October 16, 2017

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Law:

Referrals Remain Leading Way Lawyers Get Clients, Per Legal Trends Report
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Associate Bonus Watch: Which Firm Is Offering Up To $50K For Associates To Stay Put? Ropes & Gray associates offered thousands to stay after partner walkouts
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Firm Culture, Flexibility Key in Retaining Millennial Attorneys
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Black Harvard Law Grads Are Doing Fine (Mostly)
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PwC launches flexible lawyering arm
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Law firms falling behind on technology and client expectations
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King & Spalding Sees Early Court Wins in Litigation Alleging Misconduct
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Two thirds of female lawyers have experienced harassment at work, research finds
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White & Case Elects 31 New Partners
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Crowell & Moring Votes Out First-Term Leader
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Clifford Chance releases unseen video footage of its famous swimming pool
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After Hurricane Maria, some University of Puerto Rico law students come to mainland schools
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What In The World Is The ABA Doing About The GRE?
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Do Open Legal Markets Spur Innovation?
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What in the world is going on at Emory Law School?
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Fulbright Scholar And HLS Alum Lauren Weinstein On Bright Women Lawyers
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Disgraced and disbarred, Stan Chesley is trying to shield assets from former clients
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Chicago-based Levenfeld Pearlstein goes for open-book approach on website
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Yikes! This State Just Posted One Of Its Worst Bar Exam Pass Rates
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Law Firm Leaders React to Susskind's Take on Legal Education's Future
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8 Tips To Get Your Boss To Trust You
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How To Sell Yourself Without Feeling Sleazy
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Lawyers Sue Company for Buying Their Names as Keywords in Adwords: Is That Really Trademark Infringement?
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How To Motivate And Reward Staff
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The Less We Control, The Happier We Become
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Why Lawyers Need To Have Business Plans, No Matter What
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Microsoft Redesigning Outlook
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Desktop's Not Dead: Law Firms Continue to Use Desktops for Security, Upkeep Concerns
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This Is How You Repair Your Reputation After a Bad Performance Review
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Ex-New Haven bankruptcy lawyer sentenced for embezzlement Bankruptcy Lawyer Gets Prison For Buying Boats, Miami Condo With Millions Stolen From Clients
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5th Circuit vacates injunction blocking suspension of Cowboys’ Elliott Lesson for Ezekiel Elliott: The Contract Always Wins NFLPA files petition for Ezekiel Elliott rehearing after court ruled in NFL's favor Thursday
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Weinstein Co. Exploring Sale or Shutdown Bob Weinstein denies TWC is up for sale or facing bankruptcy The Best Option For The Weinstein Company Could Be Bankruptcy The Potential Legal Fallout for the Weinstein Company The Weinstein Co. Nears The Brink As Agencies Cut Off Talent Supply
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Four Steps Employers Should Take As The Weinstein Scandal Unfolds
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HLS: Law Review Elects First Ever Majority Female Class
