Law:
Citi Report: Strong Fourth Quarter Pushes 2017 Financials Past 2016 Results
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Associate Bonus Watch: Good News (And Bad) From A Texas Powerhouse
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Leading Bankruptcy and Restructuring Partner to Join Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles
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Mark Dendinger Elected to Bracewell Partnership
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Gibson Dunn Settles Billing Workers’ Age Bias Suit
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Several groups of lawyers leave Andrews Kurth Kenyon amid reported merger agreement
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Philly Biglaw Firm Makes It Easy For Attorneys To Celebrate Eagles’ Super Bowl Win
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Linklaters becomes first magic circle firm to reveal gender pay gap stats
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Clark Hill, Strasburger & Price Latest Law Firms to Talk Tie-Up
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Andrews Kurth, Hunton & Williams Leaders Sign Off on Merger Deal
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A Library Without Books? Purging Dusty Volumes
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Legal Tech: Trends to Watch in 2018
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Trifecta of Change: How Innovation Takes Shape at Law Firms
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Things You Can’t Unsee: The Managing Partner In His Underwear
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Nixon Peabody May Avoid Ouster for Conflicted Lateral
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Don’t Make These 7 Mistakes When You Need To Refer A Case Out
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Unhappy with 53 law firms participating in case, judge appoints special master to review legal bills • Judge Isn’t Mad, She’s Just ‘Disappointed’ Over Class Action Legal Bills
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Trump Is Driving His Lawyers Towards An Ethical Quandary • Trump Likely Can't Avoid Talking to Mueller • Key Trump allies are reportedly encouraging him to compromise with Mueller • The Trumping of the FBI • What happens if Trump is subpoenaed by Robert Mueller? • Trump Has a Clear Path to Refuse Mueller • The making of the Steele dossier • President Trump calls new FBI texts 'bombshells' • Comey's FBI Knew About Clinton Emails One Month Before Alerting Congress • White House Expected to Approve Dem Memo Release: Source • Schiff: Bannon, Lewandowski refusing to be questioned by House Intel • FBI agent's text suggests Obama wanted to 'know everything' the bureau was doing • Russians ‘successfully penetrated’ U.S. voter rolls in 2016, DHS says • Bush: Russia Meddled in 2016 Election
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Law's Voldemort moment - why we have decided not to name the Bakers partner at the center of the assault scandal • Report: Nicole Eggert Files Police Charges Against Scott Baio • White House aide denies abuse allegations but resigns • Former Wives of Top White House Aide Rob Porter Both Told FBI He Abused Them • John Kelly says he was 'shocked' by abuse allegations against Rob Porter, but multiple news reports say the White House knew about them for months • 'He punched me in the face': The shocking allegations of abuse against the top White House staffer who just resigned • Top White House staffer reportedly dating communications director Hope Hicks resigns after ex-wives allege years of abuse • Women compose 51 percent of the population. Their representation in politics doesn’t come close •Investor Files Harassment-Related D&O Claim Against Wynn Resorts Board
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Christine Beshar, Cravath's First Woman Partner, Dies At 88
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91,000 au pairs in class action over pay
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Former South Carolina law firm manager charged with theft
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Ex-lawyer on the lam is shot and killed by Florida deputies
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BofA Brings in Law Firm to Examine $292 Million Charge • BofA Hires Law Firm To Tell It How Not To Lose Nine Figures On South African Mattress Companies Anymore
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Lawyer pleads guilty to aiding pump-and-dump scheme with IOLTA funds, opinion letters
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Baker Can Refuse to Make Cakes for Same-Sex Weddings, Judge Says
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Ex-Paralegal Pleads Guilty To Stealing From Clients
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Feds to Drop Charges Against Bundy Militia
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Judge says ex-Sutherland partner is competent for trial, cites ‘snowball effect’ in prior diagnoses
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Judges:
Kozinski Case Highlights Need For Deep Judicial Reforms
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Jared Fogle Thinks Judge Is Biased Because of Her Teenage Daughters
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Wall Street:
Dow poised to edge up as traders lick their wounds after a punishing stretch • Stocks look weak again ahead of the open, as wild swings in the market keep investors on edge
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China: Major stocks are still getting smashed • U.K. stocks return to red with BOE’s ‘Super Thursday’ ahead • European stocks head lower after Wall Street fails to rebound
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Dow soars 350 points as wild ride on Wall Street continues • US stocks drift higher after wobbling for much of the day • S&P 500 closes lower in biggest reversal since February 2016 as rates pop • U.S. Stocks' Bumpy Ride Resumes
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How robot trading has hijacked the stock market
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One of the biggest narratives behind why the stock market just went haywire is wrong
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Trump tweets: Stock market decline was 'big mistake' when there's 'good news' about the economy • What Trump Misunderstands About Why Stocks Fluctuate • Trump Finally Comments on the Stock Slump—by Arguing With It
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Cramer: The recent market swings show the 'Trump rally' was never about Trump
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Layoffs:
Akamai has laid off 400 workers, 5 percent of global workforce
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Politics:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: Russia is already trying to interfere in US midterm elections
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Hope Hicks reportedly volunteers to tell Trump bad news because he takes it better from her
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The Rise and Fall of John Kelly's Reputation
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Hair-raising moment: gust of wind lifts lid on mystery of Donald Trump's mane • President Trump's Bad Hair Day Goes Viral
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GOP senator on Trump's military parade: "Confidence is quiet, insecurities are loud" • Trump Wants a Military Parade—So What?
