Law:
Associate Bonus Watch: Fried After A Long Week
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Associate Bonus Watch: Final Magic Circle Firm Pulls $100K Out Of Its Hat • Magic Circle firms quickly match Cravath associate bonuses
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Associate Bonus Season: Method or Madness?
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So Who Is Pissed About Their Bonuses?!?
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Elite Law Firms Increasingly Suing Clients to Collect Fees
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Bar Exam Suicides Are Disturbingly Common Among Recent Law School Graduates
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Which Biglaw Firms Have The Biggest And Best 401(k) Plans?
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Aspiring women lawyers face 'leaky pipeline' into the profession, study finds
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Women - Unless You Get Accepted by T-14, Don't Go to Law School
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More On The California Bar Exam Carnage
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I’m in an email war with a colleague and it’s getting out of control
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Legal Services - 500 Jobs Lost in November 2016
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KC law firm Spencer Fane grows to 190 lawyers with acquisition of 70-year-old Denver firm
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City attorney accused in anti-Trump graffiti incident remains on the job, for now
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Diversity’s Death by a Million Little Paper Cuts
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How To Educate Potential Clients And Improve Your Business Online
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DLA, Reed Smith Among Top 20 Firms Rated By Clients For Service
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What Is Eversheds Up To?
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The Goal for 2017? Practice the 'Big G'
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A Sober Navigation Of The Law Firm Holiday Party Circuit
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29 Years Later: Akin Partner Looks Back
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When Should You Pull the Trigger on Hiring E-Discovery Contractors?
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Bergdahl Wants Pardon from Obama
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Lawyer Found Dead One Week After 16 Year Old Daughter Committed Suicide
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Trump’s AG Pick Jeff Sessions Once Claimed It Was Illegal for LGBT Group to Meet
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Jury Can’t Decide If Shooting A Fleeing, Unarmed Black Man Five Times In The Back Is A Crime
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Judges:
IN: Bankruptcy judge announces retirement
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Judge who let law clerk rule on cases has Alzheimer’s diagnosis, is unable to do job, complaint says
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A Federal Judge’s Rather Rude Joke
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Trump To Make SCOTUS Great Again ‘Pretty Soon’
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For 2 days, Texas Supreme Court judge was known as Juror #6
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Wall Street:
Wall Street stocks poised to step higher
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Stocks close mostly flat
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Wall Street’s Trump optimism comes with heavy dose of uncertainty
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Layoffs:
Limited announces large employee layoff
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DreamWorks Layoffs Hit Glendale with 170 to Go
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Sears is on the brink of catastrophe as stores closures loom and top execs flee the company
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Twice Bankrupt American Apparel is in a Rush to Sell
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Bankrupt Women Retailer Nasty Gal May Have a Suitor
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How To Profit From The Death Of Malls In America
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Politics:
How everyone blew it on Trump's huge upset • Trump tweets 'SNL' is 'unwatchable' after its sketch about his tweets • 'Republicans oppose this, remember?': Sarah Palin slams Trump for 'crony capitalism' Carrier deal • Trump, Cabinet could avoid millions in taxes thanks to this little-known law • Here's Where Donald Trump Gets His News • Trump supporters file legal challenges to vote recounts in three states • Trump Considered Buying Hotels in Cuba, Iberostar Chief Says • Trump Lashes Out At China • Donald Trump could erase Obama's legacy almost as soon as he takes office
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Krugman: The Art of the Scam
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Education:
A&G Realty Partners and Madison Hawk retained to sell two Dowling bankruptcy properties
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For-Profit Colleges Look to Donald Trump for a Pass
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Physician sentenced for bankruptcy fraud
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Student Debt:
Degrees of debt: The downside of federal student loans
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Food/Beverage:
Unpaid wages pile up at Erie County Farms
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Could Premier Cru sale help wine counterfeiters?
