Law:
Report Shows Dip in Demand as Billing Rates Rise
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Chadbourne Swings Back Over Gender Bias Suit
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Survey: What It Takes to Become a New Partner
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I'm an attorney in New York City who makes $240,000 a year — here's what I spend in a week
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Squire Patton Boggs Names Nance New US Chief
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Martin Shkreli Blames It All on His Lawyers, Wants Documents
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Bankrupt San Antonio lawyer accused of forging judges’ signatures
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A Fifth-Year Could Have Told You About Dupe Emails, WHY COULDN’T THE FBI?
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Behind Clinton and Trump, an Army of Lawyers on High Alert
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Law School's Presidential Poll Stands Alone
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Rabobank Tells 7th Circ. To Toss Law Firm's Fee Case
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Clinton Trounces Trump In Donations From Biggest Of BigLaw
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South Texas College of Law announces its latest new name
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The 50 best law schools in America
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Lawyers Still Fear The Cloud
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4 Red Flags At In-House Interviews
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3 Things I Learned From Recovering From Social Anxiety Disorder
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Inspired By This Year’s Presidential Election: 3 Communication Strategies For Lawyers
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Janet Reno dies at 78, first female US attorney general • In Memory Of Janet Reno
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A jury awarded a University of Virginia administrator $3 million in Rolling Stone defamation case
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Hell Is Other Lawyers
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ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Finalists
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Legal Analysis Of ‘The Little Mermaid’ That Will Ruin Your Childhood
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Judges:
BK SD NY Closed For Election Day
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Supreme Court’s ‘future as a functioning institution’ is thrown into doubt, NYT editorial says
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SCOTUS May Choose Senate in Advice and Consent Fight
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Election Day Is a Turning Point for Supreme Court
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Here are 5 Supreme Court judicial lessons that Trump and Clinton won’t tell you about
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock markets stuck in nervous wait as Election Day begins
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US stock market notches biggest gain in 8 months; oil rises
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How the markets will react to each likely election outcome
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Wall Street's bonus season looks grim • Wall Street Bonuses Expected to Sink for 3rd Straight Year
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Goldman Sachs will announce its elite partner list on Wednesday — here's what it means to make the cut
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Layoffs:
Anadarko cutting 58 jobs in East Texas
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
Clinton In Position To Win • 90% chance • 2 new polls show Clinton with a 4-point lead over Trump one day before the election • Hedge fund manager David Tepper comes out in support of Hillary Clinton • Last Sprint in Tight Race After Twist in Email Case • 'What kind of country do we want?' • 24 million votes came in during the 9 days the FBI was reviewing Clinton's emails • Why FBI's Comey Can't Unbungle the Clinton Email Probe • How James Comey Hurt the FBI—and the Democratic Process
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From Bankruptcies to Trump U: The Effect of Trump's Legal Woes on Politics • Bankruptcy Expert Studies Trump Casinos • Law Professors Grapple With Trump • 'Today Is Our Independence Day' • Gingrich, Giuliani, and Priebus are being vetted for top positions in a Trump administration • Trump says he was endorsed by Tom Brady and Bill Belichick • An Inside Look at Trump’s Last Stand • Trump: NFL ratings are down because of me • Trump’s Big Bet on Less Educated Whites • Extremists Feel Like Winners Either Way • In Hindsight, Trump’s Best Campaign Strategy Might Have Been to Not Campaign at All • Donald Trump Took Advantage of a Broken Media Landscape • Obama, on Final Campaign Day, Calls Donald Trump ‘Temperamentally Unfit’ •Political scientists lay out 9 ways Donald Trump is endangering American democracy • Trump Claims Man of the Year Award, but
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Ivanka Trump is trying to distance herself from her father's campaign to save her brand
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Half of Americans probably won't vote — but requiring them to would change that • Here's who would win the election if every American voted
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Obama: Comey is 'a man of integrity, a man of principle'
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Here's what it was like to be the richest president in US history
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Krugman: How to Rig an Election
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Banks gird for Brexit-style tumult following U.S election
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Why There Probably Won’t Be Much Election Violence
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Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren: Banking Frenemies
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Curt Schilling shares photo on Twitter suggesting journalists be lynched, calls it 'awesome'
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Exit polls under siege
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Women are leaving 'I voted' stickers on the grave of one of history's greatest suffragists
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This disturbing presidential election shows that democracy needs help • Democracy at a Dead End in America • American Democracy is Dying
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1st Election w/o Voting Rights Act is a Disaster • The Supreme Court Ruled That Voting Restrictions Were a Bygone Problem. Early Voting Results Suggest Otherwise.
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Gambling:
Caesars Unit Could Exit Bankruptcy Next Year Under New Plan
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Healthcare:
Increasing Distress in Healthcare: Why, Where and For How Long?
