Law:
I Have Been A Law Firm Partner For A Year. How Is It Different From Life As An Associate?
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What Happens When A Partner Departs?
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Meh Midyear Report For Biglaw
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Legal Industry: Wake Up and Smell the Data!
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For Midsize Firms, Salary Hikes Raise Rate Dilemma
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Firing A Few Law Firms Isn't Enough; Why Clients Must Ask For Change
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Report: E-Discovery Sanctions Decisions Have Fallen Off
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Gibson Dunn is Set to Make a Big Hire in New York
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Judge Orders Moses & Singer to Hand Over Docs Under Crime-Fraud Rule
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How Weak Client Email Security Exposes Outside Counsel to 'Spillover' Breach Risks
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‘You need to be on your best possible form’ for grouse shooting says partner in advice column to women
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This GC Is on a Mission to Improve Legal Writing
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Bakers hits five-year high with 8 per cent revenue boost to $2.6bn • Baker & McKenzie revenue up to five-year high
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Murdered Lawyer Only The Latest Bizarre Twist In Bizarre Divorce Case
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State seeks plastic surgery records in Markel case
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Lewis & Clark Law School Flunks Crisis Communications 101 • Lewis & Clark Law School Finally Acknowledges Theft Of Exams
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BYU law school says ABA probe is closed; group had alleged religious discrimination
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Law School’s Downward Spiral And The ‘Shredding Of Your Self-Worth’
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Ken Starr Completely Out At Baylor Law School • ‘Mutually agreed separation’
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Billionaire Cautions That Law School Is Great — For Accumulating Debt
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Plan Your Schedule, But Not Too Much
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Goldman Sachs Doesn’t Want To Pay *Its* Legal Fees, Either
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Mindfulness And Emotional Eating
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Prosecutors entitled to warrant for Aaron Hernandez cellphone, being held by his lawyer, court says
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US swimmer agrees to charity payment to avoid prosecution in robbery scandal, lawyer says • Lochte: 'I Overexaggerated' Robbery Story, Says He Was 'Intoxicated' During First T.V. Interview •Lochte: I Exaggerated but Didn't Lie
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With Final Bills Paid, Nancy Lanza's Estate Declared Insolvent
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Judges Orders Lawyer Not to Post Case-Related Prayers on Social Media
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Feds: Unfair to Hold Poor Defendants Who Can't Afford Bail
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Police Chief Fires Officer For Responding To Active Shooter Call In Which Three Were Murdered
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Federal Judge: Religious Liberty Includes a Right to Fire LGBTQ Employees
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Interracial Couple Allegedly Stabbed by White Supremacist
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Woman Allegedly Stole Ambulance Because She Missed ‘The Last Bus’
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Navy SEAL Forfeits $6.8 Million Because He Wrote About Bin Laden Raid
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Judge Orders Lawyers Who Won ‘Happy Birthday’ Lawsuit Get $4.62 Million, Too
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Federal Judge Refers Sheriff Joe for Contempt
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Judges:
Unions, Ledbetter Warn of Supreme Court Implications of Election
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Judge Sam Bufford to Teach in Romania
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Don’t bet on Ruth Bader Ginsburg retiring if Clinton becomes president • Ginsburg pays tribute to Scalia
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As Donald Trump Falters, Democrats Plan to Press Fight for Supreme Court
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Lawyer sues judge who sentenced her to jail time for refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter button in court
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Wall Street:
Dow futures tread water as buyers won’t jump in until Yellen speaks
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Stocks close lower, but Nasdaq posts first 8-week win streak
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Quote of the Day: Goldman CEO Reflects on Lessons from Law School
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Layoffs:
12 Companies Firing the Most People
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Autos:
Tesla could get steamrolled
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Angry Suppliers Halt Volkswagen Factories • VW Supplier Dispute Expands Shutdowns
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Lawyers Say Bosch Worked 'Hand-in-Glove' with VW in Emissions Fraud
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Celebs:
Lou Pearlman, Orlando boy-band mogul, dies in prison
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Solar:
Solar Companies Aren't Learning From Their Mistakes
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SunEdison Yieldco Said to Seek Sale of U.K. Solar Portfolio
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Coal:
Colorado county, coal giant Peabody in dispute over back taxes
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Bankrupt coal companies get break on clean-up costs
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Mass Torts:
Company wants its lawsuits against asbestos attorneys to be consolidated; firm argues cases aren’t related
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Healthcare:
Struggling Meadowlands Hospital may get new buyer
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BB&T Can't Show Cardiologist Entered Bankruptcy in Bad Faith
