September 20, 2017

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Law:

Four Big Law Firms Grab Roles on Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy
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Women make up a third of recent equity partner classes in BigLaw, survey finds Women Make Slight Gains In Big Law Equity Partnership: Report Women Lawyers Continue To Lag In Partnership Positions, Pay
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'We were unlucky, but we learned a lot' - DLA Piper's Levine on that cyber attack, Brexit and office closures
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Why law firms are throwing money at associate retention
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Pay for Associate Hours? More Companies Say 'No Thanks'
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Can Bias Interrupters Succeed Where Diversity Efforts Have Stalled?
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Five New Ideas to Tackle Gender Inequity
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They’ve Followed Their Passion and Life Is Good
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From Ballerina to Law School Dean
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Learning to Lead: What Really Works for Women in Law
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IWIRC Announces 2017-2018 Board of Directors
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Lindsay Harrison recounts her first time arguing in court. Oh, and it was at SCOTUS
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Which group benefits the most financially from getting a law degree? White guys, according to new research
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Hogan Lovells offers voluntary retirement to about 400 US business services staffers Hogan Lovells moves legal support team out of London
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A new model for law firms is on the way. Is the legal industry ready?
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First year law student dead after alleged law society initiation
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Squire Patton Boggs boosts London junior lawyer salaries by 10%
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Reince Priebus is wooed by US law firms
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King & Spalding Lands Former Top Bank Lawyer in NY
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Lawyer Discloses Privileged Info Without “Difficult” Client’s Consent —Here’s How the Ethics Board Responded
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Francisco confirmed as solicitor general Five Facts About the Newly Confirmed U.S. Solicitor General Former Jones Day partner confirmed for Solicitor General
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Rodriguez to step down as dean of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law A Leading Law School Dean Announces His Departure
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New T14 Dean Thinks His Law School Will Crack The Top 5 In The U.S. News Rankings
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New research reveals law’s top challenges (and how to fix them)
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Ryan Alshak: Keeping time so you don’t have to
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Hillary Clinton decided to go to Yale law school after a Harvard professor told her: 'We don't need any more women at Harvard'
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This State’s Bar Exam Results Suck
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Ethics Expert on Ty Cobb’s Steakhouse Disclosures: He Blew It
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Raids, warrants, and wiretaps: The Trump-Russia probe 'has reached a critical stage' Paul Manafort spokesman issues rare public response to reports that Manafort was wiretapped How The FISA Order Against Manafort Could Spell Big Trouble For Trumpworld Trump's lawyer will now have to testify in public after defying Senate Intel Committee Mueller is turning up the heat on Paul Manafort — and it could spell trouble for Trump How Long Until Paul Manafort Rolls? Can White House counsel McGahn claim client privilege in Mueller probe? Robert Mueller's investigators interviewed Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the Russia investigation Why Trump Should Be Very Worried That Mueller Wants to Indict Manafort Mueller Has Kelly Handling Congress For Trump Aides Caught in Russia Probe, Legal Bills and Paranoia
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Trump reportedly is paying legal bills in special counsel probe with campaign and RNC funds Republican Donors Are Helping Cover Trump's Legal Bills
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The iPhone could eventually lose its place as our primary digital hub
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Why lawyers will love the Apple Watch Series 3
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iPhone 8 reviews: Good, but nothing to get too excited about $999 iPhone X is ‘a value price,’ Apple’s Tim Cook says, and revenue is not the point
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Apple's new software iOS 11 is out — here are 17 major ways your phone just changed Be Careful Updating Your iPhone OS
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How the media oversold standing desks as a fix for inactivity at work
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'Don't be sarcastic': Matt Lauer confronts Bill O'Reilly about harassment claims in tense interview O’Reilly Team Shopped Negative Story on Bill’s Accuser; Wash Po Refused to Publish
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Lady jogger terrorizes neighborhood by dumping all over it
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Trump Supporter Tries To Get Immigrant Deported, Is 'Forced' Out Of School Instead
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Walmart, Target join call for 'Dreamer' legislation Pelosi Fact Check: "Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that."
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Jared Fogle's Ex-Wife Sues Subway
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Infamous lobster thief ordered to fork over $30 million
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Idiot Stars In Viral Road Rage Video
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Ex-Paul Weiss atty thought he was arranging meet-up with 10-year-old; it was an FBI agent
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Attorney who tested positive for cocaine and allegedly threatened witness admits he forged documents
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Ex-K&L Gates attorney escapes sanctions for withholding evidence
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Court Denies Dylann Roof’s Request to Replace His Jewish and Indian Lawyers
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Joe Arpaio is Now Hanging Around With Holocaust Deniers
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Prosecutors say ex-Hunton attorney in insider trading case should get 51 months
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Judges:

Federal judge sues colleagues over required mental evaluation
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Judge faces ethics probe after lawyer claims denied bathroom break led to courtroom accident Lawyer Claims Judge Forced Her To Pee Her Pants During Murder Trial
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Lead Yourself First: An Interview With Judge Raymond M. Kethledge
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What prompted Judge Posner to suddenly retire?
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Supreme Court justices like to predict the future. They aren’t very good at it.
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Political Drama In Texas Has Left Trump Struggling To Fill 5th Circuit Seats
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Florida Courts Juggle Thousands of Missed Hearings, Deadlines in Irma's Wake
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures in holding pattern as ‘historic’ Fed decision looms
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Dow hits record high as Fed meeting starts
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Hidden cracks are forming in the record-breaking stock market
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Layoffs:

Layoffs expected at Mercy Iowa City
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Xerox To Layoff 100 Employees
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Centegra Health to eliminate, outsource hundreds of jobs
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Weather:

Category 5 Maria pummels Dominica, barrels toward US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
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The stunning price tags for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, explained
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Irma leaves behind foul stink across Florida
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Despite Rising Seas and Bigger Storms, Florida's Land Rush Endures
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One of Houston's dirtiest Superfund sites is suffering from multiple toxic-waste spills — and the government has yet to acknowledge it
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Operational, credit risks in Texas in wake of Harvey: Moody's
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Houston homeowners ‘begging’ for help as the city has no workers to help fix homes
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People don't understand the magnitude of post-Harvey and Irma rebuilding, says Aecom CEO
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Irma may have caused $42.5 billion to $65 billion in property damage, report says
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Sunshine state bans solar power: Florida's Hurricane Irma victims furious at electric company
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Politics:

Trump concludes combative UN address Trump threatens to 'totally destroy North Korea' in major UN speech Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech to the UN Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech to the UN Ignore the Bombast. Trump Gave a Conventional Speech 'Disrespectful, unacceptable and meddling': Cuba slams Trump's UN address Trump faces awkward silence at UN as his socialism joke bombs
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Pence says Trump administration fully backs Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal, but 10 governors oppose
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Undercover With the Alt-Right
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Trump's Terrible Numbers Are a Little Less Terrible
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Hillary Clinton’s book is No. 1 on Amazon, outselling Tom Brady and Stephen King
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Push to Remove Confederate Plaque in Austin
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The GOP and the Decay of Political Norms
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Trump’s voter suppression chief defends use of private email server for government business Kobach Claims Right to What Hillary Did
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GOP governors launch ‘news’ site critics call propaganda
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Education:

Failing Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan
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Personal Finance:

All the money milestones to hit in every decade of your life
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Aviation:

Fight or Flight – Insolvency in the aviation industry
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Ryanair’s Penny-Pinching Hits Limits in Pilot-Shortage Debacle
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Economy:

Yellen reappointment as Fed chair seen as more likely: Survey
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Markets Brace for Fed's Big Move: The End of Easy Money How the Fed's Unwinding Will Work Fed Would Surprise Markets If It Stays Hawkish Traders Boost Odds of Third Rate Hike This Year as FOMC Meets CNBC Survey: Yes, the Fed will raise interest rates in December Fed is taking a major step away from its Great Recession policy The Next Step in the Fed’s Beautiful Normalization Fed conflicted by tepid U.S. inflation, global economic rebound
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Fed economist: 'No evidence that QE works'
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It’s Not Just Toys ‘R’ Us. More Credit Weak Spots Emerge
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El-Erian: The global economy is starting to create lose-lose situations
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Less than 20% of Americans say they're living the American Dream—here’s why
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China is refusing to cede ground as US issues trade threats
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US Corporations' Tax Inversions Still Come with a Huge Cost
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Why Some Companies Are Fighting Against a $2 Trillion Tax Break White House seriously considers abandoning some tax cuts for the wealthy The simple way to tell whether Trump’s tax plan is for the ‘little guy’ or the 1 percent Trump appears close to abandoning on some of his biggest tax cut promises Senate GOP Embraces $1.5 Trillion in Tax Cuts What the Senate GOP's $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut Deal Means
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The economy really is broken — but we know how to fix it
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Gallup: Economic Confidence Up Slightly as Expectations Brighten
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Harvard CEO: 8.1% Return Shows Problems
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White House Rejects Report That Doesn’t Match Trump’s Facts One of Trump's most controversial advisers reportedly had a key role in rejecting a study that said refugees paid $63 billion more to US than they received
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On the Road With the Casualties of the Great Recession
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The American Economy Isn’t Getting Any Less Racist
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Tourism to USA Falls
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Jamie Dimon needs to stop gaslighting America
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Chemical Activity Barometer "Holds Steady" in September
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Warren Buffett Says People Who Are Pessimistic About the U.S. Are ‘Out of Their Mind’
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This is how many billions of dollars people with side hustles are hiding from the IRS
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Dear Wisconsin, Be Very Wary of Foxconn
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Tenants Take Caution, Ninth Circuit Allows Bankrupt Landlord to Sell Property Free and Clear of Leases
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Hurricanes and higher rates tank mortgage applications, down 9.7%

