Law:
Biglaw Firm Could Owe Associate Up To $1 Million After Refusing To Pay ‘Lucrative’ Bonus
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Why You Should Go On Vacation
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Baker & McKenzie Welcomes New York Bankruptcy Duo
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NV: Black & LoBello Bolsters Bankruptcy Practice
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The In-House Career Stepping Stool
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The GC Who Took Home $25 Million and 29 Other Highly Paid GCs
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Artificial intelligence in the legal profession should be regulated, op-ed argues
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Working Remotely: The Balance of Productivity and Play
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Mummy Dearest: The Careerist Observes the Mommy War in the UK
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Chairs of Morgan Lewis and DLA Piper Interview Each Other
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Microsoft doesn’t have to give prosecutors emails stored on servers in Ireland, 2nd Circuit says
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Today’s Tech: Law School And Legal Job Prospects In 2016
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Elderly homeowner shoots lawyer in alleged home invasion
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Congrats, You Got Into Yale Law School! Oh Wait….
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The Dumbest Reason To Go To Law School
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Law Grads Are 'Terrified' Of Failing The Bar Exam
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Law Schools Should Teach Students How To Write Email
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Business casual goes trendy at some elite law firms
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The Best Summer Associate Programs — Both For Fun Times And For Training
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Butler Snow goes big for new chief operating officer
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‘Analytics for Dumm ...’ eh, lawyers
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Linklaters partner guilty of assault and another indicted for r---
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Lawyers told to charge clients while they're on the throne • Multitasking: It’s OK to bill clients while you’re on the toilet, firm says
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Bonkers Law Firm Website: Nice clothes, shame about the slogans
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Fee fight blights $1.3 billion case
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3 Major Invoice Billing Errors, and How Law Firms Can Cut Costs
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Neo-Nazi gets 11 years for murder of Freshfields junior lawyer
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Chicago: Millionaire bankruptcy lawyer's wife battered dog walker in River North elevator, jury finds
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Sen. Tim Scott (R) Describes Experiences as Black American • Even Affluent Blacks Feel Racial Profiling
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Judges:
'My recent remarks ... were ill-advised' • Justice Ginsburg's 'Ill-Advised' Comments on Donald Trump • Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fetishization of “objectivity” • Ruth Bader Ginsburg Issues Apology After Donald Trump Makes Nonsensical Remarks About Her On Twitter
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Feds Must Search for Records on Judge Spying
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures slip as traders reflect on France terror attack
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Stocks close higher
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:
Land Of Lincoln Health To Liquidate--Not An Obamacare Problem But A Co Op One
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US health care spending has hit a new high — $10,345 per person
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Celebs:
Indiana Pacers point guard who has made $35 million explains why he's living in his parents' basement for a year
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Metals:
Easing railroad slump may allow for Columbus Castings reopening
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Gambling:
CEOC Noteholders Fight Bid to Wipe Out $1.85B In Claims
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Taj ultimatum: Take deal by Monday
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Distressed Investing:
Junk bond issuance slows amid rising defaults
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Electricity:
Berkshire Hathaway Said to Be Among Leading Bidders for Oncor
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Fidelity preparing bid for Energy Future's Oncor with creditors -sources
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Alternative Energy:
SunEdison Adviser Says Assets Now Worth Up to $1.5 Billion
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Debt Collection:
In Bill, Lawmakers Propose New Limits for Seizing Workers’ Pay Over Old Debts • For First Time in 50 Years, Federal Bill Seeks Limits on Debt Collection Seizures
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FDCPA Case Law Review for June 2016
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Asset Recovery 2016: Roundtable
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Food/Beverage:
Cowboys Dancehall owes creditors more than $9 million in bankruptcy
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Steel:
Here's how protectionism failed the American steel industry
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Essar Steel Minnesota names Matthew Stark its new CEO
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KPS Capital Partners walks away from bid for Essar Steel Algoma
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Economy:
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims unchanged at 254,000 • Lowest Level Since Mid-April
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US Manufacturing is Alive and Well
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Unemployment Rate by Level of Education
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Food Stamp Rolls Decline on Work Rules
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Fed's Beige Book: "Economic activity continued to expand at a modest pace" in most Districts
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WSJ Survey: Half of Economists See No Fed Rate Increase Until December
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Fed’s Lockhart says decisions on interest rates should wait until post-Brexit outlook is clearer
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How a Surprise Upturn in U.S. Growth Could Trigger the Next Recession
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Just Two Out of Five Americans Spent Less Than Their Incomes in 2015
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How Income Inequality Is Fueling the Rise of Unmarried Parents
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US Producer Prices Climb 0.5%
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Poor at 20, Poor for Life
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Could You Live on Just $32,000 a Year?
