October 2, 2014

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Law:

Meet The Richest Lawyers In America (2014)
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Two Lawyers Are New Among Forbes 400 Richest Americans
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A Solo Practitioner’s Choice: Marriage v. Career
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60% of Clients Replaced a Core Litigation Firm—The Law Firm Purge Has Begun
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Business of Law
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Two Women Join the Growing Club of Female Law Firm Leaders
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Paging Ms. Abrasive
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Is This Subject Off-Limits?
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Another Biglaw Victory Against A Contract Attorney
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Is The Mid-Tier Law Firm Dying?
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Leaders of midsized law firms look to reduce overhead
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Business of Law
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London Calling: Spate of High Profile Lawyer Moves Hits U.K.
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Fox Rothschild acquires Dallas boutique firm
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Former Ashurst boss Geffen quits for Gibson Dunn
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Godwin Lewis Cuts 17 Lawyers Following Successes in Oil Spill Litigation
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Overcoming the Odds Against You as a Young Lawyer
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How to do the most good? Be a corporate lawyer and donate 25% to charity, Harvard Law student opines
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Bankruptcy attorney has stake in battling proposed gas pipeline
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The View From Up North: Meet Canada’s Most Discriminating Law School
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22 Ways Your Office Job Is Destroying Your Body
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The 100 Greatest Apps
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Like You Really Need To Validate Your Social Media Presence….
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Things Android Phones Can Do That The iPhone Still Can't
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8 Signs You Need To Ask IT For A New Computer
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Five Fashion Tips For Larger Guys
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15 Ways You Waste Time Without Even Realizing It
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6 Things That Can Make a Happy Lawyer
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Florida Man Convicted Of Murdering Teenager In Shooting Over Loud Music
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Wrongful birth suit claims sperm bank erred by shipping vials from black donor --- White Woman Learns What It’s Like To Be A Black Mother, Sues
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Lawyer with memory loss is among test subjects said to benefit from combination Alzheimer’s therapy
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Citing prosecutor’s affair with lab technician, DA drops murder charges in 1989 slaying
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Jail escape isn’t noticed until lawyer tries to visit his client
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Elderly Florida Diner Beaten In Cursing Dispute
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Cops Mistake SpaghettiOs for Meth; Woman Spends Month in Jail
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Amanda Bynes Has Crazy Conservatorship Drama
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Cops: Worker hid $1,200 worth of meat in pants
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Secret Service Director Resigns
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Judges:

Stop Your Freakout — Justice Ginsburg Absolutely Shouldn’t Recuse Herself
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks : Futures hint at another day in red
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Markets Are Down
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Markets Tank
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Fat Fingers: Trader Accidentally Makes $617 Billion Trading Blunder
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Elizabeth Warren: The Secret New York Fed Tapes Confirm The Game Is Rigged
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Goldman Limits Bankers Trade to Remove Conflict of Interest --- Goldman's new conflict rules raise bigger question
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Layoffs:

New York Times announces plan to cut 100 newsroom positions
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Angry Birds Maker Rovio Is Laying Off 130 People
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Boeing Cuts Jobs After Billions in Tax Breaks
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Education:

Confessions Of A Former For-Profit College Admissions Counselor
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Celebs:

Joe & Teresa Giudice's Bankruptcy Discharge Denied
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Sentencing looms for N.J. 'Real Housewives' Teresa and Joe Giudice --- Prosecutors Want Maximum Prison Time
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Teresa Giudice Going to Jail? RHONJ Star Prepared For Sentencing, Prosecutors Pushing For Reality Star and Husband Joe Giudice to go to Prison
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Arrivederci! Joe Giudice ‘Prepared’ To Be Deported To Italy After Prison Sentence — Will Teresa Go Too?
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A story of two Teresas comes to the surface
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10 Reality Stars Who've Done Time for Their Crimes
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Are Amal and George just as shameless as Kim and Kanye? --- George Clooney, WikiLeaks' lawyer wife hand out burner phones to wedding guests
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Compensation:

Buffett Gets His Wish: Coke Scales Back Executive Equity Compensation, Bowing To Pressure
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Guns:

Bankrupt Texas Gun Seller Could Get Reality TV Show
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Mass Torts:

Garlock, counsel for asbestos claimants fighting over $2.5M attorneys fee request
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Resorts:

How to Lose $1 Billion
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Debt Collection:

Paid Up, but Repo Man Still Took Their Car
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Sports:

The Bidding For The 2022 Olympics Is A Disaster Because Everyone Figured Out That Hosting Is A Total Waste
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Economy:

US Companies Added 213,000 Jobs in September --- Small Businesses Add 88,000 Jobs in September
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One in 4 U.S. Metros Has Fewer Jobs than 5 Years Ago
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Consumer Debt Reaches Peak in Second Quarter --- All Time High
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The middle class is poorer today than it was in 1989
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Corporate U.S. Healthiest in Decades Under Obama With Lower Debt
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Oil Plunges
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Where Job Growth Is Booming
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Rising Debt Threatens a New Financial Crisis
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Half of All US Income Goes to Top 10%
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Dollar retreats as investors turn risk-averse; eyes on ECB
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U.S. manufacturers report slowing but strong September --- US Manufacturing PMI Slows to 56.6 in September --- Manufacturing in U.S. Cools as Factories Settle Into More Sustainable Expansion
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Unemployment Hurts Happiness More Than Modest Inflation, New Paper Says
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Can Americans Afford to Start Borrowing Again?
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Even grads with the most-profitable majors couldn’t hide from the Great Recession
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Gross Exposes $42 Trillion Bond Market's Key Flaw in Pimco Exit --- PIMCO's Flagship Fund Sees Its 17th Straight Monthly Outflow, And It Was Massive --- As PIMCO bleeds assets, Gross shows risk of star culture --- The Market Is Too Big For Bill Gross To Mean Anything
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How the Super Rich Really Spend Their Money
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Map: Best Places in the World to Grow Old
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US mortgage activity remains stuck in neutral
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Fannie And Freddie Plunge --- Hedge Funds Hit With Right Hook on Fannie-Freddie Ruling --- Magic Words that Repeal Fifth Amendment Discovered by Federal Judge
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Zillow: Case-Shiller House Price Index expected to slow further year-over-year in August
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US construction spending posts surprise decline in August
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FL: Failed condo conversion seeks sale through bankruptcy filing
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Couple pleads guilty in fraud case involving Rancho Santa Fe broker
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Office Vacancy Rate unchanged in Q3 at 16.8%
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Municipalities:

Gilbert: Blight in Detroit 'like a cancer'
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Billionaire Dan Gilbert Argues for Detroit Recovery Plan
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Orr takes stand in bankruptcy trial --- Emergency Manager Says Life in Detroit Improving; Still Long Way to Go --- Detroit Emergency Manager Recalls City's 'Dire' Situation --- Orr gives court flashback of Detroit pre- bankruptcy --- Orr to resume bankruptcy testimony today
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Participants in Detroit pension borrowing knew debt sale was 'iffy'-city lawyer
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Affleck to NBC: US Should Send Foreign Aid to Detroit
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Detroit Poised For City-Wide Renaissance?
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US bankruptcy ruling for California city possible
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Lawyer warns of 60 percent pension cuts in Stockton bankruptcy case
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Judge to Rule on CalPERS Pension Protection in Stockton
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Bankruptcy Judge in California Challenges Sanctity of Pensions --- Calpers says ruling by judge in Stockton case is not legally binding --- Judge rules against Calpers in Stockton bankruptcy --- Judge: City must treat pension like other debt --- Live Blog --- Stockton bankruptcy ruling a blow to pensions
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The wait continues on Stockton's bankruptcy plan
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Ruling in Stockton bankruptcy case could affect San Bernardino's case
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Pennsylvania Judge Strikes Down Scranton’s Commuter Tax
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Federal judge: Jefferson County sewer rate hike schedule could be scrapped under bankruptcy plan appeal
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Gambling:

Trump Entertainment Files Chapter 11 Turnaround Plan - Includes Balloting Scheme That Says Carl Icahn's Is the Only Vote That Counts
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Trump Entertainment Plan Pegs Survival on Icahn, Cuts
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Brookfield wins bidding for closed Atlantic City casino Revel
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Bankrupt Revel Casino Sells At Auction For $2 Billion Less Than It Cost To Build --- Deep discount lures buyer for Revel casino --- Sold to firm with casinos in the Bahamas and Las Vegas --- Buyers plan to re-open it as a casino --- Why?
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Autos:

Chrysler, GM sales soar 19%, Ford down
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Ford CEO Lashes Out at Critics
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UAW Readies for Detroit Negotiations
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U.S. Light Vehicle Sales decrease to 16.34 million annual rate in September
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Analysts: Booming U.S. Car Sales Are Stealing Demand From The Future
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Pensions:

Is Your Pension Imperiled?
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Newspapers:

New York Times to cut jobs as new products disappoint
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Can Billionaires Save America's Newspapers?
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Religion:

Md. bankruptcy halts suit in deadly Illinois crash
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Waste:

After lawsuit dismissal, former Creative Recycling CEO breaks silence
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Creative Recycling Systems shuts down facility in North Carolina
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Student Debt:

Student Loans, Moral Hazard, And Law School Loans
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Fraud:

No Thanks: By Refusing Review, $67M Award Against TD Bank in Rothstein Case Stands
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Ex-Partner of Ponzi Schemer Scott Rothstein Faces Sentencing
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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 (74 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:

Rochester-area bankruptcy filings drop 13 percent
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Automatic Stay:

You Can’t Get Around the Automatic Stay by Filing an Action Against the Debtor in Another Bankruptcy Case Before the Same Bankruptcy Court. Or Can You?
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Comments Sought For DE Local Rules Changes
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TBTF:

The End Of The Fannie And Freddie Stock Boom? --- Fannie, Freddie Take a Beating, in Four Charts --- Hedge Funds Take Hit After Fannie, Freddie Cases Tossed --- David Tepper: I Wish I Didn't Have Any Fannie And Freddie Stock
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Boies Tries to Paint a Fed in Discord in A.I.G. Bailout --- Greenberg's lawyer hammers Fed's e-mails in AIG trial
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AIG’s 14% Bailout Interest Rate Debated at U.S. Trial
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It doesn't matter if government bailouts are profitable
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The Real Truth on the Wall Street Bailouts
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Litigation:

E-Discovery Gets an Upgrade in FRCP Changes
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Lehman:

The Lehman Brothers lesson
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Paper:

Great Northern debacle shows mixed-up priorities
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Verso's Bucksport, Maine, paper mill is closing
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Toll Roads:

Rogers: Toll Road lease still a good deal for Indiana
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Oil/Gas:

US oil growth brings with it debt growth
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Electricity:

Energy Future Holdings reports $10.3M loss in August
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Retailing:

RadioShack hoping for a Christmas miracle
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More Trouble at Sears Canada
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Television:

Comcast Protests Houston Sports Channel's New Sale Proposal
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CSN Houston hearing still on for Monday, but possible delay looms
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Healthcare:

Nursing home in bankruptcy
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New report on hospital sticker prices reveals tremendous variation among hospitals for similar procedures and treatments
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Sovereigns:

Stiglitz: Debeaking the Vultures
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Non-monetary fines may be contempt key
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'We make the US responsible for the actions of its powers'
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Argentina president claims US plotting to oust her
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The Only Voice Of Reason In Argentina's Government Just Quit
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UK:

How Things Went So Wrong At Tesco
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Tesco boss tells GC and legal team to work on the shop floor
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Insolvency 2020: R3's manifesto for the 2015 General Election
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Begbies Traynor Group Plc Downgraded by Canaccord Genuity
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EU:

Austerity Has Been a Disaster for Eurozone
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Mario Draghi Says He Is 'Just Like Hercules Confronting The Hydra'
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PIIGS:

Foreign banks resist losses on Spanish motorway rescue
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Greece's govt to call confidence vote
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France:

France Revolts Against German Austerity
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France's Big Three Back from the Brink
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Germany:

Bankrupt former German star offered toilet cleaning job
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Russia:

Russia is starting to use the same line on Baltic countries that it used to invade Ukraine
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Mechel’s Prospects Positive, Banks Not Seeking Its Bankruptcy: Company Head
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MENA:

Dubai financial regulator seeks to wind-up local arm of Espirito Santo
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Dubai World agrees restructuring with largest creditors
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Hong Kong:

Showdown Coming In Hong Kong
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Bulgaria:

Bulgaria’s Corpbank Failure Fans Voter Anger Before Vote
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