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Judges:

Former Judge Convicted for Lying About Injuries in Auto Accident
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Wall Street:

Global Stocks, US Index Futures Fall
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Recession fears send world markets down
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Asian Stocks End Lower; Nikkei Plunges 6.9%
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Wall Street sinks to lowest since 2003
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Dow falls below 8,000, S&P at 5-year low
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Stocks, Bonds Tumble To New Crisis Lows
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Australia Benchmark Index Drops 51% From Record High Last Year
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Doling out Wall Street bonuses
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Autos:

Senate Cancels Vote On Doomed Auto Bailout
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Bankruptcy Still Off Table for GM
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Chrysler Assessed, Dropped Bankruptcy Before Aid Push
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Bailout with a price: Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Why Most Americans Don't Mind if the Big Three Fail
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Japanese, Korean Carmakers Want a Detroit Bailout
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Automotive jobs slashed worldwide
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Mazda and Isuzu cut jobs as car crisis hits Japan
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Chrysler Canada seeks $1-billion
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Kessler needs $5M from neighbors
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Media:

KRON owner may face Chapter 11
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Credit Markets Fall to Records as Confidence in Economy Wanes
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Global syndicated loan, bond mkt fall
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Berry takes Erie Country Plastics
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American Express Delinquencies Hit 4.4%, Defaults 6.96%
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Economy:

Fed to Cut Rates to Zero on Deflation Risk, JPMorgan Predicts
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Jobless Claims Reach a 16-Year High
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US consumer prices, home starts plunge in October
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Fed policymakers forecast a grim 2009, speaking of a "negative spiral"
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Fed signals ready to cut rates amid glum outlook
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Wachovia, Goldman chiefs say $700B not enough
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Bernanke May Find Deflation `Back on the Table' as Threat to U.S. Economy
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Consumer Prices in U.S. Decline 1%, Most on Record, as Fuel Costs Tumble
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FOMC sees yearlong recession, minutes show
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Fed Saw Economy Shrinking Through Mid-2009 Last Month
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Michigan's jobless rate hits 9.3%, highest since '92; US reaches 6.5%
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The civil right of Americans to bail themselves out
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Gore warns world may face civilization 'collapse'
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Real Estate:

The Subprime Wolves Are Back
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Mortgage aid falls short, Bush admin official says
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US tries new tack on housing
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HUD Said to Entice Banks to Enter Foreclosure Program
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Key construction measure falls to lowest mark ever
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Originations Could Fall Below $1.3 Trillion in 2009
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Home buying the old-fashioned way
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Housing skid claims another victim
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Alt-A Losses Outstripping Expectations, Moody's Says
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Atherton-Newport plans $1.35M sale
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Rocky Mountain Whack-A-Mole
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Radio:

Sirius XM dogged by Big Three's troubles
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Bonds:

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Ambac commutes $3.5 Billion in CDO exposure
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S&P Drops Ambac Three Notches
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Tech:

Global chip sales forecast to drop 5.6 pct in 2009
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Municipalities:

Budget woes force Rio Vista to consider bankruptcy
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Metro Detroiters anxious, living on edge
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Isleton needs $1 million to avert bankruptcy, city manager says
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Celebs:

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Suge Knight: Cops Stole My Earring
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Retailing:

Retail Bankruptcy: Only the Strong Will Survive
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Mall Owner Lines Up Bankruptcy Law Firm
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General Growth Properties Reportedly Hires Law Firm Sidley Austin
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E-commerce companies slashing prices in frantic holiday season
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Former Steve & Barry's employees file federal lawsuit
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Vineland may loan Boscov's $2.72M
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Macy's shares hit historic low
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Downgraded Best Buy shares slide
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Crowell & Moring Hosts Seminar Series to Address the Future of the Credit Default Swap Market
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Bankruptcy Seminar Moved Up
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Consultants:

Ernst & Young LLP Appoints David R. Williams US Leader for Restructuring Services and John O'Neill US Leader of Bankruptcy and Restructuring Tax
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Food/Drink:

Agriprocessors to be sold
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Kosher meat shortage
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Prosecutors: Keep slaughterhouse manager jailed
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La Bonita gets further cash use
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Pilgrim's Pride plans layoffs of salary staff
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J&D Restaurant auction set
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Politics:

Finger-pointing begins as Senate nixes auto vote
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Auto Bailout Backers Prep Plan B
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Auto bailout: A Washington issue beyond lobbying?
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Saying 'no' to Obama's experimental government
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Aviation:

Delta ends fees for window, exit row seats
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Ride ends for Aspen jet charter
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Italy agrees sale of Alitalia to CAI
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Air France-KLM's quarterly profit slumps 96%
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Executive Compensation:

Before Bust, These CEOs Took Big Gains
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Debt Collection:

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Neighbor Pays Blind Woman's 1 Cent Debt to Prevent Lien on Home
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Magazines:

PC Mag dropping print for online
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Oil/Gas:

Oil falls below $53 on fears of deep recession
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Oil Falls Toward $50 a Barrel as Fuel Use Falls, Equities Slump
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Derivatives:

Pricing in the Apocalypse
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Regulating Credit Default Swaps: Will It Work?
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Commodities:

Commodities sell off on demand fears
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Tax:

US may count more countries as tax havens
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Hedge Funds:

Barclays Sues Ritchie Hedge Funds Over Investment in Failed Petters Group
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Death Row asset sale muddled
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Telecoms:

NetVersant enters Ch. 11
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M&A:

MAC clauses
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Dealmaker Perella asks where the bottom is
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Banking:

Citi shares in record slump, CDS spreads widen
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Citi stock drops to 13-year low, fear grows
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Wachovia, Golden West Investigated For Lending, Disclosures to Investors
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Other banks likely to follow Scotia in reporting writedowns
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Bank of Montreal, CIBC Lead Biggest Profit Drop Since 2002
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Big profit drop at Citizens
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Bankruptcy Reform:

US housing bankruptcy measure back next year
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Senate Judiciary Examines Bankruptcy Law Modifications
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CLLA Supports Modification of Residential Loans in Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Policy:

The "Bailout Clause" of the U.S. Constitution
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Lehman:

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Thomas Properties Group Presses Courts for Lehman's $100 Million
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Resorts:

Crisis in paradise: Meltdown leaves ghost resorts
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Alternative Energy:

Agencies talk about VeraSun's effect on farmers
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Layoffs:

Boeing to slash 800 jobs at Kansas facility
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Sara Lee to close kosher meat unit, cut 185 jobs
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Time, Inc. slashing jobs
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Rolls-Royce to Cut 2000 Jobs on Slump, Plane Delays
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Isuzu, Mazda Cut 2,700 Jobs
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Fidelity set to axe hundreds of staff
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Fraud:

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Music Patron Is Convicted of Fraud
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Auto Racing:

NASCAR Banks on Automakers' Survival
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Pensions:

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Trucking:

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Religion:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

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Software:

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Software startup VuBotics files for Chapter 11
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UK:

Commons to examine Insolvency Service
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UK October Retail Sales Decline for a Second Month
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U.K. Retail Sales Declined 0.1% in October, Less Than Economists Forecast
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Tax debt soars amid call for private agencies
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UK industry opts to freeze pay and save jobs
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Deloitte report hints at extent of bleak economic picture
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Canada:

Detroit Three's bankruptcy could cost province 'billions'
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Iceland:

Iceland Gets $4.6 Billion Bailout
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Nigeria:

Nigeria: Country Will Be Bankrupt in Five Years
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Japan:

Weak Japan exports pile on economic gloom
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Japan Pension Stabbings Revive Lost Records Scandal
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Russia:

Putin Promises Russians to Prevent Another Financial Collapse
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Taiwan:

Taiwan Economy to Fall Into Recession on Export Slump
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Switzerland:

Switzerland cuts rates by 100 basis points
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China:

China's Economy: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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