Law:
Baker & McKenzie Posts Lower Revenue, Makes Investments • Baker & McKenzie Drops Behind DLA Piper as Gross Revenue Leader
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Dewey Defense: GC Kept Mum As Firm Wooed Investors • Dewey & LeBoeuf Time-Lapse Coverage: Trial Recap
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Unhappy life of litigators highlighted by New Yorker
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Law firms risk all by emphasis on profits per partners, says professor
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Law Firms Eye Global Market Turmoil, China Plunge
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Stocks Tanking? Lawyers Check Their Risk Exposure
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GC Is Sick of Conflict Waivers
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Ford GC: 'I Don't Try To Define Law Firms; I Try To Solve Problems'
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Big Law’s Race and Gender Problem
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Your Clients Want Alternative Fees: Is Your Firm Ready?
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After Bingham Bolt-On, Morgan Lewis Subleases Unused Space
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If You Think It - Please Don't Say It!
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How To Answer Annoying Interview Questions
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Glass 'both half full and half empty' for law firms
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: What Is The Role Of Lawyers?
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Bankrupt Prompt Pay Company Sues Lawyer, Firm
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Ethics case alleges ‘settlement shakedown’
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Law Grad Drowning In Debt Tries To Sell Law Degree On Craigslist
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Practical-Skills Plan Divides Law School Association
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Which T14 Law School Officially Has The Best Sense Of Humor?
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Alaska’s first law school is satellite Seattle U campus
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The Recurring Error: From First-Year Law Student Through Retirement
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The Ashley Madison hackers alerted the company to the hack by taking over their computers and playing 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC • Ashley Madison is offering a $500,000 reward as police say there have been 2 unconfirmed suicides • After Ashley Madison leak, feds rush to see if workers broke the rules
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Here’s the sad truth about working over 60 hours a week
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6 steps to staying calm under pressure
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Surprising ways that caffeine affects your body and brain
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There might be a new way to combat the terrible effects of sitting all day
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Is This Racist? State Bar Can’t Tell If This Is Racist.
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Peggy Hubbard's Video on Black Lives Matter
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Lawyer buys and mans fire truck to help protect neighbors threatened by wildfires
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Court Says the FTC Can Slap Companies for Getting Hacked
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Judges:
This judge didn't want to give a 55-year marijuana sentence. But the law forced him to.
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Indiana county clerk banned from courthouse in dispute with judges
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Texas judge sued by former employee for alleged sexual harassment
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Where Can You Get A Ruth Bader Ginsburg Manicure?
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Wall Street:
Wall Street set to rebound after massive selloff; futures rally 3% • Europe markets surge over 4% after 'Black Monday' • Futures escalate gains after China slashes rates • Dow futures spike up to 600 points after selloff • World markets rebounding as China stocks dive
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Closing bell: Stocks Get Clobbered In A Chaotic Day On Wall Street • How bad was Monday's stock market crash? This chart puts it in context
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Why the Dow crashed 1,000 points in 4 minutes • None of the theories for the Black Monday market crash adds up • But if you want a basic explanation ... • VIX 'fear index' skyrockets to 7-year high
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Here's how ugly it needs to get before they shut down the stock market • NYSE Invoked Rule 48 to Stop the Carnage
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Where will Buffett put his money as markets collapse?
