October 17, 2016

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Law:

Judge reluctantly agrees partner’s equal-pay suit against Sedgwick is likely subject to arbitration Judge Really Bummed Biglaw Discrimination Suit Probably Has To Go To Arbitration
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Is Origination to Blame for Women Partners' Lower Pay?
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The Dan Markel Case: A Most Interesting Email Update On Dan Markel Murder Investigation The story behind FSU professor's slaying detailed in new evidence
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White & Case Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Election Cycle Creates A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Lateral Partner Hiring
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The Pink Ghetto: Sexism Is Alive And Well In Law School
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Leading New York Law Firms Lag in Including Women and Minorities
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Shearman Gambles on Wall Street Rarity: Nonequity Partners
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Bankrupt lawyer faces ethics violations after $67 bank overdraft
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UK: Cash-strapped young barristers feeling more ‘lost’ and ‘depressed’ than ever
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What the Vanishing Trial Lawyer Means for In-House Counsel, and 5 Things They Can Do
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Lawyers believe the legal profession is the most stressful
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Law firms hire from the smallest pool
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What Would You Do As A ‘Non-Lawyer’?
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Law Profs At Chicago, Harvard And Michigan Turn To 'Hamilton' As A Teaching Tool
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Solo And Small Firm Attorneys: Yes, You ARE Competing With LegalZoom
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FBI Director Rejects Talk of Epidemic of Police Bias Against Blacks
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Lawyer Takes Dating Advice From Donald Trump, Looks For Someone To . . . ?
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Christie Misconduct May Bring Indictment
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University Of Houston Obtains Injunction Barring South Texas From Rebranding Itself 'Houston College Of Law'
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Inside the Secret Society of Wall Street’s Top In-House Lawyers
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A Partner Gives Pole Dancing A Chance
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Creepy Clowns No Laughing Matter for This Lawyer
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Lawyers Winning Nobel Peace Prizes
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Rolling Stone heads to trial on Monday over debunked story about rape
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Judges:

Ginsburg: I Shouldn't Comment on Protest Ginsburg reconsiders her comments about ‘dumb and disrespectful’ national anthem protest Justice Ginsburg backtracks, again
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Man is sentenced for acid attack on judge at his home
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Judge Pleading Guilty To Felony Has One Last Question
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How not to pick a Supreme Court justice
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Is Eight Enough?
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SCOTUS: The Dangerous Empty Seat
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Judge Who Tackled Defendant in Court: ‘I Certainly Don’t Regret’ It
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Turkish Government Raids Judiciary, Arrests 189 Judges And Prosecutors
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Wall Street:

Dow futures fall as stocks seen 'struggling to sustain themselves'
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European Stocks Resume Declines as Energy Producers Lead Losses
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Stocks close higher after Yellen comments, bank earnings
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Goldman Sachs vindicated but bruised in court battle with Libyan fund Judge Doesn’t Care About H-----s In Goldman v Libya Ruling
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Layoffs:

Layoffs Watch ’16: Deutsche Bank Considering Relieving Itself Of An Extra 10,000 Employees
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Manufacturer Jacobsen laying off about 200 in Charlotte
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Charter Laying Off 258 In Charlotte
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HP Plans As Many As 4,000 Layoffs As PC Slump Persists
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:

Unbuilt Texas Cancer Center Creditors' Ch. 11 Plan Approved
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Theranos Faces Growing Number of Lawsuits Over Blood Tests
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In North Carolina, ACA insurer defections leave little choice for many consumers More Than 1 Million to Lose Obamacare Plans as Insurers Quit As Insurers Drop Obamacare, White House Steps Up Sales Pitch Rising Obamacare premiums anger those paying full price
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Medicare Unveils Overhaul of Doctor's Pay
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Fraud:

Another $100 Million Health Care Fraud Busted in Texas
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Ohio Dumps Wells Fargo Wells Fargo CFO: Not Giving Back Bonuses Wells Fargo's Customers Strike Back
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Madoff Continues On: Recent Tax Court Case Rules on Treatment of Madoff Account
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Autos:

First VW Diesel Fix May Come Soon
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Aerospace:

Closed Summerside aerospace companies file for bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Kim Kardashian Suing Outlets Claiming She Staged Paris Robbery To Bank Millions From Insurance Company
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Curt Schilling’s Video Game Company Settlement Was Undone, Trial Is Possible
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Retailing:

Retail Rivalry: Consignment Vendors, Secured Lenders Spar over Priority
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NJ: Retail vacancy rate rises to 7.2 percent
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This Sears Employee Just Landed the Worst Job in Corporate America
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Electricity:

EFH Gets Blessing On Deal Over $122M Wind Farm Claim
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Education:

For-profit colleges stay quietly on offense
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Economy:

The Next Recession is Coming A Recession in the Next Four Years?
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Fed Eyes a High Pressure Economy
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Consumers less confident than any time since last year Preliminary October Consumer Sentiment declines to 87.9
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Obama Administration: Budget Deficit Increases to $587B
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The Economy is Rigged. Just Not That Way
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American Dream: Rich Fearful, Poor Believe
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The shocking pain of American men
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Yellen’s Talk of Hot U.S. Economy Extends October Long-Bond Rout
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Caregiving Is Forcing Women 50+ To Leave The Workforce
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72% Are Financially Stressed: Here's How To Get Out From Under Money Woes
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Retail Sales Increased Slightly in September
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As election approaches, U.S. economy chugs along
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Fed's Nowcast Up For Q3 and Q4
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Study: Growth in Younger Generations Changes Spending Patterns in U.S.
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LA area Port Traffic: Exports up Year-over-year in September
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Pray For The Billionaires, You Guys
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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:

The most expensive housing market in every state
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2008: Mortgage Settlement Was Imperfect
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Forecast: Strongest and weakest housing markets for next year
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Governor Says Deficit Could Climb to $59 Billion Governor: Puerto Rican rescue to be pricey
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It's On: Bondholder Groups Square Off over Puerto Rico Financing
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Detroit taxpayers fully funding CFO's rent, airfare
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San Bernardino reaches 'momentous' bankruptcy hearing
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Financial turnarounds are Gayle Corrigan's specialty
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Oil/Gas:

Bankruptcy judge OKs equity committee for Breitburn stakeholders
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U.S. drillers add 15 more rigs
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Texas Is Making An Energy Recovery Texas Is Making An Energy Recovery
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Industry Body Gives ‘Positive Spin’ To 120,000 Lost Jobs
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What OPEC's Oil U-Turn Missed: Peak Demand Keeps Getting Closer
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Oil prices slip after active rigs increase in the U.S.
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Near Term Oil Prices Can’t Go Much Higher
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Bankruptcy Rebound? Oil, Gas Companies Bounce Back from Chapter 11
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Private Equity Could Help More Mid-Cap Energy Companies Close Deals
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Templar Energy sheds debt, continues drilling
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The Oil Crash Nightmare For Kazakhstan
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Corporate Reform:

Could The Return Of Glass- Steagall Prevent Wells Fargo-Style Debacles?
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Lew: Don't Roll Back Wall Street Reform
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Fresh off Wells Fargo win, Warren wants to oust an Obama appointee at SEC Despite Record SEC Enforcement Activity, Senator Warren Calls for President to Fire Agency Chair
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Brought Down A Notch
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Politics:

How Would Healthcare Change Under Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? Clinton, Trump and the Affordable Care Act
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Clinton holds 11-point national lead over Trump: NBC/WSJ Poll Hillary Clinton Picks Up Support From Women, Swing Voters to Build Lead Clinton Will Have to Raise Taxes Even More to 'Not Add a Penny' to the Debt Hillary Clinton should accept Donald Trump's drug-test challenge Transcripts of Hillary's Three Speeches to Goldman Sachs Emails: Hillary Treads Lightly with Wall St. Clinton Email: Ring China with Missiles Emails: Nasty Stuff from Clinton in 2008 Clinton Has a Solid Lead Less than a Month Before Election Day Clinton says she can’t recall 20-plus times in Judicial Watch suit; group has ‘carpet bomb’ strategy Wikileaks: Clinton's Advisors Agree To Take Foreign Lobbyists' Money, Forget to Tell Her A Look at More Hacked Clinton Emails
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Was Trump’s Tax Loss Trump’s Tax Loss? For Trump, the real dirty word is 'CFPB' Trump: Clinton Should be in Jail and the Election is Rigged Trump is Not Going Away Quietly Democracies Die Without Graceful Losers Rigged Election Claims May Leave Lasting Damage Mike Pence: ‘We Will Absolutely Accept the Result of the Election’ Ex-GOP AG on Trump Jailing Clinton Here’s why 100 business leaders support Trump for president Trump Cuts Ties with Ohio GOP Chairman New Portrait Emerges of a Trump Voter Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is reportedly donating $1.25 million to Donald Trump 'It's a she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said situation' Donald Trump Also Gave One of His Accusers Some Really Bad Financial Advice Where Trump Wants to Be Buried Blaming Carlos Slim for Assault Stories Trump Accusers Coming Out of the Woodwork Armed Trump Supporters Protest Dem's Office 'SNL' spoofs the 'second and worst ever' presidential debate 'Boring and unfunny': Donald Trump unloads on SNL over Alec Baldwin's Trump impression Trump attacks ‘SNL’ ‘hit job,’ suggests show part of media conspiracy The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump Trump’s Unlawful Gag Orders and Why He Can’t Handle the Truth Trump Jr. Can't Handle Harassment? Teach Trump is wrong — you can't just 'take the oil' from the Middle East Not Just Trump Wanted to Steal Mideast Oil
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In Clash Over Trump Article, a Lawyer's Letter Goes Viral
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When Trump goes looking for a media brawl, this feared lawyer steps in
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As Trump's Troubles Pile Up, Lawyers Line Up
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Why I left the Republican Party to become a Democrat
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Toxic Politics Can Lead to Economic Crisis
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SCOTUS Matters More to GOP Than Trump
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GOP headquarters in North Carolina firebombed, graffiti warns 'leave town or else'
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Coal:

Kaye Scholer Clients Achieve Nearly Full Recovery in Arch Coal Chapter 11 Proceeding
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Banking:

JPMorgan Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates, Hurt by 86% Credit Loss Increase
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Wells Fargo Beats Estimates, Reports Strong Commercial Loan Growth
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Aviation:

Creditors chase supply chain operators 'overpaid' before National Air Cargo bankruptcy
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SeaPort Airlines Goes Under
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Travel:

How to stop wasting your frequent flier miles
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 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 (26 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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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Committees:

The Equity Committee Trend: When Shareholders of a Bankrupt Company Hope to Get More Than Nothing
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Finance:

U.S. Sixth Circuit Holds that Customary Language in Amendment and Restatement Agreements May Extinguish Existing Security Interests via Novation
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Structured Dismissal:

Jevic Could Be the Most Consequential Chapter 11 SCOTUS Decision in Many Years Respondents' brief filed
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Miscellaneous:

Chapter 11 Watch: Takata, A Hanjin Update And Are Chico’s, Lands’ End Next Up?
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Arbitration:

Arbitration Agreements Held Unenforceable in WARN Act Litigation
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Setoff:

Lehman Decision Holds that Mutuality Must Exist to Exercise a Right of Setoff
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Derivatives:

Trapped Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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Torts:

'Crane King' won't sell plane to pay accident victims' families
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Food/Beverage:

Roscoe’s House of Chicken N Waffles President/Founder Herb Hudson Removed by Bankruptcy Judge
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Restaurant Chains Get Burned by Overexpansion, New Rivals Shakeout comes to U.S. restaurant chains
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Radio:

IHeartMedia, Cumulus Creditors Broadcasting Distress Signals
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Shipping:

Shipping industry could face $35bn write-off, as NYK’s impairment loss is likely to trigger review by lines
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Sinking ships are surprisingly good news
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Korea to Inject $2.64 bln into DSME
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Another Korean line files for court receivership
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Asia-Pacific ports to absorb worst impact of slow growth
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Defaults:

With PetroQuest, That’s 133 Defaults So Far in 2016
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Religion:

Victims of Priests’ Abuse Face a Choice
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Television:

NFL ratings plunge could spell doom for traditional TV
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Student Debt:

Here's What the Average American Owes After College
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UK:

Young women are much more likely to be insolvent than young men
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Predatory funds circling BrightHouse
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Uncertain wait for collapsed construction firm creditors
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Six Reasons to Be Wary of Brexit Optimism
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PIIGS:

Monte Paschi to Pay Fine in Plea Bargain Over False Accounting
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Italy Debt Tops 150% of GDP Without Underground, Illegal Economy
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Creditors’ Technical Teams Arrive in Greece for Second Bailout Program Review Technical talks with foreign envoys to begin on Monday Creditors head to Athens as Greek economy at crossroads Anti-austerity protesters to march in Athens as technical talks begin
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ie: Applications to insolvency service more than double in Q3
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Portugal Cuts Economic Growth Forecasts, Sees Higher Debt Ratio
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Canada:

Threat of Uber looms large for Vancouver taxi drivers
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Trailmobile Canada picks up production slack for bankrupt affiliate
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July Records 15 Percent In Insolvencies Rate
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India:

Value of assets to decide fees of insolvency professionals
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Germany:

Deutsche Bank May Pull Back in US Over Costs
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Singapore:

Global debt restructuring hub? S'pore not quite there yet
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Singapore economy shrinks 4.1pc in 3Q
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Switzerland:

Could there be another bank run in Switzerland?
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Australia:

Private equity-backed Byron Group placed in administration
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China:

Survival of the Weakest Upends China Investment Logic
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France:

Peugeot to cut more than 2,000 jobs in France
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