Law:
Two More Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Partners Say Firm Cut Corners
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Judge Rejects Howrey 'Unfinished Business' Claims
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Lawyers’ rates in Texas rocket
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GC to Firms: Study Our SEC Filings
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Biglaw Mommy: Stop Calling It ‘Vacation’ Already
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Former senator exits Bryan Cave after his testimony helped widow win $77M judgment from firm client
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Florida lawyer asks appeals court to unmask anonymous Avvo reviewer
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Can Lawyers Be People Too?
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Embracing Conflict As Lawyers
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LawProse: Caselaw: one word or two?
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Binder & Binder Cash Flow Beats Budget
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What to Ask if TAR is on the Table
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Albany Law School to Affiliate With SUNY-Albany Amidst 34% Enrollment Decline, Faculty Buyouts
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Everything we know about Apple's next big iPhone update, iOS 9
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A Social Media Primer For New Lawyers (2015 Edition) Part 1
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Law Clerk Gets Burned By Facebook Post
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“The Lawyer Bubble, A Profession in Crisis”
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Texas patent holding company files 49 lawsuits in a week, isn’t listed on own office building’s directory
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The 6 trendiest beard styles
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Arrest Warrants Issued To People Who Cheered At High School Graduation
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Furor Erupts Over Female Cal-Tech Science Prof's Advice To Post-Doc: 'Put Up With' Adviser Looking Down Her Shirt
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Man Accused Of Killing Son Over Potty Training
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Federal Circuit: US must pay attorney’s fee to lawyer who took veteran’s case 20 years ago
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US-born Israeli soldier won’t be jailed for eating non-kosher sandwich
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Science teacher suspended without pay for using a signal jammer to block his students' phones
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Lawyer Will Gladly Punch A Kid For You
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Judges:
7th Circuit judge writes one-sentence ‘maybe’ concurrence; was it a ‘dubitante’ opinion?
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Sotomayor Sounds Off: How the lack of professional diversity is hurting the high court
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Judge Accused Of “Tyrannical Partiality” By Ethics Commission Gets Indicted
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Wall Street:
US stocks set for lower open amid bond rout
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Stocks close higher on data, Greece
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The US could be heading for a big stock market crash • US market could be heading for a big correction
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Layoffs:
Last Task After Layoff: Train H-1B Foreign Replacements
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Kansas Agencies Brace for Furloughs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Vera Bradley Drops to Record Low as Brand Struggles for Buyers
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Frederick's of Hollywood Sale to Authentic Brands Approved by Judge
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Retail Stocks Up Despite a Sidelined American Consumer
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The Two ‘Ugliest’ Looking Companies in Retail
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Social Media:
Treatment of Social Media Accounts in Bankruptcy
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Coal:
UMWA pushes back on possible Patriot Coal sale to Blackhawk Mining
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Patriot bankruptcy sale proposal excludes union mines in W.Va.
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Peabody cutting coal production
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Mining Union President Urges Members to Lobby Against Natural Gas Plants - Reeling from the loss of coal-mining jobs in Appalachia
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Uncharted territory: What do Alpha Natural Resources self-bonding woes mean?
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Celebs:
Get rich or die tryin'
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Lehman:
Dick Fuld's Return to Wall Street Was Hard to Watch
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Education:
Purchaser of defunct for-profit begins to plot a strategy
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John Paulson to donate $400 million to Harvard • For the love of God, rich people, stop giving Harvard money
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Career Education cutting 149 jobs
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Non-Profits:
NYC nonprofit picks up programs from bankrupt agency
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Defaults:
Amid Volatility, High Yield Bond Defaults In May Most Since October 2009 • Speculative-grade bond defaults in May climb to highest since 2009, S&P report says
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Aviation:
Parker to retirees: American Airlines isn’t going to change its travel policy, period
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Politics:
Rudy Giuliani thinks it 'makes a lot of sense' for Michael Bloomberg to challenge Hillary Clinton
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Liz Warren vs. Mary Jo White: Woman-on-Woman Violence
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Elizabeth Warren targets auto loans
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Christie: $250,000 in Expenses, No Receipts
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Fact Check - Rick Perry: "One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."
