Law:
ATL March Madness: The Worst Law School In America — Bracket Released
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PwC could be 'top 20 legal player'
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The Lowest Job A Lawyer Can Get Is Now ‘Law Student’
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Lessons Learned From Dewey Debacle
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Creditors of Jacoby & Meyers Firm Looking to Push It Into Bankruptcy
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'After the JD' Study Offers Weak Evidence of JD's Value
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Less than half of AmLaw 200 firms have mobile websites
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Business of Law
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Lawyer convicted of prostitution is suspended; ethics officials say she didn’t disclose job
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Women's Work
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Top Women Lawyers in the Fortune 500
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UK: Female lawyers over 30 earning 25% less than the men
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Dinner On The Firm
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Beyond Biglaw: The Price Is Right
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LinkedIn Not the Only Biz Dev for Lawyers
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Why Is It Called MoFo?
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5th Circuit: Law firm sued for libel over website seeking clients isn’t protected by SLAPP statute
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As The Weil Turns: The Revolving Door Spins Again
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Appalachian School of Law announces 'downsizing'
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Downsizing planned for UB Law School
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The Future Is So ‘Bright’ At This Law School That It Has To Offer Faculty Buyouts
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What If Law Schools Were Really Serious About ‘Practice Ready’ Grads?
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Third-Rate Law Schools Try Harder
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Never Listen To Anything Coming Out Of WNEU Law School
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Rosy times ahead for law grads? Another law prof weighs in
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Stolen Art Disappears Into The Starry Night And A Lawyer Goes To Prison
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Man sues OkCupid after date takes him for $70K
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Where, exactly, does the bankruptcy attorney running for El Dorado district attorney live?
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City names bankruptcy lawyer as prosecutor
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History: A Prodigious Lawyer Allegedly Turned Disabled Girls Into Slaves
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Put Out A BOLO!
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Shot by police in traffic stop, lawyer runs for DA; his felony trial and election are a week apart
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Ohio Student Expelled, Arrested, Spent 13 Days In Jail . . . After A Small Pocketknife Is Found In His Locked Car Trunk By School Officials
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Families Settle in Affluenza Teen Case
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NSA recorded 'every single' call in one country
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Amish buggy sought in hit-and-run
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Cops: Taco Bell diner assaulted for burping inside eatery
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HOA Orders Breast Cancer Survivor To Remove Pink Ribbon -- From Inside Her Home!
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Cops: Man arrested after getting stuck under partition in women's bathroom
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Woman Fakes Heart Attack, Steals $60 From Good Samaritan
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Mug Shots
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Say What?!
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Judges:
What The U.S. Supreme Court's Unanimous Decision In A Homestead Exemption Case Says About The Power Of Bankruptcy Courts In Business Cases
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Justice Kagan to (Literally) Set Sight on New Target
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The Supreme Court Farm Team
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New York’s night court is a tourist attraction
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San Antonio lawyer admits bribing judge
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Texas man gets 20 years for trying to kill judge
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Wall Street:
US futures upbeat after two days of gains; all eyes on Fed --- Stock futures flat ahead of Fed
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Wall Street ends higher for second session
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Bank-Tax Proposal Draws Fire
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N.Y. Probes Alleged Advantages Given to High-Speed Traders --- NY AG's New Crackdown Targets High-Frequency Trading
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String of suicides rocking financial world baffles experts
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Layoffs:
8 Things You Should Never Say In A Job Interview
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Behind the Collapse in Teen Employment
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Governance:
Delaware Supreme Court Confirms The Path to Business Judgment Review In Controlling Stockholder Transactions
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Alternative Energy:
Goldman: Solar Is Going To Revolutionize The Electricity Market
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Even In New York City, Solar Is Booming
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Biofuel Maker KiOR Posts All-Time Low on "Going Concern" Doubts
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Kior Falls After Biofuels Producer Warns of Default, Bankruptcy
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Currency:
MtGox bitcoin exchange reopens so users can stare listlessly at their loss
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Mt.Gox is back, but the missing bitcoins are not
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Food/Beverage:
Food Gone Bad
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Weather:
An Alarming Wake-Up Call From A Brand New Report On Climate Change
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Tax:
IRS: Employee Allegedly Took Home Personal Info On 20K Workers
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Mass Torts:
Ford Seeks Garlock Transcripts From January Trial
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Chief restructuring officer approved for Freedom Industries
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W.Va. spill company could have $3M left by June
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Economy:
The Most Important Economic Chart
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The 1% have gained back their recession losses and then some
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Weak US inflation , housing data point to sluggish growth
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Robert Reich: Austerity a Terrible Mistake
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U.S. CEOs Expect Slow Economic Growth, Scant Hiring
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Fed Shifting Focus from Tapering to Interest Rates --- Key Measures Shows Low Inflation in February
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Beef Prices Post Biggest Surge in Decade
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Fed poised to trim bond buying, rewrite rates guidance
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Is Wall Street About To Be Disappointed?
