March 25, 2015

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Law:

Lawyer Moms Are Absolutely Terrifying
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Results Are In: Law Firms Still Plagued by Financial Pressures
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Arnstein & Lehr Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Firms Help Settlement Holders Cash Out Payments Meant to Last a Lifetime
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Business of Law
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Which law schools are most popular with would-be students?
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The Most Expensive Law Schools In The United States
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Confused Law Student Applies For Job With Federal Court That Doesn’t Exist
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UNH Law bans ex-chief justice
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The Road Not Taken: Love In An Elevator
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Why You Don’t Deserve Your Colleague’s Business
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Beyond Biglaw: Gadflys Wanted?
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Technology for Meaningful Legal Collaboration
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The new MacBook has one major downside
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A lawyer in Austin, Texas has admitted to putting 'exclusively for white people' stickers on stores
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Prosecutor's shocking confession reveals how he sent an innocent man to his death
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Condo to Require Dog DNA Samples from All Owners
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If Kleiner Perkins loses, who pays? Lawyer in Silicon Valley lawsuit says firm judged men and women differently Kleiner’s Pao Said at Trial's End To Be Victim of Boys Club Bias Bias Trial Takes Big Toll on Kleiner
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Musher "snapped the lawyer’s arm like a piece of driftwood"
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Keith Wetmore (MoFo)and Funeral Homes
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Judge calls $600K legal fee in fast-track $1.5M settlement for woman punched by cop ‘unconscionable’
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Man dodges jury duty 11 times but is arrested when he comes to court to contest child-support ruling
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Students Ordered to Remove Flag Shirts Ask High Court to Hear Their Case
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Judges:

New Bankruptcy Judge for Central California Martin Robb Barash Appointed Judge for U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
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The Howard Shipley case: A lesson for others
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Two Justices Resist Revealing Reasons for Recusals
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Appeals court says magistrate had power to hold former TV judge Joe Brown in contempt and jail him
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Flat Ahead Of Durable-Goods Orders Data Stock futures stuck on ‘sleeping giant’ dollar
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Stocks fall: Nasdaq under 5K, Dow sheds 105
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Overpriced stocks are headed for trouble, says federal agency
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Fed can’t hold this market’s hand forever
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Layoffs:

Bell Helicopter will cut 315 more jobs
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16 Cities With Double Digit Unemployment
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Awards:

Eve Karasik Named Bankruptcy Lawyer Of The Year
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Law Firms See Big Mess in Rankings, Awards
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Food/Beverage:

100 Montaditos Franchise Fight Is Heating Up
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Bankrupt Casey restaurant barge sinks into Tennessee River, despite pumps - Trustee: "It's a concern" After pumps stolen, bankrupt Chattanooga waterfront barge sinks Plan sought to raise, move sinking barge from Tennessee River after act of 'sabotage'
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Mega Merger: Kraft and Heinz are forming the world's 5th biggest food company
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The 10 best hidden restaurants in NYC
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Mass Torts:

Philly asbestos lawyer: Pre-trial focus only on solvent companies
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Retailing:

Standard General wins rights to RadioShack in $535M package Standard General reportedly posts winning bid for RadioShack assets RadioShack Creditors Weigh Standard General Takeover Offer Standard General boosts offer for RadioShack
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RadioShack's Bankruptcy Auction May Include Your Personal Data
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Fraud:

Misleading corporate statements of opinion can be basis for investor suits, Supreme Court says Facts, Opinions, Omissions, and Context: The U.S. Supreme Court Issues Omnicare Opinion
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SIPC: Madoff Trustee's Major Settlement with Defender Feeder Fund Shows Importance of "Clawback" Tool in Recovery Process
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Fitness:

OR: Workers' paychecks bounce after RiverPlace, Hawthorn athletic clubs' abrupt closures
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Aviation:

AAMRQ holders may get some more stock soon
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Star Marianas Air seeks enforcement of judgment vs Freedom Air
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What Really Happened to Germanwings Flight 4U9525?
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Electricity:

Energy Future bankruptcy unlikely to resolve for another year
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Oncor debt gets a BBB+ rating from Fitch while auction looms
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Environmental:

