February 20, 2018

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Law:

5 Biglaw Firms Make Fortune’s List Of The ‘Best Companies to Work For’ (2018)
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Get Ready For The Legal Profession To Be Disrupted
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The big bang for alternative legal services providers
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John Quinn Is NOT Happy About Selendy & Gay — And He Sent The Angry Reply All To Prove It Quinn Unloads on Faith Gay: $100 Million for 'Ingratitude' and 'Deception' Quinn Emanuel Partners Launch NYC Law Firm
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Paul Weiss Posts Gains in Revenue, Profits as Lawyer Head Count Hits 1K
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Locke Lord Posts Declines in Net Income, Gross Revenue in 2017
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Declining income forces American Bar Association to restructure
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Firms with the fewest women pay the most money
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This Is Key To Get Women A Seat At The Table
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How To Be A Legal Buddha (Or Finding Calm In Uncertain Times)
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SMEs have no faith in lawyers to solve business problems
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Law School Dean On Diversifying The Legal Industry And Discovering ‘Diamonds In The Rough’
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Ave Maria Law School Is Now In Compliance With Accreditation Admissions Standard
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The Early Reports: Am Law 100/200 2018
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Milbank Posts 5th Straight Year of Financial Growth
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FisherBroyles: Partners Earn Twice as Much as They Did at BigLaw
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Accept Your Thankless Job Or Get A New One
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Big Fish, Little Pond: 8 Big Ways To Stand Out At A Small Firm
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A 15-year-old boy was arrested for threatening copycat killings on Instagram after the Florida shooting 'Shame on you': Survivors of the Florida school shooting rage against Trump, Republicans, and the NRA Florida Students Protest in the Streets Student survivors launch gun-control movement, vent rage at Trump, NRA-backed lawmakers Trump Golfs Amid Florida Teen Funerals
(DBN) We call BS!’ School shooting survivors, hundreds rally against gun lobby Grieving students take charge of gun debate Parkland student: Politicians accepting NRA money are against shooting victims These are the victims of the Florida high school shooting Parkland shooting: Troopers bought flight for friend of victim Florida High Schoolers Plan Anti-Gun March in Washington The Unique Horror of a Bulletproof Backpack FBI Admits To Not Following Protocols After Tip On Florida School Shooter Trump suggests FBI failed to look into Florida shooting suspect because it was 'spending too much time' on the Russia investigation Missing from the Gun Debate? Science Florida Massacre: Bill Now Pushes More Guns Teen shot 5 times closing the door during Florida shooting gets visit from Broward sheriff The Family That Took in Nikolas Cruz Sheriff calls for power to detain over posts Family who housed Florida school shooter describes the days before the attack In days before Florida school shooting, host family saw no sign of Nikolas Cruz intent Video surfaces of 2016 campus brawl involving alleged Parkland, Fla., school shooter Cruz The small gun shop that sold the weapon to the alleged high school shooter ‘closes indefinitely.’ These moms are furious about school shootings and gun violence — and they’re organizing Are boys 'broken'? Another mass shooting renews debate on toxic masculinity Why the NRA Always Wins Some in GOP Call for Stronger Gun Checks Big GOP Donor Issues Ultimatum Over Guns Trump backs effort to improve gun background checks Trump explores better background checks as Florida response criticized
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The Bondsman Who First Alerted The FBI About The Florida High School Shooter FBI says it didn't act on tip about Parkland shooter
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Sheriff didn't pursue case against Texas church gunman
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Firefighters union puts up AR-15 for auction at fundraiser Missouri youth baseball team moves forward with AR-15 raffle 7-Year-Olds Are Selling AR-15 Raffle Tickets for Their Baseball Team
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Experts warn against connecting mental illness and mass shootings
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How Michael Cohen protects Trump from scandal The Lawyer As P---
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Former Linklaters Partner Gets Jail Time For Assaulting Student Intern Political campaigns aren't prepared to handle #MeToo The Problem With #MeToo’s Agenda A year after Uber memo, harassment far from fixed Top American gymnasts say they don’t trust USOC, won’t help its abuse investigation Rob Porter's Ex-Wives Say Orrin Hatch Apologized to Them Trump accuser keeps telling her story, hoping someone will finally listen
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Trump Aide Gates to Testify Against Manafort Trump-McDougal and the Steele Dossier Trump Defiant Despite Mueller’s Warning Shot on Russia Meddling Why I have my doubts about whether Trump colluded with Moscow Report: Conservatives want Trump to pardon aides targeted by Mueller Mueller probe leaves many witnesses in limbo Mueller is reportedly investigating Jared Kushner's efforts to seek foreign financing for his family's business Mueller names social media accounts in indictment — here are the tweets 5 Important Details You Might Have Missed in the Latest Mueller Indictment Mueller airs new bank fraud allegations against Paul Manafort ABC plans primetime special for Jim Comey interview Judge Lashes Out at Lawyers in Manafort Laundering Case The Russian Oligarch, His Girlfriend, And A $19 Million Loan To Paul Manafort Mueller deputy Andrew Weissmann has a reputation for hard-charging tactics — and sometimes going too far Where Is Mueller? A Better Way to Protect Mueller 5 clues to Mueller's roadmap Bob Mueller Is Not Playing Around
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Northwestern Law Students Take On DACA Fight Focus on 'Dreamers' breeds resentment from other illegals Congress punts fight over Dreamers to March Sessions firm on recusing himself from Russia probe, uncertain about Senate fixing DACA 'Dreamers' made lives here. Now they may be forced to leave them behind. House GOP pushes hard-line immigration plan as Senate deals fail What does the March 5 DACA deadline mean for Dreamers? Trump administration assault on bipartisan immigration plan ensured its demise Democrats put Dreamers and their party in danger by playing hardball Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday on DACA Someone please remind Trump that he ended DACA
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A woman has been arrested after leaving an angry note on an ambulance: 'You have no right to be parked here'
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Violent brawls transform Carnival trip into 'cruise from hell,' passengers say
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In new Citizens United case, 2nd Circuit upholds donor disclosure requirement
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Slain Colorado woman placed Craigslist ad for hitman to kill her, suspect claims
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Man Arrested by ICE While Applying for Legal Status
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Company settles Oxford comma suit for $5 million
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'Grumpy Cat' wins $700,000 in federal case
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Law School Dean's Son Subject Of Racist Taunts At High School Basketball Game
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City Councilman Refuses to Resign After Anti-Muslim and Anti-Black Facebook Posts
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Ex-Husband Loses Out On $50 Million Fortune With One Dumb Move
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Horse Trainer Arrested After Being Videotaped Feeding Cocaine and Whiskey To Goat
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American Who Stole Warrior's Thumb Must Be 'Severely Punished', China Says
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Judges:

BK ND CA: New Internal Procedures for Processing Chapter 11 Cases
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Pushes Due Process In Wake Of #MeToo Is It Time To Stop Worshipping Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg As A Legal Celebrity? Ruth Bader Ginsburg: the Supreme Court's outspoken justice The Judicious RBG
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The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas The Forgotten Testimonies Against Clarence Thomas Thomas Laments Victim Mentality, Reflects on Difficult Past
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Trump Judge Won't Recuse from Dossier Case
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Justice Kennedy Retirement Rumors Sweep DC Kennedy "Most Consequential" Justice of Era
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Volunteers wanted to transcribe justices’ notes from SCOTUS conferences
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Supreme Court Movers and Shakers (Attorneys and Justices)
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John Ninfo: Preparing for ever increasing college costs
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Wall Street:

Dow futures fall more than 100 points as bond yields climb again Dow is heading for another triple-digit drop, pressured by Walmart earnings miss
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Dow futures slip with traders on Presidents Day break
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FTSE 100’s lower close seen as ‘a pause for last week’s global rebound’ European stocks end day with losses
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The stock market’s new ‘wall of worry’ is built on inflation and rate fears Higher inflation, Trump tax-and-spend boom sends investors looking for Fed clues
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Here’s the ‘real’ reason stock-market investors are worried about bond yields
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'No equity bear market but more corrections' seen by Citi strategists
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BlackRock is suddenly a lot more bullish on US stocks with tax cuts 'supercharging' profits
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Morgan Stanley: Recent hit to stock market was an "appetizer"
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Layoffs:

Deutsche Bank to cut 250 banker jobs
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Gannett Publishing To Layoff 137
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Who needs a sweatshop when you have a robot?
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Bass Pro Shops offering buyouts to Cabela’s employees
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Jackson National Life lays off 161
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Newsday’s outsourcing will cost nearly 225 employees their jobs
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Skagit Regional Health Lays Off 94
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Vanity Fair, Glamour begin purging editorial staffs
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Wallingford drugmaker laying off 107 more workers
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Healthcare:

Bankrupt Getchell Agency could be sold for $3.4 million Getchell Agency in Bangor Could Have New Owner Next Month
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21st Century Oncology's new CEO seeks to rehab company image, expand operations
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Idaho is making a radical healthcare change that 'transparently violates federal law' — and it leaves Trump with a dilemma
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Charlie Munger on Health Care Costs in US
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What Trump and the GOP just don't understand about Medicaid
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After Trump clears the way, GOP states move to charge poor for health care
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Kentucky accuses insurer Cardinal Health of contributing to the opioid epidemic
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Currency:

When Blockchain Meets Article 9 And Bankruptcy
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S&P: Warnings that cryptocurrency could crash the global financial system are 'much ado about nothing'
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Ethereum chief warns cryptocurrencies could ‘drop to near-zero at any time’
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Anonymous trader buys $400 million in bitcoin
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Bitcoin takes fresh aim at $11,000
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Bitcoin thieves threaten real violence for virtual currencies
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Retail investors would 'bear the brunt' of a cryptocurrency market collapse, study says
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US: Republican, Democrat Officials Calling For Crypto Regulation
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Entertainment:

David Glasser, top executive at Weinstein Company, fired from post The Weinstein Company Board Fires COO David Glasser 'for Cause'
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Banking:

Understanding ‘ring-fencing’ and how it could make banking riskier
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Finance:

Cov-Lite Deals Account for Record High 85% of Single-B Issuance YTD
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Climate:

Dire outlook for US climate change is getting worse: Sea level rising twice as fast now as it was 25 years ago
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Sports:

Pyeongchang's legacy probably debt and anger
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Economy:

Household Debt Increases for Fifth Consecutive Year
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Fed Minutes May Give Clues to 2018 Interest Rate Word Puzzle
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Fed Nowcast for 2018: Q1 stands at 3.1% Fed GDPNow: 3.2 percent
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Stephen Roach: US Economy is an Accident Waiting to Happen
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Selloff Spreads to Company Debt
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Bill Gates says rich people like him should ‘pay significantly higher taxes’ Waste Management CEO: 80% of company's tax cut going back into the economy Poll: Most Americans now support GOP tax law IRS To Block Hedge Fund Tax Dodge In New Law Small-business confidence hits record high in 2018 after Trump tax-reform win
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Millennials Are Making Less Money Than The Previous Generation
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Goldman: "Federal fiscal policy is entering uncharted territory" Goldman Sachs raises a red flag over U.S. government spending Goldman Sachs warns wave of US spending is in 'uncharted territory' and poses a danger to growth 'Uncharted Territory:' Goldman Sachs Issues Dire Warning About Federal Spending
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Doesn’t Anyone Care About Deficits Anymore?
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Debt Could Soar Much Higher Than White House Claims, Budget Group Warns
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Attention seniors, Trump’s budget is coming for your Medicare benefits
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There's a 'yellow light flashing' in the economy — and it poses a threat to the stock market
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Food Stamps: President Trump's Hunger Games
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Behind the Minimum Wage Fight
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Consumer sentiment jumps in February, exceeding record-high 2017 average
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George Will on Infrastructure Spending Why Trump might be open to a 25-cents-a-gallon increase in the federal gas tax Gas Tax Increase Would Hit Trump States Hardest, Koch Groups Say
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How many Americans are struggling with income volatility — whether they’re rich or poor
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The gig economy is lacking in this one important way
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Americans Are Confident About Retirement
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Sen. Jeff Flake: President Trump's immigration policy would hurt the economy
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Trump Plan to Swap Food Stamps for Food Faces Skeptical Congress
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Roubini: Whatever Trump Is Hiding Is Hurting All of Us Now
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Life is unfair
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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:

Mortgage rates rising
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Housing Starts increased to 1.326 Million Annual Rate in January Comments on January Housing Starts
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Hurricane impact lessens as mortgage delinquencies drop
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The Housing Bubble, Mortgage Debt as Percent of GDP
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REO Inventory Declined in Q4 2017
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Phoenix Real Estate in January: Sales up 3%, Inventory down 11% YoY
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Zero-down home loans are back. Be very leery.
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Quarterly Housing Starts by Intent, Q4 2017
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Rising rents causing major affordability issues
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Major apartment developer: 'There is an acute crisis headed our way'
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What the new tax law will do to your mortgage interest deduction
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Municipalities:

Court rejects $1B Puerto Rico loan to PREPA, may approve smaller amount Federal judge blocks loan to Puerto Rico's utility, threatening blackouts Puerto Rico Seeks $300M Loan, Warns of Power Shutdown A judge has approved a $300 million loan for Puerto Rico’s power company
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Puerto Rico Faces Blackouts Again, This Time Due to Bankruptcy
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Privatizing Puerto Rico Power
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Rebuilding Puerto Rico
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An alternative plan for fixing Puerto Rico's ongoing energy crisis
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Grid Defection Is On the Rise in Puerto Rico
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Why does restoring full power in Puerto Rico seem like a never-ending task?
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Puerto Rico Utility to Reduce Energy Reserves Amid Cash Shortfall
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Puerto Rico pitches for investment after hurricane
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Five Months After Maria, San Juan Mayor Decries “Disaster Capitalism” & Privatization in Puerto Rico
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How taxpayers are hurt by abuse in Puerto Rican recovery
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Report: Failures in legal structure contributed to Flint water crisis
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Oil/Gas:

Billionaire Fredriksen "close to" Seadrill debt restructuring deal
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Weil's Role Part Of Probe Of Breitburn Conflict Claims
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Houston energy company says PDVSA corruption forced company out of business
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Judge calls FourWinds 'a scam' in Uresti criminal trial, postpones closing arguments
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Oil futures rise, as supply fears wait in the wings
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Oil Rigs "Continued gains in rig counts" Oil rigs up, gas rigs down - net rig count flat this week
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OPEC calls for $10 trillion in fresh oil investments by 2040 to meet demand
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Politics:

Trump Weekend Tweetstorm Responds to Mueller Indictment McMaster: Russian Meddling Beyond Dispute Trump Tweets Criticism of McMasters Trump's anger boils over with Russia probe Republicans and Democrats slam Trump after he rages on Twitter about Mueller's Russia indictments Trump rails against Obama and 'the leakin' monster of no control' in tweetstorm Fact-checking Trump's error-filled tweetstorm about the Russia investigation Russia's Election Interference Is Digital Marketing 101 Russia's Troll Operation Was Not That Sophisticated Facebook to verify ads with postcards after Russian meddling Mueller's latest move just dealt the White House a massive 'black eye' Didn't Trump Doubt Russia's Interference? Trump: I Never Said Russia Didn't Meddle Trump seizes on tweets by Facebook executive as proof Russia didn’t tilt election to him Trump Blames Everyone but Russia Trump's Evolution From Relief to Fury Over the Russia Indictment Trump's question about Obama and Russian meddling — answered Trump's Furious Tweetstorm Backfires
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Top Officials Tell World to Ignore the President's Tweets
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Russia Isn’t the Only One Meddling in Elections. We Do It, Too
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State election officials across country returning to paper ballots
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Trump challenges ‘insecure’ Oprah to run for president
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The Richest American Presidents Of All Time, Inflation-Adjusted
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Donald Trump's slow-moving s-- scandal
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The Burden of Trump's National-Security Staff
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Trump’s Miss Universe Gambit
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Trump reverses course on Romney attacks, endorses him for Senate Romney’s Russia Vindication
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U.S. Leadership Image Suffers Most Among Friendly Nations
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Merck CEO: Trump's Charlottesville remarks challenge "basic values of the country"
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Poll: Texas Republicans Still Like Trump Trump Now Trails Only Reagan Among Recent Presidents in GOP Esteem Gallup: Presidential Job Approval Center
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Republican Candidates Face a Dilemma on Trump Rep. Rooney will not run for re-election
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Trump Accidentally Shares Poll That Shows Dem Lead
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Pennsylvania court issues new congressional map that could boost Democrats Outside expert advises Pa. Supreme Court in drawing congressional district map
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Experts rank Trump as worst president, Obama 8th best
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Trump Celebrates Presidents' Day With a Huge Sale on Merchandise
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It's Not Illegal Immigration That Worries Republicans Anymore
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There's Still Time to Act Against Russian Interference America Is Under Attack and the President Doesn't Care
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Where Are They Now?: The 25 candidates for president in 2016
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Trump has a lot in common with Andrew Johnson, whose presidency failed spectacularly
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Selfishness Is Killing Liberalism
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Witnessing the Collapse of the Global Elite
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Elizabeth Warren On Her Journey From Low-Information Voter
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Omarosa: Someone in WH Sleeps with Everyone
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Top German diplomat: 'We no longer recognize our America'
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Former VP Biden mulling another run for presidency
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Travel:

Gassy Passenger Forces Plane To Make Emergency Landing Family Sues Airline
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She didn't expect her video of a screaming Delta passenger would go viral - now she feels bad
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Soccer:

Reports: AC Milan Owner Yonghong Li Declares Bankruptcy
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AC Milan owner Yonghong Li declared ‘bankrupt’ and businessman’s assets will be ‘auctioned off on Chinese version of Ebay’
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Adult star offers services to save struggling footie side
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Energy Storage:

Bankrupt Alevo Says It Has A $5M Offer For Most Of Its Assets
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Filing shows NC battery maker unlikely to resume production
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Pensions:

Spending bill sets path to fix a looming pension crisis
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Advisors:

A&M Promotes Fox to Co-Head of Restructuring Practice
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Aviation:

Boeing Is Killing It by Squeezing Its Suppliers
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Airline Boom Times Stoke Push by Pilots for Lost Retirement Pay
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Education:

Gainfully employed? New evidence on the earnings, employment, and debt of for-profit certificate students
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Gambling:

Lucky Dragon now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Wisconsin bankruptcy filings were the lowest in a decade in 2017
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Other (Non-Religious) Non-Profit Organizations Also File Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

“Golden Shares” May be Fool’s Gold for Lenders
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Plan Confirmation:

Bankruptcy Plan Approval Doesn’t Have Broad Effect On Subsequent Discharge Issue
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Bad Faith:

Only the Financially Distressed May File for Bankruptcy
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Equity:

Judge Mark Wallace Dismisses Adversaries Based on Unclean Hands, Great Opinion
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Cross-Border:

SDFL Adopts Guidelines For Cooperation On Int'l Bankruptcies
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IP:

First Circuit Weighs in on Scope of Intellectual Property Protected by Bankruptcy Code Section 365(n)
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Tax:

The Phantom Of The Tax Code—Discharge Of Indebtedness
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Guitars:

Gibson Guitars on the Verge of Bankruptcy Report: Gibson Guitar Company Facing Imminent Bankruptcy Gibson Bankruptcy Predictions Circulate Over Weekend: What Do They Really Mean? Legendary guitar-maker hanging by a string Gibson pushes back against bankruptcy talk, hires new CFO
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Autos:

Judge approves Takata's U.S. bankruptcy plan
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2018: Tesla's Year of Reckoning?
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Daimler included emissions-cheating software on diesels, German magazine says Daimler Downplays Report on Rigged US Emission-Test Software
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Retailing:

How Low Will Retail Go? Look at the Railroad
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Sears brand name Deteriorates in Value
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Sears could squeeze out positive profit for Q4
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Walmart earnings fall short of estimates, sending shares lower
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Hedge Fund's $26.2M Bid Tops Ch. 11 Auction For Aerogroup
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When Malls Save the Suburbs from Despair
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Steinhoff appoints chief restructuring officer
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Bloomberg’s Retro Video Game Shows The Realities Of A Struggling Retail Industry
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Bon-Ton Department Stores Begins Sales at Stores Planned for Closure
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Food/Beverage:

Winn-Dixie owner preparing for bankruptcy filing; up to 200 stores could close, report says Winn-Dixie and Tops Owners Could Prepare for Bankruptcy Former bankruptcy judge weighs in on possible Tops bankruptcy
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Bi-Lo Readies Bankruptcy Filing: The End Is Near For Wheeler
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Report of possible Tops Markets bankruptcy prompts union response
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Kraft Heinz: A Company in Decline
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Personal Finance:

Billionaire Mark Cuban: ‘One of the great lies of life is follow your passions’
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Here are 10 tax changes for 2018 you need to know
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Religion:

Pope in troubled water after wowing world Pope begs forgiveness for 'irreparable damage' caused by abuse Pope revives lapsed abuse commission after coming under fire
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Pope on Epiphany: Don't make money, career your whole life
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Pharma:

Merck Unit Loses $2.5B Verdict As Hep C Patent Invalidated
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Coal:

Michigan's Consumers Energy to stop burning coal by 2040
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A West Virginia newspaper is in bankruptcy. The powerful coal industry celebrates.
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Newspapers:

Bankruptcy court OKs Herald sale to Digital First
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Electricity:

EFH Raises Questions Over Reserve Fund Interest Payments
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SC lawmakers get dubious emails about nuclear reactors
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Hotels:

Hammons Hotels To Be Sold
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UK:

Carillion investors considered legal action
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More investors looking to cut U.K. assets as Brexit uncertainty persists
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Keep Looking for the Brexit Effect on U.K. Banking
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Panama Papers cases to bring £100m to HMRC
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Philip Green Faces Pricey End to 50 Years in Retail Arcadia Topshop
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Jamie Oliver suffers fresh blow as Barbecoa owner heads for chop
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Meat safety scare firm Russell Hume collapses with 266 jobs lost
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Provider Beware! Bankruptcy Payment Order May Be Required to Pay a Bankrupt's Pension to Official Assignee.
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KFC closes most of its UK stores due to chicken shortage
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PIIGS:

Italy’s Recovery Has a Bitter Aftertaste
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Credit Agricole Said to Start $7.5 Billion Italy Loan Sale
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In Italy's poorer south, populist party woos angry voters
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New Greek loans prove elusive as talks near on post-bailout life Greece closer to disbursement of new loans Ratings upgrade lifts Greek debt Greece seeks to calm Brussels' bailout fears
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Greeks Feel the Pain of Being Normal Again
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Mexico:

One Million homes are left without power after magnitude-7.2 earthquake slams Mexico City
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North Korea:

North Korean athletes at Winter Olympics desperate to avoid ‘hellish Gulag fate’ of 1966 World Cup squad
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France:

France’s new layoff law triggers flux in labor market
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China:

While Washington Spends, China Moves to Cut Its $30 Trillion Debt Load
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South Korea:

State-run creditor to put Daewoo Engineering up for sale again
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India:

Tata Steel, JSW Living Bid For Debt-Ridden Bhushan Steel
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Aircel which is debt-laden to shortly file for bankruptcy at NCLT
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India shares fall to two-month low amid concerns over impact of bank fraud Eyes wide shut: the $1.8 billion Indian bank fraud that went unnoticed
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Another debt-ridden farmer committed suicide
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Debt-ridden businessman commits suicide after killing wife, 2 daughters
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MENA:

In boost to reform, Saudi Arabia's cabinet approves bankruptcy law
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Dana Gas repeats challenge to English court sukuk ruling
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Australia:

Bankrupt Nathan Tinkler living large in $13.5 million mansion
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Ponzi scheme accused Veronica Macpherson spruiks new enterprises online
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Singapore:

Noble Group Flags $5 Billion Loss as Debt-Deal Endgame Nears
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Zimbabwe:

IMF Deadlock Makes Zambia's Bonds the Worst in Emerging Markets
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Venezuela:

Venezuela Overview
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Venezuela Is Jumping Into the Crypto Craze Venezuela's oil-backed petro more likely to be ruled 'illegitimate' than succeed, economist says
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Venezuelan refugee crisis could eclipse Syria's, economist predicts
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