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The world isn't 'drowning in debt,' even though there's more of it than ever before
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Obama plan to stop tax inversions stirs U.S. business concerns
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Class 8 Truck Demand Beats Supply Again
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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:
Mortgage rates remain low and look to stay that way for a while
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Sacramento Housing in June: Sales up 1.8%, Active Inventory down 12% YoY
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More renters sour on homeownership, some blame student debt
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Here are the winners and losers as the foreclosure crisis slogs into extra innings
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More malls turning to unconventional tenants to fill vacancies
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6 Charts: The State of American Real Estate
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Municipalities:
Restructuring Puerto Rican Debt Allows Path To Stability
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Puerto Rico Hires Public Financial Management as Adviser
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Junk City Snapshot: Chicago Taxes Rise, But So Does Pension Debt
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Chris Papst and the Crimes of The Harrisburg Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:
Oil prices fall as investors cash in on gains at week’s end
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S&P: Thanks to Oil/Gas, Ratings “Weakest Links” Hit Highest Point Ever
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100,000 oil jobs could be coming back
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Does This Estimate Suggest We Are Heading For $30 Oil?
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Texas upstream and oil field services bankruptcies include 45 cases through Q2
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Hercules Fights Bid For Privileged Docs In Ch. 11 Probe
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Natural Gas Falls as Stockpiles Rise
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No rush back to big oil projects
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Distressed funds set for big stakes in Gulf Keystone after debt swap
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OPEC's cheap oil strategy
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BP Has Paid Out $62 Billion on Gulf Oil Spill
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Venezuela’s Oil Production Plunges To 13-Year Low
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The Glut Is Far From Over As Offshore Oil Storage Continues To Swell
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Politics:
Clinton Collapses • Hillary Clinton’s Lead Has Shrunk, but She Still Has an Edge• Hillary Clinton releases brutal new ad slamming Donald Trump: 'Our children are watching'
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How Many Trump Companies Have Gone Bankrupt? • Donald Trump releases speakers list for GOP convention — and one person is noticeably missing • Trump and the City •Published reports say Trump to tap Pence as running mate • How ‘thin-skinned’ Donald Trump uses insults, threats and lawsuits to quiet critics • Is Donald Trump the USFL's fall guy? • Trump’s Advantage on Economy Could Face Test on Housing • Trump to delay VP announcement after France attacks • On Trade, Trump Takes Republicans Back to Their Roots
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Poll: Americans are sick and tired of hearing about the presidential election
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John Oliver & Elizabeth Warren Join Stephen Colbert To Cover Donald Trump, Hillary Coronations At Conventions
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Big Banks Totally Forgot That They Had Other Plans During This Year’s GOP Convention
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GOP Working to Stop Convention Rebellion • Lots of GOP Senators Skipping Convention
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'Welfare Leeches' Are 2016's Version Of '47 Percent Takers.' What Are The National Implications?
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Personal Finance:
Three big mistakes Americans keep making with their money
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Autos:
GM MDL Should Continue After 2nd Circ. Ruling, Drivers Say
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Currency:
Bitcoin CEO released on bail in embezzlement case
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Shipping:
Hyundai Group loses control over Hyundai Merchant Marine
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Lehman:
Could Fed have saved Lehman Brothers?
