Law:
Weil Elects Two New Bankruptcy Partners and One Bankruptcy Counsel
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Many Large Companies Are Slashing Legal Budgets, Study Finds
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World’s Largest Law Firm Conducts Layoffs
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King & Wood Mallesons' European arm considers merger options as recapitalization plan fails • Partnership Expert: KWM Clawback 'Practically Impossible'
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Does machine-learning-powered software make good research decisions? Lawyers can’t know for sure
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Told to go back to his own country, BigLaw partner says lawyers need to stand up and be heard
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2017 Legal Salary Guide
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Sullivan & Cromwell’s New Partners: Impressive, Yes; Diverse, Not So Much
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"It's terminal": Partners despondent as KWM mulls future • Fewer than 20% of KWM Europe partners signed up to failed deal
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Law School Accreditors Raising the Bar
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6 iMessage apps everyone should be using
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The Best Way to Make Sure Important People Remember You
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Jeff Sessions’ Other Civil Rights Problem • As Trump's AG, how might Sessions crack down on recreational marijuana?
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Trump Appears to Change Stance on ‘Opening Up’ Libel Laws
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Legal Scholar: ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ to Accuse Trump of Violating Constitution With His Businesses
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Lawyer who lost case because of bathroom break wins an appeal
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July 2016 California Bar Exam Carnage
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Beyond Biglaw: 3 Tips For Healing Wounds
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Gary Was A Great Lawyer When He Was Sober; Now He’s Gone
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Forget Holding Them Or Folding Them – Start By Not Leaving Money On The Table!
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In re Pants
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Han Solo Is In Need Of A Good Lawyer
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Reality TV Star Sues Law Firm
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Road Rage: Woman Hits 17 Cars
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Judges:
Judge Suspended After He Told New Citizens to Accept Trump or ‘Go to Another Country’
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McConnell's SCOTUS Gamble Paid Off
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks attempt to hold record-high territory as Thanksgiving exodus begins
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Dow eclipses 19000 for first time in history
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Short sellers are suffering since Donald Trump won
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Layoffs:
Motorola Solutions Lays Off 200
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Software maker to cut 100
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Seton Healthcare Family To Lay Off More Than 100 Workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Amazon faces holiday shipping disaster as pilots go on strike
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Banking:
These Senators Want to Cancel Wells Fargo Execs’ ‘Golden Parachutes’ • Wells Fargo Bonuses Should be Stopped
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In wake of Wells Fargo, U.S. regulator mulls tougher bank sanctions
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Three Big American Banks Pose Greater Systemic Risk, Regulator Says
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Credit Counseling:
Florida debt counselor owes $100M, files bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
CFPB Case Could Be in Flux Under Trump Administration
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Why it won't be easy for Trump to repeal Dodd-Frank
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Report: State attorneys general could fill regulatory vacuum caused by Trump presidency
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Coal:
Trump Video Promises End to ‘Job-Killing’ Shale, Coal Restrictions
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Coal industry needs more than political help to make comeback
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Trump's big plan for the coal industry just got even harder
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Retailing:
Department Stores' Big Sales Are Getting Smaller
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Travel:
Free things you should ask for the next time you fly
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Taxis:
SF: Bankrupt Yellow Cab Is Now For Sale
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Amusement Parks:
Bankruptcy court tells Scuttle’s Island project it must answer creditors’ suit
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Healthcare:
Obamacare Repeal is Complex and Risky
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Celebs:
'Real Housewives Of New Jersey' Style Tax Snitch Allegations Not All That Uncommon
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Economy:
The market thinks there is a 100.2% chance the Federal Reserve hikes in December
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Trump may be ready to make a big impact at the Federal Reserve
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As Treasury pick, Steven Mnuchin may get questions about how he ran his own bank
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How Donald Trump Can Bring Jobs Back to America
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How deficits could be the Trump agenda's No. 1 nemesis
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Chicago Fed "Economic Growth Increased Slightly in October"
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Chemical Activity Barometer "Continues Strong Performance" in November
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The highest-paying jobs in America
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What Will Trump Trade Policy Actually Look Like? Three Possibilities
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Japan's Prime Minister Says the TPP Is 'Meaningless Without the U.S.' • Donald Trump’s Pledge to Withdraw U.S. from TPP Opens the Door for China • China Touts Its Own Trade Pact as U.S.-Backed One Withers
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Future Treasury Secretary Jamie Dimon Has Donald Trump Right Where He Wants Him
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Trump Adds Economists, Private Equity Chief to Transition Team
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Overtime-Pay Rule to Go Into Effect, but May Not Last • Texas Judge Blocks New Overtime Rules: So Much for Populism
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The world's skewed distribution of wealth
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1,700 People in America Are Becoming Millionaires Every Day • 12 million new millionaires will be minted over the next five years
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Trump, TPP & AT&T
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Trump is right to ditch TPP. How about the WTO next?