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When Living Wage Is Minimum Wage
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34% of Workers Have Less than $1,000 for Retirement
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Why This Week's Fed Decision Is So Unusual And Interesting
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Inflation Tumbles To 1.1% From 1.6%
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Why The Good News About Retirement Isn't So Great
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Why corporate America has never had it this good in the modern era of taxes --- Average US Corporation Hasn't Paid Statutory Tax Rate in 40 Years
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Home Depot Founder Compares Populist Attacks on Rich to Nazi Germany
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Watchdog: U.S. banks' relief to borrowers exceed terms of 2012 deal
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Mortgagee Stay Relief: Wending a Path Through Adequate Protection and Dragnet Clauses
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Leasehold Mortgagees May Have Faster Route to Collateral
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Housing starts dip in February, permits up 7.7%
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Lawler: Updated Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in February
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Wells Fargo foreclosure manual subject of lawsuit
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Signs of Slowing in Housing
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Bankruptcy judge rules against developer Pat Turner's effort to keep Westport
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New bidder for Channelside emerges
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Auction of Burlington Outlet Village halted by bankruptcy filing
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Municipalities:
Detroit asks U.S. court to consolidate bankruptcy appeals
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Pension funds urge quick ruling on Detroit bankruptcy appeal
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Syncora Threatens to Cancel Insurance on Detroit Rate Swaps
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Bond Insurers Lawsuits Could Delay Detroit Bankruptcy
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Detroit retirees could be in adversarial roles over pension cuts proposed in bankruptcy plan
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Bond Insurer Seeks to Challenge Detroit Suit
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Detroit EM Orr says water authority 'preferred,' won't rule out alternatives
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Rebuilding Detroit, One House at a Time
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Detroit's Broken Buses Vex a Broke City
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What will happen to the DIA?
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Michigan's $6.2B 'raid' on revenue sharing? See how much local communities have lost since 2003
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Restructuring bill in Puerto Rico creates a divide
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Born to Run Away From High Taxes
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Fraud:
Madoff Staff Trial Likely Sets Duration Record
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Madoff Ex-Aides’ Jury Set for Second Day of Deliberations
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Feds: US executives hid fraud at Chinese hog firm
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Best-Selling Author Kevin Trudeau Gets 10 Years In Prison For Massive Deception
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Jailed Brooklyn con man fights foreclosure on mess of $1.8 million home
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Autos:
Will the Government Rescue GM Again?
