Law:

Law Grads Still Face a Tough Job Market
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Law Schools And The Cynicism Of Disappearing Jobs
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Kirkland & Ellis, the Feel-Good Law Firm?
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Two More Energy Companies Tap Kirkland for Bankruptcy Work
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Which Big Law Legend Does Trump Most Closely Resemble?
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Prominent Harvard Law professor explains why he 'respects' Yale's decision to keep the name of a slave owner on one of its 12 colleges
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ASSLaw President Struggles To Defend Name Change
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Law School Deans Fight Back Against The Tyranny Of The LSAT
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Ralph Baxter, Former Biglaw CEO And Current Innovation Titan
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What Kind Of In-House Fixer Upper Are You?
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Musical Chairs: Leading Litigator David Bernick Leaves Dechert To Join Paul, Weiss
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One Dinosaur’s Point Of View On Millennials
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5 Ways to Improve Big Law’s Diversity Problem
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Networking When You Hate People
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A psychological trick to get anyone to like you
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The rules of what to wear to work have changed — here's what they are now
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The perfect way to start an email — and 18 greetings you should usually avoid
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19 types of coworkers you absolutely can't stand
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The 6 best smartphone cameras in the world
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Justice Department drops hammer on North Carolina over ‘bathroom law' • North Carolina's Civil Rights Act Violation
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FBI arrests man who poured mouse poison on Whole Foods' buffets
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Man Sues Bosses Because He Was Bored at Work
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Vegetarian lawyer starts farm animal rescue
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Top Boies Schiller litigator sues his mother for defamation
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Is cellphone given by Aaron Hernandez to his lawyers privileged? Top state court is dubious
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Lawyer That Might Take Down Led Zeppelin
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Ellen Pao's next act targets Silicon Valley's 'bro' problem
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Texas Teachers and Police Launch Absurd Investigation After Eighth Grader Attempted To Pay for Lunch With $2 Bill
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Modern Life Intrudes On Constitutional Law
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Judges:

Why some conservatives have changed their tune on Merrick Garland • Some conservatives are starting to realize blocking Merrick Garland is a big mistake
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Did Republicans Waive Their Right to Confirm Garland?
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Imagining Merrick Garland's Confirmation Hearing
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Roberts says it’s not difficult being down one Justice, but some are dubious
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Federal judge who drank Flint water steps aside in case over replacing city’s lead water pipes
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks poised for first gain in three days on higher oil prices
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The Supreme Court Fight Ramps Up in Battleground States
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Stocks Slide: Here's what you need to know
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Layoffs:

Credit Suisse is cutting trading jobs right now • Credit Suisse Said to Cut 180 London Jobs, Mostly in Trading
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Rich and Powerful's Warning: Robots Are Coming for Your Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

Aeropostale to close 113 U.S. stores in bankruptcy move • Will your Aeropostale close? Here's the list
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$160M DIP
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Aéropostale Lashes Out at Lender After Filing for Bankruptcy
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Aéropostale: marriage of inconvenience
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It's not easy being a teen clothing retailer
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4 reasons why Aeropostale lost its cool with shoppers
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Aeropostale is bankrupt. Here's why that doesn't bother mall owners
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This Is Why No One Should Bail Out The 'Smart Money' Stuck In Brick-And-Mortar Retailers: Let Them Shed Their Own Tears
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Autos:

Takata's Shares Take Fright While Bonds Take It Easy
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Air bag inflator recall to grow by 35 million to 40 million • Feds: Why Takata Inflators Fail • Takata’s Future in Doubt
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Tesla 1st Quarter Net Loss Widens Over Model X Woes • Tesla Manages to Lose $19,059 Per Car • Tesla Stock Surges on Q1 Losses
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Lehman:

Lehman Brothers lives on
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Aviation:

Pilots union dispute heats up with potential strike vote against cargo lines
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Shipping:

3 bankrupt shipyards seek capital (China)
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Shippers Feeling Railroaded With Prices Up Even as Freight Falls
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Telecoms:

This big Louisville telecom company just filed Chapter 11
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Politics:

The general election has begun: Now it gets really negative
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'Elizabeth Warren is really smart': Hillary Clinton backs senator who called out Donald Trump for his 'racism, sexism, and xenophobia'
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The Four Horsemen of the Republican Apocalypse
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Nate Silver: 'We basically got the Republican race wrong'
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The Republican Blame Game Begins
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Trump: My First 100 Days • How Trump Rose to Power • Trump just dropped more hints about a possible running mate • How Trump Won—and How the GOP Let Him • Jeff Gundlach Says Prepare for Debt-Fueled Trump Presidency • Donald Trump: I'd be interested in vetting John Kasich for VP • Fall Election Looks Tough for Trump • What Trump Has to Overcome to Beat Clinton • Donald Trump is already trailing Hillary Clinton by a huge margin • Indiana Trump • Donald Trump is the inevitable backlash to a too-strong Republican Party • Why Donald Trump's odds in November may be better than expected • Supporting Donald Trump Is the Worst Thing the GOP Could Do • The Day the Republican Party Died • How Donald Trump Speaks to—and About—Minorities • Trump Is on Track to Be the Next McGovern • Trump debuts coal attacks on Clinton • Lott: Trump Sucked All Oxygen Out of the GOP
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Clinton might lose to average Republican. But to Trump? • It's time for Democrats to get more worried about Candidate Trump • Brutal Hillary Clinton montage scorches Donald Trump using GOP rivals' words against him • Independents Are Souring on Hillary Clinton • Hacker Guccifer Claims He Broke Into Hillary Clinton's Email Server • Judge in Emails Case Says He May Order Hillary Clinton to Testify
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Bernie Sanders says superdelegates are unfair. True? • Should Bernie Sanders leave the race? New poll points to 'stay'
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Kasich bows out of race. Did he do 'the right thing?' • John Kasich is dropping out • What Donald Trump Said The Moment He Learned John Kasich Dropped Out
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Newspapers:

Tribune Publishing has thrown out Gannett's offer to buy it
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Student Debt:

Vermont House Asks Congress To Let Students File For Bankruptcy
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Fraud:

What will happen when everyone in the Panama Papers is revealed next week
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Banking:

The Book That Will Save Banking From Itself
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Steel:

Steel Regains Appeal as Junk-Rated Issuers Return to Debt Market
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Economy:

U.S. productivity drops 1% in first quarter
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ISM Non-Manufacturing Index increased to 55.7% in April • US services sector expands strongly as orders, employment rise
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Survey: Consumers Increase Personal Savings, But Credit Card Balances Remain
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Trade Deficit decreased in March to $40.4 Billion
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ADP: Private Employment increased 156,000 in April • Private Sector Job Growth stumbles - Slowest in 3 Yrs
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Healthy job gains expected despite weak report
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Preview of April Employment Report
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Gundlach takes a hatchet to the Fed
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Bill Gross: Fed should 'drop the money from helicopters'
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Stanley Druckenmiller thinks the world is heading for a debt-fueled disaster
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Millennials, minorities crushed by overdraft fees
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Warren Buffett: I might consider taking money out of banks if they charge for deposits
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The 'New Normal': Number Of Americans Renouncing Their U.S. Citizenship Continues To Set Records
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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:

Reverse Mortgage May Be Modified In Ch. 13
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7th Circuit Disrupts Commercial Certainty in Lease Terminations; Landlords, We Hate That You Have to Read this Blog Post
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There's a big shift taking place in the housing market
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate decreased in March, Lowest since Aug 2008
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Mortgage Refis Down, Purchases Flat
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George Will takes on #FannieGate, says GSEs 'should never have existed'
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PHH sinks as low interest rates destroy mortgage servicing
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Why are major housing markets going haywire?
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Ringleader of 'largest mortgage modification scheme ever charged' found guilty
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Plays Brinkmanship with Historic Debt Default
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Puerto Rico Debt Measure Pressed by Democrats, Citing Zika • House Democrats: No healthcare cuts for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Explained: 5 Things To Know About The Default And Congress
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US Muni Funds Jolted By Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
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Puerto Rico's Distress
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Treasury Sec. Warns Inaction on Puerto Rico Could Cost Taxpayers
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Puerto Rico bargains after default
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How Argentina’s Debt Resolution Process is a Model for Addressing Puerto Rico’s Debt Issues • In Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis, Shades of Argentina
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MBIA hasn’t chalked up losses on Puerto Rico ... yet
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Stop stalling on help for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico’s $70 Billion Crisis Just Might Be Catastrophic
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East Cleveland wants to file for bankruptcy
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Gov. Rauner and state agencies sued for breach of contract
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4 highlights of the controversial Detroit schools rescue package • Detroit schools back in session after promise teachers will be paid • 'Our children are in jeopardy': Detroit schools open, but is it too late? • Detroit schools screw teachers, students: Massive debt, phony budgeting
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Obama Drinks Filtered Flint Tap Water to Show It’s Safe • Obama may be in Flint, but Congress still hasn't done anything to help lead-contaminated cities
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Newark Public Schools lead poisoning: Officials were just hit with lawsuit claiming they 'poisoned' thousands of students
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Michigan's Snyder under siege over racial impact of distressed municipality strategy
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Why Michigan has been lurching from crisis to crisis
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Hillary Clinton: Preserving a legacy of collapse in Detroit
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Sweeney: Atlantic City may be days away from bankruptcy
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Atlantic City Cut Deeper Into Junk by S&P Expecting Default
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Atlantic City bankruptcy is ‘a virtual certainty,’ analyst says
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As Atlantic City goes broke, pols bicker over aid plans
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Gambling:

Caesars Won't Get Lawsuit Shield
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Derivatives:

Regulators Want to Slow Runs on Derivatives
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Alternative Energy:

SunEdison ‘went bonkers on the acquisition front’
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SunEdison is Not Solyndra: Why 2016 Looks So Different from 2011
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How SunEdison went from Wall Street star to bankruptcy
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SunEdison bankruptcy : Is India’s sunrise sector staring at another Enron?
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Electricity:

Here’s what the PUC decided about the Hunts’ bid to buy Oncor
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Oil/Gas:

U.S. Oil & Gas Bankruptcies at Historic Levels
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Oil collapse most brutal in history for drillers, energy researcher says
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Thurs.: Oil prices jump as Canadian wildfire threatens output
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Deep-water spending down big as wild frontier goes cold
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Why oil prices have nowhere left to go but down
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Weds.: Crude oil halts 3-day skid, even as supplies grow
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OPEC Said to Head to June Talks Without Plan for Supply Cap
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Wells Fargo problem loans jump 62 percent, driven by energy
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CHC files for bankruptcy • Low oil prices force CHC Group into bankruptcy protection • Helicopter Operator CHC Group Files for Bankruptcy Protection • CHC Group files for Chapter 11 protection in northern district of Texas, Assets $1B - $10B • Petition
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SandRidge in debt restructuring talks with creditors: sources
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Marathon Oil's Revenue Cut in Half, Falls Below $1 Billion
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Oil Upheaval Takes a Toll on Cutting Edge Projects
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Oil boom towns could be facing real estate busts
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Bankruptcies spread through oil patch, more than 175 companies are ‘high risk’
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Hercules Offshore - A Perfect Taleb Distribution Upside Down
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Noble Energy loss widens as costs rise • Noble Energy May Lift US Shale Spend if Oil Breaches $50 Per Barrel
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A Canadian Oil Boomtown Flees A Wildfire
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Personal Finance:

9 signs you aren't saving enough money
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Government Contracts:

DynCorp International unveils plan to restructure $642.3M in debt
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Coal:

Dying a coal death: Dynegy latest to go down
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Hillary’s Appalachian Trial
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Donald Trump Says He'll Bring Back Jobs For Coal Miners
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Healthcare:

This is secretly killing 10% of Americans
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Humana may exit Obamacare in some states
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Ethanol:

Sales are up at Pacific Ethanol, but there's also some bad news
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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 (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Total April Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Increase 32 Percent and Commercial Chapter 11s Climb 67 Percent • Ch. 11 Filings Increase While Ch. 7, 13 Filings Decrease
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AACER: Bankruptcy Filings Reverse Upward Course
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BK WD NY: Caseload Data April 2016
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Automatic Stay:

U.S. Bankruptcy Court in California Issues Decision on Enforceability of Prepetition Waivers of the Automatic Stay
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Discharge:

Is a Pre-Petition Settlement Agreement Providing That a Debt Will Be Non-Dischargeable in Bankruptcy Enforceable?
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Bankruptcy Rule Amendments Approved by High Court
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Miscellaneous:

What Does Chapter 11 Really Cost?
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Sales:

Postpetition Sale: What Happens If the Debtor Won’t Perform (Not Much)?
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4th Cir. Confirms Sale Orders in Prior Bankruptcy Precluded Debtor’s Later Claims
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Reopening:

Southern District of New York Reopens Atari’s Bankruptcy Cases
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Claims Trading:

Claims Trading Warps the Bankruptcy System Honest Debtors Are Hampered by “Self-Interested Meddlers”
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Arbitration:

Consumer watchdog proposes ban on some arbitration clauses • CFPB Unveils Proposed Rule to Let Consumers Sue Banks, Credit-Card Companies
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Avoidance Actions:

Preference Defendants, Rejoice! Services Billed in a Lump Sum Can Be Allocated Per Diem, for Your New Value Defense
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Celebs:

'No One's Been Paid!' Why Teresa's Bankruptcy Trustee Wants Her Money
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Rapper 50 Cent publicly mocks autistic teen, then apologizes after outraged reaction
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David Cassidy & Sue Shifrin Divorce Finalized Amid Bankruptcy Scandal
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Insurance:

Lawsuit targets feds over failed CoOportunity, Nebraska could owe $40-million
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Sovereigns:

The Joker, Lex Luthor & the Argentine Debt Saga
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Moody's: Argentina still faces long-term challenges after successful return to bond market
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In Town at End of World, Fierce Protests Greet the New Argentina
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Brazil and Argentina: A tale of two debt stories
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Russia Says Banks Balked at `Easier Deal' Than Argentina's Bonds
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UK:

Unreasonable rejection of offer to settle debt before bankruptcy?
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Divorce triumphs over bankruptcy
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Trustees in bankruptcy and ancillary relief
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UK economy 'near stalling' as service sector slows
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EU:

Is This the Grand Bargain to Rid Europe of Its Debt Scourge?
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Cerberus Sees Five More Years of Soured Loan Disposals in Europe
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PIIGS:

Atlas strains to hold up the sky over Italy’s banking sector
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Italian Bonds Decline With Stocks as Banking Concerns Build
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What happens to a country without a government? Take a look at Spain
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Is Greece just weeks away from another debt crisis? • Close your eyes, but it won't go away • Where are those buckets?
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Spain's Abengoa to shed more jobs on top of 10,000 already gone
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Italian Government launches new urgent measures aimed at boosting access to financing for Italian businesses and improving bankruptcy and enforcement proceedings in Italy
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Canada:

Aeropostale to close all 41 Canadian stores as it seeks bankruptcy
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Charges laid in bankruptcy fraud investigation
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Ontario Court Refuses to Add Underwriters to Class Action against Bankrupt Issuer
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Venezuela:

Venezuela’s socialist haven ends in bankruptcy as oil price falls
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Brazil:

Brazil corporate bankruptcy filings double this year, Experian says
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Gol Bondholders Said to Hire Houlihan Lokey and Oppose Debt Plan
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South Korea:

Corporate restructuring to have little impact on banks: bank association chief
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Turkey:

Turkish economy in hard times with bad debt and bankruptcies
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MENA:

'Saudi Arabia is economically unsustainable'
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Egyptian President Announces That Civil Liberties Are Just A “Western Perspective” That Has No Place In Egypt
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Venezuela:

Venezuela 2016 Oil Production Expected to Fall Further
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China:

Bankruptcy Reorganization of Listed Companies with Chinese Characteristics
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China Steelmaker Defaults on Bonds for Fourth Time in Two Months
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China Fertilizer Maker to Default on Bonds Amid Debt Woes
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Malaysia:

Malaysia Facing Bankruptcy Due to 1MDB Scandal, Warns Ex-PM
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India:

Arun Jaitley: Bankruptcy code to be taken up for discussion today
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