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Financial advisors to clients: Stay calm, carry on
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Gen Y investors are just saying 'no' to stocks
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New El-Erian: Stocks have a lot lower to go from here
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Tim Cook emails Jim Cramer to say everything's fine
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Layoffs:
A&P to lay off 8,500 in New Jersey
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DSM to cut up to 1100 jobs as it reorganizes
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Boeing could be about to make 'several hundred' layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:
Before he self destructed: chronicling the fall of 50 Cent
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50 Cent: Woman from sex tape case wants her 'pound of flesh'
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Television:
Failed Sports Network Cost Comcast $100M
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Gambling:
Caesars Entertainment Corp Pops as Much as 14% After Reports About Anti-Money Laundering Settlement
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Caesars in restructuring pact with first-lien leveraged loan holders • Company says deal is similar to one with first-lien bondholders announced in August • Caesars strikes a deal with largest lenders over restructuring efforts
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Casino workers prepare for strike
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Electricity:
Ten Years After: How Entergy New Orleans survived Hurricane Katrina
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Breaking down Hunt's $19B bid for Oncor
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Economy:
Goldman: Don't freak out about a global recession
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Larry Summers: The Fed could take this sucker down
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Yellen Confronts Greenspan Oasis Warning as She Weighs Rate Rise
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What the Stock Market Sell-Off Means for the Fed and Interest Rates
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US inflation probably lower than reported, Fed study says
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Rising Rate Jitters: Why?
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Barclays: The Fed will yield to the market
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Commodities Slump to 16-Year Low on Mining, Oil Stocks
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Black Monday hits housing, mortgage finance worse than Dow, Nasdaq • Dow crash will only temporarily slow housing stocks
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Colony owners suffer blow in court
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Fannie Mae economic outlook for the second half of 2015 less upbeat
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Toll Brothers profit falls, but orders rise
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Homeowner’s insurance costs twice as much with poor credit
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HUD moves to officially revise FHA lien pecking order
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico May Not Get Supreme Court to Take Up Restructuring Case
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Puerto Rico says water authority not at risk; investors wary
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Detroit and Puerto Rico, a tale of two issuers
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The Nobel Prize and Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico’s Private Sector Calls for Chapter 9
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Puerto Rico Will Soon Become America's Greece
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After Detroit: Fiscal lessons learned for other U.S. municipalities
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San Bernardino: In key bankruptcy move, city OKs county fire service
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Movies:
Relativity Lender Pushes to Postpone Bankruptcy Hearing
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Relativity Media Stung by Request to Delay Key Hearing
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Relativity Fires Back At Manchester As Bankruptcy Judge Keeps Tuesday Hearing
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Twentieth Century Fox Lines Up for Relativity Bankruptcy Hearing
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Oil/Gas:
Tues.: Oil prices rally 2%, try to regain $39 level • Oil rallies but still near 6-1/2-year lows
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Oil Prices Driven Lower By Everything Except Fundamentals
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Crude oil collapses to a stunning new low • Oil prices tumble again as stock market trembles • Oil falls below $40 per barrel again amid wider rout • Merciless Market Rout Drags Oil Further Down
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The SemCrude Bankruptcy: Commodity Traders Prevail Against Related Fraud and U.C.C. Claims
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Director: $20 oil wouldn't surprise me
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Worst Junk-Bond Bet Wipes Out Junior Creditors of KKR's Samson
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Some Oil Companies a Few Weeks Away From Bankruptcy
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Houston’s laid-off oil workers face uncertain futures
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Oil Price Rout and Stunned US Workers
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Aurelius, Farallon Take Aim at Sabine Oil’s Senior Lenders
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Only An OPEC Cut Can Save Oil Prices From Falling Further
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Abengoa bond worries are not a one-off
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Sinopec Oilfield Service posts wider loss
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Gasoline Is Both Incredibly Cheap and Absurdly Expensive
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Politics:
Trump: Hedge funders don't do anything but 'move around papers' — and it's embarrassing we don't tax them more • Donald Trump has millions invested with 'paper pusher' hedge fund managers • Trump blames China, ‘poor planning’ for market rout • How Trump plans to turn gawkers into hardcore supporters • Donald Trump's failed 1989 board game • Donald Trump is catnip for TV news — and he's dominating the competition • If you want to understand Donald Trump, look to the success of the European far-right • Mark Cuban: There's one word that sums up Donald Trump • Practical Strategy Lessons From Jimmy Carter, Jason Day And Donald Trump • Donald Trump’s USA Inc. will kill our climate, our economy and our democracy • Can the Republican Party Survive Trump?
