Law:
Harvey Miller, Bankruptcy Trailblazer, Dies at 82 • In Memoriam: Harvey Miller (1933 - 2015) • Harvey Miller , leading bankruptcy attorney, dies at 82 • Harvey Miller , Lehman Lawyer in Biggest Bankruptcy, Dies at 82 • SIPC Laments Passing Of Bankruptcy Attorney Harvey Miller • Harvey Miller, Bankruptcy Law Pioneer, Dies - Partner at Weil Gotshal handled some of biggest bankruptcy cases, including Lehman, GM, Texaco • GM’s lead bankruptcy attorney dies at 82 • America’s foremost bankruptcy lawyer dies • Harvey Miller, Bankruptcy Law Pioneer, Dies • Harvey Miller, a leader in bankruptcy law, dies at 82 • Weil Gotshal Partner, Titan of the Bankruptcy Bar, Dies • Weil Gotshal’s Harvey Miller, Credited With Transforming Bankruptcy Law, Dies at 82 • A World Without Harvey • Harvey R. Miller, Renowned Bankruptcy Lawyer, Dies at 82
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The 2015 Am Law 100: Rich and Richer • Latham soars to top of Am Law 100 list with record $2.6B in revenue • The Superrich Firms Pull Away • Latham Becomes the New No. 1 • A Challenging Year at Cadwalader • The Year's Hottest Markets • Some California Firms Made Big Moves Up and Down the AmLaw 100 List • The 2015 Am Law 100: Revenues Rising, Profits Popping, And A New #1 Firm
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Witness List: A Who’s Who of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Recent History • Dewey trial expected to be ‘long legal slog’; what type of jurors will defense seek? • Jury selection begins in criminal trial of ex-Dewey leaders • 5 Things to Know About the Dewey & LeBoeuf Trial • Trial of Dewey trio expected to last six months
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Entry-Level Hiring Starts Long Crawl Out Of The Abyss
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An Actual, Anonymous Survey Of In-House Compensation
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Baker & McKenzie Chair: The Shifting Economic Center of Gravity
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Law grad from ill-fated class of 2010 had $328K in student debt and worked three jobs
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Could This Be The Law School Graduate With The Most Student Loan Debt In The World?
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Law Professor Who Sent P--- To Her Students Blames Everyone But Herself • Let's Forget About the Bead Thing, Reminds Professor in WaPo Column
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Law Revue Video Contest 2015: The Finalists!
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Lawyer’s routine day in court ends when car bursts into flames in parking lot
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Latest From The DLA Piper Associate Killing — A Secret Double Life
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‘Here’s the Proposal: Pay Us Whatever You Want,’ Ballard Spahr Chair Recalls
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Why Every Lawyer Should Be Practicing Mindfulness (Part II)
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Plenty of duds among the first 3,000 Apple Watch apps • No f--- apps on the Apple Watch
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10 things you didn't know your iPhone's camera could do
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How to use LinkedIn to land your dream job • 24 LinkedIn rules you might be breaking
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‘I Look at Us as a Pit Crew on a Race Team,’ Says Dykema CIO
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South Carolina's longest-serving sheriff sentenced to a year in prison for harboring illegal immigrants
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80-year-old lawyer won biggest case of his career last year
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Man admits role in scheme that scammed law firms, says he funneled $2.5M via 38 accounts last year
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Company, 2 employees charged in death of worker cooked in oven with 12,000 pounds of tuna
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Second-in-command of Tulsa police force resigns after fatal shooting of unarmed black man • Baltimore cops get 'credible threat;' local college closed • Baltimore Police Detain, Beat Journalists • Baltimore is burning
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Judges:
Federal Judge: No stoner banks • Bankruptcy Courts Remain Closed For Marijuana Businesses
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Taming the Butterflies Before a Supreme Court Argument
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Litigant’s F-word filing tells ‘geezer’ judge just what she thinks of his ‘blah, blah, blah’ finding
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Judge Ordered to Take Social Media Course • Judge rebuked for posting on Facebook about trials she was overseeing says ethics panel got it wrong
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A Federal Judge and His Lost iPhone on a Utah Mountain
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Wall Street:
Wall Street on edge ahead of Fed; data and earnings eyed
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Stocks close lower despite Apple up 1.5%
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How much more Apple earns than everyone else
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Gambling:
Bankruptcy judge says Caesars can demolish Harrah's casino in Mississippi, despite objections • Harrah's Tunica casino barges to be dismantled
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NJ: Bankruptcy court can't transfer casino license to new Revel owner
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New owner of Atlantic City's Revel casino may not have 99 problems, but it sure seems like it
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Celebs:
Nicole Eggert 'unloads Los Angeles home for $1.15m to cover bills
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Ballers gone bankrupt
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Retailing:
Is North American Retail on the Verge of Collapse?
