Law:
Former Dewey chairman faces suit for loan repayment • Dewey Defendants Argue for Dismissal of Charges
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Layoffs Hit Law Firm Reed Smith • Reed Smith Layoffs: A Sign of Things To Come?
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Will 2016 Go Boom Or Bust?
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Tucker Arensberg Adds Bankruptcy Attorney
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Akerman Grows Dallas Office with Team of Bankruptcy Partners
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McDonald Hopkins Adds Bankruptcy Attorney
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Denver: Coan, Payton & Payne Adds Two Bankruptcy Partners
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Third Party to Investigate Zucker Goldberg Bankruptcy
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Midsize NY Firms Face Increased Pressure to Merge or Grow
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The Law Schools That Have Gotten Rid Of The Most Full-Time Faculty Since 2010
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Law School Parody Ad Causes YouTube Sensation
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Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Wesleyan Law Grads' Lawsuit Against Texas A&M Over Their Alumni Status
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: How to Deal With Jerks (Part II)
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VC firm invests $8m in startup that helps lawyers win more cases, faster
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The Force Awakens in Los Angeles at Sidley Austin
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Does Chicago Tout the Largest Population of Female Managing Partners?
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Junior lawyers open up about stress
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Consolidation is Hitting the Canadian Legal Market
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The Case for Taking Clients Out for Meals
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Quinn Emanuel associates get salary boosts
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What Ted Cruz the Lawyer Tells Us About Ted Cruz the Candidate
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The 5 biggest time-sucks at work — and how to avoid them
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12 science-backed tricks for appearing smarter than you are
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15 ways your office job is literally killing you
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A Harvard psychologist says people judge you based on 2 criteria when they first meet you
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Law student 'all-rounders' pack a punch in non-legal job market, survey finds
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Clinton,Trump Both Use Classic Lawyer Trick
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Steven Avery's ex-fianceé reveals new claims 'Making a Murderer' viewers didn't get to see • The mother of 'Making a Murderer' convict Steven Avery thinks the victim is still alive • 'Making a Murderer' defense lawyer thinks this is the real reason Steven Avery was convicted • Is Steven Avery Guilty? The Internet Has Opinions • Steven Avery's Defense Attorney "Absolutely" Doubts Avery's Innocence • Steven Avery hasn't been allowed to watch 'Making a Murderer' in prison
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A criminal prosecutor says this is the No. 1 sign you're talking to a phony
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Sean Penn: No role in ‘El Chapo’ arrest • Sean Penn: Mexico wants me in Chapo cartel's crosshairs
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Rural Oregon’s Lost Prosperity Gives Standoff a Distressed Backdrop • Oregon refuge occupier arrested for taking govt vehicle to market • Oregon Militia Now Destroying Property • Oregon standoff: Feds forcibly removed black occupiers from wildlife refuge in 1979
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Former top federal prosecutor takes plea after alleged $613K theft from convicted ex-client
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SEC alleges Nelson Mullins partner served as conduit in pay-to-play scheme
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Metallica Banishes Biglaw Partner Over Misguided Cease-And-Desist Letter
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Are You B----- Your Secretary? Vault Wants To Know… For Science!
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Is Amal Clooney Throwing Shade At Her Husband And His Pals?
