Law:
Judge reluctantly agrees partner’s equal-pay suit against Sedgwick is likely subject to arbitration • Judge Really Bummed Biglaw Discrimination Suit Probably Has To Go To Arbitration
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Is Origination to Blame for Women Partners' Lower Pay?
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The Dan Markel Case: A Most Interesting Email • Update On Dan Markel Murder Investigation • The story behind FSU professor's slaying detailed in new evidence
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White & Case Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Election Cycle Creates A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Lateral Partner Hiring
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The Pink Ghetto: Sexism Is Alive And Well In Law School
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Leading New York Law Firms Lag in Including Women and Minorities
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Shearman Gambles on Wall Street Rarity: Nonequity Partners
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Bankrupt lawyer faces ethics violations after $67 bank overdraft
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UK: Cash-strapped young barristers feeling more ‘lost’ and ‘depressed’ than ever
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What the Vanishing Trial Lawyer Means for In-House Counsel, and 5 Things They Can Do
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Lawyers believe the legal profession is the most stressful
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Law firms hire from the smallest pool
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What Would You Do As A ‘Non-Lawyer’?
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Law Profs At Chicago, Harvard And Michigan Turn To 'Hamilton' As A Teaching Tool
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Solo And Small Firm Attorneys: Yes, You ARE Competing With LegalZoom
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FBI Director Rejects Talk of Epidemic of Police Bias Against Blacks
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Lawyer Takes Dating Advice From Donald Trump, Looks For Someone To . . . ?
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Christie Misconduct May Bring Indictment
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University Of Houston Obtains Injunction Barring South Texas From Rebranding Itself 'Houston College Of Law'
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Inside the Secret Society of Wall Street’s Top In-House Lawyers
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A Partner Gives Pole Dancing A Chance
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Creepy Clowns No Laughing Matter for This Lawyer
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Lawyers Winning Nobel Peace Prizes
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Rolling Stone heads to trial on Monday over debunked story about rape
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Judges:
Ginsburg: I Shouldn't Comment on Protest • Ginsburg reconsiders her comments about ‘dumb and disrespectful’ national anthem protest • Justice Ginsburg backtracks, again
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Man is sentenced for acid attack on judge at his home
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Judge Pleading Guilty To Felony Has One Last Question
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How not to pick a Supreme Court justice
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Is Eight Enough?
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SCOTUS: The Dangerous Empty Seat
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Judge Who Tackled Defendant in Court: ‘I Certainly Don’t Regret’ It
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Turkish Government Raids Judiciary, Arrests 189 Judges And Prosecutors
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Wall Street:
Dow futures fall as stocks seen 'struggling to sustain themselves'
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European Stocks Resume Declines as Energy Producers Lead Losses
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Stocks close higher after Yellen comments, bank earnings
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Goldman Sachs vindicated but bruised in court battle with Libyan fund • Judge Doesn’t Care About H-----s In Goldman v Libya Ruling
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Layoffs:
Layoffs Watch ’16: Deutsche Bank Considering Relieving Itself Of An Extra 10,000 Employees
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Manufacturer Jacobsen laying off about 200 in Charlotte
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Charter Laying Off 258 In Charlotte
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HP Plans As Many As 4,000 Layoffs As PC Slump Persists
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:
Unbuilt Texas Cancer Center Creditors' Ch. 11 Plan Approved
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Theranos Faces Growing Number of Lawsuits Over Blood Tests
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In North Carolina, ACA insurer defections leave little choice for many consumers • More Than 1 Million to Lose Obamacare Plans as Insurers Quit • As Insurers Drop Obamacare, White House Steps Up Sales Pitch • Rising Obamacare premiums anger those paying full price
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Medicare Unveils Overhaul of Doctor's Pay
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Fraud:
Another $100 Million Health Care Fraud Busted in Texas
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Ohio Dumps Wells Fargo • Wells Fargo CFO: Not Giving Back Bonuses • Wells Fargo's Customers Strike Back
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Madoff Continues On: Recent Tax Court Case Rules on Treatment of Madoff Account
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Autos:
First VW Diesel Fix May Come Soon
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Aerospace:
Closed Summerside aerospace companies file for bankruptcy
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Celebs:
Kim Kardashian Suing Outlets Claiming She Staged Paris Robbery To Bank Millions From Insurance Company
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Curt Schilling’s Video Game Company Settlement Was Undone, Trial Is Possible
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Retailing:
Retail Rivalry: Consignment Vendors, Secured Lenders Spar over Priority
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NJ: Retail vacancy rate rises to 7.2 percent
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This Sears Employee Just Landed the Worst Job in Corporate America
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Electricity:
EFH Gets Blessing On Deal Over $122M Wind Farm Claim
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Education:
For-profit colleges stay quietly on offense
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Economy:
The Next Recession is Coming • A Recession in the Next Four Years?
