Law:
Perry Mandarino on the Rural/Metro Ruling --- Sharon Levine --- Paul Leake --- Marshall Huebner
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Goodwin Procter Expands Financial Restructuring Practice with Addition of Five Attorneys from Stutman in New York
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White & Case Leads Deal Q1 2014 Bankruptcy League Tables
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The Biglaw Firm With The Best Brand In The Business (2014)
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Retirement is not a moment in time
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Millstein's Abrams Juggles TXU to Puerto Rico as Workouts Scarce
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Firm offers new contracts to angry staff
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ATL's approach to ranking law schools: decide what the result should be, then adjust the criteria accordingly?
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Lawyer Asks Teacher What He Makes And Had To Listen To Some Dumb Poem
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The Women’s Biglaw All-Star Team Of 2014
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The Biggest Mistakes People Make When Networking
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This Guy Left The Law To Make Crazy S-- Toys
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Will The Sixth Circuit Get ‘A Rise’ Out Of This Former Bengal Cheerleader’s Dirty Case?
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It’s Finals Period — Time To Find Somebody Else To Take Your Test For You
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Contract Attorney Sues Former Employer; Schadenfreude Ensues --- Contract Lawyers: Lawsuits Are Sexy, But ...
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Tacoma needs a law school like I need a hole in the head
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Legal Sector: Layoffs no longer big news story
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Attorney gets 5 years prison in Fla. Ponzi scheme
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Legal Marketing: The New SEO Game (Hint: Keywords Play Minor Role)
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Donald Sterling 'tyrannical' in court, NBA will learn --- In wake of Sterling scandal, NAACP leader is under scrutiny --- Was it legal to record Sterling's racist rant?
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60 Students Arrested After Breaking Into New Jersey High School And Trashing It
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Teacher’s one-month rape sentence is too short, Montana Supreme Court says in opinion chiding judge
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7 Ways To Look Like A CEO, Even If You're Not
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8 Affordable Shirts For Guys To Wear To Work This Summer
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Cops: Middle Schoolers Plotted To Bake Pot Cookies In Home Ec Class
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Bankruptcy judge Pamela Pepper nominated for district court bench
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Tough Judge Richard Sullivan's Rulings Are in the Spotlight
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Judge says posting on her Facebook page about case = transparency
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Judge confusion over who's a ****ing ****head and who's a ***t
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Wall Street:
Wall Street Seen With Guarded Optimism Ahead Of Jobs Report
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Markets Are Doing Nothing Ahead Of The Jobs Report
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Dow, S&P 500 Edge Lower
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Layoffs:
Planned layoffs jump 17% in April: Challenger, Gray
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American teens don’t want to work
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What To Say If An Interviewer Asks If You Have Kids
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Most Jobs Created in this Recovery are Low Wage
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:
Tuomey Could File for Bankruptcy This Month
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Wake Forest Baptist to lay off 350 employees as it continues restructuring
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Lawmaker says debt from trust bankruptcy could cause some health care providers to fold
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LBMC bankruptcy hearing adjourned to May 12
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St. Francis Hospital advances on settling bankruptcy case
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Federal bankruptcy judge questions whether city of Holyoke may be liable for geriatric authority's mounting debt
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Massena Memorial Hospital watching dollars
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Video Games:
Schilling asked to testify in Rhode Island review
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Nonprofits:
Financially troubled nonprofit sells Music Circle property
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Equipment Rentals:
Classic Party Rentals’s Acquisition by Apollo Global Management Receives Court Approval; Path Cleared for Transaction Close in May
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Healthcare:
Fitch Downgrades Citrus Memorial Hospital's Bonds to C
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Most Obamacare Enrollees Lacked Prior Health Insurance
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Education:
Atlanta, church offer to buy Morris Brown land
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Tax:
George F. Will: The heavy hand of the IRS
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Bin Laden Son-in-Law’s Attorney Agrees to Prison Time On Tax Charges
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Economy:
Yellen's Fed Resigned to Diminished Growth Expectations
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Consumer Spending in US Jumps by Most in Five Years
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US spending sparks optimism after biggest jump in five years
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Economists expect rise in jobs in April report
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Profits Beat From MasterCard to Exxon as Economy Recovers
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ISM Manufacturing index increased in April to 54.9
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Global manufacturing bounces higher
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Weekly jobless claims surprisingly jump to two-month high of 344,000 --- But Labor Market Is Seen Strengthening
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How states fared on unemployment benefit claims
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Fed Cuts Monthly Asset Purchases To $45 Billion At April Meeting
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A global tour of the manufacturing PMIs
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US April factory activity growth slows slightly: Markit
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People In Texas Really Don't Want To Leave, While People In Illinois Want To Flee
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Credit Managers’ Index Shows Signs of Distress Among Trade Debtors
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Paul Ryan tries to ease tensions with black lawmakers on poverty
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Why The Personal Saving Rate Is Tumbling
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Miami’s Poor Live on $11 a Day as Boom Widens Wealth Gap
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Mortgage rates fall, 30-year fixed average at 4.29%, Freddie Mac says
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Large home builders net orders last quarter "virtually flat" from year ago
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House flipping becomes more profitable
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Construction Spending Misses Expectations --- Public Construction Spending Lowest since 2006
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Millionaires Are Living Cheap In New York's Rent-Stabilized Apartments
