October 23, 2014

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Results Of Q3 2014 Bankruptcy League Tables
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Once-booming Boston law firm struggles to survive --- Bingham managing partner says firm is exploring options, including remote possibility of bankruptcy
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Bingham Faces Internal Battles Amid Uncertain Future with Morgan Lewis
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As fewer law grads become lawyers, the profession shows its age
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Harvard Law Alumni Top Graduate School Salary Survey --- The Best Law Schools For Making Money (2014-2015)
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Unhinged Pro Se Filing Of The Day
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LawProse: Parentheses or em-dashes?
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Apparently “Legal Provider” Is Not How The British Say “Law Firm”
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UK Legal sector bounces back, survey reveals - 80% of firms report higher income
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Porter Hedges expands energy practice to Oklahoma
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Dozens of shots fired in Canada’s parliament building; Soldier killed at nearby war memorial --- 'Canada Will Never Be Intimidated' --- Obama: US Is 'Shaken' By Canadian Shooting
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Increasingly demanding banking clients prompt firms to rethink value of pursuing panel spots
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A Solo Practitioner’s Cautionary Tale
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What's right (and wrong) with the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 --- IPad Air 2 and Mini 3 Review: Fantastic, but Largely Unnecessary, Tablets --- When (and where) to buy the iPad Air 2
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Here's Why Your iPhone Photos Sometimes Appear Upside Down
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Can Facebook Change The Game For Law Bloggers?
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David Lat Discusses Lawyers and Social Media
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It Is Cheaper to Go to Law School In This City Than Anywhere Else
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Man faked coma for 2 years to avoid court
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Four Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in Iraq Shootings
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UNC's Fake Class Scandal Is Much Bigger Than Anyone Realized
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A Hispanic man delivers absentee ballots, and now conservatives want him dead
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Attack Buses and Riders Over Ads Calling For Equal Rights For Women To Pray
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Clowns "Violently Poke" Family at Haunted House With Purple V-------
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Viral Legend 'Marlins Man' Is a Lawyer Obsessed With Live Sports
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Conflict Of Interest: Sex With Incarcerated Client's Wife
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"His dreams of becoming a lawyer were sidetracked when he was jailed for slapping a sleeping woman in the face with his p---- while a friend filmed it"
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Man gets $1,000 in police settlement, his lawyers get $459,000
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The Evidence of a Struggle in Michael Brown's Death --- Expert: Autopsy doesn't show if Brown went for gun
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Judges:

Potter Anderson Attorney Tentatively Selected for Bankruptcy Judgeship
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Bankruptcy Judge Calls Two People "Apes" in Courtroom
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Georgia man who plotted courthouse takeover accidentally shot himself first
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Judge accused of courthouse sex was ‘seduced and taken advantage of,’ her lawyer says
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12 Salacious Notes From Pa.'s Supreme Court P--- Scandal
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Dissenting Judge Has A Beef With Steakhouse’s Logic
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The View From Up North: Funny Judge
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Judge triggers social media storm after berating lawyer for bringing new-born to court
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Judge who was ‘disrespectful’ to lawyer, ‘ridiculed’ defendant and fiancee gets 5-day suspension
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Wall Street:

Stock futures struggle for direction
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Markets Are Down
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Stocks fall as S&P breaks 4-day winning streak --- Stocks Decline Amid Price Data as Oil Tumbles to 2-Year Low
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Layoffs:

WARN Act Plaintiffs Ask, “Are You My Employer?”
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District of Delaware Applies Five-Factor Test to Protect Private Equity Firm from "Single Employer" Liability for Subsidiary's WARN Act Violation
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Lloyds set to axe a further 9,000 banking jobs - or a tenth of its workforce
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How To Follow Up After A Job Interview
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These 7 Résumé Mistakes Make Recruiters Think You're Arrogant And Desperate
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In U.S. , 31% Say Now Is a Good Time to Find a Quality Job
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:

Bankrupt Wyly’s Food, Friends Spending Challenged by SEC --- U.S. SEC slams tycoon Wyly's bankruptcy budget as 'staggering'
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Landlord: Jon Gosselin Abandoned a Kitten in Dirty House After Eviction
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Judge nixes Teresa Giudice's halfway house bid --- Teresa to serve time in 'Orange is the New Black' prison
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Bankruptcy hearing in Trump name fight postponed
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Olympic hero Rulon Gardner mementos in bankruptcy auction
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Gambling:

AC Man Sees Relief From Revel Casino's Failure
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Caesars pursues $1 billion casino
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Owners: Taj Mahal to stay open throughout November
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Tech:

What Does GTAT And Apple Making Up Mean For GTAT's Stock?
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Fraud:

Ex-CPA pleads guilty to $3M fraud scheme that caused KC bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

Goldman, Citigroup Said Wary of Ergen as He Mulls T-Mobile Bid
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Economy:

