Law:
Judge Dismisses Icahn's Malpractice Suit Against Wachtell
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DC Bar to Lawyers: It's OK to Change Firms: Business of Law
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Are you smarter than a robot? Lawyers, surgeons make list of jobs being replaced by computers
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Competing with Clerky
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Greenberg Traurig Elevates Bankruptcy Attorney to Of Counsel
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Today’s Tech: How A Solo Lawyer Uses A Surface Pro In His Practice
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Texas Legal Market Stays Hot Despite Plunging Oil Prices
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Federal judge: NFL commissioner and arbitrator erred in suspending ex-Vikings player Adrian Peterson
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Lawyer gets 1-day suspended sentence in taxicab incident; civil rights suit by driver is ongoing
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Lawyer Sprayed With Acid And Hit With A Hatchet
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5 types of coworkers nobody wants to work with
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Senate Panel Backs Loretta Lynch as Attorney General --- Lynch to Become US AG Despite HSBC Scandal
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Prosecutor drops felony gun charge over retired schoolteacher’s antique flintlock pistol
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Neighbor Torched Sex Offender's Future Home
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Police investigate Former Linklaters partner
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White & Case partner in court on harassment charge
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An uncomfortable private jet trip allegedly shows the locker-room culture at Kleiner Perkins
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Living in sin: Unmarried Florida couples can face jail for cohabitating — and hundreds have been charged
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Suits Doesn’t Suit Me
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Judges:
Marshals arrest open-carry advocate carrying rifle outside courthouse
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Book review: Law professor, feminist, and jurist extraordinaire
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McGuireWoods given massive bench slap
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Edge Lower Ahead Of GDP Report
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Wall Street holds near unchanged mark after data flurry
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Goldman Sachs employees get $2 billion in options from 2008
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Goldman Banker Rose Through Ranks While Undocumented
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Countdown to the Stock Market Crash of 2016
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Gambling:
Bondholders Wary of Caesars Bid for a Bankruptcy Examiner
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Power plant seeks to block Revel sale, liquidate property
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Caesars Sells the Stakes of Its Ohio Casinos to Rock Gaming
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Appeals court upholds decision giving millions in taxes back to defunct ND betting company owned by Bala
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Healthcare:
Response tough, critical to Children's Hospital possibly filing bankruptcy to avoid UMC takeover --- Is UMC's Offer to Save El Paso Children's Hospital Informal Bankruptcy? --- Former Children's Hospital board member calls UMC ultimatum "slap in the face"
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Ombudsman keeps eye on Archer City Nursing Center residents
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Rising Tide of Suicides in US Adults
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Photography:
Getty Images said to run tight on cash as profit drops
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Politics:
Former Congressman Kerry Bentivolio files for bankruptcy
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Theatre:
Naperville theater files for bankruptcy after owner charged with tax evasion
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Robotics:
Seegrid raises $11M, appears poised to exit bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:
Double-dipping asbestos law firms exposed
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Retailing:
Retail Therapy: Reorganizing Under Chapter 11
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Sears 4Q loss narrows, sales slide as business shifts --- Sears Posts 11th Straight Quarterly Loss --- Could Sears Stores Disappear? --- Sears Extends Dismantling of Company
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Eddie Lampert's incredible shrinking Sears empire
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Investors not buying Lampert’s plan for Sears
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A Tale of Two Lingerie Retailers
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J.C. Penney makes progress but posts a loss
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Radio Shack whodunnit sends junk bond warning
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Why retailers’ downbeat guidance is misleading
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Target reports $2.6 billion 4Q loss on closing Canada stores
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Finance:
Creditors Can Pursue Money Tree Claims
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Fraud:
Judge Denies Madoff Customer Status to FL Feeder Fund Group
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Debt Collection:
Of Drones and Debtors
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Economy:
It's official: America has deflation --- Inflation rate goes negative for first time since 2009 --- Rising Prices Apart From Fuel Back Fed's Inflation View
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$74 Billion Food Stamp Program in Budget Crosshairs
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Kansas City Fed: Regional Manufacturing Activity Expanded "Slightly" in February, Weaker Energy Sector
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Orders for U.S. Durable Goods Increased 2.8% in January
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Only one-quarter of Americans plan to retire
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What Is 'Middle-Class Economics'?
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Jobless claims surge 31000 to 313000 --- But hiring still strong
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Corporate Borrowing Goes to Shareholders Now
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Experian/Moody's Small Business Credit Index Hits A New High
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Vehicle Sales Forecasts: Best February since 2002
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Fed pulls a Jedi mind trick on the bond market
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Racial Wealth Gaps: What a Difference 25 Years Doesn’t Make
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Rising wages: With more jobs per unemployed worker, wages are rising.
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Is Capitalism Killing the Planet?
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Inequality rising most in China and Russia
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The 10 most useless graduate degrees
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
The McMansion is back, and bigger than ever --- Why Are Developers Still Building Sprawl? --- Love Affair with Smaller Homes Quickly Died --- Why homebuilders keep building homes people want
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New-Home Sales Are Surging. Why Aren’t Existing Homes As Hot?