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Miami developer files Chapter 11 on Jacksonville land --- Owner of riverfront land surrounding Downtown Wyndham files for bankruptcy
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Kelleher's last chance to reach for skies over Chicago
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Municipalities:
Detroit Tries to Stay Afloat Through Negotiations
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Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr expects to go back to Lansing in push for $350 million
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Calpers Says Detroit Bankruptcy Ruling Threatens System
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Crowds rally in Detroit to protest emergency management, bankruptcy plan
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New Jersey Debt Rating Cut by Fitch on Revenue Shortfall
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Journey to Chapter 9 trial stops in Sonoma
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Puerto Rico’s Historic “Balanced” Budget
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Mayor: Illinois cities should be able to file for bankruptcy
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Electricity:
Energy Future Holdings to pay $97 million to obtain two years of financing
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Bankruptcy judge says to approve Energy Future Holdings interim $2.7 bln DIP loan
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Energy Future's Bankruptcy Bargaining Now a Battlefield --- Attorneys pack courtroom for first EFH bankruptcy hearing --- First hearing packs three courtrooms
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Energy Future Creditors, Lawyers Ready Chapter 11 Battle
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Texas' Energy Future, creditors square off in bankruptcy hearing
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Company says customers, retirees unaffected by bankruptcy
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Texas Localities’ Revenue at Risk After Bankruptcy, Moody’s Says
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TXU Bankruptcy Proves Bank Loans Are Not Always Best
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Autos:
GM Takes Recall Fight to Familiar Turf: Bankruptcy Court --- GM's fate in hands of bankruptcy judge...again
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GM Wants Customers to Agree to Suspend Suits Within 10 Days
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GM Asks Halt to Suits Relating to Bankruptcy
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GM Asks Plaintiffs To Pretty Please Hold Off On Ignition-Related Lawsuits
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Detroit automakers report mixed results in April US sales --- Ford, Chrysler Sales Miss Analysts' Estimates as GM Beats
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U.S. Light Vehicle Sales decrease to 16.0 million annual rate in April
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Fishing:
Pescanova Seen Winning Creditor Vote for Debt Restructuring
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Retailing:
Carol's Daughter founder downplays bankruptcy report
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Aeropostale blames “mom” shoppers for P.S. closures
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Banking:
Bankers Learn What Happens in Vegas Can Land Back in D.C.
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Fraud:
SEC Investigates Possible Hedge Fund Collusion Against Bill Ackman's Massive Herbalife Short
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New York's Attorney General Expands Probe Into High-Frequency Traders
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Douglas L. Bates Heads to Prison for Role in Rothstein Ponzi Scheme
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Ron Wilson's office furnishings, truck, guns to be auctioned
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Accused Ponzi Schemer Faces 45 More Years in Prison
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Currency:
Mt. Gox Settlement Decision Delayed, As Trustee Seeks US Bankruptcy Approval
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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 (25 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:
Rochester: Region's bankruptcy filings drop 19 percent in April
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Toledo: Bankruptcy filings down 13% in region
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Standing:
On Having Standing to Object to a Bankruptcy Settlement, the Seventh Circuit Holds that Money Isn’t Everything
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New: Take Our Credit Bid Survey
TBTF:
US weighs risks of 'nuking' big banks
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Corporate Reform:
Rigged market? SEC busts the NYSE
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Personal Finance:
The Best Things To Buy In May
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Celebs:
Celebrity tax woes
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Todd Chrisley Bankruptcy: Reality Star's Mother-in-Law Involved in Bank Lawsuit After Giving Family $10 Million Loan?
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Shipping:
Genco Paid More Than a Million to Chairman in Year Before Bankruptcy
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Shareholders lose early fight in Genco case
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Mass Torts:
Will Fourth Circuit Decision To Unseal A CPSC Case Be A Boon To Asbestos Defendants?
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Bankrupt Pittsburgh Corning lifts Kane to CEO
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Photography:
C&A Marketing Acquires Calumet Photographic at Bankruptcy Auction
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Food/Beverage:
Smashburger holds an auction
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Alternative Energy:
ClearEdge files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
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Compensation:
The Real Story Behind Rising CEO Pay
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Student Debt:
Proposed Bill Would Eliminate Automatic Default For Private Student Loans
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Brokers:
Corzine asks judge for OK to pay his lawyers
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UK:
Popularity of UK Scheme of Arrangements to Restructure Foreign Companies Continues — Boundaries of Application Further Extended
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EU:
Eurozone Unemployment Is The Ugliest Chart In The World --- Euro Unemployment Holds at 11.8% as Crisis Legacy Lingers
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PIIGS:
Spanish Bonds Continue Incredible Rally
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China:
China tried to undermine economic report
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Ukraine:
Putin's Promises To Eastern Ukraine Could Bankrupt Russia --- Putin Wants Ukraine's Troops Out of East --- Why Police Aren't Stopping The Pro-Russia Takeover In East Ukraine --- The Alarming State Of Ukraine — And Unnerving Threats From Russia — In One Map --- Ukrainian President: We Have Lost The East To Russia --- Mastercard Is Really Worried About Putin's Plan For Russian Payment Cards --- Pro-Russian protesters storm prosecutor's office in Ukraine's Donetsk --- BP left exposed as Russia warns of sanctions --- IMF says Ukraine needs modified bailout if it loses the east --- Things Heat Up, As Ukrainian Government Launches New Offensive In Eastern Town --- 'Ukrainian economy is caving in on itself'
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Japan:
Sony issues third profit warning in 6 months
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China:
China's Slowdown: You Can Bank On It
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A Partial Primer to China’s Biggest Shadow: Entrusted Loans
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Mexico:
Mexico homebuilder Homex files for bankruptcy, seeks financing --- Homex Bonds Climb After Builder Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Finland:
Bankrupt WinWind finds buyer
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Iceland:
Iceland Must Drop Bank Creditor Program, World Bank Adviser Says
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Australia:
Australia Warned of Looming Debt Crisis
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