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Corporate Reform:
After Hey Hey, Ho, Ho, Mary Jo It's Time to Go
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Soccer:
The net is closing on senior FIFA leaders
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Piazza interested in buying bankrupt Italian soccer team
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Private Equity:
Buyout Firms Cash Out at the Exit
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Economy:
Survey: US Business Hiring Picks up in May to 201,000
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Federal Reserve Board’s Survey Reveals State of Economic Recovery
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US, World Economies Slowing Down
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U.S. Workers Ask: Where's My Raise?
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Service sector expanded at a slower pace in May • Slower U.S. Services Growth Signals Subdued Economic Rebound
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Reports Paint Mixed Picture of US Economy
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29% of Americans over 55 have zero retirement savings
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The 9-to-5 job is dying • Working around-the-clock has become a status symbol in America
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A strong case for waiting until 2016 for Fed rate hike
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Almost everyone the Fed talks to says wages are going up
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5 sectors in the gravest danger from rising rates
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Federal Reserve policy helping rich get richer: BlackRock pro Rick Rieder
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Fed: The economy expanded during April and May
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You Make the 1% & Tax Rate Drops from There
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We have reached a tipping point where technology is now destroying more jobs than it creates, researcher warns
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New retirement age is not 65, not 95: It's higher
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Inequality worries Americans across parties: Poll
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Why men (at least pretend to) work longer
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
“Deed in Lieu”: Deed That Is Not Really In Lieu Of Foreclosure Will Likely Not Be Treated As a Deed
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Weekly Mortgage Apps. Plunge 7.6% on Higher Rates
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Beige Book: Housing continues to expand through the spring
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San Francisco Median Rent Skyrockets to $4,225 a month
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JPMorgan Partly Escapes WaMu Takeover Mortgage Liabilities • J.P. Morgan Wins in WaMu Case
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Snakes in walls: Realtor accused of selling infested home
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Second-Lien Holders No Longer Second Class
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HOA Fights Swingers Home
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Hollywood realistically tackles foreclosure crisis with '99 Homes'
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Older Americans Facing Record Foreclosures
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico’s Power Agency Forecasts $3 Billion in Annual Operating Expenses
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After Loss of Pension Amount, Increase in Taxes Await Residents of Wayne County
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Here Are the U.S. Cities Where Wage Growth Has Lagged Job Growth
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Opera:
Rival Bidders in Talks On Reviving New York City Opera
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Oil/Gas:
OPEC set to keep pumping as oil price stabilizes • Saudis and OPEC want to kill the US shale industry with cheaper oil • Saudis Believe They are Winning The Oil Price War
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US crude oil inventories tumbled last week
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CNBC Oil Survey: No OPEC action, but what about shale?
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More OPEC Oil Coming When Iranian Sanctions Removed
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Some OPEC members are floating a new 'fair' price for crude
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Six Faces in the Race to Pump More Oil
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Barclays: Expect production to rise for a few companies taking advantage of cheap oil
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Bankrupt Ivanhoe Energy assets to be sold 'in near term'
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Oil Company Championed By Former Billionaire Goes Bankrupt
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Asian Financial Sector Hit Hard By Low Oil Prices
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"Dealing with Counterparty/Bankruptcy Risk in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry"
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Mining:
Moody’s Downgrades Molycorp • Rare-Earths Miner Molycorp Prepares to File for Bankruptcy Protection
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China's Rare Earth Plays Fly While Molycorp Teeters
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Steel:
Algoma Looks Distressed Again, Eight Months After Debt Reprieve
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Fraud:
FIFA auditor KPMG totally whiffed on bribery scandal
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Judge Gives Trustee Green Light to Seek 'Fictitious Profits' From Madoff Customers
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Miami Investment Adviser Accused Of $2 Million Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retired Public Sector Employees
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SEC Seeks Deceased Alleged Ponzi Schemer's Life Insurance Proceeds To Pay Victims
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Gambling:
The Litigation in Caesars’ Bankruptcy Case is Decadent and Depraved
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Caesars argues case for staying lawsuits related to bankrupt unit
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Adviser of Caesars Unit Sees Danger in Lawsuits Continuing Against Parent
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Hard Rock just revealed plans for a new casino that could put Atlantic City out of business
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Viaticals:
Buying Out Life Insurance Policies Is A Bad Investment When People Keep Living
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Healthcare:
El Paso Children's Hospital Foundation: says donations will never go toward debt, bankruptcy costs
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Yadkin sues hospital operator
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Moody's downgrades East Liverpool City Hospital bond rating
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6.4 Million Could Lose Obamacare Subsidies
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13% Have Fallen Off Obamacare Rolls
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Guns:
Colt to Trim Unsecureds Recoveries If Tender Rejected
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Tech:
GT Advanced Technologies Extends Solicitation Period in Connection With DIP Loan Facility
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Why Tesla’s Musk is no corporate welfare queen
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Metals:
Portland metal recycler files for Chapter 11
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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 (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (107 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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Updated Means Test Information for Cases Filed on and After May 15, 2015
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Lien Stripping:
The Supreme Court Continues Stability In The Secondary Mortgage Market
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A Victory for Lenders—for Now
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Intercreditor:
RadioShack; Unitranche Clarity, or Radio Silence?
