Law:
Another Biglaw Firm Raises Salaries, Just In The Nick Of Time • Everyone’s Apparently Not A Winner At Nixon Peabody • Today Is The Last Day: Where Is The Money? • Another Firm Raises Salaries For First-Year Associates Only • With Deadline Looming, Firms Continue To Issue Raises • Could A 5th-Year Make Less Than A 3rd-Year? Maybe, According To This Firm!
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Who are the world’s richest practicing lawyers? Some on the list went to prison
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Revenue inches up at Norton Rose Fulbright
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Top GE Lawyer Tips Hat to Legal Team in ‘Too Big to Fail’ Victory
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Robots Are Taking Divorce Lawyers ’ Jobs, Too
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5 Ways To Piss Off A SmallLaw Lawyer
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Hello Practice Point, Goodbye Pain Points
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Law Books For The Price Of Printing?
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The 17 best icebreakers to use at a party where you don't know anyone
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Ballard Spahr Names 12 Attorneys to Firm Partnership
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Playing The Lawyer Card
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Lessons for Law Firms on Client Intake
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Firm pays $665K to partner for snooping through her emails
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An Affordable, Versatile Bluetooth Keyboard For Any Mobile Device
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Cinemark wants Colorado theater shooting victims to pay $700,000 in legal fees
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Hedge Fund Manager Who Spent Investor Funds On Prized Teddy Bear Collection Gets Five Years Lopped Off Sentence
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Chipotle executive making $4.3 million a year is indicted in huge NYC cocaine bust
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Charles Adelson's attorney denies Markel involvement
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Texas Law Hawk crashes jet ski in new video
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Manhattan Cocaine Sting Brings Down 18 Brandnames, e.g. Fox Producer Katie Weinhofer
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Couple Charged in Beheading
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Dad Admits Threatening Kids' Football League
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Appeals court upholds lawyers’ convictions in internet paramour money scheme
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Judges:
GOP senator: We should have a new Supreme Court strategy if it becomes clear Trump will lose
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For Big Law, This Supreme Court Term Won’t Be Easily Forgotten
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How the Supreme Court justices made their millions
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Judge berated for posting photos of himself in his pants
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Clarence Thomas Has His Own Constitution
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks struggle to hold on after 3-day rally
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Brexit? More like Brexwhat! U.S. stocks just declared independence from fear
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Layoffs:
Boehringer slashes 724 jobs off U.S. sales payroll to boost R&D spending
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Goldman Sachs has been firing traders again • Goldman Sachs Said to Cut About 60 More Jobs in New York, London
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
The World Doesn’t Think Donald Trump Would Make a Great President, Poll Finds • Donald Trump’s "new" Muslim ban plan is just as scary as the old one • How Donald Trump could bury the GOP for years and hand the country to the Democrats • Trump Promised to Save Ed McMahon's House • Trump was once so involved in trying to block an Indian casino that he secretly approved attack ads • Donald Trump's 'Pocahontas' Playbook • 'I have totally terminated the loan!': Donald Trump rips 'very dishonest' NBC in Twitter rant • 'That could be a Mexican plane. They're getting ready to attack' • The Perfect Trump Voter
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Elizabeth Warren Just Proved Why She’d Make a Terrible Running Mate
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Lynch-Clinton Meeting Raises Eyebrows
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Pew: Fewer Political Races Are Competitive
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Retailing:
Dick’s Sporting Goods wins Sports Authority brand name with $15 million bid
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Gambling:
Three Atlantic City casinos reach deal to avoid strike
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Trump Taj Mahal Casino Workers Poised to Strike in Atlantic City
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Healthcare:
OH: Coshocton Memorial Hospital Files
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Study: Consumers’ Healthcare Financial Burden is Growing
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Celebs:
Teresa Giudice Says Husband Joe Is Getting Six-Pack Abs in Prison
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Bankruptcy Judge Curtails Sam Wyly's Homestead Exemption to $155K
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Student Debt:
Is Student Debt the Next Financial Crisis?
