January 25, 2021

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Law:

Top 25 Am Law Firm Announces Bonuses — And 43% Of Associates Made More Money Than Market
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McDermott Expands Finance & Restructuring Capabilities in London
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Bayard Elects Bankruptcy Lawyer Daniel Brogan as Director of the Firm
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Lawyer Fined For Slapping A Colleague’s Butt
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Who Says You Need A T-14 Law School Degree To Be Successful?
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Big Law Boiz Brings The Hilarious Memes All Lawyers Need On Instagram
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'Too Big for My Britches': The Rise and Fall of a Big Law Attorney
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Program aims to create new generation of civil rights lawyers with scholarships and training
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Ex-DOJ Official Called ‘Radioactive’ After Alleged Election Plot
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Trump Plotted With DOJ Lawyer to Oust AG: NYT Attorneys Enraged at Revelation of Trump’s 'Utterly Insane' Plot to Install Loyalist Attorney General to Overturn Georgia Election Schumer calls for IG probe into alleged plan by Trump, DOJ lawyer to oust acting AG
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Republican congressman played a role in Trump's campaign to fight election loss: NYT
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Biden officials weigh releasing Trump tax records sought by House panel Congress Still Pursuing Donald Trump’s Tax Returns, Judge Told
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Courtrooms and creditors likely to loom large in Trump's post-presidency life
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Trump Left A Big Legal Mess For Biden
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Trump’s Impeachment Lawyer Saved Philandering Sanford
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Romney: Impeachment trial after Trump has left office is constitutional Is it constitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a former president?
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Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill Why Biden’s immigration plan may be risky for Democrats Texas AG sues Biden administration over deportation freeze Texas Case Against Biden Hinges on Legality of Last-Minute Deal U.S. to reverse Trump's 'draconian' immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president
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Army Corps of Engineers halts border wall construction after Biden’s executive order
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MyPillow CEO Hires Gawker-Killing Lawyer to Go After Daily Mail for Jane Krakowski Affair Story MyPillow’s Mike Lindell Hires Former Trump Attorney to Sue the Daily Mail For Claiming He Dated ‘30 Rock’ Star
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Capitol attack reflects US extremist evolution over decades
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Aloha shirts on ‘boogaloos’ link symbol of peace to violence
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Global Right-Wing Extremism Networks Are Growing. The U.S. Is Just Now Catching Up.
