Law:
The Dewey Trial: Sad Tears for the Victims • Dewey Witness Says She Never Intended to Defraud
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US law firms worried by lack of skills among law students
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Lawyer’s repeated instructions to not to answer deposition questions draws sanction for Kramer Levin • Kramer Levin sanctioned by court over unprofessional conduct
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Many Black Lawyers Navigate a Rocky, Lonely Road to Partner • Unconscious bias, exclusion from networks lead to dearth of minority law firm partners, prof says
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Is competitive BigLaw similar to Amazon’s survival-of-the-fittest system? • Legal profession cited as example of brutal environment by NY Times
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Riker Danzig Nabs Dilworth Paxson NY-Based Bankruptcy Partners
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Beyond Biglaw: There Are No Dog Days
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And the Survey Says: What Clients Want
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LeClairRyan opens in Delaware, its 3rd new office this year • Law firm tapping into busy Delaware docket
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This Law School’s Enrollment Is Down By Almost 80 Percent
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What Law Schools Can Learn From Medical Schools
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Law student summers: expectations vs reality
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Welcome To Law School — Kung Fu Edition
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Herbert Smith Freehills makes work from home program permanent after positive feedback
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No There There For The Legal Tech Industry?
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Try A Little ‘Configance’
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Law firm project will provide school supplies to 23,000 students
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The Cliff Notes to 7 Current Legal Industry Studies
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Legal Departments Still Sheepish on Third-Party Bill Review
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The 15 best watches under $5,000
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How to make your iPhone run faster
(DBN)For Professionals: Confide app launches for Mac and PC
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German carriers have reportedly revealed when Apple will release the iPhone 6S
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Innovation Has Failed Big Law, Legal Ops Can Help
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Selling Drugs Not A Great Way For Lawyers To Supplement Their Income
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Lawyer gets home confinement for insider trading based on golfer’s tips
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Lawyer arrested in alleged murder plot wants to represent client going to trial this week
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Should Town And County Clerks Opposed To Gay Marriage Be Required To Issue Marriage Licenses To All Couples? • Hood County clerk’s refusal to issue same-sex marriage license costs taxpayers $43,000
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Tsarnaev Lawyers: Boston Marathon Bombing Wasn’t ‘Crime of Violence’
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Two Georgia cops charged with murder for Tasering to death handcuffed black man who refused to walk
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Judges:
Judge who hit sheriff’s patrol vehicle in courthouse parking lot agrees to 90-day unpaid suspension
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Benchslap Trifecta — Courting A Judge’s Ire
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Confirming federal judges during the final two years of the Obama administration: Vacancies up, nominees down
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A New Trend Among Supreme Court Clerks?
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Ex-Judge Alleging Courthouse Asbestos Exposure Dies
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WD PA: Brown Bag Lunch with the Bankruptcy Judges
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Wall Street:
Stock futures slip
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US stocks close lower after mixed earnings
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Investors haven't hated the US stock market this much since 2007
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Warren Buffett’s favorite valuation measure signals stock markets are overvalued
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Wal-Mart cuts outlook on wage, e-commerce spending • One alarming reason Walmart's profit is down • How Much Higher Wages Are Costing Wal-Mart
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Mayor declares local Wal-Mart a public nuisance
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Romano’s Jewelers Stores Shut Down, Owe $58M in Claims
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Lowe's sales beat on demand for appliances, outdoor equipment
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Personal Finance:
The Tooth Fairy is cutting back this year
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Financial experts may have gotten this wrong for years
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Education:
Financially Troubled College Will Get $20 Million, if It Changes Its Name
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DeVry profit plunges as enrollment drops
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Black Arts: The $800 Million Family Selling Art Degrees and False Hopes
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Mark Cuban says efforts to curb student debt could put liberal arts majors at risk
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Coal:
Remaining Patriot Coal Mines to Be Sold
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Patriot Coal Leveraged Loan To See 80% Recovery Under Reorg Plan
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UMWA miners protest Patriot bankruptcy arguments
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Arch Coal Said to Seek Compromise With Lenders Against Debt Swap
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Will Arch Coal file for Bankruptcy ?