Judge approves insurance deal for Freedom Industries Freedom may enter DEP remediation program Freedom Industries Gives Update on Cleanup Amidst Bankruptcy
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Compensation:

7 CEOs Net $700 Million in Just Dividends
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Economy:

47% of American households save nothing
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Key Measures Show Low Inflation in February
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Bullard Says Markets Risk Rate-Rise Surprise If They Ignore Fed
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Core Consumer Prices Increase More Than Projected
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Fed to Markets: Get Ready for Higher Rates (But Not Too High) The Fed Will Take Baby Steps On Rate Hikes
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Goldman: U.S. Job Growth Has Been Running Too Hot
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Where Have All Our Wages Gone?
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US Autoworkers: First Raise in a Decade?
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2 charts show how ridiculous the wage gap between men and women really is
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Why is it so hard for millennials to get a job?
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States with the most multimillionaires
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Partisan Politics and the Inequality Gap
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The 15 Biggest Losers in Global Trade
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Walmart is Largest Employer in 20 States
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Does Robert Reich Actually Understand Any Economics At All?
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ATA Trucking Index declined in February
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

New home sales crush expectations Here's the backstory on the bounce in new home sales Slowing Momentum Might Signal Peak in New-Home Prices
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California home sales boom hits six-year high
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Updated Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in February
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Mortgage applications jump 9.5% in mid-March
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THIS masks a nasty surprise for homebuyers
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Ocwen shrinkage continues as NYSE threatens delisting Ocwen speeds exodus from mortgage servicing with latest, massive MSR sale Ocwen faces delisting from New York Stock Exchange
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Houston office vacancy rates expected to skyrocket
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Vandals leave bullet holes in Mall, future remains murky
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Here's how millennials are funding home purchases
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The top 5 most and least affordable home markets
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Municipalities:

Atlantic City EM Report Atlantic City's turnaround team does not propose bankruptcy Emergency plan: Layoffs, no bankruptcy filing Atlantic City's emergency management team recommends $10 million in cuts, mediators Emergency Team Members Pessimistic About AC Casino Sector Atlantic City’s Emergency Managers Need More Time to Come up With Plan Source: Atlantic City bankruptcy 'inevitable'
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Nine of Pennsylvania's 10 largest cities have more pensioners than workers
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PA: Legislators rally to act on pension plan reform
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Prepa Said to Meet Creditors March 26 to Discuss Extension
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Why Houston shouldn't want bankruptcy
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Date Set for New Jersey Pension Showdown
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Public employee pensions continue to lose out to gambling giveaways, expert says
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Resorts:

Montana board: Real estate mogul owes $57M in back taxes
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Oil/Gas:

Weds. A.M.: Oil steadies above $55 as US Chinese stocks fill Oil futures choppy ahead of US crude stockpile data
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Tues. P.M.: Oil Prices Withstand Increased Saudi Production, For Now Brent slides, US crude holds flat on resilient dollar Rumors Fuel Oil Price Decline Oil Prices: Saudi Arabia and China Provide a Double Dose of Bad News
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Here's How $20 Oil Could Become a Reality If Storage Runs Out
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Sorry, but there was never an oil storage crisis
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American Eagle Energy Seeks Restructuring Options
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Driller That Skipped First Bond Coupon Said to Start Debt Talks
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Whiting Petroleum Buys Time To Survive Oil Blowup
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Three Triggers That Will Send Oil Crashing Again
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Amid “challenging” commodities mart, California Resources lenders OK easing of leveraged loan covenants
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Oil may be headed the way of dinosaurs?
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Goldilocks zone for oil prices is gone for good
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Why low oil prices don't make airfare cheaper
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Oil prices could fall further if Iran nuclear deal is reached
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Trade Secrets in the Oil Patch: Oil Prices Down, Trade Secret Disputes Up
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Privacy:

RadioShack might auction off personal info about millions of customers Bankrupt RadioShack's Attempts To Sell Customer Data Meets Resistance
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Personal Finance:

Police officer explains how he plans to pay off his mortgage in only 3 years
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Healthcare:

Daughters of Charity CEO is singing a different Chapter 11 tune
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TX: Meadow Lake sold in bankruptcy auction
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Cancer Diagnoses and Household Debt Overhang
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The Fight Over Obamacare Is About to Close This Hospital's ER
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Half of people with ObamaCare subsidies will owe on their taxes
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Auto Workers' Medical Benefits at Risk Under New Tax
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Almost all the things you do to avoid germs are useless
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Gambling:

April 2 hearing set for latest Revel sale effort
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Caesars, Blatstein resolve Pier Shops impasse, tenants say
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Advertising:

Newspaper advertising data firm files bankruptcy, lays off its staff
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Fishing:

Rabobank: Invermar's debt write-off is 'a major impact'
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Politics:

Fact Check: Ted Cruz - "Small businesses (are)going out of business in record numbers"
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Democrats have hard time finding anyone but Hillary Here are the odds of who will win in 2016
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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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Lien Stripping:

SCOTUS Lien Stripping Oral Argument Transcript
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Argument analysis: Navigating between Scylla and Charybdis on underwater mortgages
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Second-Mortgage Case Has Justices Second-Guessing An Old Decision
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US Supreme Court to rule on second mortgages U.S. Supreme Court Hears Opening Arguments in 'Stripping Off' Mortgage Cases Can the Supreme Court rescue drowning homeowners?
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Settlements:

The Energy Future Holding Corp. Decision: Validating Tender Offers and Limiting the Application of Confirmation Requirements in Bankruptcy Settlements
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DIP Finance:

Key Developments and Trends in DIP Financing
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:

Bankruptcy Is a Battlefield, but the Fight Is Over When You Shake on It
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Contempt:

American Spectrum Realty in hot water over bankruptcy filing
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Avoidance Actions:

Delaware USDC Rejects Chapter 7 Trustee’s Request for Direct Appeal to Third Circuit
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TBTF:

Greenberg Fires Last Shots in AIG Trial
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Examiners:

US Trustee names New York lawyer Richard Davis as Caesars examiner
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Pensions:

Pension Funds in Bankruptcy : The Spendthrift Trust Safe Harbor
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Distressed Investing:

How to Analyze a Distressed Company
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Education:

Here's the law an imploding Virginia college allegedly broke
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Academic job market: Still terrifying.
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Going to a Top Business School Will Now Cost You Up to $99,000 Per Year
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Sovereigns:

New York Appeals Court delays decision on Argentina contempt ruling
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UK:

Hotels and insolvency – some issues
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Tick Tock: What Fees are On the Clock? Increased Scrutiny of Insolvency Practitioners’ Fees in England and Wales
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PIIGS:

Greece to run out of cash by April 20 without fresh aid
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Greece wants 1.2 billion euros back from the EU bailout fund
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ECB tells Greek banks to rein in on state debt ECB Tells Greek Banks Not to Boost Exposure to Athens Government's Debt
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How Greece Hopes to Get Some Quick Cash
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What’s Next for Greece? Debating Syriza’s Options
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Seven institutions bid for Portugal's Novo Banco
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Canada:

Key findings from report into Atcon
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Insolvent retailer Bikini Village to remain open after sale to La Vie en Rose
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Germany:

German business morale at eight-month high, pointing to strong first quarter
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Austria:

Austria could face years of legal battles over Heta
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EU financial chief says Austria's Hypo measures complied with rules
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Brazil:

Deficit-Ridden Pension Said to Be Investigated as Rescue Sought
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Yemen:

Yemen is in danger of a complete meltdown
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Why Gulf should be more worried about Yemen than oil
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MENA:

Boko Haram kidnap hundreds in northern Nigeria town
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Venezuela:

Watch What Happened When a Reporter Tried to Buy Eight Basic Goods in Venezuela
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China:

Consumer Bankruptcy with Chinese Characteristics?
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It looks like the Chinese slowdown is finally here—for real this time
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Andorra:

Bank scandal shines uncomfortable spotlight on Andorra
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Australia:

The amazing story of Alphatise, the Australian startup that used to offer 'the best internship in the world' and is now bankrupt
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