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Student Debt:
The Perils of Cosigning that Student Loan
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Bearing the Burden of Student Loans
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Survey: Refinancing Rates are Low Among Student Loan Borrowers
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Defaults:
Global defaults hit century mark - S&P • S&P: 2016 Global Corporate Default Tally Climbs to 100, vs 62 in 2015
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Coal:
The Future Of U.S. Coal Power Hangs In The Balance
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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 (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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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Judicial Estoppel:
11th Circuit Addresses Judicial Estoppel, Unscheduled Litigation
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Standards Governing Judicial Estoppel Appeals Are Debated in the D.C. Circuit
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Discharge:
Supreme Court Construes “Actual Fraud” Broadly, Resolving Circuit Split
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Disqualification:
Aletheia Trustee Urges Gibson DQ From O'Melveny Row
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Standing:
Creditors Lose Standing to Pursue Debtor's Shareholders, Directors
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Free and Clear Sales:
The Second Circuit’s General Motors Decision Defines Limits To “Free And Clear” Sales
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GM Faces Potential Mountain Of New Claims In Ignition MDL
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Second Circuit Drubs New GM on Successor Liability for Ignition Switch Defects
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Thoughts on the GM Ignition Switch Opinion
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Jurisdiction:
9th Circ. To Rehear Appeal Over Power Of Bankruptcy Panels
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Debtors’ Lien-Stripping Attempt Likely Would Have Succeeded in New Hampshire
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Safe Harbors:
Delaware’s Judge Gross Differs with Second Circuit on the Safe Harbor
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Mediation:
The Absolute Priority Rule Torpedoes Mediation in Individual Chapter 11 Cases (Part Two)
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Education:
Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democrats press regulators to prevent another Trump U
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Former student files class action case over Corinthian debt
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After Backtracking, Dowling College Closes for Good
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Sovereigns:
A Hedge Fund’s Peru Bond Fight Now Playing at a Theater Near You
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UK:
A review of the Corporate Insolvency Regime
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Trustees in Bankruptcy should beware the pitfalls of ignoring legal professional privilege
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Why Mark Carney didn't blink even though he knows a recession is on the way
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The minister in charge of Brexit says Britain 'will quit' the EU in December 2018 • Theresa May Signals Desire for Swift Brexit With Cabinet Appointments
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U.K. Prime Minister Assembles Brexit Cabinet
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Why the Politics of Brexit Are Toxic for Investors
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Baffled Credit Traders Call Their Lawyers as Brexit Clouds Swaps
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EU:
European equity funds see record withdrawals
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PIIGS:
Post-Brexit sentiment faces test with Italian junk bond sale
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Why Some Bad Loans are Worse Than Others
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Could Italy Bring Down The Euro? • Italy’s Banking Problem Is Serious but Not Intractable
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Exploiting the fine print of EU rules to save Italy’s banks
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Canada:
Landlords scramble to fill near-empty skyscrapers dotting Calgary skyline: ‘We’re not overbuilt, we’re under-demolished’
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The Redwater Decision: The Alberta Energy Regulator - Trumped by Federal Bankruptcy Law
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China:
China’s economy likely lost more momentum amid mounting debt
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Kaisa Group to Complete Offshore Debt Workout as Bonds Rebound
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China’s Credit Expansion Revs Up Again as Debt Warnings Fade
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France:
Truck plows into crowd, killing at least 84 in Nice, France • At Least 77 Confirmed Dead After Bastille Day Attack in Nice, France • France extends state of emergency; Hollande says 'undeniably' a terror attack • Truck Driver Was Known to Police
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Turkey:
Bankruptcy Protection Provides An Easy Way Out in Turkey
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Australia:
Australians declaring personal insolvencies jumps 13.7%
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Australian Corporations Act not beholden to Chapter 11
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Brazil:
Oi CEO Aims to Triple Customers in Key Category Amid Bankruptcy
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