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Billionaire Carl Icahn Is Considering an Official Economics Role under Donald Trump
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Vehicle Sales Forecast: Sales Over 17 Million SAAR Again in November, Possible Record Year in 2016
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The Great American Stagnation - A Jolt of Blue-Collar Hope
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Most Millionaires Don’t Think They Are Rich
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Red Nation, Pink Economics
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More than 2M Gov't Jobs Under Scrutiny
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Warren Buffett sees $11 billion boom on Donald Trump win
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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:
Will Donald Trump Be Good for Home Prices?
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U.S. Existing-Home Sales Highest Since February 2007 • Existing Home Sales increased in October to 5.60 million SAAR •Comments on October Existing Home Sales
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Cash sales increase for second consecutive month in August
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Higher mortgage rates make waves in housing market
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Quarterly Housing Starts by Intent
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Rising Rates Threaten Global Property Investments
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Prices in Donald Trump's Flagship Trump Tower Are Reportedly Taking a Nosedive
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The salary you need to afford rent in the 15 largest U.S. cities
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The 12 key differences between buying and renting a home, in one chart
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Municipalities:
Chapter 9's Cabinet of Constitutional Curiosities: Ongoing Constitutional Violations
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Dallas Faces Municipal Bankruptcy, Seeks $1.1 Billion Infusion for Pensions
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FBI agents raid financially troubled town in Puerto Rico
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North Jersey Casino Rejection, State Takeover Put Atlantic City In Flux
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Oil/Gas:
'Chapter 22' looms over some US oil and gas bankruptcy survivors
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Energy Borrowers Face Tougher Lenders Despite Crude Run-Up • Struggling Oil Producers Face Debt Wall Despite Run-Up in Crude
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Climbing oil prices shield most U.S. drillers from default, Fitch says
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Survey: Oil and gas contractors optimistic after U.S. elections
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OPEC Technical Talks Falter As Key Members Reject Cut • Oil Prices Fall From Fresh Highs As OPEC Talks Hit A Snag • OPEC to debate oil output cut of 1.2 million barrels a day, but Iraq, Iran hesitate • Is OPEC Playing The Oil Markets Again? • OPEC’s Matrix: If 1 Million Bpd Are Cut, Oil Will To Rally To $59
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Oil prices waver as investors mark time ahead of OPEC meeting
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Ultra Petroleum Enters Plan Support Agreement With Its Shareholders And Senior Noteholders
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Trump's Day One Vow Can Alter Energy Rules But Not Market Forces
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Can Tidewater Avoid Bankruptcy?
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Norway Oil Producers Deepen Record Spending Cuts Amid Rout
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Trump's Energy Job Promise to Clash With Scant Supply of Labor • Trump Energy Strategy Hinges On OPEC And Russia
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Politics:
Senior Trump adviser says Trump 'doesn't wish to pursue' charges against Hillary Clinton • 'Broken Promise': Trump faces backlash from some of his biggest supporters after reversal on Clinton • Most People Are Optimistic about a Donald Trump Presidency • Trump condemns white nationalists and defends Steve Bannon in New York Times interview • Trump Tries to Disavow Alt-Right Movement • Trump: There is 'some connectivity' between humans and climate change • Donald Trump Calls for List of Day-One Executive Actions, Outlines First 100 Days • The secretive brain trust of Silicon Valley insiders who are helping Trump • Fellow Trump Critics, Maybe Try a Little Listening • Trump abruptly cancels a meeting with the New York Times in early-morning tweetstorm •Trump calls off meeting with ‘not nice’ NYT — and the paper says he’s lying about why • Welcome to the reign of King Trump • Now Donald Trump Wants to Choose Britain's Ambassador to the U.S. • Britain tells Trump: "There is no vacancy" for Farage as ambassador to United States • Hate Him or Love Him, Trump Is What the Democratic Process Produced • The Trump Foundation appears to have told the IRS it violated a ban on 'self-dealing' • Obama, Trump spoke again after their initial meeting at the White House • Trump to End NASA Climate Research
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See How Donald Trump’s Proposed Term Limits Would Eliminate Half of Congress
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Why Hillary Clinton lost the white women's vote
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Krugman: White working-class voters keep voting for Republicans 'who say that they're lazy'
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Personal Finance:
People Aren't Very Happy with Starbucks' Quiet Little Price Hike
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A father’s letter to his adult children at Thanksgiving: You’re on your own
