March 7, 2014

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Law:

FBI and Manhattan DA charge four former Dewey managers with fraud --- Dewey & LeBoeuf trio to surrender to Manhattan DA --- Prosecutors Allege Multi-Year Fraud at Failed Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf --- Eye-Popping Emails Loom Large in Dewey Indictments --- Ex-Dewey Executives Charged in Fraud That Destroyed Firm --- Former Top Leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf Are Indicted --- Broke Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf Was Also Fraudulent --- How A Bankrupt Mega Law Firm Cooked Its Books For Four Years --- Dewey management 'used grab bag of gimmicks' says SEC --- How to Choose an Auditor - "Can you find another clueless partner for next year?" --- Law Firm Accountants Were Bad at Accounting, Law --- SEC: ‘Bold Fraud’ --- Dewey Indictment: A Timeline of Key Events --- Ex-partners' evidence forms basis of criminal charges --- The Indictment --- On the Scene at the Dewey Perp Walk
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Patton Boggs leader says any suggestion of bankruptcy issue is 'laughable'
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Where are they now? Laid off after 2008 crash, ex-associates rebound into new careers
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Law School Applicants From Top Colleges Plunge 36%
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There's a New GC. So What Do You Do?
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Business of Law
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What General Counsel Really Want From Outside Firms
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Pointers for Legal Profession on Disruptive Innovation
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The Top 5 Reasons Attorneys Move
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Dewey Demise Sends Another Ex-Partner Into Bankruptcy
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Touro Law School Becomes Latest to Offer Two-Year JD
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Reed Smith Grows Revenue 6.1 Percent, PPP 5.5 Percent
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Steptoe Profits Fall in 2013
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Use Mediation Training to Be a Client-Centered Lawyer
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Which law schools have the best LSAT profiles? And how many are struggling? Law profs have answers
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More Overachievers Than Ever Avoid Law School
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Rationality in the Law School Marketplace ?
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Telecommuting: Good for Morale, Bad for Legal Exposure | Corporate Counsel
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Immigrants in US illegally can’t be lawyers, top Florida court says
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Pro Se Filing Of The Day: Muscle Milk Magnificence
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Woman charged in claimed murder-for-hire plot against attorney boyfriend
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Heavily Indebted Law Grad Convicted Of Murder
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Want A Better Work/Life Balance? How To Spend More Time Chilling When You’re Done Billing
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Biglaw Partner Allegedly Slaps Solo Practitioner In The Face With Briefcase
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Lawyer is accused of smuggling s-- toy into jail
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Greatest Lawyer Ad Ever: ‘Trust me, I May Have A Law Degree, But I Think Like A Criminal!’
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Florida man has s-- with pit bull in his yard as neighbors beg him to stop
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'Have you ever seen such gross disrespect?': Judge blasts 'spoiled' US cheerleader
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Con artists steal huge sum from law firm client account
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Mayer Brown humiliated in fake partner scandal
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Court hears of s-- toy injury
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Judge Admits To Racist, Sexist Comments; What Happens Next Is… Pretty Predictable, Actually.
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Little Changed Before Jobs Data
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S&P 500 ends at record on jobless data
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Ranked: The Investment Banks Raking In The Most Fees On Wall Street
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Companies Rush to List Shares
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Layoffs:

Survey: Employers announced plans for fewer layoffs in February --- Financial sector takes in new reality and cuts jobs
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decline to 323,000
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Disney pink-slips 700 from interactive unit
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More Americans relocating for new jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Education:

The 10 Universities With The Best Reputations In The World

13-Year-Old Builds Nuclear Reactor In Best Science Project Ever
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Man Who Avoided Child Support By Faking Bankruptcy Gets 17 Years
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Electricity:

Mach Gen Wins Approval to Tap Bankruptcy Financing
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Auto Racing:

Nurburgring Racetrack Sold For $90 Million
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Consumer Finance:

Will 2014 Be the Year the Bureau Takes on Payday Lending? If So, What Data Will They Use in Regulating?
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Publishing:

Houghton Mifflin loss widens
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Stadiums:

Bankrupt SportsPlex shut; league fee lost in judge's order
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Religion:

Court of Appeals says Archbishop will testify in clergy abuse case
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Milwaukee Archdiocese Outlines Details of Therapy Fund for Abuse Victims
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Fraud:

Why Stanford Took Away A Grad's MBA Degree For The First Time Ever
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Contempt:

Judge orders Blixseth to appear in court
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Economy:

US jobless claims at three-month low --- Drop in Jobless Claims Shows US Employers Are Upbeat
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Factory orders down again in January, but rate of decline lessened --- Factory Orders Miss 3rd Month In A Row As Inventories Hit Record High
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Fed's Q4 Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth at Record High
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NY Fed: Rising Household Borrowing
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Dudley says threshold high for changing taper plans
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Fed to Blame for Distorting US Markets
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It's the Inequality, Stupid
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Does a Higher Minimum Wage Kill Jobs?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US 30-Year Mortgage Rates Decline for First Time in Four Weeks
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Trulia: Asking House Prices up 10.4% year-over-year in February, Price increases "Slowdown"
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CoreLogic: 4 Million Residential Properties Returned to Positive Equity in 2013
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Slain Brooklyn landlord took nearly $3.6M from business to pay debts
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The 20 Most Expensive Places To Rent A Luxury Apartment
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How Harsh Winter Weather Brought The 'American Dream' Back To The Housing Market
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April Fool’s Day decision the next step for Channelside
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The Decline in Rural America
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Municipalities:

Detroit Bond Insurer Syncora May Fight Latest Swaps Deal
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Judge pushes back critical Detroit bankruptcy hearing --- Trial pushed back on Detroit debt-cutting deal
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Detroit reaches $120 mn loan deal with Barclays --- To Break Crippling Swaps Contracts
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Shrinking Detroit might be a solution to the city's intractable problems
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The DIA and the Grand Bargain…in the director’s words
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Detroit Retirees Flood Court With Letters to Save Benefits --- Court Hit With Sad Stories From Detroit Retirees --- 'Have mercy on us'
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As Harrisburg exits receivership, a bid to leave Act 47 , too
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Plymouth Twp. may shed financially distressed designation
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The 10 Most Overpriced Cities In America
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America's Most Gridlocked Cities
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Retailing:

Staples to shut 225 stores in North America as sales fall
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Does Staples Have a RadioShack Problem?
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RadioShack Corporation's Cost Cutting Is Too Little, Too Late
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Top RadioShack execs to receive retention bonuses
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Trouble spots for retail
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Healthcare:

DEMSI, Gadsden EMS owner wanted for bounced checks
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Minneapolis: Crystal Care Home Health will lay off 115 employees in closure
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New York Heart Surgery Factory with Obscene Profits and Pay
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Few Uninsured Gain Obamacare Coverage
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Alternative Energy:

Fisker Gets Approval to Borrow $4.98 Million From Wanxiang
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Fisker: I'm Confused
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Currency:

Bitcoin Community Explodes With Rage After Creator Is Revealed --- Everything You Need To Know About Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto --- It Isn't Me --- Reputed Bitcoin founder goes from recluse to car chase star --- The Reporter Who Found The Bitcoin Creator Is Answering Some Of The Biggest Questions About Her Story --- Why The Founder Of Bitcoin Can't Spend His Fortune --- The Alleged Founder Of Bitcoin Used To Play A Paranoia-Inducing Game With His Daughter --- Alleged Bitcoin Creator Railed Against East LA's 'Thieves And Criminals' In Angry Letter About Train Service --- How Bitcoin's Not So Secret Satoshi Nakamoto Was Discovered (Hint: Phone Book)
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Understanding the Mt. Gox bankruptcy process
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Bitcoin's Clueless Enthusiasts
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A week after Mt. Gox collapse, Japan struggles to understand bitcoin
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Lawyer: Texas Separatists Considered Buying Mulligan Mint
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Tax:

Tax Havens Make US and Europe Look Poorer than They Are, Exaggerate Size of “Global Imbalances”
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Student Debt:

Can Outrage Over Student Loans Create a Political Bloc?
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Elizabeth Warren: Let’s Tax Millionaires To Lower Student Loan Interest Rates
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Changes To Government Loan Forgiveness That Totally Miss The Mark
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Uranium:

USEC Judge Questions Company's Need for 'Life Support'
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Turnarounds:

Meet the man behind Dr Martens’ turnaround
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Pensions:

Boeing freezes pensions for 68,000 employees
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Pentagon proposal would overhaul military pensions
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Brokers:

Regulator deletes broker warning signs: Study
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Aviation:

American Record Profit Seen as Merger Gains Extend U.S. Revival
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Financial Literacy:

Barack Obama's List Of "20 Things Kids Need To Know" About Using Money
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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 (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (2 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:

7 Big Brands Reported to Be Struggling
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Shrugs off Tronox Worries
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UFTA now the UVTA
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Distributions to Cash Out Shareholders of Target Company in an LBO are Subject to Fraudulent Transfer Lawsuits in State Court
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When Is “Good faith” Good Enough?
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Cross-Border:

Comparing major bankruptcy and insolvency regimes United States, UK, Germany, France and Luxembourg
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Glass Half Full for U.S. Creditors in Jaffe v. Samsung Electronics Co.: Fourth Circuit Rules In Favor of U.S. Creditors in Chapter 15 Jurisdictional Dispute
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Plain Meaning and Chapter 15
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Exemptions:

Law v. Siegel Reversal: What was the Government Thinking?
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Equity:

Law v. Siegel: The End of Equitable Disallowance?
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Equity:

U.S. Supreme Court Reins in Bankruptcy Court Authority Under § 105(a)
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Scalia Throws Bankruptcy Surcharging To The Mat
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eDiscovery:

You Want $60,572.61 in Costs? Here is $25.48
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Banking:

Banks Enriched by Junk Resist U.S. Regulator Standards
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Deutsche Bank Wins Auction for GSI Loan Book
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Reveals Her Biggest Fear About Going to Prison
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Mel Gibson's ex Oksana Grigorieva 'can pay just $372 per month towards debts'
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Mel Gibson's ex Oksana Grigorieva shops at pricey market with daughter Lucia... just weeks after filing for bankruptcy
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The Bankruptcy Jukebox: Tammy Wynette --- David Crosby --- Cyndi Lauper --- Tom Petty
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Mass Torts:

BP more than tripled CEO Dudley's total pay last year
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Canada Regulators Find Volatility of Oil in July's Deadly Train Accident Similar to Gasoline, Highlighting Crude-by-Rail Risk
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Sovereigns:

Argentine gov't praises US support in vulture funds litigation
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UK:

R3: bankruptcy fees too expensive
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Insolvency advice company Baker Donald Ltd ordered into provisional liquidation
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Takeover collapse could leave Leeds facing insolvency
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Akkeron Hotel subsidiaries in administration
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PIIGS:

NAMA has put 296 developers into receivership so far
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Ukraine:

White House Blames Russia For Ukraine Crisis --- Obama imposes sanctions on some Russians over Ukraine --- Republicans Seek Fast Congress Action on Russia Sanctions --- Another Putin-Obama Phone Call Goes Poorly As Ukraine Crisis Continues To Escalate --- Germans Oppose Russian Economic Sanctions - Poll --- Why Heavy Sanctions On Russia Could Backfire --- Approves sanctions on individuals 'destabilizing Ukraine' --- Will Sanctions Move Putin? --- Hedge Funds Are Buying Up War Insurance On Russia-Ukraine Conflict --- 5 Things to Know about Crimea and Its Role in Ukraine Crisis --- Crimea Readies Secession Vote as West Spars on Sanctions --- Russian Parliament to Back Crimea Secession --- Crimea Parliament "Accelerates Crisis", Votes To Join Russia --- Ukraine, Russian assets fall on Crimea vote
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London's Laundry Business
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China:

Chaori Can't Make Payment in China's First Onshore Default
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Chinese bonds - Not so sunny
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Why more bankruptcies would be good news for investors in China
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China's newest threat: zombies
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Shanghai launches latest bad loan bank
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Echoes of U.S. Subprime Seen in China Debt Ratings for Dagong
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Serbia:

UAE loan is taking Serbia a step closer to bankruptcy
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Hungary:

Hungary introduces new rules for liquidators
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Korea:

Banks launch clearing review after Korean broker default
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Kazakhstan:

Kazakhstan sets new limits on borrowing
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Russia:

Bank of Russia says preventing bankruptcy of Ukrainian bank's Moscow unit --- Russia’s CBR approves deposit insurance agency plan to prevent Moskomprivatbank bankruptcy
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