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Corporate Reform:
Range of options await Trump on bank rules
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Fed Official Stands by Wall Street Reforms
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Healthcare:
Hospitals fall victim to felons and fraudsters under lax regulation
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Oklahoma hospital explores bankruptcy
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Doctor-owners, execs of bankrupt Forest Park hospital chain indicted in massive kickback scheme • Texas Hospital Leaders Face Bribery Charges
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House Republicans Warn Not to Expect ACA Repeal on Day One
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Pharma:
Concordia's Ominous Silence
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Economy:
November Employment Report: 178,000 Jobs, 4.6% Unemployment Rate • Solid November Employment Report, Sharp Drop in Unemployment Rate
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A showdown between Trump and the Fed is looming
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Trump: I'll punish companies that ship jobs overseas • Companies that leave the US will face 'retribution' • Trump vows retribution, in the form of a 35% tax, for US companies that move abroad
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Donald Trump's Carrier Jobs Deal - Baby Steps To Killing The US Economy • Trump's Carrier Deal Could Create Jobs -- And Policy Chaos • FactCheck: Trump and Carrier Deal • A government of, by and for corporate America • Not That Many Carrier Jobs Were Saved • Before He Saved Them, Trump Sued Carrier for ‘Inoperable’ Air Conditioning Units
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Trump criticizes Rexnord over plans to send jobs to Mexico
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Healthcare spending in the US just did something that rarely happens outside a recession
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The wages of construction workers could skyrocket under Trump
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Trump's tax plan could be bad news for the housing market, charitable giving, and local governments
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How Much Will Trump Cut Taxes For Top 400? We'll Never Know, As IRS Ends Report
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Why Trump gets more hype out of 1,000 jobs than Obama does out of 16 million
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A Great Deal for the Many
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Taxes Under Trump—Almost Everyone Pays Less, The Richest Pay A Lot Less
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Fed Governor Tarullo To Mnuchin: Actually, Dodd-Frank Is Good •Fed's Tarullo Criticizes House Republicans' Bank-Overhaul Plan
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Trump nominee Wilbur Ross a divisive figure in steel industry
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
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Rural America Misses Out on American Dream
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Moody's economist Mark Zandi walks back his comment on Trump being 'disastrous' for the economy
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Summers: It’s Time for a Reset
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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:
Zillow Forecast: Expect Case-Shiller Index to "continue to accelerate" in October
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Poor Gretchen on Fannie and Freddie
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2017 Housing Market Forecast
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Judge voids 80-year bowling alley lease at Railyard
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Municipalities:
Damaged Dallas braces for bankruptcy • City's plan to save Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund will target those who got rich from the system • Judge Says Dallas Police and Fire Pension Vote Can Happen
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White House releases report on efforts to help Detroit
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Puerto Rico's Neocolonial Debt
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This is Why California is Broke
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Oil/Gas:
Mon.: Oil is slipping as traders get jittery over the planned OPEC cut
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Fri.: Oil heads for biggest weekly advance in 15 months
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Ex-Saudi minister on OPEC: ‘We tend to cheat’
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Permian leads latest increase in oil rigs, Baker Hughes says • Rig count grows as oil futures hit 2016 high
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Texas Oil and Gas Output Continues to Fall
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Big Oil is in decline, and the OPEC deal can’t rescue it
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Trump advisors aim to privatize oil -rich Indian reservations
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Oil Market Turns Upside Down as Shale Rushes to Hedge Post-OPEC
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Seen it before: How small oil and gas companies survive the bust
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Brokers:
From Multiple Million-Dollar Brokerage Bonuses, to Bankruptcy
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Media:
Creditors Try to Force Scout Media Into Bankruptcy
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Gawker Changes Tune on Decision to Publish Hulk Hogan Tape
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Gawker throws A.J. Daulerio under the bus in new court filing
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Apparel:
Pension Blowback Causes Unionwear to Declare Bankruptcy
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Awards:
FL: 2016 Most Effective Lawyers: Bankruptcy
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Coal:
Trump's Cruel Promise to Bring Jobs Back to Coal Country
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Peabody wants to repay term loan early thanks to improving coal prices
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Aviation:
Erickson $49MM DIP Approved, Wells Fargo to Agent
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Shipping:
If the customer is always right, what happens when the customer goes bankrupt?