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Gawker-Killer Lawyer Leaves Harvey Weinstein’s Legal Team Without Suing NY Times Even Famed Defamation Attorney Charles Harder Leaving Weinstein Lisa Bloom Says There's a 'Rift' Between Her and Mom Gloria Allred After Weinstein Debacle Feminist Attorney Lisa Bloom Drops Another Studio Exec Accused of Harassment What About The Attorneys Who May Have Helped Enable Harvey Weinstein All These Years? It May Not Matter What the Weinstein Company Knew Bob Weinstein: Harvey Has No Remorse Will Harvey Weinstein go to jail? 'Therapy' unlikely to help Harvey Weinstein Will Fight His Firing From Company, Source Says Goldman said to be 'exploring options' on remaining Weinstein Co stake Goldman Sachs is reportedly exploring options for its stake in the Weinstein Company Goldman Sachs, Amazon may sever ties with The Weinstein Company Harvey Weinstein and the Power of Celebrity Exceptionalism Harvey Weinstein Might Have a Case Against Rose McGowan For Her Twitter Rape Accusations Men like Harvey Weinstein should go to jail: Jane Fonda Why It Took So Long to Out Harvey Weinstein Woody Allen worries of Hollywood ‘witch hunt’ after Weinstein allegations Tippi Hedren Compares Harvey Weinstein to Alfred Hitchcock Hollywood Celebrates Harvey Weinstein Academy Expulsion With Online Glee Violence. Threats. Begging. Harvey Weinstein’s 30-year pattern of abuse in Hollywood Is Bob Weinstein Responsible For The Leak To The New York Times? Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood’s Oldest Horror Story Hollywood’s Heinous ‘Casting Couch’ Culture That Enabled Harvey Weinstein ‘ER’ actress calls out Clooney, producer in misconduct claim Fighting ‘the Gawker effect’ in the wake of Weinstein As crisis deepens, here's why everything and everyone in Harvey Weinstein's orbit is at risk Harvey Weinstein and Steve Bannon: The Troubled Business Relationship Revealed Courtney Love Warned on Weinstein in 2005 Goldman Sachs Now Views Harvey Weinstein To Be As Morally Toxic As Venezuelan Oil Bonds The hints of Weinstein's behavior that went ignored Inside Asia Argento's Harvey Weinstein Assault Weinstein fallout: "which power player might be the next" Weinstein Kicked Out of Movie Academy France to strip Legion d'Honneur Police Receive Even More Assault Claims Against Weinstein No TMZ, Harvey Weinstein’s Employment Contract Didn’t Really ‘Allow’ For Sexual Harassment
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The Rich, the Powerful and the Manhattan D.A. The Problem With Electing Prosecutors Weinstein's Brush with Police, but No Charges
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Vegas Massacre Timeline Changes Again Sheriff Emotional, Combative Shifting Las Vegas massacre narrative has gamblers on edge
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Trump Family Spending Millions on Legal Fees
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Sally Yates: White House Has Violated 'Important Norms'
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Law Prof Offers 15 Steps to Reduce Gun Deaths, Without Confiscation
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Trump's War on the Constitution
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Court Reverses Conviction Of Man Who Flipped The Bird At His Pastor During A Sermon On First Amendment Grounds
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The Free-Speech Wars: Only 39% of university students think "hate speech' is constitutionally protected The Rise of Victimhood Culture
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Sheriff’s deputy caught using racial slurs about an attorney loses his job
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Suit claims South Carolina municipal courts jail poor people without providing a lawyer
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My attempt at jury duty failed — because I'm a nursing mother
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To Kill a Mockingbird Banned in MS. School
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The Older You Are, the Worse You Sleep
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Panthers Fan Arrested After Viral Video Of His Assaulting 62-Year-Old Man
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NCAA says "sham" classes at UNC didn't violate rules because they were open to all students, not just athletes
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5th Cir. says Texas paralegals' texts about their boss that got them fired weren't matters of public concern
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County worker steals $1.2 million -- of fajitas!
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“No, It’s Not Me”: Masked Felon Allegedly Incriminates Himself When Confronted By Former Co-Worker
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Judges:

Bankruptcy courthouse formally renamed for late judge Doub
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Trump privately predicts he will appoint four SCOTUS justices
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How Senate Republicans might make it easier to push through Trump's judge picks
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SCOTUS: Roberts Feuds with All of Sociology
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Why we still need courtroom sketch artists
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How the Supreme Court Can Soothe U.S. Political Strife
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The Supreme Court Origin Story
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The Disingenuous Dumbing Of The Supreme Court
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BK PR Issues Another Hurricane-Related Order
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Wall Street:

Dow poised for fresh high in muted trading as investors brace for week of earnings
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Nasdaq rises to record close as Wall Street bets on strong earnings season
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Stock should keep going higher even with earnings headwinds
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Goldman warns stocks likely to head lower
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Layoffs:

400 Tesla employees fired just as the Model 3 ramp-up gets underway
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Layoffs Hit ABC as Rumors About the Network's Future Swirl
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Vistra Energy adds to ongoing list of big layoffs for 2017
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Politics:

In a sudden flurry, Trump looks to deliver for his voters
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Trump promises to end 'attacks on Judeo-Christian values'
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Bannon predicts Trump landslide in 2020
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Trump’s missteps are giving Democrats a better shot at winning back the House Cruz Warns of Watergate-Style Blowout in '18 Psychologists Say Trump is Unstable, Unfit and a Danger Top Bush Aide to GOP: Time to Panic Trump: My agenda is 'substantially ahead of schedule' The Republican Civil War is Spreading Donald Trump’s Fake Renoir: The Untold Story Trump's Tweets: "Virtual kittens" Donald Trump To Speak At Hate Group's Annual Event, A First For A President Jake Tapper presses Rex Tillerson to answer whether he called Trump a moron Tillerson defends Trump's "unique" leadership More Insight on Support for Trump Actions, Leadership Style Republican lawmakers' troubles deepen as Koch donors and Bannon take aim
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Trump/McConnell: A truce of necessity
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Mark Cuban says if he 'was single' he'd 'definitely be running' for president
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The person tasked with clearing government background checks said he's 'never seen that level of mistakes' Jared Kushner made on his security clearance
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Everyone's talking about the 25th Amendment — but it has a 'fatal flaw' that makes it essentially useless The Case Against Using the 25th Amendment
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Reince Priebus meets with Robert Mueller on the Trump-Russia investigation months after leaving the White House Paul Manafort may have had deeper ties to Russian wealth than previously thought Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg just hinted that Russian-bought ads are OK Paul Manafort had $60 million relationship with Russian oligarch: NBC
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Paul Ryan admits Republicans will have to live with Trump's constant attacks
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Roy Moore Kept Segregation in Al. Constitution
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FactCheck: Trump's Iran Speech Iran Nuclear Deal: Global Powers Stand by Pact America's Traditional Allies Once Again Condemn Its Policy What Trump’s decision to “decertify” the Iran nuclear deal actually does Haley says US will stay in Iran nuclear deal 'right now' Trump officials carefully thread the needle on explaining why the US is disavowing the Iran deal Trump Aims at Iran, Hits the U.S. Has Trump Fixed the 'Worst Deal Ever'? Kinda, Sorta
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Poll: 46% of GOP Want a War with NKorea
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NFL Won't Make Players Stand Pro Football Losing Fans; Other Sports Holding Steady As owners wrestle with national anthem demonstrations, protests continue Kaepernick to File Lawsuit Against NFL Colin Kaepernick files grievance, claiming collusion by NFL owners Did Trump’s tweet make it safer for NFL players to kneel for the anthem?
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Black professor receives unbelievable 8-minute racist voice mail after Fox News appearance
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DHS Pick Was at the Center of Katrina Mess
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Clinton Blames Comey Again For Defeat
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Tech:

Apple may not be able to ramp iPhone X production until December, analyst says
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Banking:

Insolvent Argonia bank purchased by Conway Bank
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Libor Payouts Will Never End But On The Bright Side Banks Hardly Notice Them Anymore
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Cycling:

Bankruptcy looms over Bergen
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Banking:

Wells Fargo’s profits tumble as mega bank struggles to rebound from sales scandal
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Private Equity:

Bain Capital Surprisingly Seen as Immune From Portfolio's Distress
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Maritime:

Greek state petitions bankruptcy court over troubled Hellenic Shipyards
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Economy:

Hurricane's US Inflation Boost Falls Short, Adding to Concerns Fed chair: Hurricanes had 'noticeable' short-term impact on economy Key Measures Show Inflation mostly below 2% in September
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Yellen sounds upbeat note on economy and inflation prospects Gradual rate hikes should help sustain economic growth, Yellen says Fed Chair Janet Yellen "The Economy and Monetary Policy" Yellen Leads World in Betting Inflation Will Soon Accelerate Yellen Calls Inflation the 'Biggest Surprise' in the Economy Fed's Janet Yellen Says Watching Inflation Closely But Economy Is Strong
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Fed's Rosengren sees three to four rate hikes next year
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Central Bankers Cling to Stimulus Amid Weak Inflation
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This is why baby boomers are divorcing at a stunning rate
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Trump faces choice between upheaval and continuity at the Fed
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Cost of Living Adjustment increases 2.0% in 2018, Contribution Base increased to $128,700 Social Security checks to rise 2 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in years
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Gary Cohn Has Tried to Quit More Than Once
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Fed's Rosengren warned 'large policy mistakes' could come from setting a specific rule for setting policy
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Trump’s tax plan would create a nation of cheaters Krugman: Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies Larry Summers: GOP Tax Claims Are 'Made-Up' 'The super rich don’t pay estate tax,' Cruz says. IRS says otherwise Lawrence Summers: Corporations would surely benefit from a Trump tax cut — but probably at their workers’ expense The average American family will get $4,000 from tax cuts, Trump team claims McCain could give the same thumbs-down to a tax overhaul as he did to health care Sen. Ted Cruz: Tax reform may not happen until early next year Ted Cruz Wants a Bigger Tax Cut Republicans may delay immediately cutting corporate tax rate How Republicans May Deal With the State and Local Tax Break Issue Sen. Susan Collins, who helped to sink Obamacare repeal, is a likely 'yes' vote to advance tax reform Why Donald Trump's Tax Plan May Blow Up In His Face Here's how the White House wants the GOP to talk about tax reform
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IMF: Higher Taxes On The Rich Will Reduce Inequality Without Hurting Economic Growth
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Consumer Confidence at 13 Year High
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It's the IMF vs. Donald Trump
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Trump is tying his presidency to the stock market. He might come to regret that.
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NAFTA Agenda May Send Auto Jobs to China NAFTA Mood Turns Horrible What Would Happen if the US Withdrew From NAFTA Mexico: NAFTA Can Survive Without the US US seeks to include steel, aluminum in NAFTA autos rules: sources End-of-Nafta Jitters Emerge in Remote Corner of Global Markets US Endangers Fight Against Mexican Drug Trade With NAFTA Hardball NAFTA modernization should improve, not destroy, the pact Mexico, Canada Focus on Reaching Nafta Overhaul Deal With US The US Injects More Doubt into NAFTA Talks NAFTA Talks Left Reeling After Aggressive U.S. Proposals Land How Justin Trudeau Plans to Modernize NAFTA How Trump is about to make the ‘worst deal ever’ even worse Canada set to resist US dairy pricing proposal in NAFTA: reports Time running out for NAFTA talks, set to be extended: sources
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Boeing's Bombardier Nightmare
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America's Chinese solar dilemma
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An important shift in the job market makes the mystery of weak wage growth less puzzling
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The rise of a new kind of finance is setting off alarm bells at the Fed
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What Trump's Iran reboot does for business
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An obscure report this week could prove a boon for stocks
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More are Getting Their Electricity Cut Off
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The Debt Ceiling: What You Need to Know
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More Americans are living alone after recession
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Americans are willing to pay $177 a year to avoid climate change
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Seventeen years into the 21st century, the news for the middle class is bleak
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Junk Borrowing Binge Benefits Wall Street Above All
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Why Boomers fret they may not sell those big suburban homes when the time comes
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GOP Tax Plan Would Make Mortgage Break Irrelevant
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Want to be a landlord? These are the top markets this fall for investing in rental homes
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America's homes are shrinking
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Donald Trump Jr., the former Charleston Naval Hospital, and a settlement costing county taxpayers $33 million Deal could settle bankruptcy of project involving Trump Jr.
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Sacramento Housing in September: Sales down 5% YoY, Active Inventory down 5% YoY
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Municipalities:

Pentagon accidentally included reporter in Puerto Rico spin talks How the Pentagon Spun Hurricane Maria
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Puerto Rico, by the numbers
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Puerto Rico governor plans to restore 95% of power by December - CNN
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Assured Guaranty withdraws PREPA lawsuit in Hurricane Maria aftermath
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Trump tweet hits sore spot: Puerto Rico recovery's slow pace
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Members of Congress want a federal audit of the official Puerto Rico death toll
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“WE WILL DIE”: San Juan mayor sends extraordinary plea to President Trump
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Puerto Rico’s Medical Marijuana Industry Takes a Hit Due to Hurricane
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Washington and Wall Street Broke Puerto Rico
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Need another reason to help Puerto Rico? It's a key US economic and military asset
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Puerto Rico’s recovery requires a sustained federal commitment
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Trump calls Puerto Ricans 'wonderful'; reprises comments on island's pre-storm woes
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Federal relief coming, but Puerto Rico still needs market access
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Puerto Rico Board Hires Lobbying Firms to Push Legislation
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Authorities in Puerto Rico are reportedly distributing water from a well at a hazardous-waste site
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Puerto Rico vs. Florida and Texas
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Puerto Rico : Left On An Island
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Puerto Rico’s troubles are far from over. The population’s health is at risk
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As Puerto Ricans Flock to Florida, Parties Jockey for Advantage
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U.S. Trying to Find Doctors to Send to Disaster Areas
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California wildfire disaster could bring fiscal pain to communities for years to come
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Trump: I've Met with the President of the Virgin Islands??? Trump Unaware He's the President of U.S. Virgin Islands
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Detroit's credit rating upgraded to highest level since 2012 Detroit gets credit rating boost from Moody's
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Cities throw themselves at Amazon as deadline looms
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Oil/Gas:

IEA warns of ceiling for oil prices
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Oil Rises to Two-Week High Amid Optimism on Re-Balancing Process
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Oil prices could see prolonged rally on Iraqi and Kurdish tensions, expert says
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Russia is prepared for $40 oil, finance minister says
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OPEC: Oil Glut Will be Gone in One Year Is OPEC Considering Deeper Output Cuts?
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With EVs Oil Will Crash to $10 Gasoline Cars to Become Like Horses Electric cars: Look out for the 'Kodak moment'
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OPEC Sees 'Healthy' Oil Demand Growth to 2022
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Oil Rigs "The US oil rig count eased back again" U.S. drillers idle rigs in Eagle Ford, Barnett Shale Industry Cuts Rigs As Shareholder Pressure Mounts
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Why U.S. Crude Exports Are Booming Who Are The Biggest Buyers Of U.S. Oil?
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Feds: Ex-FourWinds CEO misused investor money for p---------, 'controlled substances'
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Healthcare:

Volunteers helping market Green Valley Hospital
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CapStar files suit over soured loan that left the bank vulnerable
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Chasing millions in Medicaid dollars, hospitals buy up nursing homes
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Here's how Trump's latest Obamacare attack could change the healthcare system Congress to Tackle Health Care Again A Staggering Blow to U.S. Health Care Who's in the line of fire in the ACA subsidy wars Obamacare Was Built With the Flaws Trump Now Exploits Reactions To Trump’s Plans To Dismantle ACA Through Executive Orders ACA Order Cost Insurers Billions in Value 18 states sue to block Trump's cut to Obamacare subsidies Trump health-care order could violate retirement plan law Health-care stocks get reshuffled as Trump ends cost-sharing payments Trump celebrates healthcare stocks tanking after executive order ending key Obamacare subsidies Tennessee has insurance rules like the ones Trump proposed. It's not going well. Trump's Assault on Obamacare Could Revive a Deal in Congress States Sue Trump for Scrapping Key Obamacare Subsidies “It’s going to hurt everybody”: Nevada’s GOP governor rips Trump over ACA sabotage Trump’s acting like Obamacare is just politics. It’s people’s lives.
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Trump is quietly dismantling Obama's biggest legacy
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The value of hospitals' tax exemptions
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Trump's ObamaCare Subsidies Move to Cost Taxpayers $194 Billion - The losers? People who buy their own health insurance but don't get subsidies States to sue to block Trump cutoff of Obamacare money, as higher-income customers face biggest hit
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Medicare premiums might devour your increased 2018 Social Security benefit
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America’s Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why.
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Why US Prescription Drugs are So Expensive
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Congress derails opioid crackdown Drug Companies and Congress Behind Opioid Crisis The VA Fueled The National Opioid Crisis, Killing Vets DEA whistleblower slams drug industry for opioid crisis Fentanyl overtakes homicide at Baltimore's leading killer
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Taxis:

New Yorkers now use Uber more often than taxis
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Convenience Stores:

Sunoco's $3.3 Billion 7-Eleven Deal Faces Lender Snag
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Debt Collection:

Payday Debt Collector, Servicer Must Forgive $12M
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Taxis:

Investors see opportunity as taxi medallion prices 'bottom out'
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Uber and Lyft Haven't Revolutionized the American City—Yet Study shows ride-hailing is likely increasing street traffic
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Telecoms:

Uniti - An Update On The Court Filings
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Student Debt:

Student loan default puts grandmother who co-signed in a bind
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5 Common Student Loan Credit Reporting Errors -- And How To Fix Them
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Solve the Student Debt Crisis
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FTC announces "Operation Game of Loans" to target student loan scammers
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These firms may be making it harder for your boss to pay off your debt
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Aviation:

Turbulent times for luxury jet operator
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Asset Protection:

NCBJ Report: Asset Protection Trusts--How to Make Them and How to Break Them
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Make-Whole:

Bankruptcy Court Rules "Make-Whole" Provision Creates Enforceable Liquidated Damages
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Third Party Releases:

Not so Stern : Delaware Bankruptcy Court Finds Authority To Approve Non-Consensual Third Party Releases; Stern Not Applicable
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Tax:

Vistra Energy, Energy Future Agree to Arbitrate Tax Fight
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Ch.13:

Court Takes a Hard Line on Curing Direct Mortgage Payment Default
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Professional Compensation:

Fees for Fees: Testing the Limits of ASARCO
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

Recent Cases on Lending Safeguards in Bankruptcy
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Structured Dismissal:

NCBJ Report: Jevic--The Inside Story and the Impact on Future Chapter 11s
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Nice Definition of Leveraged Buyout (LBO) by Justice Stephen Breyer in Jevic.
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Celebs:

5 rich athletes who live like they're broke
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Race Car Driver Scott Tucker Convicted Over Payday Loans
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A whole new Joe! Shamed Real Housewives Of New Jersey star Giudice 'has lost 45lbs and is getting his GED' after 18 months in prison
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Guns:

Traders are betting big against gun stocks
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Coal:

Rick Perry Wants to Bail Out Coal Industry
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Trump can't save coal—even the Kentucky Coal Museum is using rooftop solar
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Coal Plant Closures Continue
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Is the War on Coal Really Over?
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Trump's Love Affair with Coal
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Coal country is finding little relief in Trump's climate actions
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Trump can’t save coal. He only claims he can
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Vistra Energy to close two more Texas coal plants
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Currency:

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink calls bitcoin an 'index of money laundering'
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Food/Beverage:

Grocery price check: Costco is 58 percent cheaper than Whole Foods, JPMorgan finds
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Ethanol:

The EPA is Targeting Biofuels
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Weather:

Weekend gusts threaten new wildfires; crews battling more than 20 blazes in northern California Death toll climbs to 32 with hundreds still missing 30 Percent of California’s Forest Firefighters Are Prisoners The 'angels in orange' fighting California's fires Prisoners making a top hourly pay of $1 help fight California wildfires California wildfires: Death toll reaches 40, fires now 100 miles wide Fleeing the Fires in Sonoma County Fleeing the Fires in Sonoma County Understaffed and overwhelmed, rescuers had to make life-and-death choices as wildfires raged Investigators probe whether power lines sparked California fires, raising liability issues NAPA Fires is a Perfectly Normal Apocalypse CA: Firefighters Claim They Turned the Corner
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Napa ranch owned by former ABA president Stephen Zack and David Boies is destroyed in wildfires
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Why disaster-ravaged U.S. communities may not get the FEMA relief they need
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How Homeowners Were Lied To About Their Homes in the Reservoirs
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Travel:

Passenger irate over bag fee causes evacuation at LaGuardia
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Retailing:

Bon-Ton Is Seeing a Pullback That's Reminiscent of Toys ‘R’ Us
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Toys 'R' Us Gets a Chance to Restructure Afforded to Few Retailers
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Retail Sales increased 1.6% in September
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15 Retailers That Are Horribly Failing to Attract Customers
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These are the businesses still immune to Amazon
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Amazon Is Getting Into Sportswear
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Large investor pushes another retailer into brick-and-mortar meltdown
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Amazon is no longer a retail company
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Amazon has replaced Google as the company that freaks out corporate America the most
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Holiday hiring is getting more difficult for retailers
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Nordstrom's newest store lacks clothing racks
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Sovereigns:

New approach to sovereign debt restructuring needed, bankruptcy law expert says
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UK:

Pound’s Brexit Slump Means Higher Pay for Young London Lawyers
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English homes are nearly a third of the size of American homes
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EU May Start Brexit Talks Without the UK
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Young and in the red: Personal debt in five charts
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Peugeot Starts Firing UK's Vauxhall Workers
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Toys 'R' Us UK suppliers withhold stock over bankruptcy fears Suppliers halt deliveries to British Toys R Us stores as the retailer battles £3.8bn of debt in the U.S.
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PIIGS:

Italy offers additional $355M for bankrupt Alitalia, extends sale deadline Lufthansa to make bid for remnants of bankrupt carrier Alitalia Italy extends Alitalia bridge loan
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Infighting threatens to derail Catalan separatists in Spain Catalan Leader Doesn't Clarify Secession Bid Catalan leader dodges clear declaration of independence Catalonia is trying a classic negotiation tactic to keep Spain from killing its independence bid Spain gives Catalonia final ultimatum and moves closer to 'nuclear option'
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Ireland lashed by hurricane-force winds in 'worst weather event in 50 years'
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Yanis Varoufakis's Doomed Fight Against Austerity
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Canada:

General Motors, union reach deal that may settle Canadian strike
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Sears liquidation: 3 things to know Creditors large and small caught by failure of Sears Sears Canada liquidation approved by court: 'It's the end of an era' 'It's our blood:' Retired Sears employee laments closure, pension issues Status of extended warranties in limbo at Sears Sears Canada’s demise shows why size matters
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Canada’s Pipeline Industry Takes Another Hit
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India:

Govt might re-look insolvency and bankruptcy code to protect homebuyer’s interest
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Status of 'other' creditors under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
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Banking sector wrap: Banks kickstart results season amid insolvency struggles
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Additional provisioning for bankruptcy cases not unusually large: RBI Deputy Governor
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Information utility under the IBC
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PNB to hire insolvency resolution professionals
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FinMin may finalize capital infusion plan for NPA-ridden PSU banks
(DBN)

Insolvency law aims at saving promoters not banishing them: Arun Jaitley
(DBN)

Lenders raise concern over disclosure of liquidation value in resolution process
(DBN)

Innoventive Industries faces liquidation as lenders reject resolution plans
(DBN)

J&K: 2000 out of 3000 co-ops defunct
(DBN)

'Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 has direct impact on economy'
(DBN)

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MENA:

Lawyers report low take-up of UAE bankruptcy law
(DBN)

Somalia: Truck Bomb Kills Over 300
(DBN)

World Bank and IMF, put your money where your mouth is on Somalia
(DBN)

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Japan:

Kobe Steel Scam Hits Planes, Trains, Automobiles As crisis at Kobe Steel deepens, CEO says cheating engulfs 500 firms
(DBN)

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China:

China needs reform to tackle rising debt: S&P
(DBN)

China's Zhou Warns Corporate Debt Too High, Urges Fiscal Reform
(DBN)

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Brazil:

Brazil's Oi creditors shun debt plan, warn of lengthy feud Oi's largest creditors reject restructuring plan Oi's largest creditors demand meeting to renegotiate debt plan
(DBN)

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Venezuela:

Russia and Venezuela to do debt restructuring deal by November 15: TASS Russian Government Drafts Terms to Restructure Venezuelan Debt
(DBN)

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Austria:

Austria likely takes a right turn as 31-year-old minister declares victory in election
(DBN)

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Croatia:

Croatian Police Detain Six Former Executives at Agrokor
(DBN)

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Australia:

Court rejects student shareholder's 'exam' plea to halt Ten deal
(DBN)

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