July 17, 2014

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

The Best of the Bankruptcy Bar
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Bankruptcy Marketplace Projections
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The Best Law Firms For Diversity (2015)
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The 2014 GC Compensation Survey
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Is It Okay To Take A Low-Paying Contract Attorney Job?
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"Mal-employed" - New term JDs not practicing law can use to describe pickle they're in
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You Can Get into Any (Mid- Rank) Law School!
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Go to law school. Rack up debt. Make $62,000
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Go To Law School — Seriously. Just Do A Few Things First.
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The Bar Exam: 6 Famous Failures
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Profits From Finishing Bankrupt Firms' Cases Belong to Law Firms
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The Right Way To Iron A Dress Shirt
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11 Things You Can Do With Samsung's New Tablet That You Can't Do With The iPad
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The shocking rise of racial disparity in our criminal justice system
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Cop Aims at Dog, Shoots Kid
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Google Street View Images Catch Robbers In Act 3 Years Later
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Man Busted For Flying Drone Outside Exam Windows At Medical Office
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Each Child Migrant Entering The US Costs Up To $1000 Per Day --- One in Six Say Immigration Most Important U.S. Problem
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Bergdahl's Attorney: Bowe Is 'Deeply Grateful' Obama Saved His Life
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Judge Throws Out City's Attempt To Tax Lap Dances
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The FBI Is Afraid Criminals Will Use Google's Driverless Cars For Freeway Shootouts
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Most Desirable Woman In Australia Is A Lawyer?
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Parents Are Now Getting Arrested for Letting Their Kids Go to the Park Alone
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Company limits bathroom breaks to 6 minutes a day
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Judges:

Federal judge: An ode to certain “serious” law professors
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Roberts Turns Court Into D.C.'s Friendliest Bar
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Wall Street:

Russia sanctions hit Wall Street, global markets
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Dow Closes at Record High
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Layoffs:

Fed Unveils a New Job-Market Index
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Will the long-term and shadow unemployed ever come back?
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The Deepest Cuts In Microsoft History Are Expected Today
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Fed’s Williams: ‘Still a Way to Go’ With the Labor Market
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Is the U.S. Labor Market Getting Less Dynamic?
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10 Questions Job Seekers Should Never Ask 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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Banking:

A Cross-Country Analysis of Bank Bankruptcy Regimes
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Tax:

US Treasury urges Congress to act on corporate tax dodge deals
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Democrats Rally Against Tax Deals With Eye on Elections
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Obama Administration Doesn't Seem To Understand Tax Inversions As It Tries To Stop Them
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Will Congress Ever Crack Down on Corporate Tax Abuse?
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The Department Of Justice Is Investigating The Missing IRS Emails
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Food/Beverage:

Which Crumbs Locations Could Reopen?
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Bankruptcy Judge Puts Crumbs on Fast Track to Sale
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California drought losses could surpass $800 million
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Personal Finance:

62 Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
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Things You Should Always Haggle For
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Finance:

The Founder Of FedEx Saved The Company From Bankruptcy With His Blackjack Winnings
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Retailing:

Love Culture is latest womenswear chain to file bankruptcy
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Lehman:

Lehman Brothers brokerage settles with Hong Kong branch
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Autos:

The Heat Is on GM's Top Lawyer in Hearings
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GM Hires Outside Law Firm to Review Litigation Practices
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Here's what's so outrageous about the GM debacle
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Teen Got Prison for 2008 GM Crash
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Brokers:

The Huge SIPC Risk Your Broker Isn't Disclosing
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Weather:

Bad California Drought Gets Much Worse
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Economy:

Factory output gain provides boost to U.S. growth
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U.S. Economy Heating Up During Summer
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World's Wealthiest a Lot Richer Than Thought
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Yellen Confronts Lawmakers on House Fed Bill
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12 Beige Book Gems
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When Tax Cuts Don't Work
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Consumer Spending Habits Counter Economists’ Expectations
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CBO: Slowing health-care costs yield big savings, but not enough to bring down our big debt
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Fed’s Fisher: Raise Rates in Early 2015 or Even Sooner
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JP Morgan's Dimon: Companies Should Feel Free to Bail on the US
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The 27 Maps That Explain America
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Mortgage Volume Tanks
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Foreclosure activity at lowest level in 8 years
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Freddie, Fannie Still Making Risky Deals
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State AG sues 2 foreclosure law firms; one agrees to pay $10M and sell or close down
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Home builders' confidence rises to a six-month high
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Report: Bank Of America Offers To Shell Out $13 Billion To Resolve Mortgage Probe
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California Bay Area: June Home Sales up 0.2% Year-over-year
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SoCal: June Home Sales down 4% Year-over-year, Non-Distressed sales up Year-over-year
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Why plummeting Millennial homeownership isn’t as alarming as it seems
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Housing Analyst: Home Ownership Among Young Americans Is Actually Climbing
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AWC judge to hear covenant arguments
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John Paulson Made Billions By Betting Against Mortgages — Today He Says A House Is The Best Investment
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Municipalities:

