September 24, 2015

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Law:

Pillsbury Winthrop, Chadbourne in Talks to Merge Pillsbury Winthrop Said in Talks to Merge With Chadbourne Parke Chadbourne & Parke, Pillsbury Winthrop Talking Tie-Up
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Dewey Jurors Seek Clarity on 'False' Accounting Moves Dewey: 10 Lessons Lost
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Data Breaches Rising at Large Firms
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Law School Building Boom — Really?
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Law School Admissions Officers Bracing for Influx of Applications
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Burr & Forman Boost Creditor's Rights And Bankruptcy Practice With New Orlando Attorney
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Judge vacates sanction against BigLaw partner, notes ‘steps for rehabilitation’
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Which Texas Firm Should You Not Mess With?
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Kenyon & Kenyon Elects Stephen Colbert’s Brother as Managing Partner
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BigLaw associate handling his own divorce is sanctioned $10K for ‘maelstrom of misconduct’
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Former SMU Law School Dean Must Admit Pros Charge To Get Plea Deal
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10 things bosses hate to see on résumés
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Stop Trying To Hire The Purple Squirrel
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Multiple Offers - In Fly-Over Country, Go For Most Solid Career Opportunity, Not City
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NY state considers fly-in, fly-out rights for foreign lawyers
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The new iPad mini is a major step above its predecessors
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You should upgrade your iPhone every 3 years
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Apple should fix the iPhone snooze button — now
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Apple releases new iOS fix after rocky rollout
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Lawyers Are Tech First-Adopters
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The end of the office as we know it
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Law Firms Face Security Incidents Even as Tech Budgets Increase Large US firms see rise in number of data breaches
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Another Job Opportunity For Graduating Law Students
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New Year, New You
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The Mushroom Theory Of Management And Succession Planning
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7 things you can do to draw attention away from your thinning hair
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Texas high school football coach reportedly admits to telling players to blindside ref
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A filmmaker who was charged $1,500 for using the 'Happy Birthday' song just won a landmark lawsuit — now she wants others to be repaid
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Caitlyn Jenner -- DA Will Not Prosecute in Fatal Car Crash
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Kim Davis Prepared to Go Back to Jail Kim Davis Loses Bid to Stall Gay Marriage
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Did Lawyer’s Blogging Lead To Imprisonment Of Executives?
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Large firms accused of using law grads as slave labour in Australia
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Suit seeking to declare autistic boy a public nuisance goes to mediation
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Donald Trump’s Amazing Cease & Desist Letter
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Judges:

Judge Makes Jaw-Dropping Comments On Women In The Judiciary
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New Jersey judge accused of making vulgar, suggestive remarks faces disciplinary charges
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Ex-courthouse clerk charged with felony for throwing files in trash after being fired
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ND AL: Bankruptcy Judge Retirement Announced
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Could The Ninth Circuit Fall For This Monkey Business?
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Wall Street:

Dow futures drop 100 pts. as Street waits for Yellen
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Wall Street edges down as factory data adds to growth worries US stocks struggle to climb out of red as oil retreats U.S. stock declines reined in
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Layoffs:

Just Another Factory Closing
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:

Here's what Volkswagen did and how it got caught Volkswagen Test Rigging Follows a Long Auto Industry Pattern Volkswagen's wild ride continues
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Kirkland Keeping Mum on Role in Volkswagen Scandal
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Volkswagen GC expected to come into spotlight
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Think twice before betting on VW rebound
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Volkswagen Facing Dozens of Suits
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Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigns amid scandal The rapid fall of VW's Martin Winterkorn VW CEO's Likely Pension for Leaving? $32M
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Venality At Volkswagen
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How many deaths did Volkswagen's pollution scandal cause?
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‘Volkswagen lied to me when I bought my Jetta’
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The Unassuming Engineer Who Exposed Volkswagen
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Volkswagen needs to explain away software to avoid criminal charges, experts say
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Japan shares hit by automaker losses as Volkswagen scandal ripples
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Food/Beverage:

Union gets seat at table on Haggen bankruptcy
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How to skip the long lines at Chipotle
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Gambling:

Investors sue Revel power plant claiming fraud on bonds
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Coal:

Peabody Lenders Said to Hire Davis Polk for Debt Discussions
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Arch Coal Inc Turns To Ash As Bankruptcy Fears Grow
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No. 2 U.S. Coal Miner Sparks Bankruptcy Fears
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Distressed Investing:

Marathon Said to Seek More Than $1 Billion for Europe Bank Loans
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Economy:

Fed's Bullard explains the problem with keeping rates at zero forever
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Here comes the 'revenue recession'
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Schiff: I'm right on Fed—I'll be right on stocks
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Foreigners gobbling up US corporate debt
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U.S. Butterfly Spread Sags as Fed Liftoff Bets Pushed Back
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The 30 highest-paying jobs in America
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Who still suffers from financial crisis PTSD?
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Martin Shkreli: A new icon of modern greed
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This chart reveals 4 decades of dramatic change to household formation
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10 Companies Most at Risk by Sharing Economy
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Chemical Activity Barometer "Signals Slowdown of Economic Activity"
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Here's how much private debt countries have racked up since the financial crisis
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Property Surrender: Surrender Means Surrender – Really
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Hedge Funds Back Buying Foreclosed Homes, but from HUD at Huge Discounts
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California housing stuck in a standstill
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AIA: Architecture Billings Index indicated slight contraction in August
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In S.F. even people with jobs are homeless
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HARP helped more than 3 million borrowers save $3,500 annually
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Bankrupt startup Quirky disposes of 60K sf NYC office
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Politics:

Hillary's FBI Nightmare Comes True The most intriguing thing about the FBI recovering Hillary Clinton's deleted emails State: Didn't Know Clinton Had Email Server State Contradicts Clinton on Email Request
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Trump: I'm boycotting Fox News Donald Trump wants the FCC to fine a critical Fox News pundit SNL has picked someone to play Donald Trump All of Donald Trump's Twitter burns against his Republican rivals Golf isn't the only sport where Donald Trump crushes it How Trump Beat Colbert at His Own Game
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Marco Rubio is picking up the spoils of Scott Walker's defunct campaign
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Ted Cruz Gets Booed Over Gay Marriage Comments On 'The Late Show'
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Here's where the 2016 presidential debates will be
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Orlando Commissioner Hill files Chapter 13 bankruptcy
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Religion:

Pope praises US bishops' response to abuse, angering victims
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Pope Francis just called out Washington
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Pope says climate change cannot be ignored Fox host explodes in 20-minute tirade after Pope Francis praises Obama on climate change
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Pope of the poor arrives in US denying he's a liberal Ted Cruz: Pope Francis is a social conservative
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Obama to Bask in Pope's Aura, But Francis Wants Economic Justice
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How the White House Welcomed Pope Francis
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The Pope and the Little Sisters of the Poor
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Oil/Gas:

Oil bounces to $48 on bargain-hunting after sharp fall Oil rebounds as China signals more openness
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Oil Drillers' Credit Lines to Shrink as Banks Revalue Assets Oil & gas cos could see near 40% decline in borrowing base-survey
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Fracking Firms That Drove Oil Boom Struggle to Survive
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Project estimates decline as $50 will be the new benchmark
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Oil patch companies head to bankruptcy
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Financial pressures hit US shale oil output
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Drillers expected to sell more assets as they slash spending
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Distress in the Oil & Gas Industry (Part 1)
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Smaller Companies Show Early Signs of Oil Price Distress
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Oil drops 4.1% after mixed EIA inventory report Oil falls to a loss despite inventory draw
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Trying to predict oil prices is almost impossible
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Oil is unlikely to return to $100 a barrel for years
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Total cuts oil output target Total Plans $500 Million Annual Investment in Renewable Energy Total to Slash CAPEX and OPEX by Billions of Dollars by 2017
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Halliburton plans more layoffs, now targeting management Halliburton lays off North Dakota workers; how many not known
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BHP CEO Mackenzie sees pay cut nearly in half after commodities collapse
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An Analysis Of Foresight Energy And Its Margin Of Safety
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Norway Cuts Rates to Record Low to Save Economy From Oil Slump
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Oil Companies in Europe Seek Creative Funding as Lenders Retreat
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Mining:

Bad News for Bankers as Miners Seen Balking at Mega Deals
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Defaults:

When will leveraged loan default rates finally rise? Here’s What Loan Managers Say
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Steel:

Still a Steel Town: The future of the steelworkers' union
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Golf:

Trump Organization Considering Bid for Puerto Rico Golf Club
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Resorts:

PM ‘Confident’ Of Pay Soon For Baha Mar Contractors
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Retailing:

Lessons from a Retail Giant’s Recent Bankruptcy Filing
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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 (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (38 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:

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Chapter 7:

Life After Death for Chapter 7 Corporate Debtors? What Remains After a Corporate Liquidation
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Safe Harbors:

District Court Holds that Assignee is Not Entitled to Safe Harbor Protections
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Sales:

Debtors Can't Sell Undersecured Creditor's Collateral
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Proofs of Claim:

Alabama Bankruptcy Court Holds That Filing Proof of Claim for Time-Barred Debt Cannot Give Rise to FDCPA Claim or Sanctions
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Professional Compensation:

Stakeholders Have Mixed Views on Attorneys' Fee Guidelines and Venue Selection for Large Chapter 11 Cases
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TBTF:

Bank Regulators Set for London Showdown on Too-Big-to-Fail
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Corporate Governance:

VW recall scandal is a wake-up call for executives
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Healthcare:

Forest Park Medical Center at Frisco files for bankruptcy protection Texas hospital files for bankruptcy due to out-of-network payment challenges Forest Park's Frisco hospital debts total $15M, including $8.5M to landlord Sabra
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Former CEO of Bankrupt Chicago Hospital Admits to Perjury - Hid millions in offshore account to evade more than $188 million in civil penalties
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El Paso Children's, UMC have until today to agree on a deal
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Study shows employers shifting more medical costs to workers
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The CEO who jacked up the price of a drug by 5,000% has done this before Pharma Bro Is the Face of U.S. Health Care
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Agriculture:

Stamp Farms employee fined $10,000 for his role in deceiving bankruptcy court
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Student Debt:

Lawyer Charged With Soliciting A Bribe… To Pay Off Student Loans
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Yes! Magazine’s optimistic take on bankruptcy and student loan debt
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Horse Racing:

Horse Races At Chicago's Bankrupt Maywood Park Face Cancellation
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Gadgets:

Here's a list of companies, people that Quirky owes money to
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Brokers:

Securities firm files for bankruptcy liquidation amid legal claims
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Television:

The number of people watching TV is falling off a cliff
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Plastics:

Thornton bankruptcy an outlier, not a trend
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Aviation:

TSA confiscates record 67 firearms in carry-on luggage . . . last week
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Sovereigns:

ISDA Ruling Paves Way for Ukraine CDS Payout as Default Nears
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Ukraine Isolates Russia With Sweeter Debt Deal to Deter Holdouts
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UK:

Why RBS may pay small firms it allegedly ruined
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EY legal arm plans doubling of lawyer team in UK
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EU:

Draghi Says Time Needed to Judge If More Stimulus Necessary
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Germany:

German consumer morale declines again going into October
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China:

China firms going bankrupt : 50 per cent rise likely
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Supreme People's Court Interpretations Of China's Bankruptcy Law: Translations and Commentary
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China: Buiter and Krugman Views
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Poland:

Poland withdraws rescue plan for miner KW - source
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Polish Utilities Fall on Risk They Could Be Forced to Help Mines
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Brazil:

Brazil: Currency Collapse is Astounding
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