Law:

Mayer Brown hire boosts Orrick bankruptcy focus
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Start Date Watch: Sonnenschein
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No Offer Watch: Stroock Strikes
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Kerkorian Lawyer Is Found Guilty of Wiretapping Billionaire's Former Wife
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Terry Christensen, Pellicano Convicted on Wiretapping Charges
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Lawyer of the Day: Terry Christensen
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What's Your Time Horizon?
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Partners Moving On in Slow Motion
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The Crux of the Matter Is Lawyers, Not the Law
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Federal Court Statistics, or: How Numbers Can Drive You Mad
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Report Will Conclude Alberto Gonzales Mishandled Wiretap Notes
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Live from Gustav: Ernie the Twittering Attorney
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Law Firm Uses Technology to Operate During Hurricane Gustav
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Lawyers Slow to Adopt Cutting-Edge Technology
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Judges:

Will Federal Judge's Behavior Shift Line Between Judicial Freedom and Misconduct?
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Judge's Indictment Raises Questions About Discipline Process
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Buckley Satire Throws the Book at the High Court
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Update: Judge Kent Indicted on Sex Charges
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Despite legal troubles, Kent has no plans to leave bench
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A Cover-Up in the Judge Kent Case?
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Autos:

Delphi revising plan to emerge from bankruptcy
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KeyBank sues D & R for $9 million
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A Detroit Bailout Is Unwise
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Court approves Ford VEBA fund
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Delphi plays with creditors?
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New Procedure For Car Cramdowns? Southern District of California Bankruptcy Court
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Chrysler's Longtime GC to Retire, Replacement Named
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Retailing:

Linens 'n Things Files Reorganization Plan to Give Company to Creditors
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Wall Street:

Stocks in Europe, US Futures Gain
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US Stocks at 25.8 Times Profit Means Rally May End
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Retail investors in US equities hits low
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Stocks Waffle, Then Dip Fri. on Spending News
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Stocks Decline in Europe, Asia, Brazil Retailers Slump
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Wall Street enters month of peril with outlook clouded
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Is Lehman Brothers actually falling apart?
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KDB Still Looking At Lehman
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Korea Development's Min Confirms Talks With LehmaN
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Why a drop in demand could end Lehman
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More firings at Lehman, but not enough
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Lehman Plans to Dump Some Loans
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The Hidden Cost of Lehman's Neuberger
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Municipalities:

Gov. Riley Strikes Deal With Jefferson Investors
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Reprieve for a County Near Bankruptcy
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Jefferson County creditors plan to respond this week to county's latest sewer-debt proposal
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Riley: Progress on Bond Crisis Negotiations
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Wall Street takes county to woodshed
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Hush-hush ways of city manager
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Vallejo Bankruptcy Ruling Imminent
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Half Moon Bay loses last chance for state aid
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Resorts:

Bankruptcy referee wants to sell Double JJ quickly
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Overspending Main Cause of Bankruptcies
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Oil/Gas:

SemGroup Energy seeks more court protection
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Ky. refinery to be sold at auction
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Credit Cards:

Credit Card Companies Bullied Mythbusters
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Booksellers:

US judge dismisses SSG bankruptcy
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Appeals:

Bankruptcy judge joins appellate panel
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Distressed Investing:

Fund to buy distressed mortgages gets backing
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Distressed investing zeroes in on banks' leveraged loan portfolios -- for now
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Corporate Governance:

CFO turnover hits a record high
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Labor:

Employees increasingly squeezed - and stuck
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Corporate Reform:

Criminal Charges Dropped Against KLA Executive in Backdating Case
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S.E.C. hits shallow ground with a light fine in fraud case
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KPMG, corporate prosecutions and white-collar justice
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Blame Game: A Jury Tackles CFO-CEO Fraud
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Real Estate:

Foreclosures get worse for prime loans
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Foolish underwriting standards were not restricted to subprime mortgage loans - 'You Could Write Down Anything'
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Fannie-Freddie doubts grow
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Fannie, Freddie Slip After Key Gains
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Treasury's Paulson Struggles With the Mortgage Crisis
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Bank of China flees Fannie-Freddie
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Banks seek preferential treatment for their Fannie, Freddie preferred
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It's time to rethink role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Manhattan shows first cracks
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Lehman Has Plan for Real-Estate Loans
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Parent of shuttered United Title of Texas files for bankruptcy
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WCI needs nod on $150M DIP
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Bankruptcy trustee will probe Park project for fraud
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Resolving the Foreclosure Crisis: Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy
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Reset loans add to home woes
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Action Against Mortgage Broker Proceeds
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Fitch Warns on Fidelity National, Downgrades Other Title Insurers
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Legacy National pressures Lynnkorn
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Is Bankruptcy Reform Around the Corner?
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Systemic Risk, Business Risk and Bankruptcy
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Economy:

Consumer Spending in U.S. Slowed in July as Prices Rose Most in 17 Years
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Fed's Hoenig Says Institutions Must Be Allowed to 'Fail'
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Business Activity Expands at the Fastest Pace in Year, Chicago Index Shows
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Oil down sharply as Gustav seen weakening
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Workers Happy To Have Jobs, But Unhappy In Them
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Oil nears $100
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Health Care:

Hawaii Medical Center Files for Bankruptcy After Loan Request Turned Down
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Oahu hospital operator files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Sister Agnelle Ching, CEO of St. Francis Response to Bankruptcy
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Clinica to buy Sequoia assets
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Pontiac General gets DIP nod
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Textiles:

Quaker Fabric wins confirmation
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Politics:

Ex-Obama Fundraiser Tony Rezko Is Declared Bankrupt, Owes $23.1 Million
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Is History Siding With Obama's Economic Plan?
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Obama's Questionable Stimulus Plan
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Private equity and hedge funds work both sides of the aisle
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Biden selection could be bad news for credit-card issuers
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Governor Palin and Delaware Corporate Law
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Biden's Ties to Trial Lawyers
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Republican Veep Nominee Is No Stranger to Legal Conflict
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Alabama bankruptcies continue to climb
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Regulators:

Regulators and industry spar over meaning of "swap"
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Celebs:

Michael Vick says he plans to play in NFL again
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Music Industry:

Sale Of Death Row Records On Hold
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Hotels:

Hotel Developer Lands in Red Ink, Despite Boldface Names
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Hedge Funds:

Running a hedge fund loses its allure
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Atticus Capital said to have lost $5 billion on financials
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Hedge funds face struggle for survival
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Hedgies pulling the plug on their funds
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Successor Liability:

Exit Stage Left?: Purchasers of Simplicity's Assets Hope (Against Hope?) to Avoid Successor Product Liability Claims in Simplicity Bassinet Recall
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Telecoms:

The CLEC Experiment: Anatomy of a Meltdown
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Consequences of Withheld Settlement Consent
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Gustav caused $4 bln-$10 bln insured loss
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Debate Gaining Strength Over Government's Insurance Role
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Alternative Fuels:

Fresh equity revives Nebraska biodiesel plant
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Committees:

Upcoming DE Organizational Meetings
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M&A:

After a busted buyout, Gilat wants its $47M breakup fee
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When Cerberus bought GMAC, it was flying high, but soaring gas prices, a stumbling economy and a troubled housing market are threatening the firm's image as a master of tricky bailouts
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Jones Day expects private equity deal volume to outpace expectations in the second half of 2008
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Plastics:

Portola files prepackaged Ch. 11
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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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Mining:

Grupo Mexico Says Judge Rules No Fraud Committed in Asarco Sale
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The Opinion (very large download)
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Asarco's Mexican parent files plan
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Banking:

Another bank fails
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Banks pounce on weak borrowers
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CEO downplays Wachovia's woes
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Wachovia to sell noncore assets?
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Commercial banks prepare, reluctantly, to take centre stage.
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Real Estate Lender Is 10th Bank to Fail This Year
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Goldman Buying Assets of Top Puerto Rican Bank
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Commerzbank to axe 9000 jobs
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Iraq Bonds Safer Than Ohio Bank Debt Stung by Subprime Losses, Yields Show
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The Bank Account That Sprang a Leak
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Every dollar counts as Citigroup turns Scrooge
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Aviation:

No autopilot for Delta CEO on merger, fuel costs
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Frontier to Shed Five Gates, 2 Counters
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Unions team up to press American Airlines
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For Airlines, No End in Sight to Fuel Cost Struggles
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Alitalia seeks bankruptcy protection
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Offer made for Alitalia assets
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Alitalia break-up looms as it seeks bankruptcy protection
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Maverick from Mantua climbing aboard at Alitalia
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Air France, Morgan may invest in 'new' Alitalia
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Alitalia cash to dwindle to 30-50 mln by Sept-end
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Unions talk tough going into Alitalia meeting
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Zoom bankruptcy highlights risks to airline customers
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Collapsed Airline Zoom Claims Debts Were No More Than GBP25m
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Zoom Airlines bankruptcy unlikely to be contagious
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From Zoom to Gloom, which budget carrier will be next?
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Zoom Airlines owes creditors $121.9 million
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Lender balks at delays; Grob declares insolvency
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Kremlin props up AirUnion with 24000t of fuel
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Russian passengers stuck at Siberian airports over cash crisis
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Imploding airline could strand thousands of Israelis
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Rating Agencies:

The subprime fiasco has put corporate credit-ratings on thin ice
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Trucking:

Jim Palmer Trucking wins cash use
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Convenience Stores:

Judge dismisses Horizon case
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Hotels:

Hotel Developer Lands in Red Ink, Despite Boldface Names
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Bankruptcy Litigation:

New Article Examines Whether Wire Transfers Can Immunize Payments To Shareholders In LBOs
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Senior Debt:

Debt-laden retirees at mercy of economy
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UK:

U.K. Economic Slowdown 'Worst in 60 Years'
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UK government plans housing market rescue
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UK close to recession, says OECD
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Consumers look to personal loans
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Bonds rise in thin volumes on UK growth woes
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U.K. Interbank Lending Declines 68% as BOE Measures Fail to Revive Markets
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Mortgage Approvals in U.K. Drop to Nine-Year Low; Manufacturing Contracts
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UK Consumers Face Hope Despite Increasing Risk of a Looming Financial Holocaust to Come
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'Health Crunch' Faced By 11 Million Brits'
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Scotland's largest independent laundry and dry cleaning business goes into administration
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EU:

What Happened In Europe?
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Japan:

Japan's Regional Banks Dodge Subprime, Face Bad-Loans
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New Zealand:

What becomes of the broke?
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Spain:

Spanish Retail Sales Decline for Eighth Month as Economic 'Crisis' Deepens
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Spain's Colonial posts 2.38 billion euro loss
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S. Korea:

S.Korea warns of stern measures over won decline
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Argentina:

Kirchners Losing Argentina in Slump Leading to Default Crisis
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Canada:

Time for the insolvency bar to get artsy
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