August 29, 2017

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Because The Daily Bankruptcy News is located in the Houston metro area operations may be affected by Hurricane Harvey-related weather



Law:

How Law Firms Are Adapting to Meet Millennials' Needs and Why That's Good for Clients
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Hurricane Harvey Record Rainfall Floods Lawyers' Homes, Shutters Law Firms Harvey's floodwaters shutter Houston law firms, courtrooms, probably for the rest of the week
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Hurricane Harvey and Insurance Coverage: Protecting Your Statutory Rights Before September 1st
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How Houston's GCs Are Coping With Record Rain and Floods
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Rejection Letter Of The Day: This Firm Will Reject You — Even If You Never Interviewed
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A Law School’s Quest To Scale The Rankings
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ABA Seeks Comments On Proposed Changes To Accreditation Standard On Branch Campuses
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19 Of 21 California Law School Deans Urge State Bar To Reduce Cut Score From 144 To 133-139
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BigLaw associate suspended for inflating billable hours after return from honeymoon After Wedding, Biglaw Associate Drastically Overbills Her Way To A 9-Month Suspension
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Amid Mounting Losses, 12 Sedgwick Lawyers Move to Robinson & Cole
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Court Upholds Sanctions Against Law Firm That Failed to Change Name
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IRS sues disgraced ex-lawyer Prins
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Florida Increases Median LSAT And GPA Of Entering Class, Fueling Rise Toward The Top 35
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In The Age Of Trump, Constitutional Lawyers Get Strategic
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Why The First Day At A New Job Matters
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Use this little-known iPhone feature if you're dealing with a poor cell signal
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Police chief outed as owner of racist website and white supremacist record label
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Man Arrested For Lying About Being Stabbed for Looking Like Neo-Nazi
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Arpaio Staged His Own Assassination Attempt Sheriff Joe may challenge Jeff Flake for AZ Senate seat Trump says he pardoned Joe Arpaio right as Hurricane Harvey began wreaking havoc because 'I assumed the ratings would be far higher' Trump treats his pardon of ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio like a TV show Now Arpaio Wants His Conviction Tossed Too Presidents Often Abuse Pardon Powers
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Lack of sleep causes people to take risky decisions
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Wall Street recruiter jumps to her death from luxury NYC home
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9th Circuit's Tough Questions on Travel Ban
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Woman gets life for murder in parrot witness case
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Nurse believed to have killed at least 86 patients
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Judges:

General Order Concerning Hurricane Harvey
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Courthouse ‘severely damaged’ by Harvey; local officials opposed governor on evacuation advice
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Posner rejects pattern jury instruction while sitting as trial judge and gets reversed
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BK AK: Historic Courtroom To Be Renamed To Honor Judge Ross
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Wall Street:

Dow is set to open down triple digits after North Korea fires missile over Japan
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North Korea's missile launch over Japan is slamming global markets North Korean missile launch rattles Asia markets as investors turn to safe-haven assets
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Stocks Close Mixed as Wall Street Struggles With Houston's Harvey Disaster
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Layoffs:

Without WARN-ing: Third Circuit Clarifies WARN Act's Unforeseen Business Circumstances Exception
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Allergan cutting 109
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Retailing:

Perfumania Files For Chapter 11 Perfumania seeks Ch. 11 protection in Delaware, carrying $199 million in debt

Perfumania to close 64 stores, blames declining mall traffic for bankruptcy
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A Major Retail Bankruptcy Could Trigger Recession
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Finish Line lowers outlook, shares tumble 24%
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These retail chains can resist the Amazon vortex
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Banks use secured lending to sidestep retail losses
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Retail bankruptcies in 2017 may eclipse financial crisis toll
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Gander Mountain's Bankruptcy Continues to Shoot Down Sporting Goods Industry
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Politics:

Trump Continues Attack on GOP Members
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Tillerson Meets Trump. May Exit Cabinet
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Trump Quiet as Aides Criticize Him in Public
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Trump Punishes Aide for Sparse Rally Crowd
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Trump's Election Integrity Panel is a Sham
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Crank up the sanctions and forget talking with North Korea, experts tell the US North Korea says US is driving peninsula to ‘explosion’ 'Unprecedented, serious and significant threat': Japan's prime minister on North Korea launch
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Why Trump's Wall Will Never Happen
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'I will get Putin on this program and we will get Donald elected': Trump's lawyer is at the center of questions about his ties to a Russian businessman Special counsel Mueller is reportedly investigating whether Flynn had role in seeking Clinton emails Lawyer Says Proposal for Trump Tower in Russia Was Abandoned Trump Could Easily Give Everyone Involved in ‘Russiagate’ a Blanket Pardon 'Another example of malicious intent': Emails from Trump's lawyer to the Kremlin 'will probably be of interest' to Mueller Report: Mueller investigating Trump's role in Don Jr.-Russia meeting response Paul Manafort Teamed Up With Obama’s Lawyer to Help Putin Ally
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Trump Supporters Beaten By Anti-Fascists At Berkeley Protests
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How Harvey Squeezes Congress on Flood Insurance
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For All His Fire And Fury, Trump Hasn’t Changed Much
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Members of Congress Get Loans from Donors
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Remember When Cruz and Cornyn Voted No on Aid for Sandy Survivors? 20 in Texas GOP Voted Against Sandy Aid FactCheck: Cruz on Sandy Aid Bill
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Economy:

Dallas Fed: "Texas Manufacturing Activity Expands Again" in August
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Consumer confidence number could help to calm roiled markets
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Where the Recovery Took Hold
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There’s too much at stake for Gary Cohn to quit on Trump
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Trump’s Pivot to Taxes Is Fraught With ‘Pitfalls Everywhere’
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His advisors supported it, but Trump reportedly declined Chinese proposal to cut steel overcapacity Reuters
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U.S. delays penalties on Canadian lumber imports for two months
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Trump says U.S. should start 'termination process' to get better NAFTA deal
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Trump still says Mexico will pay for border wall 'one way or the other' Mexico to Trump: Not Paying for Wall
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Trump Demands Tariffs on China Right Now
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Apple to get $4 million in tax breaks per job at Iowa data center
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Don’t let anyone tell you Hurricane Harvey won’t damage the U.S. economy As Harvey swings back for another pass at Texas, a look at the insurers most exposed JPMorgan predicts Harvey will be a top 10 most costly hurricane; up to $20 billion in losses Home improvement shares jump after Hurricane Harvey deluge Ex-FEMA chief 'Brownie' sees economic toll from Harvey as 'far greater' than Katrina
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40% of millennials want to live within walking distances of their parents
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Mexico fires back against Trump's NAFTA tweet
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The top 1 percent have more than 200 times the retirement savings of the typical American
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Missouri's minimum wage law takes effect; protest planned
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Banks Encouraged to Assist Borrowers Affected by Hurricane Harvey
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce vows to hold Congress accountable on tax reform
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Yellen Sends Trump the Right Message
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Report: Ending DACA would put 700,000 jobs at risk
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Black Knight: Home prices hit yet another new high in June Black Knight: House Price Index up 0.9% in June, Up 6.2% year-over-year
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Fannie Mae says over 36,000 homes in its portfolio in Harvey's path
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico oversight board asks court to enforce furloughs
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America's secret Caribbean colony
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Charities try to help Oklahoma teachers survive pay collapse
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Oil/Gas:

Goldman: Harvey's damage to America's oil industry could last several months 10 oil refineries in Texas have been shut down because of Hurricane Harvey Why oil prices are sinking as gasoline soars after Harvey Storm Knocks Out Some U.S. Refineries
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Gasoline hits two-year high, oil prices sink as market assesses Harvey's impact
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Harvey's impacts on the energy sector
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Hurricane Harvey Tosses Global Oil Markets Into Chaos
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15 energy stocks that have fallen in the wake of Harvey
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Harvey Has Swamped Texas Oil Industry
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Hurricane Harvey ratchets up pressure for OPEC to rebalance the market
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Shale revolution means hurricanes don’t jolt oil market like they used to
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Weather:

Tracking Harvey: Before-and-after images show the catastrophic flooding in Houston Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston Amid flooding, chief worried ‘how many bodies’ will be found Harvey's devastation deepens as rain continues 'Texas Has Never Seen An Event Like This' This is Already Houston's Worst Flood Here's what you need to know if you're flying to Texas this week Harvey Dumped 9 Trillion Gallons of Water A terrifying size comparison shows how much rain Hurricane Harvey has produced Trump Today: President declares emergency for Louisiana as Harvey dumps rain Texas governor activates state's entire National Guard to aid in post-hurricane search and rescue efforts Why Houston was so underprepared for '500-year flood' Hurricane Harvey Houston was a ticking time-bomb for a devastating hurricane like Harvey Army Corps releases water from 2 Houston dams; thousands of homes to be affected Harvey to Hit Flooded Houston Again New Law Makes Contested Insurance Claims Harder to Win Hurricane Harvey Victims Facing Huge Insurance Deadline This Week, Warn Lawyers Texans will rebound from the awful flooding with their usual elan How Much Does Houston Spend on Flood Control? Harvey, social media and getting real A Catastrophe for Houston's Most Vulnerable People
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Why Ordinary Citizens Are Acting as First Responders in Houston
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Osteen's Church Refuses Houston Refugees
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Harvey to Bring Economic Chaos to Texas
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No, hurricanes are not good for the economy
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Trump Rolls Back Obama-Era Flood Standards
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Mexico is offering aid for Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas
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The crazy math of government flood insurance Hensarling Moves Forward to Gut Flood Ins.
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Autos:

Hurricane Harvey slams auto industry
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Taxis:

Six looming legal threats that could still sink Uber
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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 (18 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
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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:

Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Alabama's Filings per Capita Has Been 66 Percent Above the National Average Since 1990
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Insurance:

“Insured Versus Insured” – – Who is the Debtor-in-Possession, Anyway
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Preclusion:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Claims against Echo/RT Holdings in Raytrans Bankruptcy Case
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IP:

Delaware Court Holds that Trademark License Cannot be Assigned Without Consent
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Brides:

Alfred Angelo brides out of luck again — dresses to be auctioned in bulk, not individually
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Travel:

Plane makes emergency landing as irate passenger screams, bites crew
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Will Harvey affect your flight plans?
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Houston Airports Remain Closed
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Debt Collection:

Court Dismisses CFPB Lawsuit Due to Willful Failure to Participate in Discovery and Obey Court Orders
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Healthcare:

The Houston Hospital Running Out of Food
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Majority of Voters Support Medicaid Work Requirements
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No more empty ACA counties, but not problem-free either
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Abuse rife in nursing homes
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Food/Beverage:

Grocery stocks fall again as Amazon cuts prices at Whole Foods
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Whole Foods rivals may die, but shoppers love price cuts
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UK:

Oxford Economics: Things Look Worse on Brexit
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Bank jobs are bleeding out of London — and Brexit hasn't even kicked in yet
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PIIGS:

Irish Rail earmarks four routes for axe as it warns pay rise will push it 'towards insolvency'
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India:

RBI Sends Second List Of Cases To Banks For Insolvency Action
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Stakeholders may pursue insolvency cases with court, not DRTs: Finance ministry
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Insolvency proceedings against Jaypee Infratech has put issue under scanner; what the issue really involves; find out
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Shareholders can play spoilsport for lenders banking on resolution plan
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Bermuda:

Bankruptcy in the US versus Bermuda
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Venezuela:

How Easily Can Creditors Reach Venezuelan Oil Receivables?
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White House Sanctions May Scare Off Venezuela Vulture Investors
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MENA:

Flydubai loss widens on falling yields and rising costs
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Germany:

Air Berlin lenders eye asset sale by mid-Sept -sources Bratwurst, kebabs and plenty of cheese. Ambiguously named BDSWISS looks to buy bankrupt airline Airberlin Air Berlin says deadline for offers is Sept. 15
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China:

Steel Company’s Restructuring Draws Creditor Ire
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Denmark:

Denmark Decides to Make It ‘More Attractive to Work’
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