Law:
Cleary Gottlieb Hit with Discrimination Suit
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Jones Day adds bankruptcy and restructuring partner in Cleveland
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The Inside Counsel Revolution
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How a 'Burned Out International Lawyer' Ditched Squire Patton Boggs
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If your husband tells you he regained his law license, check it out, Georgia lawyer learns
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Is There A Farewell Victory Lap For Lawyers?
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Professors Rail Against Renaming Law School After Antonin Scalia, Taking Koch Money
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Oil/Gas Crash Could Have Same Dynamics as in Legal Sector
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Law Firms in Crisis as New Normal - Rainmakers better have down new rules for protecting brand
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The iPad Pro is a great product that's been terribly misnamed
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Facebook Is Ubiquitous — Perfect For Lawyer Publishing And Networking
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Recommind and Hire Counsel announce new fixed-price document review model
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19 soft skills every leader needs to be successful
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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison
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More Firms Helping Associates Refinance Debt
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Alabama town passes ordinance to jail trans people caught using the bathroom in Target
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Slain woman’s suspected killer to decide who gets custody of her son
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Notoriously apolitical NBA legend Michael Jordan speaks out against North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law • Tennessee governor signs religious counseling bill into law • Bathroom Law Battle Begins to Take Hold in Texas
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Mom shot and killed from back seat by 2-year-old son
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Judge to Hastert: You're a Serial Molester • 15 Months in Prison • Biglaw Partners In Support Of Dennis Hastert
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Lawyer Indicted for Compelling P-----------, S----- Assault
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Little Rock Schools are Still Segregated
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No Will: Prince's Estate, Taxes and Chaos
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Judge says Amazon must refund parents for in-app purchases made by children
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Tulsa Deputy Found Guilty of Manslaughter for "Inadvertent" Shooting of Unarmed Man
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74-year-old reserve deputy convicted of killing an unarmed man, could get 4 years in prison
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Brilliant New DUI Defense: Lawyer Eats Breathalyzer Report
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Meet the juvenile 'offenders' Saudi Arabia executed in January
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Free Speech for Bad People
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Judges:
Judge holds hearing on sidewalk and in parking garage, due to courthouse fire
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Veteran SCOTUS Lawyer Screws Up Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Name During Oral Arguments
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Even Musicians Get Mad At The Court
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What Happens When There Aren’t Enough Judges to Go Around
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Wall Street:
Dow futures dive 170 points as BOJ surprises market with no change • Dow set for triple-digit losses after BOJ's surprise move
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Nasdaq falls 1% as tech stocks slump
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Layoffs:
The Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Firing Staffers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
Madoff victims dealt blow in effort to keep $875 million
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Politics:
High court seems poised to overturn McDonnell conviction
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Bill Ackman, Valeant’s Pearson and Elizabeth Warren, Oh My!
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Trump's New Slogan Has Old Baggage From Nazi Era • Donald Trump and the Rise of Loudmouth Politics • Donald Trump keeps changing his mind on how presidential he wants to be • Trump’s Eastern Sweep • Donald Trump Dominates in GOP’s Northeastern Establishment Strongholds • Trump Shatters the Glass Ceiling • Delegate Math Signals Clearer Path for Donald Trump After Northeast Primaries • Why Trump Might Regret Playing 'The Woman Card' Against Clinton • Donald Trump’s next move: Attack Hillary Clinton to win GOP nomination • How Tuesday stopped the Stop Trump movement • 3 winners and 2 losers from Super Trumpsday • Eye-popping stat shows the extent of Donald Trump’s domination
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Ted Cruz Tries for a Winning Ticket • Why the Cruz-Kasich Alliance Will Fail • Carly: Ted "Cannot Possibly Beat Hillary Clinton"
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The most listenable presidential candidates, ranked
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Bernie's Next Crusade
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Bill Clinton Is Sick And Tired Of Greedy Hedge Fund Managers Like His Son-In-Law
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Mass Torts:
PPG Corning emerges from bankruptcy after 16 years • After 16 Years, Pittsburgh Corning Exits Asbestos-Related Bankruptcy
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Privacy:
In Bankruptcy Case, Yahoo Fights Bank’s Demand for Emails - Says law restricting unauthorized access to private information applies to discovery process
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Coal:
Can we learn from Europe’s approach to laid-off coal miners?
