Law:
Gardere Welcomes Back Bankruptcy Partner
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Ex-Dewey Partners Barred From 'Value' Defense
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Special Report: Big Law's Reality Check
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Business of Law
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Strategy Of Merger: 4 Steps To Success For Law Firm Leaders
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Patton Boggs Hid Client Payments from Court, Trustee Says
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Law School Admissions Officers Express Optimism (Although Why Is Unclear)
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Are Law School Applications on the Rise?
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Thomas Jefferson Law School reaches restructuring agreement with majority of its bondholders
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Born to Run: How Law Schools Can Meet Law Firm Expectations for New Litigators
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Contract Attorney OT Suit Moves To Second Circuit
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When Contract Attorneys Demand Overtime, Courts Are Split
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Houston’s biggest legal salary gains are not going to lawyers
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Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Gets 27 Months in Prison
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Norton Rose Fulbright elects CEO Martyr for fifth term as Scott takes up management role
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Lawyer, 52, hopes to become a police officer
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Clients Texting At All Hours? One Lawyer's Solution
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Back In The Race: The Pure Solo Business Plan
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How To Manage Every Personality Type
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Review: The iPad Air 2 Is The Best Tablet, But It's Still Missing Something
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Should You Upgrade your Law Firm Practice Software?
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Lawyer, 'Marlins Man' says he'll be in same seats back in Kansas City
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Enter the LAW AND BASEBALL Trivia Contest
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Man Who Mysteriously Disappeared From A Broncos Game Found 114 Miles Away After Walking For 5 Days
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Long Island College Professor Beheaded by Son
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State AGs — They’re Just Like Us! (If We Take Big Gifts From Biglaw Corporate Lobbyists)
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Federal suit over coffee machine bought at Starbucks settles for $250, but lawyer could get $175K
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FBI turned off hotel Web service then sent ‘repairmen’ to get evidence, defense lawyers say
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Attorney charged with stealing $720K in escrow, plus $700K from secret sale of law-firm real estate
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Police Take Armored Tank to Collect Fine From 75-Year-Old Man
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$1.5 Million Sent in Error to Money Manager (Both Are Missing)
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Dad pelted mother-in-law with eggs outside court
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Say What!?
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Judges:
Ala. judge's spousal abuse case has some seeking his resignation
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Lawyer Urges Ethics Panel To View Nude Photos Of Judge Lori Douglas
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Justice Ginsburg Tells Students She Pulls All-Nighters, Too
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Judge Confuses Guilty/Not Guilty, Sex Crimes Conviction Overturned?
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Wall Street:
Futures lower, investors look ahead to GDP data
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Europe Stocks Fall as Investors Weigh Results, End of QE
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Stocks close lower as Fed ends bond buying
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Traders Are Borrowing Tons Of Money To Buy Stocks
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Here's What Usually Happens To Stocks When The Fed Takes Away The Punch Bowl
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Greenspan: End of tapering will cause market turmoil
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Layoffs:
Jobless Rate Below 5% in Nearly One-Third of U.S. Metro Areas
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Microsoft cuts 3,000 jobs, rounding out July plan
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5 Ways To Get The Job — Even If You're Not The Most Qualified Candidate
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
RadioShack hires ex-Treasury adviser Wilson
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Senior adviser in General Motors bailout coming to the aid of RadioShack
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Tech:
GT Advanced Document-Shred Bid Is a No-Go, Fund Says
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This Is Why Apple Did Not Want Its GTAT Contracts Made Public
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Did GTAT Just Have Bad Management Or Did Apple Do Them In?
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Squllier's Declaration Sheds Light On Bankruptcy Details For GT Advanced
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Court filing reveals what went wrong with Apple’s sapphire supplier
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GTAT details events that led to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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GT Advanced blames Apple for one-sided sapphire contract
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GT Advanced COO discusses Apple's sapphire fallout
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Good News From Apple But What Does It Leave For GTAT
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Celebs:
RICO Class Certified Against Donald Trump
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Bankrupt Sam Wyly Sold Art at Christies Without Telling Judge --- Sam Wyly in More Hot Water Over Art Sales --- SEC Adds Wyly Kin to Suit in Bid to Secure $187 Million
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Teresa Giudice Reportedly Attacked Her Crisis Manager Prior to Sentencing
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Schilling, three others, reach proposed settlement in federal bankruptcy of 38 Studios
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Credit Repair Man For Celebrities Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Them
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Consultants:
EPIQ Systems Stock Price Down 14.4% Following Weak Earnings
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Economy:
Fed Closes Chapter on Easy Money --- Fed ends bond buying but keeps low-rate pledge --- Fed Ends QE, Perks Up Labor Market Outlook --- Fed Signals Fiscal Policy No Longer Seen as Drag on U.S. Economy --- Parsing the Fed: How the Statement Changed --- End of QE3 Means Fed Statement Finally Shrinks --- Economists React to the Fed Statement: ‘Surprisingly Hawkish’
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FOMC Statement: QE3 Ends, "Considerable Time" before rate increase
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Why the Fed is giving up too soon on the economy
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Child poverty in the U.S. is among the worst in the developed world
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Where Poverty is Worse Than You Think
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Number of Billionaires Doubled Since 2008
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Market Reaction Shows Hopes of Dovish Fed Go Unfulfilled --- Stocks Are Lower After The Fed Ends QE
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Young Adults Are Living With Their Parents, But Not As Much As (Or Why) You Think
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Small tax on billionaire boom could slow rising inequality
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Businesses, trade to support US third-quarter growth
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The State of Millennials’ Debt
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Why you can stop worrying about the national debt
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Inequality, in animated pony form
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Stuck in cycle of debt, domestic violence victims battle banks
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Lawler on Housing Vacancy Survey for Q3: Reported Household Growth Remained Muted; “True” Homeownership Rate Probably Lowest Since the 1960’s
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in September, Lowest since 2008
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
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Mortgage rates are headed to 5 percent. But don’t blame the Fed.
