Law:

Fired Simpson Thacher managing clerk is indicted, accused of surfing firm computers for merger info
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Lawyerly Lairs: Dewey Wonder How The Owner Of This $4 Million Mansion Went Bankrupt?
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Stat Of The Week: Throwback Elitism Edition
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How This Family Got Creative To Eliminate $200,000 In Law School Debt
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Fewer and Fewer Students Are Applying to Law School
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2015: The Year the Law School Crisis Ended (or Not) - Part II
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Top Litigation Firms By Law School Pedigree
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Happy 800th, Magna Carta
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Here's Why Edward Snowden Refuses To Use An iPhone
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From The Career Files: How To Think About Your Legal Skills To Position Them For A Non-Legal Job
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Can You Blog And Tweet Your Way Out Of Biglaw?
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Lawyers Have a Part to Play in Fixing Legal Education
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7 Practice Trends To Watch For In 2015 --- (Part II)
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11 Things Successful People Do On Sunday Nights
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This Is Why You Stay Awake All Night When You Know You Need To Sleep
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FBI Agent: CIA Stopped Me from Trying to Stop 9/11
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Alan Dershowitz’s Recurring Nightmare: Accusations Of Involvement In S-- Scandal May Be Older Than You Thought
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Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: A ‘Shocking’ Revelation
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Top law firm employee's video diatribe against 'apologetic' Muslims in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack --- Video rant of trainee lawyer at top firm blaming non-Muslims for Paris terror attacks
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5-year-old boy fined for missing birthday party
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University Of Virginia Legal Costs Mount After Discredited Rape Story
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How Two California Parents (Lawyers) Ended Up in Jail Over After-School Spat
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Judge Thinks X-Wing Lawsuit Is Dumb
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New Police Radars Can Actually See Inside Homes
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Feds expand case against defense lawyer charged with perjury, indict another attorney
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'Free Range' Parenting Is On The Rise In America
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More fallout from Eric Holder’s changes to civil asset forfeiture law
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Judges:

The Supreme Court Has Been Preparing The Country For Marriage Equality --- Supreme Court agrees to hear same-sex marriage cases --- How the High Court Gay Marriage Battle Could Play Out
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Wall Street:

Futures rise, Shanghai rebounds after plunge
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Goldman Sachs' revenue drops to $7.69 billion in 4Q
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Layoffs:

Frontier Airlines to Shed 1,300 Jobs in Denver and Milwaukee
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Ocwen s Altisource Spinoff Fires 800 as CEO Pleas for Calm
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Dreamworks Animation Begins Massive Layoffs
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The 10 Strangest Things People Have Done In Job Interviews
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mass Torts:

Garlock Sealing Plans Deal with Asbestos Claimants
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BP 'gulf spill' civil trial enters final phase
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Religion:

Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis files for bankruptcy protection --- Churchgoers Brace After Archdiocese's Chapter 11 Filing --- The archdiocese has filed for bankruptcy . Now what? --- Q&A: The Twin Cities archdiocese declares bankruptcy --- St. Paul Archdiocese declares bankruptcy, calling it 'fairest' recourse
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For survivors, archdiocese bankruptcy brings uncertainty --- Attorneys for Alleged Victims Disagree on Archdiocese Bankruptcy Filing
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Twin Cities Catholics brace for archdiocese bankruptcy fallout
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St. Paul Archbishop: Bankruptcy will help clergy sex abuse victims --- Nienstedt: Bankruptcy best path for clergy sex abuse claims
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Archdiocese parishes concerned about bankruptcy --- Some parishes hire lawyers after archdiocese bankruptcy --- How will Archdiocese bankruptcy impact parishes?
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Bishop Quinn weighs in on bankruptcy rumors; assures parishioner --- Winona Diocese not planning for bankruptcy
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Pope: Catholics Don't Need To Breed 'Like Rabbits'
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Retailing:

Bankruptcy Code Forces Rush of Empty Stores
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US teen fashion retailer Wet Seal files for bankruptcy after sales slump --- Wet Seal the latest teen clothing chain to file for bankruptcy --- Stock dives
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Fast Fashion Retailers Are Taking Over The Teen Market
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Facing Bankruptcy, RadioShack Corporation Future Depends On Branding
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RadioShack's big Super Bowl ad bet goes bust
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Is Sprint Eyeing RadioShacks Stores for a Turnaround?
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Deb begins liquidating stores
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Why Sprint Wants to Buy Some RadioShack Stores in User Race
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Thin crowds during CEO's visit helped seal Target Canada's demise
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3 Retail Stocks I Would Never Buy
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Architecture:

