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Ohio AG Marc Dann on Hot Seat Over Affair With Staffer
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Missouri boat builder going out of business
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Ziff Davis to present amended plan
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Buying Art on Credit
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US Rep Frank: No Bailout For Mortgage-Service Cos
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Fannie Mae Posts Another Loss
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Credit Losses Mount at Fannie
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Foreclosures double, and home prices tumble
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B. of A. should exit Countrywide deal: analyst
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Countrywide Looks Even Less Enticing To BofA
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Countrywide Falls as Analyst Says Bank of America Should Walk
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ResCap May Not Be Able to Meet June Debt Obligations
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Prosecutors in NY form subprime task force
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The High-End Real Estate Market: They Went Bankrupt?!?
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U.S. loosens rules for mortgage help after only 5,000 qualified
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Bankruptcy fails as eviction tactic
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Regency Homes Gets Lean To Keep Building
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Internet, Younger Buyers Pressure Real Estate Commission
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Cedar faces new lawsuit, DA's probe
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A Few Small Law Firms Handle Most Minnesota Foreclosures
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Service sector in surprise rebound
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Wall Street:
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Credit Cards:
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Capital One sues CA AG Brown over access to records
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In $3.6 Billion Deal, Chase to Acquire Target's Card Portfolio
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Gambling:
Tropicana casino group files for bankruptcy
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Tropicana Entertainment makes money but still files for bankruptcy
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Tropicana bankruptcy could add to Tahoe's woes
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Economic Troubles Affect the Vegas Strip
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Hedge Funds:
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Citi Hedge Fund Investors Want Out
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Tech:
Nvidia buys 3DFX
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M&A:
Apax, Permira Drive LBOs in New York, Exploiting Cheap Dollars
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Broken merger contracts consuming lawyers' time
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Banks File to Dismiss Clear Channel Charges
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Year of the Failed Deal
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Distressed Investing:
Harbinger buys stake in Corn Products
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
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Autos:
UAW strikes GM Kansas plant making Chevy Malibu
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Fitch: Wholesale Vehicle Market Accelerating Loss Rates in U.S. Auto ABS
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Nardelli: Chrysler can meet job-cut goals
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Chrysler to guarantee gas at $2.99 a gallon! For three years
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Bankrupt auto supplier to close Ont. plant
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CAW faces GM, Chrysler hurdles
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Student Debt:
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First Marblehead cuts more than half of work force
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Fed rescues student debt; critics fear rise in pleas
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Municipalities:
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Some Jefferson County residents react with anger to fee on non-users of sewer system
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Secretary Paulson Names Leadership for President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy
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Utilities:
Reliant trustee motion put on hold
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Bonds:
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Banking:
UBS Set to Cut 5500 Jobs After First-Quarter Loss
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Swiss Bank UBS reports $11 billion loss
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Mixed Reaction to Citi's Fund Aid Plan
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Citigroup's Pandit Faces Test
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Forest Products:
Pope & Talbot to close Oregon mill
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HMC Bids for Timber Company
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Luggage:
Bag 'n Baggage is bankrupt again
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Cross-Border:
Jurisdiction for Insolvency-Related Proceedings Caught between European Legislation
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Retailing:
Linens 'n Things gets court approval for financing
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Linens 'n Things to honor gift cards
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Kohl's scales back expansion plans
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Trade Claims:
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Jewelry:
Luxury Ventures gets 10 more days
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UK:
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Vanco runs out of cash
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Stupid Gordon, it's still the economy
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Repossessions set to soar to highest level for 17 years
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New disclosure rules for banks
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Italy:
Parmalat seeks $2.2 bln from Citigroup at trial
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Parma court unites main Parmalat trial with one other, four more continue in parallel
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Canada:
Regulating Payday Lenders in Canada: Drawing on American Lessons
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Canada:
Former directors of Broadway theater company plead not guilty to fraud
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Livent trials opens with allegation of 'large-scale fraud'
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Livent cooked books: Crown
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Harmac future looking bleak
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Graeme Hoy in tears on radio
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Ken Done's lost fortune not our fault, say advisers
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Europe Producer-Price Inflation Accelerates in March
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Iceland:
Companies in Iceland Suffer from Credit Crunch
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