Law:
Marshall Huebner: Repeat Chapter 11s Attributable to Variety of Factors
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Harvey Miller: Chapter 11s Don’t Always Fix the Underlying Business
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Blank Rome Welcomes New Bankruptcy Of Counsel in Philadelphia
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Could Defections Derail The Edwards Wildman / Locke Lord Merger?
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Inside The Rapidly Evolving World Of Law Firm Websites
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The Incredibly Harsh Stigma Of Law School Debt
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T14 Law Student Loses His Mind In School-Wide Email Over Stolen Apple
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Are you successful? Don’t let others create the definition, prof says
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In a rural county that lacks lawyers, no one seemingly wants to buy a successful law practice
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Ropes & Gray Names 20 New Partners in Eight Offices Worldwide
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The 13 Best New Apps You May Have Missed
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Here's What Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Are Saying About The Phone's Unwieldy Size
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PGA golf star claims law firm stole $3M to help cover shortfall after managing partner embezzlement
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Lawyer is reportedly missing, along with over $3 million in trust account
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Here's The Right Way To Tuck In Your Shirt
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Best Way To Spend Your Lunch Hour
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A Miami Heat Player Has Strange Freakout On The Court, Rips His Jersey
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ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Finalists
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Teen Kills Man Who Refused to Buy Him Beer
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Judges:
Vacancy - Bankruptcy Judgeship - District of New Jersey (Camden)
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What GOP control of the Senate could mean for Obama’s judicial legacy
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Senate Filibuster Rule
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Bats invaded courthouse as Halloween loomed
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Do You Harbor Supreme [Court] Ambitions?
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Former staff attorney for Texas appeals court sues chief justice over firing
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Miami-Dade FAWL Gets its Wish, Celebrates NBC Canceling 'Bad Judge'
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Wall Street:
US Futures Trading Higher Ahead Of Factory Data
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U.S. Stocks Close Mostly Lower --- Stocks Retreat as Energy Companies Slump With Oil
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Jefferies’s ‘Scrappy’ Style Challenges Wall Street Norms
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MCG Capital Liquidation Not Sign of Market Woes, KBW Says
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Layoffs:
Sprint to lay off 2,000 as losses mount
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:
It's high earners who usually have big student-loan debt, data analysis shows
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Driving Student Borrowers Into Default
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U.S. students need more help dealing with loan companies
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Opera:
Opera is dead, in one chart
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Corporate Governance:
Why Women on Boards Does Not Equal Diversity
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Business Judgment Rule Protects Board's Decision to Maximize the Value of an Insolvent Delaware Corporation Even If It Puts Creditors at Risk; But It Does Not Protect Transfers of Value from the Corporation to a Controlling Shareholder or Related Party
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Telecoms:
LightSquared has deal to end Chapter 11 under lender control - source
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Dish's Ergen to Control LightSquared in Newly Announced Deal
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UniTek Files Bankruptcy With Plan to Give Lenders Control --- UniTek Global Services Receives 100% Lender Support for Restructuring Plan
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Gambling:
Creditors Call Trump Entertainment Bankruptcy Plan a 'Charade'
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Desperate Taj workers walk petition to Atlantic City mayor
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Mayor says city can't give Taj tax relief
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Can Las Vegas Casino's Survive a Market Crash?
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Macau Casinos Witness Biggest Monthly Revenue Drop on Record
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Alternative Energy:
Mississippi warns KiOR it will seek debt, interest
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Celebs:
On Forbes 400 list before 2008 business bankruptcy, ex-billionaire has paid $141.07 to bankruptcy trustee
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'Real Housewives of New Jersey' star Teresa Guidice quits the show, reports say
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Teresa Giudice storms off set of reunion show
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Wyly Asset Freeze Ordered by Judge to Stop Family Spending
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Economy:
ISM Manufacturing index increases to 59.0 in October
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Global October PMI Data Comes In Weak
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Fed’s Fisher: FOMC ‘Neutered’ Pledge To Keep Rates Low For ‘Considerable Time’
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Gross calls deflation a 'growing possibility' threatening wealth
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You Need Grad School to Understand Some of the Fed’s Policy Statements
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Saudis Cut US Oil Prices Again
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Gas is about to fall below $3 a gallon for first time since 2010 --- Cheap gas reignites America's love affair with gas guzzlers
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U.S. Light Vehicle Sales unchanged at 16.35 million annual rate in October
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Norway is world's most prosperous country
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Money and happiness: The link between happiness and income is fraying
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The 13 scariest charts about our country and our world
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Where Next Financial Crisis Will Come From
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Share of First-Time Home Buyers Hits 27-Year Low
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The incredible decline in young homebuyers
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Fed Survey: Banks "eased standards for construction and land development loans"
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Construction Spending decreased 0.4% in September
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Prosecutors: Squatters tried to ‘homestead’ in foreclosed homes
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Mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures down in September
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American Realty's Sale of REIT Adviser Canceled --- American Realty Falls After RCS Drops Cole Purchase
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Wall Street Cheers 3Q Results of Commercial Real Estate Firms
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$16.2 million verdict against PHH slashed dramatically
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Americans With Roommates Are Skyrocketing
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Long-Awaited Chicago Spire Gets Final Nail in the Coffin --- Related to Spire developer: Where's the deed?
