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It’s all about in-house education this week. Asked: Our weekly question to the In-House community Most law schools don’t have classes that specifically prepare attorneys for jobs as in-house counsels. And in today’s unsteady economy, more law students are thinking ...

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WASHINGTON — More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, suggesting hiring remains sluggish. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment benefit applications rose 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 386,000. The increase came after the government revised the previous week ...

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NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase is suspending plans to buy back its own stock, a little over a week after the bank posted a large trading loss. The largest U.S. bank by assets disclosed the $2 billion trading loss on ...

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WASHINGTON — Wholesale prices outside of the volatile food and energy categories rose at the fastest pace in more than two years last month, a sign inflation could be rising as the economy strengthens. The increase comes after months of ...

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WASHINGTON — The winter storms that are paralyzing the Midwest after battering the Northeast are likely to slow the U.S. economy only modestly, analysts say. “Annoying as it all is, the effect on (growth) is going to be on the ...

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David M. Strouse, formerly the chief investment officer of Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp., announced the formation of Birchwood Capital Partners, a multi-disciplined real estate investment and advisory firm. The company, which will maintain corporate headquarters in Baltimore, supplemented with an ...

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NEW YORK — Deutsche Bank admitted criminal wrongdoing and agreed to pay more than $550 million in connection with its participation in tax shelters that enabled the rich to temporarily avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. taxes, ...

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LAS VEGAS  — The last major Las Vegas resort approved before the Great Recession will have to lure thousands of gamblers from established neighbors to survive after it opens Wednesday. The $3.9 billion Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, built by a ...

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