March 4, 2014

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Law:

Salary Report Shows Attorneys Adjusting to "New Normal"
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Patton Boggs Hires Advisers to Aid in Financial Overhaul --- Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders: a fine romance? --- Patton Boggs Hires Turnaround Firm Zolfo Cooper: Of course lawyers should be nervous
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Perkins Coie Expands Bankruptcy Practice In Arizona
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Eversheds appoints restructuring expert as Legal Director
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Cadwalader Revenues Tick Up While PPP Drops
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Weil Loses Finance Partner to Paul Hastings
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BigLaw's Brass Ring Gets Harder To Grasp
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Legal Sector in Buyer's Market: Hourly fees tank, competitive bidding becomes standard
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Middle pack gaining ground on the top law firm brands
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Ken Cuccinelli Selling ‘Trigger-Happy Insurance’ For The Next George Zimmerman
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The Improving Job Prospects for Law Grads (Especially Those Who Pass the Bar on Their First Attempt)
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‘White shoe’ law firms scuffed by lower cost competition and growing clout of corporate clients
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Lessons from Google
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NY's Top Lawyer Responds To A Vicious Article That Some People Think Was Retribution From Donald Trump
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11 Things You Should Be Doing On LinkedIn But Probably Aren't
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D.A. to Hold Job Open for 'The Bachelorette'
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An Uncomfortable Client
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Rejection Letter Of The Day: You Can’t Clerk For Me Because… I’m Quitting!
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Ukraine Law Firm Rankings Unveiled!
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‘Young Men Are Easily Deceived, For They Are Quick To Hope’: The Slow Process Of Developing Business
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Cadwalader Revenues Tick Up While PPP Drops
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O'Melveny Sees Declines as Large Success Fees Ebb
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How partnerships ain’t all they cracked up to be
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You Might Know Too Much About Your Colleagues
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Corporations and Their Affiliates - Who Owns the Privilege?
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Alumni Object To Commencement Speaker Whose Collar Isn’t Popped Nearly Enough
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Inmate gets new lawyer, sentence delay after ‘outrageous’ claim of defense lawyer-prosecutor affair
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Are your conference call participants zoned out? Try these tactics
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Potential Juror's Hardship Excuse: I Am Having a Heart Attack. Judge: It Can Wait
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4 Situations Where A Handwritten Note Trumps An Email
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33 Travel Tips Every Man Should Know
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It’s the 7 year anniversary of the best law video ever made
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Appeals court orders bail for 70-year-old former juror jailed for 6 months in contempt case
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Legal Industry's Fashion Crisis: $20,000 Watches or Clients with Spoons?
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Man Battles His Girlfriend's Ex-Husband with a Zelda Sword
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Best Amicus Brief Ever
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Inmate Gets Supreme Court To Hear His Case Using This Handwritten Petition
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The Benchslap Dispatches: Federal Judge Not Interested In Yale Law Student’s ‘Opinions’
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SCOTUS accepts teeth-whitening case; could decision impair state bars’ ability to regulate lawyers?
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Snow Closes D.C. Courts, but U.S. Supreme Court Stays Open
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Strine sworn in as Delaware chief justice
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Wall Street:

US futures rise as sentiment improves --- Futures Rise as Putin Says No Need for Troops
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Markets Are On A Tear --- Markets Are Rallying Everywhere On Hints Of Russian De-Escalation
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Worst day in a month for Dow, S&P as sentiment hit by crisis in Ukraine
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Layoffs:

Unemployed Workers Stage Craigslist Fire Sale
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You've Been WARNed: Private Equity Liability for Portfolio Company Layoffs
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Best U.S. Cities For Job Seekers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:

6,500 Flights Canceled, Delayed --- Winter's Toll: 1 Million Flights Canceled Or Delayed, Costing Travelers $5.3 Billion
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Why airlines are running out of pilots
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As Boeing, Airbus factories hum, suppliers get rattled
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Alitalia Must Make Profit Case Before Etihad Agrees to Buy Stake
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Awards:

Deloitte's William Snyder Inducted into The American College of Bankruptcy
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Skiing:

Bankruptcy fears hit Holmenkollen
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Celebs:

Oksana Grigorieva Denied From Vanity Fair Party Um, You're Not Famous
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Politics:

Right-wing columnist: ‘Colorblind conservatism’ is futile
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Personal Finance:

How To Recover From An Epic Fail --- How to Bounce Back From 5 Common Life Emergencies
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Even 'good' debt isn't free
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Economy:

US PMI Jumps To Its Highest Level Since May 2010 --- US Manufacturing Boosted by Orders and Stockpiles --- US factory, spending data hint at improving economy
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Fed's Favorite Measure Of Inflation Falls
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Rubin Says Fed’s QE3 Will Lead to Trouble
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Bernanke Says U.S. Set For 3 Percent Growth This Year
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Paul Ryan's Poverty Plan: More of It
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Personal Income And Consumer Spending Rise More Than Expected --- US consumer spending rises, boosted by jump in services
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Bill Gates regains top spot as world's richest person --- Forbes Top 10 Billionaires --- World's Richest Now Worth $6.4 Trillion
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Buffett Says Economy Continues to Grow Steadily --- Buffett Targets Mother Lode of Opportunity in US, Deals --- Buffett: Climate change not causing more disasters --- A Closer Look at Warren Buffet’s Letter to Berkshire Shareholders
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The 20 Richest People On The Planet
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Record Number of Billionaires Worldwide
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The 30 Richest Investors In The World
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Obama Still Wants To Kill Wall Street's Favorite Tax Loophole
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Hedge Fund Manager Demands Fannie And Freddie To Stop Borrowing Money To Pay Dividends To The Government
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PNC Subpoenaed Over Mortgage Lending Practices
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New Jersey foreclosures on the rise --- NJ leads nation in share of distressed mortgages
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Municipalities:

Detroit reaches settlement over controversial debt deal --- Proposed Detroit Bankruptcy Deal To Save City Roughly $200 Million. --- Asks bankruptcy court to OK new deal to end swaps --- Detroit to Pay $77 Million in Swaps Accord With UBS, BofA
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Detroit's "plan of adjustment" on fast track as creditors line up to object
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Cost-of-living increases sticking point in pension mediation talks
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Foundation Rescue of Detroit Institute of Arts Not a Done Deal
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Fitch: Detroit Plan of Adjustment Does Not Impair DDA Bondholders
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Why Puerto Rico's bonds are moving to New York
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Puerto Rico legislature clears way for crucial bond issue
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3 huge cities flirting with bankruptcy
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The 10 Best Cities For Saving Money
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The 5 US Cities With The Highest Starting Salaries
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Pensions: Missing trust, transparency and accuracy
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Gov't Fiddles While Public Pensions Burn
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Fraud:

Madoff Says Wall Street Fraud Impossible in 2007 Video
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Ex-chief of Madoff firm didn't tell investigators about all of her duties
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Ex-Madoff workers face forfeitures if convicted
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February 2014 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Citigroup says US probing anti-money laundering controls
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Christian lawmakers fall for ‘Ponzi schemer’ who said he’d found Noah’s Ark
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Could this be Armageddon for shareholder class actions?
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Alternative Energy:

Centrosolar creditor committee approves draft of insolvency plan
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Insolvency could mean Stateside move for Centrosolar
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Religion:

Bishop: Diocese will emerge from bankruptcy poorer but stronger
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Kentucky Baptist churches giving away guns to lure ‘unchurched men’ to Jesus
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Hollywood:

Documentary Chronicles Bankruptcy of Visual Effects Firm Rhythm & Hues
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Student Debt:

The Robber Barons of the For-Profit College Sector
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A crisis looms in US student debt
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Student Loans Entice Borrowers More for Cash Than a Degree
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Mass Torts:

Jury rules in favor of defendant Crane Co. in Madison County asbestos trial
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Court: BP Can't Appeal Gulf Oil Spill Payouts
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Gambling:

Hard Rock filing indicates interest in AC casino
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Politics:

