May 22, 2013

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Law:

Layoff Watch: Feeling the Pain at Akin
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Firm Leaders Survey, Kramer Levin: Business of Law
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O'Melveny Further Bolsters Global Restructuring Practice
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Q&A: Christopher Ward on the changing role of the CRO
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Adams and Reese to acquire a 23-lawyer firm
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SuperChambers500
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Do LinkedIn endorsements violate legal ethics?
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12 signs that you're burnt out
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Yale Law Grad: Why I Came Out As Gay In A New York Times Op-Ed
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Quinn Emanuel Hits Banks with New LIBOR Fraud Suit
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Thinking of switching law firms? Be sure you take these steps, partners caution
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Are Law Schools Neglecting Half of the Brain?
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Lawyers Like Their Evidence Like They Like Their Dates: Cheap, Quick, and Easy
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A law firm taxonomy: Introduction
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Appeal Filed by Lawyers Sanctioned Over P*** Lawsuits
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Law firm faces paying out to lawyer denied a permanent role because she became pregnant
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CBS Is Investigating How A Reporter's Computer Was Compromised
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Jodi Arias Pleads For Mercy, Promises To Devote Her Life To Helping People
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Convicted of murdering ex-client, lawyer is fighting attorney disciplinary petition
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Reema Unchained: Attorney Who Pleaded Guilty To Prostitution Sues A Slew Of Local Lawyers
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Attorney Who OK'd AP Phone Taps Also Represented Firm That Allegedly Hacked David Einhorn
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Biglaw Lawyer Asked to Spy for Russia
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Social Media Darlings at Amy’s Baking Company Fear Lawsuit
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Juror in contempt for posting online comments in news article about trial of attorney murder case
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Federal judge jails estate lawyer as flight risk, nixes ‘bizarre’ effort to revoke plea
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Ex-US AG Retaliated in Fast and Furious
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Crime Novelist Wins $51 Million From Accounting Firm
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Judges:

Suspended and facing ethics case, judge blames president jurist, claims she rebuffed advances
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Judge’s Facebook friendship didn’t indicate bias, state appellate court rules
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Q&A: Plan B judge Edward Korman on judicial activism, job perks
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A Footnote to the Scalia Footnote
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Wall Street:

US stock futures advance --- Futures Up Ahead of Bernanke
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U.S. Stocks Close Higher on Fed Comments
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Layoffs:

Report: ESPN Is Laying Off Hundreds Of People
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Inspiring 85-Year-Old Lands A Job Four Days After Graduating From College
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Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

US court studies wiretaps in ex-Goldman director's insider case
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Report: Prosecutors Might Go After SAC Capital Under Law That Was Made For The Mafia
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2 Eastern Livestock officials sentenced to prison
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Ex-SAC Trader Continues To Press Prosecutors For Details In Insider Case
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SAC Capital punishment
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Mass Torts:

Bankruptcy judge rejects 'novel' theory to limit asbestos liability
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Bankruptcy Judge Sets Specialty Products’ Asbestos Liability At $1.16 Billion
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Pittsburgh Corning Exit-Plan Approval Opposed by Insurers
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U.S. Chamber Applauds House Judiciary Committee Passage of Asbestos Trust Transparency Bill | Fort Mill Times - Fort Mill, SC
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Telecoms:

Will Dish chairman's $2B bid for LightSquared spectrum run into interference?
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Municipalities:

Who would want to be mayor of PA's broke capital city?
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In post- bankruptcy Vallejo, services few, times hard
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The Stockton Saga Continues: Untouchable Pensions on the Chopping Block?
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CalPERS debt looms in anti-crime plan debate
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Stockton pulls 3 properties off for-sale list
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The Most Polite And Potty-Mouthed States In The US
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The 15 Healthiest Cities In America
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13 Major Suburbs Where Poverty Is Soaring
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Elder Debt:

Seniors losing savings to 'pension advance' firms
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Economy:

Dudley Says He Can't Be Sure If Next QE Move Is 'Up or Down'
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Apple chief calls for US corporate tax to be cut to single digits
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The incredible story of America's boom, crash, and comeback
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Public Education Spending Per Student Falls For The First Time In Nearly 40 Years
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Spotlight on the economy: Bernanke may duck and weave on bond buys
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Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction Are Back
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How Poor Teens Can Reach The Middle Class In 3 Steps
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The 15 Most Frustrating Companies In America
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This country needs another financial crisis
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Fannie Mae Said to Plan $2 Billion CMBS Offering to Cut Holdings
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Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Probably Rose to Three-Year High
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Mortgage Applications Sink as Interest Rates Jump
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Mortgage settlement brings relief to 25K in Illinois
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Obama's Fannie Mae Pick Watt Faces Fight Imperiling Housing Deal
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Father, son sentenced for rigging foreclosure auctions
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Hardest-hit states record the most relief from servicers
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The Rise Of Poverty In American Suburbs [Infographic]
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Servicers distributed $50.63 billion through National Mortgage Settlement
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Recovering housing market buoys The Home Depot earnings
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QM likely to shrink mortgage lending space
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Waypoint Files for Latest Foreclosure-to-Rental IPO
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Tax:

Apple tries not to stand out in the tax-avoidance crowd --- Apple Avoids Paying $17 Million In Taxes Every Day --- How Apple scores its lower tax bill --- Ireland does not want to be blamed for Apple's tax avoidance --- Why Apple (And Lots Of Other Companies) Wound Up In Ireland --- 17 Great American Companies That Keep Mountains Of Cash Overseas Just Like Apple Does --- Apple CEO, Lawmakers Square Off --- Why Politicians Are Trying To Crucify Apple --- Google Joins Apple Avoiding Taxes With Stateless Income --- Two Global Companies Just Moved for Tax Reasons --- Rand Paul Blasts His Colleagues, And Says It's Outrageous That Apple Is Being Harassed About Its Taxes --- It's Not Just Apple: The Ultra-Complicated Tax Measures That Microsoft Uses To Avoid $2.4 Billion In U.S. Taxes ---Apple CEO Cook Talks to Congress as Steve Jobs Never Did --- Hey, Congress, Look What Happened Last Time You Got Duped Into Letting Companies 'Repatriate' Foreign Cash... --- Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy --- Apple’s Taxes Expose the Rotten U.S. Code --- How to Solve the Corporate Tax Debate
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Ex-IRS Chief: Don't Know How It Happened
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Aides Knew of IRS Scandal, Didn't Tell Obama
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The IRS Official At The Center Of The Scandal Will Plead The Fifth Amendment Before Congress
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IRS Officials Back on Capitol Hill Hot Seat
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The IRS controversy isn’t about taxes. It’s about disclosure.
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IRS acted alone in planted question about targeting Tea Party: Lew
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“Auditing” an EDNY Decision with a Plethora of Tax Issues (Part Four)
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Alternative Energy:

Tesla May Repay Government Loan Today, 9 Years Ahead Of Schedule --- Tesla Repaying Loan for ‘Losers’ Gives Obama Green Win
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Can You See A Trend Yet? Chinese Enter The Bidding Process For Fisker --- Wanxiang and VL Auto Want to Buy Fisker
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Battery maker B456 Systems' bankruptcy plan approved
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The collapse of China’s photovoltaic industry will spark the next solar boom
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EU Panel Penalties to Hurt Solar Firms From China to U.K
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Banking:

JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon beats off shareholder revolt --- Jamie Dimon's Win Was Actually Massive
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Why Big Banks Don't Want Your Money Anyway
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Shadow Banking Hits Post-Crisis High
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Shuttered FrontPoint hedge funds sue Libor banks for $250 mln fraud
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Hotels:

Judge rules Airbnb illegal in New York City
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Coal:

Union Miners Rally Again on Peabody's Doorstep --- Dozen Arrests at Mine Worker Rally in St. Louis --- Peabody to allow Patriot to probe its financial advisers
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Autos:

GM North America President Mark Reuss says company would be (mostly) unaffected by Detroit bankruptcy
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Sweden Prosecutors Arrest Former Saab Auto CEO on Tax Charge
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Hollywood:

Stalking Horse Bidder Agrees to Settlement With Rhythm & Hues
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Appeals Court Denies Ronald Tutor's Bid to Sell Movies Tied up in Bankruptcy Case
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Lehman:

Lehman Australia Liquidator Wins Approval for Vote
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Personal Finance:

When To Break It To The Kids That They're Filthy Rich
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Music:

Boo F! Boyband Blue go bankrupt
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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 (29 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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:

(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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Personal Bankruptcy:

Non-exempt Exempt IRAs and Undercompensated Chapter 7 Trustees
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Sales:

JS Communications Settles Rhythm & Hues Fee Dispute
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Committees:

Creditors' Committee: Invaluable In the Chapter 11 Process
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Bankruptcy Reform:

New Bankruptcy Chapter No Answer
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TBTF:

How to End Too Big to Fail
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Separate Claims Deemed a Single Claim--What Are the Implications?
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Defaults:

Beware of the Covenant Bubble
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Food/Beverage:

Aloha Beer bid disrupts Hawaii Nui bankruptcy case
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The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food
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Art:

N.Y. art dealer tied to forgeries charged with tax fraud
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Brokers:

MF Global regulator Gensler faulted by CFTC inspector general over recusal
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Golf:

The Village at Woodcrest Will be Public Golf Course, Developer Says
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Health Care:

KidsPeace Files Bankruptcy Blaming Government Spending Cuts
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Cancer hits millennial finances hardest
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The end of health price secrecy may be starting in Miami
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Compensation:

EU Bank Bonus Cap to Put Pressure on US
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Celebs:

Schilling lawyer to argue for tossing lawsuit
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Gambling:

Atlantic City's Revel exits bankruptcy court
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UK:

UK Reports Dismal Retail Sales
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UK regulator says satisfied with Lloyds, RBS capital plans
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EU:

EU Fails to Save a Lost Generation
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EU Bank Bonuses to Affect a Lot More Bankers
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PIIGS:

Dunne's ex-wife hires lawyer to monitor bid for US bankruptcy
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Italy: Millions Falling into Poverty
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The Thin Lady Sings: Spanish Opera Protests Austerity --- Spain just spent $680 million on a submarine that can’t swim --- Spanish unemployment could hit 30% by 2014
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Canada:

Canada: Tax the Rich, but They May Not Pay
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France:

Natixis says AMF probing stock reaction to restructuring
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Brazil:

Jump in bankruptcy protection requests may hurt Brazil banks
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Hungary:

Hungary personal insolvency bill ready
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Japan:

Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis
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Japan's economic comeback
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