Law:
Kirkland & Ellis Lawyers to Get ‘Emotional Fitness’ Training
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Clifford Chance Appoints New Global Restructuring Head
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Law School Graduate Employment Data Shows Decline in Legal Jobs • Employment data for 2015 law school grads released by ABA Legal Ed Section • WSJ: Latest ABA Data Show Declining Job Prospects For Law School Graduates
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Dentons launches agile working across UK
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The Potential Pitfalls of Professional Social Media Sites
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My office is my sofa: why more lawyers are working from home
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Survey shows 'explosive' use of litigation financing
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Sued after posting video of brawl with neighbor, law partner loses bid for SLAPP protection
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World's First Publicly Traded Law Firm Won't Go Bankrupt
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The Evolution Of Legal Jobs
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Law School Rankings: Federal Judicial Clerkships
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Tulsa To Vote Today On Whether To Strip Founder's Name Off Law School Building Due To KKK Ties
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After U.S. News Stopped Giving Full Weight To Law School-Funded Jobs, 52% Of Those Jobs Disappeared
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Beyond Biglaw: Imperfect Information
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Youngest Equity Partner at Katten Shares Her Tips for Junior Lawyers
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Guys, this is the one thing you need to keep your dress shirts clean
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Dykema Cox Smith Taps Dallas Litigator for Management Role
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21 common body language mistakes even smart people make
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A Harvard psychologist explains the key to spotting a liar
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Court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry
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Firefighter accused of setting blazes -- he helped extinguish
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Judge blocks Confederate monument's removal
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Hulk suing Gawker again
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Tennessee’s "Shampoo Licensing" Law Hit With Stinging Complaint
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52 Years After Being Wrongfully Convicted, Man Finally Gets Exonerated And Has One Thing On His Mind
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Law Guy Spoils Game Of Thrones For Entire Student Body
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Sheldon Silver sentenced to 12 years in prison
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Law Student Turns 2-Year Suspension For Stealing Laptop Into 20-Year Prison Sentence By Tampering With Larceny Conviction Record
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Landlord Arrives In Limo To Turn Herself In After Stealing Dog In Dispute Over Property
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Judges:
Judge Merrick Garland: His Jurisprudence and Potential Impact on the Supreme Court
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Lawsuit challenges Senate inaction on Garland
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Scalia’s Comcast legacy is at stake in Google Adwords case
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures drop with private-payrolls report on tap
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U.S. stocks end at 3-week low as energy, banks sell off
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The Wall Street tactic that costs German taxpayers roughly $1 billion a year
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Layoffs:
Nearly 200 Cargill workers face possible layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Personal Finance:
1 in 6 newlyweds admits to this financial secret, and it's not good
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The best and worst things to buy in May
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Retailing:
Teen retailer Aeropostale has filed for bankruptcy • Aeropostale Files for Bankruptcy in Latest Retailer Meltdown • Aéropostale Files for Bankruptcy Protection • DIP Dec • First Day Dec
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Trouble in 'teen retail'
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Sports Authority, still seeking buyer, says it's not liquidating • Sports Authority pushes back on liquidation talk; gets bankruptcy financing OK • Sports Authority Anticipates Buyer for ‘Major Portions’ of Stores
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Fairway Bankruptcy Filing A Warning For Retailers
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Aviation:
Republic's Deal With Delta Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval • Bankruptcy Judge Approves Key Republic Settlement With Delta
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Celebs:
Lawyer for Teresa Giudice's creditors wants to reopen bankruptcy case
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Alternative Energy:
Appaloosa Management Calls for Probe of SunEdison
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Telecoms:
Ruling brings Nortel Networks bankruptcy case closer to end
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Financial Literacy:
Financial Literacy? What's the Point?
