May 2, 2011

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Law:

Which Firms Are Definitely NOT Paying Spring Bonuses?
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Spring Bonuses Pop Up at V&E, Akin Gump
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Appeals Court OKs $20M Legal Malpractice Case; ‘How Could They Have Gotten It So Wrong?’ Says Atty
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Rising Tide of Litigation Lifts Firms
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NY Firms Outperform Rest of Am Law 100 in Partner Profits
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Client-Driven Strategy Helps Put Baker & McKenzie at Top of NLJ 250
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McCourt to Appeal Ruling on Marital Deal in Fight Over Dodgers Ownership
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The show cause heard 'round the world: To the Moon, Gleason!
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Top 10 Family Friendly Law Firms Named; Survey Finds More On and Off Ramp Programs
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Foreclosure King Lawyer Faces Legal Woes Over Closing Up 1,200-Staffer Shop After Scandal
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Diepenbrock Harrison Split Announced; Law Firm Partners to Separate Into Three Groups
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Working Smart: Early Steps to Take for a Better End-of-Year Review
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Former CEO of Crashed-and-Burned Firm Parachutes Into New Job
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Va. AG Severs Ties to King & Spalding for ‘Obsequious Act of Weakness’ on DOMA
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Blixseth Seeks Sanctions Against Montana Officials, Lawyers
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State Bar revokes law license of vigilante California attorney
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The “law school scam” media bubble
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The Irony of Requiring Meritorious Performance to Maintain a Law School Merit Scholarship
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Tiger Cub Has Made Her College Decision!
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Once Again, Yale Law School Tops US News Federal Clerkship List
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Why America’s Kids Know So Little About Civics
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You’re a Lawyer Now, So You Can Stop Sounding Like One
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"If these mistakes were purposeful, they would be brilliant. However, based on the history of the case and filings, we know otherwise."
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Ex-White House Lawyer Headed to Trial for Attempted Murder After Plea Negotiations Fail
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The Royal Wedding: A Legal Look (Part 3)
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Should Unpaid Clerking Include Coffee? :))
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Solos Make a Splash with Mobile Ads
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Old Firm Ties: Alumni Networks Are Social Media with Benefits
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Earning a Seat At the Table, Part II
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NALP 2011: Performance-Based Compensation Systems
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Alabama Law Dean: Efficient Manager or Callous Task Master?
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Law School Spared in Ala. Tornadoes, But Students Cope with Destroyed Homes
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Despite Criticism, a Review of ABA Standards for Law Schools Is Moving Forward
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Truth in Legal Education Will Help Prospective Law Students Make Informed Decisions
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Debt Loading
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Looks Like The U.S. News Law School Rankings Cost Someone A Job
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Librarian’s Course Seeks to Entice Attorneys Who Value Rare Law Books
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Dancers successfully sue 'gentlemen's club' over minimum wage
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Pair of new sneakers settle wrongful death case
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It's No Party: Fiesta Bowl Sacks GC, Execs, and Outside Counsel
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Artist-Turned-Lawyer Highlights Typographic Detail in Legal Docs
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Suspended Lawyer Accused in Burglary After Cell Phone Found Charging
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Judges:

“We Love You, Ruth, But Could You Kindly Step Aside”
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Should Ruthie Stay Or Should She Go?
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Justice Stevens Decided to Retire After Stumbling During Citizens United Dissent
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor recounts experiences at Princeton University
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Sotomayor Pessimistic Public, Senate Will Ever Be Pleased With Judicial Confirmations
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The Justices Overrule, But They Often Do So Stealthily
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Sheriff Apologizes to Judge Mistaken for Burglar and Briefly Held at Gunpoint
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Retirement of One of America's Most Influential Judges Spurs Rumor Mill on Replacement
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SCOTUS in 17 Syllables: Lawyer’s High Court Haiku
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Budget Slices Support for Lawyers Facing Drug, Alcohol Abuse
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The Devil Made The Judge Do It
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Wall Street:

 

 

How Goldman Created the Food Crisis
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Layoffs:

Millions Set to Lose Unemployment Benefits
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Derivatives:

EU probing banks over derivatives
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Derivative Exemptions Fail to Soothe Users
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Goldman, JP Morgan Targeted in Swaps Probe
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Banking:

Five More Banks Fail - 39 So Far This Year
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Trucking:

YRC works out $100 million deal to avoid bankruptcy
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YRC Worldwide stock down on restructuring
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YRC creditors, Teamsters OK restructuring plan
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Shipping:

Container Ship Rates Retreat
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Utilities:

Raser Technologies, Renewable Energy Producer, Goes Bankrupt
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Defense:

A 'Radical' Plan To Cut Military Spending
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Pay for War Resolution
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Economy:

Fed’s Bullard: ‘Reasonable’ To Expect First Fed Tightening By End of 2011
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Headroom Under the Debt Ceiling Disappearing
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What Happens if Congress Blows Debt Ceiling
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Consumer Spending Rises on Price Increase
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Be Careful Wishing for the Fed's End
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Buffett Says Odds of Another US Banking Crisis Low
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Buffett remains solid on the American economy
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Buffett: Dollar Will Keep Falling
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Bernanke: Financial Crisis Hit Low-Income Americans Harder
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BRIC Country Super-Rich Worth $4 Trillion
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Remember "The American Dream?" What A Bunch Of Crap
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A Tale of Two Recoveries
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Some Skeptical of Big Economic Gains in 2011
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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:

Do Home Builders Have a Future?
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D.R. Horton 2Q income more than doubles
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MERS must use judicial process to foreclose in Michigan
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MERS names former CitiMortgage chief as new CEO
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LPS claims foreclosure crackdown simply pushing revenue to second half of 2011
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For many homeowners, false hope
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Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange opposes proposed national settlement with mortgage servicers
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Distressed homes stress out neighbors
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Shhh, bank-owned home for sale
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Stung by homeowners who give up paying, banks ask: Who'll walk away?
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OR: Dream of golf course, housing development appears to be doomed
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Bay Area real estate is a market gone crazy
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Faulty foreclosures come home to roost at Citigroup
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How SIGTARP nabbed Farkas in his mortgage scheme
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Behind the Numbers: Pending Sales Index Up
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BofA reps and warranties settlement may give investors a chance: Barclays
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CMBS trading uptick will likely tighten spreads
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Commercial properties largely ducking wave of foreclosures
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High-End Workouts, Low End in Doubt
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Fraud:

Rajaratnam Jury Fails to Reach Trial Verdict After Week of Deliberations
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Mea culpa fails to dull the Buffett sparkle
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What People Are Saying About the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting
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Warren Buffett on David Sokol: ‘No Question’ He Misled Me
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David Sokol Defends Himself Against Warren Buffett
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Why David Sokol Traded
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Five Republican groups sued in Durham bankruptcy
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Peter Madoff’s Wife Cuts Price on Palm Beach Home
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Rothstein property auctioned for $1.8 M in Fla.
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Douglas F. Vaughan Indicted in Ponzi Scheme
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Colorado man gets 40 years in 9-state Ponzi scheme
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Man sentenced to 6 years prison for $80M fraud
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Man Pleads Guilty In $200M Ponzi Scam
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Ponzi, Ponzi, Ponzi: Your weekly ScamWatch
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SEC Freezes Assets of China Voice, Alleges Ponzi Scheme
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Court: Attorney's actions resembled Ponzi
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Retailing:

We Have Liftoff: No Money Down Is Back
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U.S. says Borders must prove it can afford to pay bankruptcy attorneys, others
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Borders, Bankrupt Book Chain, Reports Operating Loss
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Amazon: SEC Looking into Texas Tax Dispute
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Oil/Gas:

Chevron profit rises 36 percent on high oil prices
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BofA: $200 Oil Would Cause Recession
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Is $5 Gasoline Coming Soon?
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Big Oil defends its profits
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Double take on biodiesel
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Religion:

Mounting sexual abuse claims causes US Christian Brothers to file for bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:

Some Harry & David creditors cry foul over prepackaged bankruptcy structure
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Judge Approves Sale of 22 Maryland Superfresh Stores
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Autos:

GM Revs Up Its Lobbying
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Chrysler to pay off fed loans
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Accounting:

FASB Tries to Close Lehman Loophole
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Research:

Ordway files for bankruptcy
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Hedge Funds:

Warren Buffett Versus Hedge Funds
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Video Rentals:

Lionsgate and Dish Network Settle Blockbuster's Tab
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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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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:

 

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:

Majestic, Workers' Compensation Insurer, Files Bankruptcy
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Berkshire May Face First Underwriting Loss in Decade
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Securitization:

Skin in the Game-True Sale Implications
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Bankruptcy Compensation:

Borders Adviser-Fee Pay Bid Should Be Denied, US Tells Bankruptcy Court
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Celebs:

Fourth Time's A Charm: How Donald Trump Made Bankruptcy Work For Him
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The Bankruptcies
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More Troubles in Trump Land
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Donald Trump Gives Profanity-laced Speech
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Donald Trump: Bankruptcy King of America
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Will Trump endure unveiling of finances?
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Groupon Stops 'Apprentice' Web Ads After Complaints About Trump
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Memo to Trump: You're Fired
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Religion:

Payment Issues Hamper Holiday at Crystal Cathedral
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Hotels:

Cerberus, TPG Likely to Bid on Innkeepers' Assets
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Aviation:

The Worst of `Hidden’’ Airline Fees?
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Municipalities:

California, Texas, and State Workers' Pay
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Studies: Rich Don't Flee High Tax States
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Health Care:

St. Vincent's Advocates Demand Full-Service Hospital
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Corporate Reform:

Financial Overhaul Grows and Slows
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Will Federal Consumer Bureau Ride to the Rescue of Class Actions?
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Lobbyists vs. consumers
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Three months away from opening, CFPB releases expenditures
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Financial crisis? What financial crisis?
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Lehman:

Imagining a Lehman Resolution
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Lehman Unit Trustees in Netherlands Object to Revised US Plan
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Barclays to Make 'New' Claim Against Lehman Brokerage
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The F.D.I.C.'s Lehman Fantasy
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Banking:

FDIC publishes charges against Republic Bank
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Telecoms:

Nortel units seek over $10 bln from parent
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Tax:

Lenders extend Jackson Hewitt's principal payment deadline
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NY Tax Case Reads Like Vintage Mario Puzo
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Health Care:

ER Doc Forgets Patient Info is Private, Gets Fired for Facebook Overshare
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Baseball:

Frank McCourt Has Met More With Selig Than Any Owner
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Education:

How the Notion That a College Degree Is Essentially Worthless Has Become One of the Year’s Most Fashionable Ideas
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Cross-Border:

Legal minefields sit on national borders
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UK:

Struggling firms walking away from debt
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EU:

Euro zone inflation rises, points to higher ECB rates
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ECB: Bank Lending Conditions Normalizing, More Work Needed
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China:

China manufacturing growth slows in April, hit by tightening
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PIIGS:

Spain jobless rate up to 21.3 percent
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IE: Insolvency and bad debts rise in April
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MENA:

Syrian Troops Open Fire As Thousands Protest
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EU Stops Short Of Syrian Asset Freezes
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NATO Strike Kills Gaddafi's Son
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