Law:
A Lateral Boom of Older Lawyers
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How to Make a Law Firm Merger Work: Dealing With The Finances
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Dewey & LeBoeuf Billing Chief Tells Jury Firm Fudged Invoices
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K&L Gates chairman says partner departures are consistent with the firm’s ‘performance culture’ • Déjà Vu All Over Again: Peter Kalis Of K&L Gates Strikes Back At Law360
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Weil Adds Bankruptcy and Restructuring Partner in New York
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Summer Associate Offer Rates (2015): Is Your Firm Keeping It 100?
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Are Law Schools Skewing Job Placement Numbers?
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At Buchanan Ingersoll, A Lawyer Finds Her Identity
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Jones Day Nabs Pair of Big Mining and Media Bankruptcies
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GC: Many Matters Don’t Require Law Firms
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Microsoft GC Offers Bonus for More Diverse Outside Counsel
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Honigman Chair: We Sell Services By Word of Mouth
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Avvo founder tells lawyers to ‘get rid of UPL’ if they want innovation and access to justice
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Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC Moves Houston Office
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Suits blame Simpson Thacher and JPMorgan for $1.5 billion error
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BigLaw firm’s alleged promises to client in hiring talks were puffery, judge says in tossing claims
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The Perils Of Specialization
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The Best Legal Job Market for Millenials? Tax Law
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Rich Irony In Attorney Lawsuit
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: 10 Tips For Dealing With Infuriating Emails (Part II)
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Would You Respond To This Job Listing For An Associate?
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Bomb goes off at door of law firm
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People are demanding justice for the hitchhiking robot destroyed in Philadelphia
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A California city is paying would-be murderers not to shoot anybody — and it's working
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DA Brandishes Shotgun In Facebook Picture Captioned, ‘You Should Take The Plea’
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A Great Legal Job, Or The Greatest Legal Job?
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City files copyright suit over government meeting footage in YouTube videos
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Judges:
Supreme Court Justices Welcome Jim Harbaugh With No Argument
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93-year-old judge grows weary of 44-year-old housing bias case
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6th Circuit criticizes lawyer’s ‘outlandish’ comparisons, tosses challenge to lawn mowing fine
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks set for choppy day
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Stocks mostly lower at the open; oil prices drop below $46 • Weak oil prices, China worries drag Wall Street lower
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THIS may spark dreaded stock correction
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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:
Sears' shares plunge after dismal same-store sales
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Sears to report first profit since 2012
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Sears Sales Plummet by Double-Digits Again in Second Quarter
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Ullman steps down, again, as Penney CEO
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Coal:
Coal miner Alpha Natural files for bankruptcy protection • A 4th big coal producer files for bankruptcy • Alpha Natural Resources Bankrupt; Mining Default Rates Jump • U.S. Coal Giant Greets Obama Climate Rules With Bankruptcy • Coal companies have been scorched under Obama • Here's what coal company's bankruptcy means in dollars and cents • The end of coal? Alpha Natural bankruptcy points to industry troubles. • Docket
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Coal Left Fighting Over America’s Last Plants as Rules Mount
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Obama’s Clean Power Plan Seen Wiping Out High-Cost Coal
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Why Obama’s epic climate plan isn’t such a big deal
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Glencore’s Optimum Seeks Bankruptcy Protection on Eskom Spat
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What’s Next for Walter Energy?
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Electricity:
Obama's New Climate-Change Regulations to Alter, Challenge Industry • 5 Things About Obama’s New Climate Rules
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Defaults:
Fitch: Alpha Bankruptcy Boosts US HY Sector Default Rate to 10%
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Student Debt:
Citibank investigated over its student loan services
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Amici NCLC and NACBA Argue Brunner Test Outdated
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Consultants:
Mesirow to close bankruptcy consulting business
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AlixPartners Announces CEO Succession
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Houlihan Lokey Seeks Valuation of Up to $1.57 Billion in IPO
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Currency:
Villain or dunce? 'At its peak,' jailed Mt Gox CEO made bitcoin what it is today
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Running on empty: Bitcoin exchange MtGox ‘ran out of cash six months before bankruptcy’
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Aviation:
Skymark Creditors to Choose Between Two Revival Plans in Tokyo
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Economy:
Will the Fed's rate rise create more bankruptcies?
