Law:
Dewey & LeBoeuf Jury Starting to Feel the Pain After 2 1/2 Weeks
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The Capitulation Of Merely ‘Rich’ Firms (And How To Bring In $3 Million In Profits Per Partner)
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US law firms put pressure on Magic Circle by upping staff numbers and pay
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Law firm offices are dead
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Law Firm Mergers Reach Highest Point in Nearly a Decade
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Which practice areas are going to be the most lucrative in the future?
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A Banner Year for M&A Bodes Well for Deal Firms
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Delaware M&A Quarterly
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Ex-Big Law IT Engineer Convicted of Hacking
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DLA sets target to double size of Philadelphia team
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Lawyers slow to adopt email encryption and other forms of secure communications, ABA survey finds
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Why You Shouldn’t Wrestle With Pigs
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Law Student Says Something Insensitive On Facebook, Starts Firestorm
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Law Student Gets Reprieve From Exam Due To Cubs – Pirates Game
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Northwestern Admits Defeat, Will Discontinue Its Accelerated J.D. Program
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Sexytime For Testimony? Seems Like A Good Deal
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The perils of poor posture: it starts with sitting
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Mass shootings prompt gun sale surge
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Woman sits dead at McDonald's -- for 24 hours
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California becomes 5th state to legalize assisted suicide
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Judge tosses defamation suit by Yankees fan caught napping on camera
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Lawyer attempts citizen’s arrest in court; his attorney client calls murder charge ‘stupid’
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1965: Plan to Keep America White Backfired • Tx. School History: Slaves = Economic Migrants
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I tried the service that delivers IVs to people with hangovers
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The best smartphones in the world
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iPhone 6S users are complaining that the home button can get 'burning hot'
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Movie Rage Results In Man's Battery Arrest
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The Untold Story of DA Susan Hawks • Dallas DA Urged to Resign • Dallas County DA Apologizes
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Oregon shooter’s mother was an avid gun enthusiast who stockpiled weapons for fear of confiscation • Mother Wrote of Troubled Son & Gun Rights
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Do the states with the most gun laws have the fewest gun deaths? It depends on what is counted
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Fact Check: "90% of Americans want national background checks that close loopholes."
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11 Year Old Bully Kills 8 Year Old Girl
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Kim Davis Law Firm Labeled Hate Group
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DOJ Will Count Killings by US Police
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Most Interesting Man in the World Sued
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Judges:
Supreme Court Kicks Off New Term With Collegiality
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Businesses See Chance to Derail Lawsuits as High Court Returns
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Alabama judges turn to Jim Crow-era law to combat same-sex marriages
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Revenge Of The Roberts Court
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Time Spent On SCOTUS Bench Makes Justices Lean Left
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Disbarred Judge Won’t Resign
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Judges Alex Kozinski and Richard Kopf Talk Legal Writing
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures slip
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Wall Street rises as investors eye rate hike delay, oil up • Stocks Climb on Bets That Fed Won't Act Soon • Rally on! Dow soars 300; Nasdaq ends in the green for 2015
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Why stocks rallied after Friday’s bad jobs report
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B. of A. cuts S&P 500 year-end target again
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Gross, Seeing Stocks Plunging Another 10%, Urges Flight to Cash
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Oregon: The Myth of the Good Guy With the Gun
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Layoffs:
Tribune Publishing announces staff reduction
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SunEdison to Fire 15% of Workers
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Irving-based nursery company to cut 250 jobs after Home Depot cancels contract
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Air France Meeting Over Thousands Of Job Cuts Abandoned After Workers, Executives Clash • These photos show Air France executives having their clothes ripped off as they escape angry employees • France's PM has called for 'severe' punishment
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Trinity Marine Products to close Madisonville yard, cut 336 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
Supreme Court has bad news for Madoff victims
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Supreme Court refuses to review insider trading decision deemed a ‘roadmap for unscrupulous’
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Did the Supreme Court Just Rewrite Preet Bharara's Legacy on Wall Street Crime?
