Law:
How Not To Break Up With Your Law Firm
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Skadden Partner Retires Amid Questions about Conflicts • Skadden Partner Retires While Prosecutors Allege ‘Serial’ Misstatements
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Memo to Lawyers: The Customer is Always Right
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The Dewey Trial: Four Examples Of Not-So-Funny Comic Relief
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Survey looks at the uptick in legal hiring through the rest of 2015
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Fashion critique of female lawyers in bar newsletter brings sexism complaint
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Business of Law
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Law School’s Chief Financial Officer Arrested For Grand Theft
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New co-deans are facing divided UNM law school
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More On The Resignation Of LSU Law School Dean/Chancellor
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Major Biglaw Firm Thinks It Can Get Away With Charging Clients For Summer Associate Work
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DLA Piper Co-Chair Meltzer Plots ‘Hemisphere Strategy’
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UK and Canadian firms OK 1,400-lawyer merger of equals, setting stage for more international growth • New Gowling WLG Leader Says No US Union on Horizon
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Linklaters top Magic Circle on profits per partner
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Seventh Circuit Revives Katten's $3.6B Ponzi Headache
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Office park owners sue Gordon Silver law firm in dispute over unpaid rent
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Here’s ‘Everything You Need To Know About The Business Of Law Over The Last 45 Years’
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McElroy Deutsch settles gender bias suit alleging unequal assignments, male-only golf outings
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Report: 80% Of Biglaw Now Blogging For Business Development
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Legal crowdfunding grows as legal aid funding declines
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Law school dean asks for a smaller salary because the cost of law school is so outrageous
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Understanding The Law School Loyalists
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California's Practical-Skills Plan Alarms Out-of-State Deans
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UK: Lawyer promoted to highest-ranking female officer in army
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9 stupid office rules that drive people crazy
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10 habits of the most likable people
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There's a secret keyboard in your Mac that makes it insanely easy to type emojis
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5 things you should never talk about at a networking event
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How 6 Seconds of Silence Nails New Business
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District 'Drought Shames' Tom Selleck in Court
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What Are the Limits of 'Religious Liberty'?
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Church Can’t Tell Wal-Mart What To Sell
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South Carolina's Confederate flag is finally coming down — and it'll soon be in a museum
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Lawyer loses suit about Legal Eagle posts, then sues Google over online comments they sparked
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Judge Cancels Redskins Team's Trademarks as Offensive to Indians
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Lawyer Can’t Unmask Anonymous Critic on Avvo, Court Rules
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You Won’t Believe How Far These Lawyers Went To Win A Big Case
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Report: Police Investigating Video of Alleged Donut-Licker Ariana Grande
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What Does Harper Lee Want?
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Judges:
Louisiana Justices Rebuke High Court on Gay Marriage
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Who Is NOT Retiring From SCOTUS?
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Ted Cruz’s SCOTUS retention election idea makes him unfit for presidency, federal judge writes • Federal Judge: I apologize
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Appeals court cautions federal judge (former bankruptcy judge) to get in line
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Same-sex marriage case in Haiku
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Wall Street:
NYSE Blacks Out, Stocks Slammed
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NYSE Suspends Trading in All Securities • Everyone is making the same joke about the NYSE being down • When the NYSE malfunctions, here’s what happens to Twitter • Why it's taking so long for the NYSE to reopen • Trader: Cancel your orders, go get ice cream • NYSE Finally Resumes Trading After Three-Hour Suspension • NYSE, SEC Suspect Software Update Triggered Trading Halt • Why the NYSE trading halt should alarm investors
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Bull Herd Culled in Europe as JPMorgan Says Fear the Selloff
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F-Squared files for bankruptcy
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Layoffs:
Microsoft is cutting 7,800 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Agriculture:
Harvest Hill Farms files for bankruptcy protection
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Electricity:
Energy Future Wins Another Round Versus Bondholders • Court ruling helps Energy Future's plan to emerge from bankruptcy
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Energy Future Ducks $431 Million Debt Claimed by Hedge Funds
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Politics:
Donald Trump Praises Beneficial Power of Bankruptcy. Makes Case for Consumers • Trump: 'I'll win the Latino vote' • The real costs of Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican slur controversy, explained • GOP candidate has a brilliant anecdote that explains Republicans' Donald Trump problem • Donald Trump’s Brand Takes a Haircut • Trump Tower Was Built on Undocumented Immigrants’ Backs
