Law:
J. Scott Victor: Transparency is Everything in Bankruptcy • Anders J. Maxwell: Public Policy on Executive Pay Falls Short • Brett Miller: ‘Goldilocks’ Offers Guidance on Insider Pay
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Dewey prosecutor to decide on retrial by early December
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Cadwalader Promotes Restructuring Lawyer To Special Counsel
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Mayer Brown Promotes Bankruptcy Lawyer To Counsel
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The Future of Bankruptcy Work for Lawyers
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Study: Lawyers Have Lowest Health & Well-Being
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Life or Death: Addiction and Depression in the Legal Profession
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Whistleblower suit says $24M settlement wasn’t enough, points finger at claimed Day Pitney conflicts
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Lawyer Beats $25 Fine for Her Cellphone Buzzing in Court
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Harvard Law Students Demand University Drop University Seal Due To Connection To Slaveowner
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Boston law firms making slow progress on partner diversity
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Double Jeopardy? Gender Bias Against Women of Color In The Legal Profession
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Is the Legal Profession Going Backwards on Diversity?
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Proportion of black associates in decline in US law firms
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Be Careful How You Write Always
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Word: Tautological
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Mayer Brown promotes 27 to partner worldwide, no bankruptcy lawyers
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Paul, Weiss rolls out red carpet for Clinton
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California Bar Exam Results Reveal Worst Pass Rate In Nearly 30 Years — But It’s Not All Bad News •
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Law School Reveals How Poorly Graduates With Low GPAs Fared On July 2015 Bar Exam
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Law School - Are You Among The Pressured Offspring Of Affluent Parents?
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Harvard Law Students React To Vandalism On Portraits Of Black Law Profs
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11 apps you should use every day
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5 clever iPhone tricks only power users know about
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Review: iPad Pro -- the largest iPad ever, with support for Apple Pencil
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For Lawyers, Social Media Creates More Headaches Than Friendships
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: The Disease Of Digital Addiction (Part I)
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One Shouldn't Sleep Late on the Weekends
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Ethics Of Misrepresentation In Negotiation
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Charlotte Proudman and top QC have huge Twitter row about who knows the law better
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The Freshfields ‘£1,000 an hour’ partner: row breaks out over how much top firm charges
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Microsoft has created an iPhone app that's like Tinder for businesses
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Apple admitted there's a problem with the iPad Pro • People are not happy with the iPad Pro's launch
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The one suit that should be every guy's first
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The root of procrastination
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What You Need To Know About Informational Interviews
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Here's the intense, rigorous process each refugee goes through before coming to the US • Fact Check: "8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo." • 6 Ways To Tell The Difference Between A Terrorist And A Refugee • Protesters Toting Shotguns and "Big Daddy Infidel" Buttons Gather at Texas Mosque To "Show Force"
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81% of ISIS Suspects Charged in US are Citizens
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Chicago Teen Shot 16 Times, Judge Orders Video Released
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This Attorney Allegedly Stole 6 Figures From Clients
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A man walks into an Apple store ... with a sword
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Manhattan Dentist Arrested on Horrific List of Charges
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Court Tosses Lawsuit By Escapee Who Claimed Gov’t Negligently Allowed Him To Break Out
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Why sarcastic people are more successful
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Judges:
Senior judge reprimanded for Facebook posts about his trials
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Judge Kozinski Faults Prosecutors for Tactics in Steinberg Case
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Of Judges And Old Republicans
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Who Is The Nation’s Foremost Federal Judge?
