October 15, 2014

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Law:

The ATL Power 100 Law Firm Rankings --- ATL Law Firm Rankings: Top-Rated Firms By Category
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Locke Lord’s Austin Team Adds Bankruptcy Partner
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GC Pay Packages Dwarf BigTex Partner Compensation in 2013
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Congressman Says Georgetown Law Grad Will Lose Election Because She’s ‘Ugly As Sin’
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Law School Dean Turns Judge’s Sexist Snafu Into A Teachable Moment
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Footing the bill: Baker & McKenzie's £3m 65th anniversary splash-out
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Beyond Biglaw: Effective Deposition Defense (Part 2)
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Why lawyer Amal Clooney is making a mistake by assuming her actor husband’s surname
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The Best iPhone 6 Cases
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When The Cloud Deletes Your Files: On-Site Storage Solutions
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How To Avoid Looking Overdressed
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The Right Men's Shoes For Every Type Of Pants
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How to shut down office gossip when it’s about you
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39 Classic Books Every Modern Gentleman Needs To Read
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5 Things On Your Résumé That Make You Look Old
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Here Are The Ridiculous Things Cops Bought With Cash 'Seized' From Americans
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8-Years-Olds Get Knocked Out in Unregulated Youth Boxing Rings
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The FBI Is Looking For A Man Who Shouted 'I Have Ebola' On An LA Bus
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10-year-old charged as adult in beating death of 90-year-old
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Cops: Drunken 'Zombie Santa' Breaks Into Home, Terrifies Kids
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Prosecutor’s ‘bizarre behavior’ is cited in overturned conviction
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Dallas Cowboys’ Joseph Randle arrested Monday, charged with theft
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Legal Professionals Strut Their Stuff For Comic Con’s Cosplay
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Duped by lawyer’s faked suits, attorney who operated litigation funding firm loaned her $400K
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Mug Shots
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Judges:

Federal judge reports on his progress in counseling --- Public needs to know what's in Judge Mark Fuller's sealed divorce file
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Woman gets 7 years for filing fake $100B liens against 4 judges, US attorney and others
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Jury convicts juvenile judge on 1 felony count, deadlocks on 8 others
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Did The Simpsons Predict A Hot-Button SCOTUS Case 22 Years Ago?
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Supreme Court Blocks Texas Abortion Restrictions
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Wall Street:

Futures Flat
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S&P 500, Nasdaq break three-day slide but Dow dips
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Layoffs:

CME Group to cut 150 jobs
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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:

Crumbs' Grand Reopening Doesn't Address Two Of Its Biggest Problems --- For Crumbs' Second Act, It's All About Cronut-Inspired Pastries --- Can this CNBC host-entrepreneur stop Crumbs from crumbling?
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A Crowd at Crumbs’ Reopening, But Not Everyone Is a Customer
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Jimmy John's Noncompete Agreements
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Toll Roads:

CPPIB among investors lining up for bankrupt Indiana toll road
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Tax:

Irish Tax Changes May Cost Apple And Google Billions
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Banking:

Trust for WaMu creditors sues former officers and directors
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JPMorgan's profit misses; posts unexpected $1 billion legal expense --- JPMorgan sets aside $1bn as penalties loom
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Citi wants to be a smaller, smarter bank
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Autos:

The many reasons millennials are shunning cars
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Celebs:

Real Housewives of NJ: Teresa Giudice to Divorce Joe Giudice Amid His Drinking Problems, Report Claims
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Teresa Giudice pays $200,000 in restitution to US government as part of fraud case
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Gambling:

Decision on closing Taj Mahal could come as soon as Monday
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Why Caesars Entertainment's Days Could Be Numbered
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Icahn aide: Taj has to close if union pact remains --- Icahn: Strike wouldn't disrupt Taj Mahal takeover
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Autos:

Chrysler Recalls 184,215 Dodge and Jeep SUVs
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Student Debt:

Don't be in a Hurray to Pay Student Loan Debt
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What Congress Should Do to Give Student Loan Borrowers Hope For Relief
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Currency:

Moolah Files for Bankruptcy
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Economy:

Fed's Williams downplays global risks, eyes U.S. inflation
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Fed may slow tightening if world growth disappoints
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Inflation Expectations Keeping Tumbling
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We're richer but watch out for unrest
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Gates Agrees with Piketty, Not His Solution
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Report: Two-Thirds of Americans are Holding Back on Spending
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The Reasons Americans are Spending Less
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The American Consumer Is On Track To Save $40 Billion In Annual Energy Costs
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NFIB: Small Business Optimism Index Declines in September
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Paul Ryan has a trick up his sleeve when it comes to taxes. It won’t work.
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If you have $3,650, you're among the wealthiest half of people in the world
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Forbes' Top Fifty Billionaires
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Marriage Rates Hit All-Time Low
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

High Court Considers Rent-Regulated Leases --- Judges Ponder if Rent Stabilization Is a 'Benefit'
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California home sales rise in September
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California Bay Area: Strongest September for Home Sales in Five Years, Distressed Sales and Investor Buying declines
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Mortgage Rates: Close to 4%, No Significant Increase in Refinance Activity Expected
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Mortgage Rates below 4%, Lowest since June 2013
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Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in September, Table of Distressed and All-Cash Share
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
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Refinance Boomlet Gives U.S. Banks Relief From Plunge
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FL: Fashion Mall owners to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Chicago: Suburban office owners face default on $23 million loan
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Family's $680000 dream home is on the wrong lot
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Municipalities:

Settlement with Detroit holdout creditor close --- Detroit Holdout FGIC Halts Court Fight for Possible Deal --- Deal at hand with last big creditor in Detroit bankruptcy
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Detroit, bankruptcy creditor to present deal Thursday
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Q: Who are bankruptcy’s Pro Se Objectors? A: Real people --- Individuals to have day in bankruptcy court
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Officials call out DIA executives' past raises
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A Retiree’s View of Bankruptcy: Previewing her testimony in court
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Day 18: Detroit’s Bankruptcy Trial
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Can Harrisburg Come Back?
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Cities Are Eliminating the Healthcare Benefits Once Promised to Retirees
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Washington, D.C., Is Not the Most Expensive Place to Live in America
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Short on cash, attorney plans to beat highly paid Jefferson County bankruptcy lawyers at their own game. Here's how.
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San Bernardino police union: Truce over
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Oil/Gas:

Crude settles down 4.6%, lowest since June 2012 --- Will Lower Oil Prices Lead To Less Drilling In U.S.? --- Falling global oil prices could threaten US shale fracking
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Energy Companies not to Big to Fail --- US Shale Oil Output Growing Even as Prices Drop: EIA
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IEA, OPEC Officials Say Shale Can Cope With $80 a Barrel
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US Stocks Rise as Oil Extends Rout, Treasuries Advance
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Petro-dictators are in even more trouble than we thought --- The Saudi Oil Enigma
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Saudi Prince: Falling Oil Prices Catastrophic
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IEA cuts oil demand forecast
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Oil Crash
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Taxis:

Why a taxi app with $100 million in funding failed in the US
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Healthcare:

College Rejects Nigerian Student Because of Ebola Fears
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The First Dallas Ebola Patient Was Left In An Open Area Of The Emergency Room For Hours
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Dallas Nurses Describe Poor Safety Measures with Ebola Victim
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Dallas Now Has Third Ebola Case
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Ebola Is So Scary It’s A Crime To Have It
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Tech:

Apple Wants to File Objection to GTAT Motion Secretly
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GT Advanced Must Reveal Bankruptcy Cause, Bankruptcy Watchdog Says
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Why You Shouldn't Blame Apple for the Fate of GT Advanced
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GTAT creditors lay out their objections
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GT Advanced Saw Production Troubles as Early as February
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Sapphire supplier COO made $1.2 million offloading shares before bankruptcy
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An unsightly peek into Apple business practices
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GTAT: Arizona plant loses $1 million a day
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Fairs:

Craighead County Fair Association seeks bankruptcy
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Resorts:

Yellowstone Trustee Sues Blixseth's Wife Over Missing Assets
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Religion:

Bankruptcy May Be Archdiocese’s Solution For Abuse Settlements --- St. Paul -Minneapolis archdiocese to tackle economic settlements
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (145 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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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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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Partnerships:

LLP: When Is A Partnership Not a Partnership (And Who Cares)?
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Cross-Border:

Second Circuit Fails to See the Comity in Chapter 15
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Comments Sought On Changes to 1st Cir. BAP Rules --- The Proposed Changes
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TBTF:

Major Banks Take Action to Facilitate Cross-Border Resolution Efforts by Agreeing to Sign ISDA Resolution Stay Protocol
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Remember the $182 Billion AIG Bailout? It Just Wasn’t Generous Enough
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Unseal the Doomsday Book!
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Healthcare:

Ebola Response Strains Hospitals
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Potential new owner weighs whether to demolish all or part of former Long Beach Medical Center
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US College Allegedly Rejects Nigerian Student Because of Ebola Fears
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Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC Advises Saint Francis Hospital in Section 363 Sale to Westchester Medical Center
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WHO: The Ebola Death Rate Is 70% And There Could Be 10,000 New Cases A Week Soon
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Weather:

Mayor directs L.A. to cut water use 20%
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NASA: Six Hottest Months Ever Recorded
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Infrastructure:

Crumbling U.S. Fix Seen With Global Trillions of Dollars
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Paper:

Great Northern mill auction delayed so bankruptcy trustee can ‘puzzle through the assets’
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Great Northern Paper filings show deficit
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Corporate Governance:

IPO Companies and Fee-Shifting Bylaws
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UK:

Slaughters, Clifford Chance among firms sealing 2.3bn debt restructuring for Punch Taverns
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Tesco Faces 'Operational Paralysis' As Execs Have Laptops Confiscated
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UK unemployment rate drops to lowest since 2008
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EU:

The Eurozone's Industry Is Crumbling And Germany Is Signaling Recession
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European Policy Makers At Odds As Eurozone's Economic Woes Deepen
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PIIGS:

You see a loophole, we Irish call it 'opportunity'
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Fitch: Greek Banks Still Burdened By Problem Loans
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Canada:

US Steel, Hamilton workers reach tentative agreement
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France:

France's Disastrous Example
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Russia:

Russia Eyes Shrinking Cash Reserves
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MENA:

The ISIS Crackdown on Women, by Women
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180,000 Flee Western Iraq, ISIS Near Baghdad
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ISIS Declares Itself Pro-Slavery
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Mexico:

Mexico's Grupo Aleman says will not proceed with Oceanografia purchase
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Oceanografia Mediator Said to Deny Some Citigroup Claims
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Citigroup Mexican Unit Said to Have Committed Decade-Long Fraud
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Erupts After Police Officers Allegedly Beat A Protester In A Dark Corner
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