Law:

New York firms mull possible 300-attorney merger; they’re ‘dating’ but ‘not engaged,’ leader says • Layoff Watch: Biglaw Firm Lays Off 30+
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Layoffs hit Goodwin Procter amid decline in litigation • Goodwin Procter Slashes 2 Percent of Workforce
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Study: Not only law school prestige but proximity points graduates to BigLaw partnership
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Biglaw Mommy: Privacy Please
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Top Silicon Valley investor Keith Rabois: Software will replace doctors and lawyers
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Sedgwick Loses 12% Of Partners As Firm Turns To Core Areas
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MoFo Hits Slump in Revenue, Profits
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Interactive Chart: How Top New York Firms Fared in 2014 | The American Lawyer
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Private Equity And Litigation Finance
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Big Law’s Response to Online Attacks
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Retired Partners Have Stories to Tell
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General counsel, 3 others federally convicted in conspiracy to fleece Las Vegas HOAs
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Lawyer and wife win $26M jury verdict Tuesday; defendant cab company immediately files bankruptcy
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Law School Fire Sale: Pace Offers to Match In-State Public Tuition • Private Law Program to Match State School Rates
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Why Lawyers Need To Proofread Their Ad Copy
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Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Are Gross
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The Arrogant Lawyer’s Guide To A Successful Practice
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Document Review Attorney Takes On Deloitte
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LawProse: “Lie low” or “lay low”?
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A former FBI agent reveals 3 techniques for detecting deception
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TX: Bankruptcy Lawyer Disbarred After Repeated Sanctions
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Philadelphia law firm facing class action over representation of tax attorney
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Driverless cars could cut police forces in half
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An epic and extremely rare cheating trial is coming to an end, and it could send teachers to prison for 20 years
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Here's what Jon Stewart said about Robert Durst after his shocking murder trial verdict in 2003
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Jailed: Law student who advertised for jihadi husband
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Bag of marijuana falls from lawyer’s pocket in court; paralegal provides explanation
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Sheriff Joe Admits to Contempt of Court
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Lawyer who 'dressed as TSA worker for cavity search s-- tapes' accused of choking girlfriend
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Say What?
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Judges:

Pet zebra mauls judge
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Judge p--- scandal: Criminals could seek to overturn convictions
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Wall Street:

U.S. Index Futures Decline After Stocks ' Rally on Fed Optimism
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Stocks Jump After Fed Ditches ‘Patient’ • Dovish Fed whipsaws markets
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The True Shame Is That Wall Street Bonuses Aren't Much Bigger
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Layoffs:

Report: Sharp plans to cut 6,000 jobs and spend $1.7 billion to restructure
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Telecoms:

LightSquared plans to repay Dish Network chairman in full • New LightSquared Plan Would Pay Off Dish's Ergen in Cash • Ergen Cash-Out Paves Way For LightSquared Ch. 11 Exit • New LightSquared Restructuring Plans Offer Exit From 3-Year Bankruptcy Battle
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Soccer:

Parma chaos escalates as Chairman Manenti arrested
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Parma bankruptcy postponed?
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Construction:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals: no coverage under title insurance for mechanics' liens arising after construction lender stops funding
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Retailing:

As Sears stumbles, suppliers grow uneasy: Report • Sears Tries to Calm Supplier Jitters - Retailer accelerates payments; weak results make it harder to insure orders
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Big Lender Brawl Breaks Out in RadioShack Bankruptcy: Salus Capital seeks to put a lid on credit bidding at a bankruptcy auction
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Vista Ridge Mall owner looks to walk away and list it for foreclosure
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Pressure To Raise Minimum Wage to $9 Being Led By Large Retailers
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Publishing:

Family Christian Stores drops bankruptcy plan
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Celebs:

'Real Housewives' star Joe Giudice gets temporary reprieve in driver's license fraud case
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Non-Profits:

FEGS Files for Bankruptcy Over Fiscal Collapse • Bankruptcy filings detail FEGS descent • Federation Employment and Guidance Services finally files Chapter 11
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Corporate Reform:

Elizabeth Warren Strikes Back Against New GOP Efforts to Weaken Dodd-Frank
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Currency:

U.K. To Regulate Bitcoin Exchanges
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Healthcare:

Memphis: Hospital's resurrection may be near
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Attorney General Kamala Harris Blasts Prime Healthcare’s Deal Pullout
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CA: North County health care continues to teeter
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Gambling:

Delaware Court Refuses to Squash Asset Transfer Suit Against Caesars
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The Restructuring of Trump Taj Mahal Set to Begin
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Electricity:

Longview Power cleared to exit Chapter 11 with financing deal
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Where Will Longview Power Rank Among The Top 10 Largest Ch. 11 Debtor Exits?
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Shipping:

Sobelmar Antwerp And Vessel Subsidiaries Commence Chapter 11 Reorganization Cases
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Chapter 11 filing to protect assets amid court fight over loan
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Alternative Energy:

USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation Files Bankruptcy; Will Pursue A Sale
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Six-Cent Bonds Signal Wind Farm Creditors Are Bracing for Worst
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Economy:

Fed Drops ‘Patient’ Pledge • Fed Cuts 'Patient,' but Downgrades Economic Outlook • Fed opens door for rate hike even as it downgrades economic outlook • Fed Drops Patient Stance, Opening Door to June Rate Increase • Yellen: This decision 'doesn't mean we're going to be impatient' • Fed takes one step toward rate hike but scales back intended pace • Must Here's what changed in the new Fed statement • Fed Officials Trim Back Estimates Of Interest Rate Rises Amid Big Forecast Changes • Full Text
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10-year yields slump below 2% in wake Fed decision
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National Credit Default Rates Show Mixed Results in February
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Consumer Spending May Fall Next Year
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Why the American Dream is Unraveling
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What Happened to Middle Class Families?
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Yellen Says Strong Dollar Holding Down Exports and Inflation, But Reflects U.S. Economy’s Strength
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U.S. Stocks, Bonds Gain on Fed Caution
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Bond Traders to Yellen: You're Wrong on Oil's Impact on Economy
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Everything Americans are worried about, in one chart
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Dalio: This looks like 1937
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Banks likely to face avalanche of bad corporate loans this year
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Investors Raise Alarm Over Liquidity Shortage
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Robert Reich: In our horrifying future, very few people will have work or make money
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Lost Mortgage Notes: Those Pesky State UCC Variations
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Borrowing After Bankruptcy
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US Foreclosure Activity Down 4 Percent in February to Lowest Level Since July 2006
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Risky housing policies and the slowly inflating bubble
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Is more trouble brewing between Ocwen and HLSS?
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'Bankruptcy baron' to auction off 13 properties
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Did housing starts nose dive because of a labor shortage?
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A Craigslist for mortgage bond traders?
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Housing Waits–and Waits–on Millennials
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Chicago Spire bankruptcy quietly ends. Now what?
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Report: Texas housing more resilient to oil prices
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Municipalities:

Historic Detroit bankruptcy doodle to be donated to DIA
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Detroit pay-raise gambit defines 'bad optics' • Would city council pay raise impact the Plan of Adjustment?
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Detroit financial review commission hires bankruptcy expert Martha Kopacz as adviser
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Puerto Rico Faces Fiscal Distress in Cities
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Auditor: San Bernardino unlikely to meet deadline
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A New Fulcrum Point for City Survival
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America's Most Unequal Cities • Income inequality increasing in major US cities
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How to Stop the Stadium Wars • Sports Stadiums Are a Bad Public Investment
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Investors seek government seizure of Wallace Bajjali real estate
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Oil/Gas:

Thurs. A.M.: Oil futures give up gains as oversupply fears resurface
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Weds. P.M.: Brent oil slips as data shows record U.S. inventories • Crude Oil Prices Drop Again, but They're Unlikely to Hit $20 • U.S. Oil Prices Turn Positive After Fed Statement - EIA's inventory report shows crude supplies in Cushing, Okla., at another record high • Oil rallies on Fed news despite higher supplies
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Saudi crude exports in January reached highest in 11 months
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Drilling data shows U.S. oil production is slowing
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Report: Oil firms’ rising debts add downward price pressure
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Another Oil Company Files For Bankruptcy, More Companies To Follow
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Quicksilver bankruptcy: Who are the company's debt holders?
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Why Willbros Group Inc Stock Blasted Down 57% •Willbros Group may come under financial pressure in oil slump
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Quicksilver files for bankruptcy protection, plans to continue operations

America is brimming with oil
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ConocoPhillips to lay off 200 Canadian workers
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Dallas Fed: Texas job growth to slow, Houston to see the biggest impact
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5 charts explaining the US shale boom
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The Downside of Cheap Gasoline
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Autos:

GM says will shut Russian plant, wind down Opel brand
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Tax:

Life after loopholes leaves Luxembourg scrambling to preserve tax-haven status
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Flooring:

Does It Even Matter If Lumber Liquidators Is Telling the Truth?
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Politics:

This is the best news Hillary Clinton has had in weeks
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Democratic support for Hillary is waning
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16 Iowa Democratic leaders sign Elizabeth Warren presidential run letter • New Hampshire pols plead for Warren to run
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Trump card: ‘The Donald’ eyes a White House bid • Donald Trump: Only I Can Make America Great Again
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Bush served on board of Florida timber firm facing lawsuits
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Fact Check: "Jeb Bush has released 10 percent of his emails."
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The GOP's Fiscal Phonies
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Personal Finance:

The myth of the senior discount
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Fraud:

Picard Taps SCOTUS Pro for Swipe at Madoff 'Net Winners'
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Back in the saddle again: Madoff feeder fund plaintiffs closer to recovery from fund service providers Citco and PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Church swindler Ephren Taylor sentenced to long prison time
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Think the Petters bankruptcy has lasted forever? So does a judge
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Taxis:

Yellow Cab Chicago hit with $26M verdict, files for bankruptcy • Yellow Cab files bankruptcy after $26 million verdict
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Defaults:

Moody's: Global spec-grade corporate default rate rises slightly in February
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Beauty:

For Some Face-Lift Chains, Future Doesn't Look Pretty
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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 (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (21 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

March Madness: Weil’s Elite Eight --- The Survey
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Tax:

Discharging Tax Debts in Bankruptcy
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Avoidance Actions:

Eighth Circuit Says Focus is on the Intent of the Debtor in Fraudulent Transfer Law, Does Not Adopt Ponzi Scheme Presumption
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Safe Harbors:

Swap Agreement Safe Harbors at Risk in Latest Lehman Dispute
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IP:

Trump Card: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Deals Trademark Owner The Winning Hand Over A Debtor Licensee
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Religion:

The Seventh Circuit Injects Common Sense into Religious Liberty Debates with Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. Listecki
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US Presbyterian Church OKs Gay Marriage
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Priest arrested for repeated exorcisms on anorexic girl
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Student Debt:

U.S. student borrowers need relief in bankruptcy
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A now-defunct college at the center of a student loan boycott marketed itself to people who liked daytime TV
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Education:

WIS Student Records End Up with Bankruptcy Attorney
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Food/Beverage:

Kareem: Starbucks race conversations 'could quickly escalate to violence'
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Video Games:

The Angry Birds brand is in big trouble
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Tech:

GT Advanced to Pursue $95 Million Bankruptcy Loan: Manufacturer filed for bankruptcy protection last year after Apple spurned the sapphire screen material it had produced
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Aviation:

Airbus Said to Seek $700m From Skymark for Canceled Orders
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U.S. Airlines Seek Ban on Gulf Carrier Trips From Outside Region
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Pharma:

MannKind's Financial Health Complicated by Looming $100M Debt Payment
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Sovereigns:

Argentina wants to hold Citigroup hostage • Citigroup Stock Lower as Argentina Won’t Allow Custody Business Exit
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Argentina opposes "me-too" claims for $5.4 bln in US Courts
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Judge OKs Hunt for Argentine Millions
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Kicillof: Citibank has incriminated itself
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EU:

Frankfurt Flares as Anti-Austerity Protesters Rage Against ECB --- Riots at the European Central Bank
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Draghi says 'European unity is being strained'
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The euro is plunging again after yesterday's colossal surge
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PIIGS:

Greek PM demands EU stop 'unilateral actions' as tensions flare
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Greece Passes Anti-Poverty Bill Despite EU Concerns
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EU's Schulz warns before summit Greek finances are 'dangerous'
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EU aims to solve its Greek 'elephant'
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Merkel downplays hopes for Greek deal
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EU to tell Greece time, patience running out
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Biggest euro threat? The guys running Greece?
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"Varoufakis problem" weighs on Greek debt talks
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Did a German comedian fake Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis giving Germany the finger?
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Spain's bank fund says will not bail out BPA's Banco Madrid
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Russia:

GM Says It Won't Throw Good Money After Bad in Russia
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Mechel Rebounds as Debt Talk Quells Bankruptcy Concern
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Sweden:

Sweden's central bank cuts rates deeper into negative territory
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Andorra:

Fitch Downgrades Banca Privada d'Andorra to 'RD'; off RWN
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Brazil:

Swiss prosecutor finds 300 bank accounts linked to Petrobas scandal • Switzerland Freezes $400 Million Amid Petrobras Laundering Probe
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Brazil operator suspends payments for FPSO
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Brazil watchdog says tycoon Batista failed to inform market
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Petrobras Bankruptcy Seen Unlikely Despite Tumult in Brazil
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Malaysia:

Don claims veil of secrecy surrounding 1MDB’s affairs not unusual
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Bulgaria:

Bulgaria changes law to reverse Corpbank asset drain
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MENA:

Netanyahu Scores Dramatic Election Victory
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China:

Record Fall in China Real Estate Market
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Australia:

Mutiny on the Bounty Descendants Will Lose Control Over Bankrupt Island
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