Law:
Associate Bonus Watch: Mixed Reactions At A Silicon Valley Powerhouse
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Associate Bonus Watch: A Cravath Match Makes Every Day Sunny For This Firm’s Associates
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Associate Bonus Watch: Who Says Patent Litigation Is Dead?
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This Is Not The Email You Want To Receive From Your Law Firm
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Do Law Firm Rankings Drive Bad Behavior?
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The So-Called Life of a Big Law Associate
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Olshan Names New Bankruptcy Counsel
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A guy with $170,000 in law-school debt who can't find a job in the legal profession works full time for Uber
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What are the most important things on earth? It depends on whether you're at a law firm or in-house
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: What Is Mindfulness Anyway? And Why Should Lawyers Practice It?
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Lawyers optimistic about next year as M&A world breaks 2007 record
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Lawyer Accused With Shkreli Allowed to Travel to Mexico • Kaye Scholer faces trying times after indictment of Shkreli lawyer • Katten, Kaye Scholer Both Probing Partner Over Shkreli Charges
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Income at KPMG Legal up 53 per cent
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Judge Deems Reed Smith Engagement Agreement Arbitration Clause Unenforceable
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Florida lawyer charged with contempt of court for allegedly violating judge’s nondisclosure order
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9 research-backed ways to be exceptionally persuasive
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10 must-have apps for your new device
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Legal Jobs Survey Finds Litigators in Demand
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The number of Americans buying guns is skyrocketing
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Group says U.S. police killed at least 1152 people this year
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Mom of 'affluenza teen' has been declared a missing person as authorities search for her son
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Porzio Can't Bury Defamation Claims Over Partner's Emails
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Lawyer convicted of threatening homeless man with handgun
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Judge Schedules William Porter's Retrial in Freddie Gray Case for June
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OK, Take Your Time, Can You Identify That Man Who Robbed You?
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The Year in Bad Teens
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Lawyers Behaving Badly: The Worst of 2015
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The Year's 7 Most Intriguing Quotes
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Deposition Derailed By D--- Joke Dispute
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Judges:
FBI wiretap showed judge promoted ex parte communications, legal ethics complaint says
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Justice Eakin's female employees testify in suspension hearing on p--- emails
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Rapper’s Delight? Hip-Hop Stars Line Up To File Amicus Brief In First Amendment SCOTUS Case
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ND IL: Judge Pamela S. Hollis Reappointment Application Notice
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures waver; GDP reading due
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U.S. stocks stage rally to end higher
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:
JPMorgan Chase to Pay $150 Million to Settle 'Whale' Suit
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Wall Street Mulls Naughty List for Ethically Challenged Bankers
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Personal Finance:
One-third of Americans haven't been to the bank in the past year
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Complete guide to last-minute holiday gifting
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Questions you should never ask at the end of a job interview
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25 affordable last-minute gifts that don't look cheap
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4 easy ways to attract recruiters to your LinkedIn profile
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Furniture:
The RoomStores of Phoenix files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Healthcare:
Millennium Health Back on Track to Leave Bankruptcy
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Hospital CFO charged with vandalizing CEO's house in Oregon
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Judge authorizes Children's Hospital bankruptcy experts fees, but not all
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Bankruptcies for Victory Hospital and the Forest Park Medical Center did little to dent the city's medical office market
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50 US Cities with the Longest Life Expectancy
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Auto Racing:
Lotus pays off debts to bring High Court insolvency proceedings against them to an end ahead of Renault take over
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Retailing:
Retailers cut too deep to save the holiday season
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Non-Profits:
Judge orders Detroit foundation to turn over invaluable black historical assets
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Economy:
The sobering millionaire view of economy in 2016
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Nearly Half of Moms Go Into Debt Trying to Be the ‘Perfect Parent’
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This is why millennials will never grow up
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Washington Post: Recapitalizing Fannie, Freddie is a ‘recipe for housing disaster’
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This Startup Wants a Stake in Your Home, Poor Credit No Problem
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The worst housing markets in the world
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Mortgage Default Rates Improved in November: S&P/Experian
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End of chaotic era in Troy as Horowitz bankruptcy case is dismissed
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New Yorker threatens to become war journalist to stop mother selling his home
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Municipalities:
Atlantic City Could Face Bankruptcy After Missing Deadline
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Borgata wants judge to order Atlantic City to pay $62.5M
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Detroit: First year out of bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico Governor Avoids Scrooge Epithet by Paying Bonuses
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Oil/Gas:
Battered oil wins respite, lifts sentiment in stocks • Oil prices come off multi-year lows on winter demand hopes
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Oil futures end lower as global glut weighs • Oil prices hit eleven-year low as global supply balloons • Oil and gas glut means even lower prices
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Goldman Sachs, CLSA see $20 levels • Oil price: IMF sees fall to between $30 and $20
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Oil Profits From Hoarding at Sea to Stay Elusive, Barclays Says
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Oil Producers Turn to Banks Amid a Pricing Rout
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Buy Out, Sell Out Or Just Go Away: M&A Expected To Surge
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Lenders fighting for repayment for struggling oil companies
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Oil supply from non OPEC members to decline sharply in 2016
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Pair of oil giants see crude price back to $40-$50 in 2016
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Oil to stay below $50 for two years, while other commodities rebound, Scotiabank says
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Nearly One-Third of Oil, Gas Companies Expect Pay Freeze in 2016
