Law:
Quinn Emanuel Partner Warns: ‘Don’t Go To Law School’
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Motion seeks sanctions against two BigLaw firms after ‘smoking gun’ email is discovered
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When Partner Departures Matter
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Bankruptcy Judge Sanctions Litigator Over 'Vindictive' Motion
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Blistering Opinion from CA Judge re Chapter 11 Attorney’s Duties and Performance
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The Official Lawyer’s Guide To Getting Drunk Watching Donald Trump Debate
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Alix: Return of the Turnaround?
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Bernstein Shur Welcomes Back Returning Attorney Jessica A. Lewis
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A Litigation Attorney Uses Technology To Level The Playing Field
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Instead Of Paying For Your Own Law School Tuition, Help This 0L Pay For Hers
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Two Big Firms Register for .law Domain Name
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Law firm subjected to identity fraud as lawyer details appear on fake site
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Managing Partners - No, You Don't Need A Blog
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Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane is charged in grand jury leak, accused of lying about it • Two State Attorneys General Charged Criminally In Same Week
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Sidley Austin and Squire Patton face accusations over alleged client perjury
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Law Student Charged In Drunken ‘Naut Guilty’ Boating Accident
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96% of the profession complains of stress • Fewer sick days for lawyers, but high stress levels continue
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Lawyers - Maybe Hating Your Job Is Irrelevant
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A former lawyer shares the one choice that let him change careers
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Jared Leto’s Lawyer Strenuously Objects To Claims That Her Client Has A Large . . .
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5 networking secrets to help you get ahead
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I wore shorts to the office and nothing will ever be the same
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Disgruntled manager secretly removes partners from their own firm
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You Don’t Need A Weatherman To Know The Bomb Maker’s Son Is A Solid Legal Thriller
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White Supremacist Blows Off Leg Making Bomb
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Drone Drops Drugs On Prison Yard: Hilarity, Violence Ensues
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Bounty Hunters Mistakenly Raid Police Chief's Home, Oops
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Judges:
Court Takes Direct Hit From Typhoon Soudelor
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Judge imposes $1,300 fine on unpaid court-appointed lawyer for refusing to try case
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Judge Trolls Lawyers Without Saying Anything At All
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7th Circuit says sorry about forgetting case for 5 years
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DA gets 10 days for contempt; judge cites gag order, failure to appear, disrespect to court
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Maine court: 65 bills are law after LePage misses veto deadline
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Wall Street:
Stock futures flat as investors wait for NFP
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Wall St. slumps as media stocks bleed
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Layoffs:
US layoffs hit nearly 4-year high in July: Challenger
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Coal:
Arch Coal Squabble With Senior Lenders Places Debt Plan at Risk
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Alpha Natural Resources webinar tackles industry conditions and legal principals likely to shape bankruptcy case
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Coal Industry Wobbles as Market Forces Slug Away
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Patriot Mine Workers Challenge Company Over Contract
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Coal producer files bankruptcy, owes state $411 million
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Coal company asks court to strike John Prine lyrics from environmental protesters’ lawsuit
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Healthcare:
Florence Hospital: Administrative staff out due to bankruptcy
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Celebs:
50 Cent Struggles In Court At Bankruptcy Proceeding: ‘I Don’t Remember Having Lots Of Money’ • 50 Cent 'struggles' with simple questions
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Denver: Craig Walker files for Chapter 11 bankrupcy protection amid Wells Fargo fight
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Unbowed by 9th Circuit contempt order, ex-billionaire’s lawyer says he ‘feels like Gandhi’
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Student Debt:
Stressed Over Student Loans? 3 People Share How They're Paying Off Big Debt on Starter Salaries
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Elizabeth Warren wants the Education Dept.'s 'flawed' review of Student Loan Contractors Investigated • The Empiricist Strikes Back
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Arizona Leads Nation in Defaulting on Student Loans
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Defusing The Student Loan Forgiveness Tax Bomb
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Mining:
Mohave County settles mine bankruptcy case for $4.45 million
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Finnish govt rescues bankrupt nickel mine
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Movies:
Relativity CEO Says He Won’t Go Quietly
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Relativity Media sale could attract rival Hollywood moguls and far-flung billionaires
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Economy:
Jobless claims rise again but still very low • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 270,000
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ISM Non-Manufacturing Index increased to 60.3% in July
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World stocks, dollar flat before US jobs data • Friday's jobs report is critical — Here's what 11 top Wall Street economists are looking for
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The Obama Economy Has Problems
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Are Commodities Prices Signaling a Demand Slowdown?
