August 11, 2015

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Law:

Major Partnership Overhaul In The Works At Biglaw Firm Baker & Hostetler Weighs Giving All Partners Stake in the Firm Will BakerHostetler eliminate non-equity partners? Change could boost AmLaw statistic BakerHostetler Could Create "Unified Partnership" - Why Other Biglaw Firms Could Follow
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Dentons Hires AI Bankruptcy Lawyer
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Dewey Witness Says Ex-CFO Sanders Was Behind Bogus Invoices
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Upscale restaurants frequented by Dewey lawyers play role in trial
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Early adopters take new .law domains
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The Failure of Crowdsourcing in Law (So Far, At Least)
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Realizations About Law Firm Realizations
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How Lawyers Can Avoid Burnout and Debilitating Anxiety
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Comings and Goings in Big Law
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3 Thoughts On Moving Up Through The Ranks
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Biglaw Firm Sued, Pro Se, By Former Client
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Newspapers’ negative law school coverage
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California Bar Urged To Require Unaccredited Law Schools To Disclose Graduation, Dropout Rate
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: 5 Mistakes To Avoid At Client Intake
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GC: The Law Firm Profit Structure Is Broken
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SCOTUS litigators charge as much as $1,800 an hour, filing says
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Survey Finds ‘Emerging Technologies’ Most Commonly Cited Factor of Change for Legal
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Law School To Issue 50% Tuition Refunds To Grads Who Can’t Find Jobs
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15 meeting etiquette rules every professional needs to know
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16 things every modern gentleman should have in his bathroom
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Apple is considering a huge change to the next iPhone
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Having this trait at work can cost women $15,000
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The unofficial guide to happy hour with your coworkers
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Lowe's manager allegedly complied with a customer's racist requests
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Retrial begins for man held in prison another 35 years after conviction was tossed
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Lawsuit Demands List Of Plaintiff’s Sexual Partners
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Aaron Hernandez Lawyers Want Murder Indictment Thrown Out
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Donald Sterling Sues TMZ for Loss of Team
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Lawyer steals tourist’s wallet
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2 girls accused of 'Slender Man' stabbing to be tried as adults
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Associate’s detective work helps get case moved from New York to California
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Judges:

Judge lied about claimed toilet-lid attack outside courthouse, jury rules
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Judge faces misdemeanor charges for alleged groping encounter with woman who testified in his court
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Appeals court blasts lawyer who ‘played the Nazi card’ and flouted in limine orders
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O-M-G, Your Honors! ‘Valley Girl’ Prosecutor Pleases The Court
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For the SEC’s In-House Court, a Question of Justice for All
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Judge Issues Hilarious Opinion Refusing to Seal Docs
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures skid after China shakes currency market
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Dow jumps more than 200 as stocks rally
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What is keeping this bull market alive?
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Layoffs:

More Employment Graphs: Duration of Unemployment, Unemployment by Education, Construction Employment and Diffusion Indexes
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:

Clinton’s $350 billion plan to cut student debt Hillary Clinton's student debt plan has two huge problems
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College debt can be especially dumb for parents
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Mail:

US Postal Service Reports $586M Net Loss for Spring
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Electricity:

Energy Future Launches Bid to Exit Bankruptcy
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Energy Future Holdings chooses Hunt plan to exit bankruptcy Hunt-led group to get Oncor utility in bankruptcy deal Energy Future Holdings looks to unload Oncor to Hunt-led consortium
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Ad Hoc Group of TCEH Unsecured Noteholders Provides Additional Disclosure on Proposed Restructuring of Energy Future Holdings Corp and Related Companies
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Hunt's offer to buy Oncor could revitalize EFH bankruptcy proceedings
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Dallas giant's bankruptcy plan includes power company sale
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Religion:

Creditors committee chair for Milwaukee archdiocese bankruptcy disputes settlement outline
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Archdiocese bankruptcy creditors raise concerns about excluded victims
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Bankruptcy Auctions Scheduled for Southwest Properties
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Gambling:

Caesars Low-Ranking Creditors Sue Lenders Over Debt Priority
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Stockton free to sell Showboat, judge rules
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Autos:

Tesla Burning Through Working Capital
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Economy:

US Poverty Numbers Have Doubled Since 2000
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Fed’s Fischer suggests September hike is not a done deal US stocks rally as Fed's Fischer hints at later rate hike, China rebounds
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Lockhart: Economy can handle higher rates
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Potential correction may be 'very rough': Siegel
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Warren Buffett: It's going to be 'very tough' for the Fed to raise rates in September
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Gartman: THIS is only thing that will stall the Fed
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Employment Trends Index Increased in July
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US small business confidence bounces back in July
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Americans expect to tighten purse strings -NY Fed survey
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Rich people are split on what it means to be rich in the US
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Bill Maher unloads on the 'sick culture of wealth'
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None of today’s top central bankers have ever done this
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'World's Nicest Boss' Defends $70K Minimum Salary
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$115K! The 13 best-paying US companies
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Why it’s now cheaper to produce some goods in the South than in China
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The great unwind has begun
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Why raising the minimum wage could actually make more employees quit
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

