January 6, 2017

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Law:

Bonus Season Is Not Over: Another Biglaw Firm Hands Out The Big Bucks
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Federal judge chops $10M from fee request, criticizes billing rates for temporary associates
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Fewer Law Firm Mergers in 2016: Report
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Fulbright Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Alston & Bird Elects New Bankruptcy Partner
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Stinson Names Two New Bankruptcy Partners
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Thompson Hine Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Dinsmore Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Successful people use these techniques to speak up for themselves—and stay likable
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Congratulations, You Made Partner! Now What?
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Ethics of Using Hacked Information to Prosecute Claims
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This Lawyer Reigns Over The Television Landscape
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Five Business Development Basics for Associates
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Addleshaws in talks with German firm as discussions over US merger move forward
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Charlotte Law School Cancels Classes And Works On Transfer Plan With Florida Coastal As Rumors And Lawsuits Swirl After Feds Cut Off Student Loans
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Obama pens Harvard Law Review opus on criminal justice reform
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2016 NALP Report On Diversity In U.S. Law Firms
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Profits Margins In Law Firms – Dumb And Dumberer
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Trump's Pick for Ambassador to Israel Is Prominent Bankruptcy Lawyer
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Where’s This Malpractice Crisis The GOP Is Talking About?
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Taylor Wessing becomes first law firm to use 'Cosmic Cadet' video game test to assess trainee applicants
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Norton Rose cuts jobs and relocates partners in Pittsburgh office closure
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Police seek man in surveillance photos in connection with lawyer’s strangulation death
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Millions missing from lawyer’s trust account, bar alleges after he abruptly closes law firm
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Above The Law’s 2016 Lawyer Of The Year Contest: The Finalists!
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Big Hires in Big Law to Kick Off the New Year!
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8 Resolutions To Start The New Year Fresh
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Charleston Church Shooter: Why Do I Have to Listen to Whiny Victim's Families?
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Hate Crime Charges Filed Against Chicago 4
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Lawyer found guilty of racially aggravated assault at Christmas Party
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Why Bosses Can Track Their Employees 24/7
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‘The Whistler’ Is A Return To Form For Grisham
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Judges:

BK WD MO: Public Notice - Applications Sought For Bankruptcy Judge In Kansas City
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The Incredible Shrinking Supreme Court
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Do Democrats Have The Will To Act Like Republicans Over The Supreme Court?
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Judge Commits Suicide In Chambers On New Year’s Day
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What the Chief Justice Should Have Said
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Baltimore chief judge faces ethics charges for alleged disrespectful treatment of public defender
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Judge agrees to quit, but denies charges of trading pretrial release for sex
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Schumer, McConnell trade shots ahead of SCOTUS showdown
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Roberts Belatedly Sees Conflict, Withdraws in Top Court Case
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures tread water ahead of jobs report
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US stocks mostly slip as banks fall and retailers plunge
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Layoffs:

Medium CEO announces layoffs, lashes out at ‘broken system’
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MD Anderson Cutting 1,000 Members of Staff
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:

Full Obamacare Repeal Has High Cost Republicans Should Save These 3 Unpopular Parts of Obamacare Republicans: you have to pass our health care plan to find out what’s in it Ryan Says Obamacare Replacement Bill Will Be Done in 2017 Krugman: Republicans are 'terrified of the political fallout' from repealing Obamacare What's the Rush to Kill Obamacare? Republicans Face Pressure for Push to Repeal Affordable Care Act Will Republicans Ever Replace Obamacare? GOP: Some Will Support Huge Deficits to Kill ACA Only 1 in 5 Americans supports Republicans’ ‘repeal and delay’ Obamacare strategy Why Obamacare’s insurance marketplaces won’t necessarily collapse with a repeal
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Lafayette's Creekside Cancer files for bankruptcy
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Economy:

US services companies saw solid growth in December Service-sector growth matches 12-month high in December, ISM says ISM Non-Manufacturing Index at 57.2% in December
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America Is Still Making Things
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ADP: Private Employment increased 153,000 in December
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December Employment Preview
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Goldman's December NFP Preview
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Women Know When Negotiating Isn't Worth It
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There's a big disagreement taking place at the Fed
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The biggest part of America's economy saw 'robust' hiring in December
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Trump Wants David Malpass To Bring That Bear Stearns Magic To The Treasury Department
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Jobless claims drop 28,000 to a nearly 43-year low
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Prosperity, Not Upward Mobility, Is What Matters
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Trump takes aim at Toyota Donald Trump just threatened Toyota — but it looks like he got the facts wrong Trump Says 'No Way' to Toyota Plant in Mexico Someone needs to explain to Trump how Toyota actually makes money Toyota Should Join the Swamp After Threat of U.S. Curbs
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Trump's Trade Team Suggests His Hardnosed Campaign Talk Was No Bluff
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Trump doesn't think the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger should be approved
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1.7 Million Families Just Lost a Big Tax Break
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Most Popular States People are Moving To
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Big-Rig Truck Orders Saw a Decline in December
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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:

U.S. apartment vacancy rate dips in fourth quarter Reis: Apartment Vacancy Rate declined in Q4 to 4.1%
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Mortgage Purchase Applications Index Since 1990
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How the Trump presidency will impact housing in 2017
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Mortgage rates tumble, snapping 9-week rising streak
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MBA: Mortgage credit once again loosens in December
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Here’s how much rent went up across America in 2016
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Municipalities:

New Puerto Rico Governor Wants Independence or Statehood — And Its Woes Are The U.S.’s Fault
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Puerto Rico seeks to extend law protecting it from lawsuits
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Puerto Rico Files A Bill To Make A Renewed Bid For Statehood, But Will It Work This Time?
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices rise as Saudi Arabia discusses supply cuts U.S. crude stocks fall sharply, products surge US crude settles at $53.76, up 50 cents, as Saudi output cuts offset US products stockpile build
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OPEC exports go ‘hell for leather’ ahead of cuts
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Oil stocks fall but total petroleum inventories rise
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U.S. to become net exporter of energy
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Shale field costs could rise by a fifth in 2017, analysts say
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The Bad News Continues For Offshore Oil And Gas
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Analysis: Big Oil’s moment in the sun will be brief
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Saudi Arabia is pulling off a rare feat for a major oil producer
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After a struggle in 2016, a natural gas company draws hope from Trump's energy policy
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Modular Space Corporation Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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S&P Global Platts: Oil and Gas Outlook 2017
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Solar:

SunEdison settles contract fight to help close $150 mln sale
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Coal:

US coal companies face financing hurdles
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Shipping:

Farstad's Restructuring Deal with Siem Falls Through
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Failed container shipping venture bankrupts Australia's Great Southern line
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Non-Profits:

Tumbleweed non-profit for homeless youth goes bankrupt
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Cigarettes:

9th Circ. Stays False Ad Appeal After E-Cig Co.'s Ch. 11
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Hockey:

Draft Ops, a daily fantasy sports partner of the Islanders and Barclays Center, files for bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

Age 60, Nearing Retirement … and Still Stuck With Student Debt
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Apparel:

After Yogasmoga Bankruptcy, Its Sole-Surviving Store is in Southern California
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Television:

‘Idol’ Contract Dispute Moves Forward
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Gambling:

Why MGM Resorts is investing billions on East Coast gaming as Atlantic City casinos go bankrupt
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Fraud:

Regulators fine former NJ governor Corzine $5 million in bankruptcy case Corzine in $5 mln settlement with US CFTC over MF Global collapse The CFTC Will Never Have To Hear The Name ‘Jon Corzine’ Ever Again
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US arrests Brazilian in fraud probe, seizes $20 million under mattress TelexFree: Feds seize $20M in box spring in Westborough

