Law:
We Would Be Better Off If 30 Law Schools Closed
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Which Biglaw Firm Had An Actual Exorcism Performed At Its Office?
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Top legal brands grow 45% faster than others over last four years
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Law Revue Video Contest 2015: The Winner!
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McGlinchey Stafford Adds Bankruptcy Partner In Florida
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Allen Matkins Elects New Insolvency partner
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LPO growth leads to increased merger activity
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Will Robots Replace Lawyers? • Hogan Lovells chief suggests role of AI is being overstated in law
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Another Colossal Lateral Mistake
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Inside Sullivan & Worcester's New York Office
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Pillsbury Winthrop Chair To Step Down in 2016
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Business of Law
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A Conversation With Mark Cuban
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‘Some Firms Don’t Have the Guts to Close Offices’
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Legal Market Evolving in an Uncertain Way
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We Are All David Messerschmitt - Double Lives As Survival Mechanism
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Law School Hunger Games? Profs Debate The Ethics Of Conditional Scholarships
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7th Circuit: Law firm doesn’t owe fired attorney bonuses, due to terms of compensation pact
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Attorney Sanctioned for Holding Back Theory of Case
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Why lawyer's can't spell - but can do law
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What Font Should You Use For Your Résumé? Apparently This Matters To People.
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3 Tips For Networking At Conferences
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7 times when you should absolutely lie to someone’s face
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Preet Bharara Fracks Up The Skelos Boys
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5 Inexcusable Law Firm Website Design Mistakes
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This fun iPhone ad parody has a serious message about how addicted we are to tech
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Preparing the Online Generation For The Occupational Hazards Of The Legal Profession
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What do legal professionals need to know about Adobe Acrobat DC?
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How to seem smart in work e-mail without really trying
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9 of the biggest complaints about the Apple Watch so far
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Ferguson to Pay $1,335 Per Hour for Dan Webb
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A multimillion dollar class action lawsuit has been filed over Pacquiao's shoulder injury
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New attorney general brings men in blazers to spinning class
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New York Goes With Uniform Bar Exam for Would-Be Lawyers
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These Cases Make Your iPhone 6 Better
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Review: Apple Watch - iPhone J.D.
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Federal suit says Marriott denied new mom lactation breaks because she’s a surrogate
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Woman Arrested For Allegedly Attacking the Corpse of a Former “Frenemy”
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Nebraska Woman Sues Every Gay on Earth
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Judges:
Texas Judge Reprimanded After Political Speech
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The Junior Justice
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Wall Street:
Wall Street set for a rebound
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U.S. stocks sell off as investors turn skittish
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Dire predictions for earnings aren’t panning out
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Bond rout rattles all assets
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Layoffs:
Harrah's New Orleans seeks to cut 400 jobs
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First Data plans " a few thousand" layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Compensation:
Hedge-fund manager pay cut to $211,538 an hour
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Corporate Reform:
Warren probe into annuity incentives is overdue
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Education:
Bankruptcy Trustees Claw Back College Tuition Paid for Filers' Kids
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Corinthian Students and the Department of Education in Student Loan Stand-off
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U.S. charts new debt relief process with implications beyond Corinthian
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Corinthian Appeals $30 Million Fine, Requests Hearing
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50,000 Owed Money by Corinthian Colleges Include Lobbyists, Scammers
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When ‘student debt relief’ isn’t what it seems
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Banking:
Wells Fargo charged with opening accounts without customers' permission • Los Angeles sues Wells Fargo for fraud, says bank workers opened accounts without customer OK
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Amusement Parks:
Conneaut Lake Park May Be Open this Summer
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Credit Counseling:
Debt Relief Operation Files for Bankruptcy; CFPB Challenge Tossed
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Shipping:
OSG plots public rebirth
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Sainty Marine defaults $10m bill of exchange
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Economy:
US trade data points to first-quarter economic contraction
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US economy probably shrank in Q1 after all: Survey • The recovery is stalling out again. Is the economy actually in … a recession?
