January 6, 2015

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Law:

Nelson Mullins Nabs Wiley Rein Bankruptcy Group --- Wiley Rein Bankruptcy Team Lands at Nelson Mullins --- Nelson Mullins Expands Bankruptcy Practice with the Addition of Three Experienced Partners
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LeClairRyan Adds Bankruptcy Litigation Partner In Sacramento
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Burr & Forman Adds Two Bankruptcy Partners In Nashville --- Burr & Forman makes big expansion play in Nashville
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Gibbons Promotes New Bankruptcy Director In Wilmington
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Alston & Bird Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Morrison & Foerster Elects New Bankruptcy Partner
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Hogan Lovells Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Morrison Cohen Announces New Bankruptcy Partner
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Burr & Forman Elevates Atlanta Bankruptcy Attorney To Partnership
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Haynes and Boone Presents Largest Class of New Partners in Its History
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Sedgwick Fighting for Dismissal of Malpractice Claims Arising From Ponzi Scheme
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Billable hour rates rise, but who’s paying full price?
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Law firms warned on over-optimistic pay in 2015
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Size of the US Legal Market by Type of Client
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Predictions: 3 For 3 In ’14; ’15, Here I Come!
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Business of Law
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43 and Counting as Lateral Moves Start to Mount: Business of Law
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LawProse: Legalese
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3 Jealousy-Provoking Lawyers from the Forbes 30-Under-30 List
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New Year’s Resolution (A Suggestion)
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Study: Law School's Practice-Ready Program Produced Better Grads
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The 22 Websites Every Modern Gentleman Should Bookmark
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The 14 Biggest Fashion Mistakes That Men Make
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25 Life Hacks For The Modern Gentleman
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How Much Coffee Can You Safely Drink?
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Virtru Makes Email Encryption Easy, In Either Outlook or Webmail
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Irritating Behaviors That Will Ruin Your Career
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Ferguson Grand Juror in Michael Brown Case Sues to Go Public
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Lawyer convicted of stealing money meant for his employees’ retirement accounts
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ATL Holiday Card Contest: The Winner!
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Judge accepts defendant’s Nike sneakers instead of cash bail
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Alan Dershowitz Fights Back Against Allegations Of Relations With A Minor --- A Second Look At The Allegations Against Alan Dershowitz
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Billionaire S-- Offender's Phone Book Contained E-Mail Addresses, 21 Phone Numbers For Bill Clinton
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FBI Says Doesn't Need Warrant to Spy on Cell Phones In Public
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Off-duty Ky. cop accidentally shoots himself in stomach during dinner date with wife
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Why the NYPD Turned It's Back on the City
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Lawyer Films Crazy Commercial With Talking S-- Doll
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Mug Shots
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Federal Bankruptcy Judge Warren Bentz Passes Away
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“Afterword: Posner at 75 — ‘It’s My Job.'”
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Charged in cop assault, man slapped security officer at courthouse en route to hearing, sheriff says
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Judicial Humor
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Which Supreme Court Justice Was Called A ‘Bitch’ During Law School?
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19 Years Later, Article by Kagan Echoes at the Supreme Court
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Wall Street:

US stocks: Futures fall as oil prices plunge again
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Dow plunges 300 points as oil falls below $50 --- Markets Plunge as Oil Dips Below $50; Euro Drops on Greece
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Fired Morgan Stanley Worker Didn't Try to Sell Data, Lawyer Says
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JPMorgan Worth More In Pieces? Goldman Analysts Think Breakup Makes Sense
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Layoffs:

Criminal Records Could Be Having A Huge Impact On Labor-Force Participation
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Economy:

Fed's Williams: Rate hikes should be gradual because economy still needs help
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Fed might not raise rates in 2015: Bill Gross
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The American Dream Is Dying
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Gallup Poll: Consumer Spending Remained Steady in December Despite Holiday Shopping --- Consumer spending hits six year high in December
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1/1000 Of The US Now Controls More Than 1/5 Of The Wealth
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Thomas Piketty Offered Legion Of Honor, Does Exactly What You’d Expect Him To Do With It
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The U.S. is about as unequal today as the U.K. was during Downton Abbey
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How Krugman was wrong on Obama recovery
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Nearly half of Americans didn’t take a vacation day in 2014
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U.S. Light Vehicle Sales decrease to 16.8 million annual rate in December
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In 10 years, your job probably won’t exist. Here’s how to make sure you’re still employable
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Twentysomethings: Barely Saving, but Surprisingly Confident
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

