Law:

Townsend Cuts Attorneys, Staffers
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Layoff Watch: Townsend and Townsend and (a Smaller) Crew
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V&E Pushes Back First-Year Associates' Start Date
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Vinson & Elkins: Another 'No Layoff" Promise
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Dreams of Biglaw Deferred (Or, The Scene at New Jersey's First Deferred Associates Public Interest Job Fair)
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Newark Mayor: Challenges of the Economy Mean Opportunities for Law Grads
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The Latest and Greatest Nationwide Start Date Round-up
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How Low Could Associate Salaries Go?
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Sure We’ll Cut Associate Salaries, As Long As Someone Else Does First
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Schiff Axes Parties, Cuts Other Costs, But Avoids Layoffs
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For All The Jobless Lawyers
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Notes from the Breadline: Troubled Times Had Come to My Hometown (Or: Should Roxana leave New York?)
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DLA Piper restructures Dubai arm amid late payment claims
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A difficult year at Dewey
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Law Firms to Get $26 Million to Advise Treasury on Auto Industry Plan
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Did Ed Rendell Sell a "Pay to Play" Contingent Fee Contract?
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Simpson Thacher Adds Bankruptcy Partner From White & Case
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Baker & Daniels Adds To Bankruptcy Section
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Australian Law Firm of the Year 2009
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The Balance Sheet Recession
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Did Wachtell Botch the Hexion/Huntsman Litigation? Yep, Says AmLaw
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Attorney's Imagination Prompts Reversal
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Axing Diversity?
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The Shape of BigLaw to Come: Cylinders
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Non-Equity Partner Has Fiduciary Duty to Old Firm, Appeals Court Rules
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Stanford GC's Resignation Offers Lessons
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Fleetwood Mac Drummer Sues Attorney, Firm Over $4.5 Million in Fees
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Firm Faces Disciplinary Action for Disclosures
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Two More Firms Get Off the Bus in Hollywood Hoping for Their Big Break
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Boutique With Foot in Manhattan's Door Says Business Is Booming, Thanks for Asking
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When You're Job Hunting, Sometimes Drastic Times Call For ...
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Pls Hndle Thx: A Tale of Two Cities, Literally
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Counting Lawyers Per Billions in Revenue
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Bar Staffer Stole $675,000 Over 8 Years, Says State AG
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New Scrutiny at Justice Department
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Best and worst law firm freebies
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Firm overrun with vermin
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Firm trainee crowned April Fool 2009
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Alaska Seeks Hatch Act Probe in Stevens Case, Supports Possible Tort Claim
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Yale Law Student’s Recession-Proof Game Plan: Professional Poker
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Judges:

Sandra Day O'Connor Touts Civics Lessons via Games
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Advance
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Asia Markets Rally on Japan Stimulus; Europe Gains
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Shares Rebound, but Investors Are Edgy
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SEC OKs effort to limit short sales
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Scapegoating short sellers feels so good
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Nail the Shorts?
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SEC regains control of market ship
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Hedge Fund Lobby Defends ‘Vital’ Short-Selling
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US finance pundit Cramer a 'buffoon' says leading economist
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Buy ‘Cyclical’ Stocks as Worst Is Past, Goldman Sachs Advises
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Trucking:

Ryder slashes outlook; shares tank
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Retailing:

Family Dollar Profit Jumps 33%; Outlook Beats Street View
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Joe's Sports & Outdoor likely to learn its fate Thursday
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Joe's sporting goods can't find buyer, may liquidate
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Retailers Offer a Nice Surprise
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US Online Sales Grew 11% in First Quarter
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Fraud:

SEC Seeks to Block Bid to Force Madoff Bankruptcy
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With Dueling Letters, A Squabble Over Madoff Funds Begins
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Regulators Resist a Move on Madoff
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Madoff Trustee Stakes Claim to Any Funds From Brother
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SEC: US government won't take Madoff money
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Ruth Madoff to contest home seizures
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Madoff’s Legitimate Business to be Sold
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Madoff’s See-No-Evil Advice Didn't Spook Insiders
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Brooklyn Law Student Who Sued Peter Madoff Starts to Look Less Heroic
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Colorado investment manager accused in Ponzi case
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Denver Ponzi-Scam Manager Bought Rembrandts, SEC Says
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Ponzi victims rarely get much back
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Credit Cards:

Rep. Cleaver Co-Sponsors Credit Cardholders’ Bill Of Right
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BofA to Boost Credit-Card Rates
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American Express drops debt-free customer
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Municipalities:

Sacramento County sought bankruptcy advice in February
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Complex Bond Deals Haunt Tenn. Cities, Counties
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Vallejo unions open to mediation
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Big Jumps in Taxes Loom in 10 States
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Banking:

Stress fractures for big banks
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Banks Holding Up in Tests, but May Still Need Aid
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Bank of America Needs $36.6 Billion, Oppenheimer Says
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Capital punishment for Capital One?
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Treasury Won't Say If It Has Refused to Allow Banks to Give Back Money
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Fed Task Force Seeks Ways to Improve Response to Bank Distress
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Banker of the year goes bye bye?
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The U.S. Banking System's Terrifying Balance Sheet
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FDIC chair: Bank saver by day, children's writer by night
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Derivatives:

Credit-Default Swaps Fall as US Says Insurers May Get Bailout
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Financial Advisors:

Iowa Nuns Sue State Street Bank on Investment Loss
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Theme Parks:

Six Flags' wild ride faces key financial hurdle
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Economy:

Wholesale Inventories Fall by Record as Sales Rise
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U.S. Consumer Spending to Falter After First-Quarter Spurt, Survey Shows
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Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism
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Recession to rage on
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U.S. Imagines the Bailout as an Investment Tool
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Treasury Extends CPP To Life Insurers
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While small business struggles, Goldman Sachs was protected from its AIG mistakes
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Fed Officials Saw Downside Risks Predominating at Last Meeting
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Are We Solving the Financial Crisis the Same Way We Got Into It?
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State-by-State Job Creation Due to Stimulus Plan
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Author who predicted crisis sees inflation ahead
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Bank Set to Keep Rates At Record Low
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Inside the Fed's Trillion-Dollar Decision
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Real Estate:

US mortgage applications up; rates tip higher
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Pulte, Centex Deal Not Seen Sparking Home Builder M&A Spree
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San Francisco Office Rents Fall Most Since 2001
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More skyscraper auctions ahead
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Housing Slump Hits Manhattan
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CMBS Outlook Finds Conditions Are Bad and Getting Worse for Office, Retail and Hotel Sectors
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'One-Stop Shops' Fuel Foreclosures, Fraud Allegations
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"Straw buyer" indictment hits Southern District
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Stop paying rent for the poor. Buy them homes instead.
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Autos:

Administration sends auto advisers to Detroit
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GM's Possible Bankruptcy : Shopping for a Venue
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When Ford Went Its Own Way
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$6-billion loan may not cut it for Chrysler
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Chrysler Exec Says Automaker Could Survive Bankruptcy
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Chrysler and Its Bankers in a Standoff
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Chrysler working around the clock on Fiat alliance
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Chrysler president: 30 days enough for Fiat deal
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Fiat CEO again in U.S. for Chrysler talks
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Fiat may take empty Chrysler plant
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Fiat Faces $500M Bill To Retool Chrysler Plant - Consultant
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Why Hand Chrysler To Fiat?
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Chrysler-UAW Negotiations on Retiree Health Fund Gain Urgency
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Ford: Automaker has no interest in Chrysler brands
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Having A Wake At The Car Show
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Three bidders left in Hummer auction
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US Treasury Begins Aid Programs for Auto Suppliers
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Ford Plans Supplier Aid to Curb GM, Chrysler Bankruptcy Fallout
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GM, Chrysler Source $3.5 Billion From Supplier Aid Program
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Judge clears Contech asset sale
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GM Pension Vow May Be ‘Garbage’ as $16 Billion Is Threatened
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How to get auto sales in gear again
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Apartheid Claims Against Ford, GM, Others, to Go Forward
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Exec says Toyota prepared for GM bankruptcy
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No direct aid for auto parts makers, says Ontario
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Ottawa expected to backstop auto warranties.
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Karmann, Maker of Mercedes Models, Files Bankruptcy
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GM's European sites under the gun
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Bankruptcy Settlements:

Pre-Plan Settlements May Reorder Priorities
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Layoffs:

Deere Lays Off 160 Workers in Iowa as Demand Declines
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A New Livelihood Selling Frankfurters
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Fox to Make Layoffs A Reality TV Show
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On the Job, but on the Lookout for Work
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Salary Cuts: Ugly, But Could Be Worse
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People Are Resorting to Cosmetic Surgery to Find Work
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Executive Compensation:

How much it costs a company to provide its senior executives with a car and driver
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Executive Compensation Chart for 2008
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Personal Finance:

Coping With Financial Stress
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Gambling:

Vegas trophy project becomes symbol of trouble
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State regulators gear up for casino bankruptcies
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Tourism:

Hawaii, suffering steep tourism drop, appeals to Obama
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Insurance:

Questions Over Bailout for Insurers
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Insurers Banking On Help From Federal TARP Lifeline
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Does AIG Need to Pay Its Counterparties in Full?
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Finance:

Jump-Starting Securitization
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Accounting:

FDIC and the magical accountant
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KPMG US denies $1bn lawsuit claim
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RVs:

Fleetwood to sell trailer units
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Country Coach to lay off 460, slim down business model
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Aviation:

U.S. airlines may cancel more aircraft orders
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'Stronger Air Canada' - without plans for bankruptcy
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Japan Airlines close to deal on Y200bn rescue
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Goldman: Civil aerospace downturn may be "more severe"
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Distressed Investing:

Vulture investors are looking for prey
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Patriarch rules distressed deals
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Food/Drink:

Fatburger units look to shed leases
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Pensions:

Should Public Pension Plans Go Toxic?
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Politics:

Firms Reap Seeds of Lobbying
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