Law:
Is It Time to Start Shutting Down Law Schools?
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Embarrassing Dewey emails are cast as sarcasm; partner insists ‘I am the reason you have this job’
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Competition for Top Talent Increasing Across the Board
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3 Common Misconceptions About Going In-House
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Kelley Drye & Warren Announces New Bankruptcy Partner
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Kelley Drye & Warren Announces Two New Bankruptcy Special Counsel
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: 10 Ways Successful Lawyers Respond To Career Setbacks (Part II)
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Should BigLaw firms be donating more of their record profits to legal aid?
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Hiring woes reported by two-thirds of surveyed lawyers with hiring authority
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Which papers do lawyers have to return to former clients? ABA ethics opinion addresses the issue
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Biglaw Mommy: There’s Hope After All
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Allen & Overy Income Rises for Sixth Year Amid Banker Scandals
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Appeals court rules for Womble Carlyle in disability suit by former employee
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Latham & Watkins wannabe lawyer in Wolf of Wall Street-style drugs and prostitutes binge
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Why Do Solo Practitioners Make So Little Money?
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Taking It Offline — What Happens When A Biglaw Associate Quits The Internet
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Are Academic Law Libraries Doomed?
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Charleston Law Begs Students To Stay With Dumbest Pitch Ever
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Bloomberg’s ‘The 10 Most Underrated Law Schools’ Is A Terribly Stupid List
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In This Alternative Universe, Harvard Law Ranks No. 1
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Restoring The Allure Of Being A Lawyer
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The Most Interesting In-House Job In The World?
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Gowan, Texas Firm Settle Dispute Over Trustee Fee
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World's Largest Law Firm Gets Even Bigger • Law Firm Giant Adds Thousands of Lawyers, Eyes Even More
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Rethinking the Law Firm Organizational Form and Capitalization Structure
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The Task Code Conundrum
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Lawyers , Doctors Compete Online to Free Themselves of Student Debt
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More Law Firms Blogging, Few Blogs Mobile-Friendly
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A Client-Centered Approach to Save Big Law from the Robot Apocalypse
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CEO Accused Of Harassing Employee Ordered To Cough Up $18 Million
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TX: Chaos in the County Clerks' Offices • Michigan district court stops performing marriages in the wake of gay-marriage decision
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Man gets $5K ticket for jumping off charter fishing boat on a dare
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More white-collar workers are at risk of suicide
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Spanking conviction is overturned; top state court allows reasonable force in child discipline
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Justice Department finds Ferguson police responsible for unrest in Missouri
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‘The Secret of Magic’ awarded the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
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Judges:
BK ND CA Redistributes Case Load In San Jose
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10th Cir. BAP Seeks Staff Attorney and Term Law Clerk
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New Bankruptcy Judge in Western Washington
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Grenade-shaped perfume bottle caused evacuation at Ohio courthouse
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Appeals court blasts lawyers and ‘scorched earth tactics,’ publishes opinion despite settlement
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Wall Street:
Stock futures steady ahead of jobs report
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Global stock markets gain as strong US payroll data eclipse Greek risk
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Stocks close higher on Greece hopes, US data
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Layoffs:
It's hard to explain why prime working-age American women are leaving the labor force
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Hedge Funds:
How American Hedge Funds Handle Foreign Debt
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Gambling:
Caesars Wants Bankruptcy Investigator to Probe 2008 Buyout
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New Caesars CEO starts, replacing Gary Loveman
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Guns:
Morongo Tribe Rides to Colt’s Rescue
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Aviation:
Airline stocks sharply lower on collusion report
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Mass Torts:
How many people are killed by asbestos? It's more difficult to track than you think.
