Law:
Berger Singerman Receives High Marks In The World-Famous Chambers USA 2011 Guide
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Citi Q1 2011 Law Firm Results: A Mixed Bag
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Can Legal Knowledge Help You Make Money in the Stock Market?
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More O’Melveny Partner Departures Dewey get more talent? Yes.
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O'Melveny & Myers Promotes Four Partners to Leadership Positions
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Clifford Chance hit as four-partner London funds team exits for Weil Gotshal
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Firm scraps special deals for one-size-fits-all pay culture
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Lawyer of the Day: Jose Baez
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Willie Nelson's favorite lawyer
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On Aging Gracefully
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Nine Summer Associate Don’ts
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Is Florida Bankruptcy Bar Too "Understandably Tepid" To Represent Kevin Gleason?
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Judge Upholds $5 Million Legal Malpractice Award
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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: NY BigLaw Firm Makes It Official
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The Attributes of Winning Lawyers -- Part 2
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BigLaw Firm Makes Second Round of Cuts on Number of Entry-Level Lawyers Hired
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Ex-NY Associate Loses Bid for Punitives Against BigLaw Firm Over Promise of Partnership
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Legal-claim buyers bail out lawyers and clients
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Allegation at the University of Chicago Law School
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From Harvard Law to Conservative Legal Stronghold
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Decision to Hire Paul Clement to Defend Immigration Law Is Surprise to Arizona’s Attorney General
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In Defense of Reema Bajaj
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Legal Directory Rankings: An Alternate View
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Practice Pointer: You Can't Sue A Current Client
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Three Reasons Why Law Departments Don't Change Their Ways of Working With External Firms
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Apparently, God Hates Rainbows Now
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Consider Personal Microbranding to Set You Apart :))
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How the iPad Can Increase Lawyers' Productivity
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Ten Tips to Enhance iPad Security
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ABA Legal Ed Section to Discuss More Detailed Reporting of Post-Law School Jobs, Salary Data
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Woman: Ken Kratz shouldn't get civil immunity
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Saudi Arabia on the Hudson: NYPD Officer Stopped Cyclist For Wearing Skirt
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Judges:
Bankruptcy judge reappointed
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Buchanan named US bankruptcy judge
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Bankruptcy court needs new quarters
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Eight Ways Technology Can Alleviate Judicial Budget Cuts
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Creditors say judge owes them millions
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Why Michiganders have lost faith in judges' impartiality
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State Supreme Court justice says clothing ad a surprise, asks designer to stop using her image
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Little Changed
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Stocks Swoon, Worry Rises
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Stocks Down for 6th Week, Dow Below 12000
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Wall Street Slide Turns Nasdaq Negative for Year
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Here It Comes: Wall Street’s Summer of Pain
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Goldman served first again? Maybe not
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Wall Street braces for layoffs as trading slows
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Taibbi Blasts Sorkin for Goldman Defense
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Layoffs:
Broader Unemployment Rates, by State
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US: High Unemployment to Last for Years
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Sluggish Hiring Seen as a Threat to Recovery
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Profits Seen Increasing Jobs as Earnings in U.S. Grow Fastest Since 1940s
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Three Jobs Scenarios: Which Is Most Likely?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Falls Most in Four Weeks on Saudi Arabia's Plan to Increase Production
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Saudi Electricity Head: Out of Oil by 2030
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Managers' bets oil higher fall to lowest since Feb
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Autos:
Ford Loses $2 Billion Judgment to Commercial Truck Dealers, Law Firm Says
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Saab Automobile Owner Spyker Sells 30% Stake to China's Youngman
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Honda output to fall to 3.4 mln vehicles
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Aviation:
Bankruptcy trustees for Pace Airlines seek payment
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EasyJet pilots accept pay deal as CEO apologizes
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Ownership of Frontier Airlines to change under pilot deal
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Two airlines fail to pay Viet Nam fuel bills
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Kampars blasts airBaltic
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Bosnia's B&H Airlines should either declare bankruptcy or urgently receive a cash injection
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Spain still hopes to tame its white-elephant airports
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Tech:
Xanadoo, 4G Internet Provider, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
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TechDyne, LLC Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in Arizona
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Emerging Epicenters of High Tech Industry
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
ID thief found guilty of bankruptcy fraud
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Personal Finance:
The Financial Mistakes Newlyweds Make
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Average Household Still Needs to Trim $26,172 in Debt
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Tax:
'Cat Lady' Beats IRS In Court
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Finance:
U.S. bank business loans up $7.4B in latest week
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Loans to Small Businesses Emerge for First Time Since Lehman
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Borrowing by households and businesses
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Corporate Governance:
CEO pay draws scrutiny at Chesapeake meeting
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DOMA:
Butte couple challenge federal marriage act in bankruptcy
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IP:
Contenders to Line Up for Nortel Patents
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Pensions:
PBGC premium proposal booed by business groups
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Orchestras:
Musicians, symphony reach early three-year contract - "sends a message to many orchestras around the country"
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Hollywood:
Is Hollywood in Trouble That's Lehman Brothers-Deep?
