Law:

Layoff Watch: More About The Kasowitz Casualties
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Firm Entry-Level Hiring Little Changed: Business of Law
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Best Classes For Biglaw
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Jobs Open Up for Law-School Grads
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Phantom Income' Haunting Ex-Howrey Partners
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Choosing A Law School Based On Scholarships
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Make The Time To Be Remarkable
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Which law firm is the oldest in the United States?
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Library Services Survey Results: Paper is Out Apple Devices Are In
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ABA asks NSA to explain how intelligence agency deals with attorney-client privilege
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Lawyer on trial for girlfriend’s murder blames his parents, ‘intermittent explosive disorder’
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‘Give This Man A Federal Judgeship’: A Review Of ‘The Nominee’ By Leslie Southwick
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Do Frat Bros Owe Others A Duty Of Care Not To Fire Bottle Rockets Out Of Their Butts?
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Corporate lawyers can be divided into ‘grinders, minders and finders’
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5 Essential Men's Shoes For Work And Play
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The Best Android Productivity Apps for Lawyers
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Red Light Camera Exec: I Bribed Officials
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Police Dashcam Video Saves Man From False Charges Of Eluding Police, Resisting Arrest
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Wealthy Drunk Driver Offered Cops Insane Bribes Not to Arrest Him
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Solicitor posed as American 'surfer dude' on internet to exploit girl, 13
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Muslim solicitor's career in ruins after she lied then tried to have trial in secret for 'cultural reasons'
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Man says female Hardee's boss made s-- a requirement of job
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The Most Ridiculous Laws In Each Of The 50 States
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Judges:

Benchslap Of The Day: Just. Produce. The Documents!
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Rhodes keeps people in mind
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9th Cir. Seeks Comments On Reappointment Of ED CA Bankruptcy Judge
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Beset by fashion police, workers protest courthouse dress code: ‘Don’t hate, we look great!’
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Wall Street:

US stock futures trade in narrow range
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Wall Street dips with S&P 500's record high in sight
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Goldman: Here Are 23 Stocks Hedge Funds Are Shorting Like Crazy
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Layoffs:

Report: RBS To Shed Up To 30K Jobs This Year
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Here's What's Really Going On With Baby Boomers And The Labor Force
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How To Ace The Job Interview
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The 100 Best Jobs
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How To Dodge The Past Salary Question In An Interview
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Health Care:

County enters fray after hospital bankruptcy
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Insurers Face Steeper Cuts in Medicare Reimbursement --- Humana, UnitedHealth May Face 3.55% Advantage Rate Cuts
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New Fed study says health reform can reduce financial stress
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Food/Beverage:

Sbarro's Suffers from The Food Court Recession
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What Sbarro's Woes Say About Where We Get Our Fast Food Now
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Television:

Judge: Astros, Rockets and Comcast should focus more on network and less on lawsuits
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Electricity:

TXU/Energy Advisers Bankruptcy: Commodity Price Reality Bites
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Banks Take Another 'Piece of Flesh' of Texas Utility
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Energy Future Holdings reportedly near bankruptcy
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KKR’s $45 Billion 2007 LBO Energy Future Holdings May Now Be Close To Bankruptcy
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The Bankruptcy Big Ten Prepares For a New Entrant
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Bankruptcy won't turn off lights for TXU customers
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Curtain Coming Down on Energy Holdings
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The death of private equity's largest deal --- Energy Future Holdings — Private Equity's Biggest Deal Flops
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Report: EFH bankruptcy near after creditor talks fail
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Banking:

Digging deeper into Fifth Third mistake
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Little Falls Credit Union Liquidated as FBI Investigates
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Deutsche Bank to slash U.S.-based assets by $100 billion
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OCC Issues Guidance Regarding Secured Consumer Debt Discharged In Bankruptcy
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Museums:

At the Corcoran, a history of big mistakes
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Brokers:

Trustee Seeks to Question Peregrine’s Imprisoned Founder
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Personal Finance:

Signs You Should Quit Your Job
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Metals:

Ormet Is Looking to Sell Smelter
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Agriculture:

California Farm Drought Crisis Deepens
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Debt Collection:

Third Party Debt Collection Accounts and Balances Rise in Q4
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Economy:

Transcripts show Fed at times slow to grasp crisis --- Fed Failed to See Lehman’s Fallout for Economy, Transcripts Show --- A chronicle of uncertainty, then bold action --- As 2008 economic disaster loomed, Yellen first for aggressive action --- Bernanke Fed Knew Not Saving Lehman In 2008 Was A Bet It Might Lose --- So Bernanke Could Have Saved Lehman --- Some dramatic quotes
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She Saw It Coming...
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Can Yellen push S&P 500 to a record high?
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Can The Fed Stop The Next Recession? Business Can't Bank On It
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Bullard Says He May Push Back Forecast for Rate Increase in 2014
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The Minimum Wage Debate Should Be About Poverty Not Jobs
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The WhatsApp Deal Is Everything Wrong With The US Economy
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US home sales plunged 5.1 percent in January
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Rising Values Hindering Affordability
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The Town With The Most Expensive Rents In America
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Why The Weakness In The Housing Market Is Probably Temporary
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Municipalities:

Key points in Detroit bankruptcy plan of adjustment --- Orr details Detroit's plight to Philly crowd: 'The people ... were ready for a change' --- Detroit retirees say bankruptcy plan would send 20 percent of pensioners into poverty --- Detroit Outlines Map to Solvency, Stressing Repair --- Detroit plan of adjustment gives bondholders 80% cut --- Detroit pensioners face up to 34% cut, loss of cost of living --- Detroit's bankruptcy exit plan includes pension cuts, millions for blight removal --- Detroit is seeing the light to recovery, but it can't be just a flash --- First full road map for leaving historic bankruptcy case --- Detroit bankruptcy plan faces widespread backlash --- Mayor, council president call Detroit's bankruptcy plan a 'sober reality check' --- What could derail Kevyn Orr's plan? --- City, state leaders share mixed reaction to bankruptcy plan --- Union: Detroit Restructuring Plan 'A Gut Punch To City Workers' --- A look at the effects of Detroit's bankruptcy plan on some key people and places --- Detroit Offers Plan to Crawl Out of Bankruptcy
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A Clear-Eyed Look At What Detroit Needs To Survive
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Detroit's bankruptcy plan spares pensions from deepest cuts
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Bondholders, unions object to cuts in Detroit restructuring plan
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Plan of Alternatives: Anti-EM groups respond to city
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Orr's Detroit bankruptcy plan puts pressure on pensioners, state, to ante up --- Detroit bankruptcy proposal leaves pensioners angry, confused
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Detroit Needs Global Deal to Get Money for Bankruptcy
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Detroit proposes a lose-lose bankruptcy plan
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Kevyn Orr opponents offer Detroit alternative bankruptcy plan based on 'needs of the people'
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The Plan --- Disclosure Statement
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Detroit's Plan Submission -- Now What? --- Where does Detroit's Chapter 9 go from here?
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Free Press To Snyder: 'It's Unacceptable' To Cut Pensions
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State funds for Detroit pension-DIA deal likely to come with strings
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Bankruptcy plan explores collecting taxes from residents working outside Detroit
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Detroit Bankruptcy Exit Has `A Ways to Go': Ridley
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Here's How Detroit's Plan To Restructure Its Debt Will Affect Residents
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Charles Pugh Scandal Not Going Away: Teen Starts Legal Action Against Ex-Mentor
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Detroit art museum hails plan to get control of city-owned art in bankruptcy case --- Detroit filing backs DIA rescue plan
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Federal appeals court agrees to accept appeals to Detroit bankruptcy eligibility
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Detroit Bankruptcy Funding Hinges on Creditor Settlement
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Detroit EM Kevyn Orr: Pension cuts in bankruptcy plan 'very, very, fair' --- In Orr’s Words: Excerpts from the EM’s Statement
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Kevyn Orr’s press conference in 24 tweets
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Detroit police feel pain of city's financial collapse
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No deal: Suburbs say can't trust Detroit in water system negotiations
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Orr's artful plan won't spare Detroiters a difficult decade
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Editorial: Too much pain for pensioners; governor has obligation to make benefits whole
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Editorial: Orr's bankruptcy relief plan is as good as it'll get
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Judge challenges ministers to support the Wright museum
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Timeline: The road to Detroit's bankruptcy
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Back to the ( Bankruptcy ) Drawing Board for California Towns?
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Stockton: City disputes Moody's warning
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The Best City to Move To
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Student Debt:

$1 Trillion Student Loan Problem Keeps Getting Worse
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Elizabeth Warren to introduce student loan refinancing legislation
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Fraud:

Madoff US victim fund extends deadline --- Over 9,000 claims
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Ex-Madoff aide on trial in N.Y. wins dismissal of two counts
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The Second Circuit Upholds Madoff Trustee’s Release of Derivative Claims
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Swiss bank to pay US regulator $196m fine
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Accused Insider Trader Says He Didn't Know His Dad's Name
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A Former Investment Banker Allegedly Tried To Pay His Child Support By Insider Trading
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Sentinel’s Bloom Argues He Was Early Victim of Collapse
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Celebs:

Mel Gibson’s baby mama Oksana loses settlement money due to two words
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Oil/Gas:

Tuscany Bankruptcy: No Unsecured Creditors’ Committee Formed
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Foreign Company Tries To Seize U.S. Land For Pipeline
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Pensions:

Panel Seeks Greater Disclosures on Pension Health
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Museums:

Museums Will Take The Shirt Off Your Back, But Will They Return It?
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Autos:

Automakers Deep in Corporate Welfare Trough
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Automakers Worry About UAW Money Woes
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Woes of Megacity Driving Signal Dawn of ‘Peak Car’ Era
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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 (26 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (32 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy filings continue three-year slide in Ohio, US
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Safe Harbors:

Cert Petition Asks SCOTUS To Look At Safe Harbor Rule
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead in Bankruptcy
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Sales:

Bankruptcy Sales: “Free and Clear”… Or Not
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Appeals:

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for Eighth Circuit Reaffirms It Is Not the Forum for Debtors in Pending Bankruptcy Cases to Take Second Bite at the Apple
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Finance:

Safeguarding lenders' entitlement to make-whole payments in bankruptcy
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Cross-Border:

Cooperation and Tolerance in Chapter 15
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Claims Trading:

Cash Out Early or Go All In? - What creditors need to know before they sell a bankruptcy claim
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TBTF:

Fannie Mae payments to US to exceed bailout
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Make Banks Safer: Tax Them
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Litigation:

Lawyers Spar Over Discovery Rule Changes
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In Case You Missed It: ABA Working Group Publishes “Best Practices Report on Electronic Discovery (ESI) Issues in Bankruptcy Cases”
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Alternative Energy:

Bankrupt Solar-Panel Maker Suntech Seeks Protection in US
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Telecoms:

Ergen Fund Objects to LightSquared Reorganization Plan --- Ergen balks at treatment under LightSquared's restructuring plan
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Clock ticks on Ergen, Falcone fight for LightSquared
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LightSquared Plan Pushes Ergen to Give In or Risk $1 Billion
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Mass Torts:

Maine-based railroad to emerge from bankruptcy with new name
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Freedom moves lawsuits to federal court
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In bankruptcy hearing, Freedom hints at eventual shutdown --- Freedom Industries to shut down 'sooner rather than later'
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Freedom executives due in court Tuesday for creditors' meeting
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Aviation:

Should MAS file for bankruptcy ?
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Pilot unions at American Airlines, US Airways at odds over seniority integration
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Mail:

The Incredible Change That Could Save the Postal Service
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Sovereigns:

Argentina Seeks to Overturn Second Circuit Debt Ruling
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UK:

Concerns over Insolvency Service strategy
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EU:

Eurozone inflation stable at low level in January
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PIIGS:

Moody's upgrades Spain's rating one notch with positive outlook --- Eligibility Conditions for Discharge Under the New Spanish Personal Insolvency Regime --- Spanish Bonds Rise After Draghi Comments; German Bunds Decline
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Bailout inspectors back in Greece
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There's A New Kind Of Housing Crisis In Ireland
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UK:

Pregnant Kerry Katona 'moves into £3,000 a month mansion' despite being bankrupt for second time
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Austria:

Austria should stand by Hypo creditors: Nowotny
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China:

China’s Biggest Ghost City - Even Crazier Than People Think
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Ukraine:

Germany's Steinmeier: Bankrupt Ukraine Would Be a Burden Too Big for Russia, EU
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EU warns west must be ready to rescue Ukraine
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Volatile Ukraine teeters on brink of bankruptcy
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Ukraine's economy more fragile than its uneasy peace
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S&P downgrades Ukraine again over default fears
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Ukraine Needs $35 Billion To Function For Two Years
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Wanted For Mass Murder
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Jamaica:

Editorial - More flexibility in bankruptcy law
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