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Top Prosecutor Fears Insider Leak `Bonanza' as Ruling Stands
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September 2015 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Supreme Court Won’t Review Insider-Trading Ruling
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Hollywood:
Relativity Bankruptcy : Judge Not Ready to Approve Sale • Relativity Bankruptcy: Court Says It Needs More Time To Weigh Deal Terms • Relativity Sale Approval Delayed by Bankruptcy Court Judge • Relativity Sale Garners Judge's Support
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Relativity Bankruptcy Plan Lets Kavanaugh Keep `Masterminds' •Relativity Bankruptcy: Details of Ryan Kavanaugh's Deal Revealed
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Relativity Studios' President Steps Down
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Relativity Tells Court It Will Have To Liquidate TV Unit If No On Sale
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Economy:
Most Americans have less than $1,000 in savings
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Bernanke: Economy may not be ready for a 1% rate • Bernanke defending Fed actions to battle recession • Bernanke Blames Weak Recovery on Congress
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Ben Bernanke attacks Congress for failing to foster US rebound
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US Corporations Hold $2.1 Trillion Offshore
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U.S. Consumer Spending Remains Stable During Fall Season
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Fed’s Rosengren doesn’t see economy set to tank
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A Fed decision could hinge on this: Expert
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NY Fed Researchers Say Credit Markets Are Evolving
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Why There's a 50% Chance of a U.S Government Shutdown
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Chart: New, Terrible Trends in Jobs
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It’s payback time for American’s workers
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The 18 countries with the lowest tax rates in the world
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
NJ Fed Court Reverses Bankr Court Ruling that Foreclosure Was Barred by NJ Six-Year Statute of Limitations
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Florida default servicing law firm laying off 150, shuttering title company
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Another one bites the dust: MERS wins again
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SEC charges Home Loan Servicing Solutions over relationship with Ocwen
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Cash-out refis up 68% since 2Q 2014
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New Easier Mortgage Rules Kick in Today
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico Willingness to Pay Test Coming Sooner Than Expected
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Fallout From Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Continues
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Retailing:
American Apparel Officially Filed for Bankruptcy: What Went Wrong • Largest retailer bankruptcies of last decade • S--, betrayal, bond traders • Don't cry for American Apparel. It never sold clothes. • The 5 reasons American Apparel is bankrupt • American Apparel goes out of fashion and into bankruptcy • Why American Apparel's Bankruptcy Filing Won't Save the Company • Will bankruptcy cost American Apparel its cool? • American Apparel's Bankruptcy Buys It Time, but Not Much Else • American Apparel is forced to refashion its business •Clothing retailer files for Chapter 11 after reaching $300m debt • Inside American Apparel's L.A. hub before the bankruptcy • American Apparel founder Dov Charney loses everything in company's bankruptcy • American Apparel Keeping 130 Stores Amid Bankruptcy Protection Filing • The Slow Decline And Fall Of Dov Charney's American Apparel • American Apparel: a trip from the height of cool to lows of bankruptcy
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City Sports files for bankruptcy • Lists Nike and Under Armour as top creditors • Says it will sell itself off or close down • Plans to close or sell remaining stores
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Retail chains that disappeared
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Mass Torts:
BP to pay $20.8 billion to settle civil suits • The BP oil spill settlement: What they're saying • BP Settlement Spreads Out Payments Over Years
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Aviation:
American Airlines flight lands safely after pilot dies
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Man caught smuggling himself through airport in suitcase
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Food/Beverage:
Bankruptcy court OKs sale of Z'Tejas restaurant chain
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Post- bankruptcy Sbarro is back in growth mode
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Haggen find buyers for 36 stores, offers up some local stores too • Will Your Haggen Grocery Store Get Sold Under New Deal?
