Law:
16 US Law Firms Keep Partnership Club Elite
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Biglaw Mommy: The Case for Flex-Time
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Former Willkie partner accused of defrauding her firm faces scrutiny in credit-card cases • Ex-Willkie Partner's Emails Prompt Settlement Questions
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Burleson LLP Strengthens Bankruptcy Practice In Houston
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BigLaw Looks To Clear Partnership Path For Pregnant Attys
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Practice Humility to Land Business
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Law Firm GC Can Have Attorney-Client Privilege
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The 10 most popular law schools in America
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Jennifer Rosato Perea named DePaul College of Law dean
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How Morgan Lewis Plans To Maintain A “Common Culture” Amid New Growth
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Partner to give up law license to end state bar probe of opposing counsel’s DUI arrest during trial
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Fudging employment on job application merits lawyer’s suspension, ethics review board says
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Uptick in Laterals Benefits Another Big Firm
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Why Some Law Firms Are Like Ferraris
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Why Not Make It Every Lawyer’s Job To Market And Sell?
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Are You A Suckcessful Lawyer?
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Judge Peck And The Machines
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Apple could release 3 new iPhones this year • Apple just invented an incredible technology that would help the iPhone further distance itself from every other smartphone
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Suit says debt-collection law firm submitted false affidavits, seeks to void 1000s of judgments
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Woman convicted of firing gun into McDonald's drive-thru window over missing bacon on burger
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Yoga teacher flashed, abused boys at bar mitzvah
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Bowe Bergdahl Officially Charged With Desertion, Faces Life Imprisonment
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Judges:
Justices talk budgets, prisons, and public engagement with House members
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SCOTUS revives pregnancy bias case; Scalia says majority used ‘Supreme Wand’ • Alabama redistricting challenge stays alive in SCOTUS; Scalia sees majority as ‘standby counsel’
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Big Win For Pregnant Women Who Temporarily Need To Sit Down
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Report Shows a Rise in Federal Caseload, Driven by Civil Filings
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At The Supreme Court, All Bets Are Off
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Judge Demands Parties 'End the Madness' With Pleadings
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Evil law clerks
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Facebook Friendship OK for Judge & Attorney
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Wall Street:
U.S. Index Futures Signal Stocks to Drop for Fourth Day on Yemen
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U.S. Stocks Fall Sharply • Nasdaq Composite Falls Most Since January as Tech Shares Tumble • Dow loses 293, back in the red for 2015 • Wall Street sinks over 1.5% at close
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Stocks looking overvalued and headed for trouble • Dow transports cast doubt on economy, stock market • Nasdaq falls over 2%, posting its steepest drop in nearly a year
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Layoffs:
US Steel to temporarily idle Granite City, Illinois operations
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Wells Fargo cutting 1,000 home loan servicing jobs • 1000 layed off at Wells Fargo, sign of a better economy?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Flooring:
Regulators confirm that they are investigating Lumber Liquidators
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Healthcare:
Ameris Health Systems working to reopen Crittenden Regional Hospital
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After Prime decision, let’s have the ‘Harris standard’ for all California hospitals
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Lawmaker wants to address medical billing surprises
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Fraud:
SIPC Congratulates MF Global Inc. Trustee On Major Milestone With Pending Distribution Of Nearly Half A Billion Dollars
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MF Global's unsecured creditors seek $461 mln payout -trustee • MF Global Inc. Trustee Seeks Authorization for Second Distribution to Unsecured General Creditors
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Mass Torts:
A Stubborn Manufacturer Exposes The Asbestos Blame Game
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Environmental:
Groups drop class-action insurance settlement in W.Va. spill
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Meeting produces more questions than answers on Freedom Industries
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Social Media:
Sean Parker's new social media company is shutting down in the UK
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Gambling:
Caesars retiree bitter after flow of pension checks stops
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Caesars Judge to Weigh Shielding Parent From Creditor Suits
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Chicago judge appoints former Watergate prosecutor to investigate Caesars business deals
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Taj Mahal casino doesn't want college next door
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Video Games:
Remainder of 38 Studios equipment up for auction
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Newspapers:
Gatehouse Media to declare bankruptcy next week
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Celebs:
Todd Chrisley’s Chrisley & Company, Julie Battles Bankruptcy Deadline
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Banking:
New U.S. Bank Formation Weakest in 50 Years
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Coal:
Weak Chinese Demand Could Undermine Entire Coal Market
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Consumer Finance:
Obama, CFPB set to tackle payday lending
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Car Title Loans Are the Most Predatory • Auto Title Loans: Like Payday Loans, But Larger and Riskier
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Economy:
Factories in U.S. Feeling Pain of Rising Dollar, Slump in Energy • Durable goods orders fall unexpectedly in February • Durables data show business tightening belt
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GDP Growth Estimates Tumble, Again
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Weak Demand? Strong Dollar? U.S. Businesses Aren’t Investing Much
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Forget When the Fed Will Raise Rates, How Is Still Problematic
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The Long-Distance Relationship Between Americans and Jobs
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Munger Says Prepare for Harder World as Purchasing Power Slides
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UAW Chief Rejects Lower Wage Tier • 'Too Many Damn Tiers!'