Michigan Senate candidate embraced Mitt Romney's auto bankruptcy plan
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Financial Literacy:

What They Don't Know About Money Can Hurt Them
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Currency:

Mt. Gox finally tells its side of the story
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MtGox gives bankruptcy details
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Price Of Bitcoin Recovers Monday As The Market Matures
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What Did Not Happen At Mt. Gox
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MtGox code posted by hackers as company files for bankruptcy protection
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Bitcoin sheds Mt. Gox albatross, extends surge
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Gone Baby Gone — Recovery of Stolen Bitcoins in Mt. Gox Bankruptcy
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6 Totally False Myths About Bitcoin Everyone Thinks Are True
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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 (38 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Business bankruptcies soar in Delaware
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Toledo-area bankruptcy filings fall 23% from February '13
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Hawaii bankruptcies fell in February for 8th straight month
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Hoop Here It Is – March Madness 2014 Is Here!
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Professional Employment:

Court Affirms K&L Gates Failed to Make Proper Rule 2014 Disclosures of Conflicts
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Sales:

Fisker bankruptcy update: Should secured creditors really be concerned?
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IP:

What will happen when your foreign IP licensor becomes insolvent?
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Recent Pleadings:

Supreme Court Denies Cert In BankUnited Tax Sharing case --- Court of Appeals Opinion
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SCOTUS Won't Hear Trustee's Appeal Of Order Dismissing Winston Malpractice Claims --- Court of Appeals Opinion
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5th Cir. Says No Error In Mass Tort Settlement That Requires No Proof Of Causation - Claimants' Certification Of Causation Is Sufficient
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Litigation:

Expert Q&A on the Rule 26 Amendments: Developing Case Law
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Electricity:

Electricity generator Mach Gen LLC files for bankruptcy
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Defaults:

Moody's Predicts Drop in 2014 Corporate Default Rate
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Convenience Stores:

Cooper-Booth Wholesale Files Reorganization Plan
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Health Care:

Buffalo: Nursing home sale nears
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The Top Reason Americans Go To The ER In Each Part Of The Country
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Alternative Energy:

LDK Solar Liquidators Hired as Company Seeks to Wind Up Business
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Textbooks:

Apax-Backed Nelson Seen Defaulting Within Six Months, S&P Says
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Weather:

Philly News Reporter Gets Clobbered by Snowplow
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Chicago Sets Winter Record: Most Days at or Below Zero
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UK:

Eversheds grows restructuring team
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South West pub chain collapses
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EU:

Ukraine Now Biggest EU Crisis This Century
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This Looks A Lot Like Deflation In Europe
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PIIGS:

Long Troika Talks Stall Yet Again
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Canada:

Watch Jimmy Kimmel Repeatedly Humiliate Rob Ford To His Beet-Red Face
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France:

French Insolvency Law Overhaul
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New Peugeot boss eyes further cost cuts
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Ukraine:

It's Time To Drive Russia Bankrupt -- Again --- Russia Orders Drill Troops Back to Bases --- Stocks Fall on Ukraine Unrest --- How Moscow Orchestrated Events in Crimea --- Kremlin issues ultimatums to Ukrainian forces --- Russia And China 'In Agreement' Over Ukraine --- Ukraine Fever Sweeps the Balkans --- Ukraine Mobilizes Reserve Troops, Threatening War --- UN Security Council To Hold Emergency Meeting On Ukraine --- There’s one surefire way to get tough with Putin --- The markets are punishing Russia more swiftly than diplomats ever could --- Global markets at risk from Ukraine --- Putin: We Will 'Defend' Ukraine --- Aide To Putin Makes The Stupidest Threats Imaginable To The US --- Ukraine government plans up to 16 pct cut in budget spending --- Pro-Russia Protesters Occupy Regional Government In East Ukrainian City
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Ukraine aid could mean covenant breach
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MENA:

High court orders man's eyes gouged out, ears and nose chopped off
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Germany:

Solarstrom sells four projects
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Australia:

Mirabela called to account
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China:

China Banks Show Too-Connected-to-Fail Link to Shadow Loans
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