November 8, 2016

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Law:

Report Shows Dip in Demand as Billing Rates Rise
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Chadbourne Swings Back Over Gender Bias Suit
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Survey: What It Takes to Become a New Partner
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I'm an attorney in New York City who makes $240,000 a year — here's what I spend in a week
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Squire Patton Boggs Names Nance New US Chief
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Martin Shkreli Blames It All on His Lawyers, Wants Documents
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Bankrupt San Antonio lawyer accused of forging judges’ signatures
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A Fifth-Year Could Have Told You About Dupe Emails, WHY COULDN’T THE FBI?
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Behind Clinton and Trump, an Army of Lawyers on High Alert
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Law School's Presidential Poll Stands Alone
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Rabobank Tells 7th Circ. To Toss Law Firm's Fee Case
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Clinton Trounces Trump In Donations From Biggest Of BigLaw
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South Texas College of Law announces its latest new name
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The 50 best law schools in America
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Lawyers Still Fear The Cloud
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4 Red Flags At In-House Interviews
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3 Things I Learned From Recovering From Social Anxiety Disorder
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Inspired By This Year’s Presidential Election: 3 Communication Strategies For Lawyers
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Janet Reno dies at 78, first female US attorney general In Memory Of Janet Reno
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A jury awarded a University of Virginia administrator $3 million in Rolling Stone defamation case
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Hell Is Other Lawyers
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ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Finalists
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Legal Analysis Of ‘The Little Mermaid’ That Will Ruin Your Childhood
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Judges:

BK SD NY Closed For Election Day
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Supreme Court’s ‘future as a functioning institution’ is thrown into doubt, NYT editorial says
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SCOTUS May Choose Senate in Advice and Consent Fight
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Election Day Is a Turning Point for Supreme Court
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Here are 5 Supreme Court judicial lessons that Trump and Clinton won’t tell you about
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock markets stuck in nervous wait as Election Day begins
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US stock market notches biggest gain in 8 months; oil rises
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How the markets will react to each likely election outcome
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Wall Street's bonus season looks grim Wall Street Bonuses Expected to Sink for 3rd Straight Year
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Goldman Sachs will announce its elite partner list on Wednesday — here's what it means to make the cut
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Layoffs:

Anadarko cutting 58 jobs in East Texas
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:

Clinton In Position To Win 90% chance 2 new polls show Clinton with a 4-point lead over Trump one day before the election Hedge fund manager David Tepper comes out in support of Hillary Clinton Last Sprint in Tight Race After Twist in Email Case 'What kind of country do we want?' 24 million votes came in during the 9 days the FBI was reviewing Clinton's emails Why FBI's Comey Can't Unbungle the Clinton Email Probe How James Comey Hurt the FBI—and the Democratic Process
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From Bankruptcies to Trump U: The Effect of Trump's Legal Woes on Politics Bankruptcy Expert Studies Trump Casinos Law Professors Grapple With Trump 'Today Is Our Independence Day' Gingrich, Giuliani, and Priebus are being vetted for top positions in a Trump administration Trump says he was endorsed by Tom Brady and Bill Belichick An Inside Look at Trump’s Last Stand Trump: NFL ratings are down because of me Trump’s Big Bet on Less Educated Whites Extremists Feel Like Winners Either Way In Hindsight, Trump’s Best Campaign Strategy Might Have Been to Not Campaign at All Donald Trump Took Advantage of a Broken Media Landscape Obama, on Final Campaign Day, Calls Donald Trump ‘Temperamentally Unfit’ Political scientists lay out 9 ways Donald Trump is endangering American democracy Trump Claims Man of the Year Award, but
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Ivanka Trump is trying to distance herself from her father's campaign to save her brand
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Half of Americans probably won't vote — but requiring them to would change that Here's who would win the election if every American voted
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Obama: Comey is 'a man of integrity, a man of principle'
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Here's what it was like to be the richest president in US history
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Krugman: How to Rig an Election
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Banks gird for Brexit-style tumult following U.S election
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Why There Probably Won’t Be Much Election Violence
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Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren: Banking Frenemies
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Curt Schilling shares photo on Twitter suggesting journalists be lynched, calls it 'awesome'
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Exit polls under siege
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Women are leaving 'I voted' stickers on the grave of one of history's greatest suffragists
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This disturbing presidential election shows that democracy needs help Democracy at a Dead End in America American Democracy is Dying
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1st Election w/o Voting Rights Act is a Disaster The Supreme Court Ruled That Voting Restrictions Were a Bygone Problem. Early Voting Results Suggest Otherwise.
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Gambling:

Caesars Unit Could Exit Bankruptcy Next Year Under New Plan
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Healthcare:

Increasing Distress in Healthcare: Why, Where and For How Long?
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Student Debt:

Student loan debt rises 56 percent since 2004
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Electricity:

NRG Looks at Options, Including Bankruptcy and Asset Sales, for GenOn
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Supreme Court Won't Hear $4B EFH Debt Deal Dispute
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Economy:

Fannie Mae: Americans feeling more and more nervous about the economy
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Small-business optimism turns higher despite ‘paralyzing’ uncertainty
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Corporate Profits Perk Up, but Caution Rules
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CNBC Fed Survey: 82% say Trump would not reappoint Yellen
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The strains of a weak global economy are starting to show
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The average American worker takes less vacation time than a medieval peasant
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These Troubled Companies Are Reporting Earnings Near Election Day
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Here's what Americans agree on when it comes to taxes
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The $1.3 trillion dollars held overseas by US corporations might not really be overseas
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Taxpayers are Still Bailing Out Wall Street
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Miami Tries to Hold Banks Accountable for Bad Loans
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To recoup losses from the housing collapse, Miami pursues a novel suit
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Little Rock: Lazenbys Face Loss Of Homes, Business
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Prosecutors seek access to indicted Kansas developer's guns
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What Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Don't Get About the Housing Market
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Municipalities:

Moody's: Unfunded pension liabilities now exceed debt for many large US local governments
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Bronin: Hartford Bankruptcy An Option, Though Not A Good One
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Puerto Rico's gubernatorial front-runner wants statehood
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In Atlantic City, Kick a Lifeguard, Win a Prize
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Oil/Gas:

Private Equity Strategies for a Low Oil Environment
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Oil market to mark a ‘turning point’ in 2016: OPEC
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It's hard to take OPEC seriously anymore
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Oil Price Will Rise Less Than Forecast, Says OPEC
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$30 Oil Or Worse If OPEC Fails
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Feeling The Oil Crunch: Saudi Arabia Cancels $266 Billion In Projects
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Energy city has hit bottom, says top economist
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Oil leaders meet in Abu Dhabi, hoping market is at the bottom
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Outlook for master limited partnerships
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Oasis Petroleum reports $33 million loss in wake of falling oil prices and production
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IMF Warns: Oil Economies Won’t Break Even Anytime Soon
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Hollywood:

Netflix Moves to Kill Relativity's $1.5 Billion Lawsuit Netflix Moves to Strike Relativity’s ‘Desperate and Futile’ $1.5 Billion Lawsuit Netflix Asks Court To Reject Relativity Media Suit Charging “Trade Libel”
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Producers Beware: What happens when your movie distributor files bankruptcy? Part 2.
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Personal Finance:

13 tips for talking about money in a job interview without making it awkward 29 brilliant questions to ask at the end of every job interview
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4 steps to reinventing yourself after a major failure
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History:

6 of the most spectacular business failures in history
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Turnarounds:

Make or Break Crisis Communications in Turnarounds
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Autos:

VW's Dieselgate Scandal Just Got Bigger
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Retailing:

Golfsmith to close dozens more stores as it works through bankruptcy
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Mall Landlords Dive Deeper Into Retail Assets
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Holiday Season Retail Hiring Since 1979
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Tech:

Apple hires talent, buys technology from bankrupt streaming music startup Omnifone
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Coal:

Here's how you know the coal industry is all but dead
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Music:

SFX opposes Sillerman claims
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Pharma:

Leaked documents shed light on the defunct pharmacy that brought Valeant to its knees
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Distressed Investing:

Hedge funds are heavily involved in the distressed debt market
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Shipping:

Stores hustle to get their holiday goods as fallout from the Hanjin shipping mess continues
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Maersk reveals how Hanjin customers sought rescue after receivership
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S.Korea says 94 out of 97 Hanjin Shipping container ships completed unloading
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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 (24 new filings)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - 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:

The energy sector dominates ch. 11 cases reporting over $100 million in debt, accounting for 44% of cases over $100M, 61% of cases over $1B
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YTD Comparison of Top 3 States (Del., N.Y. and Texas) Business Ch. 11 Filings Since 2010
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Successor Liability:

2nd Circuit Decision in GM Increases Risk of Successor Liability for Purchasers
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Bankruptcy Fees:

Bankruptcy fees to increase effective December 1, 2016
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Credit Bidding:

Limiting Credit Bidding “For Cause” After In re Aeropostale
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Recharacterization:

The Fourth Circuit Weighs In on Recharacterization of Debt as Equity
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Interest:

Ninth Circuit Overturns Entz-White Lumber; Avoiding Default Interest Via Cure Through Chapter 11 Plan No Longer Valid
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Ninth Circuit Now Requires Paying Default Interest to Cure a Default
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Side Agreements:

Bankruptcy on the Side
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TBTF:

Plan to Bail Out ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Raises Skepticism
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Discharge:

Bankruptcy Judge Reads Husky Narrowly on Dischargeability for Fraud
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Sovereigns:

Restructuring Sovereign Debt after NML v. Argentina
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UK:

RBS set to pay out over Global Restructuring Group cases The watchdog has finally delivered its verdict on RBS' 'Dash for Cash' scandal
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UK banks given extra leeway to meet 'too big to fail' rules
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BoE gives banks two more years to raise £20bn bail-in funds
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Analysis: Q3 statistics show Brexit insolvency rise and ‘shadowy’ behaviour
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Taxi app Karhoo is on the brink of administration after raising $250 million
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One of Europe's most famous airline CEOs just made some chilling predictions about the effect of a hard Brexit
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Warnings for CVAs after BHS collapse
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Tamara Mellon: Bankruptcy made me a better businesswoman
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Are insolvency and arbitration like oil and water?
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Uncertainty for Marks & Spencer staff as 30 shops face the axe
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The first full quarter of post-Brexit data paints a bleak picture for British industry
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TPAS chair departs following bankruptcy announcement
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EU:

Sovereign debt in the euro area - too safe or too risky?
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An Idea to Revolutionize Europe's Debt Could Be Coming of Age
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PIIGS:

Explaining Greece’s Debt Crisis
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Medium-term Greek debt relief details impossible before 2018, ministers say
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Euro Area Douses Tsipras’s Debt Hopes After Greek Bonds Rally
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Canada:

Despite minister's remarks, Hydro not bankrupt , Pallister says
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Australia:

Arrium Sold for $1.6 billion
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Student loan figures reveal Kiwis abroad declaring bankruptcy to wipe student loans
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India:

Rules for insolvency professionals may not change much from draft
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Singapore:

Defaults show weak points in Singapore bond plumbing
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MENA:

Companies in financial difficulties: what do directors need to know about the UAE Bankruptcy Law?
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South Korea:

Korean authorities mull prepackaged bankruptcy program for troubled companies
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