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This Recovery Really Is Different
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Americans Still Wary on the Economy
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Inflation Misses Fed’s 2% Target for 38th Straight Month
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Economists up GDP estimates after data
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ISM manufacturing data raises doubts about the economy • ISM Manufacturing index decreased to 52.7 in July
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US auto sales surge 5% in July • Millennials Join Confident Consumers Snapping Up Autos in U.S.
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BEA: Personal Income increased 0.4% in June, Core PCE prices up 1.3% year-over-year
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Weak auto demand crimps US consumer spending • U.S. Car Sales Top Estimates With GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler Wins
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Construction Spending increased 0.1% in June
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What raising the minimum wage to $15 would actually mean in every state
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Big U.S. Cities Lead the Way in Economic Recovery
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These Americans have the lowest credit score
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America is the Next Greece
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Uber Driver Challenge Is Early Test for ‘Sharing-Economy’ Firms
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
The 20 hottest housing markets
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Housing bubble remedy: an 8-point Fed hike
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A single image captures how the American house has changed over 400 years
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The $96M house-flipping Ponzi scheme?
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Municipalities:
It’s official. Puerto Rico defaults • Puerto Rico Misses Most of $58 Million Debt Payment • Puerto Rico just defaulted on its $72 billion debt pile • Puerto Rico's 'death spiral' has officially begun • Puerto Rico Debt-Crisis Grows as Payments Halt, Agency Defaults • Puerto Rico's crisis ... in 2 minutes • Puerto Rico: What’s next after bond default • Puerto Rico had a $58 million debt payment due. It paid $628,000.
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Puerto Rico Imposed Rich-Country Policies--And Now It Is Paying The Price
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Puerto Rico Sales-Tax Creditors Said to Hire Miller Buckfire
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Will the Puerto Rican Debt Crisis Impact PREPA?
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Puerto Rico is about to default for the first time in its history • Another problem Puerto Rico doesn't need
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Fitch: Puerto Rico Appropriation Debt Default Highlights Liquidity Strain & Government Priorities
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Puerto Rico's uncertain future leaves muni bond fund investors in limbo
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Misery is deepening in Puerto Rico
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Detroit’s Bankruptcy Exit Financing Gets Credit Rating from Standard & Poor's
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S&P cuts Atlantic City rating 3 notches to 'B' • Citing Lack of Debt Plan
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Thinking Of Moving? Here Are Some Cities You May Want To Avoid • The best and worst big cities to live in
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Corporate Reform:
Trader jailed for 14 years over Libor rate-rigging • How Libor whiz Rain Man became "the guy everyone was going to blame"
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Oil/Gas:
Crude oil is collapsing • Oil’s Below $50 and About to Get Worse • Oil prices slide as worries about global supply glut mount • Oil's losing streak at its worst for the year • Oil Falls to Fresh Lows on Supply Concerns • US oil tumbles 4% to settle at $45.17 a barrel • Oil sinks to six-month low amid weak data, slump in gasoline • Oil’s slide continues into August • As oil falls below $50, analysts eye 'mid-price' era •Mobius: Oil's fall is purely sentimental • Don't Expect An Oil Price Rebound This Side Of 2017 • Supply Glut Threatens To Push Oil Prices Below $40 Per Barrel
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Shale gas is loser in Obama climate plan
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US Shale: How Smoke And Mirrors Could Cost Investors Millions
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Oil CEOs’ grim outlook rubs off on speculators fleeing market
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Oil field companies cutting 276 more jobs in Texas
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Moody’s: More oil driller defaults coming as banks restrict lending
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Linn Energy shares throttled for third day on downgrades
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Noble Energy posts $109 million loss
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Cal Dive International Inc. to cut jobs, close facilities
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Penn Virginia: All Signs Point To Bankruptcy
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MRC Global cuts more jobs as profits dip
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Oil Corporations Scheme to Export America's Security
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Oil-and-Gas Debt Deals Sting Investors
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Gas Just Another Fossil-Fuel Loser in Obama Push for Renewables
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Commodity crunch to cut resource firms’ capex by double digits
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Tempted to buy energy stocks? Note this first
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Politics:
Koch brother blasts corporate welfare
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Why a Biden candidacy is looking more viable
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Jeb Bush Releases Border Security Plan
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In First GOP Debate, Goal Is Winning the Base–Not Trumping Trump
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Trump Leads In All Polls • Who Gets Trump's Supporters When He Quits? • The Trump-Less Extravaganza the Other GOP Contenders Had Been Hoping For • Trump: We must 'give power back to the police'
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Hillary Clinton's Proposal to Combat "Short Term Capitalism" by Raising Capital Gains Tax Rates is Crazy Stupid.
