November 3, 2016

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Law:

Legal Departments Are Decreasing Outside Counsel Spend, Study Finds
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Bryan Cave Adds Partner to Litigation and Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights Groups in Miami Office
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Bankruptcy Expert Shur Joins Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer
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Justice Department Sues DirecTV for Collusion During Dodgers TV Talks
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Research center on ethics of artificial intelligence is created with $10M grant from BigLaw firm
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3 simple ways to network with the most powerful people
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In-House Legal Budgets And Compensation: Survey Says….
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Law Schools Where Grads’ Starting Salaries Exceed Their Student Loan Debt
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Law Schools Flagged for Job Data
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'If the world's largest law firm can't do it, how can a smaller one?' Dentons leaders on what's next
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Why Lawyers Should Understand Trump Voters
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How Many Coats Does a Man Really Need?
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Lawyer is shot at his law office; suspect’s wife and son are reportedly found dead
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It’s After Halloween, So OF COURSE We Have To Talk About Law Professors Wearing Blackface
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Drake Dressed As A Biglaw Partner For Halloween
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A Conversation With Dan Lear, Avvo’s Tech Evangelist
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How To Respond To Lawyer Jokes
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Lawyer Quits Job At Biglaw Firm To Publish Cubs Blog
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Lawyer ‘Has A Tat On Her Face Like Gucci…Im Goin To Jail’
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Judge to Allow All Accusers at Cosby's Trial
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Bundy Family Warns of Another Standoff
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Bridge Jury Ends Third Day of Deliberations Without Verdict
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How to make people like you in 4 seconds or less
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Judges:

From Republican Senators, a Supreme Court Threat With Ominous Consequences
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Kozinski makes Libertarian Gary Johnson’s expanded list of potential SCOTUS nominees The Best Supreme Court Shortlist Of Them All: Gary Johnson’s
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Going to law school for the wrong reasons? It worked for this justice Oops! This Supreme Court Justice Went To Law School For The ‘Wrong Reasons’
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In some business decisions, Obama’s judicial appellate appointees shift law to the left
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Kagan Leads Sotomayor on Laughs, But Lags in Dissents
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks on track to edge higher
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US stocks lower at close of trade
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Stocks just did something that we've never seen outside of a financial crisis
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Layoffs:

The Wall Street Journal is chopping down sections and eliminating positions
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Frontier Communications Announces 1,000 Layoffs
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Marvell Technology Is Cutting 900 Jobs
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Ricoh Electronics to lay off 147
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

American Apparel is Disregarding its Own Reorganization Plan, Per New Court Docs American Apparel misses $2.5M in bankruptcy payments American Apparel may not make it through the holidays
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Shipping:

More Pain Ahead for Ocean Shipping
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Stormy Waters for the Shipping Industry?
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Trucking:

Trustee moves to dismiss Bill Hall Trucking bankruptcy
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Education:

Heritage College closing all 10 of its campuses Students concerned about credits earned at now-defunct school With false claims trial looming in KC, for-profit college shuts down
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Regulators' Suits Against ITT Educational Services Halted
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CFPB Wants DC Circuit to Revive Probe of For-Profit College Accreditor
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Tech:

Fitbit crashes 30% after missing on sales and cutting its full-year earnings forecast
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Hotels:

Bankruptcy could delay Americana Lodge's fate
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Weddings:

Bride-to-be, 150 others are owed money after venue files bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Dallas Man for Making False Statements and Providing False Testimony Under Oath in his Bankruptcy Case
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Banking:

SEC Is Looking Into Wells Fargo's Sales Scandal
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Economy:

Traders keep bets on Fed rate hike later this year
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FOMC Statement: No Change to Policy US Treasurys hold higher after Fed leaves rates unchanged Here's what changed in the new Fed statement Just like last year, the Fed could be hiking rates into a weak economy Fed Sets Up Move in December While Leaving Rates on Hold Fed holds rates and says it's waiting for 'some further evidence' before hiking again
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The Endless Parade of Recession Calls
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ADP: Private Employment increased 147,000 in October
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Voters Could Push the Minimum Wage to $12 or Higher in Four States
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Auto-Parts Makers Revive Rust Belt Cities
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Can Globalization Be Salvaged?
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What's Good for Detroit Jobs Is Bad for Houston's
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The 25 Best Global Companies to Work For
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How Sociopathic Capitalism Came to Rule
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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:

Banks No Longer Make the Bulk of U.S. Mortgages
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Median home prices finally pass housing boom levels, hit all-time high
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How housing would fare under Clinton, Trump
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Nomura to pay more than $3 mln to settle U.S. mortgage securities claims
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"Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey"
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FL: Bankruptcy judge orders 43 condos back to foreclosure
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Brooklyn developer expected to be new buyer of 31st Street Studios
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Freddie Mac CEO: We’ll make crisis-era foreclosure preventions permanent
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Landlords Slashing Rents Across the Country
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Purchasers of NJ Tax Sale Certificates - What You Include in Your Proof of Claim Can Cause a Loss of Your Claim and Lien
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Bankruptcy Sales: Free and Clear Could Be Clearer
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Municipalities:

New Jersey Tops Illinois as State With Worst-Off Pension System
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How Atlantic City went from a bustling tourist hub to a ghost town
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Atlantic City Vows to Retool Its Recovery Plan
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices slide 3 percent on record US crude stock build U.S. Crude Stockpiles Climb Most on Record
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Energy Giant Shell Says Oil Demand Could Peak in Just Five Years
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The worst of the oil price downturn is over, says ATB
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Are these two oil producers worth less than nothing?
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Shoreline Energy Files In SD TX Docket
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Politics:

Obama Faults F.B.I. Chief for Disclosure on Email Case Obama Says FBI Probe Into E-Mails a 'Political Controversy' Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe How the Comey Email Controversy Could Poison a Hillary Clinton Presidency F.B.I. Email Decision Broke Pattern of Earlier Cases Don't Let the FBI Decide the Election The Clinton email probe: Questions and answers After another release of documents, FBI finds itself caught in a partisan fray More Surprises: FBI Releases Files On Bill Clinton's Pardon Of Marc Rich Donald Trump More Trustworthy Than Hillary Clinton, Poll Finds Feeling Abandoned, Veterans Stand by Trump A key state that was recently considered a lost cause for Donald Trump is suddenly getting close If stock market history holds, Donald Trump is set to win the election Trump raised $100 million from 'small dollar' donors in October alone
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When Hillary and Donald Were Friends
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Huma Abedin - Represented by Karen Dunn at Boies, Schiller & Flexner
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New battleground polls show tight race as Trump makes gains Here's the new battleground election map; it's bad news for Trump
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Teen who sexted Anthony Weiner floored by Clinton email probe
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A Trump Tower Goes Bust in Canada Would a Trump presidency hurt or help Trump Inc? Trump's Law: Harder for Investors to Sue Social Decay: Trump and the Working Class Yes, Donald Trump can win. Here are 4 maps that prove it Prominent Economists, Including Eight Nobel Laureates: ‘Do Not Vote for Donald Trump’ Donald Trump Raises Specter of Hillary Clinton Impeachment KKK's official newspaper supports Donald Trump for president Why a KKK newspaper supports Donald Trump Donald Trump campaign rejects support of 'repulsive' KKK newspaper White nationalists plot Election Day show of force A Black Church Burned in the Name of Trump In Wealthy Suburbs, a New Test for the GOP Income Taxes Aside: Donald Trump’s Other Tax-Avoidance Moves Trump lacks nuance, but speaks 'modicum of truth' about black America
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Understanding the Reality of Review in the Clinton Email Investigation
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There's Simply No Comparison Between Clinton's Flaws and Trump's
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Clinton, Trump Prepare for Contested Election
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America: The Politicization of Everything
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Elizabeth Warren, the Prisoner of 'Powerful Interests'
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Media:

Gawker Media Reaches Settlement With Hulk Hogan Gawker to Pay Hulk Hogan $31 Million to Settle Sex Tape Lawsuit Gawker settles with Hulk Hogan: 'The saga is over' Gawker Ends Legal War With Hulk Hogan and His Billionaire Backer After $140M jury award, Hulk Hogan settles Gawker lawsuit for at least $130M Gawker Settles With Hulk Hogan, And The First Amendment Is Worse For It Denton: A hard peace
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Gawker Ends Legal War With Hulk Hogan and His Billionaire Backer
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Travel:

These Are the 30 Best and Worst U.S. Airports
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Healthcare:

How This Doctor's MBA Helped Her Turn Around a Major Hospital
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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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (24 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

The energy sector accounted for 38% of all October 2016 ch. 11 cases reporting over $10 million in debt, 16 points above the YTD percentage
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Appeals:

The Mechanical Brief Writer
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Class Actions:

Truck Drivers' $5M Class Wage Deal With Bankrupt Co. OK'd
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Second Circuit Moots Class Claims Based on Offer of Judgment
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TIA:

When Can a Bondholder Insist on Prompt Payment of Principal or Interest: Recent Developments under the Trust Indenture Act
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Ch.13:

Accelerating Final Payoff Doesn’t Permit Modifying a Home Mortgage
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Arbitration:

Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Arbitration in Bankruptcy Priority Fight
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Autos:

Automakers Must Pay For Airbag Repairs if Takata Goes Bankrupt
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Insurance:

Federal judge approves Life Partners bankruptcy plan
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Furniture:

KLN Steel back in bankruptcy KLN Steel enters bankruptcy again
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Metals:

Sherwin Alumina submits USW plant closure plan to bankruptcy court
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Music:

SFX needs more time to finalize post-bankruptcy plan
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Building Materials:

Flooring supplier with over $10M in sales resolves bankruptcy case
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Distressed Investing:

Tilton: SEC Fraud Charges 'Changed My World'
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Defaults:

Leveraged Loan Default Rate Predicted to Fall 2 Percent Next Year
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Hollywood:

How luxury sports cars played into Relativity’s downfall
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Debt Collection:

Regulators Take Action Against 'Massive' Debt Collection Operation
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FDCPA Case Law Review for October 2016
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The Harmonious Coexistence (or not) of the FDCPA and the BAPCPA
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Trucking:

Class 8 Truck Sales Down 17% in 2016
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Ethanol:

Ethanol's Mandate is Out of Gas
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Koch Brothers Build Biofuel Giant Aided by Mandates They Abhor
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UK:

Lomas – Court confirms statutory interest payable on insolvency is not 'yearly interest' and criticizes HMRC's change of position
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What the American Revolution Might Tell Us About Brexit
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Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Update - October 2016
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A London High Court ruling today could stop Brexit Brexit Can't Be Triggered Without a Parliamentary Vote, Court Rules
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Pensions regulator targets Green over BHS collapse
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Canada:

USS in agreement to sell bankrupt USS Canada
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MENA:

Oil Collapse Causes Pain For Saudi Arabia, What Can Be Done?
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China:

If China Stalls, Here’s Who Is Most Exposed
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Why a Chinese Real Estate Bubble Could Bring Down the Global Economy
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Australia:

National Bank the only Bob Day creditor to get any money Bob Day liquidators deliver bad news Not a cent for hundreds of Bob Day's creditors
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