July 23, 2009

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Law:

Troutman Cuts Associate Pay
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Troutman Sanders: Mystery Meeting Follow Up
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Trio of major firms look to usher in merit-driven pay
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Quinn Defers Half of the Incoming First Years in S.F. & Silicon Valley
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Things Are Bad All Over
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Schulte Summers: Try To Chill Out and Work The Problem
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Allen & Overy moves to raise game on flexible working for all staff
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How to Avoid a Hiring Bottleneck? Do Like Vinson & Elkins and Set Multiple Start Dates
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Firm Asks Staff to Take Unpaid Leave as Revenues Fall
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Brown Rudnick Scores Big Win in LyondellBasell Bankruptcy
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Five Firms Bill Nearly $9 Million for June Chrysler Fees
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Cuomo Sues Dozens Of Lawyers In Debt-Collection Probe
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NY sues 35 law firms over debt collection mess
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Bingham Wins Big for Bondholders in Long-Running Elektrim Case
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Come to Mama
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Bank in-house teams wary of secondment culture
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner Brings On Former Head of DOJ Criminal Division
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Notes from the Breadline: All I Can Do Is Write About It
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Dreier Refugees Find New Home
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Swindling Lawyer's Apartment (And Half-Eaten Pie)Sold
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Bankruptcy lawyers fight for Ga. official's $1M TV show prize
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Is Law an ‘Elitist’ Profession?
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Why More than 75% of Minority Female Lawyers Leave Law Firms Within 5 Years
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Partners believe firms are still failing to retain enough female lawyers in senior positions
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As Markets Meltdown, Some BigLaw Firms Slow to Replace Marketers
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Characteristics that successful firms need to go forward
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Axed BigLaw Staffer Sues Firm for Age Discrimination
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Suit by Fired Lateral Partner Says Edwards Angell Should Have Lowered Expectations
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Fee for Advice Sites Pose Traps for the Unwary
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Change or Die: Reflections on Richard Susskind's 'The End of Lawyers?'
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The Donald Effusive After Settlement With Law Firm
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Are Airline Bankruptcies Going To Land This Fall?
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Lawyer Disbarred for Misconduct ... As a Juror
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16 DePaul Profs Complain to ABA About Law Dean’s Ouster
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More fallout from firing of DePaul law dean
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More Trauma For Duke Law School Students
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Losing Your Mind: A Primer
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1 in 10 Prisoners Serving Life, But State Budget Woes May Bring Some Relief
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Republican Senator Graham Says He'll Vote for Sotomayor
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White House Won't Say Who Prepared Sotomayor
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The Bush Judicial Legacy, by the Numbers
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Advance
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Stocks end back-and-forth day mixed
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Wall Street Takes a Wait-and-See Approach
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World stocks down from 9-month highs
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Morgan Stanley Posts 3rd Straight Quarterly Loss
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Financial Default Swaps Rise as Morgan Stanley Misses Estimates
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Morgan Stanley Sets Aside 72% of Revenue for Employees' Pay
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Morgan Stanley props up pay despite reporting loss
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Goldman Sachs Pays $1.1 Billion for Treasury Warrants
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Goldman Sachs warrant price "right on"-watchdog
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Goldman Sachs wises up on stock warrants
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Taxpayers did OK on Goldman, Buffett better
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US Treasury: Goldman investment earned 23.15 pct
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Investors Willing to Take on More Risk, Bet on Asia
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Avon to Cut 1,200 Jobs
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Strange Summer Jobless Claims Data
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When Can You Ask For Your Pay Cut Back?
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Laid-off cubicle dwellers pursue trucking jobs
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How Long Will This Unemployment Scenario Last?
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Job Cuts Outpace GDP Fall
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Debt Collection:

Citing fraud, AG moves to throw out 100,000 financial judgments
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AG notifying victims of largest debt collection scam
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Aviation:

Return of the Airline Bankruptcy?
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Airlines don’t see relief in the near future
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Delta, AirTran Beat Analyst Estimates as Fuel Tumbles
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AirTran CEO disses Republic's plan for Midwest
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Frontier clears key hurdle on bankruptcy exit path
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Moody's cuts Southwest rating to Baa3
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Travel Group Files Complaint Against United
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What's wrong with Air Canada and how to fix it?
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Media:

Media General posts quarterly profit, ad sales fall
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Lenders query Allen's Charter control ex- bankruptcy
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CDS:

Some bondholders bank on bankruptcy
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Death to CDS, Maxine Waters edition
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CDS investors hold the cards
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Retailing:

Ritz Camera might have buyer; could keep stores open
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Eddie Bauer Wins Approval to Sell Chain to Golden Gate
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Brand Loyalty in the Courtroom
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Credit Cards:

Another Arbitration Firm Pulls Out Of Credit Card Arbitration
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Another Black Eye For Credit Card Companies
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US Report: Debt Arbitration Co In Violation Of California Law
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Credit-Card Disputes Tossed Into Disarray
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What It Means for Consumer Contracts as Firms Back Away
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Consumers Feel the Credit Card Slam
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Moody's Says Credit-Card Defaults Rose to Record in June
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When credit card bills top $100,000
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Small Business:

Small-business bankruptcy rate seen as "alarming"
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Too Small to Fail?
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Newspapers:

Philadelphia Newspapers to Release Reorganization Plan
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Tribune Co. seeks bankruptcy court OK to pay bonuses
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If ruling unfavorable, Eason control of Creative Loafing 'over'
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Health Care:

No Health-Care Reform? It’s Your Own Fault, America
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Obama’s Dishonesty about Health-Care Reform
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Pelosi Says She Has Votes to Pass House Health Plan
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Pelosi: Congress should work through recess
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Republican Senator Hatch Leaving Bipartisan Health-Care Talks
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The Health Care Bill: A Qui-Tam Bonanza Avoided?
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Single Payer Is Industry's Biggest Nightmare
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Obama Moves to Reclaim the Debate on Health Care
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Health Insurance No One Needs
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More Cost Cuts Sought From Drug Industry
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Who Are the Uninsured?
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Congress Tackles Long-Term Care
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Judge Orders Dr. Desai to Answer Questions
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Endoscopy bankruptcy to affect hundreds of cases
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Executive Compensation:

SEC May Target Pay of Chief Who Didn't Orchestrate Fraud
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What If The CEO Didn't Know About the Misstatements?
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Bonuses:

AIG held off paying bonuses due last week
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Accounting:

Ernst & Young Must Pay $10.2 Million for Audit Errors
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Trying to Decipher the Awkward and Scattered Sex Lives of Accountants
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The Big 4: A 'Professional' Racket: How Did I Get Here?
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Big 4 Firms Will Probably Have to Cut Some Checks
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No Confidence in Mark-to-Market
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BDO 'Invites' Partners to Retire
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Corporate Reform:

SEC Plans 'Pay-To-Play' Curbs on Investment Firms
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US Treasury sends regulatory reforms to Congress
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Obama Proposes Risky-Transaction Fees
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Economy:

Bernanke testimony to Senate panel on Fed policy
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Bernanke: US Recovery Depends On Consumer Spending, Labor Market
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Fed chairman credits aggressive actions for helping economy
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Bernanke Says Consumer Protection Should Be Formal Policy Goal
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Bernanke Tells Senate New Consumer Protection Agency Isn't Needed
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Democrats vow fight with banks on consumer agency
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Bernanke Is Ranked World's Best at Handling Financial Crisis, Survey Shows
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The Bernanke Watch: Much Ado About Not Much
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Don't give Ben another term
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Democratic Senator Reed Endorses Bernanke for Second Term at Helm of Fed
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Crawling back from the Great Recession
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Bailout risk: $23.7 trillion? More like $3 trillion
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Bailouts Could Cost More Than All U.S. Wars Combined
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Taxpayers Inferior to Shareholders With Obama Bonds
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Credit crunch, part two
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Why you won't like the recovery
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Fiscal ruin of the Western world beckons
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GOP Leader Mocks White House Claim That They 'Rescued the Economy'
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Economy Tracker Map
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:

US May home prices up 0.9 percent, off 5.6 percent in year
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US Home Prices Have Smallest Decline in 10 Months
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Bernanke Says Commercial Property May Pose Risk for Economy
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CRE Tsunami
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Banks Reducing CRE Exposure, Tightening Credit, While Demand Remains Flat
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Wells Fargo Says Bad Mortgage Loans Increased Last Quarter
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Own a memento from the defunct Trump Tower Tampa
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Ginnie Mae Market May Swell to $1 Trillion on Low Down Payments
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Bankruptcy judge says no to home builder THP
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Sotheby's opposes franchisees' bankruptcy filing
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Developer Jani files for bankruptcy
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Kenwood Towne Place contractors push for payment
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State sues four South Florida foreclosure rescue companies
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Process to start foreclosure on the rise in Mass.
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San Diego home foreclosure rate jumps in June
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CA mortgage Default Notices Down in 2nd Quarter
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Foreclosure prevention is the goal of a new Indiana law
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MN: Bank-owned homes going fast, but ‘short sales’ moving slowly
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Miami: Oaks at Biscayne Landing faces friendly foreclosure
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COO Jonathan Yormak Splits Embattled Broadway Partners
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The Hooters Waitress Who Makes $25,000 a Month
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Banking:

Are Banks Holding a Shadow Inventory of Homes?
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Loan losses drag on Wells Fargo, other big banks
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Commercial loans: Not just a CIT problem
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SunTrust Banks posts smaller-than-expected 2Q loss
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Wells Fargo, SunTrust Lead US Banks in Boosting Loan Reserves
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Bank of New York Mellon Q2 profit drops, shrs fall
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BNY Mellon Profit Hit by $256 Million in Writedowns
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CIT Group's troubles could involve Utah bank
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Pandit Defies Schumer on Syracuse Loan as US Flexes Shareholder Muscle
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Can Citi Ever Turn It Around?
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Credit Suisse beats forecasts with 29% profit growth
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Red Ink Stains Bank and Banker
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Regional Banks’ Profits Are Hurt by Loan Losses
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Fraud:

Judge Approves Liquidation of Madoff Feeder Funds
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Madoff trustee in settlement talks with two funds
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New York Assemblyman Proposes ' Madoff Bill' to Punish Wealthy Inmates
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Light manual labor for Madoff in prison: report
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Bernard Madoff working in prison engraving department
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Bernie - Prison Latest
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Stanford Receiver Seeks Rapid Sale of Private-Equity Stake
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Stanford receiver wants $600 million
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SEC seeks to stop Stanford receiver's "claw backs"
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Allen Stanford's women stand by their man
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State AG Andrew Cuomo asks judge to void 100,000 faulty default judgments
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Accused Sevier swindler Bolze indicted
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Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Tzolov Pleads Guilty to Fraud
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Rather Wins Access to Thousands of Documents in Suit Against CBS
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Financier Danny Pang Indicted for 'Structuring' Transactions
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Theme Parks:

Dallas businessman clears the air over Six Flags
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Terry Fox describes investment with Thomas Etheredge
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Ghost Town still honing bankruptcy comeback plan
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Gambling:

Chippewa tribe may lose Greektown Casino to Merrill Lynch
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Many casino companies cut execs' pay in recession
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Arbitration:

Wall Street's Private Judicial System Exposed as a Fraud
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An Arbitration Revolution? AAA Joins NAF, Stops Taking New Cases
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Consumer arbitration in retreat
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Sports:

Has the Recession Hurt Professional Sports?
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Telecoms:

Regulators say Hawaiian Telcom should pay their advisors
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Nortel's carcass is in high demand
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Why Ottawa turned its back
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Research in Motion's legal battles
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Creditor Outbids Nokia Siemens for Nortel's LTE Assets
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Municipalities:

Budget Pact Deepens California's Pain
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California spending cuts spark fury
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Schwarzenegger defends knife-wielding video
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Nevada takes top spot for 'distressed' state economies
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Alabama county's cash crisis overshadows debt woes
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New Twist in $3.2 Billion Sewer Mess in Alabama
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Which cities will and won’t recover fastest
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Oakland to tax marijuana to fill budget shortfall
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Hockey:

Court orders Glendale to produce Coyotes records
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Biotech:

Some Massachusetts Biotechs Get Caught in the Squeeze
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Lehman:

Another Lehman CDO Dispute Surfaces
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Hotels:

Hotel Outlook: Grim
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St. Regis Foreclosure: Sign of More Troubled Times for Hotels
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Citi forecloses on AIG-related hotel
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Student Debt:

The Student Loan Scam
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Attorney Sued for Student Loan Default
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Sallie Mae loses $123M in 2Q
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Elder Debt:

Plugging Along At 62 With Lots Of Debt, No Job And No Credit
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Derivatives:

Regulators propose derivatives changes
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U.S. SEC, CFTC unveil crackdown on OTC derivatives
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Mining:

Broe says Redbird bankruptcy proceeding needed to protect coal leases
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Asarco may sell its award from Southern Copper suit
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Grupo Mexico quarterly net profit drops 47 pct
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Judicial Conference Advisory Committee meeting on bankruptcy procedure
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Celebs:

DEA raids Michael Jackson doctor's Houston clinic
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Lawyer: Police seek manslaughter link
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$70,000 in credit card debt part of Stephen Baldwin's bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Crescent Oil president guilty of fraud
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Anterra Energy Announces Settlement With Creditors
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Crescent Resources Receives Final Court Approval for $110 Million DIP Facility
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Oil Dips on Signs of Growing Supply Glut
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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:

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Finance:

Bankruptcy still a possibility, CIT warns
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CIT Bond Advisers Said to Push for Bankruptcy After August Swap
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CIT To Shrink
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CIT Poses Lehman-Like Risk
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CIT Hit With Interest Rate More Than 25 Times Libor
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CIT Said to Have Spurned $2 Billion Secured GE Loan
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CIT's saviors make out like bandits
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Marks and Klarman Join Together to Rescue CIT
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CIT Bondholders Should Reject Tender Offer, CreditSights Says
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Price of CIT's bonds slips
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Comparing Public and Private Bailouts
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Costs rise to insure debt of CIT
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Microsoft Terminates Financing Relationship With CIT
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Snap-on terminates joint venture agreement with CIT
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CIT factoring customers face few options in event of bankruptcy
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CIT Tremors Force Sleeping-Bag Maker to Seek Cover
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CIT May Sell Units To Avoid Bankruptcy
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Fitch Expects To Downgrade CIT's Rating To 'RD'
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CIT notes placed under review by Moody's Investors Service
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GM Share Redux: Why Is CIT Trading Near $1?
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GE Capital pulls back from US-backed debt program
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Textron debt depends on success of loan unwinds
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Five Alternative Sources of Funding
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Personal bankruptcies soar in Connecticut
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Autos:

GM, Chrysler defend dealer cuts
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GM to pay closing dealers about $600 million
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Aid to Car Dealers Stirs Fight
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Time to end dealer bill circus
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Dump the auto dealers?
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Chrysler: Taking back dealers could cause collapse
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Chrysler May Liquidate If Dealer Bill Passes - Exec
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GM's eBay Plan: What About The Dealers?
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GM Global Sales Down 15% In 2Q But Rise From 1Q
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GM global sales fall 22 percent in first half of 2009
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GM has little room for error this time, exec says
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GM In Bankruptcy – The Lamb's Share
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GM says it weathered a 'difficult rebirth'
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Issa probes lawmakers' work to sway GM
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GM drops Mont. mine in favor of foreign suppliers
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GM Officially Kills Lease at Citigroup Center
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US to Take On Delphi Pensions, Easing Burden on GM
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Delphi's pension shift to US riles retirees
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Delphi Overcomes More Hurdles, Sets Sights on Bankruptcy Exit
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Chrysler will match "Cash for Clunkers" incentive
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Fiat chief: ' Chrysler will be profitable'
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Bankruptcy trustee goes after Hecker's credit-card records
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Fiat: Would Only Resume Opel Talks With Original Conditions
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Germany Still Prefers Magna After Receiving Opel Bids
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Canada's Magna, Russian bank bid for 55 percent stake in Opel
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General Motors and the German authorities differ over Opel's future
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GM says to continue Opel talks with Magna, RHJI
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Britain to press bidders over Vauxhall's future
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Fiat skids into Q2 loss of euro 168 mn
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Feud Continues at Korean Auto Plant
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Hyundai Reports Record Profit
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Iowa man pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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Food/Drink:

Hitchin Post, HP Distribution seek Chapter 11
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Fashion:

Recession a cold bucket of water for swimwear designers
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Recession is cramping the style of bling culture
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Jewelry:

Fortunoff to Re-launch Brand
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Horse Racing:

Magna Creditors Sue, Say Owners Doomed Company
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Golf:

Kennedy Funding buys Hillmoor
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Personal Finance:

More bodies go unclaimed as families can't afford funeral costs
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Living on Less In TriBeCa
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Woman makes mortgage via bake sale
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Facing foreclosure, couple turns to snake for help
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5 Signs That You're Living Beyond Your Means
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Dating in the Time of a Recession
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Corporate Governance:

Vote-Buying, Corporate Style
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Distressed Investing:

Buyers of bad debt bide time as U.S. consumers fret
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DebtX to Sell $1bn in Loan Participations from Failed Banks
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Payday Lending:

Do people take out payday loans because they're desperate - or because they don't understand the terms?
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First Cash profit up 42 percent, backs 2009 outlook
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N.S. first to regulate Canadian payday loans
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Bankruptcy Litigation:

Creditors win a skirmish in LyondellBasell case
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Mass Torts:

Italy to try 2 men in asbestos deaths
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Overcriminalization
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Sovereigns:

Argentina Won't Accept IMF Oversight In Paris Club Deal
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UK:

Insolvency numbers set to rise
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Insolvency: what goes up...
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Writ issued against E&Y administrators on Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander
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Two specialists who have built careers in the counter cyclical world of business recovery
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If you have negotiating and political skills, insolvency and turnaround work can be just the job
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UK House-Price Slump to Persist to 2012, Niesr Says
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City of London Will Lead Real Estate Property Revival
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Endless funds Vasanta turnaround
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Scottish economy shrinks by 2.4%
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EU:

European Industrial Orders Declined More Than Economists Expected in May
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Canada:

Severance process for ex AbitibiBowater workers launched
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Lacroix, Convicted of C$130 Million Fraud, Released
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Canadian Retail Sales Rose More Than Expected in May
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Blue Note Caribou Mines files for bankruptcy
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C&A Automotive Canada files for creditor protection
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Workers Demand Changes to Severance Legislation
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Germany:

Deutsche Post Forecasts Return to Profit in 2009 on Cost Cuts
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China:

IMF Says China Has Room for More Stimulus as Unemployment Rises
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Ireland:

Irish Catholic Clergy Get Pay Cut
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Italy:

Subprime Italy?
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Middle East:

Gulf loans to troubled groups 'manageable'
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Russia:

Russian bankers see bad loans at 10 pct already
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Japan:

Japan's Export Fall Less Severe as Recession Eases
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