Law:
J. Scott Victor: Prepa Restructuring Depends on Energy Alternatives --- Ralph Tuliano: Prepa Restructuring Features Usual, Unusual Challenges
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Survey: Client Efforts to Tamp Down Legal Costs Are Gaining Steam
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NY To $190K? Not So Fast, Because $160K Salaries Are No Longer The Norm --- Change in BigLaw ranks leads to shrinking prevalence of $160K starting pay
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Which law firms lost the highest percentage of lawyers in the last year?
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The ATL Power 100 Law Firm Rankings
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DLA Piper founder spams lawyers with memoirs
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Lawyer amazes as "Law Hawk"
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Law Firms in Phila. Market Looking In-House for Talent
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Akerman leaving SunTrust International Center in favor of Brickell City Centre
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Attorney shuts down police stop of black handyman: ‘Now please leave our neighborhood’
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Yale Law Students Love H-----s
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Law Schools With The Best Professors, According To Princeton Review's 2014-15 Ranking
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Elon Law to cut total tuition by nearly $14K and offer law degree in 2.5 years for all
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Northwestern is rated top law school for career prospects; which schools topped other categories?
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Lawyerly Lairs: From A Big House To The Big House And Back Again — Mel Weiss’s $19 Million Mansion
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How To Make Yourself Memorable When You Meet Someone
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Much To Gain And Little To Lose From Using The Right Recruiter (Part 2)
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How To Make The Most Of Your iPhone's Camera In iOS 8
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Online Drug Dealers Are Using The US Postal Service As Drug Mules
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Alabama pastor confesses: I’ve been having sex with church members — and I have AIDS
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Racketeering suit says law firm aided sunken-treasure fraud, seeks $10M in damages
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No charges for officers who maimed toddler in botched raid
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Paralegal faked emails and misled clients
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Ex-lawyer makes splash on The Apprentice --- Competing Apprentice claims "I'm a glamorous lawyer"
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Adrian Peterson Faces Arrest After Drug Admission
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Credit card charge of $600 isn’t processed, sending man to jail, but same card is good for $1K bail
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Municipal worker who struck her own parked car with city vehicle seeks reimbursement for damage
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New Jersey high school cancels football season over ritual r----- hazing
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Judges:
Federal Judge: Is a chimp a person? - "I think I may have sentenced a chimp or two"
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SCOTUS: Tea With POTUS?
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The Apolitical Supreme Court is Dead
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A Blind Item Revealed: A Federal Judge Whose Clerks Must Cut His Grapefruit
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Judge faces obstruction charge after claimed hit-and-run accident
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks : Fall in futures point to more pain for Wall Street
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Global shares hit six-month low as growth worries mount
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Global Plunge Continues
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Stocks Drop As Volatility Comes Back
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Markets Tumble, Oil Crashes
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Morgan Stanley: Stocks That Will Thrive Even If The Economy Gets Worse
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Hedge Funds:
John Paulson's Fund Crashed 10.6% In September
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Fraud:
Madoff emails from prison defending employees
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Retailing:
Haunting Photos Of Deserted Sears Stores
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Family Dollar fourth quarter profit drops, same store sales improve marginally
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Gambling:
Union makes counteroffer to save Taj Mahal casino
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Owner of Trump Taj Mahal accuses union of harassing clients
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Food/Beverage:
Hiller's markets memo warns employees of possible mass layoffs
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Diner Takes Prices Off Its Menu, Asks Customers To Pay What God Wants, And Triples Its Revenue
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Crumbs Cupcakes to Reopen in Midtown After Restructuring
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Telecoms:
Globalstar Says Short Seller's Criticisms Are Flawed
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Coal:
In An Absolutely Brutal Day For The Market, Nothing Got Slammed More Than Coal Stocks
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Lehman:
Lehman in $350m settlement with Canary Wharf Group over rent owed
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Awards:
Commercial Law League Selects 2014 Robert E. Caine Leadership Award Winner
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Libraries:
Lessons from Swets
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
New Haven couple pleads guilty in federal tax, bankruptcy fraud case
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Agriculture:
Trustee seeks to recoup $9M in payments by Pennfield to vendors
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Economy:
Jobless claims in the US dip to an eight-year low --- Drop in claims points to labor market strength
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Bullard says market view of Fed's rate path a "mistake"
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Economists Downgrade Their Inflation Outlook
