September 4, 2014

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Law:

Philip Dublin on Why Restructuring May Remain a Male-Dominated Field --- Richard Chesley on the Restructuring Gender Gap --- Perry Mandarino on Being Present
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Dewey Defendants Renew Assault on Evidence Against Them
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Celebrity Photo Theft: Lessons for Outside Counsel
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Judge orders lawyer to put on his socks
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Transitioning From Contract Attorney to Associate
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Protecting Confidential Information During Litigation
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Keys to Invoking Privilege: What Works and What Doesn't
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Record $1.4B fine levied against gas company in fatal explosion and fire
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Bernstein Shur Attorney Jennifer Rood Accepted to American Arbitration Association’s Commercial Panel
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Putting Lipstick On A Pig, And Other Tricks From TTT Career Services
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Suffolk Law Offers More Buyouts Than Harvard, Yale, And Columbia Combined
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Newbie JDs In Transition to Non-Legal Careers - More Bad News
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The Ice Bucket Challenge Takes The Legal World By Storm
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Canadian Bar Association: Let Non-Lawyers Own Law Firms
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Perkins Coie Associate Killed in Truck Collision
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What You Should (and Shouldn't) Do at Your Callbacký7 Tips
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Innovate In-house to Stay Relevant and Efficient
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11 Email Etiquette Rules Every Professional Should Know
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The Best Carry-On Bags You Can Buy
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People Are *Already* In Line For The iPhone 6
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The Pentagon gave local cops 12,000 bayonets
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Michigan man gets at least 17 years in prison for gunning down black teen on his porch
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US to Investigate Ferguson Police
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Kentucky inmate dies after eating underwear
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A Columbia Student Is Carrying Around A Mattress Until Her Alleged Rapist Leaves Campus
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Not a Joke: Court Defines ‘Parody’
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Judges:

Scalia once called lethal injection ‘enviable’ for death row inmate cleared by DNA evidence
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Justice Scalia Forced To Eat Crow For His Own Smugness
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Will Textualism Kill Obamacare?
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Who would Obama choose next for the Supreme Court?
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Officiate at Same-Sex Marriage
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Advance Before ADP Payrolls Data
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Stocks close mixed as S&P pulls back from record
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An Impressive Lineup Of Billionaires Are Preparing For The Stock Market Plunge
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Layoffs:

OECD: America’s job market is better than most
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Atlantic City's laid off casino workers swell jobless rolls
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How One Man Turned His Fruitless Job Search Around By Changing His Name
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mass Torts:

BP Alleges Claims Administrator Has Disqualifying Conflict
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Autos:

Car sales lose steam in August --- U.S. Light Vehicle Sales increase to 17.45 million annual rate in August, Highest since Jan 2006
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Reports: Tesla Chooses Nevada For Site Of Its Massive Battery Factory
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Fraud:

Fact Check: Crist says Scott 'teamed up' with Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein to falsely attack him
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Madoff son's death: Yet another tragedy
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Why Good People Do Bad Things
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Key prosecutor in SAC probe to join law firm Milbank
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Construction:

Truland Group Inc. savings plan frozen for former contractor's employees
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Television:

Comcast cries foul on HRSN plan
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice, Joe Giudice Settle $13.5M Bankruptcy Case Ahead Of Fraud Hearing
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Gambling:

Caesars Bondholders Open Third Front in Battle Over Firm --- Caesars Bondholders Sue Company Over 'Backroom' Deal
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Atlantic City's biggest gamble ends as new casinos close
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The mystery Vegas casino you can only visit once every two years
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Trump Taj Mahal headed for Bankruptcy
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Healthcare:

Conflict and controversy surround sale of California Catholic hospitals
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Healthcare:

Adams County supervisors question figure in hospital bankruptcy plan
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Medicare Expansion a Boom for Hospitals
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Hollywood:

Tiger Group, GA Global Partners to Sell Bankrupt Todd-Soundelux Assets
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Economy:

Beige Book: Economy expands at moderate to modest pace --- No "distinct shift in the overall pace of growth" --- Economic Activity Expands In All Fed Districts
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U.S. Consumer Spending Remains Flat in July and August
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US factory orders up record 10.5 percent in July
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The Small Business Credit Outlook? 'An All-Time High'
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What Makes People Poor?
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Pimco's Gross: What's Wrong with Economy?
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What might actually be holding back workers’ wages
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A college degree is worth about $300,000, the New York Fed says
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Where working women are most equal in the U.S.
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The Most Competitive Countries In The World
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Mapping the counties where public-school children still remain segregated
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5 Things You Need To Know About Working With Generation Z
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Where America's immigrants come from, in one map
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Fast-food worker protests planned for more than 150 US cities
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College 12 Times More Expensive Since 1978
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Should Stabilized Leases Be Treated As Assets in Bankruptcy? --- Pols seek to protect rent-stabilized leases during bankruptcy
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Case-Shiller Housing Data: % Off Highs & Lows
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Toll loses steam as climbing home prices deter rich Americans --- Toll Brothers shares fall despite higher profits --- Lawler on Toll Brothers: Net Home Orders Down, Price Gains Slow; Some “Lessening” in Pricing Power
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Jack Antaramian's company files for bankruptcy
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The housing bust turned more renters and homeowners into neighbors
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Here's The Salary You Have To Earn To Buy A Home In These 13 Major US Cities
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Municipalities:

Creditor rips debt plan in Detroit bankruptcy case --- Detroit Bond Insurer Says Debt Plan Causes 'Serious Mayhem' --- Creditor: Detroit's plan 'unfairly discriminates'
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Lawyers Spar Over Viability of Detroit Bankruptcy Plan at Trial
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Judge forces Detroit bankruptcy foe to name its demand: 75% of what's owed
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Detroit expected to call first witness today as bankruptcy trial resumes
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Money's bottom line in Detroit bankruptcy battle
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'Detroit has earned this court's help,' city argues in bankruptcy trial
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Duggan: Detroit bankruptcy plan seeks fairness for retirees, current workers
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Attorney takes on objections to Detroit bankruptcy plan --- Attorney: ' Detroit won't recover' without grand bargain
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Live from the courthouse: Day 2 of Detroit's bankruptcy trial
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Detroit, creditors lay groundwork for fight over bankruptcy plan
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Attorney for museum supports Detroit debt plan
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Judge puts off decision on Detroit water shutoffs, orders mediation
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Michigan a Bellwether for the US
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Awards:

Ceremony Date Announced For Barbara J. Rom Award For Bankruptcy Excellence
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Banking:

US Regulators Tweak Final Liquidity Rule for Large Banks
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Banks to be Required to Hold Liquid Assets
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Aviation:

Delta warns on higher fuel prices, cuts outlook --- Delta Air Lines forecasts hit US airline stocks
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Malaysia Airlines mocked for bucket-list challenge
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Corporate Reform:

US consumer regulator to credit cards: stop deceptive marketing
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Ex-FDIC Chief Bair Criticizes Bank Rules for Adding Complexity
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Food/Beverage:

Why Every Lender Must Understand PACA’s Thorny Implications
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Popular Pastazios Pizza seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Retailing:

Home Depot's Potential Data Breach May Be Much Larger Than Target's
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Religion:

Archbishop Listecki on struggles of operating as bankruptcy case continues
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Distressed Investing:

Fitch Ratings: Pension liabilities a key measure in distressed companies
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Electricity:

Sale of Oncor facilities next big step in ongoing Luminant bankruptcy saga
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Banking:

Corporate Governance and Bank Insolvency Risk: International Evidence
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Consumer Finance:

Secret Network Connects Harvard Money to Payday Loans
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Television:

Rockets, Astros to ask judge to allow vote on CSNH deal
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Politics:

Elizabeth Warren Slams Eric Cantor For Taking A Wall Street Job
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Did Michael Wager bankrupt a department store chain?: Truth in Numbers
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R.I. judge to probe whether to sanction Secretary of State Mollis over court filing
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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 (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (48 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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

WD PA: 27th Annual Bankruptcy Symposium
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Minimizing Preference Exposure and Pitfalls
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

11 companies fighting for survival
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Toledo bankruptcies down sharply
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:

Momentive Ruling May Pave the Road for Below-Market "Takeback Paper" Cramdowns of Secured Creditors
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Secured Debt:

Court Clarifies Secured Creditor’s Rights to Pursue Chose in Action
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Finance:

New Decision on Enforceability of Make Whole Provisions
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S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court Denies Claim for Make-Whole Premium and Allows Cram Down of Debtors' Chapter 11 Plan Paying Secured Creditors Below-Market Interest Rates on Replacement Notes
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Recent Pleadings:

5th Cir. Reverses $20 Million DIP Loan Order After The Money Is Spent, Says Bankruptcy Court No Jurisdiction Over Collateral
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TBTF:

Regulators set rules meant to ward off bank crisis
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Education:

If You Take 6 Years To Graduate From College, The Value Of Your Degree Will Be Cut Nearly In Half
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Golf:

Homestead Country Club files Chapter 11 to block foreclosure
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Defaults:

With No Defaults In August, Loan Default Rate Drops To 5-Month Low
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Manufacturing:

LDR Industries Owners Decide To Sell Company Through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Accounting:

Return of the Andersen brand: how soon is too soon?
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Furniture:

Jacobsen's Rugs bankruptcy: 'Very little' chance business will survive this time
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Oil/Gas:

Matagorda Island Gas Operations Files for Bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:

Global giants head for court in Argentine assets wrangle
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Argentina Swaps Traders Set for $532 Million Payout
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Telam: Argentina May Propose France as Bond Payment Jurisdiction
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Pignanelli says Uruguay 'trustworthy' option to pay Argentine bonds
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Argentine Senate debates debt swap --- The bills in detail --- Argentine MPs OK debt payment alternatives
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Argentina in the Shadow of the Vultures
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Elliott Wants Proof Of Argentine Threats Against Citi
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Argentines Buying Dollars at Record Clip as Peso Plunges
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FT sees calling holdouts as vultures unfair
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Argentina — whom do you trust?
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Argentine Bean-Hoarding Epidemic Building After Default
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UK:

Here's How Huge An Independent Scotland's Debt Problem Would Actually Be
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Ahmad in third bid to freeze Rangers' account
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EU:

Deflation Nightmare Is Coming True In Europe
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Most European Stocks Decline Before ECB Policy Decisions
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Goldman Sachs: A Vote On Sept. 18 Could Trigger A Eurozone-Style Financial Crisis
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PIIGS:

Swiss Regulator Probes Espirito Santo Unit Over Securities Sales
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Canada:

The red flags raised by the Sino-Forest case
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Germany:

German orders rebound in strongest rise in a year
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Netherlands:

Fewer firms forecast to go bust this year
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Ukraine:

A complete guide to Russia's war with Ukraine --- Sorry, Ukraine: Obama is not going to defend you --- Putin Outlines 7-Point Plan for Ukraine Cease-Fire
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MENA:

Dubai's Amlak shareholders to meet Sept 21 on restructuring plan
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Why is Phil Robertson Saying the Same Thing as the Leader of ISIS? --- Feds Grab ISIS Wannabees
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