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Judges:
BK MA: Judge Sought
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Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit seeking applicants for bankruptcy judge position
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BK CD IL: Attorney Newsletter - Jan-March 2016
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Chief judge wants more security at courthouse where shooting occurred during government meeting
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10 ways to reform the civil justice system by changing the culture of the courts
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New issue in Trump-Cruz battle: John Roberts
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Federal Judge: An Apology To The Police
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Wall Street:
Dow futures up 200 points after China data as stocks try to rebound
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Stocks Tank As Oil Plummets • Oil Prices Drive Stocks Rout: Dow Sheds Nearly 400 Points
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Why the correction? Machines have taken over
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A small group of hedge funds have been killing it amid the market chaos
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Citigroup gets slammed, and Goldman Sachs gets wiped out
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Billionaire Investor: We’re getting closer to the bottom
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Why Doom and Gloom Has Taken Over Wall Street
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Woeful earnings threaten to intensify stock-market bloodbath
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Layoffs:
The CEO of the world's largest investor thinks layoffs are on the way
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Women are going to lose out the most when robots take over the world's workforce
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Taxis:
Silicon Valley's largest taxi company just became the first high-profile casualty of Uber's war
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Taxi regulator responds to Yellow Cab bankruptcy
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Politics:
Reuters: Trump 39.8%, Cruz 15%, Carson 9.1%, Bush 8.2% • Portrait of a Party on the Verge of Coming Apart
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Dems brace for messy winter as primary tightens • Clinton Campaign Underestimated Sanders Strengths, Allies Say • Clinton's Lead Over Sanders Widens
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What Donald Trump's Plaza Deal Reveals About His White House Bid • Trump Warns WaPo Reporter If They Run Story About Casino Bankruptcy, ‘I’m Suing You’ • Trump's bad bet: How too much debt drove his biggest casino aground • Trump on God: 'I don't like to have to ask for forgiveness' • Trump: People go to 'fancy balls' wearing Trump-branded caps • Donald Trump on Iran prisoner swap: 'I think I might have had something to do with it' • Crowd boos when Donald Trump attacks Ted Cruz at conservative confab • Donald Trump Still A Miser, Tax Return Shows • Donald Trump posts photo of 9/11 ruins during raging, 8-hour Ted Cruz tweetstorm • The GOP is learning to love Trump • Can Donald Trump Take Up the Mantle of Jerry Falwell? • The ‘New York Values’ That Donald Trump Supporters Love • Donald Trump says he's going to make Apple build computers in the US • One Trait Predicts if You're a Trump Supporter
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Ted Cruz: Donald Trump's raging tweetstorms aren't presidential • Cruz questions Trump's conservative bona fides • Texas lawyer files suit to see if Ted Cruz is a ‘natural born citizen’ qualified to be president • But Ted Cruz Does Love New York Money • Cruz's College Roommate's Caustic Comments
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Jeb Bush Finds His Groove in Donald Trump’s Shadow
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New York governor torches Ted Cruz for 'very disturbing' attack on Donald Trump • Daily News reacts to Ted Cruz ‘N.Y. values’ remark • Ted Cruz Says Sorry to New Yorkers in True Ted Cruz Style
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Bernie Sanders unveils single-payer health plan • Bernie Sanders’s single-payer plan isn’t a plan at all • Bernie Sanders proposes tax hikes for his universal healthcare plan released 2 hours before the debate • 'Goldman Sachs!': Bernie Sanders unloads on Hillary Clinton for ties to 'corrupt' finance system • Bernie Sanders goes off on debate moderator: 'That question annoys me' • It’s time to start taking Bernie Sanders seriously • Sanders Fact Check: "I helped write" the Affordable Care Act.
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Clinton puts Sanders on defensive at debate • Poll: Clinton widens lead over Sanders • Clinton Fact Check: "We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years."
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Video: The Democratic debate in 2 minutes • Sanders and Clinton Go to the Mat • Democrats Discover the Joys of Internecine Warfare • 3 winners and 2 losers from Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate • One chart that shows Bernie Sanders dominated the Democratic debate • FactCheck: Democratic Debate
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Elizabeth Warren Skipped 2016 Run, But Has Stayed in Picture
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Trump and Clinton tax plans scare Wall Street
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Head of Democrats Either a Liar or Failure
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Healthcare:
Connecticut Nursing Home Chain Files for Bankruptcy Amid Pay Dispute
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Aviation:
Bankrupt Argentine Airline Keeps 300 Employees in the Dark
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Sol shuts down operations
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Hollywood:
Relativity Receives Investment From Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures
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Resorts:
How a $3.5 billion resort went bust before it opened
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Video Games:
38 Studios criminal probe nearly done
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Autos:
With Big Money in Play, VW Case Draws a Crowd
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Banking:
Bank Failures by Year
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Mining:
Community of Silver Bay tries to survive mining layoffs
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Newspapers:
Freedom Communications seeks court OK for March auction
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Pensions:
The PBGC Wins a Case When the Debtor Keeps its Pension Plan
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Fraud:
Former Direct Air officials indicted for fraud, CFO facing jail time
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Bombshell report finds evidence of widespread match-fixing in tennis • Novak Djokovic says he was offered $200,000 to fix a tennis match • Tennis officials 'absolutely reject' allegations that evidence of match-fixing has been ignored or suppressed
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Sheriff Of Wall Street: We're no longer able to bring certain insider trading cases
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TelexFree bankruptcy trustee seeks to recover payments to 'winners' in scheme
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Trustee files plan of liquidation in Petters case