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Debt Collection:
As harassing phone calls from collectors rise, so do lawsuits by borrowers
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Debt Collectors Ask to Be Paid a Little Respect
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Economy:
Creditor Friendly Policies Hurt the Economy
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Rule By Rentiers (Déjà vu Edition)
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Most Americans 'won't be able to retire until their 80s'
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Where Did All of the QE2 Money Go?
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Explaining Where All The QE2 Money Went
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U.S. Lawmakers Say Agreement on Cutting Debt Would Boost Flagging Economy
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Fed to expand capital plan program
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QE2 sellers bought agencies, corporates
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Fed's Hoenig has no interest in zero interest
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Risks to recovery have increased: Fed's Dudley
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Fed's Dudley: Growth Will Be "Painfully Slow" for Many
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US Will Trail Global Growth for Decade: Fink
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Economic data may be as grim as bad summer movie
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U.S. government runs $58 bln May budget deficit, down 50% YTY
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Buffett Lunch Auction Raises Record $2.63 Million for Charity
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Pawlenty Calls His Economic Plan a 'Stretch'
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Obama on Government's Partnership With Business
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Huntsman: Obama economy has 'failed'
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Obama: Recovery to Take a Very Long Time
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American Bankruptcy vs. Insolvency
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US banks prepare to lower use of Treasuries
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Hillary Clinton says not pursuing World Bank post
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Ben to Jamie: STFU
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Dimon or Geithner?
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Why The Economic Crisis Might Only Be At The Half-Way Mark
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Roubini Says ‘Perfect Storm’ May Threaten Global Economy
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If War Is Too Important To Be Left To The Generals, Isn't Economic Policy Too Important To Be Left To Economists?
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Man finds $17,000 in cash on sidewalk, gives it back
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Economic Stress Map
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Bailout Recipients
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Real Estate:
JPMorgan Forecasts Another Drop in Home Prices
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Existing Home Inventory: Data for 54 Metro Areas
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Bank Of America Faces New Probe; New York Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Mortgage Securitization
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Two States Ask if Paperwork in Mortgage Bundling Was Complete
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Treasury: Government presence in housing 'neither sustainable nor desirable'
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Fitch downgrades ratings on 9 mortgage servicers
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RealtyPartner CEO Says The Worst Is Not Over Yet
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A Critic's Take on the Mortgage Modification Program
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Court allows some Mortgages, Ltd. claims against Greenberg to proceed
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In Michigan Case, Securities Trip Up Foreclosure
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California Bankruptcy Court Judge Edward Jellen Says Repeatedly He Doesn’t Care if the Creditor Asking to be Paid is Really Owed the Money
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The New Miami Condo Market: Goodbye Investors?
