August 6, 2015

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Law:

The Dewey Trial Guide to New York City Dining Dewey inflated invoices to make revenue look higher, former billing director testifies
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Microsoft Raises Bonus for Law Firm Diversity
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Kaye Scholer MP on Competing with ‘Superrich’ Law Firms
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Law firms, legal departments have conflicting view of their relationship
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How Long Is Too Long in an In-House Job
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Which Firm Is Right for You
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Disbarred lawyer gets probation after judge noted disheveled appearance and ordered drug test
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To be, or not to be: Legal Career Can’t Guarantee Comfort
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Are Law Professors Thin-Skinned?
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UK: Law students offered 50pc refund if jobless after nine months
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Law Firms Have To Manage Media Crises - 6 Must-Dos From Blue Bell Template
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When Family Gets In The Way Of Your Job Search
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Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: The End
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Meet the Seyfarth Lawyer in Trump's Restaurant Suits
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Ex-associate settles lurid harassment suit against law firm
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A Wall Street guide to watches
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Non-Blogging Law Firm Managing Partners And CEOs Playing With Fire?
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Anger in the office costs women more than men
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George W. Bush reports for jury duty
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Former Davis Polk Tax Partner Now Plays A Different Tune: Music (And The Brain)
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ABA elects Locke Lord partner - first woman of color as president
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Judge is expected to block layoff of professor at Charleston School of Law
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Arizona man says he beheaded wife 'to get the evil out'
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CA: Abandoned homes of Wildfire evacuees targeted by thieves
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Is Trial By Combat Coming To NYC?
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Lawyer Makes Girl Obsessed With All Things Legal Sign Dating Contract
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Big Law Meets Big Game in Lion Hunting Case
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Ex-Simpson Thacher Partner Joins CEO Ranks
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Cops caught on pot raid video argue they deserved privacy after disabling all but one camera
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An entire police department just got pulled off the streets of Cincinnati after an officer killed an unarmed man Here's where Americans are most likely to be killed by gun violence Proof That Cops Didn’t Suddenly Become Racist Yesterday
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The story at Chicago's secret police 'black site' where Americans are treated like terrorists just keeps getting worse
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Former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling is divorcing his estranged wife
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Attorney Brought In To Aid Potty Training… So This Is What We’ve Come To
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Judges:

Texas Bankruptcy Judge Offers Parting Shots on Venue
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Brutal Benchslap: ‘We Found Enough To Establish Attorney Misconduct At Least Five Pages Ago.’
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Virginia Legislature Kicking Woman Off State Supreme Court
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Lucy Koh Shows Judges Can Occasionally Get Tech
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Former judge says ethics officials blindsided her with questions and secretly recorded the meeting
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How the Supreme Court Made It Legal for Cops to Pull You Over for Just About Anything - Even hanging an air freshener
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The View From Up North: Judge Benchslaps Lawyer For Sharp Practice
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Are Little Changed
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Stocks Close Mixed; Dow Pressured By Disney
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Goldman: Here are the 4 big stories dominating the market right now
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Layoffs:

Minnesota Blue Cross plans 450 job cuts
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JPMorgan to move 2,150 jobs to NJ from NY: Report
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Debt Collection:

Ohio seizes $2 million from casino winners for unpaid child support
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Coal:

Alpha Natural Resources Can Tap Bankruptcy Loan
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Questions loom in Alpha Natural Resources bankruptcy
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Education:

Former Ivy League admissions officer reveals how they pick students
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How financial aid is driving up textbook prices
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Movies:

Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh Breaks Silence, Points Fingers in Emotional Post-Bankruptcy Interview Ryan Kavanaugh Wants “Frivolous” P&A Misuse Lawsuit Tossed Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh Demands Financier Be Sanctioned
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Relativity Bankruptcy Auction: Speed Is an Issue
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Religion:

Milwaukee archdiocese's settlement plan stuns sex abuse victims Victim advocates decry Milwaukee archdiocese settlement plan Chair of archdiocese's creditors panel: Members agonized over settlement
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600 claims filed -- what next for archdiocese bankruptcy ?
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Taxis:

Uber’s been operating with heavy losses: Gawker
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Television:

US cable TV companies' shares are getting crushed
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Tax:

A bipartisan investigation has found that a 'dysfunctional culture' at the IRS may be to blame for the Tea Party tax scandal
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Economy:

Most Americans think their children will be worse off
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‘Go-go’ economy becomes the ‘so-so’ economy
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ADP report on job gains disappoints in July
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Why the rosier view on jobs might be the right one Earnings? Who cares. All eyes are on Jobs Friday
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Survey: US Businesses Added 185000 Workers in July
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Why Fed shouldn’t wait for wages to rise
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What’s the over/under on an interest rate hike by the end of 2015?
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Bond market brooding over Fed rate hike
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This is why millennials will never grow up
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The 24 college majors with the lowest starting salaries
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Consumer Spending Remains Overall Unchanged Since April
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The Complex Story of American Debt
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The largest sector of the world's largest economy is back in business — and that's a great thing for global growth
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Life on Earth will look dramatically different by mid-century
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Jon Stewart Looks Back: The World is Worse
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home Prices Continue Steady Ascent
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3 features Americans want in their dream home
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Don’t rent space to apartment REITs
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Is flipping a flop?
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Should Be Eligible for Chapter 9, Avoid Unnecessary Defaults: Pierluisi
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Free Puerto Rico, America's Colony
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Puerto Rico Confronts a Dilemma of Constitutional Proportions
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New York City Rips Hedge Funds Over Puerto Rico While Giving Them Billions
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California Guards Muni Buyers From Bankruptcy With Dibs on Taxes
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Calabrese: Wayne Co. better make consent agreement work
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Seminar: Chicago Public Schools: Is Bankruptcy Inevitable?
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This state’s tax structure will astonish you
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Mass Torts:

Ky. judge: Asbestos firm should have turned over trust claim evidence to defendants
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Pensions:

IRS and Treasury say no more lump-sum offers
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Lawsuit alleges bad-faith Atlas Red-D Mix bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Reality TV stars who went bankrupt, lost it all
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50 Cent Reportedly Has $10 Million in Bank Despite Bankruptcy Filing 50 Cent’s home holds a history of bankrupt owners 50 Cent struggles with answers at bankruptcy proceeding 50 Cent Reveals Upcoming Album and Financial Details in Questioning Court-appointed trustee gets flirty with 50 Cent
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Belly Up! 5 Hollywood Players That Went Famously Bankrupt
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Former 'Real Housewives' Star Sues Lawyer
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Bill Cosby will face a deposition
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Oil/Gas:

Crude-oil futures fall below $45 a barrel Oil falls despite bigger-than-expected stock draw Oil hovers near multi-month lows, Brent below $50
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Nabors CEO: Expect flat oil rig counts in the second half
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Freeport-McMoRan Oil and Gas slashes capital spending by 30 percent
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Sewage flow becomes Williston's oil bust indicator
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Chesapeake troubles deepen on glut-driven second-quarter loss
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Despite spending cuts and cost savings, Marathon Oil posts $386 million loss
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Transocean profit falls 41 percent
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Goodrich aims to keep afloat as stock plummets
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2015 already a record year for writedowns, IHS says
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Frank’s CEO: Competition for oil field work leads to “irrational pricing”
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Oil: Today's Crisis Worse Than in 1980s
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Big Oil would be loved more if it went bankrupt
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Some U.S. oil companies need to die
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Politics:

Trump says low rates may be fueling bubble Donald Trump tries to convince Bill O'Reilly that his Mexican border wall is 'peanuts' compared to the Great Wall of China How to cash in on a Trump presidency Donald Trump will take center stage at first Republican primary debate For some Republicans, a Trump victory looks increasingly possible
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Pope’s ‘attendance’ at debate may help sink GOP
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4 things GOP debate participants must do to succeed The Republican presidential race may start to get serious tonight Advice for the Republican Field on How to Handle Donald Trump
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It's Now a Criminal Probe of Hillary's Emails
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Theatre:

Bankrupt Surflight Theatre being auctioned Thursday
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Construction:

Bello’s SoCal bankruptcy causes waves
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Truland Group Inc. CEO Robert Truland, wife Mary, say no proof they raided company artwork
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Non-Profits:

An American Legion in a Tiny New Mexico Town Could Shut Down
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Retailing:

Who’s Opening and Closing Stores?
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(5 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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:

July Commercial Chapter 11 Filings Increase 77 Percent from 2014
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Professional Compensation:

Delaware Bankruptcy Judge to Rule on Evading High Court Legal Fees Decision
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Corporate Governance:

Officer/Director Breach of Duty: If Things Get Bad Enough, There May Be Recourse
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Jurisdiction:

TCEH Bankruptcy: SDNY Transfers Delaware Trust Company v. Wilmington Trust N.A. Intercreditor Dispute to Delaware Bankruptcy Court, Reaffirming Broad View of Bankruptcy Jurisdiction
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Chemerinsky: SCOTUS Wellness opinion sure to spawn more litigation
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Proofs of Claim:

Recent Eleventh Circuit Decision Subjects Debt Collectors to FDCPA Liability for Filing Proofs of Claim as to Time-Barred Debts
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Distressed Investing:

U.S. investment funds target Italian shipping debt deals
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Prisons:

Border Jails Facing Bond Defaults as Immigration Boom Goes Bust
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Healthcare:

Bankruptcy Trustee Questions Children's Hiring of Investment Banking Firm
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U.S. gets involved in Children's Hospital's bankruptcy case
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With new deal, HDL gets room to breathe
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Gilbert Hospital officials in charge
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Resorts:

Bahamas immigration minister warns CEO of bankrupt resort
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Autos:

Tesla's Losses Triple in Second Quarter
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Fraud:

Chapter ends on Bernie Madoff saga
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Currency:

Bitcoins lost in Mt. Gox debacle 'not subject to ownership' claims: Tokyo court
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Apparel:

Women have abandoned a longtime wardrobe staple — and that's terrifying news for Michael Kors, Coach, and Kate Spade
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Food/Beverage:

Keurig plunges 27% as brewer sales collapse
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Sex, lies, and eggless mayonnaise: Something is rotten at food startup Hampton Creek, former employees say
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Sovereigns:

The global system needs new thinking on sovereign bankruptcies
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Sovereign debt – not just a foreign problem
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Ukraine tells creditors next week is last chance for debt deal U.S. official says Ukraine's debts unsustainable, urges restructuring
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UK:

Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh denies mismanagement after charity goes bankrupt
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UK industrial production unexpectedly crashed in June
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Britain is poised for its first interest rate rise since 2009
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PIIGS:

Greek banks plunge 64% in 3 days Why grandma should buy Greek stocks The IMF won't be making a decision on a Greek bailout until autumn
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Canada:

Canada's on the brink of a ‘very unusual recession’
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Germany:

German Factory Orders Surge To Calm Slowdown Concerns
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Venezuela:

Venezuela is basically bankrupt again
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Brazil:

Brazil bankruptcy protection requests hit record as economy slumps
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MENA:

Boom to Busted Glass as Dubai’s Brokers Chase Ebbing Sales
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South Africa:

S Africa Mining Sector Braces for Major Job Cuts
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China:

What 'Made in China' really means
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