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Law:
Layoff Watch: Shaping Up For Summer
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Carol Flaton on the Rural/Metro Ruling --- Philip C. Dublin --- Lisa Donahue --- Richard A. Chesley
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Stark Gender Disparities in Income Shown in Law Firm Survey
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Kirkland Grabs Role on Big Bankruptcy From Bygone Era
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McGuireWoods Adds Restructuring Partner in London
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3 Things Wrong With Above the Law’s Law School Rankings
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The Law Schools With The Least-Indebted Graduates
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Law school leaders are dividing into two camps: stuck v. serious
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Can Columbia Trump Yale Law School
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Creating a Good Internet Image
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Work. Life. Balance.
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The Rights Of Associates
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On The Side
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Anonymous Recruitment Director Answers Your Email Questions
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Skadden Best Branded Law Firm for Third Year in a Row
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Gordon Silver Opens Los Angeles Office On May 1, 2014
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Don't Foul Out: Three Pointers for GCs From L.A. Clippers/Donald Sterling Crisis
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Athletes Starving? Heisman Trophy Winner Caught Stealing Crab Legs From Publix
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Hidden Camera Captures Teaching Assistants Choking, Beating Special Needs Students
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What Donald Sterling could make if he’s forced to sell the Clippers --- Sterling: "Cash your chips old man" --- Here Are All The People Who Supposedly Want To Buy The Clippers --- Sports oligopolies and the economics of getting rid of Donald Sterling
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Shoot First, Ask Questions Later — As Long As You Have Insurance
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How To Survive Humiliation At Work
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11 Signs Someone Is Lying To You
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5 Classic Men's Shoes For Work And Play
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Horrible Smog Causes Man To Seek Divorce
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Judges:
Supreme Court Corrects Justice Scalia's 'Cringeworthy Blunder' --- Justice Scalia Botches Precedent Written By… Justice Scalia
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The Ginsburg-Scalia show
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Sen. Cruz Praises Former Justice Stevens at Senate Hearing
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NBA Commissioner Always Had the Makings of a Judge
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Popular judge accused of using bench as ‘bully pulpit’ is reprimanded
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock -Index Futures Little Changed Before Jobs Data
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Closes at All-Time High of 16580
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86 Years of U.S. Stock Market History
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Layoffs:
Net Employment Change by Major Industry, February 2010 to March 2014
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US Truckers Have Been Stranded by Employers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:
Pittsfield hospital operator makes $4M bid for former North Adams hospital
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Layoffs near at KMC; losses reach $3.4 million monthly
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No ombudsman named to oversee BMC's use of ER
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Tuomey preps for bankruptcy
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Who Really Pays for Healthcare Surprising
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Celebs:
'Chrisley Knows Best' Cast Members to Lose Grand Mansion Amid Bankruptcy Filing?
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Autos:
US government says it lost $11.2-billion on GM bailout
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Bankruptcy court may play a key role in GM class-action lawsuits
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Corporate Reform:
Criminal Liability Theories Aimed at Companies, Officers
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Why Wall Streeters Don't Go To Jail
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Personal Finance:
How One Woman Paid Off $23,000 Of Debt In 15 Months
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What I Wish I Had Known About Money When I Was 21
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Banking:
Barclays Bankers Better Get Ready For A Culture Shift
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Fraud:
SEC charges Utah-based retirement fund with fraud, freezes assets
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Madoff's penthouse is up for sale again
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Five signs your boss is a crook
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Brokers:
Corzine, Other MF Global Defendants Ask for More Insurance Money
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Currency:
Why A Group Of Rich Investors Is Trying To Bail Out Mt. Gox
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Mt. Gox Trustee Wants Bankruptcy Case to Move Forward
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Gambling:
Restructurings: Waterford Gaming Joins LCD's Watchlist Of At-Risk Debt Issuers
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Betting on Casinos, Part II
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Video Games:
Schilling asked to testify in Rhode Island review
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Lehman:
Lehman Trustee Plans $4 Billion Payout to Brokerage Creditors
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Golf:
Golf Club Dues Remain In Play After Chapter 7 Sale
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Economy:
US GDP falls to 0.1% growth rate – worse than expected --- BEA: Real GDP increased at 0.1% Annualized Rate in Q1 --- U.S. Economic Growth Slows To a Crawl in First Quarter --- Growth Freezes Up as U.S. Business Spending Slumps
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The GDP Report Actually Wasn't That Bad --- Goldman's Take On The GDP Report --- Here's An Easy Way Of Seeing What Added To And Subtracted From GDP --- 3 Optimistic Takes On The Ugly GDP Report
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Cost of Great Recession on the Human Body