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Distressed Investing:
US Leveraged Loan Default Rate Slips to 1.69% in April
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Gambling:
Another state bans fantasy sports sites for violating gambling laws
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Taxis:
Uber Plans To Kill Surge Pricing, Though Drivers Say It Makes Job Worth It
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Pensions:
Teamsters retirees await word on deep pension cuts
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Metals:
Horsehead shareholders get equity committee in bankruptcy proceedings
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Education:
Students Of Defunct Anthem College Could Get Debt Relief
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Economy:
Just give the US a flat tax: Blackstone CEO Schwarzman
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Fed May Start Reverse Quantitative Easing
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Why the Gig Economy May Not Put a Dent in Income Inequality • How Obamacare is fueling the gig economy
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Americans with these types of jobs retire early
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Business Still Feeling Damage Done in 2008, Says Dryden
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US Economy may be Grinding to a Halt
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2016 Is Already a Record Year for Failed U.S. Deals
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U.S. Light Vehicle Sales increase to 17.4 million annual rate in April
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The Projected Improvement in Life Expectancy
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New Fed Bailout-Prevention Rule to Reach Beyond Banks • U.S. rule would shield failed banks from hedge funds in future crisis
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Retirement overconfidence: The bad and the good
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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:
Bankruptcy Update: District Court Prohibits Chapter 13 Debtors From Compelling Mortgagee to Accept Title to Surrendered Property
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Who Can Go After Banks for the Foreclosure Crisis?
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CoreLogic: House Prices up 6.7% Year-over-year in March
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Million-dollar home market slumps
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Freddie Mac’s First Quarter Loss Undermines Shareholder Lawsuits • Freddie Mac's rough first quarter will likely embolden calls for GSE reform
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Bank of America reaches $190M settlement with FHLB Seattle
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Oregon town considers seizing abandoned foreclosures to fight blight
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico’s Hedge Fund Deal May Be First of Many Twists and Turns
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Puerto Rico Bank Debt Agreement Looks Easier Said Than Done
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How To Turn Puerto Rico Into Hong Kong
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It’s Not Hedge Funds That Caused Puerto Rico to Fail to Manage Its Debts
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Lew Urges Congress to Act to Solve Puerto Rico Debt Crisis • Lew: Puerto Rico crisis is 'immediate and real' • Lew warns of chaotic unwinding on Puerto Rico debt • Puerto Rico could face financial chaos without Congress plan: Lew
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House panel near unveiling new Puerto Rico debt bill • Congress Dithers As Puerto Rico's Debt Bomb Ticks
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Vultures and Chains: Artists Protest Puerto Rico Debt Crisis
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Plan to restructure Detroit schools advances during sickout
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If we won't listen to adults, listen to a child • Detroit teachers to return to classroom after 2-day sick-out
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Prieto bill a test of Christie's influence • Democrats draw new battle line over Atlantic City
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The ‘Citigation’ Phenomenon: Municipalities Teaming up With Plaintiffs’ Firms to File Suits • Municipalities find new funding source by filing class-action suits
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This map shows how much money you need to make to live in the 7 biggest US cities
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Oil/Gas:
U.S. oil industry bankruptcy wave nears size of telecom bust
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Age of Cheap Oil, Natural Gas Just Beginning
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Oil prices in holding pattern ahead of weekly supply update
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Why Oil Prices Will Likely Drop Below $40 Soon
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U.S. energy CEOs ready for new drilling as oil prices plot upward path
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Fed Survey: Credit Quality in Oil Regions "deteriorated somewhat" • Oil town Americans late on car loan payments
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Oil Prices Fall Back as Rally Hits a Ceiling • Oil Down 2nd Straight Day, Rising Output Reignites Glut Worry
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Low Oil Prices Drive Record Profits for U.S. Airlines
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Despite Shale Glut, US Imports More Foreign Oil
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Pipe dreams still alive for selected few in U.S. energy rout
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Houston's office market is melting down
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CorEnergy hopes to dodge losses from second major tenant's bankruptcy
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BP drops $1 billion seafood industry spill payments fight
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Shell Profit Plunges 83%
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Texas handling the oil crash pretty well
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Oil exposure fuels new pain for banks
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Oil Price Upheaval Cuts Into Large U.S. Refiners’ Earnings
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Hedges spike as producers look to lock in higher oil prices
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Petrobras Boomtown Turns Desolate as Refinery's Billions Vanish
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Celebs:
50 Cent berates airport worker he suspects of drug use — but who is actually autistic
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Politics:
WSJ editors warn Puerto Rico inaction could turn Florida blue