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West Virginia coal mining complexes are on the market
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Committee Appointed In Alpha Natural Resources Case, Hires Milbank
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Celebs:
Desperate Duggars pitch TLC new show
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1 of 6 NFL Stars Goes Bankrupt
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Teresa Giudice's Jersey Shore home sold back to bank for $100 at auction
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Former Subway rep Fogle nears plea deal: Report
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Healthcare:
U.S. Trustee Asks Hutcheson Medical Center Bankruptcy Be Dismissed; Says Hospital Too Far In Debt With No Reorganization Plan; Patient Care At Risk • Trustee asks judge to terminate Hutcheson's bankruptcy protection
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Quadruplets born to 65-year-old woman to leave hospital
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Economy:
US economy on track to grow 1.3 percent in third quarter: Atlanta Fed
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Jeff Gundlach calls Fed hike a ‘bad idea,’ warns of ‘Pandora’s Box’
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St. Louis Fed official: No evidence QE boosted economy
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U.S. Lacks Ammo for Next Economic Crisis
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Poll: Approval of Unions Rising Quickly
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Goldman: Recession Not On The Horizon
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Uh-oh: Americans are saving less for retirement
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The 10 best US cities for small business owners
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More Americans face hard choice: Drugs or groceries
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Is Wal-Mart just the first victim of rising wages?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
U.S. Housing Starts Edge Up 0.2% • Single - Family Houses Fuel Gains in US Homebuilding in July • Housing starts highest since before Great Recession
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The hottest zip codes in the US
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Let’s tap the brakes on this supposedly positive housing data
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Construction’s mixed July performance misses expectations
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Where apartment construction is hottest
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High Credit Quality Cited for Decline in Mortgage Delinquencies
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Municipalities:
Bankruptcy will cost Detroit on new bonds
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Lessons for other municipalities from Detroit’s Chapter 9
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After the Default: A Neoliberal Debt Solution For Puerto Rico
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Chicago: Bankruptcy is the only way out
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America's most (and least) educated cities
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Student Debt:
Grad-School Loan Binge Fans Debt Worries
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Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio agree: this is the best way to tackle student loans
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CFPB Probes Education Department Loan Contractors Over Potentially Faulty Practices
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Oil/Gas:
Charts show Nymex oil could hit $38 and stick
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Oil Prices Could Sink to $15
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WTI oil rebounds, but sub-$40 levels may be on tap • Oil prices plummet, then recover, after China’s cash injection • Oil prices steady but oversupply a concern
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KKR Losses May Reach $5 Billion From Samson, Energy Future Busts
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Oil... lower it goes, better the bounce: Expert • Analysts: Oil patch will come roaring back to life in 2017
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How Much Pressure Will Iran Put On Oil Prices?
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McClendon’s Marcellus Misadventure Exposes Lenders to More Pain
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Official: The U.S. Oil Export Ban Is (Sort Of) Over
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Singapore’s Jurong Aromatics Said in Debt Talks After Oil Plunge
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Tension Growing In Kazakhstan As Oil Prices Batter Economy
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Offshore oil auction draws low interest
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Tx. Economy Still Great in Spite of Oil Prices
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How the Worst Performing Oil Companies Are Making More Than Exxon
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Television:
The scariest chart in the history of cable TV
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Politics:
A Trip Down Donald Trump's Bankruptcy Memory Lane • Donald Trump is only expanding his big lead • What Would Happen to the Economy If Trump Got His Way • Heidi Klum had the perfect response after Donald Trump said she's 'no longer a 10' • For Mexicans, Trump’s bid is getting scarier • Donald Trump is forcing other Republicans to say things they’ll regret about immigration • Q&A: Explaining ‘Birthright Citizenship’ • Rivals struggle to understand Trump’s appeal • What Donald Trump gets about the electorate • Political elites have lost control, and they hate that
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Hillary Clinton is her own worst enemy • Maybe Hillary Clinton just isn’t a very good candidate • Hillary's email firm was run from a loft apartment with its servers in the bathroom • Fact Check - Howard Dean: "There’s a tremendous other number of public officials who have done the same thing" as Hillary Clinton with a private email server. • Clinton: 'No Idea' If Email Server Was Wiped • 'Nothing to Worry About' • Clinton Is Defiant as Email Cases Loom
