Law:

Biglaw Firms Without Office Attendance Mandates Are Figuring Out What Works -- And What Doesn't
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Midlevel Associates' Favorite New York Biglaw Firm
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Midlevel Biglaw Associates Want Offices With Windows, And They Want Them Now
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Partners Are Frustrated With 'Zoom Associates.' But Will Threatening Their Bonuses Change That?
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Unsatisfied With Her $140k Salary, Law Firm Controller Gave Herself a Raise
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Mayer Brown Looks to Reignite Debtor's Practice After Largest Company-Side Restructuring in Firm History
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Savills U.S. Law Firm Activity Report Q2 2023
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Star Kirkland lawyers resign on a Sunday in corporate law power move
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Trump's latest celebrity lawyer, lawsuits against three top Biglaw firms, another Cravath partner departure, and other legal news from the week that was.
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The Billable Hour Requirement Red Flag
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Research is most common generative AI use case among lawyers
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Law Firm Closures Highlight a Tale of Two Markets
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Lateral Attorney Hiring Trends In 2023: Adapting To A Shifting Economy
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American Bar Association denounces ‘attack’ on law firm diversity initiatives
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August 25, 2023 Bankruptcy Quiz
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Is US law firm leasing rebounding post-pandemic?
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Firm Ownership Debate Rages Amid ABA Innovation Leader Change-Up
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Murder Draws Disbarment
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Investigation Reportedly Launched Into Federalist Society's Leonard Leo's Network Of Organizations
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Ex-Law Professor Sues Former Students For $108M Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
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Onslaught of court dates could sideline Trump • Poll: 62% Say He 'Committed Crime' • Lock Him Up? A New Poll Has Some Bad News for Trump
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Trump co-defendant remains in jail; Cannot afford lawyer • Only Trump RICO co-defendant in custody was charged with assaulting federal agents
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Florida lawyer files challenge to disqualify Trump from 2024 race, citing 14th Amendment • Legal Scholars Say the 14th Amendment Bars Trump From Office. Here’s What History Says
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What's next for Trump in the Georgia case? • US Judge to Set Trial Date for Trump Over Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election • Trump lawyers back in DC court as two sides differ over trial date in election subversion case • Trump's new Georgia attorney has experience with rappers and racketeering cases • Raskin says Trump’s Georgia case ‘custom made’ for prosecuting racketeering • Maybe The New Trump Lawyer's Music Background Will Stop 45 From Singing Like A Bird • Georgia courtroom battles begin Monday in next stage of Trump case • Three Trump codefendants say they became false electors at Trump's 'direction' • Jeffrey Clark Was Almost Our Attorney General — Now He’s Fulton County Inmate No. P01135824 • Why Donald Trump, a billionaire, is using a bondsman to pay his $200,000 bail in Georgia • What George Conway thinks about Mark Meadows’ defense argument in Georgia case • Judge to hear arguments on Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election case to federal court • Christie says Meadows has ‘argument to make’ in moving Georgia case to federal court • Removal in the Georgia Prosecution: A Low Bar but Weak Arguments • Trump allies' push to move Georgia subversion trial could mean delays • First test in Georgia v. Trump: Can prosecutors keep home-court advantage?
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Trump allies face ruinous cash squeeze after Georgia indictment • Trump codefendants could face $500k in legal fees unless they strike a deal: expert
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Trump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts
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Drama unfolds on two fronts Monday as Trump cases enter new phase
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Trump attorney blows off weight of criminal charges: ‘We’re not concerned’
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Dershowitz Explains That Trump Demand To 'Find 11,780 Votes' Was Totally 'Exculpatory'
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Trump allies at center of Jan. 6 cases navigate dueling prosecutions
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Raskin says Trump ‘absolutely’ disqualified from running for president after Jan. 6 insurrection
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'He can't control himself': Trump put on notice judges may be forced to jail him
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New York's Democratic mayor and the Biden administration are fighting over what to do about a surge of migrants
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Gunman kills three, himself in racially motivated shooting -Jacksonville sheriff • A white man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, then kills himself • Jacksonville shooter killed Black shoppers with legally purchased guns • Assault rife was covered in Nazi swastikas • Florida shooting victim planned to spend Saturday with his daughter. He was killed before he could. • Investigators believe gunman committed shooting because it was the anniversary of video game tourney attack • What we know about the victims and the gunman in the racially motivated Jacksonville shooting • Florida gunman, 21, had racist manifestos - police • Biden decries Jacksonville shooting: "White supremacy has no place" in U.S.
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2 dead, 5 were injured in shooting at downtown Louisville restaurant
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‘Vanderpump Rules’ Stars & Other Reality TV Participants Can Break NDAs To Reveal “Unlawful Acts,” Bravo Says, As Potential Lawsuits Loom
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Police say University of South Carolina student fatally shot while trying to enter wrong home
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The next big abortion battleground: Pennsylvania • After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico • Abortion pill maker loses bid to block West Virginia's abortion ban • Virginia Gov. Youngkin eyes a 15-week abortion ban as a 'consensus' voters will back
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Texas Says a Fetus Is a Child, Except When a Parent Sues a Negligent Doctor or State Official
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Alec Baldwin Could Be Back In Court For Defamation
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Wife who regretted infidelity lied about being raped so she could get free STD test: State
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DNA links dead 'serial predator' to brutal cold-case murder of college student
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A Sperm Donor Chases a Role in the Lives of the 96 Children He Fathered
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Ignored by police, twin sisters took down their cyberstalker themselves
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BTK serial killer's decades-old journal entries made him 'prime suspect' in 2 more murders
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Judges:

Two Justices Clash on Congress’s Power Over Supreme Court Ethics • Supreme Court ethics debate divides justices, court watchers, former clerks
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Judge's 'Inappropriate' Facebook Comments Lead To 'Harsh Lesson' • 'I Have Learned a Harsh Lesson': Judge Faces Censure for Facebook Comments
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Judges Skeptical Florida ‘Woke’ Ban Can Dodge Free Speech Claims
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Wisconsin Supreme Court flips liberal, creating a ‘seismic shift’
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise to kick off the final trading week of a rocky August
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Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Meta see a combined $625 billion wipeout in market value amid August’s stock slump
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Twitchy Traders Have S&P 500 Comebacks Fizzling at Historic Pace
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Markets Brace for Swings After High-Rates Mantra of Jackson Hole
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Layoffs:

Rural town braces for Tyson plant closure as manufacturing booms elsewhere
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RBC could cut 1,800 jobs next quarter
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AI vs. Humans: Which Performs Certain Skills Better?
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Retailing:

Bankrupt retailer Party City has a new survival plan
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Bed Bath & Beyond shareholders left holding ‘worthless stock’ as bankruptcy hearing approaches
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Gap Is Destroyed
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Joann Lenders Tap Adviser as Craft Retailer Looks to Shore Up Cash
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Discounts Make a Comeback as Shoppers Get Picky About Spending
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San Francisco Nordstrom closes after nearly three decades in business amid rise in crime
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Crypto:

Three Arrows Capital Co-Founder Avoids Contempt and Sanctions in United States, But Bankruptcy Court Previews Worldwide Enforcement Options
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New docs reveal how Sam Bankman-Fried might defend himself at trial
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FTX debtors' personal data compromised in bankruptcy hack; FBI partakes in investigation • SIM swap against Kroll staffer leads to data breach • FTX suspends user accounts amid Kroll cyber breach concerns
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FTX Bahamas Pursues Staggering $9.15 Billion in Claims Against US Affiliates, Unveils Complex Legal Battle
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Judge Cites Ripple Case in Rejecting CEL's Security Classification in Bankruptcy Proceedings • U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Declines to Classify CEL Token Amidst Ripple Controversy • Judge Denies CEL Valuation Boost; Evades CEL's Security Classification in Celsius Saga
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Judge denies stakeholders’ request for representation in Celsius bankruptcy case
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Crypto Startup Bankrupt After Losing Password to $38.9 Million Physical Crypto Wallet
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Celsius Network bankruptcy saga: Judge denies separate class for stakeholders
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Celsius Token Holders Lose Bid to Hike CEL Valuation
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Proposed crypto tax rules draw ire from industry groups
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Crisis-Stricken Vauld To Appoint New CEO, Board To Aid Creditor Bailout
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Crypto Exchanges to Report Customer Data Under Treasury Proposal
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Prime Trust Filing Reveals Cascade of Failures That Led To Bankruptcy Filing • Crypto Collapse: Prime Trust's Fall From Grace and the Disappearing Wallet Mystery • Prime Trust Lost $8M in Doomed Terra Stablecoin Investment, CEO Says
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Vauld gets permission for board restructuring from the court
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Newspapers:

How a small-town feud in Kansas sent a shock through American journalism
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'Community for All' drama continues with a lawsuit, a near bankrupt newspaper and new legislation
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Labor:

Labor unions are pushing hard for double-digit raises and better hours. Many are winning
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UAW authorizes strike if talks fail to reach deal at Detroit Three • Sanders Urges Automakers to Reach ‘Fair’ Contract With UAW • Autoworkers’ Possible Strike Against Big Three Concerns Biden, He Says • Auto Union Boss Wants 46% Raise, 32-Hour Work Week in ‘War’ Against Detroit Carmakers
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85,000 Kaiser Workers Will Soon Vote To Authorize What Could Be The Biggest Healthcare Strike In US History
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Healthcare:

California bails out distressed hospitals, offers interest-free loans to 17 troubled providers
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Cancer-Focused Imagia Canexia Health Files for Bankruptcy 18 Months After Merger
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Biden urged to get tough as millions lose Medicaid
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Biden Wants Congress to Fund New Covid Shots for All Americans
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Most states in South have banned gender-affirming care for trans youth • Texas judge blocks ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors
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Mental health spending up 50 percent since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic: study
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Extreme heat has been so bad this summer that Americans without access to air conditioning are dying
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Accounting:

PwC UK Partners Will Not Be Celebrating Record-Breaking Million Dollar Payouts This Year
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Economy:

Global inflation pressures could become harder to manage in coming years, research suggests
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Powell warns of more interest rate hikes as inflation remains high • Fed Chair Powell: Inflation: Progress and the Path Ahead • Powell's 'higher for longer' mantra fans investor caution over economy • Powell Targets High-or-Higher Rate Path as Economy Picks Up • Key Takeaways From Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech
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Why Central Bankers Are Unsure Whether They’ve Raised Rates Enough - WSJ
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U.S. growth, a puzzle to policymakers, could pose global risks
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Fed Probably Needs at Least One More Rate Increase, Summers Says
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Warren Buffett may be bracing for a recession – and Michael Burry's latest big short is a 'good move,' says top economist Steve Hanke
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Sources of income for high and low earners
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Rate Hikes Curb Innovation and Economic Output, Jackson Hole Paper Finds
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At Jackson Hole, Post-Inflation Challenges Vex Central Bankers
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Powell Has Bond Traders Right Where He Wants Them: Full of Doubt
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An Early Look at the September FOMC Projections
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Q3 GDP Tracking: Moving Up
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Slower US Job Growth to Support Fed Patience
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‘Crisis-Size Deficits as Far as the Eye Can See’
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There are almost 4 million more open roles than job seekers in the U.S. Here’s why some economists think the immigration and labor crises are related • Raising immigration limits could help solve labor crisis: Economists
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Labor shortages plague high-stakes industries
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Remote workers' connection to companies' missions hits record low
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Young, rich workers are flocking to these 10 states, says new research
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US consumer bust shrinks world trade • US consumer spending is expected to cool further but not fall off a cliff • Consumers aren't even close to being tapped out. Here's why, and what that means for the stock market • U.S. Consumers Are Showing Signs of Stress, Retailers Say
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Credit card delinquencies continue uptick in July; charge-offs also rise
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GOP tensions between Senate, House raise shutdown odds • McCarthy says he doesn’t want stopgap funding in run-up to holidays
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The 50 Most Valuable Companies in the World in 2023
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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:

What A Bankruptcy Might Mean For WeWork’s Tenants • WeWork creditors weigh bankruptcy plan • Charted: The Rise and Fall of WeWork
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Mortgage lender AmeriFirst Financial files for bankruptcy
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Banks appear confident as commercial real estate delinquencies rise
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State of the U.S. Office Market - Q2 2023
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Low occupancy on office REITs amid high rent, more dispositions in Q2
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Landlords with $1.6 trillion of US commercial real estate debt face rising default risks
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Forecast: Multifamily Starts will Decline Sharply
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Americans Are Bailing on Their Home Insurance
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Your next apartment could be someone's old cubicle as developers rush to convert empty offices
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CA Ventures creditors to Tom Scott: This time it’s personal
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Honey, I shrunk the house: High mortgage rates are making American homes smaller • American homes are shrinking, but it isn't making houses any more affordable
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The 15 most in-demand ZIP codes for U.S. homebuyers
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Florida man allegedly injects chemicals into neighbor's apartment over noise complaints
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Two years after Hurricane Ida, a slow trickle of insurance and federal money for repairs
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico board submits third plan in attempt to restructure power company debt of $10 billion • BlackRock-Backed Puerto Rico Utility Deal Would Cut Debt by 75% • Oversight Board files PREPA plan of adjustment; BlackRock, Nuveen among those to settle
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Debt-ridden small town on cusp of bankruptcy or dissolving
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Hawaii Munis Plunge in Latest Investor Warning on Climate Risk
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An LNG plant could bring millions to bankrupt Chester. Leaders and residents are saying no thanks.
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From boomtown to bust, the story of San Francisco
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Oil/Gas:

Permian Shale Drilling Shrinks at Fastest Pace in Three Years
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US Consumer Year-Ahead Inflation Expectations Rise on Gasoline
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Electric Cars Pass a Crucial Tipping Point in 23 Countries
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The U.S. is pumping oil faster than ever. Republicans don't care
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Climate:

Much of Florida under state of emergency as possible tropical storm forms in Gulf of Mexico
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Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US
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More record heat in Dallas
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Simultaneous record heat hits multiple continents • The 77 places where extreme heat will break or tie records through Monday
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Super typhoon Saola threatens northern Philippines
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DeSantis Declares State of Emergency for Florida • Florida Braces for a Hurricane Forming in the Gulf of Mexico • Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to intensify into a hurricane as it churns toward Florida
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Climate activists call on Biden to take more forceful action
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Study reveals how much carbon damage would cost corporations if they paid for their emissions
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Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as offsets deemed ‘worthless’
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Panama Canal to extend transit restrictions for at least 10 more months • Panama’s Canal Is Drying Up and Its Bonds Are Getting Hit Hard
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Climate Change Is Helping Pests and Diseases Destroy Our Food
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The other 'Niño' that fuels the most destructive hurricanes
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Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury
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Drones, AI and Goats: The New Playbook to Curb Wildfires
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Food/Beverage:

France has too much wine. It’s paying millions to destroy the leftovers • France’s famous Bordeaux wine faces uncertain future with farmers ripping up vines
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Young Adults in U.S. Drinking Less Than in Prior Decades
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Gas Stations:

19 MEX centers, with Pilot branding, temporarily shut by operator bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

A couple with over $250,000 in student debt finally got their balance wiped out after nearly 3 decades of repayment: 'This is life-altering for us'
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Charted: The financial aid divide
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Pharma:

Billion-Dollar Drugs’ Makers Set to Face Their First US Price Negotiations
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The Real Reason Drugs Cost So Much — and Do Too Little
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased Slightly Year-over-year
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Utilities:

Greg Abbott Draws Outrage After ERCOT's Rolling Blackouts Warning • Texas heat wave spurs power prices to their highest since 2021 freeze
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Bankruptcy ‘Most Plausible’ Outcome For Hawaiian Electric As Stock Slides And Allegations Over Maui Fire Grow, Wells Fargo Says • Hawaiian Electric Suggests It’s Not To Blame For Lahaina Devastation • Electric Utility Linked to Maui Wildfires Hit with Securities Suit • Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires • Hawaiian Electric Falls After Halting Dividend, Drawing Credit
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Lesson From Maui: The US Grid Needs Trillions in Upgrades to Survive Climate Change
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Autos:

Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality
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GM pauses production of most pickup trucks amid parts shortage
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Labor Groups Target Hyundai, and Biden, Over Transition to Electric
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Celebs:

How Cleveland Browns legend Bernie Kosar went bankrupt after earning millions in the NFL
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Pillows:

Blue Torch Agrees to Buy Bankrupt Pillow Maker From H.I.G.
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Pharma:

As Medicare picks 10 drugs for price negotiations, 50 million people stand to benefit — even if their drugs aren’t on the list
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Personal Finance:

Powerball Lottery winner's downfall from $315million fortune to bankruptcy in 5 years
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Movie Theaters:

AMC’s Stock Conversion Is Over But Strategists Predict More Dilution
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Agribusiness:

Preparing to emerge from bankruptcy, AeroFarms focuses on future
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Finance:

Second Circuit Court Affirms Ruling That Syndicated Loans Are (Still) Not Securities
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Second Circuit Confirms That Syndicated Bank Loan Is Not a “Security”
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Education:

AI, holograms help museums tackle Holocaust, slavery
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Rail:

Dozens of Freight Trains, Including At Least 15 Carrying Hazardous Materials, Have Derailed Since East Palestine
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (114 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Healthcare Sector Bankruptcies Are On The Rise
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Mass Torts:

Drugmaker Mallinckrodt files for second bankruptcy in the US • Mallinckrodt Goes Bankrupt Amid Debt-Cut Plan, Opioid Deal • Mallinckrodt plc Takes Next Step to Implement Comprehensive Financial Restructuring Plan to Address Long-Term Debt and Opioid Obligations • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals backs down on promise to pay out $1.7 billion to those affected by opioid crisis
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Rite Aid to file for bankruptcy • Rite Aid is preparing for bankruptcy to avoid potentially massive liabilities from opioid lawsuits • Rite Aid Prepares Chapter 11 Bankruptcy to Restructure Debts
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3M agrees to pay more than $5.5B in settlement over military ear plugs • 3M agrees to pay $5.5 billion over defective military earplugs—about half what financial analysts expected
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Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Heads to the Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court temporarily halted the corrupt Sackler deal. A permanent fix is needed.
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Miracle Meadows abuse settlements reach $100M
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Aviation:

Fan blades, engine parts go missing from bankrupt Go First jets, Ireland-based lessor claims • Lessors tell court that Go First planes stripped of key parts
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Cash-Strapped Go First Airline Extends Flight Cancellations Till Aug 31
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An airport staffer has one life hack to avoid losing your bags when you travel
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5,000 pilots suspected of hiding major health issues. Most are still flying.
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US Wildlife Officials Stunned by Environmental Damage of SpaceX Explosion: Report
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Tech:

Entering the age of artificial truth
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Trump Can’t Go Home Again
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Dude Who Wants Copyrights And Patents On AI-Created Works Loses In Court Again • Art generated by AI can’t be copyrighted, DC court says
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A.I. Brings the Robot Wingman to Aerial Combat
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AI could choke on its own exhaust as it fills the web
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Politics:

Trump campaign reports raising more than $7 million after Georgia booking • Team Trump demands dibs on mug shot windfall
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'The dumbest poll yet': Trump flips out in midnight rant over Fox News election poll
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Why Trump’s Rivals May Not Care If He Beats Them
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Pence calls it ‘heartening’ to hear GOP candidates back him on Jan. 6
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Christie: Fellow GOP candidates' Trump support "most amazing part" of debate • Hutchinson ‘surprised’ so many GOP candidates said they’d support Trump if convicted • Christie says Trump as 2024 GOP nominee means four more years of Biden
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Vivek Ramaswamy floats Elon Musk as a potential White House advisor if he wins the 2024 presidential election • Vivek Ramaswamy's post-debate fundraising haul • Karl Rove hits Ramaswamy for ‘over-the-top’ debate performance that was ‘robotic’ • Ramaswamy doubles down on calling Pressley part of ‘modern KKK’ • Pressley fires back on Ramaswamy’s comments: ‘It is deeply offensive’ • Hutchinson knocks Ramaswamy’s criticism of Pressley, progressives: ‘He’s not really looking at real life in America’ • Ramaswamy Is the Model Minority of GOP Politics • GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is an 'unaffiliated' voter, records show • Vivek Ramaswamy says he would've certified 2020 results and Mike Pence missed ‘opportunity for heroism' • 5 Wildest Moments of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Sunday Show Blitz
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How ‘disaster politics’ could help make — or break — Newsom’s future
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Biden campaign co-chair dodges questions on president’s age
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Biden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt': AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch
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77 percent in new poll say Biden is too old to be effective if reelected
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What the History of Jesse Ventura and Jill Stein Means for Joe Biden
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No Labels to hold nominating convention in April, Joe Lieberman says
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Kevin McCarthy: House impeachment inquiry into Biden is a ‘natural step forward’ • House Republicans barrel toward Biden impeachment inquiry — but some hesitate
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Biden official says campaign won’t focus on Trump or Hunter Biden legal problems
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Biden's Job Approval 42%; Higher on Ukraine, Race Relations
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Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary • From MLK to today, the March on Washington highlights the evolution of activism by Black churches • MLK’s dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington • At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
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Arizona readies for Kari Lake and contentious Senate race
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Ramaswamy-Pence Clash Shows New Right’s Radical Break From Reaganism
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CPAC urged to probe more sexual misconduct claims against chair Matt Schlapp
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Pentagon protested false Fox News report about fallen Marine, emails show • Fox News Apologizes for Since Deleted Story About Fallen Soldier
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Religion:

America Is Losing Religious Faith
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Sovereigns:

No real fix to the sharp rise in public debt loads, economists say
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UK:

Nearly a third of councils in poorest areas on verge of bankruptcy • At least 26 English councils ‘at risk of bankruptcy in next two years’
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UK’s Bank of Mum and Dad Runs Dry as Homebuyers Turn to Siblings
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Experts skeptical Wilko deal will emerge with creditors in driving seat • New bid emerges for stricken retail chain
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Ilke Homes went under owing £320m
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UK Economic Outlook Darkens After Surprisingly Strong First Half
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EU:

Lagarde Says ECB Rates to Be as High as Needed for Inflation
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ECB’s Kazaks Says He Would Err on Side of Raising Interest Rates
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ECB’s Holzmann Sees Case for Rate Hike If No Surprises Turn Up
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Which EU Countries Deport the Most People?
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Bad loans set to increase at large Spanish, Italian, Austrian banks
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Russia:

The Godfather in the Kremlin
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The spiraling cost of war means growing economic pain for Russia
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Heineken sells off Russian beer business for €1
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To ‘crush the Russian army and strangle the troops in frontline fortifications,’ Ukraine needs to advance 10 more miles, says war expert
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G7 Will Support Ukraine for as Long as It Takes, Trudeau Says
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Allies will not support Ukraine if it moves hostilities to Russia, Zelensky says
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China:

Evergrande Restructuring Plan Faces Test as Creditors Vote • China Evergrande first-half net loss narrows to $4.5 billion • Evergrande seeks to resume trading in Hong Kong, ending 17-month halt after claiming it met all seven conditions imposed by exchange • Shares in the crisis-hit Chinese developer plunge by 80% • Evergrande shares plunge as much as 87% as trading resumes after 17 months
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Country Garden Troubles Threaten to Cause Mayhem for Chinese Property Firms and Banks
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China's slow-moving economic disaster • China’s Worsening Economic Slowdown Is Rippling Across the Globe • China’s economic model isn’t working, but that doesn’t mean the country’s headed for a ‘Lehman moment’ • China’s $10 trillion hidden debt mountain could be the ‘ticking time bomb’ that Joe Biden warned of • China’s Industrial Profits Drop Persists as Economy Weakens • China’s Market Rescue Is Failing as Xi Holds Back on Stimulus • China’s Economic Slump Continues to Batter Old Economy Steel and Coal Sectors • Everything China Is Doing to Juice Its Flagging Economy • China Markets Rally as Authorities Take Steps to Lift Sentiment
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Stimulus or bust: Investors staying out of China until the spending starts • Markets Show China Needs a Stimulus ‘Bazooka’ to Woo Investors
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India:

'Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code a crucial milestone in the economic reforms': PM Modi
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Firms show marked improvement in post-resolution phase
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Promoters are clearing their dues faster under the threat of insolvency
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Outrage in India as teacher tells students to slap classmate who is Muslim
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MENA:

Israel: How did Aura Air go from $60 million valuation to bankruptcy
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U.S. tells Israel mega-deal with Saudis must include concessions to Palestinians
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A CIA-backed 1953 coup in Iran haunts the country with people still trying to make sense of it
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Women once worked in this popular Afghan park. Now they’re not even allowed to visit • Taliban stop girls leaving Afghanistan for scholarships
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Biden honors service members killed during Afghanistan withdrawal • McCarthy orders Capitol flag at half-staff to honor 13 service members killed in Afghanistan exit
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Argentina:

IMF Board Approves $7.5 Billion Disbursement to Argentina
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Argentina Lifts Wages, Welfare in Defiance of IMF Austerity Push
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'Coldplay dollar' and 'Qatar dollar' highlight Argentina's bizarre currency system as it weighs ditching the peso
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The ‘false prophet’ v the pope: Argentina faces clash of ideologies in election
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New Zealand:

Top court orders Mainzeal directors, including ex PM, to pay $40m plus interest
(DBN)

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Sweden:

Sweden Housing Starts Nosedive in Sign of Worse Shortage to Come
(DBN)

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Switzerland:

Bankrupt Swiss Company Sells 20 Tonnes of Uranium Hexafluoride at Auction
(DBN)

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Germany:

German Inflation Trauma of 1923 Strikes an Uneasy Chord Today
(DBN)

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France:

France to ban Islamic dress in schools
(DBN)

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