March 20, 2017

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Law:

More Peeks Inside The Black Box Of Jones Day
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Moot Court Madness! $100,000 Moot Court Competition For Law Students Nationwide
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Dewey's DiCarmine Not In On Accounting Fraud, Jury Hears Dewey Witness Says He Didn't Discuss Accounting Moves with Former Exec DiCarmine
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Gibbons Revenue Decreases 5.1 Percent; PPP Up 1.3 Percent
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How to Con Black Law Students: A Case Study
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For a law firm that is already large, do incumbent partners benefit from further growth?
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Big Law’s Most Irish Chairman?
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Law Firms - Your Branding Should Be about Wins, Not Thought Leadership
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Sorry, a Robot Is Not About to Replace Your Lawyer The robot lawyers are coming (to help, not to take your jobs)
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Linklaters brings forward new partner election process as it gears up to set new strategy
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Want to know if work data is secure? Examine your own practices first

Government indicates it will appeal Maryland decision blocking revised travel ban Mike Huckabee to Trump: Ignore the Court's Order Ex-Sullcrom attys ask Trump's SEC pick, a partner at the firm, to denounce travel ban
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Law Professors Take On The Trump Administration
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2018 U.S News Law School Rankings: Average Student Debt
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ABA Proposes To Eliminate Requirement That More Than 50% Of Teaching Be Performed By Full-Time Faculty
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NY Times: Will Dropping The LSAT Requirement Create More Miserable Lawyers?
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University Of Idaho Law School Opens Second Location In Boise. Will It Be The Death Knell For Concordia Law School?
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Mystery Creditor Pushes Eagan Avenatti Into Ch. 11 Mystery surrounds California law firm's bankruptcy case: Who is Gerald Tobin?
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Movin’ On Up: After 10 Years of Practicing Law, I Filed My First Court Of Appeals Brief
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Kellyanne Conway's Husband Is Set to Lead Justice Department Division
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If you step away from your legal tasks to learn tech, you’ll stop wasting time at work
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Who Is The Worst-Behaved (Former) Biglaw Attorney? (Part 2)

Harvard law grad is sentenced in kidnapping once believed to be a hoax
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Appeals court affirms atty's $26M win over cab accident that left him w/ permanent brain damage:
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VW judge okays $175 million for car owners' lawyers, hints blow to dealers' counsel
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Fired U.S. Attorney Bharara Was Investigating HHS Sec Tom Price
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Attorney Sues Trump for Financial Disclosure Trump Sued over the Real Amount of His Personal Debts
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Warrants Out for Man Accused of Dine-and-Dashing on Multiple Dates
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FBI Confirms Arrest Connected to Seizure-Inducing Tweet Sent to Journalist
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Convicted Murderer Might Get Retrial Because Detective Had Relationship with State Attorney
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Bill Passed: Allows Mentally Ill Vets to Buy Gun
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Judges:

Political dogfight over Supreme Court finally reaches Senate What impact will Judge Gorsuch really have on the Supreme Court? What Neil Gorsuch learned from Kennedy, Scalia and Thomas Neil Gorsuch Is A Charming Man. But Steve Bannon's Pick Will Destroy America As We Know It US Supreme Court's ideological balance at stake in confirmation fight Trump and Republicans face a fresh test to shape Supreme Court, assert their power with Gorsuch hearings What is Neil Gorsuch's religion? It's complicated Senate Democrats vastly outspent by right in Gorsuch fight Ask Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch the hard questions. It matters Questions of life and death for Neil Gorsuch Democrats: Don't Use Republican Playbook on Gorsuch Gorsuch is Not an Originalist 3 things to watch in the Gorsuch confirmation hearing A Federal Judge Offers A Behind-The-Bench Look At Trump’s First Supreme Court Nominee What Neil Gorsuch Can Learn From His Grandfather Gorsuch's Selective View of Religious Freedom Gorsuch's Hearing Will Be Memorable. As So Many Others Were
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Three 9th Circuit judges testify against splitting their circuit Friday Night Fights — At The Ninth Circuit
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Another federal appeals judge blasts attacks on judiciary, in an apparent criticism of Trump Conservative Judge Not A Fan Of Trump’s Judge Bashing
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Next Generation (Of Feeder Judges)
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Judge going to jail for "unreasonable and excessive" campaign expenses
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'Arrogant' Lawyers and an Ill-Tempered Federal Judge
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks set to give back part of last week’s gain
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Stocks Close Flat
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Layoffs:

Laid off Sungevity workers’ paychecks bounce amid solar firm’s bankruptcy
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Troubled Alitalia to slash one fifth 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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Politics:

Shepard Smith shoots down Judge Napolitano's 'commentary,' says Fox News has 'no evidence' to support Trump's wiretapping claims Trump and Merkel don't shake hands during awkward interaction in Oval Office Trump repeated a delusion about Germany that's been floating around the White House Fact Check: "Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO" Trump Learning That Words Matter Soaring Cost: Palm Beach Asks Trump to Pay Up Trump: No Apology for British Spying Claim Comey expected to rebut Trump’s wiretap claims before House committee Trump has gone relatively quiet since last weekend’s wiretap-claim bombshell Lawmakers seek FBI, NSA answers on Trump, Russia at rare public hearing Pressure builds on Trump to back off wiretap accusations Rep. Schiff: ‘Circumstantial evidence of collusion’ between Trump campaign, Russia President Trump Aides Put at Agencies to Force Loyalty Donald Trump's approval rating has hit a new low, says latest Gallup poll
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Healthcare:

UnityPoint Health-Waterloo OK’d to purchase bankrupt Marshalltown hospital
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Interstate health insurance won't fix Obamacare
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Autos:

Tesla Bankruptcy Chances Increased Exponentially With The Capital Raise
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Mining:

Mesabi Metallics gets court permission to sign labor deals
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Religion:

Duluth Diocese gets bankruptcy extension
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Economy:

Job Openings Changed Little in January, According to BLS
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‘Animal spirits’ aren’t firing up the economy just yet
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Nowcast: 2.8% for 2017:Q1 and 2.5% for 2017:Q2.
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There is a huge hole in Trump's promise to bring back US manufacturing jobs Bosch CEO to Trump: Jobs Ain't Coming Back
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Yellen's exit may prompt the Fed to pare its balance sheet sooner rather than later, Goldman says Goldman on Fed Balance Sheet Runoff
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One of Wall Street's biggest theories is about to be tested
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Top economies drop no-protectionism vow US Forces G20 to Remove Protectionist Pledge G-20 meeting was 'disappointing' and 'disturbing': Yale’s Stephen Roach Apple CEO Tim Cook defended globalization with an implicit attack on the Trump agenda
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Globalization is facing a 're-calibration,' says Dow Chemical chief
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The specter of an international trade war against the U.S. continues to grow
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Appalachia: Proposed Budget Creates Worries
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Maps: Where the Most Educated Live in US
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40 years of budgets show shifting national priorities Trump Budget: A Superpower's Suicide Trump’s cuts would do nothing to balance the budget President Trump won big in these places. Now he wants to eliminate 3 agencies dedicated to helping them. Trump’s “America First” budget will leave the economy running behind The Cost of Trump’s Wall Compared to the Programs He’s Proposing to Cut
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Trump's 'alternative facts' are costing America the coin of the realm, Larry Summers says
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Norway ranked world’s happiest country as the US gets sadder
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Nouriel Roubini warns: Markets are overestimating Trump policy positives
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Trump Policies Threaten Economic Progress
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6 Charts: The Divide Between Rural and Urban America
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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:

D.C. developer seeks bankruptcy protection for Shaw development site
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Existing Home Sales: Take the Under
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Foreign investors are piling into the US commercial real estate bubble
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TX: Convention center purchase is facing snags
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Signs that your flipped house could actually be a flop house
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Here are the 5 most and least affordable housing markets in the US
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico bondholders are fighting over scraps
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Puerto Rico Bondholders' Legal Wrangling Intensifies
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Puerto Rico COFINA bondholders ask U.S. judge to rule on using revs
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Oil/Gas:

Midstream at Issue in Bankruptcy: Sabine is Upheld in the District Court
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Rig count up 21, 9th straight rise Oil: "Another Big Rig Add"
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IEA: Oil To See A Major Deficit The Next Few Months
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OPEC's Cuts Are Treading Water OPEC Deal Shaky While U.S. Shale Prospers Saudis say they’re willing to extend output cuts
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Ezra files for bankruptcy amid face-off with creditors Ezra files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US Ezra Files for U.S. Bankruptcy as Marine Debt Crunch Spreads Oilfield services slump has Singapore's Ezra seeking shelter in US court Ezra bites bullet, files Chapter 11 protection with US court These Oil & Gas Companies Are At Risk Of Becoming The Next Ezra Holdings Limited
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Billionaire Fredriksen Builds New Rig Unit Amid Seadrill Woes
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The Oil Price Roller Coaster Is Not Over Yet
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Drillers, service firms could launch surge of IPOs this year
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These five cash-strapped countries could really use a rebound in oil prices
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Coal:

Judge signs Peabody bankruptcy exit after environmental deal
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Trump advisers want concessions for coal if US stays in climate pact
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Coal isn't dead, but job prospects dim
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Retailing:

Retailer Hhgregg Sees Bankruptcy Deal Fall Apart Anonymous Bidder For hhgregg Backs Out Before Bankruptcy Auction
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See if your JC Penney store is among 138 closures
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RadioShack to Close 552 More Stores
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Private Equity's Retail Debt Carnage
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Retail Store 'Bubble' Has Burst and CEOs Search for Answers
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Retailer hhgregg's Ch. 11 sale collapses
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Sorry, Macy's, T.J. Maxx Isn't What's Killing You -- This Is
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Corporate Reform:

Trump Wants Right To Say 'You're Fired' to Consumer Protection Head What happens when the Justice Department files a brief against a federal agency? DOJ Brief: CFPB Unconstitutional
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Student Debt:

Trump administration rolls back protections for people in default on student loans Trump administration rescinds Obama guidance on student loan defaults: report

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Accounting:

Jury is "confused" in $2 billion PwC malpractice case, judge says
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Gambling:

Signs from Trump's defunct casino weren't up for grabs despite salvage co.'s claim AC firm says Trump signs were to be destroyed
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Personal Finance:

4 money lessons you can learn from Anthony Bourdain’s mistakes
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3 basic financial questions that surprisingly stump most Americans
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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 (37 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Fees:

Filing for bankruptcy more expensive under Trump budget
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Third Party Discharge:

Federal Judge Orders a Second Look at Millennium Lab Plan The Opinion
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Exemptions:

TX: District Court Rules that Proceeds of a Texas Homestead Sold Post-Petition Lose Their Protection After Six Months in a Chapter 7 Case
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Prior and Pending Litigation Exclusion Doesn’t Preclude Coverage, Late Notice Does
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Healthcare:

A big part of the GOP's Obamacare replacement may accomplish the opposite of its goal GOP's Health Care Tightrope Winds Through the Blue-Collar Midwest Tom Price: Trump's health care promises will be true down the line Ryan Looks to Thursday Health Care Vote With Elder Pay Help
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Animated map shows which states are the biggest winners and losers from 'Trumpcare'
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Beware The Minimum Wage Rise - Care Home Sector Cutting Services Amid Bankruptcy Fears
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With Medicaid Costs Soaring, Republicans Plan Dramatic Eligibility Changes Republicans threaten to deny poor people medical care if they aren’t working Republicans have a plan to radically change how the poor get health insurance
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Agriculture:

Creditors in farm bankruptcy case meet to question McM owner
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Distressed Investing:

Junk Bonds Plus Retail Plus Private Equity Equals Carnage
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Mass Torts:

Jury Grapples With Murder Charges In Meningitis Outbreak
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Debt Collection:

SquareTwo Financial Corp files for Prepack Chapter 11 Plan Disclosure Statement First Day Dec
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Pharma:

No One Will Buy Valeant
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Pensions:

PBGC girds for pending union plan catastrophe
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Banking:

Deutsche Bank slashes bonuses after hefty loss
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Taxis:

Uber president Jeff Jones is quitting as management turmoil at the ride-hailing company deepens Clouds Darken Over Uber - Will Travis Kalanick Go Down in History as Loser
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Private Equity:

Private Equity Wins Even When It Loses, Thanks to Debt Markets
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Travel:

How to perfectly fold a suit jacket so it doesn't wrinkle
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Food/Beverage:

Marsh poised for more closings, sued for nonpayment of rents
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UK:

Coming Clean on the Cost of Brexit A new survey of EU corporations suggests that 10% could move ALL operations out of London post-Brexit EU chief Juncker: We'll make an example of Britain that no-one will want to follow
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Why 1796 defunct PSCs may be just the start
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One in four care home companies on the brink of bankruptcy in the UK
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PIIGS:

Gap in Talks Between Greece and Creditors Remains Greece edges toward another crisis as bailout quarrel persists Review impasse threatens alarming situation
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Brazil:

Central bank chief says Brazil to emerge from recession by year end
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Singapore:

Singapore Enacts Key Restructuring Law Reforms
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Singapore: Efficient Even in Bankruptcy
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Default Fears Resurface Over Singapore's Looming Debt Wall
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China:

Trump’s Tariff Could Kill Thousands of Small Businesses in China
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Larry Summers: Watch out for these cracks in China
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India:

India Hunts for Solution to Bad-Debt Crisis as Measures Fail
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Venezuela:

Venezuela has a 'let them eat cake' moment
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