Law:

Bankruptcy Lawyers Shredding Bigtime . . . And Getting Paid, Too
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Bankruptcy Lawyers Regain Glory, Demand
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Greenberg Traurig Bulks Up Bankruptcy
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Munger Tolles Names Bankruptcy Partner
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Dynogen's Chapter 7 Filing Leaves Six Firms Hanging
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Covington Staff Attorney Sues Firm for Racial Discrimination
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Revenue, Profits Down at Stroock
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The Bank Job
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In Latest Round of Cuts, Dechert Lays Off Staff Attorneys
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Trowers Makes Further Job Cuts in the U.K.
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Layoff Watch: Latham & Watkins Is Going For It
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Salary Freeze Watch
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2Ls Find Getting a Foot in the BigLaw Door Especially Tough Right Now
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You're a 2L? I want to say one word to you. Plastics.
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The Adventurous Solo's Guide to Hunting and Fishing
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Pls Hndle Thx: No Country for Old Associates
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At 14 Law Firms, Partner Promotions in 2008 Didn't Include Women
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The Value of Humble Pie for Outside Counsel
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From the Emerald Isle to the Land Down Under, Firms Tightening Belts
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Law Schools Revamp Their Grading Policies
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Obama Taps Law Profs for Slew of Key Posts
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Feds Win Detention for Disbarred Lawyer in Alleged Investment Scam
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Referee Rejects Compensation for Kidney in Divorce Case
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Some Passengers Mull Lawsuits Over Life-Saving US Airways Crash-Landing
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British Lord Gets 12 Weeks for Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel
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Attorney, Wife Seek Identities of Anonymous Online Posters
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Judges:

Judge Faulted for Assigning Secretary to Do Personal Tasks
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Justice Alito 'Imagines' John Lennon
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Mystery Shrouds Sudden Exit of Only Federal Judge Ever Indicted for Sex Crimes
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Wall Street:

European Stocks, US Futures Advance; UBS, RBS, Banks Climb
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US Stock-Index Futures Advance
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Banking:

Government Offers Details of Bank Stress Test
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Meltdown 101: Understanding financial stress tests
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A Stress Test Every Bank Can Pass?
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Treasury's worst-case stress test? 3.3% GDP drop this year
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Bernanke again spurns talk of bank nationalization
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Bank Nationalization: Who Would Bear the Pain?
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Citigroup nearing deal with govt.
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Wells Fargo to join zombie banks?
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The Three Riskiest Banks
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Lesson for Bankers Is That Golf and TARP Don't Mix
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Morgan Stanley Cancels Events at Golf Tournament
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I Ponied Up for Sheryl Crow?
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Stop TARP banks from spending on lollipops
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Only Banks Getting Biggest Bailouts Will Get Tougher Terms
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Bonuses: Complex problem, simple answers
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Banks rise on nationalization, stress test hope
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Honesty Deficits and Corporate Jets
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Citigroup Chafes Under U.S. Overseers
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Lewis Calls Merrill, Countrywide Stars, Expects Gains
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Merrill Posts $15.84 Billion Q4 Loss
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UBS Sues Highland Capital Over $745 Million in CDO Losses
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Politics:

Longest serving Dem senator slams Obama... ...Byrd warns of power grab
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Celebs:

Photographer Annie Leibovitz pawns life's work for loan to pay her mortgage
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Accounting:

Bernanke Says Mark-to-Market Accounting Rule Should Be Improved
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BDO's Michaels ready for tough talks with insurers
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BDO under fire over delays to $521m case
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Football:

NFL Cuts 15% Staff, Freezes Salaries
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Photography:

Ritz wins interim OK to tap DIP
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Camera Sales Slump 12%
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Municipal ties:

Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate
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California’s Newly Poor Push Social Services Network to Brink
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Home Burglaries on the Rise, Police Cutting Back: What to Do?
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Credit Cards:

Card Issuers: How Can We Make You Go Away?
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Oil/Gas:

US crude inventories rise less than expected
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Resorts:

Burnt Luau: Kauai Resort in Default on Mortgage
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Retailing:

Sears 4Q Profit Falls 55 Percent on Charges
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Credit Card Loan-Loss Reserves Hurt Target's Q4 Earnings
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UST miffed over Circuit City bonus proposal
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Saks CEO says steep discounts a "one time" thing
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Saks Jumps After Chief Denies Bankruptcy Speculation
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Zale jeweler to close 115 stores
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Health Care:

Obama Budget Would Create $634B Health-Care Fund
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Drug firm accused of paying MDs
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Hockey:

Paul Greenwood, Stephen Walsh ran Islanders right into deep freeze
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Horse Racing:

Fate of Golden Gate Fields Uncertain
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Economy:

Obama Casts Crisis as Opportunity to Overhaul Banks, Health Care, Energy
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Geithner Plan Light On Details
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Obama tests limits of rhetoric
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Budget projects $1.75 trillion deficit
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Outlook grim for budget's costly initiatives
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Obama Budget Proposes Up to $750B More Bank-Rescue Aid
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Dem Gov. may reject stimulus aid?
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AP: Words on home aid ring hollow
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Fed Chairman Says Recession Will Extend Through the Year
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Home Sales and Prices Continue to Plummet
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Taxes, Spending Cuts To Fund Health Plan
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Obama Will Seek $75.5B More for Iraq, Afghanistan Combat Operations
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Tax Hike Will Be for 2011
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Consumers Are Saving More, Paying Down Debt
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Fidelity exec slams 'New Deal II'; Blames feds for crisis
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Yale’s Shiller Says Education, Risk Management Overhaul Needed
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John Bogle Says Recession May Last Another Two Years
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Real Estate:

Home Sales at Slowest Pace in More Than a Decade
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Existing home sales lowest since '97
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When 'Rescue' Means Eviction
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Economists React: 'So Much for Signs of Stability' in Housing
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Mortgage Applications Decline as Refinancing Eases
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Renters Lose Edge on Homeowners
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California legislature halts foreclosures
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Freddie Mac delinquency rate accelerated in January
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Is the Fannie-Freddie debacle the result of a backroom deal?
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HomeBanc case converted to Ch. 7
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Toll Brothers dips on weak Jan. home sales
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The Reason a Manhattan Studio Costs Only $189K
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And Do I Hear $2 Million? No? $1 Million? Sold!
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Hedge fund slump brings office cost silver lining
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Autos:

G.M. Loses $9.6 Billion as Its Struggles Continue
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If GM, Chrysler Hooked Up in Bankruptcy
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Cash level more crucial in GM's case
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Chrysler Meets With Task Force
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GM, Ford Meet With White House
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Detroit's Bankruptcy Event Horizon
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Ford cuts a painful deal
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Losses at GM don't faze investors
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Auto Industry Faces Lending Squeeze
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Feds zero in on auto supplier aid
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Bill Ford Gives Up 30% of His Salary - Again
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Delphi workers fight back against cuts
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Visteon Along For Detroit's Bumpy Ride
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Cash crunch at Visteon could trigger debt covenants
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GM Europe Workers Stage Protests Demanding ‘Secure Future’
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A sad Saab-story
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Magazines:

Conde Nast Having 'Worst Year Of Any Publisher'
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Doubledown Media files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Food/Drink:

Ripples From Peanut Recall Swamp Small Businesses
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Tax:

Group of Rich Americans Sues UBS to Keep Names Secret in Tax Case
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Tax Suspicions Grow on Swiss Accounts
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Wealthy Americans Take Suit Offshore, Sue UBS in Switzerland
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Hit squads to spearhead tax haven clampdown
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U.S. investigating foreign banks’ compliance with tax program
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Hedge Funds:

A Harbinger Of Things To Come
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Sparx Group to Cut 50 Jobs, Executive Pay; Cancels Dividend
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Westgate Capital Founder Arrested
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Lehman:

Five Questions With Lehman VC Vet
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Corporate Reform:

Obama Calls For Stricter Government Oversight Of Wall Street
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Tenth Circuit Upholds Nacchio’s Conviction; Prison Time Likely Awaits
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Manufacturing:

Textron slashes dividend 91 percent
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Franchises:

Loan Defaults by Franchisees Soar
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Finance:

GE Says $9.5 Billion Injection Enough for Finance Arm
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Media:

Liberty Media reports 4% revenue decline in Q4
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Student Debt:

Big U.S. Role in Lending to Students
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Advertising:

Online Ad Market Could Shrink 5% in Q1
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Shipping:

Precious Says Third of Global Ships to Be Scrapped in Two Years
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Chemicals:

Lyondell CFO says bankruptcy may need over a year
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Lyondell unfazed by ABN Amro
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Corporate Governance:

Delaware Gets Tough on National Issues
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Gambling:

MI shareholder urges MEC bankruptcy
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Book Reviews:

As America faces the prospect of another Depression, a new biography examines the man who is widely blamed for the first one
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