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First real sign of spring bloom in economy
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Recovery Measures
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Record number of manufacturing jobs returning to America
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US services sector picks up speed in April • Service Industries in U.S. Unexpectedly Grow at Faster Pace
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U.S. Economic Confidence Index Down Sharply Last Week • Americans are losing confidence in the economy
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Steve Wynn: American Recovery 'Pure Fiction'
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The 40-Hour Work Week Is a Thing of the Past
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Americans Continue to Say U.S. Wealth Distribution Is Unfair
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The road to riches is paved in diplomas
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Blame the next financial crisis on the U.S. dollar
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45 million Americans have no credit score
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Five really good reasons to hate millennials
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Freddie Mac to hand $746 mln to US Treasury
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House Prices up 5.9% Year-over-year in March
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Moody’s: Stopping eminent domain seizures of underwater mortgages a credit positive
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More millennials are changing their minds about the suburbs
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Morgan Stanley warns it could lose $292 mn in subprime suit
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Bank of America Paid $315 Million to Settle With Banks Over Ocala Losses
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Mortgage applications drop 4.6% • MBA: Mortgage Purchase Applications increase, Refinance Applications in Latest Weekly Survey
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Mortgage Rates Near 2015 Highs, Several major Lenders at 4%
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Nationstar’s surprise 1Q loss pulls down nonbank servicers
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San Francisco leads the nation in property bidding wars
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The incredible real-estate portfolio of Bill Gates, the world's richest man
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Home foreclosures fueled racial segregation in U.S.
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It’s the biggest REIT correction in years
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Municipalities:
Jones Day lawyer praised for creating new political model
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Puerto Rico Hedge-Fund Group Hires Law Firm as Cash Dwindles
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Puerto Rico Fights to Restore Law Allowing Public Debt Revamp
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Illinois, Chicago are $130B underfunded: Advisor
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Moody's blues: A closer look at Chicago's dire fiscal future
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In Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis, There Are No Easy Solutions
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Corporate Governance:
Court Of Chancery Explains Creditor’s Right To File Fiduciary Duty Claims
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Extends Gain Above $62 as U.S. Crude Supply Glut Seen Easing • Oil hits 2015 highs as Libya output slows, Saudis raise prices • U.S. Oil Jumps Above $60 for First Time This Year as Glut Eases • Set to log a nearly 5-month high • Get ready for 'frack counterattack'
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Oil in the $30s? It may happen as a 'short squeeze' ends
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Global Oil Production Up One Million bpd In March
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More US Oil And Gas Companies Expected To Default On Loans Amid Lower Oil Prices, US Banks Say
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Another Oil and Gas Company Files for Bankruptcy
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Oil Prices Are Rebounding Now, But A Permanent Plunge May Be Coming
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Gartman: Einhorn 'terribly, terribly' wrong on oil
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Saudi Arabia has become a lot less predictable
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OPEC: Speculators Helped Drive Down Oil Price
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Politics:
Hillary Clinton to back a path to citizenship • Hillary is the favorite among millionaire voters
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Paul Ryan loves talking about poverty, but he keeps getting the basic facts wrong
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Huckabee, the other man from Hope, opens 2016 bid • Huckabee's Love Affair with Big Government • Huckabee in tax war as he launches White House bid
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Ben Carson's Unbelievable Ego
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What Carly Fiorina gets wrong about why women make less in the workplace
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Mining:
Magnetation mining files for bankruptcy • Iron mining woes force Magnetation bankruptcy
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Retailing:
The Sad, Tarnished Afterlife of RadioShack's Name
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Mass Torts:
Asbestos reform needed to protect legitimate claims
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Radio:
Santa Cruz's KUSP votes to sell license
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Healthcare:
Nye Regional Medical Center Continues To Struggle Financially
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Rescued by an Air Ambulance, but Stunned at the Sky-High Bill
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Fraud:
Executive at failed Connecticut hedge fund gets 2-3/4 years prison
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SEC Busts $62 Million "Man Camp" North Dakota Ponzi Scheme
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Rothstein Ally Gets Sentence Reduction; Is Rothstein Up Next?
