Law:
Quinn Winning Less of the Time, But Still Willing to Brag
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'Missing' $20 Million at Issue in Lawyers' Divorce
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The Foreign-Bribery Case Exposing the Freebies Doled Out by American Law Firms
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How Boston's fastest-growing large law firm, increased its revenue 15% last year
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Indiana Tech Law School denied provisional accreditation
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Florida Coastal Law’s New Dean Optimistic, Delusional
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Watchdog: Report Of Favoritism In University Of Texas Law School Admissions Whitewashed Evidence Of LSAT Scores Of Admittees In The 130s
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Law school applications continue to fall
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The New 1L: First-Year Lawyering With Clients
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Nelson Mullins Sees Manhattan Middle Market Opportunity
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Lawyers Cannot Be Held Liable For Malpractice If The Bad Advice They Give Leads To A Result That Was Not Foreseeable
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Freshfields freezes associate pay
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Norton Rose shamed over unpaid interns
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Outside BigLaw: The Office Decision, Home Or Office?
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The Cost Of Leaving Biglaw In Dollars
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: How To Meditate: A Guide For Lawyers (Part II)
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To Dodge Conflicts, Make Waivers Specific
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Fired bankruptcy attorney sues county
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Dentons' Vast Ambitions
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App: The Devil's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terms
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Why I'm breaking up with my Apple Watch
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Rainmaking – The Greatest Secret Revealed
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Habits of the most irresistible people
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Why you can't stop procrastinating • Biggest time-wasters at work? You may be surprised
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The Constitution Applies Even in Texas
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Family of car crash victim had no right to know brain was removed during autopsy, court rules
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Widow’s suit blames disability lawyer for her husband’s suicide
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Houston law firm seeks to stop former attorney from ‘courting’ clients
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Woman suspected of helping plan getaway for escaped murderers 'thought it was love'
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Lawyer’s idea spawns industry that finds successful accident plaintiffs to repay insurers
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Texas teacher let go after saying McKinney pool party ‘almost’ shows need for racial segregation • Florida high-school principal who defended Texas cop at pool party has been fired • McKinney 911 Caller Convicted of Torturing Animals
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Judge finds probable cause to charge police officers in Cleveland boy’s shooting death
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Man Avoids Jury Duty by Wearing Prisoner Costume
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Media luvvie lawyers in cat fight over alleged assault on bus
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TX: Cops Shut Down Kid's Lemonade Stand
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Judges:
Retired judge is arrested after allegedly shooting at cops
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Judge Shames Lawyers Over Midnight Filings In Awesomely Sarcastic Order
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BK ND CA: Reassignment of San Jose Division Caseload
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Why the City of Charming always got along with the Sons of Anarchy
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Biglaw Firm Gets Benchslapped Over Conflicts
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Obama looks to save his legacy from the Supreme Court
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Judge is ousted by fellow jurists; did courtroom cameras contribute to his defeat?
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Casting The Supreme Court
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SCOTUS to Decide Next President?
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks set to struggle
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Global stocks down as Greece dents impact of strong US data
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US stocks end higher, building on prior day's rally
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Traders taking cover for a big shift in market mood
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Coal:
Walter delays interest payments on some loans • Delaying Bond Payment Amid Lender Negotiations • Walter Energy: Weaker Metallurgical Coal Pricing Appears To Have Accelerated Its Bankruptcy Filing
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Steep slump in coal stocks, as investors bail, began before CO2 concerns
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Television:
Rockets And Astros File Lawsuit Against Comcast • Potential blockbuster lawsuit filed against Comcast in CSN Houston collapse • Comcast Sued Over Claims It Sabotaged Houston Sports Network • The Complaint
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Electricity:
Who's leading the pack in the hunt for Oncor?
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Traffic Safety:
Road to Record $199 Million Award Began With Hunch on Guardrails
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Mass Torts:
GM, outside firm conspired to hide faulty ignition switches, lawyer alleges • Texas lawyer in recall suit accuses GM of coverup
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Transparency Sought in Train Derailment Settlement
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Soccer:
Lucarelli: Parma’s bankruptcy hearing is last roll of the dice
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Consumer Finance:
Payday Lender Calls 36% Rate Cap Impossible
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Economy:
Missing-in-Action U.S. Consumer Returns as Retail Sales •After Retail Sales Rise, Economists Are Feeling Better About the Economy • Retail sales point to revival of U.S. growth
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U.S. business inventories rise
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US Household Wealth Hits Nearly $85 Trillion
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Corporations Now Have $1.82 Trillion in Cash
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Most Afraid They Can't Stay Middle Class
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The Fed still fears lifting rates: former insider
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How the Fed screwed up the bond market
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Applications for jobless aid edge up • But remain near historical lows
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Drivers saving more at the pump just buy more
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Billionaire luxury chief says wealth gap 'unfair'
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Generation X Frets Its Financial Stability
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Average US Rate on 30-Year Mortgage Jumps to High for Year
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‘Zombie’ foreclosures up in L.A., other big cities • Banks annihilating 'zombie' foreclosures
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The average Manhattan rent now tops $4,000
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U.S. still drowning in mortgage debt
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Mortgage modification scammers bilked homeowners out of millions
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Freddie Mac completes first small pool sale of deeply delinquent mortgages
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Cash sales decline again, drop to 34.6%
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11 cities where minimum-wage workers are getting crushed by rent
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Municipalities:
These Chicago bonds are making investors' mouths water • Chicago Bonds Tainted by Cut to Junk Lure Wells as Yields Climb