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Fed Eyes a High Pressure Economy
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Consumers less confident than any time since last year • Preliminary October Consumer Sentiment declines to 87.9
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Obama Administration: Budget Deficit Increases to $587B
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The Economy is Rigged. Just Not That Way
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American Dream: Rich Fearful, Poor Believe
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The shocking pain of American men
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Yellen’s Talk of Hot U.S. Economy Extends October Long-Bond Rout
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Caregiving Is Forcing Women 50+ To Leave The Workforce
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72% Are Financially Stressed: Here's How To Get Out From Under Money Woes
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Retail Sales Increased Slightly in September
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As election approaches, U.S. economy chugs along
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Fed's Nowcast Up For Q3 and Q4
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Study: Growth in Younger Generations Changes Spending Patterns in U.S.
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LA area Port Traffic: Exports up Year-over-year in September
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Pray For The Billionaires, You Guys
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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:
The most expensive housing market in every state
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2008: Mortgage Settlement Was Imperfect
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Forecast: Strongest and weakest housing markets for next year
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico Governor Says Deficit Could Climb to $59 Billion •Governor: Puerto Rican rescue to be pricey
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It's On: Bondholder Groups Square Off over Puerto Rico Financing
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Detroit taxpayers fully funding CFO's rent, airfare
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San Bernardino reaches 'momentous' bankruptcy hearing
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Financial turnarounds are Gayle Corrigan's specialty
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Oil/Gas:
Bankruptcy judge OKs equity committee for Breitburn stakeholders
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U.S. drillers add 15 more rigs
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Texas Is Making An Energy Recovery Texas Is Making An Energy Recovery
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Industry Body Gives ‘Positive Spin’ To 120,000 Lost Jobs
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What OPEC's Oil U-Turn Missed: Peak Demand Keeps Getting Closer
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Oil prices slip after active rigs increase in the U.S.
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Near Term Oil Prices Can’t Go Much Higher
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Bankruptcy Rebound? Oil, Gas Companies Bounce Back from Chapter 11
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Private Equity Could Help More Mid-Cap Energy Companies Close Deals
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Templar Energy sheds debt, continues drilling
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The Oil Crash Nightmare For Kazakhstan
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Corporate Reform:
Could The Return Of Glass- Steagall Prevent Wells Fargo-Style Debacles?
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Lew: Don't Roll Back Wall Street Reform
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Fresh off Wells Fargo win, Warren wants to oust an Obama appointee at SEC • Despite Record SEC Enforcement Activity, Senator Warren Calls for President to Fire Agency Chair
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Brought Down A Notch
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Politics:
How Would Healthcare Change Under Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? • Clinton, Trump and the Affordable Care Act
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Clinton holds 11-point national lead over Trump: NBC/WSJ Poll • Hillary Clinton Picks Up Support From Women, Swing Voters to Build Lead • Clinton Will Have to Raise Taxes Even More to 'Not Add a Penny' to the Debt • Hillary Clinton should accept Donald Trump's drug-test challenge • Transcripts of Hillary's Three Speeches to Goldman Sachs • Emails: Hillary Treads Lightly with Wall St. • Clinton Email: Ring China with Missiles • Emails: Nasty Stuff from Clinton in 2008 • Clinton Has a Solid Lead Less than a Month Before Election Day • Clinton says she can’t recall 20-plus times in Judicial Watch suit; group has ‘carpet bomb’ strategy • Wikileaks: Clinton's Advisors Agree To Take Foreign Lobbyists' Money, Forget to Tell Her • A Look at More Hacked Clinton Emails
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Was Trump’s Tax Loss Trump’s Tax Loss? • For Trump, the real dirty word is 'CFPB' • Trump: Clinton Should be in Jail and the Election is Rigged • Trump is Not Going Away Quietly • Democracies Die Without Graceful Losers • Rigged Election Claims May Leave Lasting Damage • Mike Pence: ‘We Will Absolutely Accept the Result of the Election’ • Ex-GOP AG on Trump Jailing Clinton • Here’s why 100 business leaders support Trump for president • Trump Cuts Ties with Ohio GOP Chairman • New Portrait Emerges of a Trump Voter • Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is reportedly donating $1.25 million to Donald Trump • 'It's a she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said situation' • Donald Trump Also Gave One of His Accusers Some Really Bad Financial Advice • Where Trump Wants to Be Buried • Blaming Carlos Slim for Assault Stories • Trump Accusers Coming Out of the Woodwork • Armed Trump Supporters Protest Dem's Office • 'SNL' spoofs the 'second and worst ever' presidential debate • 'Boring and unfunny': Donald Trump unloads on SNL over Alec Baldwin's Trump impression • Trump attacks ‘SNL’ ‘hit job,’ suggests show part of media conspiracy • The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump • Trump’s Unlawful Gag Orders and Why He Can’t Handle the Truth• Trump Jr. Can't Handle Harassment? Teach • Trump is wrong — you can't just 'take the oil' from the Middle East • Not Just Trump Wanted to Steal Mideast Oil