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Obamacare's Public Option Is No Longer Defensible
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Obamacare: Slow Motion Death Spiral
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Taxis:
Lyft Tried to Sell Itself to Others and Failed
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Hedge Funds:
All the Fun Is Going Out of Hedge Funds
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Insurance:
Life Partners Customers Face Tough Investment Decisions - Trust is strained as firm’s customers try to navigate bankruptcy process and complex alternatives being offered
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Economy:
Household debt back to housing boom levels
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The Great American Retirement Crisis
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Here's every state's July unemployment rate
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Fischer Signals 2016 Rate Hike With Economy Nearing Fed Goals
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27 Years of Economic Pain for Most Americans
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Yellen to say ‘ready’ for another rate hike in Jackson Hole • It could be a tough week for Janet Yellen
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Rabobank: Why the Fed can’t admit it won’t hike this year
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U.S. economy providing ammo for higher interest rates
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Report: Middle Class Jobs Are Finally Rebounding
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Central bankers are doing something that hasn't happened in 5,000 years — and drastically changing the world economy
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Where Median Incomes Have Fallen the Most
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Six myths about the U.S. economy that are just plain wrong
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If You Feel Poorer, It Might Be Because You Are
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America's retirement crisis is happening, and it's going to affect everyone
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The 10 worst places in America to start a business
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Report: U.S. Army Fudged Trillions of Dollars in Accounting
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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:
A New Mortgage-Backed Securities Crisis for Law Firms?
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County looking to stop repeated bankruptcies being used to avoid paying property taxes
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JPMorgan to receive $645m as part of litigation settlement with FDIC and Deutsche Bank
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Bankrupt Variant Wants To Drop Claims Against Ex-CEO, Atty
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico General Fund Allocations Up 74 Percent Since FY2014
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How Milwaukee Shook Off the Rust
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Oil/Gas:
Oil prices hammered by increase in U.S. rig count
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Wilbur Ross's next big bet: oil and gas pick-up
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Emerald Oil Gets Nod On $110M Lead Bid
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Energy Stocks Slide as Weekend Nears
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Oil Companies Need Prices to Keep Rising Past $50 a Barrel • $50 Crude Won’t Fuel Big Oil’s Comeback $50 Crude Won’t Fuel Big Oil’s Comeback
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How Louisiana's sinking coast is becoming Big Oil's $100 billion problem
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Some Shale Drillers Return to Oil Patch • Shale drillers party like it’s 2014 as oil finds bull market
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Oil Enters a Bull Market • Oil heads to best week since April
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Subsidiaries of Trinity E&P file for bankruptcy protection
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Private Equity Jumps Into The Oil Patch Published 2 days ago
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Politics:
A New York Times investigation found that Donald Trump's US empire has twice as much debt as his public filings reveal • Report: Trump-Owned Companies Owe at Least $650 Million • Donald Trump the Mortgage Broker Was in Trouble From Moment One • Trump’s Campaign Shakeup Is Likely Too Little, Too Late • Trump Campaign to Get More Help From RNC’s Chief Strategist • Donald Trump Faces Backlash After Attempt To Win Over Black Voters • Trump Campaign Raises $36.2m in July • LA Times Poll Had Trump in the Lead Again • Report: Donald Trump's Campaign Was Hacked, Too • Why Trump Could Only Happen in America • Trump Campaign Backpedals on Mass Deportation: It's 'To Be Determined' • Donald Trump's campaign is still spending remarkably little
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Trump tax break among 7 times critics say Christie enriched friends
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Report: Hillary Clinton Says Colin Powell Told Her to Use Personal Email • Powell Fires Back at Hillary’s FBI Interview: I Used Secured State Computer to Access Classified Emails • Clinton Avoids Deposition But Must Still Answer E-Mail Questions
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Noted law prof defends his Trump tweet, says he underestimated Twitterverse cynicism
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O’Melveny Partners Straddle Both Sides of the Presidential Race
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Trump's Ties to Wachtell and Other Weirdness
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Trump Draws Ire of Atlanta Legal VIPs
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In a Normal Campaign Season, Candidates Could Have a Tax Debate
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Steel:
Essar liabilities surpass assets
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Media:
4 takeaways from the bankruptcy sale of Gawker Media • On The Demise Of Gawker.com: Unsparing, Satiric And Brutal
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Univision to Pay Gawker's Nick Denton $16,666 a Month Not to Compete • Nick Denton really needs to rent out his condo (and fast)
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Did I Kill Gawker?
