Law:
Is Bankruptcy Too Expensive?
Perry Mandarino: Bankruptcy’s Complexities Require Expertise --- Sharon Levine: Experienced Professionals Come at a Price --- Shaunna Jones: Increased Complexity Brings Increased Cost --- Marshall Huebner: Restructuring Practices Still Could Be Improved
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Associate Bonus Watch: Anger And Disappointment At A Leading Law Firm
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Gobsmacked By Dacheng Dentons
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Lawyer’s Epic Super Bowl Ad Starring A Heavy Metal Angel And A Sledgehammer
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Drumm to blame law firm in US bankruptcy appeal
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Business of Law
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Profits, productivity and the pursuit of happiness
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Better Educated Lawyers Are More Liberal. Which Is A Bit Weird.?
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New York Partner Promotions Remain Steady, While Firmwide Numbers Increase
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Addressing Value Challenges With Collaborative Workspaces
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Get in the Arena, Partner
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Moncrief's $1.5bn Lawsuit's Faked Evidence
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McDermott's Revenue Spikes While Head Count Drops
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Munger Sees More Growth in Revenue, Profits
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Former SMU Dean Faces Solicitation Charge
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9 reasons why iPhones are better than Android phones
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Lawyer: How I Went Broke Trying to Teach Yoga
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Two law students die in suspected murder-suicide
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NFL’s $765 Million Concussion Pact Blocked as Insufficient
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When It Comes to Client Networking, It Doesn't Pay to Cheap It Out
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Neighbors furious as Florida man sets up front-yard shooting range, but police say it’s legal
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Retiring New Jersey Bankruptcy Judge Donald Steckroth to Join Cole Schotz
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US Bankruptcy Judge Pearson planning to retire
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Justice Kagan's 'Very Conflicted' About Cameras in High Court
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Bats living in courthouse invade trial; attack deputy
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Lawyers are more liberal than general population, study finds; what about judges?
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Judge Sentenced to Death Claims Brain Injury Due to Diabetes
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'One Millionth Discovery Dispute' Tests Exasperated Judge
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Which justices’ opinions are least friendly? Scalia isn’t the most negative, study says
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Wall Street:
US stocks : Futures pull back as caution sets in ahead of factory orders
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U.S. Stocks Rise as Energy Shares Rally With Crude, Phones Jump
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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:
Caesars backs independent bankruptcy examiner to probe transfers
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Power plant: We're cutting off Revel over unpaid debts
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Revel Seeks ACR Energy Penalties as It Plans to Cut Power
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Seven Feathers laying off 93 employees
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Student Debt:
The Misinterpretation of 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8)
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The Mental and Physical Toll of Student Loans
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Ratings Agencies:
Moody's Falls as Justice Department Said to Persist With Probe
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Settling Case, Standard & Poor's Backs Off Claims of Government 'Retaliation'
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers Raises Estimate of Cash for Creditors to $90.6 Billion
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Pensions:
Bankrupt Reichhold Unloads Underfunded Pension Plan on PBGC
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Celebs:
Report: RHOC's Peggy Tanous faces foreclosure, owes $1.54 million in mortgage payments
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Banking:
How Banker Ed Hale Kept His Spying on the Down-Low
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Education:
Mid-Continent Bankruptcy Case on Hold
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Currency:
Could a Bitcoin Exchange Be a Commodity Broker?
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Aviation:
Skymark Airlines seeks 'business sponsor' in bankruptcy
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GE Capital Aviation is Skymark Airlines' top bankruptcy creditor
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Resorts:
Drought is destroying California's ski resorts
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Economy:
Obama Proposes Nearly $4 Trillion Budget for Fiscal 2016 - Would Boost Middle Class While Taxing Businesses, Wealthy --- Offshore corporate cash piles at risk from Obama tax plan --- Obama proposes $3.99 trillion budget, draws scorn from Republicans --- Obama's budget a mixed bag for small businesses --- How Obama would spend your money in 2016, agency by agency --- Obama’s Budget: Ten Takeaways --- The 5 Big Asks in Obama's Aspirational, Unpassable, $4 Trillion Budget
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Behind Obama's Budget: A Gloomy Future
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US factories grew last month at slowest pace in a year --- American Factories Brace for Oil Shock as Growth Cools
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Apple just took out a $6.5 billion loan even though it's sitting on $178 billion in cash --- Apple's bond sales wave red flag on US interest-rate outlook
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The U.S. Economy Will Soon See Its Best Years in a Decade, Forecasters Say
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Paul Singer: Economy stinks and Obama, ECB to blame
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1450% Income Growth Is What You Need to Join the 1%
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The Myth of Upward Mobility in America
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Negative Yields Send a Gloomy Message
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US consumer spending in December weakest since 2009 --- U.S. Consumers in Rainy-Day Mode --- U.S. Consumers Aren't Convinced Cheap Gas Prices Will Last --- Spending slips as auto sales weaken --- Don't freak out about a drop in consumer spending — yet
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Why It Seems Everyone in the US is Single
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
US construction spending rises, but misses expectations
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South Boston real estate entity files for Chapter 11 protection
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Prominent Naples developer found dead
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Former North Miami Mayor Marie Lucie Tondreau co-conspirator in mortgage fraud Karl Oreste slapped with 8 years in prison
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Municipalities:
What Investors Can Learn From Detroit's Bankruptcy
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Atlantic City has $12.8M Debt Due Tuesday
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City of San Bernardino on wrong fiscal trajectory
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Mass Torts:
Energy Future Judge Sets Bar Date for Unmanifested Asbestos Claims
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Hearing - 2/4/2015: H.R. 526, the “Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015”