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GM CEO: Recall was tardy, but won't promise liability
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The Biggest Threat To The U.S. Auto Industry From GM's Recalls
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GM hasn't notified recall victims' families
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Barra apologizes for deaths tied to recalled cars
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Huge Consolidation Coming to Auto Industry
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Awards:
Annette Jarvis Receives Third Annual Christine M. Durham Public Service Award
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Dean A. Ziehl Wins Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year Award
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Aviation:
Bankruptcy judge says he’s preparing to rule on American Airlines retiree issue
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Marc Andreessen: Carl Icahn Killed An Entire Airline
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Officials: No sign from search that pilots planned Flight 370's route change --- Australia Scours Area Larger Than California for Missing Jet --- Dozens of Planes Have Vanished in Post-WWII Era --- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Some data deleted from flight simulator --- Plane Investigation Deadlocked
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Celebs:
L'Wren Scott's Fashion Company Was $6 Million In Debt Before Her Death --- Rolling Stones Cancel Tour
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Dionne Warwick -- She Knows the Way to Hose the Tax Man ... in Bankruptcy
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Sonja Morgan Bankruptcy Appeal Gets Dropped During RHONY
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Telecoms:
LightSquared, Falcone, Ergen Lawyers Spar Over Debt
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Golf:
Warner Springs golf course to reopen
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Electricity:
Fitch: EME's Bankruptcy Positive for Edison International
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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 (24 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
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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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:
I Didn’t Know, I Swear! Section 548(c)’s Good-Faith Defense to Fraudulent Transfer Actions
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Cross-Border:
English and US Courts approve and recognize English Law Scheme of Arrangement to compromise New York Law Governed Notes issued by a foreign entity
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Turnover:
Debtor told to turn over insurance proceeds spent on father's funeral
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Contempt:
Judge delays Blixseth court appearance
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Finance:
Guarantors Are Liable For Renewal Promissory Notes Executed Without Notice or Consent Even After Revoking Guaranty
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Healthcare:
NRMC bankruptcy oversight needed
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Fairmont Hospital, union get deal
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CA: Healthcare district schedules special meeting to discuss finances
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Westchester Medical sees Saint Francis as "unique opportunity"
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14 Ways To Avoid The Obamacare Tax
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MLM:
FTC investigation could topple Herbalife's alleged pyramid scheme --- Bill Ackman's Herbalife Short Bet Gets 30 Percent Better --- In Ackman vs. Herbalife drama, NJ professor gets cameo role
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Debt Collection:
Urging settlement of an old debt could be misleading to unsophisticated consumers
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Court-appointed trustee to run debt collector DECA
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Resorts:
Synovus Reaches $11.8 Million Accord Over Sea Island Loans
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Television:
Judge invites Comcast, Astros, Rockets to informal meeting
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I Want My CSN: Rockets Wins, Losses Won't Change a Thing
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Former Commercial Agent and Businessman Charged for Bankruptcy and Wire Fraud
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For-Profit Education:
Gainful Employment Rule Redux
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Compensation:
Wells Fargo CEO among 2013's top-paid bankers
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Goldman CEO's Pay Is Back on Top
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Pigeons:
Pigeon King has wings clipped for seven years
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UK:
The Top 10 Classic Cocktail Bars In London
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EU:
Bankers fear leaks from ECB health check
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PIIGS:
Greece unlocks €10bn aid tranche
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Spain's Pig Farmers Raise Stink Over Subsidy Cuts --- Spain relaxes debt charges for banks aiding weak companies
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IBRC seeks documents from Dubai firms linked to Quinn family(DBN)
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Ukraine:
Putin Signs Treaty to Annex Crimea --- Credit Swaps Fall as Putin Says He Won’t Further Split Ukraine --- The problem of Ukraine's Russia bond --- John McCain: Here Are Things Obama Should Do About Ukraine Right Now --- Ukrainians Abroad Fear Worst in Crisis --- Calls to escalate Russia sanctions leave EU in a quandary --- Ukraine Navy Base Stormed
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China:
The pending failure of a major Chinese property developer looks a lot like Pets.com
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China real estate firm at risk of bankruptcy
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Chinese stocks fall on property sector concerns
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China's yuan falls to near one-year low as economy worries mount
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Can China Defuse Its Debt Bomb?
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MENA:
Arcapita Goes After Two Arab Banks to Recover $45.3 Million
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DEC discusses regional restructuring and insolvency practices
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Brazil:
Brazil's Debt-Laden Firms Try to Stay Afloat
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Brazil's OSX board approves terms of unit's bond restructuring
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Venezuela:
Venezuela inflation rate reaching 57%
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