Law:
Bryan Cave, Holland & Knight Hit With Suits in Bankruptcy Court
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BigLaw Partner Honored With Willie Nelson Concert
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Ex-Reed Smith Partner Drops Sex Discrimination Suit Against Her Former Firm
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Following Clients and ‘Flow of Capital,’ Clifford Chance Focuses on Asia
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The legal business has undergone not only recession but also structural change. Ever-growing profits are no longer guaranteed. Nor, for some firms, is survival.
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Future of the Legal Profession: Adapting to Change
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Report: Demand for Legal Services Rising Slowly
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Which Law Firms Will Prosper After the ‘Hundred-Year Flood’?
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Stu Rosenfeldt "Insolvent or Barley Solvent" But Due to Get Huge Tax Refund!
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In Defense of King & Spalding
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Madoff: Silver Lining
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In-House: Sucking Up by Writing Down
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Judge Calls Heads of 2 Foreclosure Firms on Carpet, Revokes Their Phone-Appearance Privileges
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Slaughters announce associate pay rises: an extra cup of coffee a day
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Latham & Watkins rejects candidate overnight
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A&O confirms up to 155 London layoffs ahead of nearsourcing launch
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BigLaw Firm's Dodgy Contract Got Whistleblower Fired, Suit Says
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Fed’l Jury Convicts Lawyer of Hiring Hitman to Kill His Wife With Pipe Bomb
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Bishop with a Penchant for Antique Books Is One of Two Lawyers Charged in $52M Ponzi
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Bias Suit Claims Law Firm Cut Older Lawyer’s Pay, Lied About Available Cases
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Le Law Firm, LLP
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Law Revue Video Contest 2011: The Finalists
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Law schools May Be Forced to Disclose Scholarship Retention Rates
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U.S. News Tells Law Schools To Take Some Personal Responsibility
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JPMorgan, HSBC, Barclays, Stanford, ICP, Lawson in Court News
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UBS, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Rajaratnam, K1 in Court News
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What's the Future of Legal Directories?
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Reports: Fake Law Firm Site Targeting Lawyers in Real Estate Scam Uses Actual Law Firm Info, Photos
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Man calls 911 after being shortchanged in crack deal
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Blogging ex-wife gets alimony cut
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Judges:
Stevens casts some “votes”
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Cameras in the Courtroom: Now With More Internets
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Judge Rapped for ‘Injudicious’ Public Comments About Parking in Handicapped Space Without Placard
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Appeals Court Refuses to Remove Judge from Case for ‘Screw You’ Remark
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Recuse Me
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Wall Street:
US stock futures signal slight gains for equities
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Stocks close lower ahead of jobs report
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Credit will save stock bulls in next 'flash crash'
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Layoffs:
Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Jump Due to Anomalies
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A Deep Dive Into The Terrible Jobless Claims Number
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:
Donald Trump's lawsuits could turn off conservatives who embrace tort reform
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Trumpdate: Sue-Happy Donald Booted from Indy 500
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Retailing:
Retail stocks rise after April sales upside
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Rise in April’s Retail Sales Comes With a Warning
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Simon, General Growth selling malls?
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Clothing chain Metropark files for bankruptcy , will close all stores
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Borders CEO lashes out at publishers and the company's hometown for its problems
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Lehman:
Barclays says Lehman trustee 'evading' ruling
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Barclays Must Return $2.1 Billion, Lehman Brokerage Says
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Meteor applies for judicial review against FOS Lehman
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Oil/Gas:
SemGroup figures settle
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Fraud:
U.S. narrows case vs accused Ponzi schemer Stanford
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New Allen Stanford Indictment Unlikely to End Delays
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Picard's $6.4 Billion JPMorgan Suit Goes to New Court
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Two Madoff Cases Reach Federal Court
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Fortuitous $3.97M Tax Refund Helps Ex-Rothstein Partner Settle
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Rajaratnam Case Gets Quiet After New Juror Takes Seat on Panel
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Raj Rajaratnam to be found guilty of at least one count of insider trading is 94% probable
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The Avengers As A Ponzi Scheme
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Priest, Attorney Accused in Ponzi
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Church bishop's decadent lifestyle allegedly built on backs of honest investors
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Accountant Admits To Hedge Fund Fraud Cover-Up
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St. Louis-area lawyer accused in huge Ponzi
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Interchange and Elections
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Art:
Asked & Answered | Flavin Judd, My Time At Milbank
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Economy:
Jobless Claims Rise To 8 Month High
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Employment in U.S. Probably Slowed as Companies Curbed Spending
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Is there a real risk of the US defaulting?