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Coal downturn hits railroads hard
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Banking:
FASB agrees to make banks book loan losses sooner
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Hedge Funds:
In Hedge Fund `Killing Field,' Smoldering Fears Suddenly Ignite
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Computers:
IBM Debt Outlook Revised to Negative by S&P on Weaker Profit
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Economy:
Fed keeps key rate unchanged; no hint on timing of next hike • Forget June. The Fed isn't likely to hike interest rates until December • The Fed is partying like it's 1998—and raising risks: Citi strategist • What the Fed Statement Signals and Why
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Fed rate hike to cause pain. Suck it up: Richard Fisher
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Economists React to the Fed Decision: ‘More Optimistic…Than in March’ • Parsing the Fed: How the April Statement Changed from March • Text of the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Statement
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Fed to Markets: Nothing to See Here • See Markets React to the Fed in 7 Charts • This Chart Shows That, For the Market, It’s Still All About the Fed
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Gundlach joins chorus calling for a ‘helicopter drop” by the Fed
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America's Doomed Upper Middle Class
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Fantasy Math Is Helping Companies Spin Losses Into Profits
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Stinky first-quarter growth and lots of earnings
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Exxon Mobil’s downgrade leaves just two AAA-rated companies in the U.S.
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Skittish markets may need policy makers to leave well alone
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The Average American's Retirement
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America’s Industrial Downturn Won’t Throw the U.S. Into Recession, Probably
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The Two Contradictory Ideas Many Americans Have About the Economy
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The truth about millennials in New York City • There's a Real Reason Millennial Workers Have a Right to be Resentful • NYC recession generation may never catch up in workplace - report
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Too Many Elite American Men Are Obsessed With Work and Wealth
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Property Surrender Round 2: Can a Mortgagee Really Be Forced to Take Title?
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Municipalities:
No pay cuts for Atlantic City officials as they fight off bankruptcy
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South Jersey business leaders: Fix Atlantic City before it goes bankrupt
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Barack Obama to Visit Flint, Mich., Site of Mass Water Contamination
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A Commonwealth in Crisis
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Puerto Rico poised for default, draws tough talk from governor
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Puerto Rico Risks Historic Default as Congress Chooses Inaction
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Puerto Rico's Governor Says the Island Will Default on Monday
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Judge: San Bernardino bankruptcy exit ‘in view’
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Oil/Gas:
Pacific Exploration seeks creditor protection in Canada
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Thurs.: Gains for crude prices stall as supply concerns linger
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Weds.: Oil retreats from 2016 highs as US crude stocks build• Oil Pares Gains on Bigger-Than-Expected Increase in Inventories • Oil aims for highest finish of 2016 as attention shifts to output • Oil breaks above $45 a barrel
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Ruling protects bidder for Alpha’s gas assets
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Laid-Off Oil Workers Struggle to Pay Loans, Credit Cards
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Total Profit Sinks Despite Boosting Output, Cutting Costs
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Baker Hughes Loss Widens Amid Oil Downturn • Baker Hughes posts $981 million loss in first quarter
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Hess Loss Widens Amid Weak Energy Prices • Hess would add Bakken rigs when oil nears $60 per barrel
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T. Boone: US Oil Industry Dead in the Water
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Something Has To Give – Goldman Sachs Expects More Dividend Cuts
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Big Oil Surprises Analysts, Is The Worst Behind Us?