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Wal-Mart's sudden closure has crippled a California city
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Tech:
1 in 3 of babies are learning how to use smartphones before they can walk or talk
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Native Americans:
Lower Brule Sioux leader asks feds to freeze funds to tribe
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Distressed Investing:
Tai joins Newfleet as firm expands into distressed debt
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Toll Roads:
Solus's Pucillo Calls Troubled Toll Roads Best Distressed Wager
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Healthcare:
Daughters of Charity lays off staff; State blocks new patients to physician group
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Weather:
Climate Change to Worsen Nat Cat Impact on Creditworthiness: S&P Report
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Economy:
US services sector growth cools in April
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America's kids are finally moving out
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True Stories of Life on the Dole
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Debt addiction may send us the way of the Mayans
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Why you should stop worrying and learn to love inequality
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Freddie, FHFA loans hit risk highs in March
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Gallup: Americans not as optimistic about homeownership
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Ocwen’s road ahead: Well, can't get any worse
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Making a Fannie and Freddie we could live with
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The Rent Is Due! The Best Cities for Apartment Dwellers
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Another auction scheduled for Goshen Plaza
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Municipalities:
Christie appointee leaving role as aide to Atlantic City emergency manager • One half of Christie's Atlantic City emergency management team is leaving
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Wayne County Exec Unveils Deep Cuts to Avoid Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico hurtles toward default • Puerto Rico Debt Slides Amid Wrangling on Tax Plan to Raise Cash • Gundlach’s Fund Doubles Holdings of Junk-Rated Puerto Rico
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Has Met the Enemy and It Is Unions
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Chicago’s Fiscal Stress: New Term, Same Problems • The Tax Man Cometh
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The Best and Worst Cities to Launch a Business
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Oil/Gas:
Fitch: Energy Default Rate Likely to Rise in 2015
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Protection against operator bankruptcy filing
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Oil-Industry Debt Mounts Up - Bond issuance so far in 2015 is up 10% year on year; pressure to pump
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Oil prices fall as stockpiles continue to rise • Oil falls as US crude stockpiles set for another high
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Oil price hovers at four-month high • BofA raises oil price forecasts for 2016 • Traders: Decline in Oil Prices are Over
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Why this oil price collapse could be different
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Could Low Oil Prices Really Kill the US Fracking Industry?
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Lower rig count should support oil prices
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Natural-gas futures drop to lowest level in nearly 3 years
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Investors Step Up Bets on Oil Price Recovery
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Economic activity in Texas is still plunging • Texas manufacturing slips again as oil and gas orders disappear
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Oil companies seek lasting cost cuts after crude price plunge
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Oil and gas drilling remains slow in Wyoming amid low prices
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If OPEC is dead, how is Saudi Arabia still calling the shots
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Gulf states feeling the pinch as oil prices remain low
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BP says oil spill bill over $2 billion would be “severe”
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UK: Subsea equipment firm goes under with 20 jobs lost
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Sabine, Walter Energy In Spotlight On LCD's Restructuring Watchlist
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Refining helps BP and Total weather oil price drops
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Tracking capital investment in oil and gas
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Politics:
Elizabeth Warren on Hillary Clinton's embrace of her populist message: 'Eh'
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Elizabeth Warren's team reportedly thinks she 'can get Hillary to do whatever the hell she wants'
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Aviation:
Judge says 'not now' on more stock for old AMR shareholders
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Don't Believe Everything You Read: Lower Fuel Prices Aren't Why US Airlines Are Earning Big Profits
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Education:
For-Profit College Shuts Down Dozens Of Campuses, Leaving Thousands Of Students Without A School • 16,000 for-profit college students now face a major problem
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This 159-year-old college is spending millions of dollars in a last-ditch effort to stay alive
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Howard University Lays Off Staff, Upsets Students
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Consultants:
Huron Consulting Group Adds Senior Restructuring Expert
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Personal Finance:
How much you have to save every year if you want to put your kids through college
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3 life hacks that will save you up to 10 hours a week
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5 words you should never use to describe yourself in an interview
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Hockey:
OHL gets lawyer in Otters' bankruptcy
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Non-Profits:
Malden-based anti-poverty agency files bankruptcy
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Religion:
Attorneys say settlement in abuse case against St. John's
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Guns:
Colt Teeters on the Edge of Bankruptcy: How This Gun Maker Missed the "Obama Boom"
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Coal:
Alpha Natural Resources Sees Light At The End Of The Tunnel
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Corporate Reform:
Warren's Wall Street Reforms Would Just Make Banks Riskier
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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 (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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:
Q1 2015 Bankruptcy League Tables
March 2015 Bankruptcy Filings Down 12 Percent
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:
Liability for Preferential Transfer May Be Reduced by Subsequent New Value
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Fraudulent Transfer Damages: Creditor Windfall, Creditor Claims Cap, or Equitable Determination by the Court?