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Where does Hillary Clinton stand? Don't ask her. • Benghazi panel accuses Hillary Clinton of lying • A Fact-Check of Hillary Clinton’s CNN Interview on Her Personal Email
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Corporate Reform:
JPMorgan Agrees to Pay $166 Million Over Debt-Collection Abuses
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Patriarch of Payday Loans Said to Face U.S. Racketeering Probe
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Security:
Altegrity wins on shielding identities of contractors, customers
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Software:
Troubled software firm Thinkstream agrees to bankruptcy
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Troubled empire: Barry Bellue and Thinkstream are in bankruptcy court for the second time in two years over allegations of unpaid debt and mismanagement
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Economy:
'Cautious' Fed charts course for hikes: Minutes • Fed's Williams 'wary' of rate hikes without firmer inflation data • More data needed before Fed can hike, as Greek worries loom - Fed minutes • FOMC Minutes: Global Concerns • Fed’s June minutes don’t clarify rate-hike threshold
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This map shows what $100 is actually worth in your state
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Alcoa whiffs on earnings
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Consumer Credit Rises at a Slower Pace in May
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S&P Falling by 20 Percent May Prompt QE4, Faber Says
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U.S. Heavy Truck Sales in June: Highest since February 2007
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Foreclosed Property: Related Rights May Be Tricky
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Las Vegas Real Estate in June: Sales Increased 12.8% YoY
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The New Markets for Jumbo Loans
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Dick Bove: Likelihood of settlement over Fannie, Freddie sweep growing
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Fed Officials Finally See U.S. Housing Sector on the Upswing
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Lawyer who hosted radio show avoids prison in $10M mortgage-fraud case
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Municipalities:
House GOP opposes bankruptcy protections for Puerto Rico • U.S. House Republicans doubt benefits of Chapter 9 for Puerto Rico • House Judiciary Committee Unlikely to Act on Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Bill
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Congress balks at lifeline for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Declaring Bankruptcy Is Giving It a Bailout
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Chapter 9 and Puerto Rico
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First Circuit: Puerto Rico’s Recovery Act Preempted , Ball in Congress’s Court — But a Curious Concurrence Too
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Detroit...Greece...Puerto Rico...Does Anyone See A Pattern?
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Puerto Rico's 'Colonial' Power Struggle
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Profligate Puerto Rico's Problems So Possible to Predict
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Citi to Host Meeting with Puerto Rico Bondholders
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The Good News Behind Puerto Rico's Bad Debt
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Puerto Rico Debt Crisis: Hillary Hedges, O'Malley And Sanders Support Bankruptcy Option
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Puerto Rico Can't Afford Its Debt
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Detroit casino revenues soar this year, reversing trend
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Illinois governor proposes sweeping pension legislation
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Illinois and New Jersey Pension Decisions: Implications for Bondholders
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The 10 most distressed large cities in America
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Resorts:
Talks Agreed Over Baha Mar
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PM ‘cannot function’ as mediator after war of words with Baha Mar
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Baha Mar Sides Told: 'Leave Your Egos Out'
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'Better To Negotiate In Board Room Than Fight In Court Room'
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'Much Higher' Chance Baha Mar Owners Out
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S&P Warned: Don't 'Rush To Judgment' On Credit Downgrade
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Lawyer suggests resort could have restructured under Bahamian law
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Oil/Gas:
Oil and gas bankruptcies will be complex
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US crude oil inventories rise for a second week
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Goldman: $50 oil crushes hopes for U.S. drilling recovery this year • Oil Could Revisit Its Low Prices Again
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Oil Rout Set to End as Demand Trumps China, Greece Woes
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Shale Drilling Leaks More Methane Than Thought
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If China Loses Control, Look Out Oil
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Religion:
Video Divides Twin Cities Archdiocese, Abuse Victims
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Five former Belleville Oblate priests “credibly accused” of abusing minors
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Education:
Marco Rubio supports for-profit schools
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Environmental:
Bankruptcy judge approves cleanup deal in W.Va. spill case
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Fraud:
Parole again denied for ex-Carolina Investors exec Sheppard
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Criminal Charges Filed In Alleged $1.5 Billion Medical Factoring Ponzi Scheme
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Communications:
Standard Register asks bankruptcy court for more time
