October 21, 2016

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Law:

The Bitter Truth: Being a Super Lawyer Doesn’t Help You Get Dates
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Crushing A Law Student’s Dreams of Employment
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The Challenging Value Proposition Of Junior Associates
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Biglaw Pay Discrimination Case Adds A New Plaintiff
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These Law Firms Cleaned Up in the Third Quarter
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Holland & Knight Takes Lead in Cayman Fund's Bankruptcy
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Chief Restructuring Officer: Adding Value
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On Happiness Scale, Partners Rank High
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4 Ways to Reduce the Legal Industry’s Gender Divide
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UK: CMS, Nabarro and Olswang to review 850 jobs for tie-up
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Cooley Comes Up Empty in Two Bankruptcy Cases
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Dementia Dilemma: When Older Partners Pose a Liability
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Suit blames Wells Fargo foreclosure response for bankrupt law firm's financial predicament
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10 Tips For A New General Counsel
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19 Lawyers Discuss The Dumbest Things They've Had To Explain To Clients
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LSAT Is Poor Predictor Of Law School Grades: 6 LSAT Points = 0.1 LGPA
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More law schools are covering bar review costs: Is it improving pass rates?
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Kansas attorney general apologizes for Dred Scott citation in abortion brief
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The 3 essential elements of unshakable confidence
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Christie’s Circle Knew of Bridge Plot, Lawyer Seeks to Show
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Firm employee who stole ‘paper and stationery’ banned from legal profession
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Just Another ‘Lawyer Bites Cop’ Story
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Toddlers Have Shot 50 People so Far This Year
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Judges:

Clinton calls for action on Garland without mentioning his name; Trump hits Ginsburg criticism
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New Litigation Analytics Tool Peeks Under The Robes Of Judicial Data
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Supreme Court: No End To ' Debtor's Prison' In N.H.
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Indictment won’t stop judge candidate accused of donning robes and ruling on cases, lawyer says
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Top NY court upholds removal of village judge who used his office ‘to bully and intimidate’
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Donald Trump Messed With The Wrong Supreme Court Justice
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5 Things Trump, Clinton and Chris Wallace Got Wrong About SCOTUS at Debate The Great Supreme Court Debate What was left unsaid about the Supreme Court and the future of your constitutional rights in the last debate The candidates and the Constitution Here's Donald Trump's list of potential Supreme Court nominees
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The Supreme Court's Election Day 'Doomsday scenario'
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Man Who Threatened to 'Kill and Eat' Judge's Kids Loses Appeal
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Wall Street:

US stocks set for down day
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Asian markets lower as odds of Fed rate hike increase
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Stocks close lower as telecom, oil pummeled
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Layoffs:

Ex-TransCare Workers Get Class Cert. In Suit Over Layoffs
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NTCL offers workers severance deals. The catch? No badmouthing the company
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FMC Technologies cuts 1,000 jobs, more on the way
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Enbridge cuts 530 jobs
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IAC Iowa City plant to layoff nearly 500 workers
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Bombardier is cutting 7,500 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurants are facing a challenge they haven’t seen since the recession
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Judge urges deal to save Erie County Farms Judge gives Erie County Farms 2 weeks for deal
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Creditors Nudge Cosi Bid Higher
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Healthcare:

Surprise Medical Bills Breaking People's Backs
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Shipping:

The US freight index just collapsed at its fastest rate since 2009
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Companies accuse Hanjin of not complying with court order
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Bankrupt South Korean Shipping Giant Hanjin to Lay Off 400 Workers
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Lenders fear Korean Air Lines could catch a cold from Hanjin
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Hanjin Shipping in talks to sell Long Beach Terminal stake
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Fallout of Hyundai Group
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Gambling:

Trump Taj Mahal hints at reopening shut casino
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U.S. watchdog raises concern over Caesars creditor deal Caesars Entertainment Slips More Than 2% U.S. Watchdog Raises Concerns Over Creditor Deal
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Student Debt:

CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman Issues Fifth Annual Report
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Corporate Reform:

IMF allegedly tried to block its own watchdog from investigating amid internal struggles NYT
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Celebs:

Shaniqua Tompkins Flips On 50 Cent’s Bankruptcy
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Economy:

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 260,000
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Fed's Beige Book: "Most Districts indicated a modest or moderate pace of expansion"
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Fed Beige Book: Houston Not Doing Well
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Cutting Corporate Taxes: Does It Work?
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Donald Trump’s super basic mistake about the economy The manufacturing boom that Donald Trump ignores
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The sharing economy is creating a Dickensian world
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AZ: Most Support a Higher Minimum Wage
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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:

Existing Home Sales increased in September to 5.47 million SAAR
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Housing Starts decreased to 1.047 Million Annual Rate in September Comments on September Housing Starts
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The CEO of one of the largest US homebuilders perfectly summed up the housing market
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A major fallout from the housing crash is now at the lowest level since 2008
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MBA: "Mortgage Applications Slightly Increase in Latest Weekly Survey" Mortgage rates reach their highest levels in four months
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Detroit's Struggling Housing Market Gets a Boost
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First-time buyers drive increase in existing home sales
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Bank of America doubles down on 3% down mortgages without insurance
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AIA: Architecture Billings Index declines in September
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NMHC: Apartment Market Tightness Index remained negative in October Survey
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CoreLogic: Cash sales hit slightly under 30% in July
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Landlord Must Pay for Disposing of Tenant's Belongings After Ch. 7
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Year-over-Year Change in Residential Home Prices Since 2001
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Municipalities:

Detroit's Bankruptcy : Lessons For Hartford
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Emergency order for Flint water crisis should have come sooner
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Prices Cool Down Amid Tanking U.S. Crude Imports
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Oil’s next stop is $60—here’s why: Technician
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Oil Titans Differ On Whether Prices Will Spike Or Remain Low
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Schlumberger reports profit, no more job cuts
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Politics:

'It was unlike anything we've ever seen and hopefully unlike anything we'll ever see' Donald Trump: 'I will totally accept' election results 'if I win' Donald Trump's strongest moment suddenly became his weakest Trump's War on GOP is Starting to Show What If Trump Refuses to Concede? GOP Leaders Silent on Trump, but McCain Speaks Out Donald Trump, the Anti-Democratic Candidate 6 Facts About Bush v. Gore Worth Remembering Before The Trump Campaign Revises History To Death Quite possibly the cruelest thing Trump said at the debate Trump biographer: There's no difference between the private and public Donald Trump calls Clinton a 'nasty woman' About That Constitutional Amendment Trump Randomly Supports Now Accuser says Trump grabbed her at US Open in 1998 Accuser: I Blamed Myself for Trumps Grope for Years Trump's Business Credit Score Is 19 Out of a Possible 100
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Larry Summers Begged Hillary To Stop Pretending That She Hates Wall Street
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Megyn Kelly relentlessly grills DNC chair over allegations she leaked town-hall question to Clinton
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Trump, Clinton go for laughs at fundraising dinner, but one draws boos
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Retailing:

American Apparel Might File for Bankruptcy Again, Land Buyer
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Brand licensors eye debt-stricken American Apparel -sources
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Large Retail Liquidations Likely To Continue
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Mall Investors Set to Lose Billions in Retail Gloom
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Metals:

Thursday hearing could decide fate of Essar mineral leases
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Aviation:

Republic Airways takes huge third-quarter loss
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Banking:

Elizabeth Warren isn't finished with Wells Fargo Sen. Warren Probes Wells Fargo Board on Stumpf Compensation, New CEO
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Wells Fargo Facing California Investigation
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Wells Fargo: It Was Like Lions Hunting Zebras
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Even the Better Business Bureau has disowned Wells Fargo
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Sales Tactic at Center of Wells Fargo Scandal Is Industry Standard
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Business and Commercial Loan Growth Slows at Regional Banks
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Hedge Funds:

As hedge funds suffer, so do their imitators
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Hedge Fund Managers Struggle to Master Their Miserable New World
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Tech:

Jumio estate's bankruptcy plan wins court approval
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Autos:

Takata's Faulty Air Bag Is Now Linked to 11 Deaths in the US
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Solar:

SunEdison Gets Nod On $150M Sale Of Solar Material Biz
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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 (18 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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Cross-Border:

South Korea's STX Offshore Files for U.S. Bankruptcy Protection
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Proofs of Claim:

The Growing Circuit Split on Proofs of Claim for Time-Barred Debt
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Judge rules that Wells Fargo could have forged a bankruptcy document
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IP:

Copyright Infringement Claims Get Reduced in Bankruptcy
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Bad Faith:

Dentist Sued for Malpractice Didn’t File Ch. 7 in Bad Faith
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Mediation:

The “Sporting Theory of Justice” and the Mediation Profession: Roscoe Pound
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Supreme irony as mediators’ event ends in fight
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Auto Credit and the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform: The Impact of Eliminating Cramdowns
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Avoidance Actions:

Fraudulent Transfer: No ‘Safety’ for Lyondell Shareholders
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Structured Dismissal:

Law Professors Disagree on How the Supreme Court Should Decide Jevic on Structured Dismissals
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Prisons:

Private prisons are fighting to survive with big money and pressure on Republicans
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UK:

These are the implications of a 'hard Brexit'
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‘Scottish legal and finance firms displaying high levels of insolvency risk’
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UK lawmakers back stripping Philip Green of knighthood over BHS 'A billionaire spiv:' MPs vote Sir Philip Green should be stripped of knighthood over BHS collapse Dominic Chappell calls Sir Philip Green a “bully and nasty individual”
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Lawyers Are Thriving Because of Brexit
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Nortel scheme could avoid PPF after creditor agreement
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EU:

Euro skids to lowest level since March
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PIIGS:

Enterprise bankruptcy legislation changes under way in Greece
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Portugal scraps more austerity but vows budget deficit cut
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Draghi says Athens should focus on reforms, eurozone on debt Greece needs economic overhaul, not debt relief, German finance minister says Greek minister: We've done our part. Now it's time to discuss debt relief
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Canada:

Canada's Postmedia reports wider loss, plans more job cuts
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Essar Global accused of billing corporate jet, NYC apartments to Sault steel mill
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Brazil:

Oi CEO says will not sell any Brazil assets for years - paper
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MENA:

‘Saudi civil servants work 1 hour a day, we’re headed for bankruptcy in 3-4 years’ – ministers How many Saudis are only working one hour a day?
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Saudi deputy minister: kingdom faces bankruptcy in 3-4 years unless economy reforms
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Bahamas:

Baha Mar Finally Has a Buyer, But the Old Owner Isn't Letting Go
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Australia:

The Tidal Wave of Class Actions continues to surge across Australia
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China:

Wenzhou Shipping declared bankrupt by Chinese court
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Goldman Sees China's 'Stealth' Coal Bailout Lasting to 2020
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Here's what China has to do to avoid a financial crisis
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About China's confusing debt-for-equity swaps
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France:

Solocal Set to Restart Stakeholder Talks on Rejected Debt Deal
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