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GM ignition switch compensation fund sees surge in claims at deadline
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Oil/Gas:
Tues. A.M.: Oil is surging
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Mon. A.M.: Oil Extends Gains From 6-Year Low; Strike Boosts Gasoline --- Oil prices jolted as falling rigs wrong-foot bears --- That Sound Could Be Oil Hitting Bottom --- Too Soon to Cheer for Oil
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Mon. P.M.: Brent hovers above $50, maintaining streak
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BP: Oil May Stick at $50 for Some Time
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Slump in Oil Prices Brings Pressure, and Investment Opportunity
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ND oil employees see work hours cut as oil prices slump --- Low Prices Raise Alarm in North Dakota Oil Patch --- Oil's downward spiral means era of 'yes' is over in North Dakota politics --- North Dakota Faces Boom-Town Dilemma as Oil Tumbles
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Oil Industry Layoffs Have Begun - and Will Only Get Worse
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Where do the rigs go? Oil companies look to store massive equipment
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Lower Oil Prices Strike at Heart of Oil Sands Production
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Why US Airlines Are Trading In The Red On Monday
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Exxon's Profit Drops 21% As Production Declines
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Exxon, Chevron Set to Boost Oil Production
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Oil Railcar Market Plunges, Imported Oil Back
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Sonde Resources files for bankruptcy
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Slowdown in Oil Production Another Hit To Cal Dive
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Trican to lay off 125 employees at Longview facility
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GE Plans To Cut 330 Texas Oil Jobs
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Let's Be Serious, Falling Oil Prices Are Not Causing The Busts In Texas And North Dakota
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Retailing:
Inside RadioShack's Slow-Motion Collapse
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Amazon May Buy RadioShack Stores In Retail Expansion
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RadioShack Said to Discuss Shutdown as Part of Sprint Deal
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Employees bet their future on RadioShack shares
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RadioShack High Yield Bonds Plunge To New Lows Amid Liquidation Talks
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RadioShack bankruptcy deal would mean big changes for stores --- RadioShack might sell half of stores to Sprint, close rest: report
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After 94 years, RadioShack may be about to pull the plug --- Is This the End of RadioShack? --- RadioShack: It's Over
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The NYSE has suspended trading in RadioShack
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Target Canada liquidation sales will be 'like Black Friday' --- Target liquidation sales could start Thursday, retailer seeks court approval
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Politics:
Bill Would Require Political Candidates to Disclose Criminal and Financial Information
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Personal Finance:
The best things to buy in February
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Coal:
Cliffs Natural Resources highlights huge downsizing in 2014
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Rentals:
Rent-A-Center misses expectations with Q4 earnings
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 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 (26 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 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:
Bankruptcy Filings Drop Nearly 13 Percent in Calendar Year 2014
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WD NY bankruptcy filings dip in January
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Isle bankruptcies decline 4.1 percent as jobless rate falls
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Ohio bankruptcy filings fall for fifth consecutive year
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
ABI Chapter 11 Reform Commission Series: Avoidance Actions and Other Litigation Issues
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Your Blanket (Lien) May Have Holes: Proposed Amendments May Further Erode Secured Lenders' Rights
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Automatic Stay:
When automatic stay violations require fee awards
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Contract Interpretation:
A Default is a Default, no Matter the Size?
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The Enforceability of Liquidated Damages Clauses
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Third Party Releases:
Don't Forget to Object!
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Finance:
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Collective Action of Supermajority of Lenders in Loan Workout
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TBTF:
US Banks: Too Big to Fail Plan is Too Strict
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Insurance:
Reorganized Company Not “New” for Unemployment Insurance Purposes
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Healthcare:
Anti-vax doc: "It's an unfortunate thing that people die, but people die. I'm not going to put my child at risk to save another child"
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Universal Health Care bankruptcy trustee sues vendors to recover $5.9 million
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Sports:
Training Ground for Winter Olympians Seeks Chapter 11
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Tech:
Apple turning closed Arizona facility into data center --- $2B solar-powered “command center” data center at Arizona factory site
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Forex:
Swiss Bank’s Franc Move Still Shakes Brokers
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EU:
Legal implications of default, renegotiation and possible exit of an EU member state: protections for investors under bilateral investment treaties
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PIIGS:
UK warns Greek debt row 'biggest risk' to economy --- Greece: We're not looking for a fight over debt --- The Economist: Forgive Greek debt --- Greek Debt-Writedown Demands Faces Euro-Area Disdain --- Athens plots a daring escape from the troika --- Q&A: Can Athens re-write the bailout rules? --- The EU should call Alexis Tsipras's bluff --- Tsipras damage control fails to budge euro officials on Greece --- Juncker backs changing Greek debt crisis --- What is Plan B for Greece? --- The truth about Greek debt is far more nuanced than either side would have you believe --- Obama: Troika can't keep squeezing Greeks with austerity --- A Guide to the Debt Standoff Between Greece and the Eurozone
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The Varoufakis approach: charm, charisma and venom
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History In The Balance: Why Greece Must Repudiate Its 'Banker Bailout' Debts And Exit The Euro
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Greek stand-off puts Draghi on the political stage
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Greece Standoff Sparks Ire Over Economic Risks
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Greece's New Finance Minister Is Brilliant. So Why Does He Make Everyone So Nervous?
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France:
The French economy minister says lawyers are threatening to kill him
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Russia:
Russian banks are set to lose 1 trillion rubles in 2015
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Switzerland:
Swiss Slash Prices Over Soaring Franc
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Croatia:
Croatia Cancels Debts for Country's Poorest
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Australia:
The Aussie dollar got destroyed
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Venezuela:
Venezuela's Vanishing Economy
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