September 12, 2016

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Deloitte, Other Accounting Giants, See Legal Services Growth
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Tell Me Again Why You Want To Go To A Big Firm?
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Biglaw Automation: Whose Job Goes First?
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Ouch! GC Loses Two-Thirds of His Salary
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Thoughts on Associate Salary Increases
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Mid-size Firms: From Both Sides
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Weil Gotshal boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £115,000
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Average Private Law School Tuition Discount: 28% (55% W&L, 54% WashU, 53% Case)
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UC-Berkeley Law School Dean's Return Stirs Campus Outrage
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University Of Houston Gets Patent Office To Suspend South Texas's Trademark Application For 'Houston College Of Law'
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Prosecutor refused to arrest former brother-in-law of slain law prof Dan Markel The Dan Markel Case: The Probable Cause Affidavit For Charlie Adelson The Murder Of Dan Markel: The Case Against Donna Adelson The decision not to arrest or indict Dan Markel's former brother-in-law and his girlfriend in connection with his murder-for-hire Documents detail potential links to Markel's in-laws Police Reach Out To Feds As Tensions Flare With Prosecutor Over Decision Not To Charge Adelson Family In Markel Murder; Ex-Brother-in-Law Discussed Killing Undercover Agent
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How Attorney Angela Grayson Remembers 9/11, And Her Advice For Aspiring Attorneys
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Law Firm to Pay $20 Million in Bankrupt Virginia Blood Lab Scandal
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ILTA survey shows that law firms purchase lots of iPhones and iPads
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Crowe Horwath Can't Dodge FDIC Negligence Suit
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Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Dies at 42
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The ‘Best Value’ Law Schools Of 2016
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Law Professors Speak Out Against ‘Rigged Pseudo Court’
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‘You Don’t Need To Be Here’: Hillary Clinton’s First Experience With Sexism In The Law
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3 alternatives to networking that are less awkward and more effective
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Should Law School in Texas Be Rewarded or Punished for Unique Approach?
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What Should You Choose: Time or Money?
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Why Elite Law Firms are Circling This Little Start-Up
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Michigan Prosecutors Defy the Supreme Court
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'A constitutional crisis': the CIA turns on the Senate
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The Resegregation of America
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Man Jailed for Reporting Fake Clown Sighting
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Giuliani: Steal Oil? Anything's Legal in War
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Two Lawyers at the Center of a Bizarre Crime in Suburban Community
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Judges:

What happens when a Muslim judge turns out to be a Methodist?
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Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse
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With Court in Recess, SCOTUS Justices Make Headlines Off the Bench
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Wall Street:

Dow futures slide 100 pts as investors fret about rates
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Hong Kong marks biggest drop since February as Asian stocks plunge
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Global Selloff Threatens to Spiral as Central Banks Angst Builds
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US stocks close near low level. S&P falls more than 2% on the day
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Regulators Would Like Goldman Sachs To Look A Lot Less Like Goldman Sachs
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Layoffs:

Bankrupt SunEdison plans layoffs
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock May Lay Off As Many As 460 Employees
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Shipping:

Hanjin Wins U.S. Bankruptcy Shield, Allowing Cargo Off Ships US workers unload first of bankrupt Hanjin's ships Stranded Hanjin Cargo Off California Finally Unloads Shippers face anxious wait after Hanjin collapse One Hanjin ship begins unloading in Long Beach, while others are still anchored offshore Hanjin Bottleneck Starts to Ease
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As Hanjin Shipping Shows The Most Important Part Of Capitalism Is Bankruptcy
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That sinking feeling: Why the bankruptcy of shipping giant Hanjin has so many companies worried
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How badly will Hanjin's bankruptcy hurt US shippers?
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Samsung tries to free cargo from insolvent Hanjin ships
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Hanjin Collapse Is Triggering Short-Term Rate Spike, Maersk Says
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Korean Air Approves Funds to Ease Hanjin Vessel Disruptions
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The $10m OK'd by court to offload Hanjin ships covers only four of the 13 US-bound vessels
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The global network of cargo ships might be in a slow meltdown
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"That escalated quickly" - The effect of the Hanjin bankruptcy
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Hanjin's Hard Times
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Distressed Investing:

Lynn Tilton Gets Calendar Reminder To Sue The SEC Again
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Alarms Sound on Headlong Rush Into Fringes of Emerging Junk
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US Loan Funds See Largest Cash Inflow – $318M – in 17 Months
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Economy:

Fed’s Kashkari Says Fiscal, Rule Reforms Needed to Boost Growth
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Job Openings Increased in July to Record High
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Q3 GDP Forecasts
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Rise in July US Consumer Credit Reflects Steady Household Spending
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What Causes Financial Crises?
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Here's why negative interest rate policy is broken
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The Fed admitted that a startup can predict its upcoming interest rate forecasts
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These investors will get hit hardest as global interest rates rise
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Have we already forgotten the lessons of Lehman Brothers' fall?
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America Never Recovered from 9/11
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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:

Sacramento Housing in August: Sales up 8%, Active Inventory down 2% YoY
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Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate shows gain in August
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When are people with Foreclosures and Short Sales eligible to borrow again?
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Framing Lumber Prices Up Year-over-year
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Hollywood:

Relativity Media still flying high despite bankruptcy
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Retailing:

Bankruptcy again for Kmart?
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Gambling:

Mediator in the Caesars Entertainment Bankruptcy Case Resigns Abruptly It's Judge Versus Ex-Judge in Battle to End Caesars Bankruptcy Mediator in Caesars Entertainment Resigns — With an Interesting Explanation Caesars Mediator Resigns, Citing Bankruptcy Judge’s ‘Atypical’ Views
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Apollo, TPG Offered $250 Million for Caesars Deal, Filing Shows
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Oil/Gas:

Creditors lose historic sums in oil bankruptcies, Moody's says
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Halcon Resource: Bankruptcy Emergence Nears
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Witness for SandRidge shareholders casts doubt on valuation method
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SandRidge overcomes shareholder fight to exit bankruptcy
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Whiting to Lay Off More Than 100 Workers in Texas
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Why OPEC Will Put The Brakes On At $60 Oil
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Oil jobs still scarce in crude recovery Jobless recovery looms for white-collar U.S. oil workers
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Deepwater Looks At Long And Difficult Recovery
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Why It Could Be A Good Time To Short Oil
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Oil Falls As U.S. Rig Count Rises - Tops 500 Rigs Baker Hughes: US Oil Drillers Add Rigs In Longest Streak In 5 Years Oil prices plunge after US shale gas drillers add more rigs Oil is still sliding
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Oil Impairments at Norway's Banks Set to Rise, Regulator Says
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It's the Beginning of the End for Fossil Fuels
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Celebs:

Chef Luke Palladino files for bankruptcy
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50 Cent Says Woman Reneging On Sex Tape Deal
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Hedge Funds:

Perry’s Assets Plunge 60% to $4 Billion as Wagers Backfire
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Banking:

Insiders Tell Wells Fargo Horror Stories
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Wells Fargo Exec Who Headed Phony Accounts Unit Collected $125 Million
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Wells Fargo fake accounts fiasco proves big banks don't learn
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Wells Fargo's Scam Latest in a String of Them
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Student Debt:

Student Loan Forgiveness Could Be Coming to NJ
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Coal:

In Wyoming, no easy answers on energy
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Politics:

Donald Trump’s Ideology of Applause We Need ‘Somebody Spectacular’: Views From Trump Country The Trump-Ailes Buddy Act Sexism: Let’s Deconstruct Donald The Selling of Donald J. Trump How Trump Retooled His Private Charity Trump Will Never Release His Tax Returns Mark Cuban: How to Defeat Trump
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The B---- America Needs Clinton Doesn't Get Trump's Supporters Clinton Apologizes for Deplorables Remark Hillary Clinton abruptly leaves 9/11 memorial after becoming 'overheated' Hillary Clinton's doctor releases statement after health scare at 9/11 memorial Clinton, Suffering From Pneumonia, Cancels Trip to California Clinton Health Another Landmine for Suddenly Vulnerable Markets Here's What Would Happen if Hillary Clinton Dropped Out of Election Due to Illness Clinton Contractor Who Reportedly Destroyed Emails After Preservation Order Was Given Immunity By FBI Clinton's Basket of Deplorables Gaffe
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Presidential Race a Near Toss-Up Among Likely Voters Clinton Holds Lead, but Warning Signs Emerge Democrats: Why Isn't Hillary Winning Big?
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Texas Rep. Ron Reynolds declares bankruptcy
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How Conservatives Lost Control of the GOP
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(10 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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Chapter 11 energy filings that report over $10 million in liabilities by court district
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Year-Over-Year Bankruptcy Filings Increase in August
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity (scroll down)
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Tax:

Most Courts Still Refusing to Discharge Taxes from Late-Filed Returns
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Avoidance Actions:

Releases Don’t Bind a Trustee Suing on a Creditor’s Claim under Section 544(b)
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Greenberg Traurig Can't Dodge $2.2M Clawback Suit
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Preference Complaints Filed in Trump Entertainment Resorts Bankruptcy
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Proofs of Claim:

Divided Court Rules Proof of Claim for Stale Debt Does Not Violate FDCPA
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Safe Harbors:

Seventh Circuit Limits Bankruptcy Safe Harbor Protection
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Plan Confirmation:

Arizona District Court Interpretation of “Impaired Accepting Class” for Plan Confirmation Purposes Threatens Senior Mortgage Lender Protections in Common Real Estate Financing Structures
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Ch. 13:

Denial Of Chapter 13 Discharge for Potential Future Debts
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Metals:

Legal bills for Columbus Castings bankruptcy case pile up
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Religion:

Mega Church Pastor Steven Furtick Declares God Does Not Want People To Know How Much He Makes
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Autos:

VW Scandal: More Indictments Likely
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Media:

Univision deletes seven Gawker stories due to active litigation
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UK:

Brexit will cost Britain £43.8 billion over the next 3 years
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Norton Rose, BCL and Hickman & Rose called in as Tesco execs charged with fraud
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Financial services and not-for-profit firms should consider new PPF proposals on insolvency risk scorecards
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PIIGS:

Greece closer than ever to solution for sustainability of debt load
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Alexis Tsipras claims creditors are making Greek crisis worse Tsipras Repeats Call for Greek Debt Relief, Seeks Bonds in QE Tsipras blames international creditors for spooking investors
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Greek officials to resume talks with creditors
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France’s Sapin Sees December Deal on Greek Debt Without ‘Drama’
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Italian bank UniCredit’s woes felt across Europe
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Canada:

A battle brewing in Toronto could decide the future of Canada’s natural gas industry
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Layoffs at Calgary-based ConocoPhillips Canada start this week ConocoPhillips Canada lays off 300 employees
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Australia:

The Courts flip-flopping (again) on the validity of “flip clauses”
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'How dare you ask?': BBY executives shut down questions of insolvency
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South Korea:

Seoul signals tougher stance with Hanjin demise
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Hanjin's ex-chairwoman to extend W10b to ease crisis
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China:

China Proposes Tighter Bond Market Leverage Rules After Defaults
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