August 30, 2019

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Law:

Defunct Law Firm’s Novel Argument to Avoid Repaying Loan Fails
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As Summer Draws To A Close, Another Biglaw Firm Announces Summer Bonuses
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Global general counsel fired after accusations of blackmailing woman he met online
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'I am far from perfect': Alphabet's chief legal officer responds to report that he had a child with a Google employee and emotionally abused her, saying there are 'two sides' to the story
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Unlimited Vacation Policy: A Perk or Punishment at Law Firms?
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Utah Task Force Calls for ‘Profoundly Reimagining the Way Legal Services Are Regulated’ Utah Supreme Court Quickly Endorses Bold Legal Services Report
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Insurer Must Defend Firm in Suit Against Renegade Attorneys
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Pain doc is accused of discussing plot to drug or kill opposing counsel whose lawsuit cost him $60K
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Sure, You Know The Most Prestigious Law School, But Which Law School Is The Most Fun
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California Supreme Court Hires Law Firm To Conduct Bar Exam Probe
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Oh Great, The Gender Pay Gap Is Actually Getting Worse For General Counsel
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83-year-old Houston lawyer is accused of slapping the attorney who is suing him
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Former FBI Director Comey broke rules leaking to the New York Times DOJ watchdog says James Comey broke FBI policy by keeping, leaking Trump meeting memos Comey violated policies in handling memos on interactions with Trump, inspector general finds The DOJ’s inspector general buries the real news Department of Justice declines to prosecute Comey over leaked memos IG Report: Charges Against Comey Stupid James Comey Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine
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Gregory Craig Trial Nears End After Defense Rests Case
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Trump: US troops' kids born overseas may not be citizens The Pentagon was apparently blindsided by a Trump administration move that affects children of deployed troops Trump admin proposes DNA testing on detained, undocumented immigrants Migrants with serious illness, crime victims may now face deportation Officials Defend New Citizenship Rules Legal aid for detained immigrants stirs debate 'Take the land.' Ignore the law.
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Epstein’s Will Won’t Change Much
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Student who studied mass shootings had planned to attack by Christmas, police say
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A doctor plotted to kill an attorney by secretly injecting him with fentanyl, the FBI says
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Woman gave birth alone in Colorado jail cell after cries for help were ignored, lawsuit says
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#MeToo: Men now avoid women at work
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36 Years in Alabama Prison for Stealing $50
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El Paso Gunman Shocked He Was Unchallenged
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Rob Lowe’s Son Mercilessly Mocks His Dad’s Legal Acumen On Instagram
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Judges:

Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court not to be 'cowed' by Democratic senators
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Republicans Snap Back At Democrats That Suggest Court Packing Is The Way Forward For The Supreme Court
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Trump Edges Closer to Flipping Second Circuit With Picks
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Not all corporate lawyers are the same. Don't ban them from the federal bench.
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Wall Street:

Dow futures up more than 100 points, reversing earlier losses
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Stocks Close Higher on Hopes for Trade Talks Dow closes more than 300 points higher as China tamps down fears of trade-war escalation
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Layoffs:

Elon Musk says the difference between human intellect and AI is comparable to the difference between chimpanzees and humans
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Cannabis:

The largest marijuana company in the US spikes after its chairman says business is booming and the company will be profitable next year
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Healthcare:

Vermont hospital likely to close without merger Springfield Hospital’s survival ‘virtually impossible’ without merger
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Gov't Must Restart Medicare Payments To True Health: Judge
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How America’s opioid epidemic could get even worse
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Antibiotic Resistance May Kill Humanity Before Global Warming
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Newspapers:

Can Democrats running for president save a journalism industry in crisis?
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Pharma:

The Opioid Reckoning Will Not Be Just
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Where Did the Sackler's Hide Their Fortune? Family’s web makes it hard to track cash from opioid maker
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Beset By Lawsuits, Criticism In U.S., Opioid Makers Eye New Market In India
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Some states unhappy with proposed terms of Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
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Opioid settlement would divide money based on local impact
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Insys Ch. 11 Case Gets Consumer Privacy Watchdog
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Are J&J, Endo and Allergan in line for 'global' opioid settlements?
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Autos:

GM is now Detroit's smallest automaker employer
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Coal:

Separate sale of Wyoming, West Virginia coal mines approved
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Dethroning King Coal
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Blackhawk Mining's Plan of Reorganization approved by bankruptcy court
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Aviation:

Bankrupt OneJet's Ticketing Software To Be Auctioned In Dec.
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Avianca to pack more seats into planes as part of recovery plan, executive says
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Trucking:

Owner-op-heavy fleet HVH Transportation shutters operations
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Agribusiness:

Chapter 12: In re Knudsen Revisited, After a U.S. Supreme Court Ruling
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China's Tariffs Strike Another Blow to Agricultural Stocks
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Tariffs threaten U.S. dominance of global soybean market
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Economy:

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 215,000
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Q2 GDP Revised Down to 2.0% Annual Rate
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Lawrence Summers slams former top Fed official Dudley for essay on Trump
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Donald Trump’s escalating war of words with Fed Chair Jay Powell, explained
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Everyone is losing their mind about the possibility of recession, but in reality the US economy is fine
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Ray Dalio Is Losing Money Because Everyone Else Is Too Stupid To Realize That We’re In A Recession, Says Ray Dalio
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Lagarde: Negative Interest Rates Helped
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Trump says his trade team will talk with China days before planned tariff escalation Trump says US and China resume trade talks Thursday ‘at a different level’ Tariffs threaten to reshape tech industry U.S. companies aren't leaving China for America, despite what Trump says China will likely wait out the trade war as it bets on its own economy Trump Aides: Yeah, China Didn't Call Trump China trade war is devastating farmers and ag exports. Will tit for tat ever end?
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This is the factor that's likely to determine whether there's a U.S. recession
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Art Cashin says relying on the yield curve inversion as a recession signal is ‘suspect’ this time
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Dick Bove: Banks could take ‘the easy road’ on loans and cause a recession
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‘Alone, America cannot protect our people and our economy,’ warns former Defense Secretary Mattis
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Most Canadians Are Now Better Off Than Most Americans
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America's worker deserts
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Stock Market as Barometer of Policy Success
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate Increased Year-over-year
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Why Main Street worrying about Wall Street is a troubling sign
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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:

NAR: "Pending Home Sales Decline 2.5% in July"
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13 U.S. cities where the average home costs less than $200,000
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U.S. charges reverse mortgage lender Live Well's ex-CEO in $140 million fraud
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Mortgage rates hold steady despite sinking bond yields
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The No. 1 most expensive state to buy a home in — it’s not New York or California
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Slight rise in mortgage rates takes toll on refinancing boom
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July’s decline in pending home sales proves the nation needs more housing inventory
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Firm behind San Francisco's notorious sinking tower ordered to compensate residents
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico's financial woes are hurting US infrastructure
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Is PREPA ready for hurricane season?
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Oil/Gas:

Philadelphia Energy Solutions gauges interest for sale
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Travel:

9 best things to do at an airport when waiting out a flight delay
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Climate:

Hurricane Dorian gains strength as Florida braces for direct hit Airlines brace for Hurricane Dorian as storm threatens to snarl Labor Day weekend travel Monster Storm On Slow Florida Track
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Democrats spur rising worries about climate change
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EPA poised to roll back Obama-era methane regulations Big Oil Wanted to Keep Methane Regs Trump's enthusiasm for pollution is too much for even the oil industry
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Leaked UN Draft on Rising Oceans
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Food/Beverage:

Landry’s makes stalking horse bid for Restaurants Unlimited
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Panera is losing nearly 100% of its workers every year as fast-food turnover crisis worsens
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Student Debt:

Private Student Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy Due to Reality
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Mass Torts:

When Mass Tort Meets Bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:

Remember These Chain Restaurants? They're Still Hanging On
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Biofuels:

Trump tweets ethanol changes coming
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Fraud:

Loughlin's Genius Defense Strategy: God?
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NFL Players With Brain Injuries Defrauded by Lawyer: SEC
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Solar:

Homeowners Complain About Tesla Solar Fires
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Mass Torts:

Wave of child sex abuse lawsuits threatens Boy Scouts
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Entertainment:

'Polaroid': A Near Deal With Netflix Becomes a Legal Horror
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(5 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (12 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
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Exemptions:

Lawyer loses home to $1 million legal mal judgment after appeals court finds no exemption
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Retailing:

Why Forever 21 will probably go bankrupt and disappear
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The Reactions to the Forever21 Bankruptcy News Are Savage
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Forever 21 Bankruptcy? 12 Things to Know About the Potential Filing
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Lurching Toward Oblivion, Sears Stores Have Actually Been in Trouble for a Long Time
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Sears bankruptcy favors law firms over small suppliers: court filing
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Politics:

Big crowds stir talk of momentum for Warren
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Biden has said Warren gave him hell. Now they’ll debate together for the first time.
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Here’s the finalized lineup for the third democratic debate
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Trump says Fox News ‘not working’ for him anymore, blasts Puerto Rican leaders Trump had better be careful about hate-tweeting Fox News Even Neil Cavuto Roasts Trump
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The Next Democrats' Debate
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Biden misrepresented nearly every detail of his involvement in a 2008 war story Biden defends faulty telling of military heroism story
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Republican businesswoman behind $500,000 Joe Biden attack ads explains she was furious he supported 'corrupt' Chancery Court that dissolved her business costing her millions
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A new poll reveals the major problem with Joe Biden's campaign message
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Dime-a-dozen ransomware attacks could mess with elections
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Trump's revival of claim of voting fraud in New Hampshire alarms some state Republicans
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Scheming to Make Money off a G7 Summit
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The People Who Think Bernie Is Moderate
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The Washington Post’s Latest Fact Check of Bernie Sanders Is Really Something
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Trump personal assistant Madeline Westerhout abruptly resigns Trump's personal assistant resigns after speaking out of turn to reporters: reports
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US spies say Trump's G7 performance suggests he's either a 'Russian asset' or a 'useful idiot' for Putin
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Alabama governor apologizes for wearing blackface in college, refuses to resign
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Personal Finance:

He played the same lottery numbers for decades. Finally he won - $60 million
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These are the most hilarious lies people have put on their résumés
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5 Reasons Personal Finance Should Be Taught In School
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Sovereigns:

Proactive Resolution of Sovereign and Subnational Debt
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UK:

A growing wealth gap in English soccer is putting some clubs in danger
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Fears over Bury CVA prompt insolvency investigation
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Brexiteer to Irish backstop: a handy Brexit glossary
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Closing Parliament Worst Than a Coup Former British leader joins bid to derail shuttering of Parliament amid Brexit crisis
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Boris Johnson Hit by Resignations
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Personal Insolvency in Scotland at a 5 Year High
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Northern Ireland's Brexit balancing act
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EU Citizens in UK Face Legal Limbo
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PIIGS:

Greece, Germany discuss forty years of debt
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Debt recovery in Italy
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Canada:

Ontario students were already loaded with debt. The province’s OSAP changes may make things worse
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Hong Kong:

With Hong Kong in turmoil, questions grow over leader's refusal to offer concessions to protesters
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Hong Kong Activists Arrested
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Argentina:

Argentine asset prices slide, country risk soars on debt 'reprofiling' plan
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Argentina seeks better terms to pay off $101bn of debt
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Argentina creditors offer wary welcome to $101bn restructuring plan
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Argentina struggling to avoid its ninth sovereign debt default
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Hedge Funds Somehow Did Not See Latest Argentine Politico-Economic Crisis Coming
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Australia:

Queensland declared the 'bankruptcy state'
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