September 24, 2009

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Law:

The Way Some Law Firms Die Now
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Worst of Recession is Over for Law Firms, Says PricewaterhouseCoopers Survey
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The demise of the-lawyers-did-it defense
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What's The Point Of Lawyer Job Deferrals?
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In at Least One Major Market, Legal Job Outlook Still Not So Peachy
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Offer Day: Skadden Arps
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Staff Salary Freeze From Wilson Sonsini
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Study Offers Tips About How Lawyers Can Succeed as Part-Time Partners
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Breaking 24/7 Work Mindset Can Aid Retention, Benefit Clients, Study Finds
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On Lawyers and Happiness
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Marcia Goldstein Named One of Crain's Most Influential Women in NYC Business
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As OCIs Drop at Top Law Schools, NALP Official Predicts More Grads Will Go Solo
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Greenberg Traurig Hit With $100 Million Malpractice Suit
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Simpson, Hogan Bring Russian Tycoon to NBA
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3rd Circuit Says Corporations May Take Info Requests 'Personally'
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Looks Like Madoff Mess Might Keep On Keeping NY Partner Busy
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Vorys Sater Subpoenaed in Corruption Probe
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It's His World: BigLaw Firm Re-Elects Global Chief for Fourth Term
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One, Fish Two Fish: Firm Riding Out Downsizing Moving to New HQ
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McKool Smith Moves New York Office to One Bryant Park
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Ahhhh, That New Office Smell!: Firm Settles In to New Manhattan Digs
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Ex-McDermott, Ex-Dorsey Lawyers Face U.K. Insider Trading Trial
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UK: Partner hires - the revolving door starts spinning again
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Rewards Trump Risks at Social Media Event
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As Traditional Legal Jobs Dry Up, Students Can Mold Unique Careers
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Disturbing Message About the Legal Job Market From Columbia Law School
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Stop Holding Out on Us: Lady Godiva and Other Summer Associate Stories
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Love in the Time of Big Law
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Alternate Juror Says Lawyers in Brooke Astor Case Were ‘Cocky’
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New Charges for Lawyer-Boyfriend in Drug Case re Anna Nicole Smith’s Death
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Freed from Prison & Awarded $4M, Exonerated Man Fights $1M Legal Bill
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Obituary: U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer
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Breyer Urges Judges to Engage the Public
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Justice Sotomayor and Baseball
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Wall Street:

 

US Stock-Index Futures Retreat
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US Stocks Fall Into Red; Losing Post-Fed Gains; DJIA Down 35
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Zombie stocks: Speculators gamble in shares of dead companies
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Making Things Right, Three Years Later
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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U.S. Aug mass layoffs rise, manufacturing worst hit
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More seniors going back into the job market, at a time many thought they would be done
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The Young and the Jobless
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Tax:

US, Swiss formally sign new tax treaty
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Swiss Expect to Exit OECD 'Gray List' After Accord
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Swiss Secrecy Onslaught May ‘Criminalize’ Elites
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Darling Says U.K. Will Ask G-20 to `Blacklist' Regulatory and Tax Havens
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UBS Cuts 200 Wealth Advisor Jobs
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Fraud:

Bernard Madoff 'victims' to be sued
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Prosecutors: Net losses in Madoff scam around $13 billion
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Bernie Madoff's Atonement
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The happy customers of Bernard Madoff, The liberated wearers of left-handed underpants
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Madoff Victims Screwed Again
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Michael Moore seeking out Madoff
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The Madoff effect hits Fortitude Capital funds
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After Firing Workers, ACORN Sues Over Video That Brought Them Down
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Enron at the Royal Court
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Ken and Linda Lay's condo for sale for $12.8 million
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Wyo Couple Helps Bring Down Ponzi Scheme
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Mini- Madoff : how a Pennsylvania matron stole identity, thousands
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Gambling:

Study: Move to take Station Casinos private was fair
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Slump blamed for failure of Station buyout
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Mining:

Grupo Mexico Rises to 2-Year High on Sterlite Liability Offer
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Asarco Suitor Won’t Give Up
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Banking:

US Debt Limit May Hamper Any FDIC Request for Treasury Rescue
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FDIC Watched as 'Hot Money' Boomed at Now-Defunct Bank
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Where Will Banks Make Up Lost Overdraft Fees?
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For three years, one person has topped a list of banking's most powerful women
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As Banks Retreat, Lawmakers Press Attack
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Banks Face Curbs on Fees
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Citigroup Said to Consider Shrinking Banking Branch Network
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Where will banks make up lost overdraft fees?
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Bank Regulators, Lawmakers Tussle
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M&A:

Google Chief Schmidt Says Acquisitions Are 'Back On'
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Insurance:

AIG Rescue Unlikely to Be Altered, Credit Suisse Says
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Economy:

Fed Sees Recovery but Holds Steady on Rates
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Fed to Lower Safety Net, but Gingerly
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When and how will Fed make its moves?
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Fed Signals Return of U.S. Growth Insufficient to Withdraw Record Stimulus
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General Mills Profit Jumps 51% on Strong Demand
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IMF chief warns of increased social instability
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'Age of Austerity' Awaits G-20 as Debt Haunts Rogoff
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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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Real Estate:

Fed Slows Mortgage Purchases, Sees Stronger Economy
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Recession Levies Hefty Punishment on CRE Property Values
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The Foreclosure Pain May Drag on for Years
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Mortgage Applications Index Rose 13 Percent Last Week
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Housing industry to Cuomo: Let's work together
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Ego and Ambition Got in the Way
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More on Astani's Big Chapter 11 Concerto Gamble
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Kent Swig said to be considering bankruptcy
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Battered Lakewood Homes to give up more properties
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Kirk CEO: We will give refunds
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Manhattan Apartment Rents Drop as Employers Cut Jobs
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State Foreclosure Prevention Programs Ineffective, Study Shows
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The lights will stay on at Taylor, Bean & Whitaker
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Teed-Off Residents Drive Developer to Brink of Ruin
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Autos:

Voyage of the Damned: The GM Tort Claimants' Opening Appellate Brief -- Brother, Can You Spare a Quarter?
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Is the Auto Industry Stuck in Reverse?
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EU Says Opel State Aid Can't Be Tied to Saving Jobs
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Corporate Reform:

Geithner Presses Congress Again for New Financial Regulations
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Non-Financial Firms to Be Exempt From Consumer Agency
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Barney Frank Proposes Weaker Consumer Protection Agency
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NY Comptroller Bans Campaign Donations From Money Managers
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White House Pares Its Financial Reform Plan
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Reserve Primary Judge Weighs SEC 'Clawback' Suit Plan
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Hotels:

Luxury Hotels in U.S. Risk Default as Recession Leaves $850 Rooms Empty
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Marriott International to write down $760M
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Oil/Gas:

SandRidge Energy to acquire Crusader Energy Group
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Conoco, BP seek to slow Semgroup bankruptcy plan
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SemGroup plan gives producers 20-day claims
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Retailing:

Kohl's opening 37 stores in California, Florida, other states
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As Rents Fall on Prime Streets, Retailers Seize 'Shopportunities'
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US Retailers Plan to Hire Fewer Holiday Workers, Survey Shows
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Crossroads Mall Foreclosed Upon
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Newspapers:

Congressional Hearing on The Future of Newspapers Set For Thursday
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Bondholders to See Tribune Documents
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Court cancels hearing on request for Tribune probe
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Resorts:

Lawsuit of ex-Greenbrier chief goes forward
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Derivatives:

NY court nixes option to cease payments in swap dispute
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Health Care:

A Fragile Lifeline at a Safety-Net Hospital
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Medical Malpractice System Breeds More Waste
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Rating Firms:

Insurance Regulators Weigh Creating Bond-Rating Firm
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Credit Cards:

Card Defaults Surge in August to 11.49%
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Compensation:

Study shows U.S. bank CEO pay dwarfs rest of world
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CEOs and the Pay-for-Performance Puzzle
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Banks Execs Won't Take Clawback Lying Down
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Cable Television:

Charter bankruptcy reaches closing arguments
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Television:

Analysis: What Affect Will a CBS Bankruptcy Have on Network TV?
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Accounting:

Going-concern warnings increasingly less accurate
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KPMG Is Probably Happy This Guy Left Prior to Getting Really Creative
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Your Hire Date is Delayed, Now What?
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KPMG Layoffs Follow-up
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E&Y: This Stuff Is So Important That We Can't Let You Be Distracted By Regular Work During the Week
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Theme Parks:

Cypress Gardens shuts down yet again
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Family-Run Amusement Parks Surviving a Downturn
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Bankruptcy Prediction:

10 Companies that Could Face Bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)

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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DIP Finance:

Signs of life in US bankruptcy loan market
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DIP Loan Market Improves
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Rethinking Bankruptcy and Student Loans
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Student Loan Bailout Watch: House Subcommittee Weighs Discharging Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Pfizer Faces Alleged $5 Billion in Claims at Trial
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Houston: Hoeffner trial in fifth week
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Committees:

Upcoming DE Organizational Meetings
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Aviation:

US Airways, AMR Shares Drop, Pacing Decline In Sector
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Airline Outlook Improves While Fliers Face Fees, Packed Planes
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Union: Regional US airlines pressuring pilots
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Transport minister says not considering JAL bankruptcy
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Japan Air Seeks 4th Government Bailout Since 2001; Shares Drop
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Private Equity:

Where Did All The PE-Backed Bankruptcies Go?
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge funds yet to budge on fees or liquidity terms
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Hedge Funds Profit From Stock Sales, SAC's Leach Says
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Maryland Hedge Fund Manager Ordered to Pay $9.5M
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Ex-Hedge Fund Officer Gets 2 1/3 to 7 Years for Theft
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Hedge Funds Assets Rise for Fourth Month in August
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Lehman:

Metavante must continue to pay Lehman
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Lehman Sued Over Collateral Transfer
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Lehman hit with 62,000 claims
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Lehman Owes $4.3 Billion, London's Canary Wharf Says
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Court says Lehman derivatives contracts are unenforceable
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Hockey:

Latest Coyotes hearing brings more twists, turns
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NHL eyes $195M relocation fee for Coyotes
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Lawyers wrangle over relocation in Coyotes case.
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Coyotes auction might not go through, judge warns
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Great One not the bad guy
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Balsillie relents on quick move of Coyotes franchise
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Phoenix Coyotes will stay in Glendale for 2009-10 season
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Judge hints at mediator to end fight for Coyotes
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Movies:

Bankruptcy on the Big Screen
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Fashion:

Marc Ecko calls for help
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Personal Finance:

A Clip-and-Save Renaissance
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Education:

Stanford Univ. Portfolio Shrinks 26 Pct
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Sovereigns:

America incorporated faces the big numbers
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UK:

King Says British Banks Got Within Hours of Collapse
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Banks Face Downgrades as UK Support Terminates, Moody's Says
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Banks Should Prioritize 'Social Benefit,' Turner Says
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Rich Targeted for Higher Taxes by Britain's Liberal Democrats
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Insolvency specialists are still in demand
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JJB Sports losses deepen despite restructuring
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35-year insolvency case comes to a close
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EU:

H&M Sales Drop Worsens in August Because of Inventory Shortage
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Canada:

The Deviant Canadian Debtor
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Canadian Dollar Little Changed as Bank of Canada Cites Risks
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Germany:

German Business Confidence Rises to 12-Month High
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Australia:

Storm court probe begins
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Ukraine:

Fitch cuts Naftogaz ratings, warns on default
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Iceland:

Iceland Banks Didn't Violate Rules, President Grimsson Says
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Russia:

Russian bank files bankruptcy suit against UC Rusal units
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Romania:

Top worst-hit industries by the number of bankruptcies
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