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IP:
Trademark Licensor Rights Trump Bankrupt Licensee
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Professional Compensation:
Can Estate Professionals Be Paid If Their Efforts Produce Nothing of Substance?
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An 8-Year Battle Comes to an End, Creditors Awarded Millions
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Finance:
Make Whole Provisions: the Need to Aggressively Walk Back Aggressive Collection Provisions
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Contempt:
9th Circuit denies Yellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth's request to be released from jail
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Personal Bankruptcy:
What are a Debtor’s Obligations to accomplish surrender of Personal Property under 11 U.S.C. 1325 (a)(5)(C)?
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Brides:
Fort Lauderdale bridal shop files for bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:
General Motors Responsible for 90 Deaths, 163 Injuries Caused By Faulty Ignition Switch
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Fraud:
Creditors seek millions from Knoxville financial planner
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Court: Trustee Can Recover Ponzi Investor's Principal And Profits
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Sovereigns:
Debt be not proud
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UK:
Tesco's Dunnhumby ends exclusive JV in US ahead of possible sale
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PIIGS:
Greece moves to sideline Varoufakis after reform talks fiasco • Bank of France chief hints at relegating Greece's Yanis Varoufakis from discussions • Change to Greek bailout negotiating team fuels market hopes • Broke country's finance minister cracking under the pressure? • Greek finance minister may lose influence • Playing the Blame Game Over Greece • The coming defaults of Greece • Reuters poll: 40 percent chance Greece exits the euro zone - traders • Does a default automatically mean a Grexit? • Sure, Greece Can Default Without Leaving The Euro; But Will It Be Allowed to? • Deal with Creditors or Face Disaster, Bankruptcy and the New Drachma • Ifo Chief: Bankruptcy Is Better for Greece and Europe
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Greece's prime minister just promised a referendum if his deal with Europe isn't good enough
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Greece's Alexis Tsipras optimistic bailout deal will happen by May 9
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The James Dean Movie That Explains the Greek Debt Negotiations
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Court gives Brian O'Donnell more time to prepare case due to impending eviction from mansion
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Austria:
NordLB to sue for repayment bonds of Austria's defunct Hypo -CEO
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Austria's Heta "bad bank" can be wound down in three to five years
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Carinthia: Austria's own mini-Greece
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Cyprus:
ECB says aid review judgment on Cypriot insolvency law outstanding
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Russia:
Russian Cross-Border Bankruptcy: Enforcing Foreign Bankruptcy Court Judgments
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Observing Bankruptcy Law: A Prerequisite for a Company's Success
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Putin accuses 'quasi-partners' of counting on Russia collapse
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Nepal:
Economic Toll Expected to Be Massive
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China:
Here's the next big Chinese company in huge trouble
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Brazil:
Petrobras Fallout Pushes Even Untainted Borrowers Toward Default
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Petrobras writedown may give new ammunition to class-action suit
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Biggest Brazil Builder Freezes New Investments on Funding Fears
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Africa:
South Sudan needs new sources of revenue to avoid bankruptcy
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Mexico:
Mexico's Geo says creditors approve debt restructuring plan
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