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Fed to scale back bond purchases by another $10 billion
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Fed says economy improving a little --- FOMC Statement: More Taper, Economic Growth "picked up recently" --- Economists React to Fed Statement: ‘Entirely as Expected’ --- Parsing the Fed: How the Statement Changed
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Traders keep bets on July 2015 for first Fed rate hike
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Greenspan: Don't Blame Fed for the Crisis
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Survey: Yeah, Rich Getting Richer
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Private sector adds 220K jobs in April: ADP --- ADP Says Private Sector Added 220K Jobs In April, But Other Data Suggests Uneven Regional Hiring
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Biggest Explosion In Health-Care Spending In Over 30 Years Has Big Impact On GDP
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Nearly Half of New Yorkers Are Struggling to Get By, Study Finds
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House to Hold Hearing on Poverty
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Why China Is About To Become The World's Biggest Economy — Even Though People Thought This Was Years Away --- Everybody chill out: China’s economy is still only half the size of ours
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The Countries Where It's Easiest To Become A Self-Made Billionaire
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More reasons why the U.S. is the best place to be rich
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GOP Blocks Minimum Wage Increase
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Landlord Lease Claims: Avoiding the Statutory Cap – Round 1
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Rents Soar To Record High As Homeownership Rate Plunges To 19 Year Low
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac may need $190 billion in big downturn -regulator
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FHFA Violating Its Role As Fannie, Freddie Conservator: Legal Expert
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Suspect arrested in in murder of Menachem Stark, Brooklyn business man found dead in dumpster --- Two in custody
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Deutsche Bank Says Landlord Ruling May Flood Courts
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Wholesale AE Coached Brokers in Mortgage Fraud
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Municipalities:
Kevyn Orr: Speedy vote on state cash for Detroit bankruptcy settlement would help process
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Lawmakers' 10-bill package governing $350M bankruptcy payment could come next week
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Bankruptcy deals' aid comes with strings attached
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Federal judge weighing constitutionality of Michigan's emergency manager law
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Plan floats Detroit oversight panel after bankruptcy
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Snyder: Detroit oversight can be done through consent agreement
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Local road advocacy group wades into Stockton bankruptcy case
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Stockton: Creditor won't budge on debt
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Defaults Fall to 2009 Level as Riskiest Debt Rises
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'Financially distressed' cities look for exit from state Act 47 recovery plans
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Cities, states to lose big if highway fund disappears
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Krugman: The Folly of Prudence
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Electricity:
Energy Future Bankruptcy Opens With Battle Over Venue
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Energy Future has $11.8 bln to fund operations, challenges bondholders --- Energy Future Heads to Court to Line Up Bankruptcy Financing
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Chapter 11 surprise — sometimes junior debt holders win
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Junior creditors are testy over Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy
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Energy Future Bankruptcy Pits Marathon Against Apollo
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Texas-sized bankruptcy began with tacos at the Capitol
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How TXU's 'bankrupt' owners could still win
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Energy Future Holdings dishes out millions in executive compensation while filing for bankruptcy
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Energy Future Winners and Losers: Buffett's 'Big Mistake'
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Energy Future Holdings Could Find New Life Through Bankruptcy
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Oncor spared in Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy
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Oncor's ring fence has a $100M hole, analyst says
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Utility's Demise Is a Boon for Blackstone
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A Texas-sized bankruptcy for giant Texas energy deal
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Fitch Downgrades IDRs of Energy Future Holdings Corp, EFIH, & TCEH Following Chapter 11 Filing
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The Disastrous Energy Future Bankruptcy Is A Great Example Of The Perils Of High-Yield Investing
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Texas utility bankruptcy reaches Colorado's shores
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Energy Future Holdings files 2013 earnings
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No clean slate for TXU heirs after bankruptcy exit
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Healthcare:
North Adams Regional Hospital: Berkshire Medical Center preparing now for pre-opening inspections
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St. Francis Hospital bankruptcy plan gains OK
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Krugman: Health Care Politics In One Sentence
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Fitch Downgrades Citrus Memorial Hospital's Bonds; Maintains Evolving Watch
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Autos:
Grading the GC of General Motors
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Banking:
BNP Paribas Is Bracing Itself For A Fine 'Far In Excess' Of $1.1 Billion
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First Mariner Bank price tag rises by $1M as local investors await regulatory approval
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The Conundrum With the Banks
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Tax:
Could Britain be the next big tax haven?