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Tax:
First Circuit tells late filers that tax debts are not dischargeable in bankruptcy
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Baron David de Rothschild’s Bank Fined Over U.S. Tax Dodging
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Privilege:
What Corporate Officers and Trustees Need to Know About the Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege in Bankruptcy
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Secured Debt:
Collateral Descriptions and Blanket Liens: Is the Kitchen Sink Enough
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Proofs of Claim:
You’re Late! You’re Late! For a Very Important Date! Seventh Circuit Holds Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c) Deadline to File Proofs of Claim Applies to Secured Claims
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TBTF:
House bill would limit Fed emergency powers
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Keep Dreaming, Regulators: Bailout Risk Is Alive and Well
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Agriculture:
Strawberry Farm Takes Dispute With Selling Agent to Bankruptcy Court
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Personal Finance:
How to buy more time when you're considering a job offer
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Consultants:
GlassRatner Announces Worldwide Financial Advisory, Insolvency & Restructuring Group Launch
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Telecoms:
NII Holdings chief denies giving creditors sweetheart deal in bankruptcy case
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Weather:
Freddie Mac extends disaster relief to borrowers in Texas, Oklahoma
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Hockey:
Lead bidder says he would keep Otters in Erie
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Pens hire bank to gauge team finances
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UK:
Ex-Barclays chairman says a historic move to slice UK banks into two arms could destroy the economy
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A devastating Credit Suisse note says Britain's economy is screwed
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Bank of England Holds Rate Steady
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Lloyd's Loses Case to Screw Investors Out of £1B
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Weil’s London Restructuring and Structured Finance team advises Barclays on the £1.5 billion financial restructuring of the General Healthcare Group
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EU:
ECB says won't roll back QE, wants Greece to stay in euro • German Bonds Fall After Draghi Comments • ECB sees growth faltering as it presses on with QE
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Why Draghi laughs at notion of an ECB ‘exit strategy’
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Global Bonds Battered a Day After Draghi Comments
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PIIGS:
Tsipras rebuffs reform proposal • Tsipras says more talks needed for deal • Tsipras sees Greek deal, but differences remain • Greece to make counter-offer on deal to creditors • What reforms are EC, IMF and Athens arguing over? • Can Greece and its lenders bridge their differences? • The axe is about to fall on Greece • 'Combative' negotiations resume after 'some aspects of a financing deal' agreed overnight • Greek Groundhog Day: Talks Fail to Break Impasse
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Greece's Creditors Make Some Concessions as Showdown Approaches • France, Germany agree to ease budget targets in debt deal: Greek govt • Creditors' offer prompts anger, dismay in Greece • Germany Fin Ministry: Greece’s Financing Proposal Not Sufficient to Meet Lenders’ Requirements • Greece proposes low primary surplus targets, VAT reform • Greece : The never-ending crisis • Spanish economy minister 'totally sure' of Greek deal • Why Greece could erupt into complete chaos • Greece may opt for elections if hard pressed with EU/IMF ultimatum • Warning: Greek debt drama could spread disaster
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Here's What Defaults Did to Other Countries as Greece Teeters
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Risk As Greek Deposits Bleed
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New provisions for secured creditors in the Spanish Insolvency Act
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Canada:
The View From Up North: A Look At Who’s Advising On The Biggest Canadian Deals
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China:
Alibaba to sell portfolio of bad loans online
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Australia:
Australian Indemnitees from the Perspective of US Noteholders
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Courts eye SMSF assets of bankrupt estates as 'honeypot' grows
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India:
Markets hammer debt-laden firms
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South Korea:
US fund Elliott challenges Samsung Group restructuring move
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