Detroit Judge Trims Disputes for August Bankruptcy Trial
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Bankruptcy judge tells Detroit to address water shutoffs
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Orr 'very supportive' of Detroit water shut-offs for nonpayment
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First year of Detroit's bankruptcy could have been much worse
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Bankruptcy and the U.S. Constitution: AG Holder to weigh in on claims
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Detroit Institute of Arts secures $26.8 mln for bankruptcy bargain --- 'I didn't think it was possible,' says Detroit mayor after $26.8 million pledged for Grand Bargain
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A Dose of Common Sense for Detroit
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New Report Bad News For Duggan, Who Stakes His Future On Detroit Population Gain
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A year into Detroit's bankruptcy , many residents still feel abandoned
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Firefighters argue Detroit's debt-cutting plan violates bargaining rights --- Judge Rhodes spars with Detroit fire union over bankruptcy objection
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Puerto Rico: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
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Puerto Rico: Detroit of the Caribbean
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Five key points in Flint emergency manager's new report
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Flint manager warns of bankruptcy over retiree costs
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Atlantic City, without Gamblers
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Learning to live with a downsized Atlantic City
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The Laziest States In The US
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America's Ten Saddest Ghost Towns
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10 Cities Where Wages are Soaring
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Debt Collection:

Defending Junk-Debt-Buyer Lawsuits
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Banking:

Litigation costs hit Bank of America's quarterly profit --- BofA Beats Earnings on Huge Adjustment, $650M AIG Settlement
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Next Financial Crisis Case: Bank of America
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Bank of America Corp Earnings Report: Troubles Are Far From Over
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Healthcare:

Natchez: Judge modifies hospital sale bidding process
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The Patient Care Ombudsman Report - What to Include?
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Health Care Spending Growth Continues To Slow
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Shipping:

Moody's downgrades Windsor Petroleum's debt to Ca on Chapter 11
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Student Debt:

Debt Demons Discover Student Debt
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Gambling:

Workers seek to keep endangered casinos open
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Healthcare:

Court postpones auction of bankrupt TLC Health
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Infrastructure:

This Road Work Made Possible by Underfunding Pensions
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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 (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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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Avoidance Actions:

The Collapse of Financial Fraud: Measuring Bankruptcy Avoidance Actions
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Debtor In Possession:

The Pain that Comes along with Walking a Mile in Your Own Shoes … Circuits Refuse to Allow Reorganized Debtors to “Step in the Shoes” of Debtors in Possession as Subrogees
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Jurisdiction:

In Search of the Probate Exception
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Bankruptcy Reform:

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Amend Bankruptcy Rules for Big Bank Collapses
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Cross-Border:

Essar Steel Algoma Files for Chapter 15 Protection
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TBTF:

Largest Banks Rank Highest On Fed Risk Data
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Litigation:

Alarming Changes to Procedural Rules Proposed
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Insurance:

Insolvency of Underlying Insurer Does Not Trigger Next Coverage Layer
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Finance:

Special Purpose Vehicles and Securitization
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Tobacco:

The young and poor are keeping big American tobacco alive
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Electricity:

Energy Future Holdings’ TCEH debt weakens in active trading
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Celebs:

Lance Armstrong: USPS Lawsuit, Legal Fees Could Siphon Off His Fortune
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Politics:

“Takers” just as likely to vote Republican as “makers,” data show
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Sovereigns:

At Least One Billionaire Investor Knows Exactly What He'll Do If Argentina Defaults
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Holdout investors tell Argentina: 'Time is running out' for deal
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Argentine Bonds Decline on Concern Debt Deal Will Fail
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If Argentina Settles Debt Dispute, More Claims Could Come
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Stopping a repeat of Argentine debt war
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‘Argentina has not defaulted, it will not default, Argentina pays'
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Why a recent US Supreme Court ruling leaves creditors and debtors worse off
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UK:

UK government loses BT pensions case
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Distress levels fall among property firms
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EU:

Potential for crisis aftershocks at eastern European banks
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PIIGS:

'I'll tell you what sharp is, sharp is €400 f***ing million of losses...' --- ie: Tape recordings reveal David Drumm joking and laughing about banks' finances ahead of economic collapse --- Anglo: the new tapes revealed
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Smaller Alitalia can compete with Europe's best, says Etihad chief
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India:

Steel unit’s bankruptcy a fresh blow for India’s Essar
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China:

Proposals to Establish a Partnership Bankruptcy Regime in China: With Lessons from UK and US
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MENA:

Israel Warns Escalation Of Operations in Gaza Likely
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Russia:

Russian Markets Hit By Fresh US Sanctions
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What US Sanctions Against Russia Will And Won't Do
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Court freezes assets of ‘Putin’s banker’ after lender’s collapse
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