Law:
Lawyers Bump Advertising Spending To $890 Million In Quest For Clients
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Rising Rents Outstrip Profit Gains at Law Firms
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New York Bar Exam Results Reveal Worst Pass Rates In More Than A Decade
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Stop the AI madness!
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As Baby Boomers Retire, Faith in Computers Grows, Report Finds
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This Is How The ABA Plans To Address The Nationwide Problem With Bar Exam Failure?
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Trimming Legal Department Makes Sense, GC Says
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Beyond Biglaw: Pumping Your Book
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Law Professor Keeps Rolling On Jeopardy!
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Apple Fights DOJ Over Attempt to Unlock Seized IPhone • Judge Questions Legal Authority To Force Apple To Unlock iPhones
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Illinois governor’s SCOTUS brief was an ‘unauthorized filing,’ state AG’s office tells court
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All Mac practice? Tech tips from four Mac-using lawyers
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Apple’s results top targets as iPhone demand surges
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The FBI will investigate case of student in South Carolina dragged out of her classroom by a police officer
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Hey, Hobby Lobby Boss: Thou Shalt Not Steal
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The Tumultuous History Of Baseball And The Law
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In the past five years, at least six Americans have been shot by dogs
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Police are searching black drivers more often, but finding more illegal stuff with white drivers
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Black US citizen seeking refugee status in Canada on account of his race
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Defining The Law Of Emoji
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Holiday Epiphany For Misanthropic Lawyers - A Reverse Ebenezer Scrooge
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United Airlines Apologized to Disabled Passenger Forced to Crawl From Airplane
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911 Call: Employee Told Cops: "I Don’t Feel Comfortable" Letting John Henson In Store
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Judges:
Judge Joseph Irenas and Appellate Review of Bankruptcy Decisions – a Snapshot of a Lasting Legacy
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Patience-Depleted Judge Reschedules Trial for 18th Time
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The SEC's Kangaroo Courts
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Wall Street:
Stock futures rise after Apple results; Fed statement awaited
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U.S. Stocks Slip Before Fed Amid Earnings Reports, Economic Data
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Why this bull run in stocks is fraught with peril
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This is the scare investors should be bracing for
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Layoffs:
Cummins to cut 2000 jobs due to weak demand for its engines
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Michigan lithium-ion battery maker laying off 100 workers
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Haggen layoffs mount as company downsizes its operation
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Verso Notifies 300 Maine Workers Of Their Dismissal Date
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
History says economy does better under Democrats
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Hillary Clinton Surges in Latest Iowa Poll • Hillary Has a 41 Point Lead in Iowa
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Some GOP ideas would cause recession: Ex-Bush aide
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Ben Carson leads Donald Trump in new national poll NYT •Examining Ben Carson's proposal for health savings accounts • Ben Carson's Stabbing Story Full of Holes • Why Ben Carson's Candidacy is Doomed
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Will Trump lash out in GOP debate because of drop in polls? • GOPer: THIS is the No. 1 threat to Trump
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GOP hopefuls on Social Security, student loan debt
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Jeb Bush rolls out proposals for Social Security, Medicare
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Bernie Sanders Has Some Weird Thoughts About Student Loans
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America’s biggest corporate political donors
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Every governor running for president likes to tout his record. Here’s the reality.