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Hawaiian Lava Flow Declared A Major Disaster
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World Trade Center reopens for business 13 years after 9/11 devastation
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Municipalities:
Bondholders Losing Ground To Retirees In Muni Bankruptcies
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A symbol of Detroit blight in bankruptcy filing is finally demolished
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Falsely Imprisoned for 26 Years, His Compensation Could Be Hurt By Bankruptcy
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Race for Michigan governor, post-Detroit bankruptcy, is a dead heat
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The Pension Crisis In Illinois
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PA: Distressed cities law stresses proactive role
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13 top firms settle US SEC charges over Puerto Rico junk bonds
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Resorts:
Ex-billionaire's assets scrutinized by creditors
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Personal Finance:
How To Answer When Your Interviewer Asks 'Where Do You See Yourself In 5 Years?'
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The Best And Worst Things To Buy In November
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Healthcare:
Hampden County Physician Associates bankruptcy hearing postponed
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MA: Major medical group abruptly closes
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Electricity:
Bankruptcy judge says to allow Energy Future to begin Oncor auction with conditions --- Energy Future Judge Seeks Changes to Oncor Bidding Rules --- Energy Future Holdings gets closer to Oncor auction with judge's ruling
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Judge OKs Longview Power discharge settlement
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Oil/Gas:
Tisch Says Trouble Is Opportunity as Diamond Offshore Plummets
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Oil Is Crashing --- Oil Tumbles on Saudi Price Cut
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Crashing Oil Prices Could Bring The US Fracking Boom To A Sudden And Disastrous End
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Politics:
What If Lerner Was Right About the Tea Party?
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Churches Endorse Candidates, IRS Looks Away
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How to stop voter fraud and increase turnout at the same time
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Red States Push to Keep Obamacare Subsidies
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Corporate Reform:
JPMorgan Chase Under Criminal Investigation as Pressure Mounts
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Tax:
Ex-UBS Banker's Acquittal Shows U.S. Prosecution Trouble
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Food/Beverage:
The Best Sandwich Hacks
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How To Make The Perfect Flat White — The Coffee Beverage That Is About To Take New York By Storm
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Consumer Finance:
Military Veterans ‘Pension Advance’ Schemes Under Scrutiny As Predatory Lending
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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 (39 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:
Rising interest rates should not affect record low in corporate insolvency rates, says industry
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WNY bankruptcies keep falling
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HI: Bankruptcy filings in isles decreased 20% in October
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Constitution:
The Bankruptcy Clause, the Fifth Amendment, and the Limited Rights of Secured Creditors in Bankruptcy
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Sales:
Opportunistic Acquisitions: Buying Assets Through Bankruptcy
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Avoidance Actions:
"To The Extent": Lenders take note of recent Fifth Circuit bankruptcy decision
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Ordinary Course of Business Preference Defense Clarified in a Recent SDNY Bankruptcy Court Decision
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Personal Bankruptcy:
An Anatomy of U.S. Personal Bankruptcy Under Chapter 13
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Plan Confirmation:
Momentive Postscript – Bankruptcy Rule 3018: Vote Changing on Chapter 11 Plans: You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
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TBTF:
Greenberg May Be Called to Testify at AIG Trial
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Banks’ liquidity lifeline stirs debate
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Fraud:
Telexfree case: Government seeking action on plan
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October 2014 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Sovereigns:
U.S. judge gives Argentina debt mediator more authority in negotiation
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Soros, Bass funds ask London judge to protect investments in Argentine bonds
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Elliott Tells Investors - Fund To Hunt For Argentine Assets
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Argentina Warns U.S. Relations Could Worsen Over Appointee's Affiliations --- No official US response to CFK’s letter
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Kicillof opens door to vulture funds dialogue after RUFO clause expires
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After Kicillof's debt comments, Capitanich says Argentina’s stance 'remains the same'
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Argentina Accuses Procter & Gamble of Tax Fraud, Halts Operations
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UK:
2014 Q3 insolvency statistics R3 comments
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Germany warns 'no going back' if Britain curbs EU immigration: report
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EU:
What Does IMF’s Appointment of Crisis Veteran Say About Europe’s Economy?
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EU Cuts Growth Outlook as Inflation Seen Below ECB Forecast
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Conflict in EU Central Bank QE Plans
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PIIGS:
Monte Paschi eyes €2.1 billion capital increase --- Monte dei Paschi to Launch Cash Call to Cover Entire Shortfall --- Former Head Of The World's Oldest Bank Jailed --- Former Monte Paschi management convicted as crisis mounts
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Greece proposes bad debt write-off for small businesses
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Spain's Santander third-quarter profit jumps as bad loan charges fall
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Staggering Unemployment Levels In Greece And Spain Show How Europe Is Failing
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Canada:
Scotiabank to cut 1500 jobs, close about 120 branches
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France:
French ferry company to use bankruptcy to sink EU aid ruling
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Asia:
Asia Factory Conditions Worsen
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Bulgaria:
Bondholders warn Bulgaria over cost of Corpbank failure
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Australia:
Australia’s Unemployment Rate Is Worse Than We Thought
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Russia:
The Russian Ruble Is Collapsing Again As Oil Prices Slide To New Lows
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