SunTrust Falls Most Since October on Mortgage-Related Legal Cost
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Office Vacancy Rate Continues to Decline
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Here’s how the top 5 housing markets look going into 2015
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The six housing market archetypes you’ll see in 2015
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Lender agrees to pay $4.2 million for post-crash mortgage fraud
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Florida’s foreclosure crisis far from over
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This Bronx landlord cannot remove a stranger from her house
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Office Vacancy Rate declined in Q4 to 16.7%
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Municipalities:

How Jefferson County's $30 million legal tab for bankruptcy may now seem like a bargain
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Bankruptcy counsel for Central Coventry Fire District outlines sweeping changes in finances
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Detroit Institute Of Arts Reaches $100M Grand Bargain Goal
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Gambling:

Judge Approves Sale of Revel Casino for $95.4 Million - Florida Developer Straub Is Named Winning Bidder But Wants to Pay $87 Million, Vows Appeal --- Runner-up bidder wins Revel casino but rejects deal
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Judge approves sale to backup bidder
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Caesars Swaps Ruling Heads to Arbitration Panel, ISDA Says
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How Caesars Entertainment Became the Worst Bet in the Gaming Industry
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Oil/Gas:

WTI Falls Below $50 a Barrel First Time in 5 1/2 Years
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As Oil Drops Below $50, Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing?
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How Low Can Oil Go? --- Oil Analyst: $33 Oil Wouldn't Surprise Me
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Will Oil Continue to Fuel the Jobs Market?
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Flurry of Pink Slips Expected in Texas Oil Patch
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2014: The Year Fracking Broke OPEC's Grip on Your Wallet
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Some bearish traders now betting on $20-a-barrel oil
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Plunging oil will pain these people most
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Oil to hit $70 this quarter: Analyst
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These Five Issues Will Impact Oil Prices in 2015
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Oilfield Writedowns Loom as Market Collapse Guts Drilling Values
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Sheiks vs. Shale: the Future of OPEC
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Saudis Slash Oil Prices to EU Buyers
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The Number Of US Oil Rigs In Operation Just Fell Again
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The Breakeven Oil Prices For Every Drilling Project In The World
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Oil Below $60 Tests Economics of U.S. Shale Boom
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Oil prices at $50: Why a barrel of crude costs less than a pair of shoes
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SandRidge Energy Inc. Takes Another 10% Dive on as Oil Prices Drop Again
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Why Falling Oil Prices Don't Hurt Demand For Renewable Energy
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As oil breaks $50, Wall Street getting more bearish
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Currency:

Possible hack at major bitcoin exchange
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Retailing:

January Usually Means Bankruptcy in Retail
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Wet Seal Employees Post A Brutal Sign In A Dying Store To Protest Management
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Teen Retailers in Trouble as Malls Lose Luster
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Radio Shack Bankruptcy Watch Vii: Recommended Reading On the Role of Credit Default Swaps in this Serial Drama
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Financial Privacy:

A Morgan Stanley Employee Stole And Posted Data On 900 Clients
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Politics:

House Dems set to unveil alternative agenda
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Telecoms:

LightSquared Offers Restructuring Backers $200 Million Breakup Fee
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Taxis:

How One 24-Year-Old Got $50,000 In Free Uber Rides By Duping Uber's Promo-Code System
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Is Uber's Surge Pricing Even Ethical?
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Fraud:

Ponzi victims seek to question Madoff before it's too late
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Three former law partners – Rothstein Rosenfeldt and Adler – are all behind bars and disbarred
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Coins:

Out of his castle, coin dealer Yaffe moves to "small'' $1.3 million house
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Healthcare:

CA attorney general's office to hold hearings over Prime, Daughters of Charity - CEO: "Hospitals continue to lose money and are in danger of closing or filing for bankruptcy"
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Harvard professors freak out about getting slightly-less excellent health insurance
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Theme Parks:

Conneaut Lake Park heads to bankruptcy court today
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(5 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 (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 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:

Bankruptcies dropped 13.3% in WNY in 2014
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:

ABI publishes its review of US Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Professional Compensation:

Ninth Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court's $10.1 Million Attorney Fee Award
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Anti-Bankruptcy Strategies:

Even the “Cleverly Insidious” Lender Cannot Prevent its Borrower from Filing Bankruptcy
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Finance:

Redemption Option Value: Broad Implications for Secured Lenders
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TBTF:

Is Citi The Next AIG?
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice of 'RHONY' starts 15-month prison sentence --- 'Real Housewives' Star Teresa Giudice Reports To Same Prison As Hill, Helmsley --- Cringey Teresa Giudice Fans Are Making Her Jail Term All About Them --- The Hair Extensions Teresa Giudice Surrendered To Prison
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Dershowitz denies involvement with minor, wants disbarment for her lawyers
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Mass Torts:

Philly asbestos firm fighting to have RICO suit against it moved out of North Carolina
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Lac-Megantic tragedy: $9M for lawyers, nothing for relatives yet
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U.S. Insurers Still Funding Asbestos, Environmental Liabilities: A.M. Best
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Religion:

Is the Diocese of Gallup New Disclosure Just Bankruptcy Protection?
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Corporate Reform:

JPMorgan settles currency manipulation lawsuit in US
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For JPMorgan, breaking up could be hard to do
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Nobel Laureate Stiglitz Blocked From SEC Panel After Faulting High-Speed Traders
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Currency:

Exchange: Lost 'less than' $5.1M of bitcoin
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Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp suspends service after security breach
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Tax:

IRS Scandal: No Christmas Pony for Issa
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Environmental:

Conflict of Interest Arguments Heard in Freedom Case
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Personal Finance:

How to ask people nicely for money they owe you
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7 Legal Ways to Squeeze More Aid From the FAFSA
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Autos:

Automakers are grinning as they close the books in US and Canada
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Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Honda US Sales Rise to End Strong Year --- GM And Chrysler Sales Surge
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Sovereigns:

Hello 2015: Trouble for Venezuela and Argentina
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New Year Won't End Argentina Bond Mess
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UK:

How To Get Cheap iPhones And Game Consoles From Bankrupt Phones 4U
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British banks to outline plans to protect ordinary customers
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The BADAS Act brings major changes to bankruptcy law in Scotland
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City Link administrators sell off £1.125m of assets
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EU:

Euro's Early Dive Means Forecasters May Get It Wrong Again in 2015
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Europe's blue-chip shares take biggest one-day tumble in 3 years
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Falling Euro Fans Fears of a Regional Slowdown
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Draghi Girds for Risk of Deflation With His Finger on the Bond-Buying Button
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German Inflation, Weakest Since 2009, Raises Pressure on ECB
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European Stocks Decline for Third Day as Energy Companies Fall
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Euro Area Menaced by Relapse Threat as ECB Weighs Stimulus
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Eurozone private-sector growth slower than expected
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PIIGS:

Greek Stocks Are Getting Hammered Again --- German Bank Exposure To Greece Around $28 Billion --- France: It's up to Greece to decide whether to leave euro --- Greek vote will supply shock, but not awe
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Fear the Grexit --- More bark than bite: the 'Grexit' debate --- 'Grexit' Is Back: A Greek Exit From the Euro Raises Fears of Fiscal Contagion --- Why Europe Still Can’t Afford a Greek Exit
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The stocks to buy if Greek crisis hits the U.S. market
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France and Germany Push Athens on Bailout Commitments
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Canada:

Rare Substantive Consolidation Order Issued by Ontario Court
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Russia:

29-Year-Old Russian Hedge Fund Founder Disappears With All The Firm's Money
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The Collapsing Ruble Is Creating Food Shortages
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Poland:

Bankruptcy fears for Poland’s credit unions
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Australia:

Rockwell Olivier enters administration
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