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Trump Win Just Latest Tremor Shaking GOP • Trump Gains Clear Path to Nomination • Backlash for Trump’s China trade • US Military Leaders Disagree with Trump • Trump: US Should Shoot Down Russian Jets • Donald Trump’s War on Truth • Pressure Mounts on GOP Leaders to Fall in Line Behind Trump • How 'Stop Trump' failed • This is what has to happen for Donald Trump to beat Hillary Clinton
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The End of Politics As We Know It
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Ted Cruz Drops Out After Crushing Defeat in Indiana • How Can Cruz Even Return to the Senate? • OMG: Does This Mean Carly Won't be Vice President? • Cruz says Trump has it right: ‘Dad killed JFK, he’s secretly Elvis, Jimmy Hoffa’s buried in his backyard’ • Cruz Explodes • Ted Cruz Calls Trump ‘Amoral,’ ‘Liar’ and ‘Narcissist’ in Fresh Attack • Why Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Stands With Ted Cruz
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Hillary Clinton’s Growing Problem With Independents
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Trump vs Clinton: Why this election could be the nastiest in history
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The crisis in the Republican Party is even worse than it looks • 'My Party Has Lost Its Way': Lindsey Graham rips Donald Trump's 'yearning' for dictators • GOP May Lose Business Owners to Democrats • Daily News mourns the death of the Republican Party, 'killed by epidemic of Trump'
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Laid-Off Coal Worker Wants Explanation From Hillary Clinton
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Bernie Sanders Wins Indiana Primary
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Mass Torts:
Another big verdict in talc case against Johnson & Johnson
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J&J Faces Growing Threat of Lawsuits Over Talc and Cancer
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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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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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Avoidance Actions:
Section 546(e) Safe Harbor Preempts Individual Creditors' State Law Constructive Fraudulent Transfer Claims
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Jurisdiction:
Wellness International Network v. Sharif : An In-Depth Review
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Mediation:
6 Reasons Why Bankruptcy Mediation is a Process, not a One-and-Done Session: Part Two — Need For Quick Resolution
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Student Debt:
Ellen DeGeneres stumbles into the student debt debate
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Student Debt Is About to Set Another Record, But the Picture Isn’t All Bad
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Education Department Alters Student Loan Default Rates • U.S. Department of Education Updates Colleges’ Student Loan Default Rates
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Fashion:
Shoe Designer for Ellen Tracy, Elie Tahari Files for Bankruptcy
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Shipping:
Hanjin Shipping to begin creditor -led workout program this week
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Samsung Heavy pressed to map out self-restructuring plan
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Fraud:
Bored Feds Now Contemplating Charging Martin Shkreli With All The Crimes
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Stratton Oakmont Memories Resurrected in New Scam
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Autos:
Takata Survival Seen Getting Harder With Wider Air-Bag Recalls
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Healthcare:
Prime completes purchase of Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark
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Predatory Lending:
Bankrupt cancer survivor gets shock: $300 loan balloons into $40,000 debt in 2 years
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Electricity:
Three possible results Wednesday from battle over Oncor and why you should care
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Food/Beverage:
Fairway Files for Bankruptcy Amid Questions Over Future of Iconic New York Markets • Fairway Grocery Stores Slide Into Bankruptcy • Supermarket Operator Fairway Enters Bankruptcy • Fairway Group Files Prepackaged Chapter 11 in Manhattan • Fairway sinks into bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:
Pollack: 'The holdouts funds created an existential threat'
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Venezuela Bonds Tumble After Oil Output Falls More Than Expected
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UK:
U.K. Insolvency Service to Investigate Management of BHS
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Britain to fast-track investigation into BHS collapse
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Retail CVAs – an unproven track record?
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R3 calls for ‘business rescue moratorium’
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Britons are not earning enough to live without debt
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Canada:
Ontario's top court denies bid by US bondholders in Nortel bankruptcy case • Nortel U.S. Challenge to Cash Split Shut Down by Canadian Court • Ontario Court of Appeal won’t hear Nortel case
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Home Builder Urbancorp CEO Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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China:
China’s Steel Makers Undercut Rivals as Economy Slows
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China Presses Economists to Brighten Their Outlooks
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China's Buildup of $26 Trillion in Public, Private Debt
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The $571 Billion Debt Wall That Points to More Defaults in China
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Pray That China's Faking It
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There's one big problem with China's plan to transform its economy
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Will Chinese Debt Defaults Spread?
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India:
Banks tell Essar Steel to find buyer by end of June
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Cabinet likely to take up Bankruptcy Code today
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Czech Republic:
Czech miner NWR's OKD files for insolvency to reorganize
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Brazil:
Brazil's Gol Asks Bondholders to Exchange $780 Million in Debt
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Bahamas:
Sarkis: Am I The 'Stalking Horse'?
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Australia:
Australian Government forges ahead with major insolvency law reform
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South Korea:
S.Korea says detailed plans on corporate restructuring to be set by end-H1
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