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Vehicle Sales Forecasts: Best March since 2005
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Fed Should Push Unemployment Well Below 5%, Paper Says
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College Degree Is No Guarantee You'll Leave Ranks of Unemployed Quickly
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Wealth inequality: Did Piketty ignore the housing market?
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New Census data: Americans are returning to the far-flung suburbs
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Manufactured Home Lien: Forget Perfection, You Need To Have A Lien In The First Place
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Warning Signs in the Housing Market
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Home prices outpacing wage growth in 76% of U.S.
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Underwater second mortgages surface in Supreme Court case
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New Home Prices: More homes priced in the $200K to $300K range
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in February
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest Weekly Survey
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Freddie Mac: Here are the 5 top improving metro markets for housing
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Cleveland: Loan for 55 Public Square is sold for $12 million loss
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Home eviction leads to grisly, tragic discovery
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Municipalities:
Wall Street looks ready to throw in the cards in Atlantic City
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Puerto Rico meets creditors over $9 bln debt load
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House panel seeks $4.1M cut in Detroit revenue sharing
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Moral Bankruptcy Of Chicago's Elites - As the city approaches financial bankruptcy, Chicago's elite's line-their-pockets with taxpayer money
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Bruce Rauner’s $78 Billion Quandary
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Scranton police threaten to sue if raises to retirees not paid
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Former Sugar Land mayor, downtown development partner files for bankruptcy
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Awards:
Haynes and Boone Bankruptcy Practice Nominated as Chambers USA Team of the Year
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Oil:Gas:
Thurs. A.M.: Oil prices surge after Saudi air strikes in Yemen • Gain in crude inventories beats expectations again
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Weds. A.M.: Oil Rises After U.S. Crude Output Gain Shrinks, Dollar Slips • Oil gains on weaker dollar, though US storage build limits rise
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Oil Slide a Boon to Some Big Bankruptcy Firms
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Here's the next big hit that could put more oil and gas companies into distress
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North Dakota oil rig count drops below 100
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Oil Price Fall Forces North Dakota to Consider Austerity
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GE increases oil field equipment job cuts to 575
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Halliburton closing Minot facility, transferring many jobs
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Experts: New Mexico oil patch could lose 2,000 jobs
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Schlumberger Ltd. to pay $232M in sanctions violations case • Schlumberger Unit to Plead Guilty to Violating Iran, Sudan Sanctions
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America's oil supply is running over • Behind the Historic U.S. Oil Supply Glut • Oil Inventories Rose 8.3 Million Barrels
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Bankrupt Gasfrac gets court approvals to sell most assets
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US shale oil firms raise enough equity to avoid loan reset squeeze
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Hundreds of jobs lost in North Sea as oil giants announce cutbacks • Shell Cuts More North Sea Staff And Shifts
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In Texas Oil Towns, Price-Crash Shows Up in Slowing Rent Growth
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Oil stockpiled by Iran awaits sanctions' end to hit market
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Compensation:
Female execs should be flipping out about their compensation • When Companies Perform Poorly, Female Execs Face Bigger Docks in Pay
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Education:
Why more U.S. colleges will go under in the next few years
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Apollo Falls Most in Four Years as New Enrollment Slumps
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Everest College students left in the lurch
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Aviation:
South Carolina aviation business files for bankruptcy
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Distraught Germanwings pilots refuse to fly • Germanwings: Why 8 Minutes of Silence? • Senior military official: A pilot on the Germanwings flight was locked out • 2 vital clues stand out after the unsolved Germanwings crash
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Soccer:
New points penalty for Parma
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Student Debt:
The Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights: The Law of the Land?