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Many Ignition Switch Claimants Excluded from GM Compensation Fund • Leaves Out Scores Hurt or Killed in Cars With Switch Flaw
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Economy:
US factory activity eases; slowest pace since October 2013
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US private payrolls rise solidly; factory activity picks up
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Little evidence of liquidity strain: Fed's Brainard
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Why Isn't the Middle Class Making $156,000
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1 in 3 Americans would consider leaving: Survey
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5 things to watch in the June jobs report
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June jobs report could signal Fed action
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US construction spending rises to 6-1/2-year-high
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Wall Street Is Running Out Of Ways To Make Easy Money Off Corporate Tax Loopholes
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: How the 13 Colonies Rank Today
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Whites think the American Dream is least achievable
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Fannie, Freddie CEOs to Get $3.4 Million Raises
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US housing stages ‘lopsided’ recovery FT
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Construction spending rises in May but residential component weak
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Mortgage applications drop as interest rates rise to 9-month high
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Seventh Circuit Limits Construction Lender’s Use of Title Insurance Policy to Cover Construction Liens Created by Lender’s Cutoff of Funding
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Municipalities:
Why Congress Should Let Puerto Rico Declare Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico vs. Greece • Puerto Rico is not Greece • Is Puerto Rico Another Greece? 10 Questions
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Moody's cuts Puerto Rico's bonds further into junk territory
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Puerto Rico Lenders Form New Front as They Gird for Default
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Banks Enabled Puerto Rico's Debt Addiction
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Franklin Templeton sees costly legal fight over Puerto Rico bonds
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6 Things You Didn't Know About Puerto Rico's Financial Troubles
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Crowley, Sea Star Line, Jaxport plan to stick with Puerto Rico despite $72 billion debt
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Puerto Rico makes July 1 bond payments. No default • Puerto Rico power company forced to sell bonds amid crisis • Progress made in Puerto Rico debt impasse: Source
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Puerto Rico’s pain is tied to U.S. wages
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6 Things You Didn't Know About Puerto Rico's Financial Troubles
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Rhodes may see the familiar in Puerto Rico, but pensions are a different game
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1,400 CPS layoffs after $634M pension payment
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Rauner softens stance a bit, but Dems unimpressed
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State finds probable financial stress in Wayne County
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CA: Brown Needs $59 Billion to Fix Roads
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Telecoms:
LightSquared to GPS industry: Work with us on interference testing or stop complaining
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Environmental:
Bankruptcy judge looks to OK $2.5M deal in W.Va. spill case
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Resorts:
Bahamas Resort Baha Mar Wins Access to Bankruptcy Loan at Quick First Hearing
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Blindsided: PM Admits Govt Caught Off-Guard On Baha Mar
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Bankrupt Baha Mar Bahamas resort 8-12 weeks from completion
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Baha Mar bankruptcy could bode poorly for Jacksonville's Suddath, Jaxport
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Baha Mar mulling bankruptcy since May 2015
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Politics:
Jeb Bush Wasn't Maybe Entirely Useless As A Paid Hand For Lehman Brothers • Jeb Releases 33 Years of Tax Returns
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Macy's cuts ties with Donald Trump • Donald Trump: It was my decision to cut off ties with Macy's • Trump: Boycott Macy's • Trump Lawsuit Against Univision Is Not His Best, Has A Lot Of Problems
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Oil/Gas:
The Coming Apocalypse for US Shale • Shale Drillers' Safety Net Is Vanishing
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Crude oil is getting smoked • Crude prices fall after oil storage gains
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Bankruptcy and More Layoffs Could Threaten Industry Even After Downturn
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Insolvent Laricina Energy to close pilot oilsands project
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Sabine Amends Credit Facility Forbearance Agreement
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Samson Resources revives debt talks with unsecured bondholders
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Oil job cuts subside as crude prices stabilize, report says • 150,000 oil and gas jobs lost worldwide
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Personal Finance:
I negotiated the price of everything I bought for a week — and it worked half the time
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Here are 3 terrible ways to end your cover letter
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5 biggest financial mistakes Gen X and Gen Y make
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The credit card perk you have but don’t know about
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Non-Profits:
Rural Pennsylvania Fire Department Files for Bankruptcy to Save Bingo Night
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Banking:
Doral Financial Seeks More Time to Control Bankruptcy Case
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FL: Lake Mary bank company files for bankruptcy
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Education:
White House crackdown on for-profit colleges begins
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Lawsuit makes Stockton's Showboat plan even more uncertain
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Mining:
Molycorp 'Kicks The Can Down The Road', Bankruptcy Judge Balks
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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 (18 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (45 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:
The Future of Personal Bankruptcy in a Post-Obamacare World
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Bankruptcy filings in WNY continue long shift downward • Data
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Toledo area bankruptcies fall for 25th month
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Bankruptcy Reform:
ABI commission wants to allow small- and midsize business equity holders to keep their stakes
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Intercreditor:
Intercreditor Agreements: Recognize That Second Lien Financings Are A Special Case Of Subordinated Lending
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Jurisdiction:
Jailed in Puerto Rico: Does Bankruptcy Court have Personal Jurisdiction Over You?
