Law:

Tuition Cuts are a Risky Bet for Law Schools, Moody’s Warns --- Moody's: Standalone Law Schools Without 'Premier Brands' Face Credit Stress
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Voluntary Buyouts Being Offered By Leading Law Firm Considered Biglaw’s ‘Best Brand’
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Nationwide Layoff Watch: 40 Felled In A Reduction In Force
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Unlocking The Black Box Of Partner Compensation
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How can we apply New Normal principles to increase access to justice?
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Is Wal-Mart law coming to the US? Retailer adds lawyers on site for shoppers
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Are you sure that's how you spell 'Ashurst'?
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Law Clerk’s $1.7 Million Apartment
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Bankruptcy Lawyer Mourning Death Of Son Suspended for Neglecting Clients
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Business law firm to pay $8M to settle class action over its work for hedge-fund client
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Casebook Publisher Has Aggressive New Plan To Rip Off Law Students
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Old Dog Goes To Law School To Learn New Tricks
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Essential Time Management Hacks
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Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance
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Always Eat When You Negotiate
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6 Things Never To Say During A Speech
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Junior lawyer releases rap album about how much he hated BigLaw
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Reinventing The Law Business: The First Mission — To Attract, Train, Retain, And Inspire Talent
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How To Make Your Elevator An Express
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Armed Woman Wearing Spiderman Outfit Robs Store
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Cops: Serial Pooper 'Terrorizing' Neighborhoods At Night
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Prosecutors Run Amok: An Interview With Sidney Powell, Author Of Licensed To Lie
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Man kept mother's dead body in a freezer for 3 years
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Company Threatens To Sue Man For Negative Amazon Review
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Lawyer arrested at school board meeting for complaining about novel on daughter’s reading list
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Trend: Women Buying Positive Pregnancy Tests To Trap Men?
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Convicted Killer Released From Prison To Live In Famous Movie Director's Garage
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Gruesome Tale of a 911 Dispatcher
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Judge: Hot Weather Made Me Puke 'Cause Al Gore Might Be Right'
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New Study Revisits Scalia-Posner Feud
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock Futures Retreat as Investors Assess Earnings
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Markets Are Slipping
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Stocks close mixed as tech rebound fades
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Layoffs:

Barclays moves to cut 7,000 jobs in retreat from investment banking --- 19,000 over 3 Years
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 319,000
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Parsons ordered to pay $12.2M to former employees
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:

Where To Eat And Drink In The Hamptons This Summer
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10 Amazing Dishes You Can Order On The GrubHub For Rich People
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Startups:

22 Qualities Of Entrepreneurs Likely To Fail
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Fraud:

Scott Rothstein’s Wife Faces $2 Million Judgment Over Hidden Jewels
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Rothstein Divorce Stalls Due To Secrecy Of Whereabouts
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Guilty Pleas For Fired Cops Tied To Rothstein
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Telex: State subpoenas second firm in pyramid scheme probe
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Judge: Ex-Schuylkill Products head responsible for $53.9M loss to U.S.
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Four Indicted In $70 Million "Virtual Concierge" Ponzi Scheme
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16 Psychological Reasons Good People Do Bad Things
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Electricity:

EFH and Oncor: An Electric Ring-Fence
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Energy Future’s Oncor Electric Said to Plan $250 Million Bonds
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Television:

Ergen says Dish Network cannot afford to bid for DirecTV
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Coal:

James River Gets $110 Million Loan Over Creditor Objection
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Healthcare:

Edgewater Medical Center's Old Records Hauled Out of Site, Will Be Shredded
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Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation to lay off 100 employees
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New day for old hospital
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Welllpoint, Aetna to House panel: The effects of Obamacare are not so dire
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Debt Swaps:

Affinion Group back in private debt swap space: offers PIK toggles for warrants
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Toll Roads:

Federal Highway Trust Fund In Danger of Insolvency --- How Tolls Could Help Prevent a US Transportation Crisis --- America’s transportation needs are huge. Too bad the way we fund them is broken
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Education:

Pope & Land says it wants Morris Brown property
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Private Equity:

IRS to Crack Down on Private Equity Execs
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Museums:

Wilder Slave-Museum Proposal Sparks Surprises
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Economy:

Yellen: Businesses Regaining Confidence as Budget Battles Fade
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Fed Chair's Concerns on the Economy
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What Timothy Geithner Really Thinks --- 5 takeaways on Geithner and the financial crisis --- Geithner: Suggested Clinton as possible successor
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US jobless claims drop 26,000 to 319,000 --- Drop in US jobless claims signals firmer labor market
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The story of the American recovery in 15 charts
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WSJ Survey: Economists See Growth Rebound
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TD Bank Survey: CFOs Increasingly Optimistic About Economic Growth
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Foreign Banks Collecting Billions From the Fed
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2 trends Janet Yellen calls 'disturbing'
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The Number Of Old Americans Is Going To Explode
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What Oil Costs All Around The World
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Greenbacks rule: All-cash deals hit 43% of total home sales in 1Q
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Mortgage Rates Hit Seven-Month Low
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Trulia: Asking House Prices up 9.0% year-over-year in April, "smallest year-over-year increase in 11 months"
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NAHB: Builder Confidence improves year-over-year in the 55+ Housing Market in Q1
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Freddie Mac Profit Down; To Pay Dividend Of $4.5 Bln. To US Treasury
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Fannie and Freddie Results in Q1: REO inventory declines, "Lower demand for foreclosed properties"
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Warren and Allies Said to Reject Fannie Mae Overhaul Bill
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As One-Time Gains Fade, Fannie and Freddie Face a Less-Profitable Future --- Small investors are caught up in fight over future of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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Las Vegas Real Estate in April: Year-over-year Non-contingent Inventory Doubles, Median Price declines
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Municipalities:

Bills to propose $195M state payment to Detroit --- Bill could put Detroit under state financial oversight for 20 years --- Bolger: State money would come with 20 years of oversight --- Michigan bills attach strings to Detroit bankruptcy money
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Michigan House forms panel for Detroit bankruptcy
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Chapter 9 bringing reshaping political dynamics
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Detroit's 2 largest public safety unions will probably fight debt plan
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AFSCME releases witness list for bankruptcy trial
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What’s the Grand Bargain?
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Poll: 66 Percent Of Michigan Voters Say 'Let's Fix Detroit' --- Michigan voters support state money for Detroit
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Detroit’s bankruptcy and one man’s wrongful imprisonment
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Mediation pace criticized in San Bernardino bankruptcy
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The Most Stressed-Out Cities In America
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Mayor: NYC homelessness 'staggering'
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By the Numbers: California's Jobs Comeback
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Recovery Rates Varying More In Muni Bankruptcies – Moody's
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Mass Torts:

Plaintiff Lawyer Offers Inside Look At `Institutionalized Fraud' At Asbestos Trusts
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Finally – An Asbestos Bankruptcy Court (Garlock) Provides Easy Access to 2019 Statements About Who Controls Claims
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Judge has concerns over chemical spill co sale
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Behind the scenes of the $100M New England Compounding Center settlement
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Defense:

Drone Defense Contractor: Bankruptcy Will Lead to Revival
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Personal Finance:

Here's How To Figure Out How Much Money Will Make You Happy
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Tracking Your Spending Might Be A Huge Waste Of Time
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Aviation:

Jet Midwest To Buy 'Substantially All' Of Evergreen International's Assets
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How To Get Treated Like The 1% And Avoid Long Lines At The Airport
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Frequent Fliers: The Best Airlines by Miles
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Student Debt:

How This Young Professional Is Paying Off $100,000 Of Student Loan Debt
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Our Generous Uncle Sam: Lenient College Debt Rules Encourage Students To Keep Borrowing And Hunt For "Public Service" Jobs
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Janet Yellen warns student debt may be holding back housing
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Student Loan Debt may Stifle Retirement Savings
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Accounting:

The increasing scope of auditors' negligence: Livent Inc. v. Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Tax:

In Showdown With Lerner, House Imprisonment Not Out of the Question
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Autos:

Bankruptcy confirmed for Engström Motorsport
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Wiesmann Officially Dies Following Bankruptcy Announcement --- Wiesmann at the end: hardly any hope for insolvent manufacturer
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GM recalls challenge company, frustrate customers
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GM asks Texas court to bar depositions of executives
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Chemicals:

Momentive Performance unsecured creditor panel amended; full list
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Hotels:

Viscount Suite Hotel files for reorganization
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Rail:

Sale of bankrupt Maine railway's assets in U.S. to close May 15
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Financial Literacy:

The Average American Can't Answer These Three Simple Finance Questions
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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 (26 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 Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Coming and Going Concerns
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DIP Finance:

James River Gets $110 Million Loan That Creditors Opposed
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Secured Debt:

Top 5: Exotic Collateral
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Final Day: Take Our Credit Bid Survey

Recent Pleadings:

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TBTF:

Regulators Point to New Financial Risks Outside Traditional Banks
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Litigation:

What Kind of Litigator Are You?
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eDiscovey:

Native File for Cloud Email
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Telecoms:

Judge Subordinates Part of Ergen Claims in LightSquared Case --- LightSquared wins key ruling over debt held by Dish's Ergen --- Ergen's LightSquared Claim Can Be Marginalized
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Ruling in LightSquared Case --- Falcone's LightSquared Bankruptcy Plan Rejected as 'Shell Game' --- LightSquared plan denied; judge gives lawyers 2 weeks to make deal
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Apple-Microsoft Venture Fights Release of Nortel Patent Data
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Currency:

Mt. Gox Depositors Win Preliminary Approval on Settlement Plan
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Banking:

Investors say parent of St. Paul's American Bank owes them $48 million
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An Overhaul at Barclays
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Gambling:

Caesars' guarantee removal will likely spur rights fight
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Retailing:

Target’s CEO didn’t leave because of a cybersecurity breach
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US retailers benefit from warmer April as sales bounce back
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge Fund vs S&P500 Performance
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Video Games:

Simmons: Default cost would exceed 38 Studios debt
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Celebs:

Ex-Bulldogs Bell, Jennings testify in Donnan trial
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Sovereigns:

Argentina's bondholders urge against Supreme Court appeal
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UK:

Insolvency trade body R3 announces new president
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Co-op reduces stake in Co-op Bank
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Insolvency experts Robson Scott raise fears over tax grab powers
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Household Debt Back at Alarming Levels
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EU

Draghi, worried by strong euro, says ECB poised to act as soon as June
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Europe’s Bad Bank Assets Since 2008 Top $2.5 Trillion
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PIIGS:

Greece's Unemployment Rate Falls To A Level That's Still Painfully High
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Bank of Ireland chief defends hard line on debt forgiveness
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Codere's Debt Battle Highlights Conflicting Interests Among Investors
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Canada:

No obvious suitor for Jacob's closing stores
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Ukraine:

Pro-Russian Separatists Defy Putin --- Ukraine Rebels Defy Putin — And Now He's Facing A Dangerous Predicament --- Russia to demand advanced payment for gas supplies
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Norway:

The End Of An Oil Boom Is Threatening Norway's Welfare Model
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Brazil:

Brazil court freezes some assets of fallen tycoon Batista -paper
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Brazil consumer defaults soar 8.6 pct in April
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MENA:

New $1.9bn claim in bank collapse
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