November 1, 2016

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Law:

The Great Divide: Good Firms Versus Bad
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What Associates Want: At One Big Firm, It's Not Making Partner
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Merger Plans to Create Law Firm Among 50 Largest in U.S.
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Gordon & Rees Adds Bankruptcy Partner in Philadelphia Office
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NCBJ Report 2016: Restructuring and Bankruptcy Challenges in the 21st Century World of Not for Profits
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A Glimpse Behind the Curtain of Simpson Thacher in Clinton Foundation WikiLeaks Dump
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4 Lessons From General Counsel’s Climb To The Top
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Rainmaker Q&A: Baker Donelson's Timothy Lupinacci
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Baker Donelson and Ober Kaler vote to merge
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Indiana Tech Law School will close after $20M loss Indiana Tech Law School To Close, Citing $20 Million In Losses
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Lawyer Takes on Many Roles as GC of Energy Company
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Kilpatrick Townsend partner is shot and killed, chaired Townsend before its merger Biglaw Partner Murdered Outside Of His Home
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Biglaw Associate Killed In A Hit-And-Run Accident
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Big Law Partners Slam Comey for 'Unprecedented' Statement on Email Probe FBI Director's Letter Sparks Denunciation by Prosecutors Obama Doesn't Believe Comey Act is Political When Good Lawyers Do Bad Things, James Comey Edition FBI: Comey May Face Probe Over Hatch Act
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Lawyers Orbiting in Trump's Universe
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Media Training And Storytelling
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A Case For Great: Casetext Wins alt.legal Innovation Awards
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How to tell someone's lying to you just by looking at them
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The 50 Best Apps of the Year
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'I'm here to kill you': Woman, 75, tried to shoot her bankruptcy lawyer
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HUD lawyer is awarded $800K in ‘melodrama’ retaliation case
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Law firm partners received ‘bonuses’ after making political contributions; was it legal?
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Judges:

Judicial Candidate Indicted For Pretending To Be Judge Won’t Take Bench Until Ethics Case Is Resolved
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Cops Say A Drunk Judge Sucker Punched An Attorney
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Everything Is Not Online — Access To Electronic Court Documents In The US
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We Need Nine (Or Do We): A Slice of Supreme Court History
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Will the GOP Fight to Sink the Supreme Court?
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks set for gains after upbeat Chinese factory data
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Stocks close lower as Dow posts 3rd straight monthly loss
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Expect jittery, jumpy markets as FBI email investigation continues to unfold: analysts
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Wall Street is holding its breath before the election, trading expert says
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Clinton win could be worse for Nov-Dec stock market than Trump: Economist
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Layoffs:

Starwood Hotels Will Lay Off 163
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Giant Eagle will lay off, buy out 350 corporate employees
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Cumberland Healthcare announces 76 layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

Top U.S. Mall Developer Says Aéropostale Could Grow Back to 500 Stores
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Shipping:

Watershed Ruling in U.S. Rejects OW Bunker’s Maritime Lien Claims
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Out of line – Hanjin Shipping’s filing for receivership raises more concerns for the maritime industry
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Seacor tables bid for bankrupt International Shipholding International Shipholding Proposes Sale to Larger Maritime Firm
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South Korean Government to Provide $5.7 Billion in Support to Country's Shipping Firms
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Creditors mull 3 tln won equity swap, stocks purchase for Daewoo Shipbuilding
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NYK, MOL and K Line to combine container shipping units
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Shipping Executive Sees Grim Year for World's Biggest Shipping Firms
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Coal:

Routt County treasurer, bankrupt Peabody Energy reach accord on overdue tax
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Golf:

St. Charles County buys defunct golf course
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Media:

Billionaire Who Helped Bankrupt Gawker Explains Why Peter Thiel, the “other” angry, free press-loathing libertarian billionaire, speaks
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Sporting Goods:

Former chairman Graeme Roustan readies bid after Performance Sports files for bankruptcy protection Performance Sports files for bankruptcy protection, with deal to sell Performance Sports Seeks Bankruptcy Sale By February NYSE says staff of regulation to commence proceedings to delist Performance Sports Group
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Building Materials:

Lumber Liquidators gets hammered as legal woes drag on
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Chemicals:

Just how LBI went bust is subject to legal controversy
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Economy:

US Consumer Spending Rose 0.5% in September
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Chicago PMI retreats in October to softest level in five months
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Dallas Fed manufacturing whiffs
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Fed should tip-toe on rates due to weak economy, former IMF chief economist
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Banks Are Hoarding $2.4 Trillion of Bonds
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Is this the key to finally getting Americans to save money?
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The Merger Madness Continues
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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:

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Bankrupt Debtors’ Choice to "Surrender" Real Property Waives Their Right to Contest Foreclosure
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Precedent-Setting Win For Low-Income Tenants Creates 59 Affordable Housing Units In Boston
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Single Family Home Serious Delinquency Rates Since 1998
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Developer Ordered to Pay $16.3M for Leaving New Residential Community a Total Mess
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Wells Fargo to pay $50 million to settle claims of overcharging for appraisals
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Here's how to navigate the turbulent waters between CFPB regulation and bankruptcy code
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2.5 million consumers hit by financial crisis ready to reenter housing
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Oil/Gas:

BP sees profits halve amid slump in oil and gas prices
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Oil giant Shell swings to quarterly profit but warns that 'outlook remains uncertain'
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Anadarko reports $830M loss in 3rd quarter
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Will Oil Prices Ever Go Back Up? ExxonMobil, Chevron And Others Report Dismal Quarterly Earnings Amid Industry Challenges
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Zombie Drillers: A Halloween Horror Story For Oil Markets
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Russia is ramping up its oil output in 2016-2017
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105 Oil & Gas Bankruptcies: But Production Isn't Shrinking
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With Oil Deal, GE CEO Immelt Revamps His Strategy
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Creditor Targets Energy Co.'s Ch. 11 For Dismissal
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Commentary: The new energy company
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Why rising oil prices may not signal a rebound for Canada’s oil companies
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ATP Trustee Seeks OK On Deal Freeing Co. Of $48M In Fees
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Can Oil Markets Survive An OPEC Implosion?
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Oil Prices Slammed By Higher OPEC Exports OPEC Head Says Oil Producers On Course to Clinch Supply Deal
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Politics:

Former White House ethics lawyer: FBI Director Comey broke the law, 'highly unusual'
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Trump Comeback 'He appears not to understand basic military activities': Experts blast Trump How Donald Trump's Lawyers Could Make Sure This Godawful Election Never Ends Finance Professor: 'There is good reason few economists have endorsed Trump's plan Trump Stands to Benefit From High Number of Republican-Leaning Undecided Voters Donald Trump claims that Hillary Clinton could allow 650 million immigrants into the US The Vengeful World of Donald Trump Trump reportedly avoided paying taxes in 1990s The latest theory on how Trump avoided paying taxes on nearly $1 billion Trump's tax dodge skirted the edge of the law, report says
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FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe NBC Poll: Clinton Still Leads Eric Holder and 100 other former Justice officials sign letter blasting Comey’s ‘breach of protocol’ FBI’s Clinton probe is the black swan that could throw election off course, Citi says The FBI is about to sift through 650,000 emails it found on Anthony Weiner's laptop One of Hillary Clinton's sharpest critics says the FBI was 'wrong and unfair' to drop last-minute campaign bombshell Comey should've referred this to the DOJ: Rep. Desantis (R) Clinton’s unfavorable rating hits new high in poll | Trump targets Democratic states in final sprint Email Probe Leaves Future Role of Huma Abedin in Question Hacked email suggests Donna Brazile leaked question to Hillary Clinton campaign ahead of CNN primary debate Hillary Clinton's campaign got hacked by falling for the oldest trick in the book Did FBI’s Clinton disclosure and its search of Anthony Weiner’s computer violate the law?
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Inside Elizabeth Warren ’s behind-the-scenes strategy for pressuring Hillary Clinton
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Let's Face It: America Doesn't Like Either One of Them
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Newspapers:

Gannett's Bankers Can Look to Yellow Pages Bankruptcy for Caution on Tronc
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Tech:

Violin Delisted, Heading Toward Bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:

When Is a Repossession Company a "Debt Collector" under the FDCPA?
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Credit Reports Of Debtors Off-Limits In Other Than Credit Transaction Judgments Says Rodriguez Court
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Electricity:

NextEra Agrees to Deals for Total Control of Oncor NextEra Pays $2.4B For Remaining Stake In Oncor Electric
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NOPEC Seeks New Electricity Supplier Amidst FirstEnergy Solutions Bankruptcy Rumors
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Solar:

SunEdison's Canadian Unit Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Education:

Corinthian's $3.5M Investor Deal Stalls Over Late Mailing
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Celebs:

Wyly Unsecured Creditors Slam $198M Deal With SEC
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 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 (57 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (15 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - 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:

Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity (scroll down)
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Professional Employment:

“Gunning” for a New Disinterestedness Standard for Bankruptcy Professionals
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Ch. 13:

Chapter 13 Stretches Out the Time for Redeeming Pawned Property
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Safe Harbors:

Submerged dangers in the safe harbor for securities settlement payments
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Structured Dismissal:

Brief for Amici Curiae Law Professors in Support of Petitioners, In re Jevic
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How Absolute is the Absolute Priority Rule in Bankruptcy ? The Case for Structured Dismissals
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Distressed Investing:

Callidus Suits Shine Light on World of Distressed Lending
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Healthcare:

Tonya Mallory and one other former HDL executive appeal company's settlement with LeClairRyan
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Hollywood:

YuuZoo Who? Meet Relativity's Odd New Singapore Investor
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Gambling:

Caesars Deal To Pay Creditor's Attys Blocked By Judge
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UK:

Carney to defy Brexit critics and stay on at BOE: report
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Angry Tesco investors want £100 million from the supermarket over its accounting black hole
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Tax havens owned by Britain are demanding a big say in Brexit talks
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Company insolvency rates increase by 2.2%
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PIIGS:

Greece: Fresh blow in store for pensioners
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Testing times for Greek gov't as pressure mounts
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Greek Labor Minister: We will not accept subminimum wages Creditors see budget gap for next year, press for more measures
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Greek Homeowners Scramble as Repossession Looms: ‘It’s Like a Horror Movie’
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Report delivers gloomy outlook for Irish oil and gas industry
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Canada:

Calgary police detective was paid to look up debtor information
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China:

Chinese Factories Could Soon Deliver a Price Shock to the World Economy
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China's Loosely Regulated Online Lending Has Inspired an Army of Freelance Debt Collectors
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China's Biggest Banks Have Written Off $40 Billion in Bad Debt This Year
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China's listed firms show remarkable turnarounds
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India:

World Bank to include GST, bankruptcy code in next report
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Enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency weakest links
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Turmoil deepens at India's Tata group as top executives exit
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MENA:

New UAE Insolvency Law – what you need to know
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Japan:

Sharp Poised for Turnaround? Not a Single Analyst Thinks So
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Brazil:

Rio Workers Threatening Lawsuit Over Late Payments
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Mozambique:

Creditors Promise Rough Ride on Debt Renegotiation
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Russia:

Attempt To Silence Ex-Director About Asset Protection Planning Fails In Yukos Capital
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Romania:

Romanian President asks Parliament to delay personal insolvency law
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