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Shipping:
Container shipping needs huge wave of redundancies to get back to profitability
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Government support to prop up struggling carriers will only delay market recovery
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Celebs:
Judge orders liquidation of Dee Wyly’s assets
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Defaults:
Fitch: 2016 US Lev Loan Default Rate on Track for 2%
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Circus:
Big Apple Circus Gets Buyers' Expressions of Interest
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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 (__ new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (__ new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - 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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Litigation:
E-Discovery Takes the Chaos Out of Your Bankruptcy Case
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Judges should tailor civil sanctions to harm caused, ABA argues in SCOTUS discovery-abuse case
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Make-Whole:
Third Circuit Rules in Favor of Noteholders on Make-Whole Provision in Debt Indenture
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Third Circuit Upholds The Enforceability Of Make-Whole Premiums In Post-Bankruptcy Context
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EFIH Noteholders Find Redemption for the Payment of Make-Whole Premiums
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Third Circuit Supports Enforcement of Make-Whole Premium
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Ch. 13:
Bankruptcy Payment Change Notice Rule Changes to Take Effect December 1, 2016
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Discharge:
Mishandling Collateral Gives Rise to Nondischargeable Debt, Eleventh Circuit Holds
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TBTF:
These new 'too big to fail' rules from Europe could hit Wall Street banks
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Rail:
Wilmington rail car manufacturer sued over asset transfer
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Gambling:
U.S. Watchdog Objects to Caesars Entertainment Unit's Bankruptcy Proposal
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Fraud:
Koch brothers among investors who can keep Madoff billions • Madoff trustee lawsuits against Koch, others are dismissed • Manhattan bankruptcy judge rules on disputed $2 billion • Koch Brothers Among Investors Who Can Keep Madoff Billions •Madoff Trustee Can't Claw Back Funds From Kochs, Others
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Kellogg paid nutritionists $13,000 a year to promote its cereal
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Sesser man sentenced in bankruptcy fraud case
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UK:
AIG may move its European headquarters from London to another EU country due to Brexit
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Brexit Has Cut U.K. Wealth By $1.5 Trillion
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Battle rages over liquidation of retailer BHS • Committee probing BHS failure casts eyes over Green's yachts
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EU:
EU proposes US-style rules to give failing firms second chance •Brussels considers Chapter 11-style bankruptcy regime • The European Commission unveils US-style protection for insolvent companies • Small Companies to Benefit From Proposed New EU Insolvency Rules • EU Targets Mountain of Bad Bank Loans in Insolvency Rule Revamp • Commission proposes new approach to business insolvency • Commission proposes new approach to business insolvency in Europe: promoting early restructuring to support growth and protect jobs
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Europe and the US are totally split on how to deal with big banks
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EU Readies Retaliatory Response to U.S. Bank Capital Rules
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European Companies Happily Take ECB's Cheap Cash, but Don't Spend It
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Bankruptcy statistics in Belgium: October 2016
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PIIGS:
Greece: Second chance promised for bankrupt business owners
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Creditors Leave Greece without Reaching Agreement with Government • Gov't aims for 'political agreement' with creditors • Greece says bailout hard line could be 'social disaster' • EU and IMF in effort to unblock Greek bailout talks
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Italian bank rescue fund Atlante to buy more bad loans
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Irish unemployment falls to post-crash low of 7.5 percent
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Canada:
Canadian oil drillers face uphill battle in 2017, industry group says
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Alberta 'orphan' wells needing cleanup proliferate after court ruling
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Trump poses competitive threat to Canadian drilling industry
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Germany:
Swedish fintech Klarna buys troubled German startup Cookies after bankruptcy
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Brazil:
Moelis-led creditor group goes to court in Brazil's Oi case
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Brazil's Anatel talked to six potential bidders for phone carrier Oi
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MENA:
New UAE Bankruptcy Law – how are creditors protected?
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Taiwan:
TransAsia Airways aircraft forbidden from leaving Taiwan
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China:
Trust Firms Scramble as Court Ruling Threatens to Shake Up Industry
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