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Buyers Rough It In Condo Tower Left Unfinished
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On Helens Pouroff Ave., escaping home crisis
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Squatter Nation: 5 years with no mortgage payment
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Home sellers court risks with last-resort loans
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Atlanta foreclosure notices fall in June to lowest level in 30 months
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Fewer are underwater
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Some want AHF trustee ousted
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Slump in construction industry creates a Sheetrock ghost town
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Real estate datapoint of the day, Bill Gross edition
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Tom Barrack: Real Estate ‘Falling Off the Wagon Once Again’
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Wells Fargo Disputes Treasury Sanctions on HAMP
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Internet scams send renters to owner-occupied homes
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Idaho developer now wanted by judge
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Small signs of hope in real-estate market gloom
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Real-estate scam hurts home prices
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Freddie Mac: Very low Cash-Out Refinance Activity
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Park East developer files for bankruptcy on separate Chicago project
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Developers lose luxury Saguaro Ranch
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Percentage of CMBS loans paid at maturity falls
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Your Home Priced In Gold Has Declined 80% Since 2001
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Banking:
Fed wants yearly capital plans from 35 biggest banks
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Major Banks Likely To Get Reprieve On New Capital Rules
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Big banks may need Fed OK for dividends, buybacks
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Fed proposes US bank stress test expansion
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"Hipster" Investor Gives Gallant Courtroom Finger To Hedge Funds
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Nate Thoma Battles Hedge Funds
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Obama taps Gruenberg to head FDIC
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HSBC: 40% of retail businesses underperforming
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Regions Financial probes executives on bad loans
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New York, Delaware Probe Banks’ Paperwork in Mortgage Bundling
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Financial Privacy:
Latest data breach strikes at financial security
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Food/Beverage:
Giordano's strange journey in bankruptcy
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TransPecos Bankruptcy Illuminates Deep-Fried Distress
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USA Springs proposes new borrowing plan
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Municipalities:
Jefferson County tax bill dies in Alabama senate
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Jefferson County closer to bankruptcy
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Commissioners eyeing bankruptcy , cutting jobs
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Pa. court rules against Harrisburg on debt lawsuit
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Pontiac Emergency Financial Manager: Bankruptcy Possible
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Reno dug itself into hole with $373 million in bonds
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Vallejo council goes to work on lean budget
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Signs of recovery for Michigan's economy
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Cash-strapped states considering online lottery sales
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RI lawmakers mull changes to municipal receivership law
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Cleveland Schools Ask For $32 Million Loan
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Hedge Funds Buying Municipal Bonds Stalk New Yankee Stadium Parking Lots
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Muni bonds unsettled by Lehman move
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Resorts:
E-mails focus of resort's bankruptcy hearing
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Utilities:
Calpine Asks Court To Approve $110M Settlement
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Education:
Subprime Education
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Celebs:
Alexis Bellino Battles Foreclosure Claims, Jim Bellino Insults
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Sarah Ferguson 'continually on verge of bankruptcy '
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'Octomom' cancels bikini car wash planned to raise funds to avoid foreclosure
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Hotels:
Hotels: Occupancy Rate increases 2.5 percent compared to same week in 2010
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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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Businesses going broke on decline
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Business Bankruptcies Fell 18 % in May But Trend Might Not Hold
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Could the bankruptcy code handle the wind down of financial institutions better than new regulations can?
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Bankruptcy Poetry:
Yankees/Red Sox Series
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Summer in the City
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Fraud:
Mets owners to tell judge in hearing Bernie Madoff suit should be moved to U.S. District Court
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Madoff Fraud Case Against New York Mets Owners Gets July 1 Court Hearing
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SEC may pursue fraud case against Goldman's Tourre
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Top TBW execs sentenced in $2.9 billion mortgage fraud scheme
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Attorney Blames Self for Vaughan's Money Problems
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Fitch: Credit-card charge-offs fall in May
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What you need to know about swipe fee changes
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Still Not Working Abroad
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HSBC says will run down US card business if buyer not found
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Let Free Markets Rule, and Banks Win, on Debit-Card Fees
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Financial Literacy:
Declining Cognitive Ability Presents Challenges to Boomer Finances
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Retailing:
Borders Gets Reprieve on Closure of 6 Stores
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Corporate Reform:
Raj Date is top contender for CFPB director job: congressional source
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Ex-Ohio AG to play role in new agency
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Financial-Industry Groups Urge Delay of US Resolution Rules
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GOP Senators Weigh Fresh Angles to Rein In Dodd-Frank
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Too Big to Fail, or Too Trifling for Oversight?