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Citi: Here's What The World's Big Economies Will Do In The Next 4 Years
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When it comes to the economy, Obama has a Bush problem
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Most Economists Confident in Fed’s Exit Tools
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US wholesale inventories grow more than expected --- US wholesale stockpiles rise in August by most in 4 months as sales fall sharply
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Janus's Gross: The global economy is slowing down
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World finance officials, in Washington, seek solutions for a weak and uneven global economy
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Poor nations are way more optimistic than rich ones
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Christine Lagarde urges US to approve IMF reform
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Why the Federal Reserve Isn't Worried About Inflation (or Stock Bubbles)
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Here's How Rich People Made Their Money, According To Rich People
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Oil Plunges To A 23-Month Low
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
US Mortgage Rates Fall to Lowest in a Month --- Mortgage rates down for third straight week
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Housing: Appears Inventory build is Slowing in Previous Distressed Markets
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If Congress Won't End GSE Conservatorship Soon, FHFA Can
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Trulia: Asking House Prices up 6.4% year-over-year in September
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Brooklyn Home Prices Reach Record
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Municipalities:
City of Detroit, creditor talk land, parking garages --- Detroit talks with holdout creditor move to New York as clock ticks
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The Detroit Bankruptcy Attorneys: For the city and creditors
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County board votes in favor of water deal with Detroit
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US Attorney: Violent crime is falling in Detroit
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Reports predict default, deeper debt, for Harrisburg
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Federal judge: Pensions not as protected as you think
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Map: Which states get hurt most by plunging oil prices?
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10 States with the Worst Quality of Life
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Celebs:
12 Donald Trump Businesses That No Longer Exist
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Steve Moore's Unique Millionaire Lifestyle - Texas Millionaire Lives In A Low-Income Housing Complex
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'I just want to apologise': Joe Giudice says sorry to wife Teresa --- Joe and Teresa Giudice aren't sorry for their crimes, but will be after prison --- 'RHONJ' Teresa Giudice Prison Sentence Fallout: Bravo Co-Star And Friend Kim DePaola Speaks Out --- Joe & Teresa Giudice's Sneaky Prison Strategy?
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Financial Privacy:
How to protect yourself from bank hackers
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Politics:
Great Northern Paper Bankruptcy an Issue in Maine’s Race for Governor
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Personal Finance:
7 Things That Make You Look Cheap Without Actually Saving Money
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This Trick Will Make Your NYC Commute A Lot Easier
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6 Money Mistakes The Rich Don't Make
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Tech:
GT Advanced to Request to Wind Down Sapphire Operations
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Apple, GT Advanced in Secret Session With Bankruptcy Judge --- Apple given time to block info in GT bankruptcy case: ruling
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GT Advanced closed court hearing was to seek permission to close the sapphire plant
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Lots of questions, few answers at first GT Advanced Technologies bankruptcy hearing
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GT says knotty confidential pact rules out bankruptcy explanation --- Apple Supplier Asks Bankruptcy Court To Keep Documents Secret --- GTAT asks for secret hearing in bankruptcy proceedings
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Sapphire crystal firm sues Apple for infringement
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Television:
Comcast loses key CSN Houston ruling, clearing sale to AT&T
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Comcast starts process to appeal judge's decision in bankruptcy case
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Finance:
Banks wary of refinancing highly leveraged US loans
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Distressed Investing:
Distressed debt & bankruptcy restructuring rankings for Q3 14
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Healthcare:
New Jersey Union Takes Trump Obamacare Battle to Icahn
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The Insane Scene That Unfolded After A Guy On A Plane Said 'I Have Ebola'
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Ebola Now Entrenched and Expanding in Africa
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Education:
Work Hard, Play Hard: The 20 Most Intense Colleges In America
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Aviation:
Air Armenia denies “verge of bankruptcy ”
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Alternative Energy
The Bell Tolls for KiOR
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Batteries:
Exide Technologies Receives Approval From Lenders to Extend DIP
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 new opinions today - DBN)
Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (12 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
(large downloads)
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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Policy:
Econometric Optimization of Fresh Start Policy
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Miscellaneous:
Reed Smith: Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Alert
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Sales:
Credit bidding challenges in bankruptcy
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Cross-Border:
Brazilian Reorganization Plan: Fundamentally Fair or Wholesale Trampling of Creditors’ Rights?