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Illinois to Halt Most Payments Without Budget , Comptroller Says
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Fitch Maintains Rating Watch Negative on Wayne Co., MI's GOs
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How Detroit's water talks could wipe another Michigan city off the map
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Bronx President Diaz Backs Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Effort
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Bondholders to appeal in San Bernardino bankruptcy
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Bills aim to help Atlantic City's finances, casinos
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The Flawed Texas Miracle
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Retailing:
J. Crew is falling apart
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Judge plans to go into ‘uncharted legal territory’ to stop Macy’s from collecting shoplifting fines
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Why Sears Success Might Depend On Copying Spanish Hypermarket El Corte Ingles
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Oil/Gas:
Oil futures fall further
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BP: U.S. overtakes Russia and Saudi Arabia as largest oil producer
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Harvard: It's time to unlock 'perhaps the largest single opportunity to change America’s competitiveness'
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Oil Glut is Getting Bigger
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Hope Fades for Oil Field Workers
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Countries’ Oil Consumption, Ranked
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Energy Accounts For 27 Percent of Chapter 11s With $100 Million or More in Liabilities
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U.S. shale boom: It’s a game changer
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How to separate the risky from the safe among oil and gas companies
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Oil producer Afren misses payment on $360M note as debt restructuring nears
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Trap Oil Looks at Selling Some North Sea Assets to Survive
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Lehman:
Lehman Claims Are in the Billions
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Lehman Brothers' afterlife in India
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Gambling:
Owner of former Revel complex failed to pay for legal work, lawsuit says
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Politics:
Warren doesn’t have the right stuff, Dimon says
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This GOP candidate will win nomination: CFO survey
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Montana Guv: Noah was 600 years old when he build the Ark, so why do Americans need retirement?
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Jeb Bush's “Scarlet Letter” law
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Lawyer ends campaign to elect his pet pig Giggles as mayor of Flint, Michigan
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Hockey:
Deadline Set For Otters Bidders
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Coyotes will fight Glendale over arena lease • Glendale's Latest Arena Woes Are A Cautionary Tale For Other Cities
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Resorts:
After Financial Crisis, Fates of Lender and Borrower Diverge
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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort: The $23 million judgment day • May grants Colony trustee's auction request
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Agriculture:
Bankruptcy pits strawberry grower vs. marketer
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Food/Beverage:
Nirvana Files for Bankruptcy Due to Cash Shortage and Loan Defaults
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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 (21 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:
(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:
Total Bankruptcy Filings Drop Again Despite Commercial Uptick
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Thirty-one Ch. 11 Debtors To Date List $100M or More In Debt
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Bankruptcy abuse act, a decade later
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Avoidance Actions:
The Seventh Circuit’s Deprizio Doctrine and its Aftermath
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Recent Pleadings:
Dechert and debtor's lenders sued for "fraud perpetrated on the Court", scheme alleged to benefit insiders
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Litigation:
How to Build a Quality Litigation Finance Firm
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Litigation Bets Burn Hedge Funds
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Telecoms:
NII restructuring helps all creditors, even objectors - adviser
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Celebs:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a French court he participated in s-- parties because he needed 'recreational sessions' while he was 'saving the world' • Strauss-Kahn acquitted of aggravated pimping
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Healthcare:
Mediator appointed in UMC, Children's Hospital dispute; healthcare ombudsman approved
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Mid-year report: 9 called-off deals, 5 hospital, health system bankruptcies in 2015
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Fight to keep community hospital open could bankrupt healthcare district
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Inland-owned group renames four OC hospitals
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Education:
Robert Reich Sounds Off On How America Has Failed Its Students
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American Boychoir School students to live with host families as officials pursue new space
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Hollywood:
New York judge rejects $50 million lawsuit from producer whose companies were thrown into bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:
Bundesbank official says euro country insolvency should be possible
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Ukraine Bonds Drop Amid Escalation of Rhetoric With Creditors
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Argentina's “Me-Toos” Make Sure No Vultures Left Behind
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UK:
Dwindling Supply of Homes For Sale Drive Prices Higher in U.K.
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EU:
German Bund yields dip after IMF walks out of Greek talks
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PIIGS:
Greek bank stocks plunge after debt negotiations stall • Greek stocks dive as ‘Grexit’ risks rise
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Tsipras's impossible position
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Merkel 'resigned to Grexit' and 'has asked experts to draw up plans' to protect German economy
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Greek govt says ready to conclude debt deal in coming days • IMF quits Greek talks; EU tells Tsipras: stop gambling • 'Major differences' • Greek talks in crisis after IMF leaves table • Analysts assess breakdown in Greek debt talks • IMF pulls negotiators out of Greece bailout talks, piling pressure on Athens to compromise • Tsipras, Juncker end talks, saying work continues • IMF, EU pour cold water on Greek debt deal • German gov't consulting on what to do if Greece goes bankrupt-report • El-Erian sounds alarm over continued Greek crisis
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Vatican bank furnished crucial information for fraud charges against Italian religious order, fraudulent bankruptcy
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How the Financial Crisis in Spain has Affected Enforcement of Secured Loans
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Ukraine:
Ukraine's creditors must share the country's pain
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Russian groups crowdfund the war in Ukraine
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War-weary Ukraine shutters cash-starved banks as trust falls
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Vuhillia Ukrainy applies for bankruptcy
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Zimbabwe:
Zimbabweans to get $5 for quadrillions of local money
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Brazil:
Banks agree on $5 billion bailout of Sete Brasil -sources
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Argentina:
Teamsters reject 26% salary increase
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Cyprus:
Electric operator in north Cyprus faces bankruptcy - chairman
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