Law:
Dorsey Adds New Bankruptcy Lawyers
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Lowenstein Sandler Elects New Bankruptcy Partner --- David Banker
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Bankruptcy Attorney George Pitts Joins Wiley Rein
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Squire Sanders, Milbank, Shearman: Business of Law
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Cosmo's Lawyer 'Bachelor Of The Year' Gives The Most Awkward Interview Ever
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Big Winners in Nortel's Demise? Lawyers
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Kilpatrick Townsend works to salvage Hostess assets
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Lance’s Lawyer: Armstrong Didn’t Betray Me
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Mandatory Retirement Policy Prompts Weil Partner to Move to K&L Gates
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Reed Smith has opened Houston office, expects 50 lawyers there
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Ex-Fried Frank Staffer Accused of Carrying Out Massive Ink Theft From Firm
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Law school benefactor resigns from its executive board to protest surprising news of dean’s ouster
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Why Take Out Student Loans When You Can Finance Law School as a ‘Sugar Baby’?
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Gradenfreude: Escaping the Seventh Circle of Retail Hell
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Law School Transparency: They write letters
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Case Western Dean Cagey in Interview on Unsustainability of Law School Tuition
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An Interview with an In-House Insider (Part 2)
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Attorneys who quit law firm jobs during 2009 downturn find success as small corporate boutique
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One group always wins in bankruptcy : the lawyers
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What is the Market Value of a BigLaw Firm?
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Lindsay Lohan 'owes fired lawyer Shawn Holley $300k in legal fees'... amid reports she wants attorney back on board
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Ex-Mayer Brown CIO charged in alleged $5 million theft
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Lawyer bills client for time they spent having s--
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Woman Steals Train And Crashes It Into An Apartment Building
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Facebook Post With Escaped Prisoner's Photo Not A Good Idea
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Pew Gun Control Poll Finds Overwhelming Support For NRA School Gun Plan
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Video Prankster Arrested After Wedgie Attacks
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5 Tips for Fighting the Flu at Your Firm
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Man To Cop Plea In Couch S-- Case
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Teacher with child phobia sues school for disability discrimination, says she was forced to retire
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Lawyerly Lairs: Former Partner Purchases Holbrooke’s Home
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The Case of the ‘Copy Cat Burglar’
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Court Makes New Law in Shearman Partner's Prenup Case
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Mafia: Hoffa Buried in Detroit Area
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Chicago Settles Case for $22.5 Million After Releasing Bipolar Young Woman Into High Crime Area Where She Is Kidnapped And Raped
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“Move Closer To the Rhino” And Other Telltale Signs Of A Tort In Progress
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Man Claims To Have Shot Neighbor After The Neighbor R--- His Wife “Telepathically”
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Burglar improvises after he forgets mask
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More Gruesome Allegations Come Out During 'Cannibal Cop' Hearing
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Mug Shots
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Judges:
Why Clarence Thomas And Oral Arguments
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Here's What Clarence Thomas' Joke About Yale Yesterday Really Meant
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Judge who dismissed racial slur claim as ‘surprising to Colonel Sanders’ gets sensitivity lesson
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Quote of the Day: When Will the Next SCOTUS Justice Die?
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Speak, Clarence, Speak!