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Defense Lawyers Claim FBI Illegally Bugged Outside Steps Of County Courthouse
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BigLaw associate who co-wrote ‘Notorious RBG’ rap song dies at age 25
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Wall Street:
Wall Street jittery ahead of Thanksgiving week
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S&P 500 posts largest weekly gain in nearly a year
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Lessons of a Short-Seller Who Lost Big Overnight
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Layoffs:
Jawbone lays off workers, closes New York office
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Tyson Foods to close 2 plants, cut 880 jobs
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Perrigo lays off 100 employees in Allegan, 800 company-wide cuts planned
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185 workers laid off in first round of cuts at BAE Systems Norfolk
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If you have one of these 3 jobs, robots will never put you out of work
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Tax:
Owing IRS Taxes Could Take Your Passports Away From You • Too Broke to Pay Your Taxes? Soon You May Not Be Allowed to Take That Expensive Trip You Can't Afford
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It’s Time to Focus IRS Audits on the Superrich, Inspector General Says
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Retailing:
High stakes for these retailers this holiday
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What all those store closings mean for the holidays
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Junk-Bond Traders See Black Friday Flop
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Over 44,000 Protest JC Penney Thanksgiving Hours
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Retail failures aren't always bad news for landlords
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The 5 retailers with the best Black Friday discounts
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US retailers have left us with a lot of grim questions ahead of the holiday shopping season • Why crumbling department store sales is no reason to worry
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New RadioShack to old customers: “Hello, it's me”
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Why holiday shoppers mostly plan to pay in cash
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What the death of the American mall means for investors
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Food/Beverage:
Schostak bids more than $11M to win Olga's Kitchen
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Objections Stall Deal for Haggen Store
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Where to get incredible meals on Thanksgiving in New York
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Alder Creek Beverages agrees to buy Nirvana - subject to judge approval
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Autos:
More Volkswagen vehicles have emissions issues • VW emissions cheating scandal widens to more 6-cylinder diesels
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Volkswagen cuts capex, faces US pressure to buy back older diesel cars
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Tesla recalling 90,000 Model S sedans due to possible seat belt defect
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Hyundai Recalls Nearly 305,000 Sonatas Due To Brake Light Issue
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Here's how Volvo crawled back from the brink of extinction
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Restructuring allows Big Three to easily handle new labor deals
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Celebs:
Ronda Rousey's coach misses creditor meeting, trustee gets help investigating
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Former NFL running back Clinton Portis files Suggestion of Bankruptcy
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Melissa McCarthy handles bankruptcy like a 'Boss' in her new flick
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Subpoena to be signed Monday to order Schilling to testify
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Derek Jeter and 50 Cent are feuding over an underwear endorsement
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Actress Kim Fields lost her Atlanta area home to foreclosure
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Electricity:
NextEra Off the Docket but Not Out of Mind for Energy Future’s Oncor
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Investor Objection Threatens Hunt's Oncor Takeover Plan
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Education:
Mid-Continent University putting campus up for sale
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Paper:
Judge approves sale of Lincoln Paper & Tissue
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DOL, Penquis prepare to help Lincoln mill workers
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Future of Lincoln paper mill in doubt after liquidation firm wins auction
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Verso's Duluth paper mill may get caught in crossfire of company's struggles
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Hollywood:
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Concerts:
SFX On Bankruptcy Watch After Harsh Third Quarter
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Pensions:
Private Pensions Just Took Another Hit
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Economy:
Fed will want more uncertainty on rates after hike: Bullard • Fed's Williams sees strong case for December interest-rate hike • Income, spending data need to back economic recovery view • 'Damned if they do, damned if they don't'
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Goldman: The Fed is going to hike 4 times in 2016
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USA consumer prices higher in October
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Markets, Fed have very different ideas about inflation
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3% growth or not? Here is the great wage debate • Economist: 'Jobs market is literally on fire in most states in the union'
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US Households' Deleveraging: Painful And Long
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Overall Debt Burden Peaks for Middle-Aged Consumers
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Misinformation About the Economy
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Economists tested 7 welfare programs to see if they made people lazy
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Americans plan to celebrate Christmas like it's 2007
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Goldman: 10 stories will dominate world markets in 2016
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Investors are now a lot more worried about a geopolitical crisis
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Calculating the economic cost of terrorism
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Earnings haven't done this since the financial crisis
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Here's what you need to earn to be in the top 1% in your state
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Dry bulk shipping record low a warning flag for global economy • Baltic Dry Index Falls Below 500 for First Time Ever
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Selloff From Oil to Metals to Crops Halts Global Rally in Stocks
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Our 2 Americas in One Map
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home values are pointing to a sharp wealth divide in major US cities
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Will the Fed 'shock' housing with rate hike?