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Lehman:
Goldman joins disclosure fight over Lehman claims
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Rattled by Lehman - again
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Accounting:
$100 Million Claim Against Deloitte & Touche
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Confirmed: There Is a Shortage of Good Accountants
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Ernst & Young Didn't Appreciate the Threat of ‘Action’ By Audit Client Who Wanted Rubber-Stamped Financial Statements
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Student Debt:
Don't Count on Settling Those Student Loans
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What Student Loan Settlements Really Look Like
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Asset Protection:
The Use and Abuse of Domestic Asset Protection Trusts
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Movies:
Ben Stein's 'Expelled' To Be Auctioned as Premise Media Faces Bankruptcy
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IMF:
IMF Computers Said to Be Targeted in State-Based Cyber-Attack
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Slim chance Fischer will win IMF bid
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Why Fischer’s IMF candidacy is a non-starter
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Lagarde Favored Over Carstens for IMF's Top Post as Nomination Period Ends
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Carstens plays ‘economist’ card in IMF leadership race
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UK:
1,500 BBC News Jobs at Risk
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Lloyds set to cut another 15,000 jobs
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US tax reforms could cost UK banks billions
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DLA Piper and BLP act on final White Tower sale
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Nowhere else to go: Haldanes calls in administrators
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Rushden & Diamonds expelled from Football Conference following financial troubles
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What happened to Rushden should be a warning
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RBS staff retirement homes may be closed
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Southern Cross Says No Decision To Shut Homes
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Barings Fund Chairman Duckworth to be U.K. Serious Fraud Office Director
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Banks Set To Hit Merlin Lending Targets
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Appointment of Administrators - 10 June 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 10 June 2011
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EU:
Euro Drops for First Time in Month on a Reduced ECB Interest Rate Outlook
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Why some Greek bonds might be worth more than others
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Europe's most powerful banker
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Bundesbank Chief Says Euro Can Weather Greek Default as Governments Haggle
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Merkel Warns Against Inaction in Debt Crisis
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Greece costing ECB its credibility, independence
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Germany:
Merkel Says German GDP Growth Likely to Exceed 3% This Year
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PIGS:
Germany and ECB disagree over Greece
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ECB and Germany May Be Forced to Compromise
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Something Is Wrong In Greece
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Greek Bailout Bondholder Role Needs ECB Assent
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Schaeuble 'Insists' the Private Sector Share Greek Aid in Clash With ECB
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Record IMF Greek Lending May Intensify Favoritism Concerns
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Juncker: Greece Needs 'Soft' Debt Restructuring
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In Greece, Some See a New Lehman
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Spain banks too reliant on foreign financing
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Portuguese, Spanish Bonds Fall on Debt Concern
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MENA:
Dozens Claimed Dead in Misrata Fighting
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In $22 billion Saudi feud, who knew what? - Banks contest charges that massive losses were work of rogue in-law
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Japan:
TEPCO starts ventilating No. 2 reactor
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Japan Power Crunch Widens
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Insolvency stares straight at Japan's biggest utility
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Japan retail fund value falls first time in 7 months
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Is Biggest Short Sale Hiding in Plain Sight?
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Japan’s Machinery Orders Drop 3.3% in Sign Companies Are Paring Spending
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China:
Roubini sees " meaningful probability " of China hard landing
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China Lending Tumbles on Slowing Economy
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