August _, 2018

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Law:

We Told You The Biglaw Salary Increase Was No Big Deal
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Ex-Shkreli Atty Taps Williams Heavy Hitter For Appeal
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This Law School Knows How To Get You The Job Of Your Dreams — Assuming That Dream Is Biglaw
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The 15 most useful features coming to your iPhone later this year
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Referee Overseeing Napoli Bern Breakup Won't Bow Out After Conflict Allegation
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Trump wants to make 'flipping' illegal Thousands of federal defendants offer to help the government each year. Trump says the practice 'almost ought to be outlawed' Trump’s fantasy legal system National Enquirer boss reportedly told feds Trump knew about Michael Cohen’s deals to pay women National Enquirer Boss David Pecker Granted Immunity in Cohen Case Senate Judiciary requests closed-door Cohen testimony More dirt on President Trump? Cohen's lawyer suggests so Former Prosecutors Weigh In on Cohen's Credibility Trump An 'Unindicted Co-Conspirator'? Not To Ex-Prosecutors What Manafort and Cohen Guilt Means for Donald Trump Why Cohen could get worse for Trump: Prosecutors say they've got receipts How Trump Story on Cohen’s Hush-Money Payments Shifted Over Time Dershowitz: An Objective Assessment of Trump's Guilt or Innocence Trump 'Completely Cleared’ by Cohen: Golfing Giuliani GoFundMe page raises cash for Michael Cohen’s legal fees, despite Lanny Davis blunder Cohen’s admission doesn’t mean Trump is guilty, legal experts say This Conspiracy Theory Should Worry Trump Trump distances self from Cohen, supports Manafort Fact Check: Trump's Misguided Defense Of Cohen Payments The messy meaning of the Manafort and Cohen cases Manafort juror Paula Duncan: Manafort is guilty, but Mueller probe is a witch hunt Lone holdout blocked conviction on all counts, prosecutors were "napping" Trump Praises Manafort, Saying ‘Unlike Michael Cohen’ He ‘Refused to Break’ Trump claims former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen worked for him 'part time' In wake of Manafort conviction and Cohen guilty pleas, Cuomo calls for closure of double jeopardy 'loophole' in New York Read Manafort's guilty verdict Is Donald Trump above the law? Giuliani says Trump agreed no pardons during Mueller probe Donald Trump and hush money: On par with jaywalking? Trump appears to have a misunderstanding of campaign-finance law, and may have inadvertently admitted to breaking the law as a result AP: National Enquirer hid damaging Trump stories in a safe What Was in Pecker's Safe? NE Kept Secret Trump Files
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New York Takes Early Steps to Probe Cohen, Trump Firm New York state prosecutors reportedly weighing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and 2 senior officials
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions says Justice Department won’t be swayed by politics after Trump’s criticism Trump responds to Sessions' blowback Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump after president insults him Inside Trump and Sessions' awkward meeting Sessions says he won’t be influenced by political considerations after new Trump criticism Jeff Sessions might have just lost his most important supporter: the Senate Key Senate GOPers Give Trump Cover To Fire Sessions After Midterms Senate wall of support for Sessions splinters Trump’s Long War with Justice Corker: Sessions Owns Trump Until He's Fired
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Betsy DeVos is reportedly considering allowing states to use federal funds to purchase guns for teachers
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Former Michigan State coach charged with lying to police in Nassar investigation Report Details Efforts by Urban Meyer, Ohio State to Conceal Domestic-Abuse Allegations Ohio State Keeping Law Firms Busy With 2 #MeToo Probes, Lawsuits Mary Jo White Helps Powerful Football Coach Avoid ‘Responsibility’ Or ‘Real Consequences’ Why Harassment Victims Rarely Win in Court
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Major prison strike spreads across US and Canada as inmates refuse food ICE Detainees Join Nationwide Prison Strike
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Reality Winner given record federal sentence for media leak
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In-N-Out Burger sends pun-filled letter to beer maker
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Rap song that threatened police officers is not protected speech, Pennsylvania’s top court rules
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Tippetts' Aunt Rebukes the President A young woman disappeared in Iowa. Here’s why President Trump got involved Tibbetts' Killer Worked Under False Name Autopsy reveals 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was killed by 'multiple sharp force injuries' Newt Gingrich: If Tibbetts is a Household Name by October, We Win Mollie Tibbetts' Family: Her Death is Not Your Political Propaganda
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Trump Rejects Kushner's Prison/Sentencing Reform
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Fired Officer Claims He Had to Shoot at Kids
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Judges:

Inside The President’s Successful Transformation Of The Federal Judiciary
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Fox News Poll: Voters split 45-46 percent on confirming Kavanaugh to high court Fox News
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Wall Street:

US futures slightly higher as China trade talks end; Powell to speak at Jackson Hole
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Stocks fall as worries about US-China trade, Trump legal issues dampen investor sentiment
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Trump says the stock market would crash if he were impeached: 'Everybody would be very poor' What happens to stocks if Trump is impeached Trump says 'the market would crash' if he ever got impeached. Here's how markets responded to the last 2 presidential impeachment sagas
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Layoffs:

Some CEOs are more likely to lay off their employees than others
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Orbis Corp. to lay off 105 workers
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Baxter International cutting 130 jobs
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Wells Fargo announces layoffs of 638
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Politics:

Trump responds to mounting impeachment threat, says 'everyone would be very poor' No, this isn't Watergate, at least from the market's perspective Could Trump be impeached after Cohen plea? Not so fast, warns constitutional lawyer Republicans Are Talking About Impeachment Way More Than Democrats Billionaire Tom Steyer is seriously looking into running for president as he pushes to impeach Trump Rudy Giuliani: Impeaching Trump would mean 'people's revolt'
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Poll of Polls: President Trump Job Approval: 43.5% - Disapproval: 52.6%
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The White House squashed a bipartisan Senate bill to stop election interference
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Pennsylvania voters prefer Democrats for Congress after choosing Trump in 2016: NBC/Marist poll
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Before the Civil War, Congress Was a Hotbed of Violence
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Trump Should Come Clean
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Trump Has Met the Public’s Modest Expectations for His Presidency
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Republicans and Democrats agree: They can’t agree on basic facts
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Duncan Hunter and his wife plead not guilty
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Think Elizabeth Warren And Bernie Sanders Are The Same? She Doesn’t.
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Beto FactCheck: "Black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."
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Autos:

Landlord asks Reagor Dykes to pay rent or leave two properties in SW Lubbock
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How two Musk decisions in 2016 put Tesla into trouble Wall Street analysts tore down a Tesla Model 3 and found 'significant fit & finish issues' Morgan Stanley Hired to Take Tesla Private Tesla Still Has a Huge Cash Problem Economies Of Scale, Or The End Of The Road For Tesla? Apple is hiring scores of ex-Tesla employees, and not just for its car project Tesla Insiders on the Real Elon Musk
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Volkswagen accused of ruining crops near auto plant with weather-altering 'hail cannons'
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Ullin woman indicted on bankruptcy fraud charges
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Electricity:

PG&E seeks to extinguish liability conflagration with legislative, structural remedies
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Billions At Stake: Should We Invest In Struggling Power Plants Or Communities Facing Closures?
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Commodities:

Fighting to survive: Noble Group's fate hangs on investors restructuring vote
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Debt Collection:

California Imposes SOL Notice Requirement on Debt Collectors; Bans Legal Action on ‘Time-Barred’ Debt
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Distressed Investing:

Leveraged Loan Buyers Are Losing Patience With Riskier Deals
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Newspapers:

A Facebook Tax Is a Good Way to Kill Dying Newspapers
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Economy:

Fed's George says Trump isn't influencing her votes on rate hikes
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Why Trump Is Pressuring the Fed on Rates
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Powell's Jackson Hole speech could have a dovish surprise
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Fed's Kaplan: We'll continue to do our job 'without regard to political considerations' Fed’s Kaplan hopes fed funds rate can get up near 2.75% before yield curve inverts
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Kansas City Fed: Regional Manufacturing Activity "Expanded at a Slightly Slower Pace" in August
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decreased to 210,000
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The US and China slapped a bunch of tariffs on each other again, and their first talks in months went nowhere No breakthrough in US-China trade talks as new tariffs kick in Chart: US-Chinese Trade War Escalates Even Trump admits: Winning trade war with China would take a long time Macaroni Grill CEO on tariff impact on business New tariffs escalate the US-China trade war Trump's Trade War: A Whole Lot Of Misery For Nothing Sun Tzu and the art of fighting a trade war China Slaps 25% Tariff On U.S. Oil Products Trade tensions may power down China's robot industry Trump's tariffs are unpopular in key midterm states Texas, Pennsylvania and Illinois, polls say Trump misunderstands trade, Japan official says Stop Sticking Taxpayers With the Trade War Tab Trade war: One Chinese factory says it's fighting to 'survive' in the wake of Trump's tariffs U.S.-China trade talks stumble on biggest block 'We don’t like the trade war,' says one of China's biggest carmakers Trade war with China will hurt U.S. in 2019: Moody's
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Farmers cautiously optimistic about progress in NAFTA talks but not ready to celebrate Trump auto tariff threats hinder push for NAFTA deal Head of Mexico's largest business chamber expecting good NAFTA news soon Trudeau Says He Won't Settle for Bad NAFTA as Talks Continue
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CEOs Warn on Trump Immigration Policies
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What It Would Take to Dig Out from the Mountain of Federal Debt
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Middle-class families are earning less in almost every state—here are the few exceptions
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The big question about today’s economy — are wages going to start growing?
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US jobless claims fall as labor market holds firm despite trade tensions
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Treasury moves to block New Yorkers’ path around cap on state tax deductions Treasury, IRS move to block blue state workarounds on tax caps
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Consumers Are Drunk On The Trump Economy
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This factor may make the next financial crisis more severe, says Schwab’s Kleintop
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Here are the 10 disruptive innovations Citi says to put money behind
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This is how much the decline in labor unions has cut the pay for all workers
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The Tax-Cut Con Goes On
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Foxconn now declines to say it plans to build type of factory named in state, local contracts
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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:

New home sales fall to 9-month low New Home Sales decrease to 627,000 Annual Rate in July A few Comments on July New Home Sales New Home Sales Decrease in July
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The housing recovery isn't over, it just feels like it is
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Decreasing home sales reveal an underwhelming market
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FHFA: Home prices rise at slowest pace in last four years
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National Mortgage Delinquency Rate Decreased in July, Lowest Since March 2006
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Mortgage rates continue their summer swoon
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The three ways student loan debt makes it hard to buy a house
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Hawaii homeowners in path of hurricane may find their insurance is little solace
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Facing Foreclosure? Here Are 5 Things You Can Do To Slow Down The Process
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Municipalities:

Parents & Children Win As Puerto Rico Supreme Court Upholds Educational Reform
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Puerto Rico Bonds: A Surging Force
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Oversight board requests fiscal plan for Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.
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Puerto Rico creditors say claims at risk in island bank's restructuring
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The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority CEO salary controversy, in context
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Oil/Gas:

Texan oil dominance teeters on shaky ground
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Coal:

Trump says 'the coal industry is back.' The government's jobs numbers say otherwise
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Taxis:

Michael Cohen Ordered To Give Up NYC Taxi Medallions
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Healthcare:

Why ACA enrollment fell this year
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The revealing Medicare-for-all fact-check debate roiling the internet, explained
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70% of Americans Support Medicare for All
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Some Doubt LTC Insurance Industry's Future As Premiums Spiral Upward
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Maine Court Orders Gov. to Expand Medicaid
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No Amount of Alcohol Use Is Safe, Analysis of Studies Finds
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Corporate Reform:

America’s Problem Is Not Too Few White-Collar Prosecutions
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Senate Banking Committee Moves Kathy Kraninger One Step Closer To Being Elizabeth Warren’s Human Punching Bag Trump’s nominee one step closer to running consumer watchdog
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Movie Theaters:

South Florida-based movie theater chain files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Banking:

Bank profits are soaring after tax cuts
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Fraud:

Five Florida Brokers Sued By SEC In Alleged $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
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Advisors Sued In $100 Million Retirement Scheme
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Guns:

How Trump is hurting gun sales
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Lehman:

Lehman Bros. Whistleblower’s Suit Sinks in First Circuit
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Auto Racing:

Bankruptcy judge approves sale of BK Racing to Front Row Motorsports
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Personal Finance:

1 Out Of 7 Are Afraid To See Their Credit Report
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Celebs:

Sale of 3rd Bass star's home blocked for now
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 new filings today)
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Cross-Border:

Seeing Double? Two Judges, Two Lawsuits, Two Types of Bankruptcy—But a Single Vision for Comity in Cross-Border Insolvencies
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Current issues in Chapter 15 discovery
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Avoidance Action:

The 11Th Circuit Clarifies That New Value Need Not Remain Unpaid To Constitute A Valid Preference Defense
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Eleventh Circuit Holds “New Value” Need Not Remain Unpaid
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Appeals:

Appeals to Bankruptcy Appellate Panels and “Sandbagging”
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Corporate Reform:

Senate panel approves Trump’s nominee for consumer watchdog
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Climate:

Heavy rains pound Big Island as Cat 4 Lane barrels toward Hawaii "Life-threatening impacts are likely": Hurricane Lane dumps a foot of rain on Hawaii Airlines cap fares and add flights from Hawaii as Hurricane Lane approaches islands Dramatic videos show flooding as Hurricane Lane starts to lash Hawaii
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Sea level rise already causing billions in home value to disappear
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Student Debt:

Bankruptcy is the silver bullet for student debt
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Retailing:

Who Killed Toys 'R' Us? Hint: It Wasn't Only Amazon
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Target races to fill toy void left by rival
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Mattress Firm has hired Guggenheim Partners to handle debt restructuring
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Gap's shares fall 7% as namesake brand sales disappoint
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Williams-Sonoma shows how retail can win
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How to snag the best discounts before Sears closes more stores
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Strong Consumption Is Breathing New Life Into Retail Stocks
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Retail Earnings: The Best Of Times And The Worst Of Times
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Religion:

US priest speaks up for Church's 'parish pariahs'
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The Catholic church covered up abuse. Can RICO laws treat it like organized crime? Missouri to investigate potential abuse in Catholic church Are the estimates of Catholic Church victims and offenders too low in California? Group pleads for grand jury probe to find out Duluth bishop responds to grand jury report Pope Francis heads to Ireland as Catholic Church reels from abuse scandals Some question the future of the Catholic Church in Ireland Amid continuing scandal, the Catholic Church loses touch with its flock 'My staying is saying I'm OK with this': Scandal-weary Catholics reach turning point with church Why don’t women have a role in the Catholic Church? How would a female pope handle the Catholic Church's abuse scandal? What the Catholic Church Crisis Should Teach Us About ‘Witch Hunt’ Claims Priest on Catholic church sex abuse cover-up: 'I feel a strong sense of betrayal' Archbishop says revelations of church sex abuse demand action. Here's what that should mean
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UK:

The implications of a "no deal" Brexit U.K. warns of Brexit crash landing Business would prefer real deal, not no-deal, notes
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The torment of the children being accused of witchcraft in the UK
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Katie Price arrives at court in her pink Range Rover after facing bankruptcy
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Goldman Sachs slaps sell sign on London property
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U.K. Squeeze Hits Workers as Savings Rate Falls to Record Low
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PIIGS:

Trump has reportedly offered US funds to buy Italian debt Italy’s Trump card shows bond market fragility
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Why Greek Banks’ New Loans Are Not Enough for Cratered Economy
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South Africa:

Trump’s tweet about South African farmers, explained
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Canada:

Canadian boat builder emerges from bankruptcy
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Venezuela:

As electricity fails, desperate Venezuelans buy spoiled meat
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Venezuela's crisis roiling South America, drawing international aid
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Maduro's Economic Plan for Venezuela: Back to the 1980s?
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China:

China’s 10th-Largest Tire Company Goes Bankrupt, Pressured by US–China Trade War
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Bulgaria:

Cyprus insurer’s bankruptcy sends shockwaves through Bulgaria
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Argentina:

Recession looms as Argentina economy shrinks 6.7%
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MENA:

Lebanese economy hammered by political crisis, debt
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Women Rescued From Islamic State Are Told to Leave Children Behind
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Turkey:

Turkey's economic crisis has gone off the radar — but there's a huge chance it could get a whole lot worse
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Australia:

Thousands of Australian businesses on the brink of collapse as weak property markets make SME owners “skittish”
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Australia Has Another New Prime Minister Australian politicians play with economic fire In Sunny Australia, People Are Mad as Hell
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How former Rich Lister Nathan Tinkler got out from under more than $540 million worth of debt
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Ukraine:

Will Ukraine get the IMF on board this autumn?
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