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Courthouses feel pinch of YMCA bankruptcy
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Benchslap of the Day: Skadden, Smacked, Eats Crow
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Wall Street:
Stock futures down ahead of Goldman, data
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Stocks close mixed Tuesday
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Miss America's Boyfriend Works At JPMorgan
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The Most Brutal Bonus Plan Wall Street Has Seen In Years
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Kid Sends Perfectly Blunt Cover Letter For Wall Street Internship, And Now Tons Of People Are Trying To Hire Him
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Layoffs:
Wal-Mart to hire 100,000 veterans
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The Most Ridiculous Interview Questions Jobseekers Need To Be Prepared For
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Job competition is way down
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Sonia Sotomayor's New Memoir Is Like The Confirmation Hearing She Never Got
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The Main Reason Workers Leave Is Because Of Their Boss
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Hotels:
Marriott Labor Conspiracy Forced Manhattan Hotel Into Bankruptcy, Ex-Owner Claims
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Consultants:
AlixPartners Bolsters Transformation and Restructuring Advisory Offering
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Economy:
People Are Really Starting To Get It About The Deficit
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Bernanke: We Don't Need The Debt Ceiling
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Alan Simpson Nails It On The Debt Ceiling
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Argentina is cautionary tale as US debates debt limit
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Bernanke: Economy Not Out of Woods Yet
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Sorry, Middle Class. The VAT May be Inevitable
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NY Fed Manufacturing Index Falls to -7.78
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Life in the Red
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Why U.S. might be ‘a nation of deadbeats’
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Consumer confidence remains resilient due to housing improvement
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AARP Maps Fight for the Middle Class
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Everything You Know About The Deficit Is Wrong: Fixing It Is Painless
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There's A Word Missing From The Debate Over The Debt Ceiling
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Fitch warns it may downgrade US over debt standoff
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Wholesale Prices in U.S. Fall More Than Forecast as Food Drops
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Minneapolis Fed Chief Has A Killer Explanation Of How The Fed Could Provide Even More Stimulus
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The Most Important Line In Fitch's Warning About The US AAA Credit Rating
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US: Number of Working Poor Families Growing
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World Bank cuts growth outlook as advanced nations drag
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
QM Impact on the Mortgage Market
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Mortgage defaults rise, setting an alarming trend
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December home prices jump 19.6% in Southern California
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Bargain Homes Lure Buyers Worldwide to Detroit
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Housing Inventory Ends Year Down 17%
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Lawyer takes plea in $30M federal mortgage fraud case
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Home prices up the most since 2006
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Bernanke: QE successfully brings down mortgage rates
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Housing Recovery Powers Lennar's 4Q Beat; New Orders Soar 32%
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’Odd Couple’ in U.S. House to Tackle Mortgage Finance
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Millions Of People Are Getting Out From Underwater, As Home Prices Rise Around The Country
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These Will Be The Hottest Neighborhoods In America In 2013
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AIG moves to stay MBS case vs Countrywide: fear or strategy?
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Retailing:
Sales at US Retailers Rose More Than Forecast in December
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Banking:
Several JPMorgan Directors Long Serving and Well Paid
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JPMorgan's Whale Trade Subject of OCC Order to Fix Risk Controls
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Aviation:
MOU could boost American pilots' contracts by $522 million --- American Airlines’ explanation of the pilots’ MOU
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The full MOU with USAPA and APA
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Joint statement from AA, US pilot union presidents
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AMR pilot contract would cover US Air pilots in merger: memo
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American Airlines passenger service agents reject unionization
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Pilots say they want new leadership at American Airlines
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US Airways Proposed AMR Merger in April
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Pinnacle pilots ratify concessions contract
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US Airways Approached AMR in April
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USAPA: Merger ‘quickest and surest path to a better lifestyle” for US Airways pilots
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Telecoms:
Nortel Bankruptcy : $9 Billion Still In Limbo
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Municipalities:
Harrisburg Must Remain in State Aid Program
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San Bernardino County drops attempt to sue city
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Details emerge from Jefferson County's closed door meeting with lawyers
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Butte County has new emergency manager
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With Mortgage Defaults Rising Again, is the Underlying Health of Municipalities Getting Weaker?
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Howell Twp. accountant warns of bankruptcy
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Pension Funding Gap Widens for Big Cities
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Top Ten Cities People are Moving To in US
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The Real Cost of Our Crumbling Roads, Bridges
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Trucking:
Cooley Industries files for bankruptcy protection
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Alternative Energy:
Lobbyists work both sides on A123 sale
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Solar shakeout: SiC Processing warns creditors to expect low debt recovery
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Corporate Governance:
How Officers and Directors of Financial Intermediaries Can Avoid Personal Liability in the Post-Dodd-Frank Market
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Media:
Tribune Co. buyout: Bankruptcy Inc. - The big winners in Tribune Co.'s Chapter 11 case are the investment firms that profit from the boom-and-bust cycles of Wall Street
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Education:
Amegy Bank dominates Lon Morris College bankruptcy auction
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Awards:
M. Natasha Labovitz Appointed to New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project Steering Committee
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Fed report: Durbin Amendment has had little effect on small banks’ interchange revenue
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Health Care:
Pittsburgh health system in tentative deal to cut debt
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2 Hospitals Receive Credit Downgrades in Past Month
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Doctor shortage? What doctor shortage?