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Credit Counseling:
FTC Slams SoCal 'Credit Repair' Group
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Distressed Investing:
Deferred tax assets: compounding value in distressed M&A
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Consultants:
Houlihan Lokey gearing up for an IPO later this year
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M&A:
Buyout Firms Feel Pinch From Lending Crackdown
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Turnarounds:
Survey Says: Energy, Resources Will See Most Turnaround Activity in 2015
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Publishing:
Family Christian Bankruptcy Felt by Authors, Agents
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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 (24 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
March Madness: Weil’s Final Four
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Bankruptcy Cost:
The High Cost of Saving a Failing Business: When small firms file for bankruptcy protection, the cost is often $100,000 to $300,000, and sometimes twice that
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Professional Compensation:
The Supreme Court Considers “Fees For Fees”
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Lehman:
A Second Home Run? Post-Petition Interest Claims Against Certain Lehman Entities May Be a Multiple Of the Underlying Derivative Claims' Face Amount
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Lien Stripping:
Predicting the Winners in Bank of America Cases
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Exemptions:
Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court Holds that Homestead Protection is Available for Certain Home Offices
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Retailing:
Lender asks judge to intervene in RadioShack auction •RadioShack auction headed for courtroom showdown
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RadioShack’s sale hearing has numerous objections
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RadioShack Buyer Sees Rescued Jobs, Creditor Fears Steep Losses
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Bidding War to Determine RadioShack's Fate - Salus offer includes $270 million cash Vs. Standard General's bid of $16.4 million • Salus Capital fights Standard General's bid for RadioShack • Hedge Fund Fighting To Keep RadioShack Brand Alive
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The End May Be Nigh For RadioShack
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RadioShack plan to sell customer data stirs up opposition • New York threatens action if RadioShack sells customer data • More Than 20 States Ask Court to Keep RadioShack From Selling Customers' Personal Data
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Empty Stores Haunt Landlords as More Retailers Plan Cuts
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Karmaloop Bankruptcy: Was Kazbah Good for Fashion Startups?
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Tech:
Credit Suisse sees years of pain ahead for IBM
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Politics:
Cruz Rails Against Crony Capitalism
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Ted Cruz Inherits 'Birthers' With Presidential Bid
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Shipping:
Bankruptcy risks loom for container carriers
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Sovereigns:
Argentina minister says Citigroup bond deal is illegal • 'Agreement between Citigroup, vulture funds break Argentine law' • Argentina sees a "scam" in Citigroup debt deal
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Griesa seeks to block Euroclear from processing payments
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EU:
The EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive: moving towards full implementation
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PIIGS:
Greece fails in bid for early cash release, reforms awaited • Euro Area Gives Greece Five Days to Deliver plan
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Moscow-friendly Greece could 'paralyze' NATO: US expert
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Why Greece is Stuck With the Worst of All Worlds Right Now
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Greek debt defiance and the potential for a eurozone Grexit • Greek Central Bank Governor Stournaras Says Grexit Isn’t An Option • Greek central bank governor urges more debt relief
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ie: One-year bankruptcy to be discussed by TDs at 'special meeting'
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Seán Dunne begins Supreme Court appeal against Irish bankruptcy
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Canada:
Winnipeg businessman says city pushing him to bankruptcy
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Brian Gallant stands by 6 ministers from Atcon loan fiasco
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Germany:
German consumer confidence just jumped to a 14-year high
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Austria:
Austrian 'bad bank' KA Finanz will need no more aid -CEO
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BRICS:
Crumbling BRICS
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Russia:
Russia's heavy drinkers turn to moonshine, cleaning products
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Vietnam:
Vietnam's Top Rice Exporter Faces Bankruptcy
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Hungary:
Hungary's Orbán admits ordering ministries to take funds from bust-prone brokerages
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Erste Bank dismisses reports of financial troubles
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Ukraine:
Ukraine Bonds Drop as Moody's Adds to Default Concern Amid Talks
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Ukraine's whole banking system is falling apart
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MENA:
Dubai World gets approval to restructure $14.6 bln debt
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Brazil:
Brazil builder linked to Petrobras scandal files for bankruptcy • Galvao Engenharia Files for Bankruptcy Protection Amid Probe
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Eike Batista’s fall from grace
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Yemen:
Yemen is descending into chaos • Crude oil prices are surging as fighting rages in Yemen
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