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Gambling:
Trump Taj Mahal Owner Icahn Wins Fight with Casino Union
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Trump’s bad bet: How too much debt drove his biggest casino aground
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Casino Moves to Reassure Investors After S&P Negative Watch
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Biotech:
None of us were as smart as we thought we were
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HemCon, bankrupt again, sells assets to Chinese company for $3.6 million
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Food/Beverage:
Wine purchasers' investment dries up as retailer collapses
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Max & Erma's closes 13 restaurants in the Midwest
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The best pizza place in New York City, according to Yelp
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Clubs:
North Jersey swim clubs fight a tide of falling membership
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Economy:
GDP growth estimates fall below 1 percent
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Fed: Industrial Production decreased 0.4% in December • NY Manufacturing Collapses
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IMF: US economic growth is weakening • IMF Trims Global Outlook as Brazil Slump, Oil Weigh on Expansion
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Global Growth at Risk of Going Off Track
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Global fears cast gloom on the Fed's rate hike plans
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No hint from Dudley that market will give Fed pause
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This is not 2008—it's actually worse
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The lonely poverty of America’s white working class
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Preliminary January Consumer Sentiment increases to 93.3
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Consumer Spending Rebounds in Late 2015
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US Misery Index Lowest Since the 1950s
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Just 62 people own as much as poor half of world • Three reasons to question Oxfam’s inequality figures • Bogus’ And ‘Misleading,’ Oxfam’s Inequality Stats Slammed By Economists
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Miserable? Blame the rich
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With Liftoff Done, the Fed Revisits a $4.5 Trillion Quandary
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Why all of your millennial employees are quitting
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Gundlach Says Fed May Have to Ease Again
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World's Richest Down $305 Billion as Markets Extend Global Rout
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Warmest December on record affecting economy
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WEF Global Risks Report 2016: Climate change, forced migration, weapons of mass destruction
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The next financial crisis: Predictions
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Here's the advice Goldman Sachs is giving its multimillionaire clients
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Davos chief: Europe, falling oil, inequality among worries
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Davos Robot Eclipses Davos Man as Gloom Descends on World Elite
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Our Frightened, Fragmented World in One Davos Map
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Davos Veterans Say Stop Worrying About China's Market Meltdown
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Update: Predicting the Next Recession
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Macy's CEO: 'I Don't See a Recession'
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Credit-Market Fear Gauge Soars as Oil Plunge Triggers Rout
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Early Read on Existing Home Sales in December and Post-Mortem on November
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FNC: Residential Property Values increased 6.0% year-over-year in November
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Oil Slump Hits Houston Home Market
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Latest update on Detroit’s housing recovery
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CoStar: Commercial Real Estate prices "Continued Climb" in November, up 12% year-over-year
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Growing Tribeca Real Estate Salvages Junk Bonds of New York Law School
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Fannie Mae: Housing affordability will continue to be a challenge in 2016
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BankUnited stops originating retail mortgage loans
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Something Strange Going on in Housing
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Stock meltdown may actually help home buyers
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Here's what you can expect to pay for a rental in 10 major US cities
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Suit seeks to recover losses after Bend firm collapsed in 2008
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FL: Home builder's firms may sell property to repay debt
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The 10 best big cities in the US to buy a home
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Is settlement looming between U.S. and RBS over pre-crisis mortgage bonds?
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rican officials seek debt restructuring to avoid looming defaults
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Puerto Rico debt financing gap wider in updated restructuring plan: government • Puerto Rico Says Shortfall to Increase to $23.9 Billion
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Puerto Rico Officials to Creditors: It's Worse Than We Thought
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Puerto Rico's First Debt Deal Is Running Up Against a Deadline
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Puerto Rico 'in midst of economic collapse'
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The Supreme Court is grappling with America's biggest colonial hangover
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Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis: We can't reward fiscal failure with a bailout, bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico's debt crisis just got worse
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What Congress can do about Puerto Rico's debt
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Treasury Secretary demands action in Puerto Rico crisis • Lew heading to Puerto Rico to discuss debt troubles • Jack Lew's morale-boosting trip to Puerto Rico
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DOJ to Puerto Rico investors: 'Eat cake'
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Sweeney: Taking over Atlantic City's finances is better than bankruptcy • Atlantic City Mayor: Takeover plan "Absolutely senseless"
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Atlantic City, N.J., emergency manager suggests privatizing fire department
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Atlantic City, N.J., emergency manager says more cuts needed
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Atlantic City may face bankruptcy ; is Chicago next?