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Paladin Energy Corporation Files For Bankruptcy in Dallas, Texas
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$500 Billion In Lost Oil Revenues Forces Gulf Nations To Turn To Debt Markets
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Why Saudi Arabia Will Not Win The Oil Price War
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Brazil Said to Be Biggest Creditor in Planned Oil-Rig Bankruptcy
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Global Oil Market Could Face 4.5M Bpd Shortfall by 2035
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Baker Hughes Expects US Rig Count To Stabilize Later In 2016
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Helicopter industry awaits recovery as oil -price rebounds to over $40
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Tullow Oil Cuts Deeper As Banks Agree To Amend Loan Terms
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China's Biggest Oil Company Posts 52% Decline in 2015 Profit
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How West Texas is surviving the oil bust
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Retailing:
Buyouts Saddle Struggling Retailers With Debts They Can't Repay
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Sports Authority may barely cover bankruptcy cost with sale
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Sports Authority Stymied in Challenge to Bankruptcy Financing
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Retailer Sports Authority Abandons Reorganization
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Television:
‘American Idol’ Owner Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy • 'American Idol' Producer Core Media Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Core Media TV Chief to Exit Amid Restructuring
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Paper:
‘Too much’ has been sold to restart Lincoln mill, says leader of revitalization effort
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Corporate Reform:
Feds: 35 Bankers Did Go to Jail Over Meltdown
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Electricity:
Dallas Business Leaders Back Hunt for Oncor
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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 (74 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 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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Cross-Border:
Spain’s Abengoa Wins U.S. Bankruptcy Court Protection
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Mediation:
Freedom of the Press v. Mediation Confidentiality: Inside A Bankruptcy Court Dust-Up
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Standing:
Committee Standing Blocked in Recent Sabine Decision
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:
Bankruptcy Court Rejects Use of Blocking Director to Prevent Bankruptcy Filing
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Alternative Energy:
The Aftereffects Of SunEdison's Bankruptcy
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Nonprofit Sues Bankrupt Corporate Donor to Obtain Pledged Donation
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SunEdison: When Optimism Goes from Healthy to Dangerous
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Autos:
Bosch Earmarks $735 Million for Volkswagen-Related Legal Risks
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Religion:
3 Franciscan friars to stand trial in abuse case
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Gambling:
Caesars – An Infinite Jest...
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Art:
Bankruptcy and alleged embezzlement roil LA's blue chip art world
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Healthcare:
Dallas’ Methodist Health buys Forest Park’s Southlake facility for $17.6M
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Trucking:
Port Trucker Pacific 9 Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
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Shipping:
Cross border insolvency: abuse of the procedure for recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings and the automatic stay
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Haimark Line Cancels All Remaining Cruises
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DryShips on the brink as creditors circle
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Sovereigns:
When countries go bankrupt
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World Bank Is Suspending Direct Financial Aid to Mozambique
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UK:
BHS Owner Chappell Will Seek to Buy Chain Out of Administration
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Scottish insolvency levels continue long-term decline
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PPF rejected BHS pension offers
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Philip Green, the king of shops and the dark side of capitalism
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R3 calls for creditor 'breathing space' to help turn companies around
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PIIGS:
Greek stocks slide as euro zone delays meeting on reforms
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Greece's Creditors Leave Athens, Citing Progress Toward Accord
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Greek creditors promise to talk about debt relief (soon)
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Canada:
Pacific Exploration & Production Corp files for creditor protection in Canada
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Taxpayer money used to protect Ottawa from Lac-Megantic lawsuits
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The View From Up North: Female In-House Counsel Get Short End Of Stick Compared To Male Counterparts
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China:
Debt-to-equity swaps could help China but firms must restructure -IMF
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How China’s Debt Fix Could Make Things Much Worse
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China Slams the Brakes on Coal
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China to Consider Starting Trading of Credit-Default Swaps
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India:
India Panel Approves Insolvency Laws, Sets Stage for Passage
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SunEdison Bankruptcy Floods India's Market for Green Projects
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Brazil:
Gol bondholders hire White & Case to advise on debt restructuring
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Brazil's Top Court Delays Ruling in $114 Billion State Debt Case
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Venezuela:
Venezuela Needs Oil's Rally More Than Anyone as Economy Teeters
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Venezuela Runs out of Money to Print New Money
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