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Shipping:
Samsun Logix seeks bankruptcy protection again
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Gambling:
Paulson Said Close to Deal to Back Caesars Unit’s Restructuring
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Healthcare:
UMC asks bankruptcy judge to compel Children's Hospital to release financial information
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Millennium Health Taps Restructuring Advisers at Lazard
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Awards:
Alston & Bird Advises on “Healthcare Services Turnaround of the Year”
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Vault Law 100
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Food/Beverage:
100 Montaditos' Florida operator likely to emerge from bankruptcy
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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 (39 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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:
Bankruptcy Filings Decline 12 Percent for the First Half of 2015
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Avoidance Actions:
Fifth Circuit Certifies ‘Good-Faith-for-Value’ Issue to Texas Supreme Court in Golf Channel Case
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SCOTX to Take Swing at Stanford Litigation Involving the Golf Channel
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Sales:
Onward, Christian Soldiers: Some Guidance on 363 Sales, Fair Auctions, and Proposed Sales to Insiders
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Standing:
Derivative Standing in Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Recent Pleadings:
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TBTF:
Hedge Funds Are a Holdout in Fed’s Plan to Prevent the Next Lehman
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Taxis:
The 'Uber of helicopters' can get you from Manhattan to JFK for less than you think
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Hockey:
Talks to Avoid Mediation Move Otters Sale Closing Closer
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Pensions:
Pension Insurer Places Liens Against Times Publishing Co. for Missing Payments
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Coal:
Alpha May Sell Mining Assets of Three Affiliates
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Patriot Coal Seeks Millions in Retention Bonuses
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Student Debt:
Student Loans Can Be Discharged in Bankruptcy, But It’s Not Easy
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Ninth Circuit BAP Holds that Denial of a Student Loan Debt under Sec. 523(a)(8)(A)(ii) Requires Actual Receipt of Funds by the Debtor
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How soaring student debt threatens a vulnerable set: Americans over 60
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Consultants:
AlixPartners Names GC from American Airlines
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Sovereigns:
‘Vultures’ harass banks, says Deutsche
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Argentina Budget 2016 Does not Include Vulture Funds
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UK:
George Osborne introduces new national living wage amid raft of fresh measures
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Northern Irish Police Probe $6.9 Billion Cerberus Loans Deal
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EU:
In the end, Germany, not Greece, will be the loser
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The real problem with the EU is much bigger than Greece
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PIIGS:
Deadline day for Greece to deliver proposals • Greece has a reform plan and it includes a 3 year aid program • Greek solvency concerns are rising: Bundesbank • Greece Update • Joseph E. Stiglitz: The US Must Save Greece • France Helping Greece With Proposal for Creditors • Complete Capitulation by Tsipras Needed for Deal: Moec
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Greece tables new bailout plan as clock ticks down on Grexit • ECB chief Draghi says really difficult to save Greece • Fearful citizens max out credit cards buying iMacs and PlayStations • Greece: No-Man's Land • Greece may further tighten the noose on ATM withdrawals • Greek banks may face closures, bailout or not • Greece Submits New Loan Request, as Tsipras Takes Defiant Stance • Greece's D-Day and the future of Europe • The Greek Crisis Marks ‘the Beginning of the Collapse of Capitalism’ • Greece's banks won't open this week • Among businesses in US and Greece, cash is king • 5 reasons the eurozone could be stronger without Greece • Countdown to Grexit deadline day • Greece Slashed Pensions, Creditors Want More • Germany failed to learn from its own history--and Greece is paying the price • With friends like the European Union, does Greece need enemies? • Greek villagers' secret weapon: Growing their own food
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Spain scrambles in shadow of Greek contagion
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Berlusconi found guilty of bribing Italian senator
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Canada:
Owner of Nine West stores in Canada files for bankruptcy protection
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JF Moore Lithographers files notice of proposal
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China:
China stock markets stage a comeback after Beijing acts again • China's Shanghai Composite just logged its largest one-day rise since 2009 • 'China has destroyed its stock market in order to save it'
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One chart that explains China's stock market bubble
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China Stock Market Rout Jeopardizes $25 Billion in U.S. Buyout Deals
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China's market crash is reversing the most important thing the government has been trying to do in decades
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ADRs rocked as China’s stock market melts down
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Crash in Chinese stocks may just be beginning
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China's wealth plunge claims billionaires • China Bans Stock Sales by Major Shareholders for Six Months
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The bulls that broke China
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China's market crash dents nation's aura of invincibility
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