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Day of Reckoning Near as Detroit Schools Pushed to Fiscal Brink • Chicago Schools' Wrecked Finances on Display Before Deal
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In Maine, local control is luxury fewer can afford
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Obama declares a state of emergency over lead-tainted water in Flint, Michigan
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Attorneys: Cleveland using bankruptcy to dodge payment on $19M in judgments
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Montana town cuts hours, considers bankruptcy • In financial straits, Browning considers bankruptcy
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Retailing:
EZ Worldwide Express Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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U.S. retail sales close books on 2015 with whimper
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Walmart is closing hundreds of stores and laying off thousands of employees
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More Apple indicators? Suppliers cut forecasts
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Why Sports Authority May Be Closer to Going Bankrupt • Sports Authority Skips Interest Payment Amid Creditor Talks
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Amazon is cutting out middlemen to stop bleeding billions in shipping costs
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American Apparel offered $300m but only if Dov Charney is allowed back • American Apparel rejects Dov Charney-led takeover bid
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Joyce Leslie, Inc. Files Motion For A Sale Of Its Assets
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Oil/Gas:
Tues.: Oil rises on record Chinese demand, oversupply caps gains • Oil Futures Mixed Despite China's Slow GDP Growth • Oil stays under pressure as Iran orders sharp rise in crude output
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Oil market could ‘drown’ in oversupply, IEA warns • Can oil go lower? 'An emphatic yes', says IEA • Oil price: 'enormous strain' will remain throughout 2016
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$20 Oil No Longer Seen As Good For The Economy
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Shell slashes litigation spend by 20% in costs drive
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Saudi oil exports climb to seven-month high
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Speculators Raise Bets on Falling Prices for Oil
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Why the price of oil will recover faster than you think
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Mon.: Oil hits 2003 low after Iran output increase report • Brent oil taps under $28 a barrel as investors brace for Iran oil • How the lifting of Iran sanctions will hit oil: Experts
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Big banks brace for oil loans to implode • Banks Brace for Bigger Losses After Oil Drops Below $30 • More Banks Take Hits on Energy Loans
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Oil and Gas Companies Utilize Restructuring Strategies to Navigate Industry in Flux
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Turnaround specialists get busier as oil market gloom deepens
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Depressing new prediction puts oil prices in the teens
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ND oil sinks to $20 per barrel with more bankruptcies expected • There's already oil for sale for less than $20 a barrel • Oil output fell in December, but don't expect prices to rise any time soon
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J.P. Morgan goes totally bearish on oil, slashes forecast
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Hamilton: "World oil supply and demand"
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Vantage Drilling Wins Bankruptcy Plan Confirmation
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Paragon Offshore in talks with creditors as bankruptcy looms
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Southcross Energy Partners Downgraded
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Pacific Exploration & Production To Miss Interest Payments • Shares Tumble
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ZaZa Energy's Scott Gaille on why he left the Houston company
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Arctic Oil Shipper Primorsk Files for Bankruptcy
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Oil prices are barely going to move from their lowest level since 2003 in a year's time
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The drip-drip of oil explorer casualties is only just beginning
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$29 Oil and the Dollar
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The North Dakota Crude Oil That's Worth Less Than Nothing
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'Brutal' times for shale industry likely will continue in 2016
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Krugman: Oil Goes Nonlinear
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Could this turn out to be oil’s surprising savior?
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Investors shun energy sector junk bonds • U.S. energy junk bond spreads at record width
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The oil crash is causing the cancellation of 27 billion barrels worth of oil projects
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Oil rig count drops by one • Oil Rig Count Falls To 515, Lowest Number Since April 2010
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Oil crashes to new lows in Asian trade
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Why oil could plunge to $20 a barrel but not $10
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Goldman still sees oil at $40 a barrel by midyear
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THIS will bring oil producers to their knees: Kilduff
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Iran has complied with nuclear deal, clearing way for sanctions relief • Iran to boost oil exports by 500,000 bpd after sanctions • Brace for oil shakeup • How long until Iran gets its oil out? See this chart
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Oil slump - the true cost of falling prices
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When Oil-Rich Countries Need More Cash
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Saudi Arabia's oil strategy tears OPEC apart
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Saudi oil minister sees stability returning • OPEC: Oil markets will begin to rebalance in 2016 • But Iran to counter non-OPEC decline
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More write-downs to come as oil prices plumb 12-year lows
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As Oil Prices Plunge, Layoffs And Foreclosures Are Slamming US Boomtowns
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Riding it out: This is not first bust for old West Texas oil town
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Houston: Declining oil prices causing trickle-down effect in local economy
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Irish explorer racing to stay afloat amid oil price rout
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Oman says it’s prepared to slash oil output
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Oil firm Saudi Sabic's quarterly profit drops 29%
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Looking Beyond Backyard Doesn't Pay for Singapore Rig Builders
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Brazil poster child now in dire straits
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Oil Bears Boost Short Interest on Sembcorp Industries to Record
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Total CEO warns of weaker profit amid oil slump
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How sub-$30 crude could be a blessing for Norway’s giant oil field
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Oil price fall will be costly for Australian banks: Morgan Stanley
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Oil Claims Another Victim as Cheap Fuel Keeps Metals Glut Going
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Russia's Two Oil Giants Diverge in Bond Market Amid Sub-$30 Oil
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Hard Times In The Texas Oil Patch As Bust Takes Hold
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Concerts:
Near- Bankrupt SFX Secures $20M In Fresh Financing
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
WI: Lying under oath brings probation for Marshall woman
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Celebs:
Designer Tamara Mellon Emerges From Bankruptcy • Tamara Mellon Back In Business • Tamara Mellon defeats trio of City backers in bankruptcy court
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50 Cent Creditors File Repayment Proposal
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'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' author files for bankruptcy
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'Kitchen Cousins' Bankruptcy Case Drags On In Court
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Joe Giudice Set To Begin Prison Term, But Biggest Hurdle May Be Staying In U.S.