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Cruz: Climate Change Falsified by Scientists
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4 Major Ayn Rand Recanters
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Environmental:
Mississippi Bankruptcy Court Approves Global Settlement
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Autos:
Deposition Battle Heats Up Over GM's Valukas Report
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Corporate Governance:
So Why Should Delaware Corporate Law Predominate?
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 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 (179 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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:
WD NY: Bankruptcy filings up 4.5 percent in July
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More Pittsburgh-region businesses file bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy filings fall 15% in NW Ohio
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Bankruptcy filings fall 7.1 percent across isles
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Avoidance Actions:
Preference Actions filed in Deb Shops Bankruptcy
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FL: 20 Year Statute of Limitations for Actual Fraud Fraudulent Conveyance
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Mootness:
Equitable Mootness on Life Support: The Third Circuit Further Pares Back the Abstention Doctrine in One2One Communications
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The Viability of the Equitable Mootness Doctrine in the Third Circuit: A Moot Point?
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Finance:
The Shadowy Contours of Bankruptcy Resistant Investments
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CIT's Thain: financial companies without deposit funding face risks
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Jurisdiction:
Wellness: Is Consent the Cure?
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Sales:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Denies Motion to Sell Free and Clear of Senior Lien
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Safe Harbors:
Payments to a REMIC Trust Find Safe Harbor, But Another Storm Is Brewing…
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Insurance:
Third Circuit Finds Insured v. Insured Exclusion Precludes Recovery of Defense Costs
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Celebs:
50 Cent Declares $108,000 in Expenses Per Month • 50 Cent's mansion costs $70k a MONTH to maintain and previous owners went bankrupt • Latest in 50 Cent bankruptcy reveals $8M shortfall • 50 Cent Bankruptcy G-Unit Is Bleeding Me Dry
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6 ways 50 Cent says he tricked the world into believing he was rich
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Are the Duggars Broke, or Just Greedy as Hell?
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Healthcare:
Clayton County's only hospital files for bankruptcy
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Children's docs say no to UMC takeover
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Daughters of Charity system files for 'transfer of control' to Blue Mountain Capital
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ME: Parkview pledges to keep offering services despite unexpected loss of Medicare funding
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Religion:
Archdiocese gets flood of more than 400 abuse claims
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Private Equity:
'Smart money' investors dumping companies
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Collector of vintage guns gets two years for bankruptcy fraud
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New Haven couple sentenced in federal bankruptcy, tax fraud case
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UK:
U.K. Raises $3.3 Billion From RBS Sale, Leaves Room for More
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Protected: UK High Court judgment on Lehman Waterfall II application, parts A and B
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PIIGS:
Greece says expects bailout deal by Aug 18 • Varoufakis vindicated while Lagarde is the loser • Greek stocks plunge, banks hammered, after five-week crisis shut down • Greek business exodus hits ‘epidemic proportions’ • Greek Stocks Pare Second-Day Drop After Biggest Rout in Decades • Greek Traders See No End to Stock Trauma • In Cash-Starved Greece, Plastic Casts Light Into Shadow Economy
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Irish Rail faces bankruptcy if it loses tender, Government warns
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Germany:
Retention of Title (ROT) Agreements as a Creditor Protection Against Insolvent German Customers — Part 4
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China:
Danger mounts as China’s equity bust resumes
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The worst may be yet to come for Chinese stocks
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Poland:
PBG’s $875 Million Bankruptcy Nears Resolution on Bank Debt Deal
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Ukraine:
Ukraine's Oschadbank says creditors agree to restructure $1.3 bln debt
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MENA:
Creditors of Dubai's Drydocks World select Moelis as restructuring talks loom
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Brazil:
One Batista Dream Survives in Rubble of Ex-Billionaire’s Empire
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