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Oil Crashes, Silver Crashes, Dow Off 180
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Oil drops below $100 on worry of weaker US demand
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America's Spend Less Recovery
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Economy Not Bad Because of Taxes, Regs
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Boehner demands trillion-dollar cuts in debt deal
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Boehner Is Boxed In by Republican Party's Anti-Tax Pledge
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Cantor: Tax hikes off the table
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GOP Wants Numbers Ahead of Debt Talks
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Debt Ceiling Has Some Give, Until Roof Falls In
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GOP Won't Push Medicare Cuts
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Food Prices Rise to Near-Record as Inflation Accelerates
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Household Size is Growing After 50 Years
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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:
Benchmark 30-year mortgage rate matches 2011 low
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GAO pressures CFPB for federal foreclosure oversight
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Judge chastises foreclosure law firm chiefs
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Judge halts foreclosures in SC
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Banks Illegally Foreclosed On Dozens Of Military Borrowers, Federal Investigators Say
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Hawaii governor signs bill to protect homeowners
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Slumlord Millionaire
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'Squatter Rent' May Boost Spending as US Mortgage Holders Bail
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A chart can be worth a thousand words (or at least 300)
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Colorado foreclosure filings, auction sales down in first quarter
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Commercial/multifamily mortgage originations spike 89% in 1Q
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Number of bad commercial loans in Sacramento is growing
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Independent guardian to oversee troubled Reynolds properties
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Mastro's guardian Ireland wants out of the case
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Tax:
Obama floats plan to tax cars by the mile
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US tax burden at lowest level since '58
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51% of Americans Pay No Federal Income Tax
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High-Earning Households Pay Growing Share of Taxes
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This fact may not sit well: Americans are under-taxed
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Municipalities:
Cash-Strapped School Districts Considering 4-Day Weeks
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$48.5 million in unpaid bills await new Detroit Public Schools manager
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Pa. capital gets 2nd offer to help pay huge debt
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Montebello municipal bonds downgraded to junk status
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Corporate Reform:
GOP: No Consumer Director Vote w/o Changes
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Regulators Must Avoid 'Burdensome' Rules: Bernanke
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Fed's Bernanke: Dodd-Frank Aimed To Strengthen Banking System
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Will “False Claims” Lawsuit Against AIG, Goldman, Deutsche, BofA, SocGen on Fed Funding Lead to New Round of Embarrassing Revelations?
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First Goldman, Then Deutsche Bank... Is The U.S. Government Just Going To Go Down The Line?
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Credit Suisse Subpoenaed by SEC: Court Document
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SEC cool to corporate demands on whistleblowers
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Alternative Energy:
A Geothermal Bankruptcy
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Trade Credit:
Know which corporate entity is your customer
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Religion:
Priest Ask Court to Seal Personnel Records
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Manufacturing:
Eagle Bridge files for bankruptcy
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Accounting:
BDO Seidman files secret settlement in malpractice case
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Student Debt:
The Dark Side of Student Debt
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Radio:
Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Atlantic Broadcasting's radio stations
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Health Care:
Philly-area hospitals see reversal of financial fortunes
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Toll Roads:
Tollway Exits Chapter 11
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Autos:
Is GM's Rebound the Real Deal?
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GM Thinks Bigger, Looks to Streamline
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Owners of Defunct Brands Ride Off
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Auto firms climb in Fortune 500
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Lexus Fights 'House on Fire' as BMW Steals Decade-Long US Lead
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Toyota Doubles Down in Japan
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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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Vitro, Blixseth, Berkline, Island One, Asbestos Case: Bankruptcy
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2010 Bankruptcy Law: The Year in Review
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Corporate bankruptcies on decline in Houston
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Phoenix-area bankruptcy filings decline for 3rd straight month, state total down 10 percent
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Bankruptcies drop, but Nevada still tops
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:
Secured Lenders to Brace for a Longer Race with “Mace” in Place
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Celebs:
Trump: I Ran a Great Airline
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Sales:
Sand Traps for the Unwary: Golf Course Case Questions the Finality of 'Free and Clear' Sale Orders by Bankruptcy
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Banking:
Feds take control of Mississippi credit union
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BofA Raises Estimate of Possible Legal, Regulatory Costs
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RBS core operating profit jumps 25 pct
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Lloyds Bank Posts Q1 Loss of $4 Billion
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Distressed Investing:
Black Diamond Capital Management Closes $800M Distressed Fund
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Tax:
Who Pays No Income Tax? That’s The Wrong Question
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Gambling:
Feds Grab Ex-Playmate's Home In Online Poker Bust
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Cereus Poker Denies Bankruptcy , Admits Downsizing
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Insurance:
AIG posts 1Q loss on bailout payback, Japan quake
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UK:
More UK retailers file for bankruptcy
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UK Producer Prices Increased More Than Forecast in April
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Insolvency hits a two-year low
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Personal insolvencies Fall By 15.5 Per Cent, Although Company Insolvencies Rise
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UK: Economy is Falling Fastest Since Lehman
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Banks unsupportive, says UK businesses
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Foreign Banks Get Scrutiny in Britain
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Appointment of Administrators - 5 May 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 5 May 2011
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EU:
Euro falls sharply on ECB; caution boosts dollar
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Merkel Adviser Sees Two More ECB Rate Rises This Year
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Decoded the message is: not so fast
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More Reasons to Say “Eeh” When You Learn About the ECB
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Germany:
WestLB Gets New Deadline To Submit Restructuring Proposal
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MENA:
Qaddafi's forces bombard rebel cities
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US Wants to Use Frozen Libyan Assets to Help the Country’s People
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PIIGS:
Greek prime minister booed at WWII hero's funeral
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Inevitability Of a Default In Greece
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A big fat Greek real estate sale
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Ways of Treading Water II: Eupdate Greece
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Portugal Says Economy to Shrink Twice as Much as Forecast Under Added Cuts
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Portuguese strike against bailout austerity plan
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Markets Losing Faith in Portugal
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Ways of Treading Water I: Eupdate Portugal
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Spanish Economy Grew 0.2% From Previous Quarter, Bank of Spain Estimates
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Nama Lost €714.1 Million In First 10 Months
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Italy:
Italy: Disgraced Parmalat founder taken to jail to begin sentence
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Japan:
Takefuji's Debt Triples to 1.5 Trillion Yen Since Bankruptcy
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Korea:
KAMCO Weeding Out Bad Property Loans
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