Law:

Market Outlook for Law Firms: In 2008, "Flat Is the New Up"
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Welcome to the firm - This time, the instability looks like it's here to stay
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And Now, Some Good News About the Legal Job Market
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What the Heller Is Going On?
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Magic circle keeps US rivals at bay with record year
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Magic circle takes hit as big-ticket M&A falls away
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Linklaters PEP up 11%
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MegaFirm Hit With $55 Million Negligence Claim
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NY Firm Can Hang On to Internal Papers in Malpractice Fracas
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Judge weighs venue for Schweers
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How Firms Wined and Dined Their Way to Merger
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'The Model Seemed Broken to Me' - Looking at a Law Firm Alternative
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First the crisis, then the lawsuits
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DLA Piper lawyers face salary drop
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Weil Gotshal freezes London associate pay
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Junior Scruggs' tongue to blame for prison sentence
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Hung Jury for Last Two Fen-Phen Lawyers
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Lawyers Face New Trial Over Fen-Phen Settlement
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Skadden is Top Deal-Meister
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Shearman corporate head quits for Weil
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Firms Train for EU Raids
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More record results from law firms - Allen & Overy breaks $2bn
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Ashurst's profit breaks the $2m per partner barrier
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Sonnenschein on comeback trail
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Judge: Pringles Are Not Potato Chips
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Law Firm Switches to Fixed-Rate Billing
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Change Ahead for Law School Rankings?
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Your Clients' Biggest Concern: Global Growth
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'McNulty Memo' Triggers an Ultimatum - Legislation may be only option to solve clash over privilege waivers
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How High Quality Are Your Lawyers? (How Can You Tell?)
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Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
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Lawyers in lavatorial shame
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Others' economic woes bring business to bankruptcy attorney
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Paul Hastings asks staff to leave guns at home
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Legal Sector Adds a Few Jobs in June
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Anorexic accountant sues Rachael Ray cooking show
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Judges:

Psychiatric Evaluation for Judge Halverson?
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Economy:

Profits in US Probably Fell Again, Led by Citigroup
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Recession is not the worst possible outcome
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Fragile economy takes toll on jobs
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62,000 jobs lost, off nearly half-million for year
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Job cuts may help curb inflation
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U.S. service sector shrinks unexpectedly in June on inflation pressures
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Consumer economic sentiment has fallen to the dismal level of the early 1980s as the full effects of a recession take hold
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Three consumer goods companies face default risk, says Moody's
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Oil Is Steady Near Records as Investors Seek Stocks Alternative
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Oil's Rise Stirs Talk of $200 a Barrel
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Oil At $200 And A Two-Year Recession
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OPEC president warns no end to oil price rises
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Commodities Regulator Under Fire
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LA Foreclosures Quadruple, Miami Doubles, Corporate Bankruptcies Soar
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Similarities between 1929 and 2008 terrifying
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Rich get richer, little guys lose their shirts
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G-8 Summit Faces Uncertainties
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How Models Caused the Credit Crisis
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Froth comes off latte economy
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Global economy won't bail out US
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Gain as Oil Drops; GM, GE Shares Rise
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Futures Point to Flat Open
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Wall Street gets ready for earnings, oil moves
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Oil Prices Drive Stocks to Bear Market
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Fed Ponders Private Equity In Banks
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Bear Stearns Assets Accepted By Fed Lose $1 Billion in Value
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Lessons of the Bear run: Drawing the line
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Merrill May Sell Bloomberg Stake, Some of BlackRock
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Lehman's shares skyrocket
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Goldman Had 20 Days of Trading Losses Last Quarter
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Student Debt:

College credit cards on spot
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Rates dropped July 1 on some student loans
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Liquidity Woes for Loans
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Religion:

Diocese bankruptcy case to remain open
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Should Christians File for Bankruptcy?
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Couple charged with fraud in bankruptcy case
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Celebs:

Banks, boy bands and fraud
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Trail of fraud
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Mark Twain House faces financial struggles
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Trucking:

Company doesn't want to be left idling
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Food/Drink:

Uneasy economy puts restaurants in the crosshairs
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Fhima files for Chap. 11; restaurants stay open
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Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes
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One helping too many
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American Beverage forced into bankruptcy, liquidating
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Winery puts cork in it, files for bankruptcy
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Pigeons:

No evidence of a crime in Pigeon King collapse
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Pigeon Ponzi could bring investor payback
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Raid on PKI headquarters triggered by fears of starving birds
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Debt Collection:

More debt collectors, more complaints
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Court Overturns New Orleans' Use of Tax Collectors
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Mining:

Family feud
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Sterlite has support for US copper co Asarco
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Distressed Investing:

Credit Crisis Enables Bold Strikes by Investors
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Wrung out
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Real Estate:

Mortgage Reform for the Future
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Mortgage crisis staggers high-end developments
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Countrywide Investors Lose Bid to Stop Settlement Over Buyout
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Boynton Beach bankruptcy highlights market conditions
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Evidentiary & Attorneys' Fees Issues Surrounding Tenant Debtor's Assumption Of Lease
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New Century plan confirmed
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New Century Confirmation Oder
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Political fight looms over federal down payment assistance program
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Home builder TF Robertson makes bankruptcy filing
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Housing Steps Up Political Donations
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Strenuous obstacles to short sales compound headaches for homeowners
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Subprime lenders to raise payments
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With the loan bar higher, the rules are different now
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Housing slump could slip further
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Loan fiasco's new trend: Delaying foreclosures
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Eyesores multiply
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Bank, IRS oppose PJM cash use
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Alleged loan scams dotted Houston foreclosure landscape
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Settling Dwek debt a tangled legal mess
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Florida's downturn likely will last another year
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Rents Climb Despite 'Shadow Market'
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Autos:

Renault chief expects car industry consolidation
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Dura Automotive plant running on empty
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Can General Motors Recover?
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Troubled GM to axe thousands
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GM Rises in German Trading After Report of Job, Vehicle Cuts
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Ford "Fire Sale": A Crystal Ball for America
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Chrysler, UAW face a slew of complaints
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Chrysler At Risk Of Bankruptcy
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Analyst says Chrysler, not GM, in danger
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Automakers report cutbacks
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Big Trouble for Big Three Automakers
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Settlement leads to dismissal of High Velocity filing
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Flex-N-Gate lands Blue Water
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Auto Makers Fight Steel Prices
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Progressive down for the count
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Credit Cards:

Consumers get rare chance to try to effect changes in credit-card rules
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Critics call subprime credit cards abusive
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Congress want's to spy on your credit card purchases
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Credit Card Overhauls Seem Likely
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Debt on plastic hurting small firms
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Aviation:

American Airlines workers brace for job cuts
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Moody's: Many US airline business models 'unsustainable'
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Alaska Airlines ends cash transactions on flights
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Airlines no longer taking cash onboard
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Frontier going under the knife
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Layoff letters flying to Frontier employees
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Frontier SEC Report Refers To "Discontinuing Operations"
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Future Airline Travel Could Look Like the 1950s
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Is the sky falling for US Airways?
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You're not flying the friendly skies
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Union leaders threaten strike action over Alitalia
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'Let Alitalia go bust'
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Another carrier goes to the wall
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Lufthansa Drops 559 Flights as Regional Pilots Strike
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Hedge Funds:

Bear Stearns Faces Revised Suit Over Collapse of Hedge Funds
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Emails Show TCI's Hohn Grappling With Bad Bets
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Bear Fund Managers Get Good Draw; Sizing up Judge Block
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Israel Ordered to Start Prison Term
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Sam Israel says he tried suicide -- but failed
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Newspapers:

Strib Bankruptcy Watch: Profiling the vulture circling overhead
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Health Care:

Hospital's financial collapse brings lots of finger-pointing
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Ozarks entity goes bankrupt, but hospital doesn't
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Couple divorce to afford cancer treatment
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Many young adults forgo health insurance, hope for best
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Financial troubles push HPA to put hospitals on market
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Judge approves split of Haven Healthcare chain
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Hospital Bed Cuts To Fall Short of Berger Recommendations
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Doctors Press Senate to Undo Medicare Cuts
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The Great Risk Shift Continues
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Bonds:

Seeking bargains in iffy debt
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Finance:

Commercial paper on the rise, Federal Reserve reports
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Bonds:

Bond insurer MBIA's losses expected to grow
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Gambling:

Casinos aren't immune to bad economy after all
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Theme Parks:

Six Flags Is No Bargain Even at a Buck
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Consumer Debt:

Consumer Delinquencies Higher in Q1, ABA Reports
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Plastics:

High oil prices force plastic-container maker into bankruptcy
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Awards:

Jenner #1 in Am Law Pro Bono Survey
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Trustees:

Trustee group advocates debtors consider Chapter 13
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Credit Counseling:

Debt settlement: how it really works
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Software:

Corel earnings drop 60%
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Banking:

Financial market losses could top $1.6 trillion dollars
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U.S. commercial banks saw trading revenue rise in first quarter
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Deutsche Bank CEO Doesn't Want to Give 2008 Outlook
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Societe Generale Fined by Banking Commission Over Controls
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Why is Societe Generale being fined for losing $7.7 billion?
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Swiss watchdog wants UBS, Credit Suisse to set aside more capital
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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
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11)
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Municipalities:

Bankruptcy for New Jersey?
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Don't allow this California trend to spread
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Jefferson County Commission president says sewer debt team made no progress
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankrupt businesses up 33% in June
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U.S. Bankruptcy Filing Rate Holding Steady
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Auto Racing:

Stewart reveals bankruptcy fear
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Retailing:

Steve & Barry's future unsure
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Steve & Barry's to close 100 stores; may liquidate
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Vacancies at US Malls Rise to 13-Year High
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Report says Dawahares closing by fall
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Mass Torts:

ACandS wins 2nd confirmation
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Personal Finance:

Avoiding the money trap
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Teens have to bite the bullet on spending, too
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Debtors Anonymous?
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The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families
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Retirement accounts seen dipping
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Debtor circles
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Politics:

Obama and McCain's Votes on Bankruptcy Amendments
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Race for the White House: The economy
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Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
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Cashing In on Obama and McCain
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Obama Campaign Criticizes Rival McCain's Economic Proposals
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McCain To Balance Budget In 4 Years
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Obama, McCain flip-flop guide
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Ratings Agencies:

SEC's effort to ease reliance on credit raters is limited by host of other government rules
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Pensions:

Senators call for probe of PBGC benefit calculations
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M&A:

Buy-out firms may come to rue some of the "mega-deals" they did when pumped up with self-belief
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Derivatives:

CDS has its flaws exposed
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Tax:

IRS Isn't Just Pursuing UBS Clients; Auditors to Look at Other Foreign Banks
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Postpetition Interest: The IRS Gets One Right (and One Wrong)
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Corporate Governance:

Governance Ratings: How Good Are They?
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Furniture:

IKEA feeling impact of housing market slowdown
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Bombay disclosure statement OK'd
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Predatory Lending:

Payday lenders want to do away with interest-rate cap
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Call Centers:

CEO talks about PRC's emergency from bankruptcy
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Accounting:

3rd Circuit Asks Pa. High Court to Clarify Accountant Liability
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Fraud:

Refco CEO Nets 16 Years For $2.4B Fraud
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Exec: Dryer ran Mile High show
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Telecoms:

Telecom auction postponed
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UK:

Recession threat as UK jobs vanish
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The signs of a recession are all here
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Taylor Wimpey, UK Homebuilders, Face Making More Writedowns
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Consumer borrowing soars
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UK industrial, manufacturing output slump in May
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Bankruptcy epidemic hits Derry
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Executives ditch holidays due to job fears
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Housing market in Welsh town shows wider woes
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Homebuilders face disastrous £3bn landslide
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British brokerage boss is jailed for 'depraved' fraud
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Bradford & Bingley Investors on the Hook as TPG Walks
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N Rock rivals hit at aid package
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Struggling singles join army of the 'invisible' poor
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Canada:

Canadian bankruptcies dip in May from April
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XCopper bankruptcy eyed
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Oh no, that scary word of bondholders' nightmares: default
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EU:

German, UK Manufacturing Drop as Growth Slows Across Europe
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Lagarde Calls Trichet's Rate Outlook 'Encouraging'
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UniCredit May Eliminate 2500 Jobs at HVB
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Jamaica:

FINSAC urges Gov't to adopt bankruptcy law
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Japan:

Magara Construction Says It Filed for Court-Led Rehabilitation
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BOJ warns of profit falls, weak regional economy
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Austria:

9 convicted in Austria BAWAG fraud case
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Russia:

Russia seeks $23b from US bank
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Australia:

Australia's Construction Index Shrinks for Fourth Month in June
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New Zealand:

Petricevic faces bankruptcy in court
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Brazil:

Brazil's Inflation May Hit 2 1/2-Year High in June
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Germany:

German Output Unexpectedly Falls the Most in 9 Years
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