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Fannie Mae continues shifting credit risk to insurers
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This chart shows something's gone wrong with the US housing market
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Clark Turner Homes Files for Bankruptcy
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Ala Wai harbor developer Honey Bee files for bankruptcy
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Where Construction Jobs Are Booming
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US home rental prices rise at slower pace in October
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Rent relief? Don't hold your breath. Here's why
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For Paul Stenstrom, bankruptcy pays off — again and again and again
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Municipalities:
The Accounting Rules That Bankrupt Cities
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Puerto Rico's development bank says creditor meeting is 'positive'
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Creditors Signal Potential Support for Overhauling Puerto Rico Debt
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Puerto Rico Electric Wins Extension of Debt Restructuring Pact
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Pensions: Where Are The Screaming Actuaries?
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Senate Republicans are Scrambling to Save Puerto Rico From Default
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City pension funds clean up books as they ready for investments
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Chicago argues its pension deal unlike failed state law
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Detroit Rising: DIA still at crossroads • The DIA's $170 million challenge
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Trial begins for Detroit water activists
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Detroit's Blight Problem…and Solutions • Purchasing Detroit's Vacant Land: Stories from the Side Lots
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City manager on the state of Stockton
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A.C. needs fundamental help • Up to state officials to ensure A.C. financial mess is contained
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Christie's mystery meeting over Atlantic City
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Alaska: Rather Go Broke Than Pay Taxes
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States with the Best and Worst Credit Scores
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Unemployment Debt Weighs on U.S. States 6 Years After Recession
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Defunct Frederick exposes Kansas' inability to dissolve dead towns
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Dallas: City leaders rally to save huge downtown development deal threatened with default
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With Faraday, fog might lift on North Las Vegas
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The true cost of living in Washington, DC
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How to Decimate A City
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Oil/Gas:
Mon.: Oil tumbles as strong dollar, oversupply weigh on investors • Crude tumbles as analysts brace for prices under $40 • Oil prices could crater to around $20 per barrel in 2016 • Oil slides as Venezuela sees mid-$20 crude if OPEC doesn’t act
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The Oil Glut: Super Tanker Traffic Jams at Sea
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Oil patch bankruptcies reach 37, with more likely
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Suffering In The Oil Patch - Displaced Lawyers, Et Al., You Got Lots Of Company
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Deja vu Oil Over Again
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Oil companies brace for big wave of debt defaults
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5 quotes from Schlumberger's CEO that suggest the oil downturn could last a while
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Look at Just How Fast U.S. Oil Is Collapsing
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Oil edges lower to near three-month lows on surplus supply takes toll • Crude oil prices to remain suppressed till end-2016 • US oil for December delivery settles at $40.39 a barrel, down 0.4%
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Oil Workers Brace For Fresh Layoffs, As Industry Wrestles With ‘Lower For Longer’ Crude Prices
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Energy crash will be good for Wall Street
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Oil traders prepare for next big price drop in March 2016
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More North American drillers slide into bankruptcy
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Low oil prices put squeeze on US shale producers
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Gas prices dip below $2 a gallon
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Haynesville Shale Needs $6.50 Gas To Break Even
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US oil drillers cut rigs for 11th week in the last 12 -Baker Hughes • Oil rig count resumes plunge, with Permian among hardest hit
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Should we worry as oil stocks hit 3 billion barrels?
