April 9, 2018

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Law:

Allen & Overy And O’Melveny Are Considering Merger (Please Name It Allen & O’Melvery) • Allen & Overy in merger talks with US West Coast firm O'Melveny & Myers • O’Melveny: ‘We Have No Plans To Merge And Never Have.’
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Appeals court overturns $34.5M malpractice verdict against Holland & Knight
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People can change, Washington Supreme Court says regarding bar applicant with felony convictions
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DLA Piper Partner Out Following #MeToo Allegations
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A Value-Added Ranking Of Law Schools
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Law School Applications Are Up, Especially Among High LSAT Scorers
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'Starry-Eyed' Firms Looking for Lone-Star Mates as Merger Mania Strikes Texas
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Jukin’ the Stats: The Gaming of Law School Rankings and How to Stop It
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Notice of Appearance: Rachel Albanese, Partner at DLA Piper
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UK law firms disclose gender pay gap numbers, but don’t reveal US data
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Moneyball Meets Attorney Recruitment
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Parenting, Lawyering, And Staying Sane
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The Contentious GRE v. LSAT Debate
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Pace law dean steps down, evades questions on whether the move was voluntary
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Chicago Legal Market Hiring Trends And Predictions For 2018
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Sessions announces ‘zero-tolerance policy’ in response to jump in illegal border crossings • TX: Deployment of Troops to the Border
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Mueller has evidence that Trump supporter's meeting with Putin ally may not have been a chance encounter • Mueller moved to seize bank accounts in Manafort probe • Trump begins informal prep for potential Mueller interview • Roger Stone: 'Very dangerous' for Trump to interview with Mueller • Did Trump’s lawyers ask the right questions? • Mueller Reveals Search in Manafort Case, Suggesting Fresh Trail • Manafort Wants Accusation Specifics, Evidence Suppression • How Paul Manafort could put the FBI on trial • Time for Mueller to lay it all out
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Trump blasts DOJ over its response to House Judiciary subpoena
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Dallas lawyer sentenced to 8 years for exposing himself to teen employee
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Judge upholds Massachusetts ban on AR-15s, other military-style weapons • Court: 2nd Amendment Doesn't Include AR-15s • Proposed Bump-Stock Ban Would Be Tough to Enforce • 'Scalia Would be Proud': Judge Cites Antonin Scalia in Upholding 'Assault Weapons' Ban
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Before Stormy Daniels, her attorney faced allegations of dubious business dealings at Tully’s Coffee • The definitive guide to the Stormy Daniels scandal • Stormy Daniels's Lawyer Moves Again to Question Trump
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Men account for nearly 1 in 5 complaints of workplace sexual harassment with the EEOC
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Court Recalls MLK’s Last Legal Battle
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Teenager Rejects 25 Year Deal . . . Judge Gives Him 65 Years
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Mark Henry Benavides - Gets 80 Years for Exchanging His Legal Services for S--
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A roadside strip search draws protest and legal action
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Woman Blames 'Windy Day' For Cocaine Found In Purse
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Jared Fogle Files $57 Million Lawsuit For Damage To His Career & Reputation
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Police: How Syracuse University student was stopped while planning mass shooting
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Judges:

Federal judge scolds Florida for ‘fit of histrionics’ over restoration of felons’ voting rights
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Senator Mitch McConnell’s Career High? Stealing A Supreme Court Seat
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SCOTUS: On the timing of justices’ retirements
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Incredible! 1874 Supreme Court Tongue Lashing
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'RBG' the film and RBG the woman both compelling
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Justice Breyer speaks about role of courts, ‘breathing’ constitution
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Wall Street:

Dow futures up 160 points, or 0.7%, to 24,084 • Nasdaq 100 futures up 54.50 points, or 0.8%, to 6,509 • S&P 500 futures up 16.05 points, or 0.6%, to 2,621.75 • U.S. stocks set to shake off last week’s plunge on hopes over trade
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European stocks rise to 2-week high
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Dow Plunges 572 Points on Friday • Stocks Crushed as Fed Chairman Powell Says Gradual Rate Hikes Here to Stay
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The stock market is in its 3rd-longest stretch without a new high since 2013
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Stock market cooling off from the 'Trump bump'
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Goldman CEO's deputy can't stop, won't stop spinning records
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Layoffs:

ABA To Cut Staff And Restructure Amid Membership Slump
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More than 2 million jobs could be at risk if China's tariffs are implemented
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Former Hobbico employees frustrated after bankruptcy
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Bon-Ton issues layoff warning to state
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Walmart's Future Workforce: Robots and Freelancers
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Politics:

'Concerned' Evangelicals Plan To Meet With Trump As Scandals Swirl
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John Kelly blew up at Trump in Oval Office meeting, threatened to quit • Trump Freezing Out His Chief of Staff • How John Kelly faded as White House disciplinarian
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Trump drives surge in protests, activism
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Report: Pruitt cost taxpayers $3 million in security detail • Scott Pruitt Flies First Class When You Pay; Coach When He Pays • Pruitt faces renewed questions over cost of security detail • Trump says embattled EPA chief Pruitt's expenses are justified because he received 'death threats' • ‘That’s bizarre’: Realtors weigh in on Scott Pruitt’s $50-a-night condo room deal in D.C. • Gowdy probing Pruitt, doesn't 'have a lot of patience' for him • Senator Collins: Pruitt Needs to Go • The Divine Paranoia of Scott Pruitt • Scott Pruitt’s Wish List: Private Jets, Fancy Furniture, 24-Hour Security • Scott Pruitt's Scandals Just Got Even Worse • Kelly Advised Trump to Fire Pruitt • Scott Pruitt's staff asked for a bulletproof vehicle and $70,000 in bulletproof furniture for his office — the request was denied • Scott Pruitt’s bizarre condo scandal and mounting ethics questions, explained • The Myth of Scott Pruitt’s EPA Rollback • The grand irrelevance of Scott Pruitt’s antics • From Forbes to Tea Party, Allies on Right Rally for EPA’s Pruitt
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Trump Asked CIA Why It Waited to Kill Terrorist When Family Was Out Of House
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No proof of Trump claim that millions voted many times
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Rep. Blake Farenthold, under fire for harassment allegations, resigns • Still owes $84K
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Trump Ends "Catch and Release"
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Here’s what happens to shares of companies that Trump attacks
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Trump rips Syria's Assad as an 'animal' for chemical attack, vows Putin will pay a 'big price' • Russia says Syria gas attack reports 'fabricated' • US says suspected chemical attack in Syria that killed dozens could demand an international response • U.N. Security Council expected to meet about Syria attack • McCain: Trump 'emboldened' Assad days before suspected chemical attack by saying he wanted to withdraw US troops from Syria • Airstrikes hit Syria, state media says, but U.S. denies role • Russia and Syria blame Israel for overnight Syrian airstrikes • Trump's scenarios for Syria
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US: NKorea Ready to Discuss Nukes
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: Bannon wanted data for alt-right candidates
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How the American Two-Party System Became so Divided
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Trump turns out Democratic candidates for midterm elections
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Trump's national security spokesman Michael Anton is resigning
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Autos:

Car Dealerships Face Conundrum: Get Big or Get Out
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Media:

Denver Post Rebels Against Its Hedge-Fund Ownership • The Denver Post, gutted by layoffs, publishes a rebuke of its owners
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Art:

Trump Tower blaze victim was an art dealer who was friends with Andy Warhol but had filed for bankruptcy and was in arrears with the mortgage on his $2.5m apartment
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Entertainment:

Court approves procedures for auctioning Weinstein Co • Weinstein Co. Bankruptcy Auction Pushed To May 4; Creditors Question Lantern Capital Bid At Hearing • Weinstein Co. Auction Set for May 4, Bidder's Breakup Fee Reduced • Weinstein Co. bankruptcy auction draws 23 potential bidders, lawyers say
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Weinstein Co. Won't Be Auctioning Off Legal Claims Against Bob and Harvey Weinstein
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Veteran of Catholic Chapter 11s Represents Weinstein Victims
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Healthcare:

Bucktail Medical Center out of bankruptcy
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The persistent myth of the medical bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Tamar Braxton’s Financial Problems Deepen, Mansion Hit with $244k More in Liens
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Joey Lawrence’s Bankruptcy Case Comes to a Close, Several Creditors Get the Shaft
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Non-Profits:

UW-Oshkosh Foundation scandal prompts changes for nonprofits
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Mass Torts:

New Jersey Jury Awards $37 Million Compensatory Damage Verdict in Asbestos-Talc Case
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Distressed Investing:

Nine Banks Face Losses on American Greetings Buyout Debt
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Satellites:

Avanti warns of insolvency if cannot complete debt restructuring
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Economy:

Corporate America Will Bring Next Wave of Pain, Money Managers Warn
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U.S. adds modest 103,000 jobs in March; unemployment rate stays at 4.1% • US adds fewer jobs than expected, unemployment rate holds at 17-year low • Job Market Stays Resilient • US job gains smallest in six months, wage growth firming • The US Employment Rate Has Returned to Its Pre-Recession Level Adjusted for Aging • Comments on March Employment Report
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More Americans Are Voluntarily Leaving Jobs
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Unemployment isn’t fixed, and workers are still suffering
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Fed Nowcast: 2.8% for 2018:Q1 and 2.9% for 2018:Q2.
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Former 'super bull' sours on economic growth, sees 'good old fashioned slowdown' ahead
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Number of Unemployed for Over 26 Weeks, Since 1969
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House Chair Defends Tax Law Amid March Jobs Disappointment • The tax cuts were supposed to help workers. Unions say they’re not.
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Workers benefit as US businesses struggle to fill jobs
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Powell Touts Economy's Strength in First Speech as Fed Chief • Fed chief Powell: US-China trade fracas doesn't dim near-term economic outlook • Fed Chairman Powell Unravels Inflation Riddle • Powell: 'Tariffs can push up prices' but 'too early to say' what impact will be • Fed Chairman Jerome Powell: Slow wage growth means job market isn't overheating • Fed Chair Powell says growth has picked up enough to justify rate hikes • Fed Chair Powell: The Outlook for the U.S. Economy
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Deficit nears $600 billion in first half of 2018
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs During Presidential Terms
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Kashkari Says Fed Watching U.S.-China Spat as Markets Shudder
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Fed's Evans says inflation will hit 2 percent, and gradual rate hikes will be appropriate
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Fed's Williams backs 3 or 4 rate hikes this year
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Sideways move in U.S. inflation keeps up guessing game over Fed’s next rate hike
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More Jobs, Faster Growth and Now, the Threat of a Trade War
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Americans Face Highest Pump Prices in Years
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Trump To Wave White Flag In NAFTA Negotiations • Trump Team Pushes Toward NAFTA Deal as Congressional Pressure Climbs
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The Long Shadow of the Financial Crisis
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Fed's Williams: Both sides would lose in trade war
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Trump's trade war changes China's calculus on North Korea • The Architect of Trump's Threatened China Trade War • White House Sends Mixed Signals on Trade Clash • China Not Backing Down After Latest US Tariff Threat • The U.S. is making trade talks impossible, says China • Why are US cranberries repeatedly threatened with tariffs? • China threatens to hit back as Trump seeks additional tariffs on $100 billion worth of Chinese goods • China can't match US in tariffs, but it has other weapons to use • China’s Running Out of U.S. Imports to Target • China says it will fight US tariffs 'at any cost' • In a U.S.-China trade war, who has more to lose? • Mnuchin: There's a risk the U.S. could get into a trade war • Trump tariffs are in ‘Stop, or I’ll shoot myself in the foot’ category: Ex-Treasury chief Summers • A trade war with China may hike the price of that new TV you want • How to Win a Trade War With China • China trade spat could end up slamming American retailers • Trump, China escalate trade dispute as markets tumble • Trump seeks to ease trade war fears by saying China 'will take down barriers' • Amid trade fight, Trump says China will do the ‘right thing’ • Trump says there may be 'a little pain' as US and China trade tariff threats • How a Trade War With China Could Be 'Deadly' For US Businesses • We Need a Reset With China, Not a Trade War • The countries that could actually benefit from China's trade tariffs on the US • Trump's China Trade War: Which States Will be Hit Hardest? • US farmers in 'precarious position' with China as trade war fears escalate • President Trump's trade policy is 'difficult to follow,' top EU official says • Conservative Koch brothers network breaks with Trump over brewing trade war with China • How Trumpworld is winging a trade war • Bourbon, America's native spirit, is caught in the cross hairs of Trump's trade war with China • Trump hails friendship with China's Xi, suggests country will negotiate over trade spat • Trump administration dials down the rhetoric on China tariffs • Ivanka Trump's Chinese-Produced Clothing Exempt From New Tariffs • Krugman: The Art of the Flail • Trump Officials Soften Tone on Trade Dispute With China • UBS: The market is now at 'peak fear' over the threat of a US-China trade war
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You're already paying tariffs on clothing and shoes, and have been for almost 90 years
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Global trade is broken, and Trump is sparking the crisis needed to move ahead
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Trump goes full ‘MAGA’ on the economy in year two
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Have we learned anything from the recession, 10 years later?
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Cracks Form in Global Growth Story, Rattling Investors Investors
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Trump Directs U.S. Agencies To Find Ways to Protect Domestic Automakers • Trump Mulls Stiffer Rules for Imported Cars
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Trump's freak-out moment
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BET founder: Trump's economy is bringing black workers back into the labor force
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Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 • The 1% are getting even richer — and it's not going to stop any time soon
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How 12 experts would end inequality if they ran America
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The new Census study on the minimum wage
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Trump's budget "undo" button • Signer’s Remorse: Trump Scrambling to Reverse Effects of Spending Bill He Signed
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House Republicans to vote on a balanced budget amendment amid conservative ire over spending
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US truck driver shortage points to bigger problems
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AAR: Rail Carloads Up 3.6% YoY, Best March Ever for Intermodal
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A record 64 million Americans live in multigenerational households
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Adults Nearing Retirement Worry Most About Social Security
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This Chart Shows How Different Generations Would Invest $10,000
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Today’s youth are increasingly unhappy and they reject capitalism
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The sad reason 1 in 3 women doesn’t think she’ll make $50,000
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This is what Americans will face as they grow older
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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:

Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate Increases in March
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Buyer traffic rising as real-estate agents report concern over mortgage rates, inventory
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Las Vegas Real Estate in March: Sales Down Slightly YoY, Inventory down 26%
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Co-Owner of 666 Fifth to Sell to Kushner • Kushner Companies near deal for 666 Fifth Avenue • Vornado Has ‘Handshake’ to Sell Stake in NYC Tower to Kushner • Vornado Talk of 666 Fifth Ave. Deal Seems to Catch Kushners Off Guard
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More tech workers can’t afford to live where they work — and neither can teachers and first responders
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The San Francisco housing market is so dire that people are leaving in droves — here's where they're headed
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In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America • Counting the millions of evictions
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Former New Jersey detective gets 18 months in prison for mortgage fraud
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A Stubborn NYC Tenant Held Out For A Huge Amount Of Money To Finally Leave His Rent-Controlled Apartment
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Poughkeepsie: Bankruptcy trustee: Local home builder has no assets
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Municipalities:

Muni Lowdown
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Latest Puerto Rico fiscal plan does not budge on pensions, layoffs
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Puerto Rico's Daunting Job Market Has Weary Workers Surrendering
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Puerto Rico's secretary of state: I won't stand for a 21st century Sugar Baron
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Outrage Follows Puerto Rico's Announcement It's Closing Nearly a Third of Its Public Schools • Hurricane Maria’s aftermath is forcing hundreds of Puerto Rico’s schools to close
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Wall Street Is Trying to Embezzle Puerto Rico’s Hurricane-Relief Money
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How Travelers Can Help Hurricane-Damaged Islands
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Oklahoma Raises Taxes to Pay Teachers • Oklahoma Teachers List Terms to End 5-Day Strike • OK: Teachers' Strike 26 Years in the Making
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America is booming, yet states face a revenue crisis
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Cash-strapped New Mexico county asks city for aid
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Atlantic City officials spar over MGM endowment funds
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Oil/Gas:

Oil falls on Trump's latest China trade threats
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Seadrill receives support for its Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganisation
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Oil Rigs: "Are the Permian's Go-Go Days Ending?"
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If trade war escalates, will China target US shale? • After Targeting US Farms, China Can Strike America's Shale
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FourWinds' bankruptcy trustee wins judgment against investor
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Energy Lenders May Loosen Credit Spigots After Oil's Rally • As oil prices rally, energy lenders may boost credit lines, except in Canada
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U.S. Shale Players Focus On Capital Efficiency As Oil Price Oscillates In Predictable Range
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US Jobs Report: Oil, Gas Adds Thousands of Jobs in March
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How soaring US oil exports may derail the crude rally, an energy expert says
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Marijuana:

Legal cannabis on pace to match U.S. soda sales by 2030
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Coal:

Coal mining company considers bankruptcy protection
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One year after bankruptcy, Peabody expresses optimism — though challenges remain for coal industry
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Coal bankruptcy burns 8Point3 on 20 MW solar power contract
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Trump looks for emergency aid for battered coal, nuclear
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Electricity:

FirstEnergy Solutions bankruptcy could take years; consumer impact review begins
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NIRS: bankrupt FirstEnergy should not be bailed out by ratepayers
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Telecoms:

Frontier Communications Creditors Jockey in Refinancing Push
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

ABI: Q1/18 Commercial Chapter 11 Filings Increase 22% Year/Year
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TBTF:

Regulatory bar for megabanks will 'remain very high': Fed's Powell
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Charge It? Not to Pay Bankruptcy Lawyers, 11th Circuit Says
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Failla And Taylor Are Alive And Well: Eleventh Circuit Again Confirms That Debtors Cannot Retain Secured Property Absent Reaffirmation Or Redemption
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle
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Autos:

Tesla's Debt Problem is About to Emerge
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Tesla Has a Problem, and It’s Not the Model 3
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Tesla could run out of cash before the end of the year — here's how Elon Musk could change that
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Smaller Subprime Auto Lenders Are Starting to Fold
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Retailing:

Nine West files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection • Nine West Seeks Bankruptcy Protection • Nine West, known for fashion footwear, to stop selling shoes • Nine West nears bankruptcy with plan to sell footwear brand: sources • Nine West Files for Bankruptcy in NY • Why Nine West, in bankruptcy, won't sell shoes anymore • Filing Alert: Nine West Files Chapter 11 in New York • Summary: Nine West Holdings Inc. • First Day Dec
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Toys "R" Us Deep Dive • First wave of Bay Area closings show our sad final days as Toys R Us kids • The Baby Bust And Why It's Bad For Retail • Toys “R” Us pain could soon be felt around Chicago area • Who Was the Real Culprit Behind the Fall of Toys "R" Us? • A Timely Tale of Taxes and Toys 'R' Us • In the Toys R Us void, toy makers should target grocery • Got a Toys R Us gift card? Use it or lose it by April 21
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Trump claims the post office is losing billions because of Amazon, but it's a lot more complicated • Mnuchin says Amazon's practice of not collecting taxes from third-party sellers doesn't make sense • Trump attacked Amazon over taxes — but his own online store reportedly collects sales tax from only 2 states • Summers Compares Trump's Amazon Attack to Italy Under Mussolini
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What Can Fill NJ's Growing List of Empty Retail Space?
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Under-the-radar retail players use a changing retail landscape to their advantage
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Bon-Ton warns it could close 12 stores, corporate office in Wisconsin • Bon-Ton says store-closing warning was a required notice, not an announcement of shutdown
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The world’s hottest shopping city is becoming a ghost town
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Let's Stop Giving Retailers a Free Pass on Data Breaches
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Getting tough on returns is hurting retailers
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NRF: Imports threatened by growing trade war • Retail group to White House: ‘Stop playing chicken with the economy’
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Religion:

Catholics' Church Attendance Resumes Downward Slide
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Corporate Governance:

This Is What Needs To Change About Corporate Board Service
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Hollywood:

Ver Technologies, Hollywood Equipment Supplier, Files Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

As college acceptance letters arrive, parents and students worry about debt
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10 states where student loan debt is a big problem
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Student loans are too small to cause a fiscal crisis for the federal government
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Aviation:

By the numbers: Here's what 10 years of airline consolidation has done to the sector
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Personal Finance:

For some consumers, bankruptcy is the solution to crushing debt
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3 Things Americans Get Wrong About Retirement
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Agriculture:

Food-Stamp Fight Imperils Farm Bill
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Farmers’ Anger at Tariffs Puts G.O.P. Candidates in a Bind • They voted for Donald Trump. Now soybean farmers could get slammed by the trade war he started.
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As U.S. and China trade tariff barbs, others scoop up U.S. soybeans
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Media:

Visualizing the hollowing-out of local media
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Rancho Santa Fe Couple Sentenced to Prison for Bankruptcy Fraud, Tax Evasion
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Debt Collection:

7th Cir. Holds Debt Collector May Rely on Information from Creditor
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Theatre:

Wall Street Neighborhood Association wants say in stalled project
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Biofuels:

U.S. Ethanol Policy Under Siege
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Food/Beverage:

Confirmation hearing for Southeastern Grocers is May 14
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UK:

Gender pay gap is 17% at top 20 UK accountancy firms
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The British public supports a referendum on the Brexit deal for the first time
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Debt-laden Britons face crunch from rising rates, City watchdog warns
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Canada:

Farming hub Homestead Organics going out of business
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Russia:

US' Latest Round of Sanctions Hit Russia Hard • U.S. targets Putin’s son-in-law in new Russian sanctions
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India:

Addressing the insolvency code's many dilemmas
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Will IBC bankrupt banks?
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Nirav Modi case: PNB hires lawyers for bankruptcy proceedings of diamantaire’s firm in US
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Swiss aviation firm shows interest in acquiring debt-laden Air India
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'Recovery through insolvency proceedings too low'
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MENA:

Paris conference raises over $11 billion to help Lebanon
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Switzerland:

Court dismisses case against 14 ex-heads of bankrupt Swissair
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Hong Kong:

New Noble has 'zero chance of success': Iceberg
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Zambia:

Zambia’s ‘Unknown’ Debts Face Scrutiny After Mozambique Scandal
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Turkey:

Turkey's Dogus in talks with banks on debt restructuring -sources
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Australia:

High-profile criminal lawyer Charles Waterstreet declares bankruptcy after $420,000 tax bill - and he could be about to lose his legal license
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The small businesses being crushed by the tax office
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Japan:

Japan property firm Smart Days files for bankruptcy protection
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