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Defrauded Student Loan Borrowers May Soon Have Discharge Options
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Just How Much Student Debt Do We Really Want To Forgive?
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Administration's Student Assistance Regulations Are A Recipe For Corruption
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Distressed Investing:
CVC Credit Partners Raises €650M for Stressed/Distressed Fund
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Pensions:
World Biggest Pension Fund Seen Losing $43 Billion Last Quarter
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Economy:
Jobless claims climb 10,000 to 268,000
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Global Bond Market Surges Most Since 2008 as Growth Outlook Dims
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7 Years In and the Recovery Finally Feels Good
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Could the U.S. Really Gut Its Trade Deals?
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The US economy has been doing poorly. Europe and Japan have done much worse.
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Broadest Of Indexes Indicates U.S. In Recession... Rate Hikes Turning To Rate Cuts And QE4?
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Bernanke: Americans are confident in the economy — they're just not happy about it
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How do people really feel about the economy?
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Elizabeth Warren has some questions—of the legal variety—about the way Apple Music does business
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Brexit fuels worries about expected U.S. earnings recovery
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Lionel Shriver Imagines America’s Collapse
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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:
Shaky alliances form to fight zombie foreclosures
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Hoarders: Strange reason new housing crisis worse
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Delinquency Rates for Mortgages on Single Family Homes Decreases in May
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Thanks, Brexit! Why UK vote is likely to boost US home sales
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U.K. Homebuilders Seen Hunkered Down for Whatever Brexit Brings
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Waterbridge, partners file for Ch. 11 on stalled Soho development
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The Foreclosure Sleuth
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico's PREPA says will make full debt payment on Friday
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A Tale of Two States: Puerto Rico and Chapter 9
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Puerto Rico Debt-Relief Bill Marks Major Win for House Speaker Paul Ryan
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Puerto Rico defaults amid hopes for US rescue • Puerto Rico Defaults on Debt as Obama Approves Restructuring
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Puerto Rico declares moratorium on debt payments
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Here's How PROMESA Aims to Tackle Puerto Rico's Debt
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Puerto Rico Faces Record Default: A Look at the Bonds Due
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Atlantic City , NJ , hires lawyers to restructure debt
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Oil/Gas:
US oil falls as supply stabilizes and investors take profits
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EIA: Oil production in continental U.S. has fallen sharply since 2015 peak
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The Risky Business of Oil and Gas in Texas
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Shilling's $10 Oil Prediction Is Not Completely Ridiculous
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Triangle USA Petroleum, Oil and Gas Explorer, Files Bankruptcy • High Yield Bond Issuer Triangle USA Petroleum Files Chapter 11
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Oil Producers Drill Deeper as Investors Search for Yield
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Saudi maintains strong oil exports to US, Asia • Saudi Aramco Cuts All August Oil Prices for US, Asian Clients
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A Bad End Looks Likely For Atlas Resource Partners
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OPEC Oil Output Hits Record High in June on Nigerian Rebound
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The Oil World's Little Secret
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Aramco Leads Surge in Gulf Energy Loans After Oil’s Plunge
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Defaults:
S&P: 91 Corporate Defaults So Far This Year, Up From 54 YTD 2015
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Student Debt:
Deep Dive On The Student Debt Crisis
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Gambling:
New Deal with Union Averts Strike at Caesars Atlantic City • Atlantic City Strike Adverted at Three of Union's Five Targeted Casinos
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Hedge Funds:
A hedge fund darling imploded — and now everyone is asking one question
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Credit Cards:
Visa, MasterCard Drop as Appeal Upends $5.7 Billion Accord • ‘Glaring’ conflict doomed $7.25 billion Visa/MasterCard settlement
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Fraud:
Bank of NY Mellon settles $312 million claim tied to Sentinel fraud
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Autos:
VW dealer files Chapter 11, with Passaic County suit pending
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VW Believes It Can Fix 85,000 Vehicles
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Tax:
Disregarded Entities and Cancellation of Debt Income: Are They Really Disregarded if They Are in Bankruptcy or Insolvent?