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This chart shows exactly how student debt blocks housing
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Stop blaming millennials for housing troubles
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This housing chart might scare the pants off you
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Ocwen gets a bounce on rumors of possible settlement
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TX: Arlington apartment project uncertain as bankruptcy hearing canceled
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Municipalities:
Meet The Guy Who Just Bought More Than 6,000 Neglected Properties In Detroit
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State's legal bill in Detroit bankruptcy hits 3.5-million dollars
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Stockton bankruptcy cost: more than $41 million
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Decision day for Stockton bankruptcy --- Stockton seeks to exit from bankruptcy
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Stockton bankruptcy ruling will decide fate of public pensions
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Fraud:
South Florida Legacy: A Look at the Scott Rothstein Saga Five Years Later
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Parsons a no-show at federal bankruptcy trial
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Who helped Bernie Madoff get away with his crimes?
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Toll Roads:
Toll Road Operator Given More Time To Find Buyer
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Healthcare:
Whatever happened to Caledonian Hospital?
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The Benefit of a Uniform Response to Ebola in the U.S. --- Obama Went And Appointed An Ebola Czar — And Now The Man Is Nowhere To Be Found --- Ebola nurse in Maine: I'm blowing off my quarantine order --- Maine seeks legal powers to force nurse into quarantine --- Irrational Ebola fears led officials to ban girl from school, ADA suit alleges
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Corporate Governance:
Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Contemporaneous Ownership Requirement For Creditors Asserting Derivative Claims
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Servicers Tricked Borrowers Into Paying More, Made Illegal Collection Calls
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Regulator calls out student loan industry
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Personal Finance:
10 Bargains You're Better Off Skipping
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Banking:
JPMorgan's $6.5 Billion Plan For A New NYC Headquarters Totally Fell Apart
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Rancho Santa Fe mortgage broker gets 30-month sentence for fraud schemes
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Gambling:
Atlantic City Takes Revel to Court Over Unpaid Taxes
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Food/Beverage:
Where’s the Beef?
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SodaStream cuts 2014 profit forecast, plans restructuring
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Awards:
Bankruptcy Partner Named Chairman of Ripon College Board of Trustees
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Pensions:
Hedge fund billionaire, unions trade blows in Phoenix pension fight
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Television:
Final arguments Thursday in CSN Houston bankruptcy case
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Paper:
Trustee of bankrupt GNP, creditors owed money meet with former mill officials
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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 (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (51 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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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DIP Finance:
Fifth Circuit Vacates DIP Financing Order Due to Lender's Knowledge of Adverse Claims Against its Collateral
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Avoidance Actions:
Determining “value” given by good faith transferee in fraudulent transfer action
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Subordination:
Court Dismisses Equitable Subordination Claim Against Lender Exercising Contractual Rights
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Cross-Borders:
Report: Foreign Companies Are Turning to U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
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Court Access:
Dow Jones asks court to deny GT Advanced, Apple's secrecy motion
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DIP Finance:
Exide lambastes cred panel’s ‘incoherent accusations’ about DIP
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IP:
Creditors' Rights Issues in Copyright Law: Conflict and Resolution
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Insurance:
Not So Fast: Bankruptcy Court Deference to State Insurance Proceeding Is Not Automatic
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Litigation:
New Discovery Rules to Rein in Litigation Expenses
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Corporate Reform:
Feds Reopen Probes Against Several Big Banks
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Electricity:
Energy Future tells judge lender fight cost $6,000 an hour
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Auto Racing:
Fast Cars, Pretty Girls, Multimillion-Dollar Bankruptcies, And An Epic Title Fight: Formula 1 Is Back
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Oil/Gas:
How Long Can the Shale Revolution Last?
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Credit Cards:
New Payments Startups Face An Uphill Battle To Disrupt The Credit Card Processing Industry --- Apple Pay: 1 Million Cards Down, 599 Million To Go --- Retailers Just Changed Their Tune On Apple Pay
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Mass Torts:
WSJ Opposes The Legal Settlement That Separates BP From Its Money
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Asbestos experts argue on role of Daubert factors in asbestos litigation
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Sovereigns:
Remember When A Hedge Fund Impounded Argentina's War Ship... Apparently There's A $15 Million Loose End
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International bankruptcy law back on agenda
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Another hedge fund to demand acceleration on Argentine bonds
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UK:
Company liquidations at lowest rate since 1984, says Insolvency Service
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Phones 4U investors facing hefty losses
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EU:
Euro-Area Slump Concerns Ease as Confidence Improves
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PIIGS:
ie: Insolvency judges 'frustrated' as too few cases heard
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Greece Named Worst Country for Investments in Europe --- Greece’s silent majority understands there is no way back
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Spain's voters are furious but refuse to punish corrupt leaders --- Spain's GDP Growth Slows Marginally In Q3
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Canada:
U.S. Steel losses drop dramatically
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Essar Algoma Distressed Debt Swap Meets Skeptics
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Germany:
German Unemployment Takes An Unexpected Plunge
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Russia:
Russia Appeals European Court Ruling on Yukos
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MENA:
Insolvency In The UAE – Business Failure Without Bankruptcy Rules
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Sweden Recognizes Palestinian State
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Japan:
Yen Anxiety Rises as Tumble Sparks Bankruptcy Surge
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