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There's total carnage in the natural gas industry
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Experts: Low Oil Prices Won't Bankrupt ISIS
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St. Croix residents get say on HOVENSA
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New Gulf Resources, LLC Files For Bankruptcy in Dallas, Texas
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DW: Forty E&P companies file for bankruptcy , with more to come
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Paragon dropped from NYSE
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Drilling in Debt - Interest Rates and US Shale
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7 Reasons Why Oil Could Fall Even Lower Before Christmas
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Gasoline falls under $2 for first time in 6 years
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Three Keys to Preventing Fraud in Oil & Gas
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Saudi Arabia Continues to Ramp Up Oil Output in Face of Market Glut
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Iran Delusional About Oil Potential
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As OPEC Tries to Squeeze Rivals, One of Its Own Feels the Pinch
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Lot of oil among Wall Street’s favorites for 2016
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Fraud:
KaloBios fires Shkreli as CEO
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In Shkreli Case, a Company Lawyer May Have Crossed the Line
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Between The Lines: The Case Against Martin Shkreli
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Appeal court cuts jail term for Libor trader Hayes to 11 years
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The New York Mets Operate Like A Ponzi Scheme
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Distressed Investing:
Junk bonds show this might be 1937 all over again
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2016 High Yield Bond Market Outlook: Predictions Mixed, With a Wary Eye on Commodities
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Turnarounds:
The one question you need to ask to help turn around a failing company before it's too late
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Food/Beverage:
Chipotle linked to another E. coli outbreak
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Celebs:
Why Winston Churchill Was So Bad With Money
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'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Now Facing $3M Judgment, Plus Fees
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Carlos Slim Is Biggest Loser in World's Top 400 Richest People
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Education:
U.S. Helps Shaky Colleges Cope With Bad Student Loans
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Student Debt:
Student debt bankruptcy relief urged
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Are Your Tuition Receivables Nondischargable in Bankruptcy
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Paper:
Why Blackstone Would Prop Up Troubled Paper Giant
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Swim Clubs:
Following A Trend, Tenafly Swim Club files for bankruptcy
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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 (3 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 Reform:
Proposed Amendments to Bankruptcy Code to Facilitate Restructuring of Bond and Credit Agreement Debt
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Automatic Stay:
Does The Automatic Stay Apply To Stay Acts Against An Individual Debtor’s Wholly-Owned Company?
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Attorney Fees Are Actual Damages for Stay Violation
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Bankruptcy Poetry:
Allowed Make-Whole Claims
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Steel:
Global steel production just took another hit
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Subordination:
Second Circuit Affirms Mandatory Subordination of Underwriters’ Contribution and Reimbursement Claims
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Politics:
'Hell no': Hillary Clinton campaign says she won't be apologizing to Donald Trump • Hillary Clinton is getting shredded for saying the US is 'where we need to be' in the fight against ISIS • The one person between Clinton and White House
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Trump supporter charged in plot to bomb Muslims: ‘I’ll follow this man to the end of the world’ • Poll: Donald Trump independent bid is GOP nightmare • One of the strangest moments of the campaign came when Donald Trump revealed a rival's phone number on live TV • Trump's Bubble Predictions Are for Losers • Obama delivered his strongest rebuke yet of Donald Trump • Trump's support is even stronger than you think • Trump has dominated, but mostly hasn't yet changed American politics • Donald Trump Has Gone Soft, Refuses To Murder Journalists • 2015 Lie of the Year
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Lindsey Graham's exit from the race could have significant ramifications in a key early state
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Our Political System's Breakdown
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Tax:
Swiss Banking Lawsuit Could Rein In IRS's Prosecution Of Offshore Tax Evasion
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Congressional Leaders Gear Up for Broad Tax Reform
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Coal:
Half of world's coal may go unmined to meet Paris climate target
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Sovereigns:
Argentina to Begin 'Substantive' Holdout Talks in Early January • Argentina and bondholders to hold January debt talks
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Is A Venezuela Default Coming Soon?
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Medvedev Says Russia to Sue Ukraine Over $3 Billion Bond
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UK:
Leading football agent John Viola is declared bankrupt after failing to pay a £225,000 tax bill
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The insolvent oligarch: the English High Court provides much needed guidance on quantifying liabilities in a deceased insolvent’s estate
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Britain is becoming a more unequal society as the richest 10% gained almost half the nation's entire wealth
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The law firm investigating the Tories says it can't promise to protect whistleblowers
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Forget buying a home in Britain — soon people won't be able to afford rent
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The Government Announces further increase of fees for Insolvency Proceedings
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England Closes Its Last Coal Pit
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EU:
Europe's Largest Debt Collector to Increase Pace of Acquisitions
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2016 European Distressed Debt Outlook: No Spike in Leveraged Loan, High Yield Defaults
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PIIGS:
Italian bank rescue leaves bitter families marooned
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Are Italy's Bank Failures Just the Tip of the Iceberg?
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No, Mr. Tsipras, Spain Didn't Reject Austerity
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Canada:
Loonie's demise 'couldn't have happened at a worse time'
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Fired CHCH workers get union gift
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Year of `Serial Disappointments' Leaves Canada Investors Reeling
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China:
China announces bankruptcy measures
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China set to unveil 2016 economic growth plan
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India:
Bankruptcy code will change how business is done • Centre tables Bankruptcy Bill in Lok Sabha
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India Deficit to Rise as States Take On Power Companies' Debt
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Russia:
Russia's Mechel moves step closer to debt restructuring with Sberbank
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Brazil:
Top former A&O partner charged in Petrobras probe
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