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In Clash Over Trump Article, a Lawyer's Letter Goes Viral
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When Trump goes looking for a media brawl, this feared lawyer steps in
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As Trump's Troubles Pile Up, Lawyers Line Up
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Why I left the Republican Party to become a Democrat
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Toxic Politics Can Lead to Economic Crisis
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SCOTUS Matters More to GOP Than Trump
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GOP headquarters in North Carolina firebombed, graffiti warns 'leave town or else'
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Coal:
Kaye Scholer Clients Achieve Nearly Full Recovery in Arch Coal Chapter 11 Proceeding
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Banking:
JPMorgan Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates, Hurt by 86% Credit Loss Increase
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Wells Fargo Beats Estimates, Reports Strong Commercial Loan Growth
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Aviation:
Creditors chase supply chain operators 'overpaid' before National Air Cargo bankruptcy
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SeaPort Airlines Goes Under
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Travel:
How to stop wasting your frequent flier miles
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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 (26 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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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Committees:
The Equity Committee Trend: When Shareholders of a Bankrupt Company Hope to Get More Than Nothing
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Finance:
U.S. Sixth Circuit Holds that Customary Language in Amendment and Restatement Agreements May Extinguish Existing Security Interests via Novation
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Structured Dismissal:
Jevic Could Be the Most Consequential Chapter 11 SCOTUS Decision in Many Years • Respondents' brief filed
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Miscellaneous:
Chapter 11 Watch: Takata, A Hanjin Update And Are Chico’s, Lands’ End Next Up?
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Arbitration:
Arbitration Agreements Held Unenforceable in WARN Act Litigation
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Setoff:
Lehman Decision Holds that Mutuality Must Exist to Exercise a Right of Setoff
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Derivatives:
Trapped Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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Torts:
'Crane King' won't sell plane to pay accident victims' families
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Food/Beverage:
Roscoe’s House of Chicken N Waffles President/Founder Herb Hudson Removed by Bankruptcy Judge
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Restaurant Chains Get Burned by Overexpansion, New Rivals • Shakeout comes to U.S. restaurant chains
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Radio:
IHeartMedia, Cumulus Creditors Broadcasting Distress Signals
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Shipping:
Shipping industry could face $35bn write-off, as NYK’s impairment loss is likely to trigger review by lines
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Sinking ships are surprisingly good news
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Korea to Inject $2.64 bln into DSME
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Another Korean line files for court receivership
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Asia-Pacific ports to absorb worst impact of slow growth
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Defaults:
With PetroQuest, That’s 133 Defaults So Far in 2016
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Religion:
Victims of Priests’ Abuse Face a Choice
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Television:
NFL ratings plunge could spell doom for traditional TV
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Student Debt:
Here's What the Average American Owes After College
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UK:
Young women are much more likely to be insolvent than young men
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Predatory funds circling BrightHouse
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Uncertain wait for collapsed construction firm creditors
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Six Reasons to Be Wary of Brexit Optimism
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PIIGS:
Monte Paschi to Pay Fine in Plea Bargain Over False Accounting
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Italy Debt Tops 150% of GDP Without Underground, Illegal Economy
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Creditors’ Technical Teams Arrive in Greece for Second Bailout Program Review • Technical talks with foreign envoys to begin on Monday • Creditors head to Athens as Greek economy at crossroads • Anti-austerity protesters to march in Athens as technical talks begin
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ie: Applications to insolvency service more than double in Q3
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Portugal Cuts Economic Growth Forecasts, Sees Higher Debt Ratio
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Canada:
Threat of Uber looms large for Vancouver taxi drivers
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Trailmobile Canada picks up production slack for bankrupt affiliate
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July Records 15 Percent In Insolvencies Rate
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India:
Value of assets to decide fees of insolvency professionals
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Germany:
Deutsche Bank May Pull Back in US Over Costs
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Singapore:
Global debt restructuring hub? S'pore not quite there yet
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Singapore economy shrinks 4.1pc in 3Q
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Switzerland:
Could there be another bank run in Switzerland?
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Australia:
Private equity-backed Byron Group placed in administration
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China:
Survival of the Weakest Upends China Investment Logic
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France:
Peugeot to cut more than 2,000 jobs in France
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