Housing starts dip in August, but permits surge in sign of optimism Housing Starts decreased to 1.180 Million Annual Rate in August Chart: Historical Housing Starts
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Comments on August Housing Starts
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Housing inventory hovers more than 50% below prior peak
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Citing 'fair trial' issues, developer Terry Diehl wants his fate in the hands of a judge, not a jury
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Rest of Magnolia project site in Charleston is sold at bankruptcy auction
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California exodus? Poll finds voters consider moving due to sky-high housing costs Bay Area residents consider great exodus in response to rising home prices
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Reprieve From Mortgage Payments Available to Some in Irma's Wake
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Faces Hurricane Maria After Irma’s $1 Billion Damage Puerto Rico Braces for 'Potentially Catastrophic' Hit by Hurricane Maria Eerie calm hangs over Puerto Rican capital before storm Puerto Rico power grid faces generational threat in Hurricane Maria Hurricane Maria now Category 4, makes landfall on Puerto Rico Maria 'potentially most catastrophic hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in a century': Governor Maria Crashes Ashore in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 Hurricane
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Hurricane Maria heads for Virgin Islands after lashing Dominica, Guadeloupe
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Hurricanes highlight Puerto Rico's vulnerability
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Illinois' unpaid bill backlog hits a record $16 billion
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How to Save a Dying Suburb
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Detroit tax foreclosures plummet over two years
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Oil/Gas:

Oil edges off recent highs ahead of US stockpile data Oil rises above $50 as Iraq raises prospect of more OPEC action Global Oil Prices Slip, But Remain Near Recent Highs
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Oil price volatility is set to return
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IEA: Oil prices could skyrocket by 2020
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Fire breaks out at Valero's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery
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Seadrill Bankruptcy: Who Will Bid For The Company During The 'Go-Shop' Period?
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Assets of major oil drilling contractor in Pennsylvania to be sold via public auction
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Retailing:

How Toys 'R' Us Neglected The Web Toys Aren’t Us Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy Poses Challenge for Toy Makers Heavy Debt Crushed Owners of Toys 'R' Us Toys `R' Us Collapses Into Bankruptcy , Buckling Under LBO Debt Vornado Provides Information Regarding its Investment in Toys “R” Us How Toys 'R' Us Collapsed So Quickly Here's Another Reason Why Toys 'R' Us' Bankruptcy Is a Big Deal The Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy cocktail: Amazon, Walmart and billions in debt Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy : Real Estate Can't Save Retailers Toys 'R' Us Caught Credit Traders Completely Off Guard US bankruptcy judge says will approve loan for Toys 'R' Us Toys R Us blames Amazon, CNBC and pricey leases for bankruptcy Toy 'R' Us Victim Of Amazon? Who Killed Toys R Us? The Internet Has Some Ideas Why Amazon is still such a threat to Toys R Us, in one chart Why Toys 'R' Us Doesn't Fit the Economics of Modern Parenting Toys R Us joins bankruptcy list as Amazon exerts influence Where Toys "R" Us ranks among retail bankruptcies Private equity, Apple apps and Amazon share blame for Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy I went a Toys R Us store after the bankruptcy announcement and saw how grave the threat of Amazon has really become What Happens To Toys 'R' Us Gift Cards After Bankruptcy? The Toys R Us Bankruptcy Filing Is Probably Good News for Black Kids Toys R Us can keep supply chain moving despite bankruptcy ahead of peak season Toys ‘R’Us files for Chapter 11 as heavy debt and online shopping switch take their toll The Toys R Us bankruptcy is clobbering 3 giant asset managers Bain, KKR, Vornado Suffer Wipeout in Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy The Toys R Us bankruptcy means great holiday deals for toy buyers People are freaking out about Toys R Us stores closing following its bankruptcy filing— here's what we know so far No Happy Ending for Toys R Us, Becomes Latest Retailer to File for Ch. 11 Financial Restructuring Yes, You Can Still Buy Hatchimals at Toys 'R' Us Stuart Varney: Toys 'R Us Bankruptcy Is Sign of 'Retail Ice Age' Here's what a Toys R Us bankruptcy means for toymakers: More clarity ahead of the holidays Rocked by Bankruptcy , Toy Industry Looks to Save Holiday Season Toys R Us bankruptcy may actually reassure toymakers How $5 billion of debt caught up with Toys 'R' Us Toys R Us will continue to struggle long-term: DA Davidson's Linda Bolton Lessons to be learned from the Toys 'R' Us bankruptcy The Big Investment Firms That Lost $1.3 Billion In The Toys "R" Us Bankruptcy Toys R Us: kidding aside Toys 'R' Us creditors saw a game of chicken turn into dominoes Toys 'R' Us Files for Bankruptcy , Internet Goes on GIF-Giving Spree Toys R Us: the birth - and bust - of a retail empire Toys 'R' Us Stokes Nostalgia by Breaking Into Song in Chapter 11 Toys R Us store closings expected after the holiday season
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Toys 'R' Us Bigger Than All Other 2017 Retail Filings, Combined
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Best Buy is the latest victim of the retail apocalypse as pressure from Amazon sends shares plunging 10%
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Amazon is firing on all cylinders to grow its retail presence
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Early forecast calls for stronger holiday season for retailers
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Why Mattel and Hasbro’s Stocks Aren’t Tanking Because of the Toys ‘R’ Us Bankruptcy
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The year of retail bankruptcies Retail bankruptcies in 2017 may eclipse financial crisis toll Retail chains filing for bankruptcy protection in 2017
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Kohl’s Will Soon Accept Your Amazon Product Returns Kohl's will let Amazon customers return stuff for free Kohl's might be making the same catastrophic mistake that spelled doom for Toys R Us
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The Amazon juggernaut has traders making record bets against America's largest grocer
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How Best Buy succeeds in the age of Amazon
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Bangor Mall’s owner at risk of default on $80 million loan
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Can Chatbot Concierges Save The Mall?
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Healthcare:

Workers are shouldering more of their health care costs
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Top Louisiana health official warns GOP healthcare bill's author that it'll screw his state
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Pence to Senate Republicans: Now's your chance for repeal A bipartisan group of governors just blasted the new Republican healthcare bill — and it has a key addition Here’s why the new GOP Obamacare-replacement bill might actually pass The bipartisan effort to fix Obamacare just collapsed The Two Republicans Who Will Likely Determine Obamacare's Fate Backlash Throws Obamacare Repeal into Doubt Repeal Would Keep Obamacare's Biggest Taxes Repeal first, ask questions later
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Internet scolds Trump economic advisor for failing to grasp how insurance works
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The opioid epidemic is so bad it's driving down life expectancy in the US
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The best health care system? Doctors back single payer
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Autos:

Auto defaults record largest sequential jump in almost 6 years
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More indictments filed against owner of Dusty Old Cars
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Former Huntley man accused of bankruptcy fraud
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Apparel:

The athletic apparel boom is over - here's who will be hit hardest
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Marijuana:

No Bankruptcy, No Problem? Receivership and Cannabis.
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Coal:

A conservative-leaning court just issued a surprise ruling on climate change and coal mining
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Credit Reporting:

Massachusetts becomes first state to sue Equifax over massive data breach The Dizzying Number Of CFPB Complaints Against Equifax Since 2012 Should Infuriate You Senators ask Equifax how it will help US service members hit by data breach Before the breach, Equifax sought to limit exposure to lawsuits
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New York Attorney General pushes Experian and Transunion for answers on cybersecurity
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Boom, Bust & Bankruptcy : How America's Biggest Companies Performed In Forbes' First 100 Years
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Jurisdiction:

Everything Old Is New Again: Why the in Rem Summary Jurisdiction of the 1898 Bankruptcy Act Still Limits the Constitutional Authority of Bankruptcy Judges
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First Circuit Clarifies the Scope of the Bankruptcy Court’s Jurisdiction in Civil Proceedings
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Litigation:

Demystifying the litigation finance diligence process
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The Decline of Litigation? Part 3
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No Easy Way Out: Legal Malpractice Defendants Desiring an Alternative Forum May Be Forced to Litigate in Bankruptcy Court until the Case is “Trial Ready”
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TBTF:

Experts' panel says Dodd Frank rollbacks could cause bank collapses
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Safe Harbors:

Something New Under the Sun?
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Student Debt:

High Anxiety As First Student Loan Forgiveness Program 'Graduates' Await Relief This October
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Student Loan Creditor, Fined for 'False' Lawsuits, Must Halt Collections
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CFPB Orders Private Student Loan Trust Company and Debt Collector to Pay $21.6 Million
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Electricity:

Judge to Reconsider NextEra's $275 Million Breakup Fee in Failed Oncor Deal
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What happens when the coal and nuclear plants close?
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Celebs:

Short Changed: ’50 Cent’ Sues Financial Advisers
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Accounting:

KPMG cleared over audit of HBOS before collapse
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PwC lawsuit tests whether auditors must guarantee against fraud
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Mediation:

“Hallway Mediation” for Multi-Party Disputes that are Stuck and Going Nowhere
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Banking:

U.S. watchdog settled for small fine over Wells Fargo phony accounts: report
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Deutsche Bank ‘Beyond Repair’ as Trading Drops, Autonomous Says
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Wells Fargo misdeeds were all about juicing reported profits Elizabeth Warren urges Fed to 'step up' and remove Wells Fargo's board
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Taxis:

A mysterious hedge fund just scooped up the foreclosed medallions from New York City's 'Taxi King'
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Mass Torts:

Judge rules for asbestos lawyers, trusts facing investigation from state AGs
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Pensions:

Americans Don't Grasp The Magnitude Of The Looming Pension Tsunami That May Hit Us Within 10 Years
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Avaya Retiree's Widow Loses Bid to Secure Pension Payments
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Sovereigns:

The Truth Behind America’s Record-Breaking Debt of $20 Trillion
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UK:

Think Tank Warns on Brexit
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Vince Cable promises to cancel Brexit and become prime minister
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UK small business confidence 'plummets' to its lowest level since the Brexit vote
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What Toys R Us filing for bankruptcy means for its UK stores
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UK retail sales jump as shoppers ignore Brexit-driven price increases
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'A housing catastrophe': 4 charts show how millennials were priced out of Britain's housing market Young families will be unable to afford to buy homes before they reach their forties, report says
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PIIGS:

Deutsche Bank: Italy's 3 big problems could trigger the next financial crisis — and bring the euro down with it
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Is Greece On The Road To Recovery?
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It's Bailout-Review Time in Greece and Markets Are Wary—Again
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Canada:

Report: Bankrupt Sears Canada in private equity buyout talks
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Equifax says 100,000 Canadians likely affected by data breach
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Toys “R” Us to file for bankruptcy protection in Canada
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Venezuela:

How Venezuela went from a rich democracy to a dictatorship on the brink of collapse
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North Korea:

U.S. Is Prepared to ‘Totally Destroy’ North Korea: Trump Actually We Totally Destroyed NKorea Once Twitter Man vs. Rocket Man What Total Destruction of North Korea Means
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'Rocket man is on a suicide mission': Trump threatens to 'totally destroy North Korea' in major UN speech North Korea ambassador walks out of UN assembly in boycott of Trump's speech
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Mexico:

Mexico stocks fall and then are halted after earthquake shakes buildings in Mexico City A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Mexico City, killing more than 200 At least 22 children have died after a huge earthquake destroyed a school in Mexico City 7.1 magnitude earthquake has hit Mexico, and people are posting terrifying photos and videos on social media Mexico City's Earthquake, Through Residents' Eyes
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India:

Bankers to meet govt officials on Wed to decide on further loans to Air India
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RBI to allow banks to classify priority loans as standard debt
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Hong Kong:

Winding Up A Foreign Incorporated Company In Hong Kong – What Constitutes Sufficient Benefit?
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Germany:

KBRA Comments on Air Berlin Insolvency Filing
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Austria:

Austrian tour operator seeks bankruptcy proceedings against Air Berlin's Niki: Kurier
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MENA:

Atlas Jewellery debt resolution plan hits stumbling block -sources
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Finland:

Finland’s Welfare State Has a Massive Baby Problem
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Malaysia:

Eight policy changes in amended Bankruptcy Act
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Venezuela:

Venezuela's President called Donald Trump 'the new hitler'
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Australia:

Toys ‘R’ Us Australia turns to G+T in bankruptcy
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Norway:

Norway's sovereign wealth fund is now worth a trillion US dollars
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