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U.S. Companies Are Dying Faster Than Ever
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Thain Says Unregulated Lenders to Probably Cause Next Crisis
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Why credit card debt is getting riskier
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What's So Great About Manufacturing?
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Why U.S. needs to create just 33,000 jobs a month
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Grantham: Next Crash Could be Very Different
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
30-year mortgage rate drops to 3.91%
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Distressed sales accounted for 10% of homes sold nationally in May 2015
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Lawler: Updated Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in June
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Q2 2015 GDP Details on Residential and Commercial Real Estate
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Phoenix Real Estate in July: Sales Up 17%, Inventory DOWN 15% Year-over-year
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Municipalities:
Aiding Puerto Rico: Not as simple as bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico's debt woes: Blame this 100-year-old law, and Congress
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Puerto Ricans react to default
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Puerto Rico Shows Perils of Muni Bonds Backed by Empty Promises
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Bankruptcy can give Puerto Rico the help it needs
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Wayne County to enter consent agreement to fix finances • Detroit's county opts for consent agreement for fiscal fix
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Official: Federal reform plan could bankrupt Ferguson
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San Bernardino: Judge says bankrupt city can move forward with fire plan
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Will Detroit's Success Encourage More Cities to File for Bankruptcy ?
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Labor:
Standard Register seeks to end union contracts
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Oil/Gas:
Oil gains, but still on pace for hefty weekly drop
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Crude slides below $45 on oversupply fears
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Oil-Sands Producers Mimic Coal Cost Cuts as Prices Spiral Lower
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Shale Producers Face Reality
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The Latest Contender For The Next Shale Boom
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Apache posts $5.6 billion loss, but still beats analyst estimates
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EOG Resources reports small profit, but down 99 percent from last year
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KKR’s Win-Win Energy Deal Sours, Offers Lesson in Risky Lending
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Explorers in need of cash are selling oil fields as last resort
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Ex-Miller Energy CFO Accused of Accounting Fraud
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The Saudi Oil Price War Is Backfiring
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BP CEO: Job cuts are coming at 'a faster pace'
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Politics:
Brash Trump, combative Christie in GOP debate • Donald Trump Speaks the Truth About Bankruptcy • Trump: I Haven't Gone Bankrupt, I've 'Taken Advantage Of The Laws Of This Country' • Trump gets heated with Chris Wallace: 'I have never gone bankrupt ' • Trump: 'I Have Taken Advantage' of U.S. Bankruptcy Laws • Four- Bankruptcy Donald Trump Says He's the Guy to Straighten Out Nation's Debt • You’re Living in the World of the Make Believe’: Trump Scolds Fox Host When Pressed on Bankruptcy • Trump Snarls at Chris Wallace When Asked About His Company’s Bankruptcies • Trump on the debate: 'The questions to me were not nice' • Donald Trump praises his own 'great' debate performance: 'I am a winner' • Donald Trump kicked off the GOP debate with a dramatic threat to the Republican Party • The Donald is still on top — for the moment, at least • Megyn Kelly drops an anvil on Donald Trump: You've called women you don't like, 'fat pigs,' 'dogs,' and 'slobs' • Donald: "Only Rosie O'Donnell" Is a Fat Pig • Bush turns in workmanlike debate performance • Republicans duked it out in their first big debate — here are the best moments • Fox News moderator confronts Trump: How can we trust you after 4 bankruptcies? • Hillary Clinton found a brilliant way to troll the Republican candidates during their big debate • GOP Debate: Best and worst money moments • Here are the best quotes from the GOP debate • No apologies from Donald Trump for bankruptcy filings; small business gets shoutout from Marco Rubio • Kasich, Bush And Christie Won The First GOP Debate • GOP debate: Winners, losers, and then there's Trump • Trump ends with 'We can't do anything right'
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Bush on Trump: "Buffoon", "Clown" "*******" • Donald Trump has nothing to lose in the GOP debate • Here's what GOP history says about Donald Trump • Donald Trump: Falstaff for President? • Donald Trump's Biggest Debate Challenge Is Donald Trump • From Steaks to Fragrances, the Donald’s Trademarks Trump Them All • The problem for guys like Trump in Oval Office • Trump: The Real Jobless Rate is 18% • Why Donald Trump is winning
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17 candidates, 2 debates, 1 Donald Trump and plenty to fact-check • Fact Check: Candidates Don't Tell The Whole Stories In First Debate • FactCheck: GOP Debate • Which Debate Foes Got Donald Trump's Money?
