Law:
ABA Joins Battle Over Shuttered Law Firm Profits
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Women Partners Still Lag Behind Men in Billing Rates, Management Roles
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Billable Hour ‘Shenanigans’ --- Lawyer’s billing ‘shenanigans’ spur law clerk’s letter to columnist
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Proof That 'Bigg & Mediocre' Has No Future
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D.C. Firms Fall Short of Am Law's 'Super Rich'
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Mid-Size
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So You Want to Be an In-house Lawyer
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Business of Law
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How to Make Summer Associates Love Your Firm
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Law School Job Data Shows Wide Gulf Between Elite and the Rest
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Texas A&M Law School Gets a Dean
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USC Law Dean Steps Down. The First ATL 50 Casualty?
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Florida lawmakers pass bill allowing noncitizens who stayed in the US illegally to get law licenses
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Stats quantify employment boost for grads of top 50 law schools
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Go To A Good Law School Or Don’t Go At All
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Fifth Circuit: Fees? Yes. Fees for Fighting for Fees in Bankruptcy? No.
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When NOT To Refer That Case
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Work-life balance is no longer a top concern of state and local bar members, surveys show
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Law students seek license for long-deceased would-be attorney
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14 Tactics For Reading People's Body Language
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Now There's An App That Lets You Auction Off Your Parking Spot
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Law Students Teach Administrative Law — Through Dance!
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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet To Becoming A Master Negotiator
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Second-Grader Says School Put Him In Handcuffs For Misbehaving
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Autistic 13-Year-Old Handcuffed And Thrown In Jail
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Former partner in massage-parlor case sees charges concerning 3 claimed victims dropped as trial looms
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Islamist leader threatens to sell abducted girls 'as slaves'
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At the Office, Keep Your Selfies to Yourself
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Resegregating Schools Again 60 Years Later
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Law student claims police abuse led to loss of t-------
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25-Year-Old Grad Student Found Guilty Of Assaulting Cop At 'Occupy Wall Street,' Faces Up To 7 Years In Prison
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A Woman Whose iPhone Was Stolen Went To The Thief's House To Get It Back
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Judges:
Supreme Court upholds prayer at government meetings --- Chief Justice Says 1st Amendment Applies Only To Christians And Other Stupid Stuff --- With the Supreme Court's Help, Religion Creeps Toward the State
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Justice Alito Smacks Down Justice Kagan's Dissent In Prayer Case, Calls It 'Highly Imaginative'
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Supreme Court misguided if it thinks public prayer isn't coercive
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Supreme Court won't rule on carrying guns in public
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10 big Supreme Court cases awaiting decisions
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Judge: What's a federal trial court like behind the scenes?
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Judge Recuses Herself After Questioning Victim
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Is October Term 2014 Filled Up? Plus A List Of Top Feeder Judges.
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Wall Street:
US futures edge higher ahead of trade data
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Markets Are Higher
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Stocks close higher as service sector improves
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Layoffs:
Want to help the long-term unemployed? Try a two-tiered minimum 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:
Hospital sales are just backdoor tax increases
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Fewer in US lack health insurance, but issues remain
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Health care’s $85 billion challenge – uncompensated care in the Obamacare age
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St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii cuts programs, lays off 110 employees
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Aviation:
Will Alitalia CEO charm Etihad at key meeting?
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Fraud:
$351.6M more going to Madoff scam victims
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Three charged in Rothstein case all scheduled for guilty pleas
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Education:
The "secret" to why Asian students do so well in school
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Staffing:
Select Staffing Bankruptcy Plan Approved After Five Weeks
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Metals:
NY shredder Roth Steel files for Ch. 7
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Celebs:
'Chrisley Knows Best' Mom Julie Chrisley's Secret Past Revealed? Source Claims 'She's Totally Fake'
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'Real Housewives' star Teresa Giudice prevails in mortgage fraud civil suit
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Shipping:
Overseas Shipholding files amended plan; rights offering detailed
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Economy:
A College Education Still Pays For Itself, Fed Economists Say
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No job, no house, no kids: Welcome to the millennials
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Global Manufacturing Growth Slows To A 6-Month Low
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US economy to see faster growth after winter freeze: OECD
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U.S. businesses are being destroyed faster than they’re being created
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Service sector grows at fastest pace since summer
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Nonmanufacturers Rebound in April
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Most Americans Make It To The Top 20 Percent (At Least For A While)
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Thomas Piketty Is Right --- Krugman: Why We’re in a New Gilded Age
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The Happiest Countries in the World
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Govt's Fatally Flawed Fannie Argument: Receivership Vs Conservatorship
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Gundlach: 'For The Rest Of My Career We Will Never See 1 Million Housing Starts Again' --- Short The Homebuilders
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Q1 2014 GDP Details on Residential and Commercial Real Estate
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Existing Home Inventory up 8.6% year-over-year on May 5th
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20 million U.S. families could buy homes, but don’t
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Construction Employment: Pace of Hiring Increasing
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Home Price Gains Are Not Boosting Borrowing
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New Foreclosures Fall to Lowest Level Since 2006 --- One in 10 American Borrowers Underwater
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Return of 'mansionization' has L.A. homeowners grumbling
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August Wilson Center creditor firm on end date of financial support
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Municipalities:
Detroit Files Last Version of Debt-Cutting Plan Before Vote --- Final Disclosure Statement, Plan of Adjustment and Exhibits' --- Judge Approves Plan, Voting Can Begin --- Bankrupt Detroit Cleared to Send Out Ballots to Creditors on Debt-Cutting Plan
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Detroit reaches 5-year deals with two police unions --- Health care remains a sticking point
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MacMaster hesitant on Detroit bailout
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Detroit expects $195 million lump sum from state to help pensions, get city out of bankruptcy
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Bond insurers fight for 'survival' in Detroit's bankruptcy
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Appellate court remands challenge to EM health care cuts
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Don’t Sell the Art: DIA Director speaks to graduates
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On the Bankruptcy Reading List: Detroit court consultant’s memoir
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Should Jews pack their bags for Detroit?
