September 10, 2018

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Law:

September Salary Wars: Firms That Have Announced Raises And Bonuses
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Fewer Legal Jobs For Second Consecutive Month As US Economy Continues Growth Streak The legal industry shed 1,500 jobs in August, marking its lowest point so far in 2018
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The Best And The Brightest Are Heading Back To Law School
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Barclays Looks to Shake Up Law Firm Panel Model in Coming Years
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Baker Donelson Fined Over Discovery 'Misunderstanding'
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Holland & Knight's Philly Arrival May Boost Market's Allure
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Old Problem of Legal Industry Bias Requires New Tools, Study Says
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A Law Professor’s Advice For Women Entering The Legal Profession
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Talk To Your Law School Career Services Folks Or Risk Devaluing Your Law Degree
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To err in Biglaw is human. To forgive is divine, and potentially profitable
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Yup, It's Great to Be a White Male Lawyer!
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Top 10 Mistakes Partners Make In A Lateral Move
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Paul Manafort's lawyers have reportedly resumed talks of a possible plea deal ahead of his second trial Papadopoulos Sentenced to 14 Days Trump: 'I don't want to be set up with a perjury trap' in the Mueller probe Nixon White House counsel: Trump doesn’t respect the rule of law Roger Stone asks for donations to his legal defense fund and seeks to expand legal team as Mueller closes in on him Trump Lawyer's Biggest Fear Last steps for the Mueller-Trump minuet? Mike Pence: ‘I would be more than be willing’ to talk to Mueller even if Trump won’t Trump expected to declassify Carter Page and Bruce Ohr documents
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Inside Trump's biggest hire
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Prosecutors now say Russian national Maria Butina did not offer sex for political access Maria Butina Strange Route to a US Jail
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Trump Biographer: Job Security Not Good for Sessions or Mueller
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Stormy Daniels Says She Has More Damning Trump Evidence Michael Cohen seeks to rescind nondisclosure agreement with Stormy Daniels Michael Cohen wants to scrap the Stormy Daniels NDA
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Trump to Answer Questions Under Oath on Assault
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New documents detail alleged abuse by former RNC official Ex-Playboy Model Says RNC Leader Abused Her: Report Comedian Louis CK reappearance points to a potential path back from misconduct claims Moonves is reportedly set to resign after 6 more women accused the CBS CEO of harassment, assault CBS is close to a settlement to cut ties with Moonves, end fight with National Amusements: Sources CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves to resign without severance package after new sex harassment allegations Julie Chen’s Enemies at CBS Emerge as Her Husband, Les Moonves, Is Accused John Steinbeck was a sadistic womanizer, says wife
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FactCheck TX. AG on Crimes by Illegals ‘The Separation Was So Long. My Son Has Changed So Much’ ICE's move to seize millions of voter records stalled after N. Carolina officials balk Traumatized Children at the Border
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Sessions' War on Tech is Going Nowhere
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Trump's reported 'dumb southerner' jab at Jeff Sessions could be hurting him in Alabama
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Trump Wants Sessions To Investigate ‘Anonymous.’ But There Was No Crime Fox News’ Chris Wallace slams Trump for his ‘disturbing’ demand to prosecute NY Times op-ed writer
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Officer in wrong apartment fatally shoots neighbor Dallas ID's Cop Who Killed Neighbor Dallas Officer Guyger Arrested for Murder
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A Shocking Number of Killers Murder Their Co-workers
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Orthodox Jewish women slammed for wearing ‘slutty’ wigs
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GoFundMe: Homeless Vet Will be Paid
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Citing 14th Amendment, federal court judge voids Texas’ fetal burial law
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Habits Of Mentally Strong People, And How They Can Help You Succeed
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Feds: 2 CPD cops sold info of crash victims to suburban attorney service
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Ill. Atty Accused Of Making Bogus Claims In Court Filings
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Sheer terror hits victims of chilling 'virtual kidnapping' extortion schemes targeting the wealthy
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judge Vacancies Announced: E.D. WA and E.D. Cal
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Facing Removal for In-Court 'Belligerence,' Queens Judge Asks Court of Appeals for Leniency
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David Brock: I Knew Brett Kavanaugh Big Law Steps Up to Praise Kavanaugh as Confirmation Hearing Winds Down I Wrote Some of the Stolen Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About - He should be impeached, not elevated Damning Calls For Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Impeachment Come From Author Of Stolen Memos The Brett Kavanaugh perjury controversy, explained by 4 legal scholars John Dean, Watergate Whistleblower, Predicts Kavanaugh Will Strengthen Presidential Power Could HHS Secretary Alex Azar Derail Brett Kavanaugh? Groups Tell Democrats Investigate Kavanaugh for Perjury Kavanaugh bragged about his clerks’ diversity. His legal record is another story. Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing Didn’t Change Anything 4 winners and 3 losers from Brett Kavanaugh’s many-hour, multi-day confirmation hearings Deregulation Foes Worry Kavanaugh Could Tip High Court Balance This is what life was like for women in America before Roe v. Wade 'Your decisions affect real people': the lawyer who represented an immigrant teen in her fight to get an abortion explains why she testified against Brett Kavanaugh Yale law prof says Kavanaugh is best choice for Democrats Liberal Law Prof. Akhil Amar: If Not Brett Kavanaugh, Then Who? ABA testifies on ‘well qualified’ rating: Kavanaugh has ‘an excellent reputation for integrity’ Woman Who Never Heard Of White Power Symbol Until This Week Goes Right Back To Using White Power Symbol Brett Kavanaugh’s Nike Ad The Senate Shreds Its Norms
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A Lesson in Document Review, Spurred by Sen. Harris’ Comments at Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing
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The Supreme Court Is Headed Back to the 19th Century
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Wall Street:

US futures indicate an upbeat open amid US-China trade frictions U.S. stocks look set to bounce higher after last week’s drop
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Nasdaq falls for fourth straight day, posts worst start to September since 2008
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Stocks may dip, but experts don't see crash if Trump is impeached
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The new fear for stock investors is an emerging-market meltdown
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A stock-market bear signal is at a more-than-4-decade high, says Goldman
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Stocks are in ‘the danger zone,’ and it is ‘assured’ that a bear market will occur in the next year, analyst warns
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Goldman Bear-Market Risk Indicator at Highest Since 1969: Chart
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Layoffs:

The US military, the largest employer in the world, is working on a plan to take humans off the battlefield
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Autos:

IRS now listed as creditor in Reagor-Dykes Auto Group bankruptcy
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The Wheels are Coming Off Tesla in Real Time Things Keep Happening at Tesla Tesla Short Shorts Are Showing Some Bulge Chaos Erupts At Tesla: Stock Crashes, Bonds Implode After Heads Of Accounting, HR Quit Market analysts are wary of Elon Musk's erratic behavior Ousting Musk From Tesla Won't be Easy Don’t let the smoke distract from the Tesla fire Air Force is looking into Elon Musk's pot smoking: Source Tesla's accountant quit after concluding Musk was ignoring go-private advice Suzy Welch: Elon Musk thinks he's a prophet and has forgotten he's a leader Elon Musk in a wide-ranging note to employees: 'We're about to have to most amazing quarter in our history' Tesla Erupts in Chaos as Executives Leave, Musk Tokes Up Elon Musk's Toke Tour Won't Fix Tesla
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VW Investors Sue Over Diesel Scandal
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Waymo Could be Worth $175 Billion Everyone Finds Waymo Cars Infuriating
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Politics:

Trump Has Narrowed Down Search for NYT Op-Ed Author Trump wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate writer of anonymous NYT op-ed Thousands of mental health professionals agree with Woodward and the New York Times op-ed author: Trump is dangerous Mike Pence said he'd take a lie detector test to prove he didn't write the anonymous New York Times op-ed Bannon: Trump facing crisis not seen since days of Abraham Lincoln Washington Post columnist suggests Jared Kushner is behind NYT op-ed How "senior" is Anonymous? The art of complaining anonymously, like the mystery Trump op-ed writer Watergate's Woodward says 'Times' Trump op-ed not up to his standards Obama has no time for the anonymous op-ed writer
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I Read Every Bob Woodward Book. Here’s How They Stack Up. Trump furious with White House communications staff response to Woodward book: ‘Bring back Hope Hicks’ Woodward: Draft Trump tweet alarmed Pentagon officials Bob Woodward defends his reporting after White House criticism How Trump nearly provoked North Korea into war with a single tweet, according to Bob Woodward Bob Woodward: "People better wake up to what's going on" in the Oval Office
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Omarosa claims White House staffers had hashtag to discuss 25th Amendment
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Fox News Piles on Trump's Embarrassing Week
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Liberals Don't Know Much About Conservative History
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Trump adviser says Cruz could lose Senate race Top Trump official reportedly said Ted Cruz has a likability problem that could cost him his Senate seat Inside the GOP’s rescue mission for Ted Cruz Ted Cruz warns that Beto O’Rourke will bring ‘tofu, silicon and dyed hair’ to Texas Did Ted Cruz forget how important silicon is to Texas?
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Watergate echoes get louder for Trump's presidency
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The Hate Network: An Inside Look at a Global Extremist Group
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The Divided Legacy of LBJ
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Democrats’ blue wave could crash over the GOP agenda in Congress Scary signs for Republicans Pennsylvania Vote Could Swing Congress
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The Democrat Who Could Lead Trump's Impeachment—Or Stand in Its Way
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Racism and anti-semitism surged online after Trump's election, analysis shows
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Ryan, McConnell try to coax Trump away from shutdown — using props and flattery Freedom Caucus Divided on Shutdown Trump says a shutdown would be a “great political issue” 2 months from the midterms
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Jewelers made a ‘take a knee’ pun on a billboard. Now they’re getting death threats
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Trump Aides Are Worried Obama Will Get In His Head Obama to Trump: How Hard Is It to Say ‘Nazis Are Bad?’ Obama: Republicans Lack 'Backbone' to Protect Democracy Obama: 'Suddenly Deficits Do Not Matter' Obama: Voters have a chance to "restore sanity" in midterms Obama visit to California highlights how obstacles remain for Democrats trying to flip GOP House seats Ben Shapiro’s revealing explanation for Donald Trump’s rise: it’s all Obama’s fault The 7 most important moments in Obama’s blistering critique of Trump and the GOP Obama and Trump compete for airtime ahead of midterms
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In Fahrenheit 11/9, Michael Moore spares no one — especially self-satisfied liberals
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Trump’s ‘Kryptonite’ Could Be ‘Ridicule' by Al Franken
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Republican Senator 'Regularly' Considers Leaving Party
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Nike Really Pulling Back The Veneer On The NFL Where Do NFL Fans Live? Mapping Football Fandom Across the U.S. Nike Sustains Swift Reputation Hit Following Kaepernick Ad Mayor Bans Nike from Rec Programs Here’s what Twitter data say about the Nike boycott Nike’s online sales jumped 31% after company unveiled Kaepernick campaign, data show Nike Sales Skyrocket After Kaepernick Ad Ran Nike, Colin Kaepernick, and the history of “commodity activism” Dolphins' Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson first NFL players in Week 1 to kneel during anthem NFL not expected to implement new national anthem policy this season
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Why Trump won’t be removed by the 25th Amendment
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Report: Trump inauguration photos were cropped by National Park Service
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Apple yanks Alex Jones’s Infowars app from App Store
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Democrats swear off hacked information after Republican quit bipartisan talks
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The thin-skinned president who made it illegal to criticize his office
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Thomas Paine: How to Deal with a Mad King
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Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones says he’s the victim of a media conspiracy
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Economy:

Most Jobs Created Since 2008 are Low Paying
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US Added 201,000 New Jobs in August August Employment Report: 201,000 Jobs Added, 3.9% Unemployment Rate Comments on August Employment Report United States Wages and Salaries Growth 1960-2018
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Weekly Unemployment Claims Since 1971
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Jobs report beats as wage growth soars at its fastest pace since the Great Recession August Jobs Report: Wage Growth Where It Matters Most Faster wage growth in strong jobs report is likely to mean more Fed interest rate hikes Wages Are Finally Going Up, Sort of U.S . Workers Win Bigger Pay Gains by Becoming More Productive How job-hopping in this tight labor market can help you snare a fatter paycheck Wage growth takes center stage
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Workers with low levels of education still haven’t recovered from the Great Recession
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Fed’s Rosengren says yield curve is not an important indicator
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Trump has set economic growth on fire. Here is how he did it
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Summers slams Fed’s latest stress test’s result as ‘comically absurd’
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Trump Threatens Canada With 'Ruination' on Autos Trump Threatens Japan on Autos Why is Trump Looking for More Trade Wars? As Biz Opposes China Tariffs, Trump Says More On The Way Trump Threatens China with Tariffs on $267 Billion in Goods China vows to retaliate if the US takes any new steps on trade Trump ups ante on China, threatens duties on nearly all its imports Trump Shows He's Ready to Go All-In Against China on Tariffs 11 million U.S. workers are in the trade war's crosshairs Apple faces Trump's ire after company says its products would be hurt by tariffs Trump urges Apple to move manufacturing to the U.S. Trump responds to Apple tariff concerns, suggests 'easy solution' Apple supplier shares slide after Trump tells the tech giant to make its products in the US Trump Is Feuding With Harley-Davidson. Bikers Love Him Anyway US and China could soon prompt a 'big slowdown' in global growth, former bank regulator warns The trade war's impact on China will be insignificant, former central bank governor says Apple says Trump's China tariffs are going to hurt the company Trump risks backlash for GOP in six key states if he expands China trade war China's trade surplus with US grows to new record in August, adding fuel to trade war fire Trump's trade war has forced one of Europe's most famous automakers to delay a $30 billion IPO US-China trade war worries are 'overdone,' says CEO US foreign trade balances are absolutely national security problems Trump's trade war against China may have a 'perverse reaction,' says economist Asian stocks lower after Trump’s Apple-production comments China trade surplus narrows, but not with the U.S. Yardeni says Trump winning the trade war with China will trigger ‘the mother of all meltups’
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Canada Hasn't Budged on NAFTA Demands The US and Canada haven’t budged on NAFTA The former president of Mexico believes Canada forced Mexico to go it alone in the NAFTA fight with Trump
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Ford not moving production from China to U.S., despite Trump’s tweet Ford: Trump Tweet on Focus is Dead Wrong
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Trump Now Taking Aim at ICC
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Q3 GDP Forecasts Latest New York Fed Staff Nowcast: 2.2% for 2018:Q3 and 2.8% for 2018:Q4
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How the economy has fared since Trump’s tax cuts were passed
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E-commerce thriving in America’s shuttered factory town
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs During Presidential Terms
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Trump: The Military Will Build My Wall
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Are You in the American Middle Class? The American middle class is stable in size, but losing ground financially to upper-income families
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AAR: August Rail Carloads Up 3.8% YoY, Intermodal Up 5.1% YoY
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US Companies Repatriating Billions in Foreign Earnings
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All Americans would get an income boost under this new plan to share the country’s riches
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10 years after the financial crisis: Uneven progress and some structural disconnects
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More Americans pay no federal income tax FactCheck: Income Taxes Slam Middle Class
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With tax reform 2.0, time to end the loophole for large US credit unions
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At Risk GOP Say No to New Tax Bill
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This economist thinks the US is bankrupt. What that means for your retirement
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6.3%: African-American Unemployment Rate Second-Lowest Ever
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Lots of us are employed. But it is all too often in two or three ill-paying jobs
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US presidential hopeful: Free money can help save the country from jobs lost to robots
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The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis
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U.S. risks ‘economic suicide’ if it doesn’t embrace this clear demographic trend
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Millennials Don't Think Socialism Is 'Cool'
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Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis?
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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:

Rental Glut Sends Chill Through the Hottest U.S. Housing Markets
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Starbucks, florists and other warning signs home prices are about to go up
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15 US cities where you can afford to buy a home if you earn less than $40,000 a year
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Municipalities:

House Democrats accuse Republicans of shutting down Hurricane Maria investigation
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Can Crypto, Cannabis, and Nicolas Cage Boost Puerto Rico’s Economy?
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Puerto Rico’s new chief investment officer takes on economic development plan
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Unsecured creditors sue to stop Puerto Rico GDB restructuring deal
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New York is one of the most expensive US cities to live, but here's why Boston is catching up
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Oil/Gas:

Oil set to be toppled as North America's 'main energy source' this year, risk management firm says
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California Gov. Jerry Brown moves to block Trump on offshore drilling, declares 'not here, not now'
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Elon Musk Rails Against Fossil Fuels
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Drilling and suburbia collide in Colorado fracking fight
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The Coming Devaluation of Canada's Oilsands
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Retailing:

Toy City pop-up stores to fill Toys R Us locations
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Retailers are preparing to take over for Toys “R” Us
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Walmart Thinks 'Kidfluencers' Will Help Nab Share Of Toys 'R' Us' $11 Billion Business
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Lehman:

Lehman Bros.' bankruptcy a decade ago offers lessons to protect today's consumers Reforms haven’t eliminated risk of another Lehman-type failure Could Lehman have been saved? Life lessons from former Lehman Brothers staff In a global financial crisis, sometimes you don’t tell the whole story A reporter's memories from the front lines Lehman: Political and Personal Lehman collapse a thing of the past The dangerous myth we still believe about the Lehman Brothers bust
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Gambling:

NFL Could Pocket Billions from Sport Gambling
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Celebs:

Was Burt Reynolds Broke?
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Tobacco:

FDA has ‘unreasonably delayed’ graphic warnings on cigarette packs, Mass. federal court rules
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Manufacturing:

Product Quest Manufacturing files for bankruptcy protection Summary: New Chapter 11 Filing - Product Quest Manufacturing LLC
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Corporate Reform:

Reforms haven’t eliminated risk of another Lehman-type failure
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Senate Confirms Ex-Milbank Attorney As SEC Commissioner
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Sports:

Mississippi homecoming queen boots game-winning extra point
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Tech:

Is More Tech Regulation Coming?
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Non-Profits:

America's System for Resettling Refugees Is Collapsing
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Paper products:

Stamford co. exits bankruptcy with ongoing losses in 2018
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Maritime:

Murmansk Shipping Company denies bankruptcy claims
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Farming:

Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us?
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Movie Theaters:

Where Does MoviePass Go From Here?
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Musical Instruments:

Gibson, creditors strike global deal
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Food/Beverage:

Ruby's Diner files for bankruptcy protection
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Ruby’s Bankruptcy Leaves Law Firms in the Red
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Southern Illinois grocery business started in 1863 closing
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

August Total Bankruptcy Filings Increase 10 Percent from Last Month, Commercial Chapter 11 Filings Fall 12 Percent
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Mass Torts:

Duro Dyne Files Asbestos Bankruptcy In NJ - First Day Dec New Chapter 11 Filing - Duro Dyne National Corp.
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Corporate Governance:

Delaware Amends Law Regarding Division and Formation of Limited Liability Companies
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Ethanol:

Big Oil Launches Anti-Ethanol Ads
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Climate:

Florence may hit East Coast as a major hurricane The Eastern U.S. Coast Faces A Major Hurricane Threat Within Days Computer models Florence intensifies, expected to become 'an extremely dangerous' hurricane targeting the US Hurricane Florence poses extreme risks for East Coast A hurricane bringing 90 mph winds and a risk of life-threatening floods is closing in on the East Coast of the US Rapidly intensifying Florence could strike a blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region
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Wisconsin Floods are Catastrophic
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The Rio Grande Is Dying. Does Anyone Care?
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Most Ambitious Climate Plan in History
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Banking:

The Justice Department Is Beginning To Think That Wells Fargo Might Have Made Some Mistakes
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Boston Fed president says financial risks now coming from smaller banks
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Healthcare:

Meet the Texas lawyer arguing the Obamacare lawsuit seeking to do away for pre-existing condition coverage while elected officials duck & cover
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Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals
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Dignity Health Must Face $1.8 Billion Pension Underfunding Suit
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Personal Finance:

Americans don’t understand these basic financial terms
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Avoid making these 3 huge tax mistakes ahead of your retirement
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Here's what Americans want to know most about money, in every state
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Education:

When private equity firms buy colleges, students often pay more
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Why NYU's tuition-free medical school offer may not live up to its hype
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Reform Taught Teachers to Cheat
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Fraud:

Prominent health-care investor Phillip Frost charged by SEC with pump-and-dump schemes
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SEC awards $54m to two whistleblowers
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Foreign Investors Sue Bank Over Jay Peak Ponzi Scheme
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SEC Wins $63M Clawback From Family Of Fugitive Oak Exec
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The Bloody Saga That Made Theranos Finally Call It Quits
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$3M cattle fraud puts 2 Arizona families on financial brink
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Religion:

Catholic faithful demand change after abuse scandals
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Judge: Bankruptcy applies to all Puerto Rico Catholic churches
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UK:

Struggling Debenhams calls in KPMG team Troubled Debenhams calls in KPMG to consider store 'closures and insolvency' Debenhams may close stores as it draws up restructuring plans Debenhams may shut stores in a bid to save chain from closure
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No Real Winners as Logistics Firm Exercises a Lien on House of Fraser Stock Tea Terrace Joins Calls Of Mike Ashley For Insolvency Investigation Into House Of Fraser
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UK labour union calls for criminal investigation into Carillion collapse
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UK insolvency service to investigate Bell Pottinger directors Insolvency inquiry into Bell Pottinger's demise
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Katie Price ‘spends hundreds of pounds a week on toys’ for her children including guns and prams
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Filing insolvency claims as joint creditors?

Accounting profession needs to step up to the plate, says FCA chair
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Shocking scale of under 25s going bankrupt revealed
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HMRC CEO receives death threats on social media
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Optimism wanes among UK services ahead of Brexit
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Brits Move Closer to Wanting to Repeal Brexit UK Prime Minister Theresa May has wrapped a 'suicide vest' around Britain over Brexit, says Johnson The EU is preparing a big Brexit compromise to 'save Theresa' May Brexit stockpiling could make a mini recession next year 'almost inevitable' for the UK
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Debt Managers Banned For Improperly Managing Client Funds
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PIIGS:

Italy's economy would struggle with 'even a minor recession,' former IMF director says
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Greece exits bailout period just as bond markets turn stormy Greece is back on road to economic recovery: Tsipras Tsipras announces tax cuts as elections loom EU ponders pension cuts after April Greek PM promises relief measures after years of austerity
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EU:

Sweden Moves to the Right The high stakes of Sweden's election No clear majority as far-right party gains in Sweden election Establishment survives far-right surge in Swedish election Sweden Moves Towards a Hung Parliament
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Merkel Confronts a Defining Moment as the Global Order Realigns
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Jewish group in Germany condemns 'strongly rooted' extremism
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Canada:

Canada Lost 51,600 Jobs in August
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Financial woes more evident in province
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Venezuela:

Report: Trump administration met with Venezuelan coup plotters Venezuela calls for march against US after reported coup bid
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US should suspend redress for Venezuela creditors
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China:

HNA’s Grounded—and So Is Chinese M&A
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China consumer inflation speeds to 6-month high
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MENA:

Violent Protests Slam Iraq Rouhani: US Asks Ever Day for New Talks
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Afghanistan, the endless war
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Trump Cuts $25M from E. Jerusalem Hospitals Trump Administration to Close Palestine Liberation Organization Office in Washington
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Egypt Sentences 75 to Death for 2013 Protests
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Africa:

"They killed people until they got tired."
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France:

Seven people have been injured in a knife attack in Paris
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India:

Once-in-a-lifetime deals fuel a $100 billion India M&A boom
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Insolvency: What If The Winning Bidder Was Lying About Eligibility?
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Homebuyers as creditors does not make sense
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Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code to be main tool for bank debt resolution
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Aftermath of Nirav Modi fraud: PNB recovers record Rs 11,378 in 5 months
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Australia:

Unsecured creditors likely to get nothing from liquidation of construction company York Civil
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Creditors ' pursuit of Palmer could take years
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Singapore:

Singapore introduces omnibus bill to update insolvency, debt restructuring laws
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