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The Saudis are stumbling • Saudi Stocks Lead Mideast Advance as OPEC Pledges Oil Stability • Cut Oil Supply or Drop Riyal Peg? Saudis Face ‘Critical’ Choice • Saudis Start to Move Closer to Russia
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Natural gas falls with stockpiles and temperatures still high
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Implications Of A Magnum Hunter Bankruptcy
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Judge delays HOVENSA sale
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Norway’s offshore fleet in for more pain as 100 vessels stacked
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Africa oil boom fades as $50 crude shuts door on high-cost deals
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Mexico Set for $6bn Oil Hedging Windfall
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Bankruptcy in the US Oil and Gas Industry
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Oil crash sinks North Sea explorers
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Atlantic Petroleum postpones financial results following collapse of North Sea partner
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Texas wind and solar power could compete with fossil fuels in just a few years
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Healthcare:
Pinched by deductibles, some forgo medical care
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Reedley health care district completes bankruptcy plan
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5 Things to Know About UnitedHealth’s Obamacare Warning
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Mr. President, we need answers on Obamacare
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Feds weigh in on St. Elizabeth's bid to acquire bankrupt hospital
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As shutdown looms, Hutcheson prays for salvation
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A disease that once plagued pirates is now showing up in America's poorest people
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Obama administration sets stage for a debate on drug costs
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The Cost of Extending Life: A Riposte
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Specialty Drug Prices Soar Past $50,000
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Feds weigh in on St. Elizabeth's bid to acquire bankrupt hospital
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Privacy:
Starwood warns of data breach at 54 of its hotels
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Politics:
How Good a Dealmaker Is Donald Trump, Anyway? • Donald Trump, Harry Truman and how bankruptcy has changed • Donald Trump: Open to Independent Bid if GOP Doesn’t Treat Him ‘Fairly’ • Donald Trump Launches Twitter Assault on ‘Irrelevant’ John Kasich • Donald Trump Draws Fire for Comments on Muslim Database • Donald Trump's Muslim database, explained • Trump: I saw 'thousands and thousands' of people in New Jersey cheer the 9/11 attacks • Trump: 'I would bring back' waterboarding • Debunking Donald Trump • Donald Trump on his Black Lives Matter heckler: 'Maybe he should have been roughed up' • We pressed Donald Trump about the practicality of his plan to deport 11 million people • Trump Can't Duck Financial Abuse Claims
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Ben Carson: Make a Database on All Americans
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Hillary Clinton Backs New Tax Credit for Family Caregivers •Hillary is in too deep: Why she’ll never be able to extricate herself from Wall Street • Clinton says she would break up "big banks" if needed • Much to Her Chagrin, Bill de Blasio Defends Hillary’s Stance On Wall Street • Clinton's Weaknesses Are Hidden by Republican Disarray
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Criteria for Next Debate Offer Ray of Hope to Flagging Christie Campaign
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Ben Carson is starting to tumble ...
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Democrat Easily Wins Louisiana Governor's Race • 5 things to know
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Fear and Loathing in GOP Heartland
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
False bankruptcy testimony lands man in hot water
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Newspapers:
Orange County Register Reveals Publisher Mirman’s Compensation
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Student Debt:
Florida Coastal law grad asking for discharge of $260K in federal student loans seeks SCOTUS review
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5 Things About Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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Bond Investors Have a $60 Billion Problem With Student Debt
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Why Lowering Student Loan Rates Would Mostly Help Big Earners
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (17 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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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RDM’s Roundup
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IP:
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Interest:
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Discharge:
Undisclosed Debt Discharged In No-Asset Chapter 7
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Litigation:
Litigation funding company stops investing in new cases
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Juridica Investments - Yes, Litigation Is A Crap Shoot
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Text Messages As Evidence - Even More Legal Issues Than Email
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TBTF:
Greenberg Would Buy AIG Assets If for Sale, Boies Says
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Distressed Investing:
Patriarch Partners Seeks Reorganization of Zohar I Fund
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Metals:
1.5M AEP Customers To Pay Ormet Electric Bill
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Coal:
Why 2015 will go down as a year to forget for North American coal miners
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Peabody Energy's Comeback Has Commenced
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In Kentucky, Clinton promotes plan to protect miner benefits
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Scars of a boom: The lingering impact of coal-bed methane
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Music:
If You're an Rdio User, It's Time to Prepare for the End
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Gambling:
Daily Fantasy Sports: Games of Luck or Skill?