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Environmental:
Mass. environmental firm files for bankruptcy, Brookline bank alleges fraud
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Gambling:
Friday meeting to try to resolve Showboat-Stockton impasse
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Straub vs. ACR, Revel standoff continues in court
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Australian lobsters highlight Caesars' cost-cutting moves
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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 (30 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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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Turnarounds:
Return of the Turnaround? - 2015 North American Restructuring Experts Survey
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Avoidance Actions:
Payments to Investors in a Securitization Structure Protected from Avoidance
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Bankrupt Parents: Courts Clawing Back College Tuition Paid For Offspring
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Cross-Border:
OAS Update: Bankruptcy Court Grants Limited Temporary Relief in Chapter 15 Case
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SCOTUS:
Ropes & Gray Victorious in SCOTUS Bankruptcy Case
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Opinion analysis: Justices slam the door on appeals of bankruptcy plan denials
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Safe Harbors:
Section 546(e) Protects Two Tiered Securitization Structures
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TBTF:
The Fed’s Emergency Lending Powers Come Under New Congressional Scrutiny
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Coal:
Coal Markets May Just Have Been Thrown A Lifeline
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Coal Miner Walter Says 'Substantial Doubt' on Continuing
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Moody's rates Blackhawk's CFR and term loan Caa1
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Co-Owner of Bankrupt Decatur Business Facing 41 to 51 Months in Prison
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Hockey:
Otters need to find Erie buyer, pay taxes
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Weather:
12 million trees dead in CA drought
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California is Failing in Water Conservation
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Ticketing:
Super Bowl Ticket Broker Files For Bankruptcy After Not Being Able To Provide Paid-For Tickets
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Sovereigns:
Elliott's Argentina Deal Pessimism Is Spreading in Bond Market
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UK:
RBS legal provisions hit £4.8b as bank braces itself for difficult year
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Collective Redundancies in the UK – the Woolworths case
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Lehman Brothers' UK pension scheme, Rothesay Life agree $1 billion deal
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Former Lehman Brothers bankers in line for healthier pension payouts
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EU:
The 13 most 'miserable' countries in Europe
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Euro zone business activity starts second-quarter on solid footing
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PIIGS:
Greece's 'Blazing Saddles' Strategy Isn't Working
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Poll: The majority of Germany's business executives now want Grexit
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ECB set to decide on increasing Greek bank lifeline • ECB Considers Tighter Noose on Greek Banks
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IMF warns it may withhold Greek cash • IMF says Greece may need debt relief • Greece makes loan repayment to IMF but another, bigger one looms next week
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Greece blows hot and cold in race to avert cash crunch • Greece blames EU, IMF for impasse in debt talks • After 5 ghastly years of bailout program, Greece still sees no end to financial pain
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Greece's 500 richest families may face special levy: newspaper
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Greece introduces mandatory surcharges at cashpoints in attempt to raise money
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Italy must solve bad loans problem to exit crisis-minister
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Eurozone growth boosted by Spain, Italy
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Record fall in Spanish unemployment figures for April
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Canada
Canada's trade deficit balloons to record $3-billion
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Brazil:
‘Ghost Malls’ Haunt Brazil
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Moldova:
Moldova seeks to solve riddle of missing $1 bln
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Denmark:
Seven Danish banks at risk of bankruptcy , according to report
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Bank-Union Red Lines Drawn Around Danish Mortgage Finance System
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Vietnam:
Vietnam Banks Say ‘I Do’ as Government Forces Arranged Marriages
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Australia:
The biggest Aussie bank just had the biggest one-day fall since the global financial crisis
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