US inflation muted in September as energy costs drop
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Inflation Short of Goal Means Fed Can Keep Rates Low
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Anyone who says the US economy is getting weaker is completely wrong
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Really, You're Earning Less Money
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Middle Class Only Have $20K For Retirement
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22% Would Rather Die Than Run Out of Cash
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Goldman: Don’t freak out over global slowdown
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Social Security benefits will increase by 1.7% in 2015
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire loses $2-billion on IBM, Coke
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Texas #1 in Adding Jobs for September
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Report: A mind-boggling number of VA employees are paid not to work
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The Top 5 Things Americans Fear
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Refinancing applications rise as mortgage rates fall --- Mortgage rates fall, but that doesn't inspire home buying
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Freddie Mac: The 4 ingredients for housing recovery
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Existing home sales for September surge to fastest pace of 2014 --- Home-value growth peaks; cooling market puts bubble fears to rest
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Warren calls for GAO investigation of nonbank servicers
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Barclays joins chorus with Ocwen warning --- Ocwen Financial taking a beating in the ratings, on the Street
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AIA: Architecture Billings Index increases in September, "Robust Construction Conditions Ahead"
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California real estate market stuck in low gear
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What Will It Take for Millennials to Become Homeowners?
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Years After the Market Collapse, Sidelined Borrowers Return
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RealtyTrac: Seriously underwater homes hit 2-year low
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Spot will cost you: Pet rents become apartment fad
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Inside San Francisco's housing crisis
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NY: Judge Rules Condo Board's Lockout of Owners in Foreclosure Was OK
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Municipalities:

One-Fifth of Detroit's Population Could Lose Their Homes
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Detroit can afford $700M of new debt, bankruptcy plan can succeed, adviser tells judge --- Expert: Detroit has little financial wiggle room
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Detroit will have to 'bootstrap' its way through first couple post-bankruptcy years
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Detroit can survive after bankruptcy but large risks loom
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Detroit and the Evaporating Right to Running Water
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A New Trend in Reducing Pension Obligations in Chapter 9?
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Lehman:

Restructuring Failed Financial Firms in Bankruptcy : Learning from Lehman
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Water Treatment:

Ultura Unit Files Chapter 11 to Sell Membrane Business
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Corporate Reform:

Divided US SEC adopts mortgage rule, decries lax lending
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The Big Bank Backlash Begins
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Mass Torts:

Specialty Products Gets Dec. 10 Plan-Approval Hearing
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Environmental:

Newtown Creek Gets $16 Million From A Company That Helped Ruin It
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Banking:

Whale Hunting Isn't Fed's Job
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Finance:

Credit Risk Retention Rules and QRM
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Healthcare:

Many Americans in Debt, Bankruptcy Paying for Cancer Care
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US to Track Everyone From Ebola Nations
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Aviation:

Boeing shares fall on worries about 787 costs and cash flow
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Why Boeing Keeps Losing Money on Each 787 Dreamliner
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Auto Racing:

Caterham F1 manufacturer files for bankruptcy
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Furniture:

2 companies bid for former Lane plant
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Currency:

Mt. Gox CEO faces lawsuit from creditors over bitcoin losses
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Biotech:

Choice Genetics USA Exits Bankruptcy
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Politics:

Fox's Guilfoyle Tells Young Girls, Don't Vote
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66% Chance GOP Takes the Senate
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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 (8 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:

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished When Accepting Payment from a Non-Borrower on Behalf of a Borrower
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Intercreditor Agreements:

The Weakest Link in Intercreditor Agreements Breaks Again in Momentive
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Sales:

'Revel' Reminds That Rights of Bidders Are Limited
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Local Rules:

SD TX bankruptcy court adopts new Uniform Ch. 13 Plan and Motion for Valuation of Collateral form
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TBTF:

Are You Sure That's Your Testimony?
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Big Bank Backlash Against Any Rules Begins
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Business Entertainment:

It May Be A Lot Harder For Bankers To Pop Bottles With Their Clients In The Near Future
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Lexicology:

Financial Terms Join Twerking, Selfie in Dictionary
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Oil/Gas:

Judge to decide fate of oil company's bankruptcy
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Low Oil Prices Hurting US Shale Operations
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Shale Basin Breakeven Prices
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Sovereigns:

US court denies Argentina appeal over bond payment to BONY
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US Appeals court sends Argentina back to Judge Griesa
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Courtroom drama: Argentinian sovereign debt
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UK:

The problems facing insolvency practitioners
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The World's Second-Biggest Retailer Is Getting Hammered As Profits Collapse 90%
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Tesco Chairman to Leave as Accounting Missteps Hit Annual Profit --- Tesco CEO Makes An Extraordinary Admission After Profits Collapse
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It's Not Just The Accounts: Everything Is Going Wrong At Tesco Right Now
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Barrister numbers destined to shrink dramatically, says young bar leader
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Co-op Bank Project Verde deal 'doomed to failure' --- Co-op problems spotted 'too late'
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Co-op report criticizes KPMG and regulator
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Bank of England sets out how it will resolve failed institutions
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More firms passing the financial stress test
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An increase in Scots on the rocks
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EU:

Europe's panic button
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Euro-Area Manufacturing Grows as Risk of Recession Eases
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PIIGS:

Greece's touted economic turnaround more dream than reality
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Spanish Unemployment Lowest Since 2011 as Economy Grows
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France:

French PMI Comes In Horrible, As Europe Collapse Continues
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Russia:

Russia's Economy Stops Growing in September on Sanctions, Uncertainty
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Brazil:

GVO’s Bonds Sound Default Alarm as Moelis Hired
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Brazil OKs bankruptcy protection petition for Batista unit MMX Sudeste
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India:

Govt Sets Up Bankruptcy Reforms Committee For SMEs
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Bulgaria:

Bulgaria has to revoke Corpbank license unless law is changed-central bank
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Australia:

Directors of collapsed grain trader pursued for insolvent trading
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China:

China manufacturing data show some improvement
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Many Chinese ship recyclers facing bankruptcy
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