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FHFA: House prices edge up 1.4% in December
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What $1 million buys in different housing markets
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Philly: Loan on 1818 Market St. sent to special servicer
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates increase three weeks straight
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Foreclosure: The Movie… (finally!) coming to a screen near you
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Shares of Tampa's Walter Investment Management hit by losses, federal investigations
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Municipalities:
Detroit bankruptcy leaders provide advice for city's future
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Man Whose Murder Conviction Was Thrown Out Settles With Detroit For $2 Million
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Bondholders split on merits of Chapter 9 for Puerto Rico agencies
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Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Access May Aid Island, Goodlatte Says --- Puerto Rico's Agencies Want Bankruptcy Option to Boost Economy
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Puerto Rico Running Out Of Plays In Losing Ratings Game
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Puerto Rico seeks to be included under federal bankruptcy code --- Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Bill Could Offer Roadmap for Creditors
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Cracks Starting to Appear in Public Pensions' Armor
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Chadbourne Hosts Expert Panel on Future of Municipal Restructurings After Detroit and Jefferson County
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Student Debt:
Here's the letter 15 students refusing to pay their federal loans wrote to the Department of Education
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Student Loan Delinquencies Continue To Rise Despite More Options For Borrowers
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Celebs:
De Niro Socked With $6.4 Million IRS Tax Lien --- A Cautionary Tale
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Suit Accuses Joe Francis of Illegally Spending Girls Gone Wild Money
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Texas Wyly brothers must pay $299 million in SEC fraud case: judge
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Oil/Gas:
Drilling Down: A Deeper Look into the Distressed Oil & Gas Industry Part 4—Smoke on the Water: The Hazy Law of Oil and Gas Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf
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Energy Restructuring and Reorganization Part I – The Company
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What Lenders and Investors in E&P Companies Need To Know
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Fri. A.M.: Brent set for biggest monthly gain since 2009
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Prepare to pay more for gasoline in coming weeks
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There's more to oil's plunge than record-high supplies
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Saudis' Bold Gambit Paying Off Just Three Months Later
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Oil's Big Swings Are the New Normal
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Oil Supplies Jump, Distillates at Record Low
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Top 10 housing markets impacted by oil prices
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Analysts feel rise in gas prices are far from over
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Oil Price Decline Leads to Consumer Price Index Drop
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GDF Suez to lower spending on oil crash as 2014 profit falls
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Deutsche Bank Downgrades Hercules Offshore
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Premier oil suspends dividend after posting full-year loss
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CGG to cut about 400 jobs after 2014 $1.2 billion net loss
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KKR's Struggling Energy Firm Weighs Debt Options --- Samson Resources hires restructuring advisers-source
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Slowdown at Hopkinsville Tubing Plant Results in 71 Layoffs
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How 'Orphan' Wells Leave States Holding the Cleanup Bag
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Add Bill Gross to list of oil plunge’s victims
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Television:
Aereo bankruptcy auction raises less than $2m
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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 (11 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Venue:
Does the Bankruptcy Code Need a Venue Rule Reform?
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IP:
TiVo, Others Buy Scraps of Aereo at Bankruptcy Auction
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Indentures:
Recent Decisions Concerning the Trust Indenture Act Underline the Limits on Out-of-Court Restructurings
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Discovery:
6 Basic Limitations of Bankruptcy Rule 2004
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Professional Compensation:
Argument recap: Justices dubious of paying fees for defending bankruptcy fee applications
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Discharge:
Courts Rule in Favor of Discharge Injunctions – Even for Sold Debt
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Recent Pleadings:
Caesars Junior Creditor Committee Calls Foul On Kirkland As Debtor's Counsel: Not Disinterested, "Extensive Connections With Debtor's Private Equity Sponsors"
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SCOTUS Amicus Curiae Brief Regarding Underwater Second-Lien Mortgages
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Alternative Energy:
Resale Prices Tumble on Electric Cars
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Taxis:
This is the financial proof that Uber is destroying taxi companies
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Tech:
Aereo gets less than half what it expected at bankruptcy auction
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Corporate Reform:
Hedge fund manager sues FBI for raiding his office and destroying his reputation and business
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Tax:
IRS Announces That It Will No Longer Refund FICA Taxes on Severance Payments
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Non-Bankruptcy Restructuring:
Two Recent District Court Decisions Give New Ammunition to Noteholders Opposing Nonconsensual Out of Court Restructurings
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Litigation:
Cornerstone Research Releases 2014 M&A Litigation Report
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Sovereigns:
Argentina's Bond Plan Halted After Judge Issues Bank Order --- Argentina shelves dollar-denominated bond sale --- U.S. judge orders JPMorgan, Deutsche to give Argentine bond papers --- Bonar turns into subpoena
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Billionaire hedgie's outcry halts Argentina bond sale
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The letter Wall Street sent to potential Argentina investors is hilarious
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UK:
£421m in bonuses outrageous RBS boss admits
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Jackson – Insolvency Carve Out Indefinitely Extended – Great News For Insolvency Practitioners
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PIIGS:
Greece and eurozone are out of good options
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Greek Yields Would Drop to 1% After Debt Deal, Varoufakis Says - Bloomberg Business
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Greek protesters clash with police in first backlash against Syriza
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Spanish court rejects state bailout for bankrupt motorways
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German Parliament approves Greece's bailout extension
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How IMF bent rules to hobble Greece with debt
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Ukraine:
Ukraine's Naftogaz Withheld Payment After Russia Cut Gas Supplies --- Russia could cut off gas to Ukraine by 'end of week' --- This time around, Russia-Ukraine gas feud is mostly hot air
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Japan:
Forget Greece, Japan is the world's real economic time bomb
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Russia:
Russia: Left out in the cold
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Investors approve Petropavlovsk’s restructuring plan
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Singapore:
Ministry of Law consults on proposed amendments to Bankruptcy Act
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