Law:

Simpson Thacher Launches Bonus Season With Some Big Numbers --- Simpson Thacher Sets High Bar With Associate Bonuses --- Early announcement of big year-end bonuses stuns Simpson Thacher associates --- Big League Law Pays Big Bonuses Again --- Elite Law Firms Lift Year-End Bonuses --- Bonus Season Comes Early! (And It’s Not Cravath)
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Associate Bonus Watch: A Major Firm Matches Simpson
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Associate Bonus Watch: Yet Another Firm Matches Simpson
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Morgan Lewis Finalizes Bingham McCutchen Deal
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Dewey Defendants Seek Delay as Funds Run Out --- Ex-Dewey execs seek trial delay amid insurance dispute
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Key Ruling Brings Thelen Bankruptcy Closer to Conclusion
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Bankruptcy Trustee Challenges Law Firm, "Scorched Earth" Tactics - Seeks Recovery of $2.6M from OMM
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Number of in-house counsel who used litigation financing in a year has more than doubled
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When Writing, Keep it Simple, Counselor
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50 Ways To Leave Your Biglaw Firm (And Keep Your Bonus)
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Business of Law
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Law School Slashes Students To Game U.S. News Rankings
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Maryann Jones, Hired as Charleston Law School President Under Renewable 3-Month Contract, Resigns After 8 Days on the Job
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Law School Tuition: Helped or Hurt by Public Service Loan Forgiveness?
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Law firm chief convicted in $13M loan-modification scheme, faces up to 70 years
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After 100 years as tenant under a verbal lease, law firm is moving to another building
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How to avoid becoming a workaholic
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The 13 Best Custom iPhones Money Can Buy
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Eric Schmidt's 9 rules for emailing
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LinkedIn third-quarter loss widens
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Gadget GiftSayer
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The economic impact of the Ferguson protests --- Ferguson Is On Edge --- The FBI Opened Up A Special Intelligence Center To Deal With Ferguson --- FBI Sends 100 Agents to Ferguson To Prepare for The Protests That Will Soon Erupt --- Ferguson police families hiding or have left town after receiving death threats --- Safeguards in Place to Protect Identity of Jurors in Ferguson Case --- Michael Brown's father asks for calm --- Report: Officer Warns Ferguson ‘If You Do Not Have a Gun, Get One’ --- As Ferguson's Streets Tensely Await Decision, an Officer Brings Calm --- Why whites don’t understand black segregation --- How differently do blacks and whites view Ferguson? Here are the numbers
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Prosecutors under fire for flashing gang signs in holiday photo
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Rudy Giuliani: Whitey Cops are There Because You Kill Each Other
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It Has Arrived: the Long-Threatened House Lawsuit Against Obama --- The Boehner Lawsuit Against Obama: an Explainer
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UVA President Suspends All Campus Frats Following Explosive Rolling Stone R--- Article
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Lawyer handcuffed at ATM sues police for alleged racial profiling
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Cleveland police shoot dead 12-year-old boy holding 'airsoft' fake gun
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Report: Sandy Hook shooter never got needed treatment despite disabilities dating to early childhood
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News Crew Accidentally Captures Drug Deal on Live TV
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42 Years in Isolation, Conviction Squashed
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‘Better Call Saul’ is nearly here
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The Legal Rule Behind The Conspiracy Of HTGAWM
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Bauknight takes US Bankruptcy Court seat
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Are federal trial judges who write bluntly in law reviews, blogs, etc., “flashers” who expose too much of themselves?
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Spat between judge and courthouse security officer is resolved by requiring all judges to show ID
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Why Pacer should (and should not) be like Edgar
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Wall Street:

US Index Futures Advance With S&P 500, Dow at All-Time Highs
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European Stocks Are Up
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Stocks close up for the fifth week; Dow, S&P at records
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Goldman: Here Are The 10 Big Market Stories That Will Dominate 2015
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How Goldman Cheated Libya
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Layoffs:

Eight States Where Unemployment is Over 7%
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Gambling:

Lawyers will meet in effort to save Revel deal --- Revel Casino tries to save sale, but buyer is AWOL
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Who could have predicted the Revel casino would go bust? Anyone who was paying attention
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A New Jersey College Plans To Turn Atlantic City's Showboat Casino Into A Campus
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Bankrupt Trump Entertainment posts loss
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Taj Mahal offers to restore workers' health care --- Taj Mahal offers concessions
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Bankruptcy judge threatens Trump with liquidation
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Will Caesars Entertainment's REIT Plan Offset Debt Issue?
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In the midst of casino oversupply, another is born
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Payday-Loan Fortune Backed by Medley Found Behind Indian Casino
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Celebs:

'RHONJ' Teresa Giudice sending daughter to $17,000 a year school?
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Jacqueline Laurita won’t pay $8 million dollars yet? Bankruptcy lawsuit extended
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Incoming lawmaker involved in NHL player’s bankruptcy proceedings --- Blum expects loan to hockey player to be repaid
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Bankrupt NHL Players: Jackets' Jack Johnson Not the First
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Shifting attitudes at play in Cosby allegations --- Bill Cosby says he does not have to 'answer to innuendos': report --- Bill Cosby accusers list
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Warren Buffett Had An Epiphany At Age 10 That Set Him On The Path To Being America's Second-Richest Man
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Fort Smith Man Convicted Of Bankruptcy Fraud
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Auto Racing:

F1 Teams Burn Up $570 Million Of Losses In Just Five Years
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Financial Privacy:

National Retail Federation CEO to banks: Breaches are your responsibility, too
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Health Care:

NRMC's past shouldn't be forgotten
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What happens when your pregnant sister-in-law is paralyzed in an accident — and has no insurance
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Republicans have found a new part of Obamacare they think is illegal
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Libraries:

USU tries to recover $2 million journal vendor fee
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Economy:

The Economics of Thanksgiving Dinner --- 46.3 million to hit the road --- 17 Thanksgiving Hacks For The Best Meal Of Your Life --- How to Keep Your Cool While Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner - Even if you have to spend Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the office
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The skinny on whose salaries have gone down in America – and whose have gone up
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America's Part Time Economy
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Survey: Consumers Plan to Use Credit Cards for Holiday Shopping
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Goldman: So Far, Larry Summers Has Been Wrong About The US Economy
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Top Incomes Soared as Tax Rates Fell
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World Bank: No Matter What Governments Do — Big Climate Change Is Coming
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Millennial women will make more than their mothers, less than their brothers
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46% of recent college grads are in jobs that don't typically require degrees
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The Chart Of The Year
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Deflation Becoming Global Threat
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The five countries with the highest corporate tax rates
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Krugman On Immigration
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

U.S. mortgage applications fall in latest week
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Baltimore Landlord Halts Blight Suit With Bankruptcy Filing
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U.S. Bankruptcy judge dismisses developer Pat Turner's Westport bankruptcy case, clearing way for foreclosure
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Commercial Real Estate Is Now a Market of the Haves and Have Nots
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Jeff Koons to Be Evicted
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Municipalities:

Some bankruptcy fees are 'bunkum' --- Consultants' reports reveal surprising Ch. 9 expenses --- Officials: Bankruptcy bills mostly paid; mediation unlikely to reduce balance --- Fee examiner persuades Dentons to cut Detroit fees --- Detroit bankruptcy fee examiner: A role Chicago lawyer couldn't pass up
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Chinese Investors Snap Up Property in Bankrupt Detroit
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Questions, answers about Detroit's bankruptcy
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Wayne Co. Starts Foreclosing 75,000 Properties
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Mich. working out federal blight funding details
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Judge Strikes Down Illinois Pension Overhaul --- Illinois Law to Fix Worst Pension Deficit in U.S., Is Struck Down
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In Pennsylvania, a Failing School District Resists Takeover
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Bankruptcy no option for Paducah Power
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Puerto Rico legislators to debate oil tax increase
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Puerto Rico Rally at Risk With Rising Debt Expenses
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Advisor to Christie pushing emergency manager for Atlantic City
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3 Business Lessons Atlantic City Can Learn From Las Vegas
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A Solution for Cities on the Brink of Bankruptcy
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Alternative Energy:

SolarCity Rises on Wal-Mart Plan to Install Panels, Storage
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LDK Solar Announces Confirmation of U.S. Chapter 11 Plan, Recognition of Cayman Islands Proceeding and U.S. Enforcement of Cayman Islands Scheme
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Retailing:

Bankrupt Alco will close all its stores
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Walmart workers increasingly rely on food banks, report says
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Bon-Ton Stores Q3 Loss Widens , Again Lowers 2014 Outlook
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The Truth About Black Friday: It Isn't Black, and It Isn't Friday --- US retailers move Black Friday sales push online --- Black Friday Guide? Don’t Buy Into It
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Not all U.S. malls are reeling: These 10 centers are booming
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Television:

Aereo Files for Bankruptcy and (Almost) Declares Defeat --- Bankruptcy filing not the end for streaming service Aereo --- What’s the Takeaway From the End of Aereo?
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Oil/Gas:

'Age of abundance' in oil and gas poses fresh dilemmas
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The Downside of the Boom
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Aviation:

The worst thing about flying? These people
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Telecom:

Endgame for the Pay Phone: Out of Quarters
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Awards:

Angela Allen Receives Award from Turnaround Association
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Paper:

Judge OKs compromise in Great Northern Paper bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy judge approves plan to pay East Millinocket, other Great Northern Paper creditors
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‘Nobody likes losing money’: Bankruptcy settlement plan leaves some GNP creditors somber
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Fraud:

Madoff Scorecard, in Billions: $17.5 Lost, $10 Recovered, $1 to Do It
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Personal Finance:

I Buy Everything But Haircuts On Amazon Prime
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5 Big Bills You Can Cut Fast
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Festivals:

BR Festivals bankruptcy estate sues Uptown Theatre
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Tax:

Lost Lerner Emails No Longer Lost
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Corporate Reform:

SEC may face pressure to ease prosecutorial style
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SEC: Number of Whistleblower Reports Continues to Increase
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Coal:

Hedge Funds Bet on Coal-Mining Failures
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Agriculture:

Receiver Says Mixed Ownerships Complicating Turner Grain Case
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Shipping:

OW Bunker lenders rope in PwC
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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 (21 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (15 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Avoidance Actions:

Buyer Beware: Payment on Assumed Debt in An Asset Sale Could Be An Avoidable Preference
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Sales:

A Ninth Circuit Appeal of a Bankruptcy Sale Order May Be Moot Regardless of Whether the Seller Actually Had the Authority to Sell the Assets
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Cross-Border:

Sale by Chapter 15 Debtor in Foreign Main Proceeding of Claim Against U.S. Obligor Must Be Reviewed by U.S. Bankruptcy Court
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:

A Dispute over Bona Fide Disputes in Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceedings
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TBTF:

AIG Case May Turn on Nonstar Witnesses
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Hank Greenberg, AIG, CIC and the Backdoor Bailout
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New York Fed chief gets grilled at Senate hearing on oversight failures
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Corporate Governance:

New York Joins Delaware, Rejects 'Entire Fairness' Test
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Student Debt:

The average student debt burden in each state—in one alarming map
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82% of Americans want Congress to make student loans cheaper, but it's a bad idea
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College students are increasingly spending federal financial aid and taking on debt for high school-level courses that don't count toward a degree
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Religion:

Parishes in Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis seek shelter from abuse claims
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Some Bibles Are More Exemptable Than Others
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Ridesharing:

Geico’s hardline stance against ridesharing
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Construction:

Former Truland employees still awaiting release of 401(k) funds
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Autos:

GM Defect Claims Falling Flat - Only 72 out of thousands filed are deemed eligible
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G.M. 'Bullied' Manufacturer Over Poorly Designed Part, Email Says
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Sovereigns:

Clifford Chance advises bondholders pursuing unpaid Ukrainian bond coupon
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UK:

Apcoa restructuring scheme of arrangement sanctioned by the English High Court despite being contested – Court of Appeal hearing set for 9/10 December 2014
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Data Protection Law for Insolvency Practitioners
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Thomas Cook’s ticket out of hell
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Scotland marine energy dealt blow as Pelamis faces administration
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The England goalkeeper who could not save
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Supermarket Price War Killing British Food Producers
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Credit Counseling: Heartache, as savings pots to pay off creditors go missing
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EU:

How the EU Plans to Turn $26 Billion Into $390 Billion
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What's Bad For Europe Is Bad For Everyone
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Draghi Urgency for ECB Action Gets Final Reality Check
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PIIGS:

Greece to Negotiate Stalled Review With Troika in Paris --- Bloomberg View Editorial Urges Troika To 'Give Greece A Chance'
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Portugal's Ex-Prime Minister Is Spending His 3rd Night In Jail After His Shocking Arrest
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Canada:

Canada: Car Loan Bubble a Ticking Time Bomb
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Germany:

German business morale rebounds in November
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Russia:

Russia accuses West of seeking regime change in Moscow
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Putin: We're Stronger Than Everybody
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Not quite all there? - Russia's official reserve figures overstate the funds it has at its disposal --- Putin Has Been Hands-Off On The Russian Central Bank's Recession-Inducing Policies --- Russia Has Lost Up To $140 Billion From Western Sanctions And Oil Price Fall --- Russia Is Overstating The Funds At Its Disposal
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A wounded economy - It is closer to crisis than the West or Vladimir Putin realize
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China:

China Just Made An Interest-Rate Cut That Could Screw Its Mid-Size Banks
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China ready to cut rates again on fears of deflation: Sources
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Brazil:

Will Retirees Bankrupt Brazil?
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Latin America:

No One Expected Latin America To Slow Down Like This
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New Zealand:

Liquidations and voidable transactions – recent and future trends
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