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What will Obama do if Biden runs for president? • The Biggest Divide Between Joe Biden And Elizabeth Warren • Family issues weigh heaviest on Biden as he considers a 2016 campaign
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Praise For Hillary Clinton’s Lawyer — From A Surprising Source
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One of the GOP’s strongest candidates seems completely befuddled on an issue spearheaded by Donald Trump
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Bush: People should ‘chill out’ over ‘anchor baby’ issue
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There's an ominous precedent lurking over Hillary Clinton's email scandal
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2016 Hopefuls Seize on Wall Street’s Wild Day
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Obama feeling 'feisty,' ready to take on 'crazies'
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Does Elizabeth Warren regret not running for president?
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Healthcare:
Feud escalates over future of troubled Newark hospital
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Barnabas and Newark hospital avert clash in bankruptcy hearing
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Victory's San Antonio hospital sold
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Financing deal paves way for HDL sale
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Education:
Government Agencies Object to Corinthian Colleges Liability Releases
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The Coddling of the American Mind
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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 (10 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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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DIP Finance:
Molycorp Lender Fight Highlights Costly Crossroads Of Structural Priming And DIP Lending
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Avoidance Actions:
Preference on Single Payment Loses to Ordinary Course Defense
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Furniture Brands International - 93 Additional Preference Claims Filed
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Lien Stripping:
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Confirmation of a Chapter 11 Plan Could Strip Your Liens if You’re Not Careful
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Contempt:
Adversary Complaint or Motion: How to Prosecute Contempt Proceedings in Bankruptcy
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Bonds:
Southern District of New York Recognizes Bondholders’ Rights Under Section 316(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
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Litigation:
During Depositions, It Pays to Be Nice to Your Opponent
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Advisors:
Guggenheim Hires Jefferies’s Rohan for Restructuring Role
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Mass Torts:
Ten times more deaths linked to faulty switch than GM first reported
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Debt Collection:
Bona Fide Error Defense Shields Debt Collectors From Liability For Mistaken Interpretation Of Statute Of Limitations
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FDCPA Lawsuits Up Sharply YTD in 2015 vs. 2014
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Resorts:
Baha Mar Accuses Cca Of 'Still Withholding Documents'
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Mining:
BHP Billiton profit plunges 86% in commodity slump
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Religion:
Milwaukee archdiocese to file bankruptcy plan amid sex abuse settlement • Archdiocese of Milwaukee plan would pay more sexual abuse victims
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Fraud:
Lawyer who made fortune over p--- threats charged with fraud
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Student Debt:
Student loan debt: America's next big crisis
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Fact Check: Is Refinancing Student Debt Really Good Policy?
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A fix for student loan debt
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Hillary's debt-free college plan comes with a hefty price-tag
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Retailing:
Best Buy shares soar 11% after earnings easily beat
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PIIGS:
Greece Gets Something Right! • How Greece outflanked Germany on debt relief • Greek bank bonds: brace yourself for bail-in
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Canada:
Nine West’s Canadian stores sold to U.S. owner of brand; new subsidiary to run business
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China:
China cuts interest rates and reserve requirement • China cuts interest rates for fifth time in 9 months
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Chinese stocks got obliterated again on Tuesday
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What analysts are saying about China's stock crash • Exactly how panicky should we be about China? • China’s ‘Black Monday’: 2015 stock-market gains swamped by panic • There's no saving China now
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China record capital outflows
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The next shoe to drop in China? The banks
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Russia:
Moscow Commercial Court dismisses My Bank bankruptcy hearing
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India:
FM: Plan to bring in new bankruptcy code soon
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Ukraine:
Belarusian bank of Ukrainian banker declared bankrupt
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Romania:
Owner makes demands to save Romanian insurer from bankruptcy
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