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What's next for Gawker writers?
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Prisons:
There Were Only 13 Federal Private Prisons… But Closing Them Is Still A Big Deal
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Private Prison Operators Shrug Off U.S. Policy Shift
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Ellisville, Missouri Woman Indicted on Bankruptcy Fraud Charges
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Banking:
Bank Mergers Heading for Seven-Year High, Pushed by Costly Rules
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Retailing:
Foot Locker CEO: ‘Malls Are Far From Dead’
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Tax:
New York has a new top tax deadbeat.
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Accounting:
$5.5B Damages in PwC Trial Not a Sure Thing
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Shipping:
Hanjin misses key deadline, moves closer to receivership
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Gambling:
Private equity firm bosses to get $370M windfall in Caesars mess
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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 (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Priority Claims:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules Gift Cards Not Eligible for Priority Treatment
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Avoidance Actions:
Finally A Clear Ruling On A Much Needed Bankruptcy Preference Defense
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Estoppel:
Debtor Claims to Be Business Trust, Gets Stuck in Bankruptcy
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Chapter 13:
Proposed Bankruptcy Rule Changes: Word Counts to HELOCs
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7th Circuit Holds Section 1329 Permits Post-Confirmation Plan Modification
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Discharge:
Mom goes bankrupt paying for son's incarceration, court scolds O.C. for pursuit of debt
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Privilege:
More Deal Lawyers Talking About Attorney-Client Privilege
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Interest:
Post-Petition Interest in a Solvent Case: What Interest Rate Controls?
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Food/Beverage:
Judge approves bankruptcy sale of Southern Season • Sale to Delaware retailer for $3.5 million gets judge’s OK
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Couriers:
North Mill Provides $3MM DIP Factoring Facility for EZ Worldwide
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Personal Finance:
These money lessons will last your kids — and you — a lifetime
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4 Things Great Listeners Do
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Scientists asked 5,500 Americans to reveal their 'relationship deal breakers' — here's what they learned
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17 quick and easy daily habits that can significantly improve your life
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UK:
A lifeboat with conditions: new guidance from the PPF
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Almost one in ten owes more than £20,000, R3 survey reveals
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The UK Court exercises its discretion against making an administration order
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The Brexit Question That Nobody Asked
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BHS buyer used £1.5m loan from the firm to save his home from being repossessed
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PIIGS:
'Nobody believes in anything anymore': Why Greece's economic crisis is not over
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Canada:
New Brunswickers going further in debt
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Trudeau’s Cure for Canada’s Slump? Architects and Accountants
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MENA:
Saudi bankruptcy draft law to protect small businesses
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In Egypt, IMF Deal Brings Austerity Few Can Afford
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Nakheel Repays $1.2 Billion Bond, Ending Dubai Debt Saga
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China:
Bond Vigilantes Win Victories Opposing China Debt-Equity Fix
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China Is Grappling With Hidden Unemployment
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Belgium:
Bankruptcy statistics in Belgium: July 2016
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Nigeria:
Insolvency Bill : Reviewing 36 -year old law to save businesses
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India:
Has the strategic debt restructuring experiment run aground
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Singapore:
New Singapore Rules Designed To Reduce Number Of Bankruptcies.
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Bankruptcy Act Reforms for A More Rehabilitative Framework Took Effect.
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Hong Kong:
Important Changes Under The Companies (Winding Up And Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 - Part 1 : Increased Creditor Protection.
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Brazil:
Brazil Traders Who Spurned 55% Bond Haircut Are Vindicated
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Oi creditor group seeks alternative recovery plan
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Ukraine:
Promised Prosperity Never Arrived in Russian-Held Crimea, Locals Say
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Japan:
Japan's Economic Woes Deepen as Manufacturers' Mood Hits a 3-Year Low
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Panama:
Panamanian money services company bankrupt with $22m in debt
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Russia:
Number of bankrupt construction companies in Russia grows twofold
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Deutsche Bank's $10 Billion Russian Scandal
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