November 10, 2015

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Law:

Burr and Forman Brings Over Creditors' Rights And Bankruptcy Group In Tampa
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3 Ways Partners Screw Up
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Citi Report: Law Firms Face Slowdown in Demand
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The Introduction To A Motion That You Really Must Read
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An Industry Expert Looks At The Risk Of Cybersecurity Breaches
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Why Are Diversity And Equality So Hard To Achieve?
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Are law students driven by money? It’s not most important, survey finds
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Law School Increases Security After Incident With Former Student
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Foley & Lardner, Eversheds Won't Pursue Combination
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8 Tips For Getting Into — And Out Of — A Job As A Federal Government Lawyer
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Here's what 'business casual' really means
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Al Jazeera America Suspends Top Lawyer After Inquiry About Law License Who Is Al Jazeera America’s Embattled GC?
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University of Virginia fraternity sues Rolling Stone for $25 million
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Federal judge imposes $70K sanction on defense attorney over witness gaffe that caused mistrial
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Justice, American Style
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Jury says law firm owes $123K in contingent fees to lawyer; award is then doubled under wage statute
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Criminal defense lawyer uses polygraph test to weed out dishonest clients
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Cake Rage
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Judges:

Supreme Court justice attacks her colleagues for embracing a 'shoot first, think later' attitude
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These federal appeals judges accepted trip reimbursements from groups filing amicus briefs
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Judge Shot In Her Driveway, Retaliation Suspected
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Texas judge is injured by glass shards when shooter fires into her car
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Litigating High-Profile Cases: Thoughts From The Bench And Bar
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Wall Street:

Stock futures: S&P 500 on pace for fifth straight fall
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Global Stocks in Sell Off
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Stocks slide as rate-hike reality sinks in Wall Street falls as rate hike looms and growth fears linger
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Wall Street bonuses are set to fall — and it's 'more than a blip'
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Layoffs:

M&T Bank says about 370 Hudson City employees will be let go
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Robots Will Take Everybody's Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge-fund prodigy takes a $300 million hit
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Personal Finance:

10 pieces of furniture every man should buy for his apartment
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Pharma:

Another drug stock tanks on Citron short threat
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Former Valeant top executive is mum on Philidor
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Now we know what scares Bill Ackman about Valeant
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Religion:

Federal judge approves Milwaukee archdiocese bankruptcy plan
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Gambling:

How The Casino Kept Its Chips From A Bankruptcy Claw-Back
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Caesars reports 3Q loss from subsidiary's bankruptcy costs - Silver City Sun-News
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Healthcare:

Forest Park Frisco obtains funding to remain operating into 2016
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Northwest Georgia Hospital to Close
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Bankrupt N.J. hospital accepts $62.2M purchase offer from for-profit Prime
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Organ transplant lists in the US favor the rich, according to new study
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Food/Beverage:

Albertsons bids for 36 stores as Haggen auctions kick off
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Movies:

AFM: A Company Submits Insolvency Plan
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Consultants:

EPIQ Systems Downgraded to "Hold" at Zacks
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Fraud:

Wyly Widow Says IRS Failed to Prove Fraud Over $1.2 Billion
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Fishing:

Cod stocks collapsing in Gulf of Maine
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Fate of 60K fish at upstate New York aquaponic farm is in hands of US Bankruptcy Court judge
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Retailing:

American Apparel: Paula Schneider's 'wild ride' to revive the brand
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Warning signs for retail earnings?
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Economy:

Debt Wall Looms Over Fed
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New data suggest October jobs blowout is an outlier
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Gundlach: The Federal Reserve is on the 'knife's edge'
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Fed’s Rosengren says this may be next bubble
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Improving Economy to Risk Faster Rate Hikes?
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Why the jobless rate could fall all the way to 3.8%
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Consumer Credit Up a Record $28.9B
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Moody's warns on lackluster global growth World economy's ability to fight shocks dented: Moody’s
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Krugman: Fed gets ‘meh’ grade on QE
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Depression Cost Him His Fortune, but This Former Tech Millionaire Is Happy to Still Be Alive
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China, not Canada, now largest U.S. trading partner
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Global Trade is Falling to Recession Levels
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Minimum Wages Are Great, Except When They're Not
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Ex-GAO head: US debt is three times more than you think
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Fannie Mae: Consumer confidence in housing market fell in October
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Freddie Mac to sell off $1.2 billion in non-performing loans
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Here’s the latest status of the top three housing markets
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Framing Lumber Prices down Sharply Year-over-year
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Inventory Build is Over in some Former Distressed Markets
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Las Vegas Real Estate in October: Sales Increased 6% YoY, Inventory Down YoY
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Why ‘trickle-down’ is bad news for renters
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The bottom is falling out of San Francisco's luxury home market
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico's choices: Service cuts or default
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How to Fix Puerto Rico's Fiscal Mess Without Bailout or Bankruptcy
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A politically viable Puerto Rico reform plan
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Six months later, financial warning to LA Unified unchanged
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San Jose, Atlanta pensions: a tale of two rulings
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Public Pensions Bewitched by Hedge Funds
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Autos:

VW to diesel owners: Here's $1,000 for your troubles
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How Much Do You Want for Your Volkswagen?
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It won’t be easy to jail Volkswagen engineers
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Volkswagen Downgraded by Fitch on Corporate Governance Questions
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Porsche net profit plunges on VW scandal costs
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Tesla suddenly has a target on its back
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Politics:

Why millennials support Trump and Sanders
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Inside The Big-Moneyed Network Rallying Around Marco Rubio
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Donald Trump Has Little Sympathy for Ben Carson’s Complaints About Media Trump Suggests Starbucks Boycott Trump: Hillary Clinton is running for president 'because she wants to stay out of jail'
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Dear Jeb: It’s Not You, It’s GOP? Jeb Bush says “you gotta step up” and kill baby Hitler
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Trump Fact Check: "Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care."
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For Carson, Debates Have Played Limited Role in His Rise Ben Carson's Character Is His Campaign
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Democrats Are Not Excited About Hillary
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Ten Questions for Republicans That Aren't Gotchas
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Education:

The U.S. education bubble is now upon us
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Owner Of Defunct Medical College Takes Plea Deal
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Oil/Gas:

Discontent with OPEC spills into the open
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Billionaire Blavatnik's company stung by U.S. bankruptcy court ruling
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Gulf of Mexico Activity at Lowest Point Ever, Says Hercules CEO
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Parallel's US Subsidiaries File For Bankruptcy, Will Sell Assets Parallel Energy Files for Protection Under the Companies' Creditors Arrangements Act and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Saudi Arabia's national debt is about to surge Strain of low oil prices apparent even at plush Gulf meeting
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What latest EIA report tells us about shale-oil output
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Oil price to recover to $80 only by 2020: IEA
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EIA: Permian Basin output still growing, but other top shale plays to fall
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OPEC’s strategy could keep Brent at $50: IEA
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Snyder Q&A: First Half 2016 to be Hard on Oil, Gas Iranian oil will make next few quarters “tough” for oil prices
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Apache Is Merely an Oil M&A Appetizer
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Oil Prices Could Lead to Shortages
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Empty Floors, Shadow Vacancies New Norm for Calgary Tower Owners
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Exxon Mobil’s thrifty culture keeps it out of oil-bust quagmire
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Coal:

Arch Coal in Discussions With Creditors Arch Coal's loss widens, warns of possible bankruptcy Arch Coal may file for bankruptcy in 'near term' Arch Coal: Unfortunately, The End Is Near Is Bankruptcy the Only Way Out for Arch Coal?
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Arch Coal Stock Drops Following Bankruptcy Warning
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Nation's largest coal exporting port sees large declines
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Alpha Natural Resources asks to drop benefits for more than 4,500 miners
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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 (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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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Sales:

Third Circuit Approves Controversial 363 Sale Over IRS Objection
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Reopening:

Court Jester: Tenth Circuit BAP Not Amused By Jester’s Attempt to Reopen Case
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Cross-Border:

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Identifies New Jurisdictional Hook to Provide Chapter 15 Relief to Foreign Debtors
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TBTF:

Rewriting the Rules: Banks Try to Shed Too-Big-to-Fail
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Too Small to Worry Eclipses Too Big to Fail
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Electricity:

NextEra Circles Oncor as Energy Future Pursues Sale
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Autos:

Ruling could expose GM to large verdicts in ignition cases
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GM could face punitive damages in ignition switch suits
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Mining:

Some Molycorp creditors cry foul over company's bankruptcy plan
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Aviation:

Disturbing Truth on Airline Maintenance
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Steel:

From Scunthorpe to Tangshan, workers steeled for decline
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Debt Collection:

Debt-Buying Giant Reports Q3 Drops in Revenue, Net Income
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Student Debt:

U.S. Student Debt Has Reached $1.2 Trillion
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Newspapers:

Newspaper Companies Have a Funny Idea of 'Progress'
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Currency:

A Nobel Prize winner just ripped into bitcoin, saying it 'is likely to go to zero'
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Resorts:

Two Sets Of Baha Mar Guardians Just 'Crazy'
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Sovereigns:

Nobel Laureate in Economics Joseph Stiglitz, Martin Guzman: A Step Forward for Sovereign Debt
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UK:

Boss of troubled steel company dies after falling from apartment
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Ex-footballers lose more than $200 million through bad investments
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'Brexit' wouldn't be a disaster: UBS chairman
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Footballer in “appalling” £8.6m fraud
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EU:

Euro Area May Release Greek Bank Money Next Week If Pledges Met
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PIIGS:

Greece fails at first bail-out hurdle as new creditor stalemate beckons
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Greece: No agreement with creditors on bailout release
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Euro Area May Release Greek Bank Money Next Week If Pledges Met
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Catalonia votes to start breakaway process from Spain Catalonia Votes to Exit Spain by 2017
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Canada:

Parallel Energy Trust Granted CCAA Initial Order
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Will Bombardier, Inc. Get the Next Bailout it Desperately Needs?
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Steelmaker Algoma files for bankruptcy protection amid metals slump
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India:

How the Bankruptcy Bill will ease insolvency cases in India
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China:

China’s Kaisa on track for revival, few other developers on rating agencies’ watch list
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China's Big Banks Have Longest Road to Meet Loss-Absorbing Needs
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Venezuela:

Venezuela Liquidating Assets As Economic Crisis Worsens
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An economist just explained Venezuela's chronic toilet paper shortage crisis
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