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Student Debt:
Student loan debt rises 56 percent since 2004
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Electricity:
NRG Looks at Options, Including Bankruptcy and Asset Sales, for GenOn
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Supreme Court Won't Hear $4B EFH Debt Deal Dispute
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Economy:
Fannie Mae: Americans feeling more and more nervous about the economy
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Small-business optimism turns higher despite ‘paralyzing’ uncertainty
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Corporate Profits Perk Up, but Caution Rules
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CNBC Fed Survey: 82% say Trump would not reappoint Yellen
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The strains of a weak global economy are starting to show
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The average American worker takes less vacation time than a medieval peasant
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These Troubled Companies Are Reporting Earnings Near Election Day
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Here's what Americans agree on when it comes to taxes
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The $1.3 trillion dollars held overseas by US corporations might not really be overseas
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Taxpayers are Still Bailing Out Wall Street
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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:
Miami Tries to Hold Banks Accountable for Bad Loans
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To recoup losses from the housing collapse, Miami pursues a novel suit
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Little Rock: Lazenbys Face Loss Of Homes, Business
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Prosecutors seek access to indicted Kansas developer's guns
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What Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Don't Get About the Housing Market
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Municipalities:
Moody's: Unfunded pension liabilities now exceed debt for many large US local governments
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Bronin: Hartford Bankruptcy An Option, Though Not A Good One
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Puerto Rico's gubernatorial front-runner wants statehood
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In Atlantic City, Kick a Lifeguard, Win a Prize
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Oil/Gas:
Private Equity Strategies for a Low Oil Environment
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Oil market to mark a ‘turning point’ in 2016: OPEC
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It's hard to take OPEC seriously anymore
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Oil Price Will Rise Less Than Forecast, Says OPEC
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$30 Oil Or Worse If OPEC Fails
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Feeling The Oil Crunch: Saudi Arabia Cancels $266 Billion In Projects
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Energy city has hit bottom, says top economist
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Oil leaders meet in Abu Dhabi, hoping market is at the bottom
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Outlook for master limited partnerships
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Oasis Petroleum reports $33 million loss in wake of falling oil prices and production
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IMF Warns: Oil Economies Won’t Break Even Anytime Soon
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Hollywood:
Netflix Moves to Kill Relativity's $1.5 Billion Lawsuit • Netflix Moves to Strike Relativity’s ‘Desperate and Futile’ $1.5 Billion Lawsuit • Netflix Asks Court To Reject Relativity Media Suit Charging “Trade Libel”
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Producers Beware: What happens when your movie distributor files bankruptcy? Part 2.
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Personal Finance:
13 tips for talking about money in a job interview without making it awkward • 29 brilliant questions to ask at the end of every job interview
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4 steps to reinventing yourself after a major failure
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History:
6 of the most spectacular business failures in history
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Turnarounds:
Make or Break Crisis Communications in Turnarounds
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Autos:
VW's Dieselgate Scandal Just Got Bigger
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Retailing:
Golfsmith to close dozens more stores as it works through bankruptcy
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Mall Landlords Dive Deeper Into Retail Assets
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Holiday Season Retail Hiring Since 1979
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Tech:
Apple hires talent, buys technology from bankrupt streaming music startup Omnifone
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Coal:
Here's how you know the coal industry is all but dead
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Music:
SFX opposes Sillerman claims
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Pharma:
Leaked documents shed light on the defunct pharmacy that brought Valeant to its knees
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Distressed Investing:
Hedge funds are heavily involved in the distressed debt market
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Shipping:
Stores hustle to get their holiday goods as fallout from the Hanjin shipping mess continues
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Maersk reveals how Hanjin customers sought rescue after receivership
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S.Korea says 94 out of 97 Hanjin Shipping container ships completed unloading
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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 (Temporarily Unavailable)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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 dominates ch. 11 cases reporting over $100 million in debt, accounting for 44% of cases over $100M, 61% of cases over $1B
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YTD Comparison of Top 3 States (Del., N.Y. and Texas) Business Ch. 11 Filings Since 2010
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Successor Liability:
2nd Circuit Decision in GM Increases Risk of Successor Liability for Purchasers
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Bankruptcy Fees:
Bankruptcy fees to increase effective December 1, 2016
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Credit Bidding:
Limiting Credit Bidding “For Cause” After In re Aeropostale
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Recharacterization:
The Fourth Circuit Weighs In on Recharacterization of Debt as Equity
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Interest:
Ninth Circuit Overturns Entz-White Lumber; Avoiding Default Interest Via Cure Through Chapter 11 Plan No Longer Valid
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Ninth Circuit Now Requires Paying Default Interest to Cure a Default
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Side Agreements:
Bankruptcy on the Side
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TBTF:
Plan to Bail Out ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Raises Skepticism
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Discharge:
Bankruptcy Judge Reads Husky Narrowly on Dischargeability for Fraud
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Sovereigns:
Restructuring Sovereign Debt after NML v. Argentina
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UK:
RBS set to pay out over Global Restructuring Group cases • The watchdog has finally delivered its verdict on RBS' 'Dash for Cash' scandal
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UK banks given extra leeway to meet 'too big to fail' rules
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BoE gives banks two more years to raise £20bn bail-in funds
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Analysis: Q3 statistics show Brexit insolvency rise and ‘shadowy’ behaviour
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Taxi app Karhoo is on the brink of administration after raising $250 million
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One of Europe's most famous airline CEOs just made some chilling predictions about the effect of a hard Brexit
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Warnings for CVAs after BHS collapse
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Tamara Mellon: Bankruptcy made me a better businesswoman
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Are insolvency and arbitration like oil and water?
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Uncertainty for Marks & Spencer staff as 30 shops face the axe
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The first full quarter of post-Brexit data paints a bleak picture for British industry
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TPAS chair departs following bankruptcy announcement
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EU:
Sovereign debt in the euro area - too safe or too risky?
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An Idea to Revolutionize Europe's Debt Could Be Coming of Age
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PIIGS:
Explaining Greece’s Debt Crisis
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Medium-term Greek debt relief details impossible before 2018, ministers say
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Euro Area Douses Tsipras’s Debt Hopes After Greek Bonds Rally
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Canada:
Despite minister's remarks, Hydro not bankrupt , Pallister says
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Australia:
Arrium Sold for $1.6 billion
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Student loan figures reveal Kiwis abroad declaring bankruptcy to wipe student loans
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India:
Rules for insolvency professionals may not change much from draft
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Singapore:
Defaults show weak points in Singapore bond plumbing
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MENA:
Companies in financial difficulties: what do directors need to know about the UAE Bankruptcy Law?
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South Korea:
Korean authorities mull prepackaged bankruptcy program for troubled companies
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