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Corporate Reform:
Courts Apply Deferred-Prosecution Agreements to Corporations, Not People
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Resorts:
'Up To A Year' To Finish Baha Mar
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Pensions:
Pension problems expected to hammer UPS retirees
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Steel:
Baltimore to collect 'pennies on the dollar' from Sparrows Point's $7.3M overdue water bill
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Automation:
Bankrupt Wink adds Canary as a partner
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Education:
Sandy Weill's Wife Tells Struggling College To Go F*ck Itself
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Tax:
House GOP Starts Impeachment of IRS Head
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Religion:
Twin Cities archdiocese seeks reorganization extension
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Aviation:
Pilots at regional airline Republic approve new contract
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This guy used a frequent-flyer loophole to take a $60,000 trip in a first-class suite on Emirates — here's what it was like
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Mining:
Lynas Weighs Molycorp Bid as Rare Earths Suitors Open Talks
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Economy:
Regional Fed Manufacturing Surveys Weak Again in October
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Consumer confidence retreats
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Top 100 US CEOs Sitting on Retirement Funds of $5 Billion
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Chance of recession highest in two years: Survey
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Orders for U.S. durable goods fizzle again
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Service-sector gauge at 9-month low
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Why the Fed should just stop talking
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How Mario Draghi will stop Janet Yellen from raising rates for years • Fed’s hands are tied on interest-rate hike • The real reason Yellen will hold off on the liftoff
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Survey: Consumers Holiday Spending Reports Reach 14-Year High
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Ryan Blasts Boehner Over New Budget Deal
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Economic Outlook Shapes Views of Immigration
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If you're too young to remember the financial crisis, then read Marc Andreessen's tweetstorm
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Mortgage Acknowledgments: Can A Boo-Boo Be Fixed?
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey, Purchase Applications up 23% YoY
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HVS: Q3 2015 Homeownership and Vacancy Rates
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The same culprits are re-inflating the housing bubble
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10 States with the Most Zombie Foreclosures
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The Homeownership Rate Is Near a 30-Year Low. Could It Be Hitting Bottom? • Homeownership rate rises for first time in 2 years
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Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 4.7% year-over-year in August • Shiller's Concerned About a Housing Slowdown
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Real Prices and Price-to-Rent Ratio in August
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Look who’s starting to buy homes again
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Developers say they hope it’s not the final frame for the Railyard
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Minimum bid for Carver Center dropped to $10,000
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August Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Appreciate at Faster Pace • City-by-city look at house prices: Denver is on fire
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico needs reform, not bankruptcy protection
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The White House has a solid plan for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Bondholders Said to Hire Adviser Before Meeting
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DPS could be insolvent by spring, state treasurer warns
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San Bernardino mayor lists city’s progress despite bankruptcy
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Electricity:
Energy Future Plan Criticized by Oncor Creditors
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When energy bills skyrocketed, these neighbors banded together to keep the lights on — and won
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Oil/Gas:
Weds.: Oil prices rebound
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Oil prices fall as glut worries worsen • Mourning Oil Prices: The Five Stages Of Grief
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Oil Below $50 Signals Saudi Stocks Can't Defy History for Long
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U.S. Shale Lifelines Running Thin
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Next Few Weeks Will Reveal Full Extent Of Oil Industry Suffering
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BP plans financial overhaul as profits cut nearly in half
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Oil drops on talk of sale from U.S. reserves
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Short-Sellers Target Big Oil
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U.S. shale revolution isn’t dead yet
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Next Few Weeks Will Reveal Full Extent Of Oil Industry Suffering
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Shale drillers uncertain as US output dwindles
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BP Sees Oil Prices Rising To $60 A Barrel In 2017, But Tough Cuts In US Production Needed First
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Mass Torts: Fossil fuel companies risk plague of 'asbestos' lawsuits as tide turns on climate change • Should The Government Sue Big Oil ?
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Governments shouldn’t count on low oil prices: IEA
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Americans to see lowest heating bills in years due to fuel glut
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When the oil stops: 16×9 takes a closer look at old wells in Canada
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Saudi Stocks Tumble as Government Studies Cutting Fuel Subsidies
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This commodity has a serious problem: Gartman
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Slumping oil prices lead American Eagle to bankruptcy
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Nabors posts $296 million loss amid weakening oil field activity
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RAAM Global Energy Company Files For Bankruptcy in Houston, Texas • RAAM Global files Ch. 11, negotiating credit bid with term lenders
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Shell cancels big Canadian oil sands project
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Anadarko Petroleum down more than $2 billion in the third quarter
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Sorting Through The Gems And Junk In The MLP Wreckage
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Oil and gas execs say companies still recruiting to keep up with talent lost in layoffs
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The Buyer-Seller Gap: Oil & Gas Acquisitions Report
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Healthcare:
Bankrupt Hospital Allowed to Recover Medicaid Provider Fees Paid to State
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Hutcheson Medical Center patients at risk?
