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
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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 (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
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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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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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