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Fitch: North Las Vegas Faces Same Factors That Led to Harrisburg, Stockton & Detroit Bankruptcies
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Court tells judge to take another look at Pontiac cuts
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10 Richest Small Cities in America
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Retailing:
Target CEO out as data breach fallout goes on --- Target Ousts CEO -- Here's What It Must Do To Get Back On Track --- Here's How Much Money Target's CEO Will Be Leaving With
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Tax:
Credit Suisse Said Near U.S. Tax Deal for Over $1 Billion
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Buffett says Congress may look at tax-driven mergers
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U.S. Will Ease Enforcement of Tax-Evasion Law for 2014, 2015
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Autos:
GM Recall Law Firms Beasley Allen, Cooper Join in Litigation
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Economic loss is focus of Bankruptcy Court proceeding related to GM recall
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Can `New’ GM Separate From `Old’ GM’s Recalls?
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Fisker creditors want a repayment do-over
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Coal:
James River Coal Creditors Call Bankruptcy Loan Fees Excessive
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Personal Finance:
8 Major Reasons You're Failing Personal Finance 101
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11 Ways To Save As Much As $100 A Month
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Currency:
Mighty Ducks child star wants to buy defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox for 1 Bitcoin
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Telecoms:
LightSquared closing arguments begin with referendum on Ergen
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Dish's Ergen Objects to LightSquared's Reorganization Plan
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Alternative Energy:
Fuel-cell Makers Catching Fire on Bankruptcy News
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Small Business:
Then There's the Real Minimum Wage: Zero
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Mass Torts:
BP cries foul, says crafty lawyers and claimants collected $500M in comp unrelated to oil spill
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Corporate Reform:
Mary Jo White Doesn't Scare Anybody
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Student Debt:
Student loans next on Dems' 'Fair Shot' agenda
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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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 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:
April Bankruptcy Filings Decline 13 percent
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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DIP Finance:
Oregon Bankruptcy Court Denies Administrative Priority Status to Potential DIP Lender for Breakup Fee Claim
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Cahill’s Ezring advises financing sources on Cengage’s Chapter 11 exit
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Safe Harbors:
How Safe Is the Section 546(e) Safe Harbor? Part II: Financial Intermediaries and Financial Institutions
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Avoidance Actions:
Anadarko Posts Big Loss On Tronox Settlement
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Recent Pleadings:
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TBTF:
Holder on banks: 'Too big to jail' doesn't apply --- Holder Says Agencies Progressing Toward Criminal Charges Against Banks
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Banks Being Forced To Plead Guilty To Criminal Charges: Will They Survive?
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Insurance:
House Republicans Face Battle Over Terror Insurance - Insurance Companies Fear "Overnight Insolvency"
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Electricity:
Restructuring Watchlist - EFH Moves Off, In Largest Default (But Not Credit Loss) On Record
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EFH unit plans $9B in debt to help pay senior creditors
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Lasry’s Credit Cabal Gets Top Energy Future Gem
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Fitch Affirms Oncor's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable
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Enron-style price gouging is making a comeback
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Food/Beverage:
Banah emerges from Chapter 11 with new name, CEO
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A Growing Number Of US Restaurants Are Forgoing Tips And Paying Servers More
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Lehman:
CalPERS recovers $12.75 million in lawsuit over collapse of Lehman Brothers
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The Lehman Brothers Ethos Fades at Barclays
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Recycling:
Judge Approves Sale Of Abandoned Hazelwood Recycling Company
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UK:
UK services PMI jumps as jobs growth hits record
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EU:
EU expects recovery to lower unemployment faster
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Europe Is Back
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Creditors back for 4th Cyprus bailout review
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Draghi Grapples With Money Markets Showing Revival Too Soon
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PIIGS:
Spain's services grow at fastest since crisis
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Italy service sector PMI returns to growth in April: Poll
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Bailout Is Over for Portugal, but Side Effects Will Linger
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Differing accounts of former Anglo chief David Drumm’s marriage
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Germany:
German private sector expands in April as orders flow in: PMI
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China:
China’s Property Bubble Has Already Popped, Report Says
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China wakes up to growing pension problem
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MENA:
UAE insolvency ratio lower than in Western Europe
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Brazil:
Eike Batista Donates Homes Worth and Estimated US$ 22 Million to his Children
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Australia:
ASIC begins fresh push to oust liquidator of controversial Walton Construction bankruptcy
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Ukraine:
The US Will Deploy An Economic Weapon On Russia That Could Hurt More Than Sanctions --- Heavy Fighting Breaks Out in Slovyansk --- Moldova puts borders on alert --- Top NATO Commander: Putin Can Achieve His Goals Without Regular Troops In Ukraine
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India:
Rising bad loans threaten India's gradual economic recovery - OECD
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Croatia:
Croatian Finance Minister Linic sacked over bankruptcy deal
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