Law:

Sullivan, Simpson Law Firms Awash in Work as Crisis Deepens
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Top London firms score roles on Government's bank bailout
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Law Firm Mergers Slow; Economy is Blamed
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Weil Gotshal Produces The Mother Of All "We're Awesome" Emails
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Kirkland & Ellis promotes 67 lawyers to partner, 3 bankruptcy - Press Release
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Bankruptcy lawyers see rise in business clients
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Baker, Winston Withdraw Proposals to Take on Heller Lawyers and Leases
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Heller Fights Eviction In Seattle
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Legal Jobs Disappearing
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Lawyers Want More Time, Less Stress, Not More Money
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As market plunges, law firms comfort nervous associates
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Yes, But What Does It Mean for Us?
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Does Anybody Understand The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
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Thacher Proffitt Publishes "Summary and Analysis of the Troubled Asset Relief Program" Following Passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
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Is the law recession proof?
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Ex-UBS Counsel Settles Trading Case
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Trump Loses Bid to Disqualify Morrison Cohen in Latest Suit
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No Big Deals for Heller Ehrman's People, Offices
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Wall Street Stress for Law Grads
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Nevada Law Requires All E-Mail About Clients Be Encrypted
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Fall Recruiting Report
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Debating the Future of the High Court
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Another Bizarre Twist in the Ted Stevens Trial
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'Magic Circle' Powder Is Killer
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Lawyer Pleads to Violation in Attorney Groping Case
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San Diego's Bravest Terrified Of Triangles
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Judges:

Fed Up With Stagnant Salaries, Judge Says See Ya Later
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'Massive Impasse' at the Supreme Court
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Judge Asked Too Many Questions, Requiring New Trial
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Justice Breyer Sells Stocks to Participate in More Cases
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Court Reprimands Judge for 'Arrogant' Behavior
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Turn Higher on Rate Cut
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European Shares Rebound After Rate Move by Banks
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Dow Sinks 500 Points Tues. as Credit Fears Persist
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Cramer: Dow Could Drop Another 14%, Oil's Going to $50
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Japanese stocks dive 9.38 percent in worst crash in two decades
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Dow zero? Just 19 more days like this one and we'll be there
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US Stocks Drop; S&P 500, Dow Post Worst Retreats Since 1937
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Asian Stocks, Index Futures Tumble as Financial Crisis Worsens
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Financials plunge 10%; worry about capital rife
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Fidelity, Vanguard to seek money fund guarantees
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Mitsubishi UFJ, Morgan Stanley get regulatory OK on deal
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Investors don't buy Morgan Stanley's assurances
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Mitsubishi UFJ going ahead with Morgan Stanley deal
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When the Market Is Crazier Than Investors Expect
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Ban on Short-Selling Ends: Did It Make Any Difference?
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Finance:

Riskier credits not likely to gain from central bank's CP plan
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Revolver At Their Heads
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How to Unfreeze Bank Lending
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Lehman:

US Subpoenas Lehman Over Investor Data
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Lehman execs took bonuses while asking for federal aid
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Dick Fuld's Vendetta Against Short-Sellers and Goldman Sachs
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Letting Lehman go was big mistake
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James W. Giddens, Lehman Brothers Inc. SIPC Trustee, Announces Protocols Regarding Prime Brokerage Arrangements & Other Broker-Dealer Transactions
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NJ looking at Lehman Brothers
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Lehman Money Managers May Get $400 Million in Bonuses
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Lehman Bros. Owes Top Two Creditors $155B
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Lehman President McDade Resigns After Completing Sale of Units
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Hundreds of Lehman investors protest in HK
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Lehman Brothers: Cash For Some, Trash For Others
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President's cousin now kingpin at firm rising from Lehman's ashes
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Pickens Sues Lehman Unit Over Claims It Kept Funds
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'On Top Of Everything Else, Now I'll Get No Severance'
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Lehman Under Fire: Prosecutors Line Up On Three Fronts
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Nomura Said to Lose 100 Lehman Equity Employees to Competitors
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Cox's SEC Censors Report on Bear Stearns Collapse
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Bonds:

Bonds off after talk of rate cuts, Fed moves
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Banking:

Wachovia Regulators Push Citigroup, Wells to Settle
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Wells Fargo may get lion's share of Wachovia deposits
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Citigroup Is Seeking Allies in Fight To Secure Wachovia
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Wachovia's Fate: Rock, Paper, Scissors?
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Bank Investors, This Is Going to Hurt
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Bank Of America Offering Is A Calamity
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Financial institutions face another $640 billion in write-downs: IMF
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FDIC May Let Banks Hold More Fannie, Freddie Debt
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FDIC Proposes Doubling Fees to Boost Insurance Fund
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BofA Struggles to Find Buyers
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Deutsche Bank Says Outlook `Remains Difficult' for Lenders
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Advertising:

US online ad growth slows in 2008's first half
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Trucking:

YRC insists credit solid after stock plunges 30 pct
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Retailing:

General Growth's stock falls 42%
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'Significant' job cuts hit Mervyns headquarters
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Court approves Goody's reorganization plan
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Economic Woes Weigh on Retailers
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Costco Sept. same-store sales miss expectations
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Wal-Mart, Costco Post September Sales Increases on Discounts
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Linens 'n Things to hasten store closings
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Municipalities:

JeffCo to ask for another extension on sewer debt payments
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Alabama's Riley Seeks New York's Paterson to Broker Debt Plan
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Alabama lawmakers oppose use of excess Jefferson County sales tax
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Alabama county gets $1 billion forgiveness offer
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Schwarzenegger May Seek Emergency Budget Session
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California, States Seek Relief With US Commercial Paper Plan
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With Bonds in Trouble, States Seek Federal Help
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States, Localities Face Deeper Crisis
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Economy:

Central Banks Coordinate Cut in Rates
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Credit markets shrug off global rate cut
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Fed Trying to Find What Works
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Fed's new arsenal firing blanks
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Bernanke Fails to Calm Investors Asking for Rate Cuts
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IMF Says World Economy Heading for 'Major Downturn'
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Fed Will Lend Directly to Corporations, First Time Since Depression
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Several Economies 'Close to Mild Recession': IMF
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Inflation becomes afterthought as credit crisis worsens
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Depression of 2008
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Bernanke: Economic outlook weaker
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Funds' Flight From Commercial Paper Forced Fed Move
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What Is Commercial Paper And Why Does It Matter?
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Central bank's commercial paper backstop gets mixed reviews
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The Fed's Commercial Paper Chase
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Credit barely eases after Fed plans to buy paper
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Government reshaping financial landscape
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Credit Manager's Index Falls To Historic Low
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How Bad Is the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet?
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'The grease that keeps the engine going'
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Will $700 Billion Be Enough?
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Bush: spoke with European leaders for coordination
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Credit markets point to strains in rich economies
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Real Estate:

Mortgage banks lost an average of $560 on each home loan originated in '07
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Mortgage Applications Index Rose 2.2% Last Week
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Mortgage Losses to Top $1.4 Trillion: IMF
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Losses on new loans hit record highs
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Mortgage industry profits tank in '07
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Why We Should Let Housing Prices Keep Falling
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Atlantic Land Co. files for bankruptcy
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U.S. May Help Private Funds Buy Assets
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Forgive, or Foreclose?
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Citi Wholesale Sends Downsizing Notice To 8,500 Brokers
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'Underwater' Home Loans Grow
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Are Minorities to Blame for the Subprime Mess?
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Manhattan office vacancy rate jumps in third quarter
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New York's Top Office Vacancies Jump 43% on Layoffs
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Laketown seeks to tap cash
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States Push Subprime-Loan Servicers to Ease Terms
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A Blueprint for Mortgage Cleanup?
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Lawyer Charged in Mortgage Fraud Case
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Autos:

UAW: health care trust needs automakers' cash
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Feds Hand Motown a Loan Package
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Euro carmakers seek $54.5B in aid
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GM considers selling its HQ
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Ford, GM on the Chopping Block?
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Tough road: Retooling with sales at historic low
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Lawsuit: Bill Heard violated federal labor law
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Motor Mile loses Power dealer as GM consolidates
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Sale of bankrupt Waynesboro dealership is finalized
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NADA chief urges quick bailout action
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Auto Loan Delinquencies Rise
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The surprise villain behind nation's financial meltdown
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With Credit Drying Up, Car Buyers Bring Cash
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Ford to Triple Job Cuts at Volvo
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Volvo axes 4000 jobs
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Ford cuts 792 jobs at Chicago plant
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General Motors suspends work in European factories
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Advance Auto Parts gives bleak forecast
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Toyota's Operating Profit May Fall 40%
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Toyota keeps sales target
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BMW September Deliveries Slump 15% on Credit Crisis
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German auto officials suffer loan envy
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Insider Compensation:

Pay packages of AIG execs bashed by Waxman
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Private Equity:

$222.6B private equity fundraising is on record pace
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Fraud:

National Century exec kept documents detailing alleged fraud
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Ex-Artist Says She Dated Vilar to Get Information
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Alleged Petters Fraud May Exceed $3B
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Skiing:

Ski Town Real Estate Projects Face Reality
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Politics:

Obama and McCain Clash Over Economy
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McCain would buy bad homeowner mortgages
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Corporate Counsel Worried About The Election
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Biden, McCain, Palin, Obama And Bankruptcy
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Health Care:

Witnesses detail overfunding from National Century
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National Century's bad loans total $1,297,721,675
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Waverly clear to use cash
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UST:

Debtor audits by the United States Trustee Program FY 2007
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Gambling:

Ex-Tropicana owner may eye other AC casino
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More time sought to complete Tropicana sale
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Telecoms:

Alltel Bond Risk Doubles
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Metals:

Alcoa Profit Falls 52%
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Consumer Credit:

US Consumer Credit Dropped by the Most on Record
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Corporate Reform:

Cash crunch could result in more corruption cases
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Credit Cards:

BofA Foresees Trouble For Its Credit Card Business
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For credit-card issuers, it is the worst of times and the worst of times
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Mastercard: Economy worse than expected in September
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Alternative Fuels:

Producer's demise is sign of hard times for ethanol
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Accounting:

SEC begins accounting rules review as House committee probes AIG
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Tips for Testing Fair Value amid Turmoil
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EU to match U.S. mark-to-market accounting rules
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Ernst and Young Revenues Rise 16%, Retains Third Place in Big Four
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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)
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Insurance:

AIG CEOs Blame Each Other, Accounting for Downfall
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'Wasn't Us,' Former AIG Chiefs Say
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AIG former execs draw fire from US lawmakers
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The AIG life: emergency loans and an OC luxury hotel
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AIG fiddles as Wall Street burns
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Waxman bashes AIG's luxury spending
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Big Insurer's Spending Habits Disclosed
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AIG warned of 'lack of transparency'
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Waxman to Paulson: AIG Is Still Being Irresponsible
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The Man Who Brought Down AIG?
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Greenberg Distances Himself From AIG's Downfall
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Greenberg Says Federal Loan to AIG Is Bad Deal
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Committees:

Upcoming DE Organizational Meetings
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Aviation:

Bid To Buy, Restart ATA Airlines Collapses
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Alaska Air to Report 'Significant' 3rd-Quarter Loss
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Airlines and bankruptcy
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Lufthansa, Air France Vying to Buy Alitalia Stake
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Probe of Zoom's books welcome, co-owner says
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Mining:

US judge urges Asarco, Grupo Mexico settlement
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Food/Drink:

Steakhouses: Buyouts and bankruptcy
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Hedge Funds:

Richard Perry, hedge fund superstar, hasn't had a down year in his flagship fund in 14 years.
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Hedge Funds Fell 4.68% in September, Biggest Drop in 10 Years
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Hedge Fund Finds Itself on Defense
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Avoidance Actions:

Can A Divorce Property Settlement Agreement Be Reversed As Creditor Fraud?
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Derivative:

Unregulated swaps hastened Wall Street collapse
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Fed makes push to set up default swaps clearinghouse
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Pensions:

The Bear Ate My Pension: $2 Trillion Worth
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UK:

UK Lawmakers Agree Banks Should Be Rescued, Bankers Punished
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UK Economy Entered a Recession in Third Quarter
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Britain Earmarks $87 Billion to Bail Out Banks
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Darling's £50bn bank bail-out fails to ease stockmarket turmoil
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RBS denies chief exec and chairman are going
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U.K. may take stakes in Barclays, Lloyds and RBS, source claims
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HSBC, RBS Face Financing Double Whammy as Rates Rise
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How 50bn Will Be Spent
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UK bank rescue: will they take up the offer?
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The bailout will cost the British taxpayer £2000 each
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Yes, this really does mean part-nationalisation
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Bank rescue package fails to support shares
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EU:

Europe Seeks Unified Policy on Bank Crisis
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European Nations Agree To Insure Bank Deposits
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Europe Is Slow to Face Up to the Financial Crisis
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Bank falls hit European shares
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UK, Spain Go Solo on Bailouts as Europe Fights Credit Crunch
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Facing a Financial Crisis, European Nations Put Self-Interest First
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Iceland:

Icelandic PM in emotional address to nation
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Iceland teeters on the brink of bankruptcy
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A nation on the brink of a nervous breakdown
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British savers denied cash as chaos hits Iceland bank
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UK to sue Iceland over any lost bank savings
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Sweden, Britain intervene in Iceland bank crisis
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Dutch account holders to confiscate Icesave assets
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Putin May Boost Russia's Power as Iceland Seeks Loan
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Iceland should turn to IMF, not Russia
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Iceland's Krona Quoted 95 Percent Below Peg; Regulator Steps in
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Pakistan:

Oil-hit Pakistan facing bankruptcy
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Italy:

Parmalat prosecutors to seek more indictments
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Vittorio Cecchi Gori released from custody
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Korea:

Korean banks forget past mistakes
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Germany:

Merkel Blames Crisis on Greed, Says 'No Blank Checks' for Banks
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German Industrial Output Rises the Most in 15 Years
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Russia:

Russian Market Collapse Stokes Credit Seizure, Threatens Growth
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Russia Halts Shares as Medvedev Funding Plan Fails to Stem Rout
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Russia at Risk
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Russia Providing $200 Billion for Banks, Builders
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Canada:

Canada Stocks Fall
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Laid-off workers don't see any hope for future
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Japan:

Japan Cabinet Office May Downgrade Economy
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Japan's Bankruptcy Cases Rise at Fastest Pace in Eight Years
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Japan Lower House Approves $17.8 Bln Economic Package
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Mexico:

Mexico to Revise Forecasts, May Have Economic Package
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Australia:

Australian, New Zealand Dollars Fall to Lowest in Five Years
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China:

Hong Kong to cut base lending rate by 1 percentage point
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Austria:

Austria Guarantees All Deposits
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