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Advocate Calls Hutcheson Situation "Significantly Destabilized" In Bankruptcy Court Document
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Holzer Health System plans to eliminate 100 jobs
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County objects to bankruptcy consultant’s fees
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Gambling:
Caesars cancels Mississippi Tunica auction amid lack of bidders
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Asset Protection:
Silver Bars and Fraudulent Transfers in Rego Group
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Nevada Ponzi Man Gets 12 Years
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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 (18 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Avoidance Actions:
House Wins! 7th Circuit Holds that “Good Faith” Defense Under Section 550(b)(1) Applies to Casino in Fraudulent Transfer Action
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Involuntary Bankruptcies:
Bad Faith Dooms Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
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DIP Finance:
The Court: “Where Do you get a Right Under 364 for That Purpose?”
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Bankruptcy Rules:
BK NV: Local Rules Project – Request for Public Comment
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Commercial Law League Presents Webinar on New Rules and Forms
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Corporate Governance:
Rights of Creditors Will be Determined by Contract Terms and Fraudulent Conveyance Statutes; Creditors' Derivative Fiduciary Duty Claims Will Succeed Only in the Rarest of Circumstances
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Coal:
Some Patriot Coal Workers To Be Re-Hired
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Arch shareholders reject debt swap offer, pushing company to bankruptcy brink
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Arch Coal: Is This The End?
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Few Options Left for Arch Coal After Debt Swap Falls Apart
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Coal mining union says West Virginia should build new plants if EPA rules upheld
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More Trouble in Coal Country: Health Care at Risk for 12,000 Retired Miners and Their Families
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Hillary Clinton calls on Peabody to do 'the right thing'
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Celebs:
Boxers Who Rely on 50 Cent's Firm for Fights Aren't Happy
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Rhode Island reopens probe into loan to former Red Sox player's company
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Bill Cosby accuser sues former DA for alleged defamation
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Jared Fogle Brags in Secretly Recorded Tapes About S-- With Children
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Lenny Dykstra says he hired PIs to get details on umps, better calls in games
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge fund assets take biggest plunge since 2008
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Hollywood:
Relativity Bankruptcy : Planned Court Showdown Over Financing Deal Fizzles
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Autos:
Volkswagen posts $1.9 bln loss, warns on profit
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Student Debt:
U.S. Student Debt Rose to Almost $29,000 for Graduates in 2014
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Millions More to Qualify for Student-Loan Modification Program
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Food/Beverage:
NM: Flying Star Cafe's Jean Bernstein shares how real estate factored into Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Finance:
House Votes Overwhelmingly to Reopen Import Export Bank
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Taxis:
Uber Survey: Turnover High, Wages Low
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UK:
Is London’s Housing Bubble About to Burst?
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PIIGS:
Sean Dunne's wife seeks to cross examine American bankruptcy lawyer
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Canada:
Canadian dollar slides as oil sinks below $43 US a barrel
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India:
Bankruptcy Code a predominant requirement to deepen bond market
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Brazil:
Brazilian banks' Q3 profits squeezed by recession, defaults
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Russia:
Weak oil prices hit Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund
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China:
China stocks fall
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China Steel: Massive Demand Slump
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'I wouldn't know that there was any economic issue at all in China'
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MENA:
Two Iranian Poets Sentenced to 99 Lashes for Shaking Hands with Opposite Sex
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Asia:
Axis Falls Most Among Asia Banks as Bad Debt Weigh on Profit
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Argentina:
Argentina Sells Less Notes in Auction Even After Rate Rise
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