April 23, 2019

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Law:

Elite Biglaw Firm Holds True To Commitment To Elevate Women To Partnership Ranks
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New Report Underscores The Evolving Role Of Law Librarians
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Proskauer Adds Restructuring Partner
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Richmond: Bankruptcy lawyer foursome jumps from Christian & Barton to Williams Mullen
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The Law Schools With The Best And Worst First-Time Bar Exam Pass Rates (2018)
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Law Schools Ranked by Their Graduates’ Salaries
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Wallace Hall’s Long View of the Latest College Admissions Scandal
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White House Counsel Pat Cipollone's Financial Disclosure Shows $6.7M Income
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Forced ND Bar Membership Illegal Under Janus, 8th Circ. Told
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Kirkland's 'Bionic Women' Don't Mind Taking on the Boys
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Law Firm Called 'Jilted Lover' By Ex-Partner Defends Suit
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Trump insists 'nobody disobeys my orders' after Mueller report cited numerous examples of aides disobeying his orders Trump says 'nobody disobeys my orders.' Here's are 15 recorded instances of exactly that. Trump reportedly thinks the Mueller report is an existential threat, and that the only way out is a relentless attack on everyone involved The official PDF of the Mueller report has been updated in a subtle but important way Trump Fires Jones Day To Stick It To Don McGahn Trump Campaign Shoots Down Rumors of Rift With Jones Day Democrats Summon Ex-White House Lawyer McGahn on Mueller Report Donald McGahn Once Said He Represented 'Pictures on the Wall,' Not Trump How CNN's team staked out Mueller's office for over a yearTrump, Trump Organization sue House Oversight's Elijah Cummings to block subpoena Trump sues to block House Democrats’ subpoena of his finances Why Is Trump So Worried About His Finances Going Public? What are crimes Trump says his opponents committed - and who 'committed' them? Top Republican on House Judiciary urges Democrats to view less-redacted special-counsel report Mueller Report Holds 3 of Top 4 Spots on Amazon Best-Seller List What Mueller Really Knows About Trump The Obstruction Case Against Trump that Barr Tried to Hide FactCheck: "The White House fully cooperated with the Special Counsel’s investigation." The Mueller Report Makes It Clear: Trump Is Off the Hook in SDNY as Well Rudy: From No Collusion to No Big Deal Fox News Host Asks Giuliani: 'Who Made You God?' White House instructs ex-security clearance official not to testify
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Federal Investigators Are Seeking Biglaw Bills As Part Of Probe
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Utah bar investigation into polygamy could raise other legal challenges
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SCOTUS Will Hear LGBT Employment Discrimination CaseCourt to take up LGBT rights in the workplace SCOTUS will consider sexual orientation, transgender discrimination under Title VII Supreme Court To Likely Resolve LGBTQ Title VII Issues Supreme Court to Consider Whether LGBT Bias Is ‘Sex’ Bias
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TX: Border Apprehensions Top All of 2018
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High Court to Review Removal of Lawful Permanent Residents
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Former NFL players fail to move painkillers lawsuit forward
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Former congressman suspended for lying about ‘ugly lesbians’ comment
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It’s Official: The Best True Crime Documentary Of Them All
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Militia Leader Said Group Trained to Kill Soros, Obama, Clinton
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Easter Bunny Attacks Man In Brawl Outside Nightclub
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Chalking tires for parking enforcement ruled unconstitutional by federal appeals court
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Alex Jones Under Oath Disavows His Show
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Sri Lanka bomb attacks were revenge for New Zealand mosque killings, minister says Sri Lanka government warned by U.S., India of possible attack ahead of Easter bombings Islamic state claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings Sri Lanka blames local Islamist extremist group for Easter bombings Tourists flee Sri Lanka, as travel industry faces uncertainty
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Judges:

Bankruptcy judge Gross to retire
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Judge and lawyer trade accusations of blackmail and extortion over photos
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Wall Street:

Dow futures little changed after US ends all exemptions from Iran oil
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Stocks Close Mixed; Oil, Boeing in Focus
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The ‘Worry Gauge’ shows investors are still really scared, and that could drive stocks a lot higher
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Layoffs:

Schumer calls for change in WARN Act after Friendly's sudden closings
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Healthcare:

Medicare Will Be Insolvent by 2026, Government Report Warns
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Student Debt:

Warren Proposes Eliminating Student Debt for Millions Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduces $1.2 trillion plan to tackle student debt Elizabeth Warren's Student Debt Cancellation Plan: How It Could Work Elizabeth Warren Proposes Canceling Most Student Loans Elizabeth Warren just vowed to scrap student-loan debt for 42 million Americans Elizabeth Warren’s Higher Education Plan: Cancel Student Debt and Eliminate Tuition Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans Britt McHenry: Elizabeth Warren took a stab at fixing a looming crisis, but she hit far from the mark The Democrats’ Student Loan Plan Misses the Point
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Want a College Loan? First Serve Your Country
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The best and worst states for paying off student debt, ranked
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Celebs:

‘American Chopper’ star Paul Teutul accused of neglecting bankruptcy case
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Food/Beverage:

Struggling Kraft Heinz fires someone else: Its CEO
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Agribusiness:

Bipartisan coalition introduces bill to ease farm Chapter 12 bankruptcy rules House to Take Up Family Farm Bankruptcy Protection Bill
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Maritime:

Hanjin liabilities now pegged at $1.71B
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Retailing:

Sears says Lampert stripped company 'of billions of dollars of assets' Vestigial Remnant Of Sears Sues Eddie Lampert And Steve Mnuchin For Merely Being Themselves
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The downward spiral of Francesca's
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Projected Number of Retail Store Closings by 2026 if Online Retail Penetration Continues to Increase
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Clouds on the horizon: What climate change means for retail
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Electricity:

PG&E in deal with BlueMountain appoints new independent director
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California utility seeks higher rates for wildfire safety Unpopular PG&E asks California for higher rates, profits PG&E Pushes To Raise Ratepayers’ Bills
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Cybersecurity:

Millions using 123456 as password, security study finds
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Climate:

Climate Change Concerns Higher in the Northeast, West U.S.
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Economy:

Herman Cain withdraws from Fed Board consideration Trump effort to put political allies on Fed dealt blow after Herman Cain withdraws Trump drops plan to nominate Cain for Fed after GOP balks Herman Cain says he passed on Trump's Federal Reserve offer because the $183,100 salary was too low A Trump Fed choice steps aside, and another faces new doubts Trump's Federal Reserve Board pick Stephen Moore once said women should be banned from men's sports games, and called female refs an 'obscenity' Stephen Moore comes under fire for writing that women should not referee men's basketball games - unless they're good-looking Trump’s Fed pick wrote that women should be banned from March Madness Moore defends his 'spoof' about women
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Reagan’s Supply-Side Warriors Blaze a Comeback Under Trump
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Fed Seems Resigned to Bubble Risk in Effort to Extend Expansion
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Chicago Fed "Index Points to a Pickup in Economic Growth in March"
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Elizabeth Warren to Unveil Universal Child Care Plan Funded by Tax on Ultra-Wealthy
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Elizabeth Warren's student loan forgiveness plan: Could it super-charge the economy?
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What average Americans spend in a year in 22 major cities
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Social Security costs projected to surpass income beginning in 2020 Social Security's Costs Will Exceed Its Income Starting Next Year, Trustees Say Social Security Goes Insolvent in 16 Years
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Lighthizer Replaces General Counsel Amid Intense Trade Talks It would be a ‘mistake’ for the US to start a trade war with the EU, says former ambassador
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China's road to global dominance
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11 mind-blowing facts about Texas' economy
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Trump threatens crackdown on visitors from countries with high visa overstay rates
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EY: Global M&A Appetite at 10-Year High Fueled by Portfolio Reshaping
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2019’s Best & Worst Small Cities to Start a Business
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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:

Homeowners Hurt by Mortgage Scam Seek Role in Ditech Bankruptcy
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NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 5.21 million in March Comments on March Existing Home Sales
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Housing Inventory Tracking
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Sales of the cheapest and swankiest homes are tanking, but for very different reasons
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Keller Williams to begin buying and selling houses
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Municipalities:

What McKinsey Is Doing in Puerto Rico
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No, Puerto Rico's New Climate-Change Law Is Not a 'Green New Deal'
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IEEFA: PREPA privatization will not create competitive market, will lead to more dysfunction
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A political stalemate over Puerto Rican aid is leaving all US disaster funding in limbo
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Nassau IDA seeks to claw back tax benefits from bankrupt Aceto Corp.
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Lawsuit claiming EPA negligence in Flint water crisis can move forward, judge says
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Oil/Gas:

Emerge Energy Services LP Enters into Restructuring Support Agreement
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How Trump’s push to end Iran oil exports could backfire US Envoy Doubts Iran’s Last Oil Customers Will Want to Run Afoul of U.S. Sanctions Oil surges as US ends Iran sanction waivers—four experts forecast what’s next Goldman Sachs is not expecting oil to rally despite the US tightening sanctions on Iran California Gas Prices Hit Average of $4, Highest in the State Since 2014 Trump's Big Iran Oil Gamble Trump’s Hardline On Iran Catches Markets Off-Guard
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Politics:

Young Voters Think U.S. Is on the Wrong Track, Poll Finds
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At a town hall, Elizabeth Warren had to explain why a woman is electable. Twice.
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3 winners and 3 losers from CNN’s marathon Democratic presidential town hall
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What you need to know about the 2020 presidential candidates, in under 500 words
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Pelosi Cautions on Impeachment as She Decries Trump’s Ethics Pelosi says Democrats can hold Trump accountable without impeachment hearings House Democratic leaders urge caution on impeachment as members plot way forward Dem leaders stress more Trump probes, downplay impeachment There’s a Bigger Prize Than Impeachment The case for and against impeachment Kamala Harris: Congress should take steps towards Trump's impeachment Warren on Trump impeachment: "I took an oath to uphold the Constitution" Trump’s Popularity Hits Record Low as Support for Impeachment Wanes Elizabeth Warren says impeachment is more than just a “political inconvenience”
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America Is Fine With Collusion With Foreign Governments
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Joe Biden's 2020 announcement message
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Sanders the standout 2020 presidential pick in progressive straw poll Sanders supports voting rights even for convicted terrorists and sex offenders Sanders supports voting rights even for convicted terrorists and sex offenders Here’s how Bernie Sanders handled a pointed question about Soviet communism
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Iowa Democratic Caucus Polling
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‘I ain’t ever seen the dude’ – South Bend’s poor residents say Pete Buttigieg left them behind
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Russia’s hack into the US election was surprisingly inexpensive, Mueller report shows
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Aviation:

An American Airlines executive reveals why its exposure to the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has been limited
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Food/Beverage:

OG Philly brewery Weyerbacher declares bankruptcy — with plans to start fresh and flourish Weyerbacher Brewing files for bankruptcy, announces new ownership
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S&P downgrades a huge Pizza Hut, Wendy's franchisee
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Autos:

Top Auto Execs Are Worried About Sales
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How Tesla Pays No Workman's Comp
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Cloud Tech:

Fusion Connect Faces Stock Delisting as Potential Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Looms
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Travel:

This new US airport screening camera would see too much
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Coal:

Fallen Wyoming coal giants tangled in high-finance feud
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Religion:

U.S. Supreme Court blocks South Florida priest's libel lawsuit against Catholic Church
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More Americans than ever are leaving the Catholic Church after the sex abuse scandal. Here's why.
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Decline
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Litigation:

How Much Could We Lose At Trial?
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Cross Border:

M&G Mexican Units Seek Ch. 15 Protection From PBGC Filing
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Setoff:

Triangular Setoff Impermissible Under Section 553: No Contracting or Theorizing Around It, Section 553 Requires Mutuality
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Media:

Fuse Cable Networks File Ch. 11 In DE - First Day Dec
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Consignments:

Protecting a Consignor’s Interests in Retail Bankruptcy
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle
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Personal Finance:

16 outrageous things people have actually done to get jobs
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Crypto:

Unconfirmed: Mt. Gox Automatically Filing Creditors for Repayment
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Healthcare:

Hospitals Stand to Lose Billions Under ‘Medicare for All’
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Judge blocks parents’ move to quash measles vaccination order
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FactCheck: "Disparities in infant mortality between white America and black America (are) greater today, in 2019, than in the year 1850"
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1.4 Million More Americans Have Become Uninsured Since 2016: CBO
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Taxis:

Elon Musk claims Tesla will have 1 million robotaxis driving next year
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Labor:

The largest private sector strike in years is over. Supermarket workers won.
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Fraud:

The bizarre collapse of Theranos jumps to the screen, but the woman behind it remains an enigma
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Mass Torts:

J&J Asks Federal Court to Assume Baby Powder Lawsuits from State Courts
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Celebs:

One Of R. Kelly's Bank Accounts Is Reportedly In The Red
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UK:

Seventy-six pubs 'shutting per month', but closure rate slowing
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Canada:

Nearly half of Canadians $200 away from insolvency: Survey
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India:

Why bankruptcy court looks set to be Jet Airways' next destination
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How other Indian airlines are playing the Jet Airways crisis Jet Airways waits for a buyer as rivals muscle in on territory 410 Jet Airways pilots resigned in seven months
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Major issues in IBC to be resolved in 2-3 yrs: IBBI chief
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Ukraine:

Code of bankruptcy procedures comes into force in Ukraine
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NBU gets almost US$43 mln in repayment of insolvent banks' debt in Q1
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Deposit Guarantee Fund sold insolvent banks' assets worth UAH 80 mln last week
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China:

China's move away from stimulus could be bad for global markets
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Singapore:

New plan to avoid Hyflux liquidation being worked out: Sias
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Venezuela:

In Venezuela, women sell hair as another way to get by
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Brazil:

Avianca Brasil gives up 18 planes, cancels 1,045 flights
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South Africa:

South Africa brings forward Eskom bailout to avert default
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Argentina:

Argentina's Debt Hasn't Looked This Bad Since 2014
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