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What It May Take to Strike a Segregationist’s Name From a Georgia Bridge: Hundreds of Girl Scouts
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Former Attorney General Eric Holder hints at a possible run for president in 2020
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Circuses:
Life Beyond the Three-Ring Circus - Why 'The Greatest Show on Earth' foundered
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Newspapers:
Bids for Gazette-Mail won't disclose plans for employees
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Hotels:
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Consumer Finance:
The Bootstrap Trap
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Economy:
King Says Global Debt May Contain Seeds of Next Financial Crisis
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Fed's Kaplan says US growth could slip in the coming two years
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Should markets be worried about inflation? Here’s what to know
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Neel Kashkari says he has one word for people who complain about the Fed's low interest rate policy
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Market Turmoil Isn't Enough to Make the Fed Change Its Plans • New Fed Chairman Powell could have a few surprises in store for the market
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Companies have doubled purchases of their own stock since Trump signed tax bill • Democrats slam Republican tax cut for $97 billion wave in corporate share buybacks • New Tax Law's Subversion of Public Schools • Nissan lifts profit outlook on U.S. tax charges
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U.S. Prime Working-Age Population Since 1948
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Budget deal would just keep the crazy spending going • Senate leaders reach agreement on two-year budget deal • Can Speaker Ryan Convince House Republicans to Support the Budget Deal? • Senate Deal Would Avoid Shutdown as Funding Fight Turns to House • Senate eyes deal to raise budget caps by $300 billion over 2 years: Sources • Nancy Pelosi signals potential trouble for deal to avoid government shutdown • House Democrats demand immigration bill vote as part of budget deal • Congress is close to the mother of all budget deals of the Trump era — get ready for a wild 48 hours • Dollar rides to 2-week high on wave of U.S. budget deal optimism • Under GOP control, budget deal blows through spending caps • Breakthrough or Disaster? 7 Takes on the $400 Billion Spending Deal • Dear Republicans, What About Those Deficits?
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Moody’s Expects The U.S. To Continue To Meet Debt Obligations
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Trump’s paid family leave plan would punish those who choose to have kids • Senators are split on whether America deserves the wealthy world’s stingiest maternity leave policy, or just the fourth-stingiest • New Paid Leave Plan Would Be Built On Social Security
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Privatizing Roads Was a Great Idea. Not Anymore.
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Ranking the Most (and Least) Productive Countries
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The coming conflict between millennials and boomers
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This state has had the highest number of millionaires for 7 years running
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Gilded Age
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Chart: The Population Rank of Every U.S. State Over 100 Years
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:
Deficiency Claims: State Law Procedures Can Safely Be Ignored … Or Not
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Mortgage volume barely budges ahead of busy spring season • MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase Slightly in Latest Weekly Survey
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Americans gain confidence in housing as home prices rise
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Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate "Falls" in January
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Las Vegas Real Estate in January: Sales Up 5% YoY, Inventory down 35%
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Walter Investment reveals new date for bankruptcy exit, name change
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico May Get $2 Billion for Power Grid, Governor Says
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ABI Endowment Fund & Mariano Rivera Foundation Benefit for Puerto Rico
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How Last Year's Hurricane Season Decimated the Virgin Islands
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What two year budget deal means for infrastructure, Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Plays A Dangerous Game of Cat and Mouse
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Puerto Rico in line for nearly $5 bln in federal aid for Medicaid
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Post- bankruptcy California city tests 'universal' income for residents
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Illinois Is Awash in Debt Even Before 2019 Budget Pitch
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Oil/Gas:
United States will be a net energy exporter by 2022, Energy Dept says • U.S. Oil Production Is Rising Much Faster Than Expected
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Rising oil prices are making more extraction methods viable
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Future U.S. electricity generation mix will depend largely on natural gas prices
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California says it will ban crude from Trump offshore drilling plan
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U.S. judge says 'telling evidence' against Uresti, denies request to acquit
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Oil World Turned Upside Down as America Sells Oil in Middle East
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Oil slides as US output soars and North Sea crude flows restart
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Currency:
Regulating Cryptocurrencies Proving Tough, Watchdogs Say
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Bitcoin on Credit? For 20 Percent of Owners, That's a Yes
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Securities Cops Wary Of Bitcoin Morphing Into Madoff
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Cryptocurrencies are rising despite the World Bank president calling the market a Ponzi scheme • Bitcoin Jumps $2,000
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Education:
How Hard Do Professors Actually Work?