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Education:

ITT Trustee Responds to Class Action Complaint Filed by the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School on Behalf of All Former ITT Students
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Corporate Reform:

Dodd-Frank Changes in Trump’s First Year, Hensarling Say
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How Republicans Plan to Roll Back Obama-Era Regulations
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The Real Reason Behind the Calls for Firing Richard Corday (and the Costs of Doing So)
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(6 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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (27 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:

Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Increase 26 Percent in Calendar Year 2016, Total Bankruptcy Filings Down 6 Percent
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December 2016 Bankruptcy Statistics- State and District
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Bankruptcy filings fall in 2016, but business cases climb
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10-Year Low for Consumer Bankruptcy Filings
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Miscellaneous:

Bankruptcy Cases To Watch In 2017
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Privacy:

Conflicting Needs of International Bankruptcy Cases and Internet Privacy
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Mediation:

Success of Mandatory Mediation Leads to an Expansion of its Role
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Consumer Bankruptcy:

Nice Win for Debtors on Means Test Expense Issue
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On the Means Test, Fourth Circuit Allows Chapter 7 Debtors the Best of Both Worlds
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Serial Bankruptcy:

Serial Filers: Lenders And Lessors Given A New Remedy
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Subordination:

How to Calculate the Distribution Due on a Claim Subordinated to Equity Level?
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SCOTUS:

SCOTUS About To Consider Cert Petition In Judicial Estoppel Bankruptcy Non-Disclosure Case
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Retailing:

Sears had a brutal holiday season Sears's Sinking Ship Adds Craftsman to Castaways Sears, Are You My Mother?
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Sears Sells Craftsman Brand, to Close 150 Stores Sears' Craftsman deal deflects focus from dismal holiday sales
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Macy’s and Sears shutter stores: The end of in-person shopping? Not so fast.
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December Same-Store Sales Reflect Little Holiday Cheer
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American Apparel Stores Brace for Closures
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Retail Slide Pressures U.S. Stocks
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Amazon eyes American Apparel: The Trump Effect?
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Looking For Winners In The Retail Wreckage As Macy's And Kohl's Slide Dismal holiday sales at Macy's, Kohl's spell gloom for sector
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U.S. department store challenges fail to rattle some investors
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Taxis:

Yes, you’re reading this right: Uber is projected to lose $3 billion in 2016
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Politics:

Trump's Debts Are Widely Held on Wall Street, Creating New Potential Conflicts
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Two contractors allege getting stiffed for work on Trump’s D.C. hotel Trump's DC Hotel Hit w/ $5M in Worker Liens Trump Post Office Mechanic's Liens
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President-elect Donald Trump Quietly Deposed Under Oath at Trump Tower
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Trump orders Obama ambassadors to leave posts by inauguration
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GOP Sneakily Revives Rule Allowing Congressmen to Gut Federal Agencies
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House votes to curb president's power, again
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Personal Finance:

How to create a killer LinkedIn résumé in 5 minutes
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7 things that can help when you're too exhausted to work any more today
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19 crucial money lessons I learned in my 20s
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UK:

U.K. Law Firms Braced For Insolvency Boom As Data Puts Thousands Of Companies At Risk
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Are UK Efforts Against Late Supplier Payments All In Vain?
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PIIGS:

Lone Star picked as top candidate to buy Portugal's Novo Banco
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ie: Buyers shun Killilea firm's US properties over financial fears
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Greece: Debt measures to be reinstated
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MENA:

How One Israeli's Dream of Burger Riches Went Up in Smoke
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Egyptian importers face bankruptcy after currency float
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India:

New insolvency framework marches with army of 600 IPs
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Australia:

Donna Dennis, sister of fallen coal barron Nathan Tinkler, facing bankruptcy
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Japan:

Toshiba to meet banks on Tuesday, loan waiver expected: Sources
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