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Resorts:
Out of bankruptcy , Scrub regroups
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Fraud:
Mediation Set for Disputes Over MF Global Settlements
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Ethanol:
Fight over ethanol quotas heats up as U.S. nears final decision
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State, city weigh losses from shut-down Hopewell plant
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Religion:
Insurer Says Many Of Priest’s Victims Are Not Eligible For Compensation
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'Hippie ex-priest' put 'Spotlight' on abuse
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Agriculture:
Coin Collection of Turner Grain's Dale Bartlett Heads for Auction
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Mail:
USPS Is Going Down, And It's Taking Billions With It
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Corporate Governance:
Top Three Delaware Corporate Decisions for 2015
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Debt Collection:
Fraud victims get close to $59M settlement with debt collectors
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Personal Finance:
20 money mistakes you're making right now
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Stumped? Best holiday gift ideas for women
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Corporate Reform:
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Travel:
We talked to two seasoned business travelers — here’s what they always pack in their suitcase
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Amusement Parks:
Letters of support sought for park's revival
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Sovereigns:
Argentina: '90% Of That Trade Is Over'
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Argentina Fever Is Back for Investors After Wait of 14 Years • Argentina Elects Pro-Business President; Big Change Expected
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UK:
André Rieu: 'A fake £24m fairytale castle left me bankupt'
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Almost 10% of companies that have done a crowdfunding campaign in the UK have gone bust
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Parabis Group set for pre-pack break-up and sale
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Only the rich can afford to buy a house in Britain today
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Will Begbies Traynor Group plc Short Squeeze Soon?
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Tax schemes: HMRC urged to stop bankrupting investors
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UK: 5 Years of Austerity and More Cuts Coming
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EU:
Eurozone composite PMI hits its highest in 4 years
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PIIGS:
Ex-Waterford Crystal staff react to Tony O'Reilly bankruptcy
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Greece's Draft Budget Sees Mild Economic Contraction in 2016
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Canada:
Credit and loan delinquencies up in Alberta
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Oil Slump Puts Canada in C$3B Hole as Trudeau Takes Reins
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Cheaper Gas Leads Surprise Fall in Canada September Retail Sales
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India:
India’s Rajan wants firms to go bankrupt ... and that’s good
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Fixing bankruptcy, insolvency laws
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Insolvency resolution in India plagued by wide range of problems
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The business of going bust
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Why India's bankrupcy laws are such a mess
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Africa:
Business is expected to get a whole lot worse in SA in 2016
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Bahamas:
Tony O’Reilly gets protection from his creditors as Bahamas court declares him bankrupt • Key hearing on O'Reilly insolvency underway • O'Reilly creditors likely to seek deal after Bahamas bankruptcy
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MENA:
Why the lack of a bankruptcy law hurts innovation
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Warrants of arrest issued against five Dubai Bank managers
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90 percent of international schools face financial crisis
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China:
LDK Solar's Chinese subsidiaries forced into restructuring by Xinyu City
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The entire luxury goods industry is getting crushed by China's slowdown
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Masters of the Finance Universe Are Worried About China
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Shanshui Default Woes Hit China as More Bond Sales Scrapped
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How China Can Prevent the Apocalypse
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Brazil:
Brazil in crisis: The good, the bad and the ugly
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Here's Why Brazil's Economy Is Getting Killed
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Brazil's New Middle Class Faces Plunge Back to Poverty
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Switzerland:
A Swiss bank is about to charge customers a negative interest rate
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Australia:
Workers owed $2.6b in unpaid super as government tries to reduce penalties
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Venezuela:
Oil providers ask Venezuela’s PDVSA for cargo prepayments -sources
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Venezuela's Opposition Smells a Victory
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Finland:
Finland, the New 'Sick Man of Europe,' Agonizes Over Austerity
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