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Football:
No, Jaguars NFL team didn't declare bankruptcy after players took a knee
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Fraud:
9th Circuit upholds $25M Trump University settlement that gives ‘almost a full recovery’ to students
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DOJ Charges 36 In $530M Fraud Forum Takedown - Motto: "In Fraud We Trust"
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Paper Products:
Cenveo Folds Chapter 11 Plan Around Deal With First Lien Bondholders
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Student Debt:
Canceling $1.4 trillion in student debt could have major benefits for the economy
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Banking:
What Wachtell Is Saying About the Fed's 'Stinging Rebuke' of Wells Fargo
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Rabobank To Pay $368M To Resolve US Money Laundering Case
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Finance:
Bankrupt Payday Lender Can't Move CFPB Suit To Texas
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Healthcare:
Congress keeps undoing its own efforts to control health care costs
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The drug pricing issue that could erupt this year
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Tech:
Goldman: No 'super cycle' for Apple as iPhone X demand is ‘weakening’
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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 (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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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Venue:
Delaware leaders and experts rally against bankruptcy reform
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ERISA:
RadioShack Defeats Challenge to Stock Losses in 401(k) Plan
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TBTF:
Bankruptcy's Lorelei: The Dangerous Allure of Financial Institution Bankruptcy
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Priorities:
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Autos:
For 3rd time, General Motors seeks to avoid Takata recalls
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Tesla Reports Worst Quarterly Loss Ever • Tesla posts narrower than expected loss, says it's on track to meet Model 3 production goals • Tesla delivered 1,500 Model 3s to customers last quarter, says production numbers are on target • Tesla revenue rose 55% in 2017 • Elon Musk: Model 3 production problems stem from Tesla getting 'overconfident' and 'too comfortable' • Elon Musk predicts profit at Tesla in 2018, and much more
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A car ad in space finally brought the country together • SpaceX Stuns the World
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Tax:
Taxpayers in this city owe the IRS big time
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Retailing:
Toys R Us begins liquidation sales ahead of store closings • Toys R Us cuts prices by up to 30% as store-closing sales begin • Hasbro shares soar on brand's confidence it can survive Toys R Us bankruptcy • Toys R Us Gets OK On Store Closures, Employee Bonuses
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Hasbro CEO deflects question on Mattel talks: 'We first and foremost are investing in our business'
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Bon-Ton Stores Is On The Prowl For A Sponsor • Some creditors want Bon-Ton Stores Inc. to liquidate, but court approves retailer's plan to keep operating for now
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Maryland transportation chief pledges ‘blank check’ to clinch Amazon’s HQ2
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Steinhoff Lender Natixis Follows Commerzbank in Debt Sale
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Amazon to deliver Whole Foods groceries in two hours for Prime users
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Corporate Governance:
Why breaking into the boardroom is harder for women
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Amusement Parks:
Here are the bankruptcy sale details on Schlitterbahn Corpus Christi
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Student Debt:
District Court Reassesses Evidence of Undue Hardship
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Travel:
Flight diverted after n--- passenger barricades self in bathroom
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Corporate Reform:
The Alarming Destruction of the CFPB
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Mick-Mulvaney-Think
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English v. Trump Amicus Brief
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Personal Finance:
Parents are selling their homes, dropping $100,000+ to fund kids’ extracurricular activities
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Giving Up Uber Could Save You $323,000
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UK:
A house narrower than a subway passenger car is for sale in London for $1.4 million
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George Soros is backing a campaign to stop Brexit
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Brexit: 12 Banks Plan EU Expansions
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EU:
Weidmann: ECB should wind down QE after September
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PIIGS:
Citigroup Wins Dismissal of $2.2 Billion Claim by Parmalat
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Greece still waiting for dust to settle
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Canada:
After setback, fight continues for Canadian PACA-like trust
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MENA:
Knesset panel advances revolutionary bankruptcy legislation
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India:
Cabinet okays Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill
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MAT relief for companies facing insolvency may kindle investor interest
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Insolvency Law: Fair Value Made Mandatory To Get Fairer Bids
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Air India's wait for turnaround continues, airline's net loss widens
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Hong Kong:
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Brazil:
Judge says Oi shareholders meeting has no effect on restructuring
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Romania:
Romanian insolvencies stand twice higher than the ECE average
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Germany:
Germans win a 28-hour work week
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China:
HNA 'misses payment' on $272 mln loan as liquidity pressure mounts
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China conglomerates aim for reset in tighter credit environment
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