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Shipping:
Chinese Shipyards See New Orders Fall by Almost Half in 2015
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The good and bad outlook for Chinese shipbuilding
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Primorsk Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Horse Racing:
Debtors file to close Balmoral Park for good, sell off assets
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(8 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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (20 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcies sink to lowest point since 2006
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NM bankruptcy filings drop in 2015
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Completed restructuring deals fell by a third to $140.9 billion in 2015
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Discharge:
Bankruptcy CSI: Did CEO Leave Evidence Of Wrongdoing?
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Fearing wave of bankruptcies, U.S. corn belt wants new debt cap
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Avoidance Actions:
Bankruptcy Court Tightens Intentional Fraudulent Transfer Pleading Requirements
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Extraterritorial Transactions – a Viable Way to “Take the Money and Run”?
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Make-Whole:
Recent Rulings Underscore Importance of Careful Drafting of Make-Whole Payment Provisions
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Cross-Border:
Berau May Expand US Restructuring Options for Foreign Issuers
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First Amendment:
Reporters Committee leads coalition objecting to bankruptcy court investigation of Bloomberg sources
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Administrative Claims:
No Authorization? No Problem. Court Finds that Unauthorized Loan Is Entitled to Priority Status
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Automatic Stay:
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Professional Compensation:
New Gulf to Engulf ASARCO? Baker Botts Seeks to Hack the Supreme Court’s ASARCO Ruling
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Avoiding the Res Judicata Landmine in Drafting Retention Provisions
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Litigation:
5 Tips for Collaborating with Outside Counsel in Depositions
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TBTF:
AIG, Prudential Make Pitch to Regulators on 'Living Wills'
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Debate Over 'Too Big to Fail' Continues Into the New Year
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HSBC to BNP Would Cut Securities Arms in Failure Plans
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History:
The Economics Behinds Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech • Top 5 Arrests Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. • Teaching MLK’s Life—The Man, Not the Myth • 3 parts you don’t remember from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech • The woman who inspired Martin Luther King's “I Have a Dream” speech • When Martin Luther King was accused of inciting violence • The letter the FBI sent MLK to try to convince him to kill himself • Martin Luther King probably would have hated what his day has come to represent
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Insurance:
As auto sales boom, car insurance industry worst in 15 years
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Defaults:
There's way fewer companies defaulting on their debt than normal
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Student Debt:
America’s student-debt crisis is only getting worse
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Distressed Investing:
Junk Bonds Go Sour, but the Question Is How Sour
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A Year Junk Bonds Lived Up to Their Name
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Junk Bond ETFs Fall to Lowest Level Since 2009 as Oil Drops
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Volatility Continues in US and European High-Yield Markets
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Third Avenue Management Sued by Shareholder Over Closed Fund
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Religion:
Why Seattle archdiocese published the names of 77 abusers
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Archdiocese's Confidentiality Request in Abuse Case Denied
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Attorneys, author, bishop weigh in on how to prevent abuse by clergy
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Bishop says church accepted responsibility for abuse
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St. Paul religious commune Christ's Household of Faith files for bankruptcy • St. Paul religious sect's bankruptcy filing has big implications
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Why the hell would you hire Archbishop John Nienstedt?