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Avoidance Actions:
Dilution Of Corporate Stock As A Fraudulent Transfer
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Safe Harbors:
Change in Derivatives Doesn't Resolve Question of Safe Harbors
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TBTF:
Bernanke Says Didn't Know Basis for Interest on AIG Loan
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A.I.G. Had No Better Offer, Bernanke Testifies in Trial
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Bernanke takes the stand: Has anything changed since the AIG bailout? --- Ben Bernanke : ' AIG Bankruptcy Would Have Been Catastrophic --- Bernanke Defends Government's AIG Rescue in Court
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The secret alias Bernanke used as he tried to save the economy
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Bernanke AIG Testimony Ends Week of Bailout Architects
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Geithner Testifies That Government Had Right to Act to Avert A.I.G. Bankruptcy
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Jon Stewart blasts ex-AIG chief: ‘Go f--- yourself’ for crying over $184 billion bailout
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The AIG Trial Is as Ridiculous as It Is Entertaining
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U.S. Long-Term Debt Rule Will Be Stricter for Big Banks
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Are Regulators About to Let Another Bank Get Too Big to Fail?
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Sovereigns:
IMF proposals seek 'more robust legal framework' for sovereign bonds
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"Holdouts" reveal alleged money laundering operations of business people close to Cristina Fernandez
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Kicillof repeats call for more 'vulture' controls
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Argentina digs its heels in
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Argentina May Ignore Bond Judge Sanctions, TIG Case Shows
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Argentina Has Offers From Investors for Financing, Kicillof Says
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UK:
Bank of England holds interest rates at historic low of 0.5% till November
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Tods Murray collapses, 50 jobs lost --- Scotland Law Giant Faces Tough Times
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Olswang's CEO resigns in mysterious circumstances
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EU:
Germany's Schaeuble says fiscal stimulus can't fix Europe
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IMF: The Eurozone Will Slide Back Into Recession 'If Nothing Is Done'
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European Stocks Hit Hard by Growth Fears
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At the AIG trial, lessons for Europe
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ECB says to release bank stress test results on October 26
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PIIGS:
One Of The Most Famous Irish Tax Loopholes Is About To Die
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Last rites for Espirito Santo Financial Group
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Canada:
US Steel bankruptcy court to see secret deal with feds
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Judge OK’s U.S. Steel’s $185M loan, workers worry about future
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Framework set for U.S. Steel restructuring
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Canadian Lawyer Draws 9 Year Jail Term for Ponzi Scheme
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Germany:
The Analyst Who Predicted Germany's Horrible Industrial Numbers Has Another Terrifying Forecast
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As Growth in Germany Fades, Merkel Hints at a Shift in Economic Policy
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Germany is killing its economy – and Europe’s, too
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Germany needs 'small miracle' to avoid recession after exports fall by 5.8%
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MENA:
ISIS Issues Media Guide
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Iraqi Lawmaker: ISIS Has Abducted 25,000 Yazidi Girls
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US Frustrated Turkey Withholds Military Help on ISIS
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Islamic State threatens to take Iraqi province
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Ukraine:
Russia's Ukraine Trump Card Coming Into Play
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US Diplomat: No Sanctions Relief For Russia Until Forces Leave Ukraine
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Ukraine to sack one million officials?
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China:
Is China's economy really bigger than the USA's?
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Africa:
Liberia Is Going Into Recession
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Australia:
Edelsten stares down bankruptcy with debts up to $50m --- Geoffrey Edelsten's assets handed to administrator, moving him closer to bankruptcy
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