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Retailing:
Why the RadioShack brand will live on after bankruptcy
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Healthcare:
Bankruptcy judge concerned about patients if Nurses' Registry can't pay employees
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Will the Affordable Care Act lead to fewer personal bankruptcy filings?
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Student Debt:
Education Department To Miss Obama Deadlines On Helping Student Borrowers
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Corinthian bankruptcy suit includes call for repayment freeze and asset sales
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Former Corinthian Students Should File a Proof of Claim
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Fraud:
Petters Strikes Again: Amended Minnesota Fraudulent Transfer Act Does Not Shelter Certain Charitable Contributions
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Shipping:
Anti-suit injunctions, OW Bunker and ISDA Master Agreements
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Finance:
Import-Export Bank Ceases to Write New Loans for US Businesses
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Coal:
Here's Why Peabody Energy Corporation' Stock is Crashing
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Walter Energy Debt Talks Said to Accelerate With Bankruptcy Plan
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UK:
A Gentle Reminder From British Financiers That They Can Work From Anywhere
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Lloyds Plans to Eliminate 700 Jobs Across Divisions at the Bank
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EU:
Recast Insolvency Regulation: New Rules and Focus on Cross-Border Restructuring
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PIIGS:
Varoufakis to resign if Greece votes 'yes' • 'I prefer to cut my arm off'
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Tsipras defiant as bank controls bite • Greek PM urges country to vote NO • 'Greece will stay in the euro' • Three Scenarios for Greece • Understanding the Roots of the Greek Debt Crisis • 12 charts and maps that explain the Greek crisis • This is why the Greek bailout was destined to fail • Thousands of angry elderly Greek pensioners besiege banks to grab cash • Greece tourism unaffected by financial crisis • Yikes Greece faces import shortages, terror risk: Experts • Hedge Fund Manager Expects Greek Unemployment Rate To Rise By One Very Specific Individual • With Greece, Is the IMF at Risk of Repeating Its Own Mistakes? • ECB’s dilemma: To keep Greek banks alive or not? • Greece might be a 'Lehman moment': Hedge fund pro • Greeks starved for cash with few lifelines left • Angela Merkel unmoved by final Greek plea for more time • Why Greece has such a massive tax evasion problem • Why Greeks wants to stay in the euro • This chart shows how Greece's last bailout money was spent • How the IMF wrecked Greece (but didn’t get U.S.) • Why the Greek bailout was destined to fail • Here's The Truth About Greece That Many Germans Won't Like To Hear • Every Greek financial crisis since 1829
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Bankruptcy is a real possibility for Greece. Does its leader have a plan? • Greece's Syriza Spars Over Bailout Strategy
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Canada:
35 things Canadians say that Americans don't understand
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Russia:
Russia's Sberbank to File Bankruptcy Claims Against Mechel
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Mechel Urges Sberbank Not to Bankrupt Its Units Amid Debt Talks
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Africa:
Nigeria’s state oil corporation stole nearly $20 billion earned over the last 3 years
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Estonia:
Estonia's foreign minister steps down after court links her to bankruptcy of father's business
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Brazil:
Billionaire's Tragedy to Hit Big Screen as Batista Rights Sold
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Australia:
Is it time to reform the cornerstone of Australia's insolvency regime?
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China:
Why China's crazy stock market is getting scary
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India:
India needs a realistic debt restructuring framework
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