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Offshore Tax Cheats Feeling the Heat Again
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Hollywood:
Relativity Media Expected to Miss $30 Million Payment
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Shipping:
More Rough Waters Ahead for Dry Bulk Carriers
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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 (38 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (28 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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Discharge:
Plaintiff Counsel Threatened With Sanctions Responds to Judge in Experian “Meaningful Review” Bankruptcy/FCRA Case
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Trade Credit:
Your Customer Just Declared Bankruptcy: Recent Decision That All Suppliers/Vendors Should Be Aware Of
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Plan Confirmation:
Split Ninth Circuit Narrows Definition of Bad Faith Insider in Cramdown Case
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Mediation:
Usual Formula [Unsecured Claim + Bankruptcy = You Lose] Doesn’t Apply
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The Smith Case: Is the Glass Half Full?
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:
Lender Can’t Use Corporate Structure to Waive a Company’s Right to File Bankruptcy
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Cross-Border:
China Fishery Group Files for Bankruptcy Protection in US • China Fishery Seeks U.S. Bankruptcy Protection Amid Probes • It's The End of the Road for China Fishery Group Limited and Pacific Andes Resources Development Ltd • Pac Andes US bankruptcy filing aims to keep Ng family in control; Bank of America blamed
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Professional Compensation:
Applying Baker Botts to Non-Attorney Bankruptcy Professionals
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
Court Approves Key Employee Incentive Plan, Finding it is Not a Disguised Retention Plan
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Insurance:
D&O Insurance—Issues to Consider Before a Claim Arises
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Pharma:
KaloBios emerges from bankruptcy , raises $14M in recap
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Sovereigns:
Cash-Strapped Angola Struggling to Pay Debts
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UK:
Paris, Frankfurt Already Jockeying for City’s Brexit Spoils • Markets are betting on the wrong Brexit outcome, says BlackRock’s Rosenberg • IMF says Brexit uncertainty to dampen growth outlook • Will the UK actually get to Brexit? • Soros: Brexit vote unleashed crisis, but ‘buyer’s remorse’ is setting in • As Brexit voters suffer regret, here are some decisions that can be undone after signing • Gee Boris, You're Leaving After You Got Us into This Mess? • Michael Gove: The Man Who Stabbed Boris in the Back • U.K.’s Top Bank Regulator Faces Tough First Day After Brexit • A Week Later, Credit Investors Are Shrugging Off Brexit Anxiety
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Brexit Fallout Provides Few Crumbs for Distressed-Debt Investors
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BHS administrators sell online and overseas business to Qatari buyer
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Premier Oil lenders agree to waive debt covenants
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EU:
S&P: European Union Downgraded to AA from AA+ due to Brexit Vote
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Brexit Turns Profit Into Dust for Junk-Bond Investors in Europe
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PIIGS:
Italian Regulator Action Shows Frail Banks
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Canada:
Defunct provincial agency faced whistleblower complaint about financial problems
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Canada has much bigger worries than Brexit
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Alberta response to Redwater decision could chill oil and gas mergers, Dentons says
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Germany:
Deutsche Bank Shares Plunge to a 30-Year Low After Fed, IMF Rebuke
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Bahamas:
Baha Mar Fails To Gain Control Of Legal Claim
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Minnis Slams Govt One Year On From Baha Mar Bankruptcy
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Brazil:
Oi CEO Resumes Debt Talks, Working on Several Proposals
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Brazil ex-tycoon Batista reappears after Eneva leaves bankruptcy
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Brazil's Oi to begin talks with creditors next week, says CEO
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South Korea:
Korea Shipbuilding Industry Faces Crisis
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China:
Economist: China Headed for 1929 Depression
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