December 3, 2009

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Law:

Adams and Reese Expands to Florida
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A ‘Somewhat Tense Moment’ as Justices Consider Discharge of Student Loans
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Discharging Law School Debt in Bankruptcy Doesn’t Get Any Easier When You Are Old
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Supreme Court Weighs Bankruptcy Code Provisions
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Justices Seem to Frown on Law Muzzling Lawyers
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Transcripts From The Supreme Court Arguments In Bankruptcy Cases
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An Increase in Hourly Rates? Get Ready for a Fight
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Smaller Law Firms Struggle with Morale Issues in Bonus Decisions
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Associate Bonus Watch: Sullivan & Cromwell Matches (But raises the ceiling: $35K for Class of 2002)
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Associate Bonus Watch: Patton Boggs and the D.C. Market
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Life Lessons from a Laid-Off Lawyer
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Hope for Second-Year Law School Students? (And: If Hitler Were a Berkeley 2L)
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Shearman & Sterling Wins Round for Yukos Shareholders
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Kirkland, Venable, Weil on General Growth Properties Reorganization Plan
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Milbank Wages Bankruptcy Battle in Vegas
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Clifford Chance, Ashurst, Allen & Overy on Dubai World Debt Crisis
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On the Ground in Dubai
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Middle East lawyers remain calm despite Dubai crisis
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Taylor Wessing posts 15% revenue fall for first half of financial year
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BigLaw Firm's Highest-Paid Partner Took a Paycut Of More Than a Million
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Investor Who Backed Unsuccessful Lawsuit Is Liable for Defendants' Legal Fees
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Finally, a Ruling to Buttress Attorney-Client Privilege
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Cash for Clunkers?: Expert Says Law Firm Model Just Needs a Tune-Up
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My Job Is Murder: Of Constables and Clues
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Advice for Midlevel Associates (Part 2)
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Trustee Seeking to Prevent Assets From Being Hidden in Rothstein Case
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Sidley Austin Opens in Palo Alto with "All-Star Team"
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How GCs View Use of Secondments
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Making It Rain and Taking the Reins
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Welcome to the Future: What Bill Belichick's Taste for Risk Can Teach Law Firms.
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Companies Push for Flexible Schedules to Boost Women Attorneys
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Attorney Charged With Lying About Loan
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"Goldface" man considers suing over use of iconic booking photo
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‘Jesus Christ’ Excused From Jury Duty for Being Disruptive
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Three Gifts for Techie Lawyers
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DOJ Pays $15M for Legal Research, Including $4M for Pacer
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Woman's 'murder' committed by elk not husband
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Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note
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Lawyer Misses Flight; Now Working at Airport Information Desk :)
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judge's Research Binder Now Updated And Available
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Justices Thomas, Stevens Clash Over Death Row Appeal
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Former Solicitor General Feels Senators' Wrath Over Supreme Court's 'Iqbal' Ruling
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Trial of Blogger Accused of Threatening 7th Circuit Judges Opens
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Two Views of a Radio Host on Trial Over Threats to Judges
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Feds Charge Third Luzerne County, Pa., Judge With Fraud
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The best Supreme Court case ever about partying on the beach
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What Was Justice Kennedy Doing at the Salahis' Wedding?
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Wall Street:

Stock Index Futures Signal Gains
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Banks lead European shares higher in early trade
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Asian Stocks Climb to 15-Month High
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Inside Dick Fuld's Bunker
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Unemployment Rises in Half of Metro Areas
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Job picture: Signs of improvement
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How to Get One of Those 1M Census Jobs
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Autos:

Concerns for Delphi pensioners helped lead to congressional hearing
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Anger is bipartisan on Delphi pensions
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So Long, Fritz Henderson
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Loss of respected industry vet may haunt GM
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Whitacre aims to assure GM
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From hermit to head of GM
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Whitacre Running GM for Up to Year May Mean He Hires Himself
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Pay Limit May Hinder Search for a GM Chief
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The Battle Raging Inside GM
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GM's Help Wanted ad: Find someone like Ford's boss
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Lutz sad about CEO exit; GM looks ahead
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Denny Hecker's girlfriend faces contempt charges for not paying rent
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GM wants 2.7 billion euros in Opel aid
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Icy wind for Opel as 'slash-'n-burn' Whitacre moves in
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Opel flip-flop cost GM CEO Fritz Henderson his credibility
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Newspapers:

Sam Zell resigns as Tribune CEO, remains chairman
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Second suitor looks at T&G
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Newspapers Should Get Government Support, Says Waxman
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Freedom creditors can solicit alternative plan
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Economy:

ADP Says US Companies Cut Estimated 169,000 Jobs
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US November Job Cuts Fall 72% From Year Ago, Challenger Says
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Bernanke confirmation hearing likely to be contentious
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Sanders puts hold on Bernanke nomination
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Geithner says chunk of TARP funds won't be needed
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10 Amazingly Wasteful Stimulus Projects
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AIG May Soon Lose Crown as Biggest Bailout Debtor
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Economist: We Can't Go Back Again
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Bailout Tracker
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Real Estate:

FHA Mulling More Stringent Mortgage Rules
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Banks Report CRE Exposure Risky but Manageable
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Beige Book Shows Flat House Prices, Weak Loan Demand
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Treasury's Vague Penalties for Loan Mod Laggards
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Toll Brothers posts wider Q4 loss
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Toll Brothers takes over stalled development in Lake Bluff
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Streamline process of modifying loans
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Foreclosure, Financial Woes Fueling Arsons
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Anthracite Capital Defaults on Unsecured Debt Payment
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Corporate Reform:

Geithner defends derivatives regulation plan
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Geithner Sees Case for Some Derivatives Exemptions
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Food/Drink:

Boston Blackie's parent files for bankruptcy protection
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Pilgrim's Pride seeks to leave bankruptcy
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Health Care:

NJ Hospital Association says low margins leave 'shaky foundation'
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2008 worst year of decade financially for N.J. hospitals
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Distressed Investing:

John Paulson: We're Making A Killing On Defaulted Debt
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Education:

Are the Ties that Bind Too Long?
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Fraud:

Shapiro Profited $1 Billion From Madoff, Trustee Says
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Petters guilty: Trail of tapes, betrayal led to verdict
(DBN)

Score One For The US Against Fraud
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Minnesota man convicted over $3.65 bln Ponzi scheme
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Rothstein trial set for January
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Stettin calls for consolidation
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Why are eight cars, Debra Villegas' house missing from latest Rothstein forfeiture list?
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Ponzi Scheme Investigation Turns to Co-Conspirators
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Feds allege campaign law violations by Rothstein et al
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To All 'John Does' Who Invested in Stanford: The Taxman Cometh
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Banking:

Déjà Vu: The FDIC Asserts Its Receivership Litigation Rights
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BofA's Escape From Washington
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Credit Suisse says buy regional banks
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FDIC: Poor, Minorities Struggle to Access Banks
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Bank Watch: Severn Enters into Supervisory Agreement with OTS
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AmTrust's bankruptcy filing may be a lesson learned from WaMu
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Another reason to break up the big banks: Citibank took your hard earned tax money and gave it to Arabs who promptly blew it.
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Thank You, Sir! May I Have Another?
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Bankers having more affairs in recession
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Telecoms:

Nortel May Sell Optical Networks Unit to Ciena for $769 Million
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Nortel nosedive hits hard
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Retailing:

November Retail Sales May Have Risen on Black Friday
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The early economic reports about holiday shopping are confusing, contradictory, and useless.
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Court gives OK to General Growth plan statement
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General Growth Properties Eyes Exit From Chapter 11
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General Growth's Plans to Keep Top US Malls May Thwart Simon
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General Growth Properties' debt plan would remove Faneuil Hall Marketplace ...
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Enron:

Enron shareholder lawsuit ends after 8 years
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Derivatives:

Aiful Debt Impasse Triggers ISDA Default Swap Review
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Hockey:

Buyer eyes Phoenix Coyotes, would keep team in Glendale
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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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Bankruptcy Reform:

Proposed "too big to fail" amendments to the Bankruptcy Code
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Litigation:

Delaware Court of Chancery Dispels Myths and Addresses "Local Counsel" Definition
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Golf:

Fairvue Plantation, golf courses file for bankruptcy
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Fairvue bankruptcy shows country clubs' struggles
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Religion:

Documents Shed Light on Church's Treatment of Abuse Allegations
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Mass Torts:

Fight Erupts Over Asbestos Claims
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Hotels:

Hotel Weakness Pushes Commercial Real Estate Defaults To New Highs
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Hotels Flooded by Job Applicants
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Rules:

New Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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Finance:

Just Like That, Banks Are Making No-Conditions Loans Again
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Private Equity:

Investors lose faith in private equity
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American Capital Plan Approved by 95% of Lenders
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Resorts:

Friar Tuck bid may be mythic tale
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Elevator Music:

Muzak gets Chapter 11 bankruptcy financing
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Municipalities:

SD Mayor 'Cranky' With Bankruptcy
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Fashion:

Where Lacroix went wrong
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Accounting:

Internal auditor faces charges in Satyam scandal
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BDO global revenues fall 2.3% in USD
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Apparently Some Men at Deloitte Have Trouble Understanding Their Female Colleagues
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Does Sarbox Reduce Restatements?
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Recording Industry:

Judge Bans Ex-CEO From Death Row
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Gambling:

Station creditors seek trustee
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Station bankruptcy shapes up as bare-knuckle brawl
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Majestic Star 3Q revenues show drop
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Troubled waters for Palm Beach Princess
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Aviation:

American Airlines, partners offer 1.1 bln dlrs to JAL
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UK:

Only £18m of £5bn trade credit war chest used
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Reforming Debtor Petition Bankruptcy and Early Discharge from Bankruptcy
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EU:

EU Finance Chiefs Overcome UK-France Bank Clash
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Canada:

RBC, TD in clear as Enron case ends
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Union plan aims to help Abitibi pensioners
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Middle East:

Why Dubai Matters
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Some Emiratis glad Dubai's ambitious plans dented
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UAE bank chief says market overreacted to Dubai
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Like Lehman Bros., Dubai assumes it's too big to fail. We'll see about that
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Dubai Sheikh Calls International Investors A Bunch Of Suckers
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Dubai's Crazy Quilt of Assets
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Greece:

Credit ratings agency Moody's says Greek debt problems overstated
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Ireland:

S&P Downgrades Bank of Ireland's Rating While Goldman Says Buy
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Australia:

Developer Gary Baker finds Bankruptcy a Challenge
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