April 24, 2017

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Law:

Partner Promotions Dip at New York's Largest Firms
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NY rests in Dewey Retrial, but defense's plans are still unclear
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Clients are increasingly demanding - and getting - firms to shoulder the risk of unwelcome outcomes
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Philly Firm Settles Suit By Former Associate Claiming He Was Bilked Of Bonus Money Associate settles suit claiming unfair billable-hours calculation caused him to lose out on bonuses
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How merged BigLaw firms can benefit from pooling profits
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Ohio Supreme Court orders halt in liquidation of defunct Chesley law firm
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McDermott Adds Restructuring Pro In London
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5 Survival Tips For New Associates
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What’s the typical background and seniority of a private company GC? I’m the Director of Legal at a startup and want the GC title. Is it doable?
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From Bridgegate to Bill O'Reilly, Probes Put Law Firms in the Hot Seat
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For richer for poorer: has the Hogan Lovells union delivered on its promise?
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Ex-judges, current and ex-prosecutors across the country throw support behind Florida atty removed from cases
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Hogan Lovells' CEO & Akin Gump's Chair Interview Each Other
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GE's Bruce McAlister on arrogance, accidental emails and not-so-dedicated partners
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Obama's Top Lawyer to Rejoin Kirkland & Ellis
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Linklaters scraps individual partner targets in effort to boost focus on teamwork
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The $500 Million Man Is Now A Name Partner At This Litigation Powerhouse
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Fewer lawyers moving in-house as associate pay packets grow
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O’Reilly Is Gone, But Fox News’s Legal Nightmare Continues Bill O'Reilly Now Understands Karma
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Would Big Law Boot Bill O'Reilly?
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Things you should never say when you meet someone new
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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Multitask, According to an MIT Neuroscientist
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5 ways to make people trust you
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Lawyers: Don’t be afraid to double down on data
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Whittier Law School Closing: The First of Many? A law school is closing. This is a first. Is Whittier Law School Being Shut Down Because It’s ‘Full Of Minority Students’? Faculty fights back against plan to close Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa
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He robbed banks and went to prison. His time there put him on track for a new job: Georgetown law professor
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How To Create An Effective Law Firm Newsletter
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How sustainable is elite law firms' competitive advantage?
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Your time is limited, and your client’s paying by the hour. Don’t waste your time doing something that someone else can do.
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The Project Management Craze: Are We Solving the Right Problem?
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Top 10 Apps for Lawyers
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Packing the Laptop?
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5 Essential iPad Tips For Lawyers
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Women, Doing This Will Make You Appear Less Confident
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The Pink Ghetto: Putting Law Firm Sexism And Harassment To An End
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Allen & Overy at back-end of gender diversity league table as magic circle giant reveals just 8% of its new partners are female
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MD Suicides Mirror Plight of JDs - Shifting to Mindset of Earning Our Daily Bread
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When should lawyers bet on themselves? Sometimes clients will give you the answer
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Not All Biglaw Firms Publicly Sad To See Legal Services For The Poor Eliminated
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Work less, earn less: Linklaters offers lawyers who want a life outside the office an ‘alternative career model’
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Trump appears to be bringing back the drug war, but cops may not welcome its return Who’s the new drug czar? Here is what he means for marijuana Sessions Accidentally Argues For Drug Legalization
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Yes, we have no bananas . . .
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Law Revue Video Contest 2017: Honorable Mentions
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Harvard Law Professor Gets Duped by Fake Trump Tweet
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SCOTUS: Feds Want Mug Shots Kept a Secret
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How is Skakel Already Out of Prison?
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Lawyer Tells R--- Trial Jury Women Are 'Good' at Lying
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Ninth Circuit Won't Hear Travel Ban Appeal En Banc ABA files 9th Circuit amicus brief supporting Hawaii federal court’s injunction against travel ban
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Trump says young immigrant 'dreamers' shielded from deportation should 'rest easy' ‘We’ll See’: Sessions on Whether DREAMers Will Be Deported U.S. Homeland Security not targeting Dreamers: Kelly
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Drug Company Found Liable In Biglaw Partner’s 2010 Suicide Stewart Dolin's Suicide & Antidepressant Paroxetine - Jury Found GlaxoSmithKline Liable
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Professor Arrested After Allegedly Making Up Anti-Muslim Threats and Assault
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Judge Orders State To Preserve Evidence In Hernandez Suicide
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Howard Dean Doesn't Get That First Amendment Protects Ann Coulter's 'Hate Speech' Howard Dean: The Constitution Does Not Protect Hate Speech
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The Contingency Presidency: Presidential Immunity Invoked In Kentucky Case By Trump’S Local Counsel
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Lawyer, 55, to Compete on University's Triathlon Team
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Judges:

Retirement Dinner Celebration for Judge Pat E. Morgenstern-Clarren
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AG Sessions criticizes judge from ‘an island in the Pacific,’ raising the ire of Hawaiians Hawaii Attorney General Ties Sessions’ Racist Hawaii Remarks to Trump’s Judge-Bashing 'Nobody has a sense of humor anymore': Jeff Sessions defends his dismissal of Hawaii as just an 'island in the Pacific'
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High Court Hat Trick: Atty argues before SCOTUS 3 times in a month
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Trump Having Dinner with Supreme Court Justices
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Forget Trump's first 100, what about Gorsuch's first 10? Gorsuch’s first-day performance was self-assured—and slightly irritating to his colleagues ‘Active, aggressive and long-winded’: verdict on Trump’s Supreme Court appointee
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21,000 Reasons Scalia Was Right
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Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat
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Special team investigates death of judge on New York’s top court; widower disputes suicide theory Video Shows Judge on Hudson Shore Before Her Death
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Judge Reprimanded After Threatening to Use a Gun
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Judge who spent 17 HOURS reading aloud 138-page judgment involving spooked horse slammed by appeal court
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With Supreme Court Seat Filled, GOP Looks to Lower Courts
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures surge as investors breathe sigh of relief over French vote
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US stocks dip as energy companies and banks sink Losses for banks, health care and energy firms sink stocks
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The Trump trade looks dead
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Paul Tudor Jones Says U.S. Stocks Should ‘Terrify’ Janet Yellen
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Goldman Said to Get Burned by These Debts in Rare Trading Miss
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Layoffs:

Most Workers Have Held Off the Machines So Far
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San Diego Unified sends 200 more layoff notices
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Boeing issues new layoff notices to 429
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Politics:

Angela Merkel reportedly had to explain the 'fundamentals' of EU trade to Trump 11 times Trump announces 'BIG' rally on the same night as the White House Correspondents Dinner Scientists and Allies Stage Unprecedented Worldwide Protest How The March For Science Finally Found Its Voice Only Two Percent of Americans Who Voted for Trump Regret It Latest WSJ/NBC News poll: 54% of Americans disapprove of President Trump’s job performance Washington Post Poll: Trump Would Still Beat Clinton How Trump Succeeds Without Succeeding A Hundred Days of Trump 100 days: How Trump compares to last five presidents Trump Promised a Lot for His First 100 Days. Here’s What He Has — and Mostly Hasn’t — Done Trump to Democrats: Pay for My Wall, or Obamacare Gets It! Michael Moore Knows When Donald Trump Will Be Impeached The Scandals of Donald Trump: Presidential Edition “Fear City” Explores How Donald Trump Exploited the New York Debt Crisis To Boost His Own Fortune Yale Conference: Trump is Mentally Ill The Real Trump Agenda: Helping Big Business Trump’s Job Approval in First Quarter Lowest by 14 Points
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Is Elizabeth Warren running for President in 2020?
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Former Air Force data scientist explains why the US won’t see a violent political revolution anytime soon
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It looks like House Democrats just won a big victory in the Trump-Russia investigation House Asks Sally Yates to Testify on Russia Senate Russia-Trump Probe is Somewhat of a Joke
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Kasich Is Back: Same Good Man, Same Bad Idea
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Teens face hate crime charges for burning Trump campaign sign Two Maryland Women Charged With Hate Crime For Burning Trump Sign
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Trump pays the price for divisive campaign as legal bills mount
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The curious political effect of men losing their breadwinner role
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Trump sons take helm of company, eye domestic expansion
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Most Americans Think Democrats Out of Touch
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Turnarounds:

3 lessons IMAX's CEO learned by saving his company from bankruptcy
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Aviation:

Republic projects April bankruptcy exit
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Defunct TransAsia Airways finds buyers for 11 of its aircraft
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Telecoms:

Bankrupt Avaya sets out debt-for-equity plan to emerge from Chapter 11 Avaya unveils reorganization plans
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Shipping:

Navios Partners buys bankrupt Rickmers Maritime boxship fleet for $113m Rickmers selling fleet to repay creditors
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Daewoo Shipbuilding braces for tough restructuring after bailout
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Coal:

Why Would Congress Bail Out Miners' Pensions? Time running out on health care benefits for retired UMW miners
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Peabody Energy Spent $1.8 Million On Government Lobbying While Bankrupt
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Why Peabody Energy Got Away With The Reorganization
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Rick Perry, Coal Warrior
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Festivals:

Kentucky festival launched by Napa Valley man completes bankruptcy
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Possible end of Rochester Fair would be ‘a massive setback’
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Electricity:

Distressed-debt titans take $1 billion beating from Texas rebuff
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FirstEnergy awaits judgment that may hasten bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Missouri poised to become 13th state with asbestos claims transparency law
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Travelers' asbestos exclusion is enforceable, 3rd Circ says
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Distressed Investing:

Lynn Tilton Says She Didn’t Consider Fairness in Board Roles
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Economy:

Unemployment Rolls Lowest in 17 Years Seventeen States See Decline in Jobless Rate BLS: March Unemployment Rates in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine and Oregon at New Series Lows
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Here's what's behind the US-Canada dairy spat that has Chuck Schumer agreeing with Trump FactCheck: Trump vs. Canadian Dairy Farmers
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Philly Fed: Manufacturing "Continued to expand, but at a slower pace" in April
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Fed Nowcast stands at 2.7% for 2017:Q1 and 2.1% for 2017:Q2.
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Debt levels are now back where they were when Jim Cramer had his prophetic TV meltdown 10 years ago
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The average millennial worker makes less than the average baby boomer did in 1975
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People are aging, and they are not getting what they think they have earned
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Delinquency Rates, Foreclosures Dip to Historic Lows
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Banks are suddenly scaling back lending, and Wall Street isn't sure what to make of it
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The GOP needs new ideas for lowering taxes
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Be Smart When You Compare Reagan's Economy to Obama's
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Trump to insist on border wall Funding as budget deadline looms Trump Doubles-Down on Border Wall in Face of Possible Government Shutdown 'Eventually … but at a later date … in some form': Trump says Mexico will still pay for the border wall Congress and Trump are on a collision course in a government shutdown showdown Sessions: Reduce Tax Credits to Pay for Wall
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Trump warns Democrats Obamacare will die without cash infusion
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In Faded Steel Town, Reviews Are Mixed for Start of Trump Era
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Trump is about to face his biggest test yet — and investors should be nervous
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World leaders meeting in Washington are pretending they can't see the bogeyman right in front of them
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IMF Drops Anti-Protectionist Pledge
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Stanley Fischer defends the revolving door between Wall Street and the Fed —without mentioning he's part of it
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Mnuchin Says Obama-Era Tax Rules Will Get Reviewed Under Trump’s Order 2016 tax regs in peril as Trump to issue tax plan Wednesday The White House reveals what next week’s ‘big announcement’ on taxes will look like Trump Promises To Unveil 'Massive' Tax Cut On Wednesday, Leaving Treasury Department Officials 'Speechless'
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15 things both Trump and Obama wanted to trim from the federal government
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Trump to Prioritize Trade with EU Over UK
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Target, Other Retailers Boost Lobbying in Border-Tax Battle
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Your Imported Teeth Are a Battlefield as Trump Takes on Trade
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Hotels: Hotel Occupancy Rate Decreases Year-over-Year
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America’s manliest industries are all competing for women
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The Tremendous Price Disparities of Everyday Items in 10 Major Cities
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Trump’s treasury secretary: The tax cut ‘will pay for itself’ Will Trump’s Tax Plan Really Pay for Itself?
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Bridgewater: 'The likelihood of a significant Trump fiscal boost has diminished'
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Blackstone COO: We're the solution to America's retirement crisis