FNC: Residential Property Values increased 5.7% year-over-year in June
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Fannie and Freddie: REO inventory declined in Q2, Down 33% Year-over-year
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Can this sickly housing recovery survive without artificially low interest rates?
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Why Risky Borrowers Still Aren’t Getting Mortgages
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Las Vegas Real Estate in July: Sales Increased 15% YoY
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How to predict rising home prices, neighborhood change and gentrification
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This ‘red flag’ should scare amateur home flippers
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Why Fannie, Freddie reform is further than ever
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Court to CFPB: Freeze that $109.2M penalty for PHH Mortgage
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico – 'Greeks' of the Caribbean
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Puerto Rico Bond Payments Depend on Cash Levels, Official Says Puerto Rico Expects to Make January Debt Bill, Official Says
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Puerto Rico Crisis Hasn't Derailed Muni Market – So Far
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As Budget Crunch Worsens, Chicago Public Schools Announce Over 450 Lay Offs
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The next crisis 'no one saw coming'
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Oil/Gas:

Oil edges lower
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Oil Rises From Five-Month Low as Chinese Imports Advance Despite Global Glut, Oil Rises from Its Recent Lows
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Oil Futures Signal Weak Prices Could Last Years Crude-oil futures rebound as dollar loses ground
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Gas prices fall, expected to go lower
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North-American Rig Count On The Way Up As Rest Of The World Declines
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Oil speculators move in, but price slide continues
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Oil collapse couldn't come at worse time for industry
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Rail Companies Slammed By Oil Downturn
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Creditors Seek to Push Miller Energy Unit Into Bankruptcy
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KKR’s Samson Said Planning for Bankruptcy as Soon as Aug. 15
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NOV to cut more than 100 jobs in North Texas
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Raymond James lowers oil forecast for 2016
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CenterPoint earnings dip by more than 25 percent
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Move to Allow U.S. Oil Exports Accelerates
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It's the Right Time to Reform Oil Pricing
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Here's what the 'spectrum of pain' looks like for the 12 members of OPEC
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Frack Now, Pay Later: A New Era In U.S. Oil?
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Dividend-rich oil, energy MLPs are bargains now
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Music:

Columbia House Owner Files for Bankruptcy
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Healthcare:

St. Michael's Medical Center files for bankruptcy protection With Bankruptcy Filing, Saint Michael’s Opens Up New Front in Battle Over Sale
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Response Genetics plans bankruptcy sale to competitor
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Education:

NYMA claims it hasn't received a payment from its would-be buyer
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Comments on proposed Income Based Repayment regulations
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Clinton’s tuition plan won’t help students: Arends
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Resorts:

Baha Mar ‘is entitled to uncover gov’t ‘collusion’ Bank slams Baha Mar’s ‘inflammatory’ conspiracy allegation
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(9 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 (24 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 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)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

 

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Avoidance Actions:

Assumption/Assignment of Contracts – Preference Defense
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The Fifth Circuit Takes a Mulligan
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Executory Contracts:

It’s All or Nothing: Delaware District Court Says Debtor Cannot Pick and Choose From Bundle of Related Agreements!
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Plan Confirmation:

Second Circuit Affirms Voiding of Secured Creditor's Lien
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Claims Trading:

Solus v. Perry: Case Update
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Recent Pleadings:

 

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Banking:

Yet Another Bank General Counsel to Step Down
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Movies:

Relativity Gets Minimum Bankruptcy Bid From Its Lenders: $250 Million
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Food/Beverage:

A&P bankruptcy : Judge issues collusion warning
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Coal:

The Trick That's Going to Keep America's Coal Alive
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Politics:

Warren Buffett: Trump won't be a flash in the pan Donald Trump says Fox News CEO Roger Ailes called him and promised fair treatment Supporters explain why they want Trump Trump: 'I will be phenomenal to the women' Donald Trump on ISIS: 'I would knock the hell out of them,' and then 'I'd take the oil for our country' Why Clinton says she went to Trump’s wedding Where Trump isn't beating his fellow Republicans The first round of post-debate polls are out, and Donald Trump has a commanding lead
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Fact Check: "Some of the things that (Megyn Kelly) said, I didn’t say."
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In Donald Trump’s Success, Lessons for the Apprentices
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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders want to use the tax code to weaken Wall Street
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Marco Rubio wants to turn his financial struggles against Hillary Clinton
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Perry No Longer Paying Campaign Staff
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Chemicals:

Thornton & Company, Inc. Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
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Mining:

County, mine settle on $4 million in back taxes case
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Sovereigns:

US appeals court narrows certain debt claims against Argentina Argentina Bonds Judge Rebuked in Rare Appeals Win for Nation
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UK:

Half of all Invoices are Overdue, Insolvency Looms
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The buck must stop with Kids Company’s trustees
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Mintz Levin cuts back at London office after local managing partner exits
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PIIGS:

Greek Bailout Draft Sees Economy Contracting in 2015 Greece, lenders clinch bailout deal after marathon talks Greece bailout agreed 'in principle' Greece's final bailout deal just confirms what an agonizing waste the last eight months have been
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For Many in Spain, a Heralded Economic Recovery Feels Like a Bust
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Canada:

Bid to secure pensions during CCAA proceedings fails
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Netherlands:

Dutch engineering firm Imtech seeks protection from creditors
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China:

China stocks mark best 1-day gain in a month
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China's massive economic advantage is about to disappear
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China Devalues Yuan by Most in Two Decades to Combat Slowdown
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Russia:

Russian economy shrank 4.6 percent in Q2 on lower oil prices
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Russia could revise 2015 economic outlook
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