November 9, 2015

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Law:

Caesars Creditors Seek Answers Cloaked by Attorney Privilege Caesars Creditors Ask Court To Compel Attorney to Testify
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U.S. Legal Industry Adds 700 Jobs in October
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Biglaw Bosses Are Old
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Barclays Sued Again Over Dewey & LeBoeuf Capital Loan
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Wage Gap Is Worse for Women at the Top
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NYU Law’s Offensive Halloween Party
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Women in the Workplace: Sartorial Tips for New Lawyers
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Here Comes a National Plague of Dumb Lawyers Are Lawyers Getting Dumber? The Question May Matter More Than The Answer
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Most New York Law Schools See Decline in Bar Pass Rates
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Harvard Professor Explains Why It’s Totally OK For Law Schools To Suck Money Out Of Unqualified Students
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New Charleston Law School President Promises Students Jobs, New Campus
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Gentle Reminder: You Are a Human Being
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Former Willkie Partner Indicted for Fraud Against Firms, Client
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‘Love Your Lawyer Day’ Greeted With Affection and Objections 5 Lawyers You Should Love For ‘Love Your Lawyer Day’ ‘Love Your Lawyer Day’ — Completely Stupid Irony becomes a major theme in Love Your Lawyer Day
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Lawyers Wage Campaign to End Lawyer Jokes
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Bankruptcy Lawyer Ties The Knot
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Is this the 'best BlackBerry in a decade'?
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Lessons From Watching Lawyers Use Tech for Hours
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Young Lawyers Can Beat Experienced Litigators (As Long As The Young Lawyers Put Ego Aside)
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In ‘Goodfellas’ Trial, Macho Lawyers Give Way as Women Take Over
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7 Things All New Lawyers Should Know
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How Technology Will Transform The Legal Profession
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These law students combine technology with fee-generating cases
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Quid pro quo? Doctor testifies about ‘relationship’ with lawmaker who got millions in referral fees
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Accused of stealing $1M from law firm, ex-accounting worker faces February trial
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Juror Just Can’t Keep Her Mouth Shut
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How The Redskins’ Delightfully Vulgar Court Filing Won Me Over
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Are Law Schools Sheepishly Punting Rather Than Boldly Going For First Downs To Try To Win The Game?
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The 'scouse scum' YouTube rant lawyer has been fired from BigLaw - also via YouTube
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Charlotte Proudman launches new assault on judiciary while revealing very personal glimpses into her life in the media spotlight
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Kim Davis Loses Latest Appeal Governor-Elect Pledges to Take Clerks' Names Off Kentucky Licenses
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Young Texas Lawyer Attracts Notoriety With Screaming “Texas Law Hawk” Ads
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Man Arrested In Fatal Hit-And-Run In California Was Previously Deported Six Times
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Being a Lawyer is Easy...
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'Posse' sets out to identify Bel Air water waster
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Judges:

Texas judge gunned down in her driveway
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‘You’re On A Kill List': At Least 5 Judges Receive Death Threats
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9th Circuit addresses senility among federal judges head on
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Wall Street:

Stock futures slip
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US stocks end mixed, but extend weekly win streak
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Dow, S&P 500 log longest weekly win streak since late 2014
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Why markets aren't rocking on the big jobs number
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Why bonus pay on Wall Street is likely to fall
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Bonuses at Credit Suisse may be slashed by more than half
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Layoffs:

Mining Jobs Down 4,500; Loss of 2,700 in Oil, Gas Extraction
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:

Feud Alert! 50 Cent and Rick Ross Exchange Insults on Social Media
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Dr. Debi Thomas: Former Ice-Skating Olympic Champion Now Living in Bed-Bug Infested Trailer
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Controversial ex-American Apparel CEO claims he's broke
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Autos:

VW to cover additional owner taxes on some cars
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VW to Launch Initiative to Rebuild Trust
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VW Engineers Admit to Emissions Cheating
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VW Employees Afraid to Travel to US
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Lawyers edge closer to Volkswagen suits
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Takata sees no problem with financing: CFO
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Wall Street Deeply Confused About Tesla
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Auto Loans Hit Highest Level Ever
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Politics:

Which party has the better record on jobs, wages?
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New Book Adds to Bush Family Drama
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Ben Carson on Hiding White Students After MLK Death Carson: I'm Not 'Very Conservative.' Biographical Questions Pile Up I'm 'Very Logical' Ben Carson got caught: Who stands to benefit Carson Facing Scrutiny About Yale Fable Donald Trump Questions Some of Ben Carson’s Recollections Donald Trump Says Ben Carson Has to ‘Explain a Lot of Things’ Ben Carson Lashes Out at Media Ben Carson has a painting of him with Jesus Ben Carson Backs White House’s TPP Trade Deal Carson thanks 'biased media' for $3.5M fundraising haul Carson Fact Check: "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."
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Donald Trump on ‘Saturday Night Live’: Highlights Donald Trump's Saturday Night Live episode was worse than bad — it was boring Donald Trump: ‘I know how to win’ Donald Trump scores highest 'SNL' ratings in years
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Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee, in Blow to Their Campaigns, Are Cut From Main Debate Stage
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Marco's Money Problems Rubio's Racking Up Enemies What Rubio Bought with GOP's Credit Card
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People Don't Like Cruz, but He's OK with That Ted Cruz Could be President
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Clinton Can Expect Sanders and O'Malley to Attack in Second Debate
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Only 3 States Score Higher Than D+ on Integrity Investigation
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Personal Finance:

New budget law dramatically changes Social Security claiming options
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How to dig out from under student debt pile
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Paper:

Loopholes corked in New Markets Tax Credit programs
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Student Debt:

Former Corinthian students seek billions in federal debt relief
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Resorts:

PM: Major Investors Are Interested In Baha Mar
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Corporate Reform:

Ex-TierOne Bank CEO Lundstrom Convicted of Hiding Losses
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Golf:

Bankrupt Golf Club Warns Puerto Rico Open May Need New Home
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Finance:

The Arcapita Group Bankruptcy : A Restructuring Case Study
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Education:

Arne Duncan's High Hopes for Troubled U.S. Universities
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What the Million Student March is all about
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Aviation:

Lufthansa Strike Strands 113,000 Passengers
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Investigators: 90% Sure Bomb on Russian Jet
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Schiff: We Test the TSA and They Always Fail
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Economy:

October Jobs Report – The Numbers
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Labor Force Participation Still at 38 Year Low
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The world's biggest shipping company says global economic growth is even worse than it looks
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Fed's Williams: Next step is a rate hike Where every Fed member stands on raising interest rates A December hike? More investors think that sounds about right Treasury yields spike after stellar jobs report points to rate hike 20+ Reasons The Fed Won't Raise Even After The Strong October Jobs Number Get ready for a ton of Fedspeak
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Why U.S. economy could still use some stimulus
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US creates 271000 jobs in October as labor market heats back up 7 charts show how Friday's amazing jobs report rocked the market No High School Diploma? The Job Market’s Looking Up Full-Time Employment Now Above Where It Was Before the Recession But what's the REAL unemployment rate?
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Consumer Borrowing in U.S. Rose at Faster Pace in September
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Still Not Enough Good News on Wages Americans Are Finally Making More Money
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Whew! US economy hasn't gone off the rails
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Americans over 30 are more miserable than ever
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Retail, consumer earnings take spotlight as season winds down
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Forget the debt ceiling. It's Deficit Day that matters
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Janet Yellen Reinvents Economics
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U.S. Placed Above Cayman Islands in Financial Secrecy Blacklist
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
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Here’s what baby boomers say when you accuse them of wrecking the economy
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How pot and hippie beer explain the future of the American economy
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Where’s the money in America? 3D map
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OECD Trims Global Growth Forecast on Emerging-Market Slowdown OECD: U.S. growth to be robust, eurozone to lag OECD: Trade figures are 'deeply concerning' and could lead to a global recession
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Global GDP Worse Than Official Forecasts
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Here Comes Surge Price Parking Meters
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These 2 charts show that you should stop complaining about your 'long' work week
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Is the Housing Market Recovery Uneven?
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2016: Preliminary Housing Forecasts
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Here are the top 10 affordable cities for Millennials to buy a home now
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Massachusetts real estate attorney convicted for mortgage fraud conspiracy
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Compass Point: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac will need another bailout
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Community lenders push White House to recapitalize Fannie, Freddie
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Bank of America nearing halfway mark in $7 billion consumer relief effort
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Blame Real-Estate Lending. Then Rein It In.
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Using goats to squat on a vacant property does not mean it's yours
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Condo/Co-op Board Members/Residents Clash - In Era Of Social Media, Defamation Lawsuits, Drop In Property Values, Rescinded Offers Follow
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Municipalities:

Is Detroit getting better? Some key findings Through the doors of 7124 Tuxedo Detroit Rising: Life after bankruptcy Is Detroit already heading into another pension hole? In their own words: Life after Detroit's bankruptcy Post-Bankruptcy After a Year: The Good News and the Big Concerns Ahead Detroit's Finances [CHARTS] After bankruptcy , Detroit's second shot Creativity from within city drives Detroit's turnaround The Story of Detroit's Bankruptcy: A "Takeover" or an Inevitable Financial Crisis?
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Bankruptcy tsunami poised to engulf the island of Puerto Rico
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Source: Ben Carson To Endorse Statehood For Puerto Rico
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Council Speaker Mark-Viverito asks Obama to help Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Government Development Bank at Risk of Receivership
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Controversy follows Puerto Rican migration
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De Blasio Says Hedge Funds Are Invested in Puerto Rico's Failure
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Puerto Rico debt tragedy's second act is close. Here is the cast
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Puerto Rico likely to cut services or default by year's end
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San Bernardino: Mayor proposes new plans to improve city post bankruptcy
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Lifeguards Get Pensions? At Age 45? They Do in Atlantic City
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Shipping:

Baltic Dry Index Could Test Lows
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Coal:

Peabody retirees again face loss of benefits
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Peabody Energy Agrees to Greater Disclosures of Financial Risks
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Walter Energy Heads to Auction With $1.25 Billion Bid
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Walter Energy, Facing Cash Depletion, To Pursue Sec. 363 Asset Sale
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Analysts expect bankruptcy for Arch Coal, a reflection of industry woes
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Iron And Coal Could Have More Suffering Ahead
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Senators: Charge Coal Companies for Pollution
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Coal in crisis as energy sector stumbles
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Global Coal Consumption Heads for Biggest Decline in History
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Food/Beverage:

Billionaire investor Ron Burkle says bankrupt Fresh & Easy 'was in a free fall'
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Why supermarket magnate Ron Burkle couldn't save Fresh & Easy
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Haggen auctioning dozens of stores
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Future Of LI Waldbaum’s Locations Remain Uncertain After A&P Bankruptcy
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The Fall Of Carnegie Deli
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People upset with Starbucks' red cups came up with a bizarre way to fight back
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Oil/Gas:

Oil futures suffer a week loss of 4.9% Oil prices continue lower after Baker Hughes reports fall in oil-rig count Crude Sinks As Jobs Report Propels Dollar Even Higher
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El-Erian: Oil Prices to Remain Low for 'Quite a While'
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Speculators Are Optimistic That Oil Prices Have Bottomed
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Saudi Arabia: 'We've seen the pain' and we don't care Oil investment cuts at $200 billion as Saudi prince sees rally
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Putting a Match to Big Oil
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Only 1 Percent Of Bakken Shale Is Profitable At These Prices
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How Shale Oil Will Survive The Crude Carnage
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US Fracking Boom Had Added 725,000 Jobs
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More Oil Companies Could Join Exxon Mobil as Focus of Climate Investigations The Next Great Scandal For The Oil Industry? Political Climate Shifting Against The Oil And Gas Industry Up Next?: Climate Change Disclosure and Corporate Liability Exposures Exxon Might Be in Trouble Over Climate Change
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Saudi Arabia to keep on pumping oil Saudi minister says low price to spur oil demand growth
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Santos to Cut Debt by A$3.5 Billion Amid Rout in Oil Prices
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Hercules Offshore emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Where's oil headed? Ask China
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Buccaneer Oil trustees agree to reduced payments
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Another oil and gas company files for bankruptcy
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Goodbye Gasoline, Hello Chinese Battery Power
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Debt Collection:

Senators introduce bill to prevent companies from robocalling your cellphone
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Zombie debt is menacing America and mine even has a name: Kathryn
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Religion:

Milwaukee Archdiocese Hopes to Close Chapter on Abuse
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Milwaukee Archdiocese To Seek Formal Approval Of $21M Settlement
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Social Media:

Bankruptcy Court Resolves Social Media Showdown
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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 (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Year-Over-Year Bankruptcy Filings Decrease 11 Percent
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Business and Nonbusiness Cases Filed, by Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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BK CD CA: RDM’s Roundup
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Bankruptcy Policy:

The End of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Bankruptcy Forms:

Official Bankruptcy Forms are Changing
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Cross Border:

Chapter 15 for All: SDNY Bankruptcy Court Holds that Indenture Governed by New York Law Constitutes 'Property in the United States' Under Section
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Foreign Borrower's Rights in Indenture Ruled Sufficient to Meet Second Circuit's Controversial Chapter 15 Eligibility Requirement
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Bankruptcy Reform:

The Failed Reform: Congressional Crackdown on Repeat Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Filers
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Corporate Governance:

Rediscovering Corporate Governance in Bankruptcy
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Chancery Denies Claim for Piercing the Corporate Veil
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Chancery Determines that BJR Applies Instead of Revlon Standard
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Claims Trading:

Purchasing Claims and Changing Votes: Establishing 'Cause' Under Rule 3018(a)
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Partnership:

Pick Your Partner versus the United States Bankruptcy Code
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Discharge:

Supreme Court to Hear Dischargeability Case
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TIA:

How Judges Are Skewing Bond Law
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TBTF:

Banking Giants Learn Cost of Preventing Another Lehman Moment
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Banks Rewrite Contracts Worth Trillions to Shed Too-Big-to-Fail
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A Bad Way to Make Banks Safe
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New ‘too big to fail’ rules for biggest banks
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G20 finalizes tools for ending 'too big to fail' banks
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Apparel:

Men's Wearhouse shares tank 40% Ill-Fitting Activism at Men's Wearhouse
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Credit Counseling:

With Morgan Drexen Shuttered, Virginia Widow Takes on Lawyers
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Brides:

Heartbreak at Fontana’s Continues
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Healthcare:

Bankrupt N.J. hospital sought by 2 out-of-state bidders
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Forest Park Medical Center’s Southlake hospital in default, owes $3.4M, lawsuit says
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Forest Park Medical Center’s financial woes mount with a fourth hospital in trouble
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Saint Michael’s Medical Center Board Will Meet to Review Bids
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Wanted: Cuomocare for failed Health Republic
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Humana Will Yank Obamacare Plans Serving 100,000 Patients
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Sovereigns:

Marco Rubio Helps Big Campaign Donor, Pressures Argentina For Full Debt Repayment Why is GOP mega-donor Paul Singer backing Marco Rubio? As Paul Singer Anoints Rubio, Kingmaker's Politics in Focus
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UK:

Former Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United players 'face ruin and losses of £100m’ in film investments
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A third of care homes face crisis: Insolvency experts expect hundreds of firms to go bust
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Former City Link boss denies job losses were inevitable before administration
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'Sooner the Better' for Brexit Vote
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A British mining company is flooding the market with 27 billion penny shares to avoid going broke
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India is suing Queen Elizabeth II for the return of a 'stolen' £100 million diamond
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Steel crisis: UK business secretary to meet EU ministers
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PIIGS:

What Will Recapitalization Mean For Average Greeks?
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Greece Races to Finish Aid Review as Bank Restructuring Looms
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Eurogroup won’t release €2 bln loan for Greece
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Greece plans a return to capital markets
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Portugal's government is about to get ousted by a new left-wing coalition
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Spain's Catalonia parliament is about to vote on whether to secede
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Canada:

Plant 'losing money and in trouble' says Hewitt
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Canada's 'Bank of No Surprises' Turns Heads With Risk Surge
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India:

After Electoral Defeat Bankruptcy Bill In Limbo
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Fixing insolvency laws
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Changes in six laws on the anvil to usher in bankruptcy code
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Wholesale Reform of Indian Insolvency Law
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Brazil:

How could so much go so wrong in Brazil?
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Estonia:

Estonian airline ceases operations after EU ruling on aid
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Russia:

High drama as Russia’s Transaero edges towards bankruptcy VTB joins bankruptcy lawsuit against indebted Transaero
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China:

Investors float alternative debt plan for China developer Kaisa, documents show
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China's Imports Fell 19% in October
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Ukraine:

Ukraine Is in Danger of Becoming a Failed State
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Malaysia:

Over 90% of Malaysians are ‘bankrupt’
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BRIC:

Goldman Sachs is ditching its BRIC fund
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Turkey:

Angry investors threaten to derail Yuksel debt restructuring
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