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Farmers: We Need These Immigrant Workers
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The ‘global elite’ breathe a sigh of relief as Trump backs off campaign promises
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Tax Sales and Bankruptcy Stays
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NAR: "Existing-Home Sales Jumped 4.4% in March" Comments on March Existing Home Sales
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Mortgage Delinquencies Declined in March to 11 Year Low
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New Troubles for Embattled Loan Servicer Ocwen Regulators Are Suing Subprime Mortgage Servicer Ocwen for Years of ‘Deceptive Practices’ Ocwen Responds to Suit from CFPB, 21 States Here's a detailed breakdown of Ocwen's new restrictions by state
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Omaha: Subdivision development files for bankruptcy
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Dallas firm preyed on vulnerable homebuyers by selling them blighted houses in Ohio, suit says
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Sears' crumbling former headquarters have been transformed into affordable housing
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Companies avoid New Jersey’s outdated office spaces: New Jersey Office Market Slump Worsens
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Rents Are Falling in New York and Silicon Valley
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How a short sale can short-circuit your credit score
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Cheaper Mortgages Could Spur Housing Market
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UT: Developer Terry Diehl may be bankrupt and facing charges, but it looks like a pretty good life
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Scams Push Foreclosure Fraud to Limit
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These 4 colors can be the kiss of death when selling your home
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NMHC: Apartment Market Tightness Index remained negative in April Survey
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Lender Liability Under Environmental Laws in Real Estate Transactions
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico mediation devolves into war of words, deal still elusive
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Puerto Rico government pushing forbearance deal in creditor talks -sources Puerto Rico to Outline Forbearance Agreement
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Puerto Rico pushes to privatize operation of public services
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The Final Countdown To Puerto Rico's May 1 Deadline
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Disarming Puerto Rico's Pension Time Bomb
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Pity Puerto Rico: Island's debt crisis to reach Greece-like lows
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Christie adviser Jon Hanson talks Atlantic City
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Gary, Muncie Schools to Get Emergency Managers State poised to take over Gary school district
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How the fiscal crisis of the 1970s haunts the New York City-Washington relationship under Trump
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Illinois Morass Fuels Speculation It'll Be First Junk-Bond State
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Funding Gap for State Pensions Growing
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Guam: Testimony against Bill 73
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Prices Fall Amid Fears of a New Downtrend
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Even in bankruptcy , oil bosses are promised riches
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Trump to Sign Executive Orders That Enable Drilling and Mining in Previously Off-Limit Areas
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Shale's the Wild Horse OPEC Can't Tame Did OPEC Shoot Itself In The Foot?
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American oil is in a 'sweet spot'
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US E&P Budgets Rebound, Grow For First Time Since 2014 Downturn
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US rig count climbs by 10 in 14th weekly rise
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Why Service Margins Matter For Oil Prices
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Adams Resources business filing for bankruptcy New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing – Adams Resources Exploration Company Houston company's upstream subsidiary to file Ch.11
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Natural Gas Moves to the Naughty List
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Bankers' fading fear of oil lending is latest boon for shale
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Will Banks Allow Another Slew Of Oil Bankruptcies?
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Schlumberger's US fracturing business ramps up activity For Schlumberger, U.S. fracking business spurs hiring, prices Schlumberger Q1 Revenue Grows For First Time In 2 Years
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How Much Cash Will Weatherford Burn This Time?
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Aztec Oil & Gas Disclosure Statement Conditionally Approved
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US oil companies will not operate in Russia US Rejects Exxon Mobil Bid for Waiver on Russia Sanctions
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Tech:

Plastc Is Throwing In The Towel And Filing For Bankruptcy Despite $9M In Preorders, Smart Credit Card Maker Plastc Goes Bankrupt Latest bankruptcy proves ‘smart cards’ were a complete disaster Plastc goes bankrupt without delivering all-in-one card Smart Card Plastc Reports Bankruptcy, 80K Backers Get Zilch Plastc goes into meltdown
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Bankruptcy trustee files $1 billion suit against two ex-GTAT executives Former GT Advanced execs sued for $1b
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Startups Rarely File for Bankruptcy. Could that Change? Once-flush startups struggle to stay alive as investors get pickier
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Reno financial tech company files for bankruptcy amid trade secret lawsuit
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Nuclear:

Westinghouse could run out of cash in bankruptcy, utilities tell court
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Report: Westinghouse Bankruptcy Raises “Fundamental Questions” About Nuclear’s Future
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Is SCE&G in over its head?
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Education:

Bishop Gorman landlord blames family who built campus for bankruptcy
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Banking:

Trump’s Pick to Regulate Banks Is Hardly a Shake-up
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Paper:

Defunct Madison mill churns with uncertainties amid hopes of a revival
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Pensions:

20,000 Union Members, Retirees at Risk of Losing Pension Benefits
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SC: Why Gov McMaster should sign pension reform bill
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Radio:

iHeartMedia creditors move to block debt restructuring-sources iHeartRadio parent warns it may not survive another year iHeartMedia facing bankruptcy
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Autos:

VW ordered to pay $2.8 billion in criminal fines VW’s $4.3 Billion U.S. Deal Completed With Court’s Approval Former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Will Monitor VW Plea Deal Compliance
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Vehicle Sales Forecast: Sales close to 17 Million SAAR in April
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Fraud:

Galleon founder pilfered millions while firm was in turmoil, suit says
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NY small business lending venture was a sham, co-owner says
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Could this CEO be a millennial Bernie Madoff? Theranos fails to win dismissal of fraud class action by ‘indirect’ investors Theranos accused in court filing of misleading its board, investors
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Taxis:

Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire
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Corporate Reform:

Trump signs orders that take aim at Dodd-Frank Trump orders review of key Dodd Frank powers
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A top Fed official just delivered an unusual warning to Trump about plans to 'do a number' on financial-crisis rules
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GOP plan to erase Obama-era Wall Street rules is more generous than even banks asked for
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Meet Craig Phillips, the man in charge of Trump’s review of wall street rules
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Tobacco:

U.S. Tobacco Industry Rebounds From Its Near-Death Experience
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (17 new filings today)
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Structured Dismissal:

High Court Addresses Structured Dismissal of Bankruptcy Case
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LBOs:

Blavatnik Not to Blame for LyondellBasell Bankruptcy, Judge Says Blavatnik cleared of fraud claims over Lyondell Chemical buyout
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TBTF:

Trump executive orders will target tax rules, 'too big to fail' financial institutions Trump targets Dodd-Frank rules designed to wall off risky banks UK watchdog warns against scrapping US rules for failing lenders
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Too Big to Fail? The Major Financial Risk We Need to Examine Now
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Too Many Questions on Too Big to Fail
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Trustees:

Ch. 7 Trustee Sought In BK ND OH
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SCOTUS:

Full SCOTUS To Conference On Several Bankruptcy Issues This Week
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Safe Harbors:

Safe Harbor for Derivatives in Bankruptcy : Overstayed Its Welcome?
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Corporate Governance:

Chancery Rejects Derivative Claim Against LLC
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Retailing:

Sports Direct receives approval to buy bankrupt US retailer Why Sports Direct Coughed Up $101 Million for Two Bankrupt US Retailers Sports Direct's £78m move into US retail stuns analysts
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Sears' March Toward Bankruptcy: Gradually, Then Suddenly Sears just lost its CFO for the second time in 6 months ahead of a looming financial deadline Sears owner has milked iconic retailer dry, analysts say Sears Just Reminded Everyone It's On Life Support and May Never Get Off Sears names new CFO, Plans more Store Closures Sears to Close 50 Auto Repair Centers
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Clock's Up on Retailers' Borrowed Time
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Stores that survive the retail reckoning will offer more personalized, automated shopping
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Cracks In Ponzi-Finance Land
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U.S. Retailers Face Growing Hostility From Suppliers
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Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Shuttering at a Record Pace "The Retail Bubble Has Now Burst": A Record 8,640 Stores Are Closing In 2017
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Ghost Town Malls: Bebe The Latest To Shutter Stores
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Casey Carl, Target's innovation chief, is leaving
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Private equity ownership common in retail bankruptcies
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We Used Steve Ballmer's New USAFacts Website and Were Hit With One Sad Reality About Retail
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The rise and fall of the mall that changed Miami
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Shoppers bypass mall to buy clothing online
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Crises for taxpayers, towns as traditional retail dies
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Metals:

Concerns high, stakes even higher in complicated Essar bankruptcy
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Trump Wants to Be the Man of Steel
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Travel:

Video Shows Aggressive Flight Attendant Challenging Passenger to Fight
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Global Entry Passengers Swept Up In Trump’s Travel Ban
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Food/Beverage:

Central Grocers Headed for Bankruptcy? - Teamsters sue to stop Strack & Van Til selloff
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Fashion:

The real Girlboss: the rise and fall of Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso What Is Sophia Amoruso Doing Now? The Real Life 'Girlboss' Is Still Taking Care Of Business
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Student Debt:

The Student Debt Crisis Is Exploding
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The Average Student Loan Debt in Every State
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Healthcare:

Utah’s formerly fastest-growing company files for bankruptcy after federal raid Alliance Health Under Fire with Layoffs, Resignation, Bankruptcy, Investigation
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Frederick pain management clinic at center of criminal case files for bankruptcy
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A small city in Illinois just did something that could be the future of the fight against drug prices
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Idaho sets example: Tiny facility lights the way for stressed rural hospitals
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Trump Fires Surgeon General Who Called Gun Violence a Public Health Issue
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Documents show Positive Changes owes millions to its creditors Positive Changes clients wonder if they will get their money back
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Theranos Secretly Bought Outside Lab Gear and Ran Fake Tests, Court Filings Allege
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Growing Gap in the GOP Battle on Health Care GOP Leaders Won't Rush Health Care Vote Cost vs. Value For Benefits And Premiums Is At The Heart Of The ACA Repeal And Replace Debate Why State Governors Will Determine the Future of US Health Care
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Our Costly Addiction to Health Care Jobs
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Here's the real reason why U.S. health care is so expensive
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Opioid use by the middle aged and elderly grows
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Golf:

Andover Golf And Country Club Goes Up For Sale Monday
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Fintech:

Even young, hip Americans don’t want to use mobile payment apps
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Debt Collection:

Orchard Park debt collection mastermind faces prison for $31 million scam
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Debt agency can't thwart class cert. in unfair-collection suit
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UK:

Barclays demands payment of capital loans from former KWM partners
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Insolvency Rules 2016 - Appeals and Reviews Process in Corporate Insolvency
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Not Chapter 11 but Chapter 11-ish:Is there a shift towards a US method for resolving insolvency in the UK?
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Insolvency trade body R3 appoints new president
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To appoint, or not to appoint- that is the question!
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Restructuring and Insolvency Update:
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The Brexit campaign got 61% of its funding from just 5 of Britain's richest businessmen
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Craig Whyte trial hears about Rangers' money woes
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It's zombie versus lifeboat for British Steel Pension Scheme
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U.K. Companies Are Disclosing Gender Pay Gaps and They’re Huge
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Jaguar Land Rover cuts pensions of thousands of workers
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Walsh Mechanical creditors to take 97% hit
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Creditors of Jones Bootmaker could lose millions
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The Pool is struggling to sell the idea of ‘good’ pre-packs
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EU:

Something is happening across Europe that many have missed: The mainstream left is getting crushed
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PIIGS:

Greece beats creditor's primary surplus target for 2016 Greece beats a key bailout target but faces hard choices Primary surplus chokes market IMF Still Won't Sign Up To Greek Debt Deal Dijsselbloem Sees ‘Tough’ Greek Debt Relief Talks With IMF I.M.F. Torn Over Whether to Bail Out Greece Once Again
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IMF says Greece needs to dig even deeper
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Top Greek bankers during financial crisis face charges over bond swaps
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Fitch Cuts Italy's Debt to Near Junk
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Stop looking at France and concentrate on another huge risk to the EU — Italy
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Canada:

Steelworkers lose bid to appeal two decisions in Essar Algoma insolvency case
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Running out of steam
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Sault Ste. Marie wants action on Essar Steel back taxes
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Recovery for Twin Butte’s debenture holders more than three times what they were originally offered
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India:

Indian Railways is on The Verge of Bankruptcy
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Govt plans to put fast-track insolvency resolution process for start-ups
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Australia:

Gutnick, family grilled over finances 'Diamond' Joe Gutnick's wife paid $285000 to work 'a few hours a day'
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ASIC bid to liquidate builder Diploma
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Women restructuring ‘traditionally male-dominated’ sector
(DBN)

Environmental Laws Trump Line Energy Creditors.
(DBN)

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Bahamas:

Bahamas Mega Resort, Baha Mar Opens First Phase Baha Mar Opening 'More Than A Dream Come True'
(DBN)

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China:

The county at the centre of a Chinese debt crisis
(DBN)

Ignore China's Credit Risks at Your Peril, Says Top Manager
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Chinese billionaires amass in the country's heartland
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Venezuela:

More Venezuelans struggle in US as their country implodes
(DBN)

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France:

Macron and Le Pen Advance to Runoff for French Presidency 'No other option but to vote against the far right' Stocks are flying after Macron took the lead in the French elections French stocks head for 9-year high after Macron win Global markets soar as Macron leads in French election; CAC hits 9-year high; gold sinks 1%
(DBN)

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