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Carly Fiorina's Business Record: Not So Sterling • Carly Fiorina says raising minimum wage would lead to less opportunity • CEO Fiorina Fought the Good Fight
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Scott Walker’s Obamacare replacement plan, explained in 500 words
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Marco Rubio's Obamacare replacement plan, explained
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Spending on political ads estimated to hit record $11.4 billion in 2016
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Food/Beverage:
Starbucks just made a major change to one of its most popular beverages
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Aviation:
How One Airline Ticket Can Equal Two Seats
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Mining:
Depressed metals make miners seem like a bargain
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Private Clubs:
Colorado developer makes $1.25M offer for KC Club building
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Guns:
Colt Threatens It Could Run Out Of Cash If Sale Barred
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Aerospace:
Carlyle's Sequa Said to Burn Through 44% of Cash; Loans Plunge
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Privacy:
Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data • The Ashley Madison hack, explained
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Movies:
RKA Film Financing Asks Relativity Bankruptcy Judge To Amend Sale Plan
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Environmental:
Guilty plea hearing Wednesday for W.Va. executive in spill
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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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 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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Make-Whole:
Getting a make-whole premium upon bankruptcy?: courts say "probably not"
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Chapter 13:
Trustee’s Valuation of Unresolved Pre-Petition Cause of Action Rejected, Debtor Ordered To Provide Periodic Status Reports On Value
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Bankruptcy Reform:
ABI Commission Report – Small and Medium-Sized Debtor Enterprises
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Fed: Insolvency after the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform
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Plan Confirmation:
Second Circuit Clarifies Standard for Extinguishing Liens in Chapter 11 Plans
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9th Circuit to Finally Hear In re Zachary, Does Absolute Priority Rule Apply in Individual Cases?
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Cure:
Eleventh Circuit Holds That a Creditor May Demand Default-rate Interest as a Condition for Reinstating Loan
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Professional Employment:
Not All Expenses Of A Professional May Be Compensable By The Estate, Even In The Face Of A Clear Retainer Agreement And An Approved Employment Application!
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Gambling:
Apollo Said to Get Caesars Creditor Demand to Abandon Parent
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Recent Pleadings:
Akin Gump Slams DIP Lender's Criticism Of Committee's Legal Bills, 20/20 "Hindsight", Offers 10% Discount
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Litigation:
Federal judiciary considers dumping ‘ancient documents’ rule
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Corporate Governance:
A Look at the Modern Business Judgment Rule
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Former Enron CFO says boards need to rock the boat and ask tough questions
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Mass Torts:
Defunct boiler maker, crippled by asbestos claims, files for bankruptcy again
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Notice:
Known or Unknown? Third Circuit Questions Standing in New Century Appeal
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Resorts:
US Judge Hints At Baha Mar's Chapter 11 Case Continuing
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Fraud:
Former Oak Rock CEO Gets 8 Year Sentence for Bank Fraud
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Massachusetts TelexFree Victims Share $3.5 Million Bank Settlement
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Banking:
Trustee Hopes to Avoid Allied Bank Stock Auction
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Privacy:
Thieves stole 220,000 more individual tax records from IRS computer system than feds first thought
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Sovereigns:
BofA Says This Defaulted Argentina Bond Is Best Singer-Deal Bet
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UK:
Section 236 of the UK Insolvency Act 1986 – extra-territorial effect?
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PIIGS:
Greece Moves Forward With First Privatization Since Bailout Deal • Greece gives German firm rights to run 14 airports • Tsipras and Merkel face revolt over Greek bailout • Greece relaxes capital controls, will allow 500 euro withdrawals • Spanish parliament to approve new Greece bailout • Austrian parliament backs Greek bailout • Dutch coalition faces no-confidence vote over Greek bailout • German MPs back deal • Fitch upgrades Greece credit rating to CCC
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Canada:
Global glut keeps B.C. coal industry in check
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Poland:
Poland Updates its Covered Bond Legislation to Attract Foreign Investors
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China:
The world's top China analyst has a doomsday scenario
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Why China's market misfires keep rattling markets
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Russia:
Lingering Slump Tests Putin’s Popularity
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MENA:
Iraq Hires Banks Including Citigroup for $6 Billion Sale
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India:
Bankruptcy Code to be Ready Soon
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Netherlands:
At least 1300 Dutch jobs gone in Imtech bankruptcy
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Denmark:
Denmark's Lundbeck to cut 1,000 jobs in restructuring
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