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Hedge Funds:
Global slump causes this hedge fund to shut down
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Golf:
West Richland sues golf course owner in bankruptcy court
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Fashion:
Houston fashion company files for bankruptcy
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Gambling:
Squabble Over Caesars Bankruptcy Day Not Priority for Judge
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Oil/Gas:
Haynes and Boone Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey: Fall 2015
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Forensic accountant dives into Primera Energy records; judge approves HQ sale
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Oil prices fall on slowing global economic growth outlook
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Shell's CEO says he sees the first signs of an oil price recovery
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HOVENSA bankruptcy faces objections
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This Month Could Make Or Break The Oil Markets
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BP Spells Out What’s Wrong With Big Oil In One Chart
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Goldman Sachs, And 35 Other Companies, Target 100% Renewables
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Shell's Halted Arctic Exploration Will Hit Alaskan Economy
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Why This Is No Ordinary Oil Price Shock For Canada
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The 'Phenomenal' Buying Opportunity in Energy • The time has come to buy energy stocks: Strategist
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Primera Energy garners attention of forensic accountant who is diving into company's records
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Alternative Energy:
Parts sold from biofuel plant that owes Mississippi $79M
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Banking:
Out-of-network ATM fees, overdraft charges hit record, survey says
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Personal Finance:
App makes it ‘less awkward’ to loan friends money
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Why your annual pay raise will disappoint you
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Average ATM Fee is Now $4.50
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9 hard truths about money your successful friends won't tell you
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
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Eligibility:
Bankruptcy Filing Isn't Allowed for Marijuana Businesses
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Administrative Claims:
Hudson Energy Denied Administrative Priority for Electricity Sold Pre-Bankruptcy
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Default Interest:
Don’t Forfeit Your Right To Demand Default Rate Interest!
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Avoidance Actions:
The Interesting Relationship Between Veil Piercing and Fraudulent Transfer Law
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Ninth Circuit Permits Lien-Voidance in Chapter 20
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Autos:
High court won't hear dispute over Chrysler dealerships
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Volkswagen States 8 Million Vehicles Affected in the EU • Is the VW Crisis a Risk to Germany’s Economy? • Circling the Volkswagens • Not Just Volkswagen Failing Emission Tests • Volkswagen to place all investments under review amid scandal
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Forget VW. What About Ethanol Fraud?
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Autonomous vehicles are coming sooner than we think
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Weather:
South Carolina flood losses: $1 billion and rising • 11 Died in South Carolina Floods
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Politics:
Trump declares war on Obamatrade • Trump Sees 'Collapse' in Republican Campaign Without Him • Trump's opinions on Syria are making Russian media love him
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In rural America, a startling prospect: Voters Obama lost look to Sanders
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Florida Senate Candidate Drank Goat Blood
• Utah Congressman Chaffetz Jumps Into Speaker Race
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Hillary Clinton’s gun control plan includes both legislation and executive actions • A visibly angry Hillary Clinton just went off on Republicans for their Benghazi investigation
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Kochs Go Carly? • Fiorina Fact Check: Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."
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Carson Fact Check: Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."
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Ousting Boehner Was Just the Start
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Religion:
The Shady Group That Played Pope Francis
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Healthcare:
Houlihan Lokey Hires Goldman's Fedora Baloiu for Health Deals
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Alternative Energy:
Columbus KiOR facility sold to Georgia company
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Defaults:
Leveraged loan default rates inches to 1.32% courtesy MMM Holdings
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Deutsche Bank Asks if the Corporate Default Cycle Has Started
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Sovereigns:
U.S. court rejects creditors' bid for Argentine funds held by BNY Mellon
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Kicillof: 'The Boden 2015 payment is being carried out normally'
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UK:
Bankrupt Beatles fan tries to hang onto his collection of memorabilia
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A shift in the balance……?
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EU:
Cerberus Leads Buyers as Europe Trims Bad Property-Debt Pile
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PIIGS:
Tsipras urges reform as part of strategy to exit crisis • No Quarter for Greece on Bank Recap as Euro Area Plays Tough • Greek creditors aiming for a mid-October payout
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Portugal's Election Gives Spanish Prime Minister Cause for Concern
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Canada:
Cerberus Bets on Holiday Inns in Oil-Dependent Canadian Towns
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Ukraine:
Ukraine Sees IMF Bailout Continuing Even With Russia Bond Unpaid
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France:
French airline workers attack execs over job cuts • Shirts ripped from their backs • Manager 'almost lynched'
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China:
How China Slowdown Is Dramatically Impacting the World
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Chinese market sees drop in international law firms for first time ever • Chinese legal profession lives in fear, says ex-judge
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Germany:
Concerns over Germany as factories stutter
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Mexico:
Here's what Mexican federal agents were actually doing when they should've been monitoring El Chapo's prison cell
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