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Labor:
Union says it can't afford multi-million bond to appeal • Files Bankruptcy
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Turnarounds:
AlixPartners Expands Turnaround Services to Caribbean
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Alternative Energy:
Trump brings Koch network's anti-green-energy stance from the fringe to the center of power
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Enron:
Enron’s Legacies, a Decade and a Half Later
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Distressed Investing:
Distressed debt specialists Anchorage Capital buys slice of publicly-listed law firm's debt
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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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Nationwide Bankruptcy Filings Drop
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Declining bankruptcy filings in Maine reveal mixed messages
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Puerto Rico bankruptcies drop 26% in November
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Nearing the end of the year, Buffalo bankruptcy filings are on the decline
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Committees:
Creditors Committees’ Members May Not Be Sued Absent Bankruptcy Court’s Permission
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Notice:
Serving a Complaint on a Bank by Ordinary Mail Is a Nullity
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Cross-Border:
Modification of Chapter 15 Recognition Order Warranted to Avoid Prejudice to U.S. Creditors
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Automatic Stay:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Clarifies Burden of Proof for Automatic Stay Relief
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Avoidance Actions:
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Interest:
Split Ninth Circuit Requires Default Interest to Cure Default
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Trustees:
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Insurance:
Small Insurers' Big Collapse Reflects Deep Industry Woes
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Celebs:
50 Cent 'to get $14.5 million in settlement deal with attorneys he'd accused of malpractice • 50 Cent celebrates his $14 million lawsuit win, but all of the money is going towards his bankruptcy
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Religion:
46 claims filed in 2 months to priest abuse victims program
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UK:
BHS enters liquidation after 88 years • BHS administrators disagree over 35m owed to Sir Philip Green • Row breaks out over BHS administration fees • BHS administrator's £4m demand rejected by Pension Protection Fund
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Thousand debt-ridden Scots go bust despite 'protection'
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Article 50: Who Are the Supreme Court Judges Who Will Rule on Brexit? • U.K. Supreme Court Brexit Hearing Moves EU Exit Decision Closer
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RBS settles with shareholder groups for $1.02 bln
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An Oxford graduate is suing the university after not getting a first-class degree
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EU:
How Italy’s referendum could spark a ‘systemic crisis’ in the eurozone • What the defeat of Italy's Renzi means for the EU • The euro is quickly recovering from the Italian referendum result
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The weakest bank in Europe just got weaker
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PIIGS:
Stefanel to pick new investor by year-end to avert bankruptcy - sources
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Europe holds its breath as Italy votes in critical referendum • What to know now that Italy has voted ‘no,’ with Renzi set to quit • This is what Italians rejected in Sunday's crucial referendum • Italian prime minister to resign Monday after bruising referendum defeat • Markets rise after Italians firmly reject Matteo Renzi's reform in referendum • Renzi Resignation Means More Trouble For European Banks • Prepare for 'enhanced volatility' in Italian banks • What Italy’s Referendum Means for Monte Paschi • Monte Paschi Raises $1.1 Billion Through Debt-to-Equity Swap
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Greece and Its Creditors Get Back on a Collision Course • Amazingly, Yes, Still The Greek Debt Problem - Germany Says No Relief, IMF Insists Upon It • Authorities to get all data on assets abroad • EU's Moscovici says creditors should take account of Greek reforms
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Brazil:
Court to decide on bankruptcy of Brazil's Oi Dutch units in January
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Brazil's Oi signals outright debt-to-equity swap to creditors -sources
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In Brazil, State Debt Is a Ticking Time Bomb
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Singapore:
Viewing the Hanjin collapse in Singapore with a different lens
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Singapore’s proposed debt restructuring law reforms give hope to struggling offshore firms
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Venezuela:
Venezuela's Largest Banknote now worth 2 US Cents
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MENA:
Saudi Woman Goes Out In Public Without Islamic Veil . . . Critics Demands Her Execution
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India:
I spent 98 minutes in an ATM queue in India. This is what I saw
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China:
New Chinese covenants put old bondholders at disadvantage
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