November 2 , 2004 

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Airlines:

Delta promotes overseas flights
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Pilots' delays helped Delta
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$500 million in new financing arranged
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Southwest announces Chicago expansion
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Northwest Airlines plans to expand in Indiana
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Major airlines scramble for new strategies to stay in business
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Discount Airlines Become Vulnerable
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Southwest on the prowl after ATA bankruptcy
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Tilton decries United past
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ATA Airports Slow Refinancing Following Bankruptcy Filing
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Delta's pilots vote on wage cuts
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US Airways retirees plead to keep medical benefits
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IATA predicts airlines will lose $5 billion this year
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S&P Revises America West Outlook To Neg From Stable
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Accounting:

Sherwin-Williams Found Liable in Common Corporate Accounting Maneuver
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Revenues rise modestly at PwC
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Fannie Mae may not report results
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IRS Says Breakup Fee Is Taxable
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Report says IRS audits down
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Justices Looking for Legal Theory to Exclude Contingent Attorney Fees
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BDO Seidman Names New CEO, Board
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Entering the Age of Transparency
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Energy:

NorthWestern emerges from bankruptcy, will trade stock on NASDAQ
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Steel:

What really makes International Steel Group so valuable is that it has shed the legacy costs that burden other old-line manufacturers
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Pensions taint steel groups
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Corporate Reform:

People's Bank Unit Gets Subpoena From CT Attorney General
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Florida Pushes Insurers for Settlements
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Marsh May Use Incentive Fees To Fund Spitzer Settlement
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Marsh Collects Disputed Fees of $275 Million
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S&P Announcement on AIG Ratings; Outlook Negative
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Frankel's Office Manager Spared Prison
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SEC Actions Aimed at Altering Corporate Culture, Say Lawyers
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Changing Drill: Shell's Road to Scandal
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State revenue plan uses licenses as tax collection weapon
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Stolen Computers Have Wells Fargo Customer Info
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Law:

Revealed: UK firms are world's best exporters of legal services
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Rehnquist Still Absent Amid Signs of Disease's Severity
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Why Computer Associates left Wachtell for Sullivan & Cromwell
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UK asbestos deaths rising, 20 bln stg cost -report
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How Did That BigLaw Associate Do on "The Apprentice" This Week?
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Rental market saturates as top UK firms try to offload space
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Firm overhauls conflicts system
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Dual Career Makes Him a Three-Alarm Lawyer
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Deacons, White & Case settle before client poaching appeal
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Cooley Godward to spark expansion with New York and DC
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Lawyer Agrees To Suspension After Being Charged With Assault During Deposition
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Supreme Court hears case on taxability of some legal fees
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Allen & Overy plummets 123 places in associate survey
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Top Firm Goes on Defense, Nabs Boutique
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St. Louis law firm's new CEO plans to grow with mergers, acquisitions
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Larger firms suggest conflicts are getting out of hand. Which is why the courts are seeking a compromise between client confidentiality and the realities of business
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BigLaw Firm Played Crucial Role in Bumping Nader Off Swing-State Ballot
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Duane Reade Faces More Than $1.3 Million in Attorneys' Fees
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Legal Teams Sent To Potential US Election Trouble Spots
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Law firm DLA plans super-merger
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Judge Bans Medical Expert From Court
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"He was the perfect judge"
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Avoiding a Fire Sale
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Asbestos:

Surge in British asbestos claims will cost billions
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Britain facing 20bn bill for asbestos payouts
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Insurers Face $18 Billion of U.K. Asbestos Claims, Study Says
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No Hardie provision for asbestos
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Hardie doubtful on payout settlement
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Monsour asks more time for bankruptcy filing
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Examiner to probe casino auction
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Wet Seal Hunt
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Penn Traffic Losses Tolerable, CEO Says
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Bin Laden wants to bankrupt US
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Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Selects Beal Bank for $100 Million Interim Financing
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Northwest Ohio Bankruptcy Filings Fall in Year-Ago Month-to-Month Comparisons
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Wedding World liquidates
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Recent Going-Concern Statements
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Weird News
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Job of New Jersey bankruptcy trustee is part SWAT team leader, part CEO
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VarTec files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
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New Way to Collect Preference Claims Could Cause You Headaches
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Kaiser subsidiaries file for liquidation
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Enron:

Enron jury considers wire fraud, conspiracy charges
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Ill Juror Halts Enron Barge Deliberations
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Tejas Securities Group, Inc. Initiates Research Coverage on Enron Corporation
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Cal. legislator Houston borrowed $1.24 million for failed company
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Another Spokane debentures company facing financial difficulty
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Legislation in Holding Pattern - From bankruptcy reform to IRS
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Next year's raise won't mean bigger paycheck
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Texas named top state for business
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Textile Quotas to End, Punishing Carolina Towns
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Gadzooks gets $5 million loan
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UK:

London insolvencies fall
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Insolvency shoots up by 17pc
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Lack Of Savings Spells Trouble For UK Workers
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Fall in house prices marks end of boom
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Japan:

Operator of Osaka Dome effectively goes bankrupt
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Korea:

Kamco in hot pursuit of $570 million it is owed by FSO
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Argentina:

Argentina's debt repayment offer
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Argentina Debt Offer Includes Only Modest Improvements
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Argentina's Tax Chief: Banks Next In Evasion Crackdown
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Hong Kong:

Top bank `names and shames' debtors in adverts
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Russia:

Yukos Broke? Stockholders Don't Say Yes
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Russia to hit Yukos with $10 billion more in tax
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Switzerland:

Swiss debtors replace model bill payers
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