Architecture for Humanity Files for Bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Caesars bankruptcy gets more complicated --- Caesars bankruptcy reorganization faces setback
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Federal Judge Criticizes Caesars Over Financial Restructuring - Ruling Isnýt Expected to Affect Restructuring Efforts, Company Spokesman Says
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Caesar's bankruptcy case venue up in the air
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Caesars Will File Chapter 11 Refinancing Plan Within 45 Days
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Caesars Is in Bankruptcy, But It's Still Business as Usual for the Gaming Giant
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Caesars bankruptcy ratchets up pressure on other AC casinos
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Nevada Casino Expert: Caesars Bankruptcy Could Be Good News for A.C.
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Caesars Move Highlights Risks to Multiemployer Pensions
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Imaging:

Kodak's feeble comeback attempt
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Consumer Finance:

Rise in Loans Linked to Cars Is Hurting Poor
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Big Data Underwriting for Payday Loans
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Fraud:

Investors huddle in aftermath of Novato firm's collapse
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Jeb Bush kept key roles in Florida firm amid signs of trouble
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Currency Brokers:

FXCM to Get $300 Million Rescue Package From Jefferies
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Politics:

Mitt Romney Flips on the Poor
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Aviation:

Get Ready for Airline Coach Downgrades
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Record fine of up to $1.6M imposed on Southwest over planes sitting for hours on tarmac
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Customer Rebellion Against JetBlue
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Woman Sentenced in Federal Court for Committing Bankruptcy Fraud
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Personal Finance:

How to survive a bust
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Working 3 Jobs in a Time of Recovery
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Man cashes in lifetime of pennies
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Economy:

The IMF Cut Its Global Economic Growth Forecast Again
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Obama to Propose Capital Gains Tax Hikes to Benefit Middle Class --- Obama's $325bn in Middle Class Tax Cuts --- Obama's tax proposals get cool reception from GOP lawmakers --- Obama’s new tax plan would go straight after Mitt Romney’s money --- President Obama finally has his Piketty moment
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Obama's Final Years: The Middle Class Decline
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Americans Shake Off Economic Pessimism
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Storm Clouds Over the US Economy
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2008: Jobs Gone Not Coming Back
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80 rich people now have as much as 50% of the rest of humanity combined
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Antonio Weiss Nomination Post-Mortem
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Facebook Says It Adds More Than $200 Billion To The Global Economy
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The 15 College Majors With The Lowest Starting Salaries
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The 25 Best Jobs Of 2015
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Barclays: Oil plunge could put some SFR deals at risk
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Here’s how much the FHA premium cut will actually save borrowers
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The LSTA Files Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court Over Holders of Mortgages in Bankruptcy
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The Uneven Housing Recovery
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Long way home: Foreclosures drop, but 'zombie' properties remain
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Bankers: Optimistic about economy, housing in 2015
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“Surprise” Warnings on Margins/Effective Prices Whacks Home Builder Stocks
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IMF Paper Shows How A Housing Crisis Lingers
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More banks targeted for mortgage securities fraud: NY attorney general
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Growing threat hangs over legacy mortgage bonds
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Municipalities:

Detroit bankruptcy shows mediation can get the job done
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Jones Day cuts $17.7 million from Detroit legal bills --- Jones Day defends Detroit bankruptcy fees
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For San Bernardino to exit bankruptcy , state must get involved
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Michigan Budget Facing Shortfall as Businesses Use Tax Credits
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Las Vegas: On Pace for Record Visitor Traffic in 2014, Convention Attendance Slowly Returning
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States with the most people on food stamps
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Most Financially Irresponsible Cities
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Oil/Gas:

Tues. A.M.: Iran Says It's Strong Enough To Cope With Oil At $25 As Prices Start Plunging Again
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Mon, A.M.: Oil prices slip on Chinese data, record Iraq output --- Oil futures rally as investors buy in after price slump
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How Low Can Oil Go? And When's It Going Back Up? --- Is the oil bust here?
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What's So Bad About Cheap Oil?
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Oil Forecasters Adjust to New Market Reality
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Hedge Funds Cut Oil Bets After Worst Drop Since 2008
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Drilling activity takes another slide in Eagle Ford, Permian Basin
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GasFrac files for bankruptcy protection in San Antonio --- Canadian drilling services firm files bankruptcy
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Precision Castparts feels heat from energy downturn
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US Rig Count Drops 4% in One Week
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US Won't Intervene in Oil Market Amid Price Declines
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No Oil Price Recovery Yet Despite US Shale Slowdown-IEA
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Surprise! An Oil Price Spike is Coming
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Oil producers caught in a perfect storm
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Saudi Arabia's oil exports rises to seven-month high
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Former Saudi oil boss says it can cope with low price --- Saudi Arabia can last eight years on low oil prices, says former adviser
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Low Oil Prices Force OPEC Members To Rethink 2015 Budgets
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Iran Sees OPEC Sticking by Oil -Output Decision Amid Price Slump
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Get Ready For Life Without Oil
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Among states, 28 now average sub-$2 a gallon gasoline
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A Light at the End of the Tunnel for Crude Oil Prices
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Low gas prices come at a high price for Texas economy --- In Texas, Hunkering Down for the Oil Bust
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State faces $217M hit as oil declines
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Alberta's oil woes: typical downturn or end of an era?
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Declining oil prices forcing industry to cut jobs in Tulsa
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Not your usual oil-price decline effect
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Winners and losers in oil's plunge
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Oil price drop is 'giant tax cut for UK economy'
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Soccer:

Andrea Pirlo Trying to Help Former Club Brescia Avoid Bankruptcy
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Internet:

How The Internet Will Wallop Radio Shack, Comcast And A Few Other Giants in 2015
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Angie's List: Bankruptcy or Buyout
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Marine:

Cal Dive International won't make interest payment on debt
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Banking:

1st Bank Failure of 2015: First National Bank of Crestview, Crestview, Florida
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Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 392 Institutions
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Creditors Urge Acme Liquidation, Auction of Allied Bank Stock
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Chicago: Owners of failed bank must come up with another $50 million
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Why People Pay Banks to Hold Their Money
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Taxis:

Boston Taxi Owner Suit Latest Legal Salvo in Ride-Share Wars
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How Uber and Lyft have exploited long waits, slow travel and poor service to crack open transportation
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Corporate Reform:

Will big banks sue the government for too much oversight?
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Chemicals:

Year after West Virginia chemical spill, new firm racks up safety violations
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Healthcare:

Bankrupt Baltimore eye care stores close shop
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Southcoast Health lays off 35 in move to 'restructure'
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Ingalls hospital in Harvey cuts 80 jobs
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Penn Highlands Clearfield in central Pennsylvania cutting 30 jobs, eliminating ICU citing cost
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Community Calls on Gov. Cuomo to Remove Execs at Interfaith Medical Center
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There's a bidding war for St. Catherine Regional Hospital in Charlestown
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Johnson Memorial Medical Center announces approval of asset purchase agreement with Saint Francis Care
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ER at Quincy Medical Center will stay open until deemed unnecessary
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Weather:

Year 4: It Never Rains in California
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Paper:

Two new potential buyers emerge for closed paper mill in Bucksport
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice sheds her extensions and puts on khakis for life behind bars
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (16 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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:

Arizona bankruptcies decline for third straight year
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6 Signs That It Might Be Time To Short A Company
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Bankruptcies plummet in SE NM oil patch
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WD NY: Bankruptcies on the wane
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Oregon bankruptcies decline as the economy improves, but recovery may not be only reason
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:

Justices searching for a clear rule to define bankruptcy jurisdiction
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Bankruptcy Reform:

A Bankruptcy Process That Works for Small and Midsize Companies
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Cross-Border:

Second Circuit Denies Petition for En Banc Review of Fairfield Decision
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Proofs of Claim:

Proof of Claim: Foreign Qualification Requirements May Be More Important Than You Thought
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Mootness:

A Refresher on Constitutional Mootness and Its Application to Lift-Stay Motion Appeals
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TBTF:

MetLife Fights Threat of Government Scrutiny
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Insurance:

N.Y. Intermediate App. Ct. Allows D&O Insurers to Assert Public Policy Defense in Long-Running Bear Stearns Coverage Action
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Pharma:

Siga Must Pay Total of $194 Million in Smallpox-Drug Case
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Sovereigns:

Traders counting on 2015 bond payments
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Shortages hit Argentina as bond talks freeze
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German court to rule on Argentina bond repayment terms
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UK:

R3 spots signs of recovery for construction
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40% of Brits Too Poor to be Part of Society
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Boss of collapsed UK hedge fund Weavering convicted in fraud case
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Alpari administrator says Alpari UK holds $98.5m in retail client money --- Broker Alpari looks at rescue sale in wake of Swiss franc fallout --- Broker Alpari says exploring all options including sale after Swiss shock
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Restructuring using a Pre-Pack? Best not to ask!
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UK logistics sector hit by collapse of couriers and hauliers
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HMV proves that down does not mean out
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Half of young Scots don't know whether high or low interest rate is better on a loan
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More firms are 'feeling the pinch'
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EU:

Critical ECB Meeting Looms As Euro Lies Low
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European shares hit 7-year high as Italian banks rally
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This Big Increase In Credit Demand By European Companies Could Signal Recovery
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PIIGS:

A new idea steals across Europe – should Greece’s debt be forgiven?
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"Grexit" risk may be underestimated, Greek officials say --- IMF's Lagarde warns of consequences to Greek debt restructuring
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Italy's Economic Salvation -- Rename Its Debt
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Why leaving the euro would still be bad for both Greece and the currency area
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Sean Dunne and his wife face new US court action
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Sean Quinn's second coming
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Former Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm appealing bankruptcy ruling in US
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Canada:

Home sales fell almost 6% in December, latest CREA index shows
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TSX declines as oil prices , energy shares weaken
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Settlement offer tabled in long-running Castor Holdings real estate case
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Target Canada’s 17,000 laid off workers face grim job prospects, labour experts say --- Target Canada workers being offered Sears jobs
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Filling Canadian Target locations won't be simple
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China:

China's 2014 economic growth misses target, hits 24-year low --- China industrial output rises 7.9%, beats forecast
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China stocks plummet after margin trade crackdown --- China Brokers Face Double-Whammy as Margin Finance Curbed --- Chinese Stocks Just Got Obliterated
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China's Massive Corruption Crackdown Is Even Going After State-Owned Firms
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China's shipyards brace for leaner times as oil slump sours rig building spree
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China Cities Signal Property Crash By Halting Apartment Sales --- Chinese developers keep chin up even as prices cool --- China developers seek alternative finance as offshore market dries up --- Chinese Developer on Brink of Dollar Default Spooks World’s Money Managers --- Why a tiny Chinese property company is spooking money managers around the world
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China to Promote Reform as Economy Faces Difficulties, Li Says
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Oil Prices Won't Solve China's Economic Issues
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Why China's Slowdown Could Be A Great Thing For The World
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Russia:

How We Know Russia's Economic Crisis Has Officially Arrived
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Cyprus:

Cyprus Airways now defunct, but where have its planes gone?
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MENA:

Man who filmed woman being publicly beheaded in Mecca reportedly arrested --- Saudis worried about image
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Russia Signs Military Cooperation Deal with Iran
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Switzerland:

Former Swiss banker guilty of passing client secrets to WikiLeaks
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Maybe the Swiss central bank isn't really crazy --- The Swiss National Bank Is Different From Most Central Banks In One Critical Way --- Good Luck Finding Anyone On Earth Who's Not Angry At The Swiss National Bank --- The Real Reasoning Behind The Swiss Franc Market Chaos
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Swiss franc borrowers in Balkans struggle to survive
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Speculators hit by Swiss franc move
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Swiss Francs and Bankruptcy: Foreign-exchange brokers are going bankrupt as the value of Swiss Franc soars
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Alpari Applies for Insolvency as Potential Buyers Circle - Online Currency Trader 'Looking at' Retail Broker
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Brazil:

OAS Bondholders Brace for Collapse as Cash Crunch Deepens
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Kosovo:

Kosovo moves to take control of mining giant anger Serbia --- Kosovo backtracks on bid to take control of giant mine
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Hungary:

KDNP submits family bankruptcy draft bill
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