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Rioter Who Helped Drag Officer Down U.S. Capitol Steps Tried to Flee to Switzerland: Feds Pro-Trump Rioter Arrested After Posting Selfie From Inside the Capitol: ‘Just Wanted to Incriminate Myself a Little LOL” FAA Employee Who Said World War 3 Was Going to Happen on Jan. 6 Was Pictured in Plain Sight Inside Capitol: FBI Trump-Supporting N.J. Woman, Who Fled Lebanese Civil War as a Child, Stormed Capitol Believing That ‘Civil War Is Coming’: FBI ‘Zip Tie Guy’ Who Invaded the Capitol with His Mom Ordered Released Before Trial Zip Tie Rioter Had Arsenal at Home Texas Man Brought His Girlfriend with Him to 'Take on the Revolution' at Capitol, Documented It All on Social Media and Was Arrested New York City Sanitation Worker in QAnon Hoodie Charged in Capitol Siege Case Justice Department, FBI debate not charging some of the Capitol rioters US police weigh officer discipline after rally, Capitol riot Man who stormed U.S. Capitol charged with threatening to assassinate Rep. Ocasio-Cortez While my wife guarded the Capitol, my mom joined the horde surrounding it Man who punched cop during Capitol riot has brother in Secret Service who is friends with Michelle Obama A former Houston cop charged with storming the US Capitol changed his story in an interview with the feds. Now he says he was there to see 'historical art' Son tips off FBI about father attending Capitol riot A former Trump White House spokesperson said the Capitol riots gave the ex-president's legacy a 'black eye' Army vet accused by FBI of conspiring in Capitol insurrection Trump campaign paid organizers of pre-riot rally US$2.7 million Capitol Riot: Which States Have Made The Most Arrests?
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Calls grow for 9/11-style panel to probe Capitol attack
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Trump is gone. But the threat of right-wing violence that arose under his watch remains.
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Trump-DOJ Election ‘Plot’ Will be Probed by Senate Democrats
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After paramilitary groups helped storm the Capitol, here's what we know about armed groups and politics Biden Orders Review of Domestic Violent Extremism Threat
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Fired Texas Lawyer Cites Lord of the Rings, Declares 'Gondor Has No King' in Lawsuit That Wants Pro-Trump 'Stewards' to Sideline Joe Biden
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Hobbit Law Cited In Wacky Trump-Loving Lawsuit To Overturn Election
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Cops: Ambulance Thief Caught At Drive-Thru
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Tacoma police car plows through crowd of pedestrians gathered at downtown street race Police Vehicle Plows Through Street Crowd, Runs Over At Least One Person (Video) At least one hospitalized after Tacoma police officer drives into crowd
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Violent demonstrations signal a fractured left
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Former ADT employee admits he watched customers have sex for years through their cameras
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Texas Supreme Court Silently Denies Alex Jones All Forms of Relief: Sandy Hook Families and Others Can Now Sue Conspiracy Theorist and InfoWars into the Ground
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Tiger King Joe Exotic Can’t Believe Trump Didn’t Pardon Him
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Trump pressed DOJ to go to Supreme Court in bid to overturn election: report
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Judge: Kenosha shooter can’t associate with supremacists Kenosha killing suspect Kyle Rittenhouse's bond terms changed after bar visit
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Breonna Taylor grand jurors file petition to impeach Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron
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Police: Black teens wrongly detained at Target in California
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Son of couple killed in Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting sues Colt and NRA for radicalizing killer
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Bail is denied in new rape case against lawyer who was once named a most eligible bachelor
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Judges:

BK NV: The Bankruptcy Bugle Newsletter
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Stat Of The Week: Biden’s Outlook For Naming Judges
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Why work? It's a question the Supreme Court will answer
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures rise ahead of busy week for earnings
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If It Looks Like a Bubble and Swims Like a Bubble
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The stock market is at or near the most-expensive levels ever by most measures
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Layoffs:

WARN Act Ruling Poses Challenge for Employers Conducting Pandemic-Related Layoffs
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FedEx to lay off up to 6,300 workers in Europe
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Non-Profits:

USA Gymnastics Looking for New Legal Chief, Counsel Steps Down
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As the NRA fights for its life in bankruptcy protection, some see less protections for guns The NRA declares bankruptcy: 5 questions answered
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Student Debt:

Biden promised to forgive student debt. Don’t expect the relief anytime soon
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This Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree paid off $65,000 in debt before she finished grad school—and her husband’s loans are next
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The limits of Biden's plan to cancel student debt
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Biden Looks to Ease U.S. Student Debt
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What the U.S. Can Learn From the World About Student Debt
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Biden’s Student Loan Freeze Shows Path to Erase Billions of Debt
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Politics:

Undoing Trump's legacy: Biden wastes no time in first 100 hours as president Biden’s First Actions, Proposals Offer Little Compromise to GOP
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The Bidens were reportedly left waiting outside the White House on Inauguration Day because Trump sent the staff home
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Here are the executive actions Biden will take this week
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Fight over the rules grinds the Senate to a halt, imperiling Biden's legislative agenda
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50-50 Senate? It's Been Done Before
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Progressives pressure Schumer to end filibuster
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Dick Durbin calls absolute protection of Senate filibuster 'a non-starter’
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Krugman: The Corrupt, the Clueless and Joe Biden
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Senate Deal Delays Trump Trial, Clears Way for Biden Nominees Arguments in Trump’s Impeachment Trial to Begin Week of Feb. 8 Marco Rubio: It's 'arrogant' to impeach Trump to ban him from running again Impeachment trial to keep National Guard troops at Capitol 'The trial is stupid': Senate Republicans throw cold water on Trump impeachment U.S. Senate's Schumer says Trump impeachment trial will be fair but move quickly Prominent Senate Republican warns Trump trial could spark more impeachments Growing number of GOP senators oppose impeachment trial House sending Trump impeachment to Senate, GOP opposes trial Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial Trump plots revenge as Democrats push on with second impeachment trial
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How Biden Plans to Beat Republican Obstructionism
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The Coming Backlash Against Bidenism
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This was a great week for America. But the country’s system is broken in ways even Biden is unlikely to fix
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85% diversity on Biden people team
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Biden apologizes to National Guard chief after 5,000 soldiers had to reportedly sleep in a DC parking garage with only one bathroom
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Now Even the QAnon Shaman Disowns Trump: I Was Duped Lawyer for 'Guy with the Horns and the Fur' Claims His Client Finally Realizes He’s Been 'Duped' by Trump
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QAnon believers seek to adapt their extremist ideology for a new era: 'Things have just started' QAnon Follower Claimed ‘World War 3’ Coming Before Capitol Riot
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MyPillow Guy among the Trump acolytes picking up the torch
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Supporters’ words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial
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McConnell privately says he wants Trump gone as Republicans quietly lobby him to convict
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Why McConnell Dumped Trump
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Democrats float 14th Amendment to bar Trump from office
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Americans remain sorely divided as Biden's quest for unity begins One county, worlds apart: Bridging the political divide
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Washington gets whiplash in shift from Trump to Biden
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“The President Threw Us Under the Bus”: Embedding with Pentagon Leadership in Trump’s Chaotic Last Week
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Jill Biden thanks Guard members with chocolate chip cookies
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Trump shuns ‘ex-presidents club’ — and the feeling is mutual
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Will There Be a Trump Presidential Library? Don’t Count On It.
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Florida lawmakers say 'no' to renaming Palm Beach International after Trump
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One of Trump’s final acts will allow former aides to profit from foreign ties
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Trump to use threat of the new Patriot Party to pressure Republican senators not to convict him in an impeachment trial: Report
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GOP implosion: Trump threats, payback
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As president, Trump made 30,573 false claims
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Does Donald Trump Have Any Real Future in the Hotels Business?
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Members are quitting 'sad' Mar-a-Lago after Trump loses
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Arizona Republicans censure Cindy McCain and GOP governor Cindy McCain Responds to Being Censured Republicans who impeached Trump are already on the chopping block Trump's coming impeachment trial aggravates rift among Republicans
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Republicans Have Decided Not to Rethink Anything
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State Republicans push new voting restrictions after Trump’s loss
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival Cruise Line extends cancellations through April
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Fitness:

Pandemic changing fitness industry
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Struggling Planet Fitness Adds El Pollo Loco CEO And 7-Eleven COO To Its Board
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Commodity Brokers:

CFTC Overhauls Its Commodity Broker Bankruptcy Rules
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Religion:

In a first for Spain, Jesuits admit to decades of sex abuse
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Pro-Trump Pastor Mocks Biden Message of 'Unity,' Blasts LGBTQ Protections
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Pensions:

Liquidation Lessons From 11th Circ. Pension Plan Ruling
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Mass Torts:

Imerys Seeks Injunction To Stop Cyprus Talc Claims
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Entertainment:

New 007 Release Delayed For 3rd Time As Pandemic Continues To Batter Film Industry
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Economy:

U.S. factory activity near 14-year high; home sales rise in December
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Late Credit Card Payments at Historically Low Levels in U.S.
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Coronavirus has inflamed global inequality
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Biden's food-stamp boost comes as 30 million U.S. households go hungry
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Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio says the US is on the 'brink of a terrible civil war' because of wealth gaps and political partisanship
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The Dollar's Crash Is Only Just Beginning
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Bankruptcy, Bailout, or Bust: Early Corporate Responses to the Business and Financial Challenges of COVID-19
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It could take the poor a decade to recover from pandemic losses, Oxfam warns Oxfam: Megarich Recovered from Pandemic
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Yellen nomination sails through Senate panel; final vote set for Monday
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Joe Biden’s promises on the economy: A closer look
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Biden plans to sign order for govt to buy more US goods
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‘A massive second-half recovery’: Biden, China and the global economy
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Q4 GDP Forecasts
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FOMC Preview
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World’s Economic Recovery Gets Delayed by Slow Vaccine Rollouts
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Crisis Lessons Trigger Post-Covid Austerity Warning From OECD
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A former Trump economic official supports Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package
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Covid Shot Scarcity Weighs on Hopes for Biden’s Global Push
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Biden’s stimulus may be too big amid economic recovery, should be targeted at those most impacted
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Senior Democrats drafting plan to give parents $3,000 per child in Biden stimulus
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Bernie Sanders: Dems will use reconciliation to pass Covid relief ‘as soon as we possibly can’
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Biden Seeks to Juice Economy as Congress Spars Over Stimulus
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Biden $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan may cut child poverty in half. Here’s how
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Biden, citing 'economic imperative,' orders faster relief checks, more food aid Biden says we need to act 'decisively and boldly' Stimulus plan: Why Biden ‘very much wants to do a bipartisan deal’ White House Will Pitch $1.9 Trillion Plan to Reluctant Senators Biden's narrow path to COVID relief Bipartisan Senators Push Back on Biden Plan
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Companies are selling stock at record pace to start the year
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Biden faces tough choices on trade after Trump
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Britain’s Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal
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Census Estimates Show Population Decline in 16 States
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Companies are racing to build digital passports for people to prove they’ve had the Covid vaccine
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Changes to Social Security under Biden could come as soon as this year
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Private equity bets on delayed tax reform in Biden administration
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To Revive Manhattan, Wall Street Offers Help With Vaccinations
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The U.S. government is making the same borrowing mistakes that led to the housing crash
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Carnival cancels more cruises and Bond flick postponed again in latest signs of tough COVID-19 slog
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Bridgewater's Dalio sees U.S. divided, in 'terrible financial state'
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Davos ski resort eerily quiet without economic talkfest this year
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Hurting long before COVID-19, failing companies took stimulus money then closed anyway
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Pandemic aftershocks overwhelm global supply lines
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Metrics: Did We Bring Back Jobs from China?
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Companies Giving Up on US for China
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Worst State to Live in America
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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:

$25 billion in federal rent aid covers less than half of what tenants owe
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Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Increased Slightly
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National Mortgage Delinquency Rate Decreased in December
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Covid-19’s Financial Toll Mounts as Homeowners Keep Postponing Mortgage Payments
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NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 6.76 million in December Comments on December Existing Home Sales
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Trump-Branded New York Building Looks to Remove President’s Name
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The real danger of releasing the GSEs from conservatorship
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Municipalities:

New York Loses $1.6 Billion in Tax Revenue From Property Deals
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Puerto Rico Gov. Pierluisi seeks 'equality' in funding to tackle Covid, reconstruction
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The Unfinished Business of Flint’s Water Crisis
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Oil/Gas:

Oil services companies signal worst is over for sector
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BP All But Stops Looking for New Oil
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Borr Drilling Reaches Agreements with Creditors to Improve Liquidity
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Gains in Natural Gas Patch Help Continue Recovery in U.S. Rig Activity
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Even without Keystone XL, U.S. set for record Canadian oil imports
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Union: Keystone Xl Decision Will Raise Energy Costs for American Families
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Hydrogen is going to take 25% of all oil demand by 2050, Bank of America analyst says
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Renewables Surpass Fossil Fuels in EU
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What Biden's EV push could mean for jobs
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Oil Industry Reels as Biden Targets Fossil Fuels in First Days
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Canceled Keystone XL Pipeline May Yield 48,000 Tons of Scrap
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Healthcare:

Florida reports 277 COVID-19 deaths Friday, tying state record
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“We’ve Let the Worst Happen”: Reflecting on 400,000 Dead
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California keeps key virus data out of public sight
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2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs
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Millions More Texans Have Had COVID-19 Than We Like to Pretend
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Poll: Half in U.S. still not wearing masks when out in public
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Most Americans Approve of Biden’s Actions on Covid
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U.S. Sees Record Single-Day Drop in Covid Hospitalizations
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U.S. Surpasses 25 Million Covid-19 Infections
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CDC director says federal government does not know how much Covid vaccine the U.S. has
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White House says U.S. states can’t directly purchase Covid vaccine under emergency use authorization
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U.S. largely avoided Christmas coronavirus surge, but experts warn the threat could intensify
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CDC Finds One in 400,000 Had Anaphylaxis After Moderna Shot
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How the 'California miracle' dissolved into a winter coronavirus nightmare
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CDC extends interval between COVID vaccine doses for exceptional cases
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Texas says prioritizing Dallas areas most vulnerable to COVID-19 for vaccination doesn't comply with state guidelines
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Denmark is sequencing all coronavirus samples and has an alarming view of the U.K. variant
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U.S. to Boost Surveillance of Covid Virus Variant, CDC Head Says
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Vaccines May Work Less Well on Variants, U.K.’s Hancock Warns
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Biden health officials express concern about short-term vaccine supply crunch
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Trump administration had no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan: White House
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Deborah Birx says there were 'definitely' COVID-19 deniers in the Trump White House Deborah Birx Says Some Donald Trump White House Staff Believed COVID Was a Hoax Deborah Birx: ‘Parallel set of data’ on Covid-19 was delivered to Trump
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Birx says there was no "full-time team" working on COVID response in Trump White House
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Coronavirus updates: 17% of US has been infected, model estimates; Capitol Police, National Guard outbreaks reported
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Biden says nothing can change the trajectory of the Covid pandemic over the next several months
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Biden's 100-Day Vaccine Goal Was Nearly Met Before He Arrived
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Slow Vaccine Campaign Remains a ‘Puzzle’ to Ex-Warp Speed Chief
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Boris Johnson says some evidence new Covid variant in the UK may be more deadly
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The U.S. is racing to stay ahead of new Covid strains as virus mutates, Biden health officials say
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Buyer Beware: COVID Vaccines Netting Big Bucks Online
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Johnson & Johnson plans to have 100 million vaccines for Americans by spring, board member says
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Pfizer to ship fewer COVID-19 vaccine vials, citing extra dose
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See expert's plan to end pandemic in four weeks
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Fauci: Trump administration's Covid strategy 'very likely did' cost lives
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Numerous Capitol Police officers, National Guard troops who responded to riot test positive for coronavirus
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In Zimbabwe, Coronavirus Sick Told to Buy Their Own Ventilators
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Disjointed vaccine distribution poses early test for Biden
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What happened when one Chinese city shut down after new Covid outbreak
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In ambulances, an unseen, unwelcome passenger: COVID-19
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Oxygen Scarcity Swells Covid-19’s Death Toll
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Borders tighten around world as coronavirus curfew fury spills over
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The Covid-19 Vaccination Race
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Education:

New Hampshire schools face virus-related loss of funds
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Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen
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Schools face an uphill battle to reopen during the pandemic
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School board members silently refuse to wear masks in honor of a teacher who died of covid
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Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district
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Sports:

IOC plans to vaccinate every Olympic athlete to save Tokyo games Are the Olympics still going to happen in 2021? Here’s what we know.
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State health department halts all University of Michigan sports for two weeks
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Crypto:

Fears Bitcoin ‘whales’ could trigger crash with just 2,500 people controlling nearly HALF of market
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Overall bitcoin-related crime fell last year, but one type of crypto hack is booming
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Montana County to Hold Public Hearings on Zoning Rules for Crypto Miners Amid Growing Complaints
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Lagarde: Bitcoin Conducts Funny Business
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Tech:

Facebook earnings still flourishing amid pandemic, economic slowdown and antitrust scrutiny
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Tech companies are leaving Silicon Valley for cheaper cities
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Twitter Bans Account Linked To Iran's Supreme Leader
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Fraud:

Man used $2M in COVID relief for a Bentley, Tesla, Las Vegas condos: feds
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Civil Settlement in PPP Loan Fraud Case Opens New Battle Lines
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Nursing Homes:

How one nursing home warded off the coronavirus and saved lives
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

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Houston-area business bankruptcy filings down 62% year over year
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Bankruptcy Fees:

New Chapter 11 Quarterly Fee Schedule Effective April 1, 2021
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Bankruptcy Reform:

One way to reform the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process
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Automatic Stay:

Stand Pat, Don’t Act: Supreme Court Holds That Mere Retention of Debtor Property Does Not Violate Section 362(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code’s Automatic Stay Provision
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The Far-Reaching Implications Of High Court Ch. 13 Ruling
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IP:

Intellectual Property Valuation within a Bankruptcy Context Part Two
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LBOs:

New LBO Practices May Be Warranted Based on the Nine West Decision
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

In California, San Fernando Valley Real Estate Developer Charged with Concealing Assets and Making False Statements in Bankruptcy Proceeding
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Aviation:

These travelers faked negative COVID tests and got away with it
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United Airlines CEO calls on companies to mandate COVID-19 vaccination
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United Airlines launches new employee exit deals with pay, memo shows
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Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again 'too early'
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The Trump Administration Let Boeing Settle a Killer Case for Almost Nothing
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KLM to Keep Flying Long Haul With Deal for Testing at Airport
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Seychelles Sees National Carrier as ‘Great Problem,’ Nation Says Seychelles President Suggests Air Seychelles Could Only Fly Domestic
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Biden to Reinstate COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, Impose Ban on South Africa Biden to impose travel restrictions on South Africa, U.K. and Brazil to mitigate new Covid strains
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Irish court grants extension to Norwegian Air's debt restructuring
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Food/Beverage:

Ruby Tuesday bankruptcy judge approves executive bonus plan
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Judge orders evidentiary hearing in Crack’d Egg fight against Allegheny County
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Cannabis:

After Bankruptcy, Pyxus Looks To Unload Canadian Pot Biz
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First Big Tobacco marijuana player exits marijuana, hemp after bankruptcy
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Retailing:

Godiva is closing or selling all of its stores in the United States
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Stage Is Set For Another Record-Breaking Year Of Retail Bankruptcies: Who’s Next?
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J.C. Penney loses another top executive
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Retail Mergers and Acquisitions Look Promising, Says Acuris
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Talbots downgraded by S&P as pandemic weighs on sales, cash flow
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In quest for profit, American Eagle plans as many as 225 store closures
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Bankrupt Francesca's to be acquired after court approval of winning bid
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Climate:

Biden administration to unveil more climate policies, urges China to toughen emissions target
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Maritime:

Shippers Saw a Need for Bigger Boats. They Built Them Too Big
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An ‘aggressive’ fight over containers is causing shipping costs to rocket by 300%
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Transit:

The pandemic could devastate mass transit in the U.S. — and not for the reason you think
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Don't talk on the subway, say French doctors, to limit COVID-19 spread
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Cemeteries:

State makes final argument against former Eternal Hills owner
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UK:

English councils battling financial ruin
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Administrations fall to historic low
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Retail sales slump by largest annual fall since records began
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UK vaccination drive expands as virus toll nears 100,000
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UK doctors seek review of 12-week gap between vaccine doses
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Britain's coronavirus cases fall again amid 'scaremongering' row: Scientists play down more deadly variant claim and admit it's 'not a game changer' as new infections drop by 18% in a week
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UK to quarantine visitors from nations with high COVID-19 risk, Daily Mail says
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Johnson Pledges to Do ‘Whatever it Takes’ to Support U.K. Jobs
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Matt Hancock admits 'uncertainty' over whether Covid variant is more deadly despite repeating claim it could be up to 50 per cent more lethal
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Rotting fish, lost business and piles of red tape. The reality of Brexit hits Britain
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Pubs and restaurants could stay shut until July as councils are given power to extend lockdown rules
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EU:

To hit Commission target, EU vaccine rollout should be 5 times faster EU leaders see ‘dark red’ and urge Brussels to speed up vaccine delivery
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AstraZeneca: Coronavirus vaccine deliveries to EU reduced
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EU says it will make vaccine companies respect supply contracts: Michel
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Europe Stays in Lockdown Mode
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PIIGS:

Spain’s virus surge hits mental health of front-line workers
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Italy reports 488 coronavirus deaths and 13,331 new cases
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Canada:

Canada Worries About Biden’s ‘Buy American’ After Keystone Blow
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MENA:

Ultra-Orthodox attack Israeli police amid lockdown tensions
(DBN)

Israel bans international flights to curb coronavirus spread Israel targets flights, religious scofflaws, as virus rages
(DBN)

Israeli Vaccination Drive Curbing Infection and Hospitalization
(DBN)

Top Lebanese hospitals fight exhausting battle against virus
(DBN)

Schiff asks new intel chief Avril Haines to declassify Jamal Khashoggi report
(DBN)

Cash-Strapped Iraq in Talks With IMF on $6 Billion Loan Package
(DBN)

Four Years of Crisis: Charting Iran’s Economy Under Trump
(DBN)

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Hong Kong:

Thousands of Hong Kongers locked down to contain coronavirus
(DBN)

____________

Taiwan:

Taiwan reports large incursion by Chinese air force
(DBN)

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Belgium:

Belgium bans leisure travel for a month to combat pandemic
(DBN)

____________

Brazil:

Brazil begins distributing AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
(DBN)

Oxygen Shortage Plunges the Amazon's Capital Into a Covid Nightmare
(DBN)

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Russia:

More than 2,700 arrested across Russia as protests swell for jailed opposition leader Navalny
(DBN)

____________

Indonesia:

Indonesia will take at least a year to reach Covid ‘herd immunity,’ says minister
(DBN)

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Taiwan:

Taiwan Orders up to 5,000 People to Quarantine in Virus Outbreak
(DBN)

____________

France:

France Faces Renewed Lockdown ‘Within Days’, JDD Says French Covid Cases Hit 3 Million Amid Talk of New Lockdown
(DBN)

French COVID-19 intensive care numbers down for first time in two weeks
(DBN)

French Group Advises Delaying Second Shots to Vaccinate Faster
(DBN)

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Russia:

High corporate debt dampens Russia's growth prospects
(DBN)

____________

Sweden:

Swedish Prime Minister Admits Strategy to Stop Virus Fell Short
(DBN)

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Norway:

Norway Locks Down Oslo Area to Fight Spread of New Covid Variant
(DBN)

____________

Japan:

Japan Still Has Mountain to Climb Before It Can Lift Emergency
(DBN)

Covid-19 leaves Japan’s ski resorts deserted amid perfect conditions for famed Japow powder snow
(DBN)

____________

Mexico:

Mexico's death toll from COVID-19 set to pass grim milestone of 150,000
(DBN)

Mexico’s president says he’s tested positive for COVID-19
(DBN)

As Mexico enters the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, its vaccination plan takes a hit
(DBN)

____________

Netherlands:

Police detain 100 in Amsterdam after protest over lockdown, curfew Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in 2 cities
(DBN)

____________

China:

China sees fall in new COVID-19 cases amid strict local lockdowns
(DBN)

China pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, virus
(DBN)

____________

India:

Amazon Asks India Court to Jail Retail Tycoon in Legal Spat
(DBN)

____________

Argentina:

YPF stuns creditors as nation’s dollars dwindle
(DBN)

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