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Donald Trump: I Paid Hillary Clinton to Attend My Wedding
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Candidates don't realize US 'is bankrupt'
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Why we want Republicans to debate for-profit colleges
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Corporate Governance:
This CEO has the highest pay compared to his workers
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Can Punishment For The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine Be More Than A Walk In The Park?
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Gambling:
Caesars Entertainment racing to put plan in place before bondholder suits trigger bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
Keurig’s single-serve coffee empire in jeopardy
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A&P and unions in tough negotiations
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A&P Faces Objections to Store Sales and Closings
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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 (46 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (27 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
U.S. Bankruptcy Filings Jump 77% in July, Paced by Energy Sector
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Bankruptcy Reform:
The ABI Commission on Business Bankruptcy Reform: The Sale of All or Substantially All of the Debtor's Assets and Proposed Creation of "Section 363(x)"
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Cross-Border:
OAS S.A. Part III – SDNY Takes a Narrow View of Chapter 15’s Public Policy Exception
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Chapter 22:
Post-Bankruptcy Investing & Chapter 22s: Iconic Branding Alone Is Not Enough
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Safe Harbors:
The Bankruptcy Safe Harbor in Light of Government Bailouts: Reifying the Significance of Bankruptcy as a Backstop to Financial Risk
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Avoidance Actions:
Giving Meaning to section 106 (a): Will the EAR Decision Hold Up?
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Golf Channel to Get a Mulligan?
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Discharge:
Why Won’t the Courts Apply the Plain Language of Section 1141(c)? Second Circuit Misses the Chance to Get It Right in Northern New England Telephone Operations
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Radio:
Chapel Hill radio station WCHL to be auctioned Friday
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Retailing:
Fort Worth judge irked by RadioShack’s faraway bankruptcy filing
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Despite big losses, creditors supporting Family Christian Stores bankruptcy sale
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A bankrupt retail brand that suddenly closed its doors is making an epic comeback
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Newspapers:
New York Times revenue misses as print ad sales fall again
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Theatre:
Bankruptcy trustee nixes winning bid for Beach Haven theater
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Sovereigns:
Ukraine agrees to postpone meeting with creditors • Growing Default Risk Shown in Worst Ukraine Bond Rout Since June
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UK:
Insolvency Statistics Review shows continual drop in Q2 2015
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F1 Boss Ecclestone’s ‘Alter-Ego’ Ex-Lawyer Key to HMRC Tax Probe
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Boss of bankrupt charity Kids Company allegedly spent tons of cash decorating her office 'like an Aladdin’s den'
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EU:
Institutions Failing or Likely to Fail – New EBA Guidelines
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Europe Moves to Cut Risk in $505 Trillion Derivatives Market
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PIIGS:
In Greece’s Wartime Economy, Tsipras Claims Mantle of Stability • Greece's tax revenues collapse as debt crisis continues • Greece's Tsipras, France's Hollande want bailout agreed in late August • Greece’s banks are dying, and fast
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Canada:
Harper Takes Fire on Pipelines and Economy in Canada Debate
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Germany:
German industrial output slumps unexpectedly
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Russia:
Can Putin Save Russia’s Struggling Companies?
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MENA:
The Looming Bankruptcy Of Saudi Arabia
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Even The Saudis Need To Borrow To Survive Oil Price Slump
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UN Envoy: Women and Girls Sold By Age By ISIS “Like Barrels of Petrol”
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Australia:
Australian stocks fall steeply on banks hit
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Brazil:
Brazil's president has an approval rating of 8%
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India:
Thirty-Day Fixes Sought by Indian Borrowers as Loan Growth Slows 150
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