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Magazines:
Penthouse to shutter print edition after 50-year run
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Coal:
One Obama Campaign Promise That Came to Pass: Coal Bankruptcies
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Wyoming officials back various schemes in bid to rescue coal
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That Crashing Sound Is The Fall Of The US Coal Industry
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White House to revamp United States coal program
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Arch Coal - Another One Bites The Coal Dust
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Familiar faces appear in Arch Coal bankruptcy case
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Federal coal moratorium could hit Colorado hard
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What You Need To Know About The Crisis That’s Burying Coal For Good
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Currency:
Something Rotten In The State Of Bitcoin
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Sovereigns:
Rebel Rebel
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Gov’t: debt negotiation with the ‘vultures’ will be public
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Argentine Effort to Resolve Creditor Dispute Hits First Snag
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UK:
Insolvency Claims Under LASPO: “Use it or Lose it”
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Tata Steel UK to axe 1,050 UK jobs
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Rangers Wi-Fi providers fail to have £300,000 arrested from club
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Harris Tweed heartache as bid for rescue package fails
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Debt-ridden Bolton bid to avoid new low by beating Eastleigh
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EU:
Across Europe, more people are dying than being born
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Banks drag on Europe
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Former Dundee FC director still living ‘high life’ despite bankruptcy
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PIIGS:
Spanish Solar Energy Crisis: Restructuring Abengoa • Abengoa Bondholder to Form Alternate Group for Debt Negotiations
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Monte dei Paschi leads bank casualties • Paschi, UniCredit Among Banks Pressed for Loan Data by ECB • Italian Banks Lead European Decliners on Bad-Loan Concerns
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Greece says willing to discuss pension reforms with IMF
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Judge rejects O'Donnells' latest claims in bankruptcy case
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IBRC liquidation will deliver a surplus of about €2.1 billion
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Portugal Spread at 6-Month High as BlackRock Says Investors Wary
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Canada:
Oil Price Collapse Is Making Canada More Equal: BMO
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Alberta to lose 31000 construction jobs
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Trudeau Said to Weigh Quicker Stimulus for Hard-Hit Alberta
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Oil shock seen hitting Canadian bank profits in 2016
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Laid off CHCH hosts reinvent show online
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Court rules Target Canada tried to use insolvency laws to avoid landlord losses
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Walter Energy Canada commences ‘Sale & Investment Solicitation’ Process
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Bankruptcy possible unless N.L. chops spending, says economist
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How falling oil prices and Notley’s Alberta worked against Canadian Oil Sands Ltd
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Markets Retreat, Canadian Loonie at 69 Cents
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China:
China's growth hits quarter-century low • As growth slows, China is digging itself an even bigger hole • Drawing The Wrong Conclusions From China's Slowing GDP Growth
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Faber: China’s growth is nearer 4%
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China Stocks Jump Most in Two Months as Data Fuel Stimulus Bets
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Chinese Satisfaction Drops Amid Economic Slowdown
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MENA:
The Saudi stock market is in free fall • Mideast Stocks Plummet as Iran Plans to Boost Crude Exports
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Saudi Arabia is in a state of panic • IMF Says Saudi Arabia Could Be Bankrupt By 2020
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Dubai Landlord Sees Budget Rethinks as `Tough' Period Ahead
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Oil glut dampens Iran's hopes for big cash flows as sanctions lift
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Sanctions go, but many Iranians doubt that it will lead to better times
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Israel: Ailing Mega supermarket chain wins 30-day reprieve
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Venezuela:
Venezuela decrees 'economic emergency,' reveals depth of crisis
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Bank of America anticipates strong devaluation for bankrupt Venezuela
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Venezuela Inflation Surges to 141% Amid `Economic War'
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Russia:
The ruble is about to hit an all-time low
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Oil Price Collapse Pushing Russia's Economy To The Edge
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Australia:
Australia proposes insolvency law rewrite
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Recovery of unreasonable director-related benefits
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Australia's Queensland Nickel calls in administrators
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India:
The big fish
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Reduction in interest burden could possibly prevent more companies heading towards bankruptcy
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#Startup India: Bankruptcy bill will encourage entrepreneurs to take the plunge without fear, says Practo’s Shashank ND • Govt working to make start, exit easy for startups
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Insolvency bill is a real credit to India
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Tweaking the insolvency bill
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South Korea:
More filings for bankruptcy , receivership than in 1997 crisis
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Latin America:
LatAm to host worst of global recession
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New Zealand:
Henderson, Hide and the judge
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Poland:
Poland Feels Sting From Downgrade as Long-Term Debt Costs Soar
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