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Software:
Jury deliberations on Goldman-Dragon case could begin this week
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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 (18 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (18 new filings today)
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Fewer Utah bankruptcy filings in 2012
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:
Bankruptcy sale offers: highest is not always best
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Catching Up on Chapter 11 Reform…ABI Commission Enters Second Year »
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Discharge:
The Latest on Third Party Releases
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Plan Confirmation:
Fourth Circuit Preserves Absolute Priority Rule Despite Challenge Through BAPCPA
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Safe Harbors:
The Applicability of Section 546(e)'s Forward Contract Payment Defense to Commodity Supply Contracts
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Bankruptcy Forms:
Submit Your Bankruptcy Form Suggestions By Feb. 15
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IP:
How Does Bankruptcy Affect Rights Under an Agreement Not to Sue on Patents?
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Recent Pleadings:
OSG Seeks Stay Extension/Injunction To Protect Officers and Directors
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Insurance:
Long-running Transit Casualty receivership wraps
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Court Finds Ambiguity Applying Insured v. Insured Exclusion to FDIC Lawsuit
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Food/Beverage:
Hostess, Flowers Once Clashed Over Nature's Pride
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Banking:
Morgan Stanley to defer bonuses for high earners
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RBS Braces for $800M in Libor Fines
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Corporate Reform:
Bank Settlements Draw Fire From Critics
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BofA Agrees to Raise Its $20 Million Offer To $62.5 Million to Resolve Claims Over Merrill Deal
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Wall Street pushing back against investor-protection, fiduciary duty measures
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Lew’s nomination may indicate a backseat for financial reform
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Equipment Rentals:
Ahern Rentals to Appeal Exclusivity Decision
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Fraud:
Can the Purchase of Groceries be “in Furtherance of a Ponzi Scheme?”
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Once-defiant research firm chief who nixed FBI wire gets 4 years in insider trading case
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'Ultimate Ponzi' chronicles Scott Rothstein's rise and fall
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Autos:
American Suzuki Motor Corporation Granted Approval of Disclosure Statement
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Renault Wants to Fire 7,500
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Chrysler chief warns broken Europe 'maiming auto industry'
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Mail:
IG: Post Office Faces Ruin without Rescue
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Accounting:
FASB Acts to Close Repo Loophole Used By Lehman, MF Global
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Sovereigns:
Argentina holdouts: when an amicus curiae brief is not so amicus
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UK:
HMV: A tragedy or fresh start?
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Deloitte’s Neville Kahn to lead HMV administration
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Potential buyers circle stricken HMV
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Jessop's administrators to make more than 1,300 redundancies
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EU:
European auto sector hits 17-year low
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PIIGS:
Greece all but secures next tranche --- Greek economic sentiment climbs to highest in two years --- Building activity in Greece plummeting, 43.7pct fewer permits issued in October --- Stournaras eyes another haircut
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Canada:
As Nortel pensioners struggle, the lawyers are doing just fine
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Germany:
Germany's export model faces reality check
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South Africa:
Law firm sets South Africa bankruptcy precedent
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MENA:
Dubai's Amlak in talks over $1.9 bln debt restructuring
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Clifford Chance advises Nakheel on third tranche of trade creditor Sukuk
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Cyprus:
Split with IMF delays Cypriot bailout package
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Brazil:
Too Much Showering Brazil Bad For Economy
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Russia:
Russia's MTS says Uzbek unit applies for bankruptcy
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Indonesia:
Telkomsel Officially Wins its Bankruptcy Appeal
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