Longer Road to Restructuring
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:
Nobel Peace Prize to be auctioned in Maryland
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Reopening:
Open and Shut: Southern District Upholds Denial of Trustee’s Motion to Reopen Case
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Equity:
Attorneys Examine Reach of Bankruptcy Courts’ Equity Powers Under Law v. Siegel
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TBTF:
Derivatives Transparency Is Essential to End TBTF
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MLM:
FTC Investigates Herbalife , Following Claims It's A Pyramid Scheme
--- Herbalife wilts on news of FTC investigation --- Federal probe is latest twist in Herbalife saga
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Herbalife surprised by FTC probe; investigation expected to last a year or more
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While Ackman Was Busy Slamming Herbalife, Two Of His Other Big Investments Crashed --- Ackman Just Made Back Around $72 Million On His Bet Against Herbalife
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Herbalife: The House of Cards put
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Environmental:
Kodak agrees to pay for 3 site cleanups in NY, NJ
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Food/Beverage:
Sbarro's Restructuring Begins With Quick Pace
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This Is the Real Reason Sbarro Is in Bankruptcy
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Restaurants serve up IPOs amid industry woes
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Stewart Parnell in Federal Court With 'ADHD Expert'
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Batteries:
Exide Retains King & Spalding for Lead Price-Fixing Probe
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UK:
Commission recommends new approach to rescue businesses and give honest entrepreneurs a second chance
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EU:
Europe risks adding more distress to corporate bankruptcies
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ECB to probe €3.7tn of eurozone bank assets
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PIIGS:
Codere Creditors Say New Insolvency Law Backs Restructuring Plan
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ie: New wave of families seek debt deals
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Italian Leader Offers Plan to Fix Economy
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France:
France Seeks Insolvency Law Change to Help Rescue Companies
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Ukraine:
How The Separatists Delivered Crimea To Moscow --- Kerry: Sanctions Against Russia Could 'Get Ugly Fast' --- G7 Tells Russia To Stop Annexation Of Crimea Or Face Joint International Action --- US surprises oil market with sale from strategic reserve
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China:
After landmark default, Chinese bondholders face major challenge to recover funds
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China's Premier Li Says Some Bond Defaults Are Just 'Hard To Avoid'
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People Are Starting To Freak Out That China's 'Lehman Moment' Is Imminent
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More Bad Economic Data Out Of China
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China Doesn't Have A Credit Bubble — It Has A Gigantic Credit Bubble
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Mexico:
Troubled Home Builder Geo Preparing to File Bankruptcy in Mexico
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Argentina:
Argentina Could Soon Be Forced To Implement Another Massive And Disruptive Currency Devaluation
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Brazil:
Batista's Oil Company OGP to Get $125 Million From Creditors
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Batista Sells $114 Coffee Cups as OGX Awaits Pimco Funds
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Austria:
Who Will Pay for Hypo Group?
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