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Swiss Enabler to Plead Guilty in Credit Suisse Tax Case --- Credit Suisse Pressure Increases With Enabler's Guilty Plea
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Pfizer's Pursuit Of AstraZeneca Highlights A Huge US Tax Loophole
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Fishing:
Pescanova expects new bailout bid to go through, as Pescafina plan gets nod
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Compensation:
For 15 Months Of Work, Marissa Mayer's Compensation As CEO Of Yahoo Has Been $214 Million
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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 (35 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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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Jurisdiction:
Supreme Court Set to Rule on Waiver of Article III Rights
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Bankruptcy Fees:
Notice of Fee Changes Effective June 1, 2014
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Safe Harbors:
Bankruptcy Judge Criticizes Bankruptcy Code Section 546(e)
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Executory Contracts:
Executory Contracts: Sometimes Debtors Can Be Choosers!
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Privilege:
GCs Challenge Ruling Denying Privilege to Defunct Corporations
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Remand Of Covington & Burling Disqualification Order
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Recent Pleadings:
Court Confirms Dreier Plan
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TBTF:
Countering 'Too Big to Jail'
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Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis
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Ex-AIG CEO Denied Jury Trial in Long-Running Civil Case
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Politics:
Elizabeth Warren's Moment
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Corporate Governance:
Survey: Existing and Potential Bank Directors Unwilling to Serve Due to Fear of Personal Liability
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Retailing:
Tough Choices Ahead For Coldwater Creek Workers
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Barnes & Noble: Going out of business?
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Millennials Are Becoming A Huge Problem For Retailers
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Video Games:
RI to use state funds for next payment to 38 Studios investors
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Telecoms:
Sorenson Communications exits Chapter 11
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Food/Beverage:
Sbarro Agrees to Pay Unsecured Creditors $1.25 Million
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UK:
Liquidations up from 2013, research reveals
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Q1 2014 insolvency statistics – R3 comments
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Insolvency Practitioners Association elects New President
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Corporate Insolvency Remains Low at the Start of 2014
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Insolvency and bankruptcy get worse
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U.K. Manufacturing Grows More Than Forecast on Exports
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Software developers suffer as IT companies endure rising insolvencies
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Administrations update - the contributory rule and set-off of competing claims
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Taalus creditors braced for £3m shortfall
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EU:
Cyprus taps markets for 1st time after bailout
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PIIGS:
Anglo Irish scandal 'a sorry story'
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Italy Court Gives Dolce And Gabbana 18 Months In Jail In Tax Case
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Codere Wins Reprieve in Debt Talks to Avert Insolvency Process
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In Tax Wars Greeks Turn to After-Hours Dragnets
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Canada:
Mayor Rob Ford Is Headed To Rehab
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China:
China rejects sign it may soon be No. 1 economy
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Chinese Manufacturing PMI Rises Less Than Expected
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Hong Kong:
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Ukraine:
IMF says Russia has entered recession: report --- IMF Warns Further Sanctions Will Prolong Russian Recession --- Why the sanctions against Russia probably won’t work --- Masked gunmen tighten grip on eastern Ukraine --- Kiev Says It's 'Helpless' To Restore Order In East Ukraine --- Fitch Says U.S. Limiting Putin Sanctions to Help Bondholders --- Putin Isn't Blinking Over Ukraine — But His Time Is Running Out --- Here's What Ukraine Owes And The Help It Will Receive --- IMF approves $17bn bailout for Ukraine amid ongoing tensions --- Ukraine billions sought by US and UK
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MENA:
Israeli panel proposes new rules for managing debt-troubled firms
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