February 6, 2019

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Law:

Harassment rife in the legal profession
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The Law Schools Where The Most Women Enrolled As Students (2019)
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Partnership Classes Are Shrinking, Hampering Advancement and Diversity
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The Unicorn Watch: New Black Partners
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The Biglaw Firm That Keeps Losing Partners Is Revamping Their Leadership Structure
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Big data: legal firms play ‘Moneyball’
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The Key to Survival for Midsize Firms in the Next Recession? Running 'Like a Business'
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AI Goes to Court: A Conversation With Lex Machina and Dorsey & Whitney - AI Making Inroads In Bankruptcy, Other Areas
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Big Law Partner Seeks $20M from Houston Restaurant After Alleged R--- Biglaw Partner Files $20 Million Lawsuit Over Alleged R---
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Will a New 'Standard' to Describe Legal Work Help Innovation Thrive?
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Will an inflated title hurt my marketability in the job market?
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After Rebuffing Sale To InfiLaw, Dean Says Charleston Law School 's Conversion To Nonprofit Will Be Completed In 2020
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The Safety Blanket: The Delicate Co-Dependency Balancing Act Of The In-House Counsel
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Mueller's Team Touts Skadden's 'Extensive' Cooperation in Foreign-Lobbying Case Republican senator expects to have Mueller report 'within a month' and insists Congress and the public should see it Files: How Trump Moscow Talks Unfolded Mueller Disputes ‘Putin’s Chef’s’ Unfair Prosecution Claim ‘More Confusion Than Collusion’: Law Prof Pokes Holes in ‘Implausible’ Trump-Russia Conspiracy Plot Subpoena Challenge Unsealed in Mystery Mueller Case Mystery Mueller Opponent ‘Country A’ Sasses the American Justice System: ‘Do as I Say, Not as I Do’ Manafort Judge Clears Courtroom to Hear Sealed Evidence 5 Reasons That New Trump Org Docs May Hint at Identity of Mystery Mueller Opponent U.S. judge sets Manafort sentencing date in Washington case New subpoena signals Trump's legal woes will outlast Mueller Trump took a veiled jab at the investigations into him during his State of the Union address — and some are drawing a Nixon parallel
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Trump Demands Democrats Stop investigations of Him On Trump's big applause line, the sound of silence was stunning
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Trump Inaugural Committee Hit With Subpoena The investigation into Trump’s inauguration money looks serious Michael Cohen Strikes Again: How Secret Recordings Led to Massive Trump Inauguration Investigation Trump Inaugural Chair’s Company Sought to Profit From Connections to Administration, Foreigners
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Fox News Judge: National Emergency Won't Get Trump Wall
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'An Ironic Twist': Stormy Daniels Gets a Small, Yet Very Important, Win Against Cohen
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TX AG asks US judge to strike down DACA
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Lawyer With Bed Bugs Falling Out Of His Clothes Causes Courthouse Evacuation
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Lawyer says he fired gun at burglar; he won’t cower at home or as city’s mayor
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Judge Allows Families of Sutherland Springs Mass Shooting Victims to Sue Store that Sold the Murder Weapon
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Law firm sent letters with Latin phrases including ‘ab initio’ and ‘prima facie’ to client with learning difficulty
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Law clients behaving badly
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He Committed Murder. Then He Graduated From an Elite Law School. Would You Hire Him as Your Attorney?
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Drone operator charged with trying to drop marijuana into prison
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The Crime Rate Perception Gap
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AL: Cop Shooting Innocent Kid at Mall Justified
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Judges:

Nickel and Dimed...for Federal Government Court Documents
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg appearing in public somehow doesn't convince conspiracy theorists she's alive
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Trump nominee Neomi Rao grilled on past writings, expresses 'regret' about some Neomi Rao could take Brett Kavanaugh’s old DC Circuit seat. She’s under scrutiny for her views on assault Senate Panel Grills Trump Pick to Replace Kavanaugh
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Bedbugs spotted on lawyer’s jacket lead to courthouse closure
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Justice Ginsburg makes first public appearance after surgery to attend ‘Notorious RBG in Song’
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Wall Street:

Futures dip after key Trump speech
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Dow Logs Triple-Digit Gains Ahead of Trump Speech U.S. stocks climb to two-month highs ahead of State of the Union address
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Trump's combative State of the Union 'left traders empty handed' — and markets are mixed as investors await bigger things
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These stocks are expected to be the winners and losers in President Trump’s State of the Union
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Layoffs:

Toys R Us workers are training Sears workers to fight for severance
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The Rise of the Robot Reporter
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Automation won’t bring an apocalypse—but that doesn’t mean it will be easy
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Robots at work: List of companies already using them
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Ford jobs 'axe' takes out a Flat Rock shift, as promised
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White-collar cuts: GM starts layoff of 4000 workers
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Sysco lays off 10 percent of its corporate support staff
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Concentrix announces another 117 layoffs
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Blue Apron laying off 450
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MN: Old National laying off 83
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Politics:

Republicans are lobbying Trump not to use the State of the Union to declare a national emergency over the wall How Trump Can Start Over Trump will have a farmer who is angry about his trade wars in the audience at his State of the Union
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Trump calls for an end to 'politics of revenge' as he slammed his political opponents in State of the Union address State of the Union: President Donald Trump says he wants bipartisanship, but is it possible? Trump challenges Congress to take on issues ‘neglected by both parties’ Trump State of the Union 2019 Positive In Polls What Trump talked about in the 2019 State of the Union 4 winners and 2 losers from the 2019 State of the Union Democratic and Republican lawmakers were underwhelmed by Trump's State of the Union as threat of another government shutdown looms Trump on Border Wall: 'I'll Get It Built' Coulter Slams Trump For Barely Discussing Border Wall 2 quick Trump State of the Union reality checks Trump stops short of border emergency and omits infrastructure details in State of the Union Stacey Abrams: I don’t want Trump to fail, but ‘we need him to tell the truth’ Bernie Sanders called Trump's State of the Union address 'racist' and said he's trying to 'divide us up' ‘Totally outrageous’ and ‘great job’: What lawmakers are saying about Trump’s State of the Union address The ‘Pelosi Clap,’ standing ovations and that wonky tie: How the world reacted to Trump’s SOTU Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a pin with a picture of the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in US custody to the State of the Union Tulsi Gabbard invites Kurdish leader to State of the Union in jab at Trump's Syria pullout Women in Congress are wearing white at Trump's State of the Union in a message of 'solidarity' House erupts in "USA" chant over record number of women in Congress Tiffany Trump wears white outfit to State of the Union address after Democrats encourage others to wear white in honor of women's suffrage Democratic women gave Trump a surprising standing ovation during the State of the Union after the president celebrated the historic achievements of American women Rep. Ilhan Omar responded to Trump's State of the Union with a Mueller jibe and by dancing to 'This Is America' Trump drew from Putin’s playbook by using WWII as unifying message in State of the Union Trump leans into fear-based rhetoric on immigration in State of the Union as he pressures Democrats for wall funding Trump delivers his second State of the Union with his political prospects looking grim Trump calls for end to ‘politics of revenge,’ touts ‘hottest economy’ 7 Takeaways From President Trump's State Of The Union Address Pelosi Signaled to Dems to Stop Booing Trump
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Members of Congress sang 'Happy Birthday' to a 81-year-old Holocaust survivor at the State of the Union
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GOP to Members: Play Up Gruesome Crimes
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'Pathetic and telling': Meghan McCain responds after Trump reportedly taunted John McCain after his death Trump goes nasty with pre-State of the Union insults
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Here's the difference between a 'socialist' and a 'Democratic socialist' Trump's 2020 vision: America First vs. socialism Trump links socialism in U.S. to devastation in Maduro's Venezuela
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State of the Union 2019: How Americans See National Issues Republicans and Democrats have grown further apart on what the nation’s top priorities should be
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Lawmakers Want Answers On Watchdog's Trump Hotel Report
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Trump didn't bother to tell his top general in the Middle East that he was going to pull troops out of Syria
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Russian media threatens US with 100 megaton nuclear doomsday device after key arms treaty fails
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A First: Women Take The Majority In Nevada Legislature And Colorado House
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Woman Alleging Assault By Virginia's Lt. Gov. Hires Washington Law Firm Embattled Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam reportedly considered leaving the Democratic Party amid fallout over yearbook photo scandal
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Overwhelming majority believe U.S. should remain in controversial arms accord Russia Will Develop New Nuclear Missiles
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A major democracy watchdog just published a scathing report on Trump
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Howard Schultz has had it with the ‘b’ word
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Beto O'Rourke tells Oprah Winfrey he'll decide on whether he's running for president by end of February
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Elizabeth Warren battles her own words Elizabeth Warren listed race as 'American Indian' in newly revealed Texas State Bar card from 1986 Elizabeth Warren apologizes for calling herself Native American New evidence has emerged Elizabeth Warren claimed American Indian heritage in 1986
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Six in Seven Americans Satisfied With Their Personal Lives
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Travel:

A Southwest flight was forced to land after a ‘pressurization issue’ caused a passenger’s ears to bleed
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Are You a Woman Traveling Alone? Marriott Might Be Watching You
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Healthcare:

AG doubles down in new bid to block hospital sale
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L.A. bankruptcy court denies California's request for stay in Verity Health System hospital sale
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Top Nancy Pelosi Aide Privately Tells Insurance Executives Not to Worry About Democrats Pushing “Medicare for All” Some Dems demure on 'Medicare-for-all' as pitfalls emerge Sherrod Brown: ‘Medicare at 55’ Is a More Realistic Goal
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Bipartisan Support Builds For Limits On Surprise Medical Bills
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Trump announces effort to end HIV epidemic in U.S. by 2030 Trump will have to stop sabotaging Obamacare

Why Hospital Prices Are Rising Fast
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Why Trump spent so much time criticizing abortion during the State of the Union
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Lehman:

How Much Value Was Destroyed by the Lehman Bankruptcy?
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Taxis:

NY: How Much Can You Make Driving for Uber
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Defaults:

US Leveraged Loan Default Rate Slides to 17-Month Low
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Fraud:

New Jersey Couple Accused Of $5 Million Ponzi Scheme
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Climate:

Cold-o-nomics
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The risky business of ESG
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Economy:

US services sector activity at 6-month low; shutdown blamed ISM Non-Manufacturing Index decreased to 56.7% in January
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Economic Activity in the Manufacturing Sector Expanded in January, ISM
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100 years of industrial production data
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Next financial crisis could come sooner than you think, Harvard professor warns
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Weak Demand for US Consumer Loans
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Fed's Kaplan urges no further rate action until outlook is clearer
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Powell's dinner with Trump fuels unease about Fed independence
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The economy has a simple message for us: 4 percent unemployment isn't what it used to be
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These industries have the biggest labor shortages
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Wall Street's Next Fed Stress Test Assumes Deepest Recession Yet
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The state of the facts on U.S. economy, taxes and more
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Fed shifts to Jim Bullard’s world after new interest-rate strategy
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Bernie Sanders blasts Walmart's new employee-leave policy
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The market is expecting monetary policy to ease worldwide
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The Great Trans-Atlantic Trade Charade
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The Endless Parade of Recession Calls
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Donald Trump’s Broken Promises in Lordstown
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Liked Evicted? -- Read Maid
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'We're all passengers in a billionaire hijacking' says the critic who has the world's richest people buzzing
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Lloyd Blankfein hits back at senators over stock buybacks: ‘The money doesn’t vanish’
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Survey: Half Of Americans Consider Themselves Modern-Day Workaholics
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US Infrastructure: Failing Grades
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Solid Majority Still Opposes New Construction on Border Wall Why the wall matters U.S. ‘Will Build a Human Wall if Necessary,’ Trump Says
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The share of unauthorized immigrants in border states is falling U.S. unauthorized immigrant population estimates by state
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Over 60 percent of voters — including half of Republicans — support Warren’s wealth tax, poll shows The best way to tax wealth isn't a wealth tax ‘A very big experiment:’ How Elizabeth Warren would try forcing billionaires to pay her wealth tax Taxing the rich is extremely popular Higher taxes on the rich polling well? Fox News host blames ‘the idea of fairness’ Actually, it was Democrats who killed the 70 percent tax Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to tax the US rich more - but how do you do it? Warren’s Proposed Tax on Wealthy Draws More Support Than Ocasio-Cortez’s Democrats’ ‘tax the rich’ plans draw heavy skepticism Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Understand Wealth Taxes
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Bernie Sanders takes shot at former Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein over ‘making the very rich even richer’
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Trump could cost the US the World Bank presidency for the first time
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5 things to know about the US economy before Trump’s State of the Union
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Study assesses long-term financial impact of living in your parents' basement
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Pollster Frank Luntz said this panel on the shutdown might be the most hostile he’s ever held
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China's 'soybean diplomacy' may delight Trump, but US soybean farmers are far less optimistic The US-China trade war could benefit Europe, Mexico and Japan There Could Be a Surprise Winner in the U.S.-China Trade War: The EU Trump's China Tariffs Are Delivering on One Front, Study Finds Trade hawks quietly bristle as Trump guns for deal with China China has offered the U.S. nothing on trade talks so far: CIBC 7:42 China has offered the U.S. nothing on trade talks so far: CIBC The US and EU seem to be on completely different pages ahead of expected trade talks Lighthizer, Mnuchin heading to Beijing next week for further trade negotiations State of the Union: Trump vows to end China's job 'theft'
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Retailers to Trump: We’re set for a strong year. Don’t mess it up
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BEA: January Vehicles Sales at 16.6 Million SAAR, 2018 Annual Sales slightly higher than 2017
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N.J. becomes 4th state to increase minimum wage
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These numbers prove African-Americans still haven’t recovered from the financial crisis
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How Much Accountants And Tax Preparers Earn In Every State
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Monopolies are the 'missing piece of the puzzle' when it comes to analyzing US inequality, investment researchers argue
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal would reshape US energy in 10 years. A lot could go wrong
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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:

CoreLogic: House Prices up 4.7% Year-over-year in December CoreLogic: Home prices inch forward in December
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Weekly mortgage applications fall 2.5% despite a sharp drop in rates
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Active Foreclosure Inventory Since 2000
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Delinquency Rate on First Lien Mortgages, 2000-18
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A couple in their 30s who bought a house near San Francisco says it took 3 months of searching, 2 rejected offers, and bidding 40% over asking price
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Redfin: West Coast shifting to a buyers market
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It’s not getting any easier to buy a house, and more Americans may just give up
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The Places Where It’s Hardest to Afford a Home
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Municipalities:

Judge approves debt restructuring plan for Puerto Rico First Puerto Rico debt restructuring deal approved for COFINA Judge approves massive Puerto Rico debt restructuring deal
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Puerto Rico governor puts spotlight on hurricane recovery at Trump speech
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Bipartisan bill targeting financial transparency in Puerto Rico introduced to Congress
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Puerto Rico’s Repudiation Of General Obligation Bonds: A Real Risk Or Just Kabuki Theater?
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Debt Island: Wall Street Closes in on 40 Years of Profit at Puerto Rico’s Expense
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Will Chicago's New Mayor Solve Its Pension Funding Crisis?
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A Bill Comes Due: New York Faces Massive Tax Shortfall With Elimination Of Federal Deduction Tax exodus just started, will become a flood: Varney
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Oil/Gas:

Summary: New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Arsenal Energy Holdings LLC Gas producer Arsenal files for bankruptcy to complete refinancing
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Study Shows Natural Gas, Wind & Solar to be Cheapest Technologies for Generating Electricity
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Looking To The Future: Oil companies and utilities are buying up all the electric car charging startups
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Women awarded $3.76M for misconduct, hostile workplace at Fred Fuller Oil will receive nothing
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BofA: Oil Demand Growth to End Soon
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Retailing:

Sears, Kmart employees to bankruptcy judge: Don't let Sears 'be a pawn in Lampert's game'
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Sears and Creditors Spar at Sale Hearing
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Sears plans to unload pensions and close more stores
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Sears will be back in court as fight over whether to sell to its former CEO rages on
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Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert could save the brand — or doom it
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What to Expect as Sears Enters Bankruptcy Court for Its Sale Hearing
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More store closings are likely even if Sears survives Sears plans to keep closing stores even if it survives bankruptcy
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FullBeauty files, exits bankruptcy in 24 hours
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Bondholders Dispute Nine West Bankruptcy Exit Plan
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Retailer Charlotte Russe Files Chapter 11, BofA Commits up to $50MM DIP Financing
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Inside the infamous dead mall that Amazon is reportedly redeveloping
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Retail sales growth might not be as robust this year, with trade, government shutdown concerns
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Bernsteins' bid for Beauty Brands looks like a winner
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BikeCo, LLC Purchases ASE Assets as Going Concern
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The running list of 2019 bankruptcy victims
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Crypto:

Judge Moves to Block Potential Lawsuits Against QuadrigaCX Exchange
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Mt. Gox Trustee’s Bank Book Leaked, and Creditors Should Be Outraged About Kraken Snub
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Conglomerates:

GE's French Jobs Fine Is Only Tip of Power Woes
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurant Performance Index unchanged in December
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Seasons Kosher Supermarkets emerges from Chapter 11
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Personal Finance:

Tax experts encourage filing before Feb. 15 in case of another shutdown
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This is what a car accident can do to your credit score
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How college friends should broach the touchy subject of money
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Most Americans consider debt a dating deal breaker
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Autos:

Daimler cuts dividend, sees 'slight' growth ahead
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Pensions:

Bipartisan bill can deliver on pension promise
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Distressed Investing:

Oaktree's Marks Left Salivating as Debt Swoon Came and Went
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Crypto:

A Crypto-Mystery: Is $140 Million Stuck or Missing?
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (21 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

2019 starts with sharp rise in New Hampshire bankruptcy filings
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Advisers:

AlixPartners 14th annual turnaround & restructuring experts survey: disruption is the new normal
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Chapter 11: The Process Still Can Work
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Notice of Appearance: Sean Cannon, Director at GLC Advisors & Co.
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Limitations:

In a Case of First Impression, the Ninth Circuit Begins to Unravel the Mystery of When a Claim to Enforce a Rescission Request under TILA May be Time-Barred
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Exemptions:

WA: Recent Developments In Homestead Law And Bankruptcy
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Litigation:

Legal finance trends: Bankruptcy
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Overcoming legal finance misconceptions in 2019
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Mediation:

Applying a U.S. District Court’s Local Mediation Rule in Bankruptcy Court: Iowa & Minnesota Examples
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Cross-Border:

COMI under European and American Insolvency Law
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Make-Whole:

Ultra Petroleum Corp. Make-Whole Saga Continues
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Prepack:

Judge Approves FullBeauty's Record 24-Hour Bankruptcy Case
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle
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Non-Profits:

After settlement, UW-Oshkosh Foundation files reorganization plan in bankruptcy case
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Pharma:

On the Bankruptcy Auction Block: Novum Pharma Summary: New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Novum Pharma LLC
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Pharma execs will testify before Congress ‘one way or another,’ US senator says
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Trump Highlights Health Agenda With Vow To Lower ‘Unfair’ Drug Prices Trump wants Congress' help on drug prices
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Amazon Hints At National Online Pharmacy Plans With New Licenses
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Pharma company files for bankruptcy after backlash over price hikes
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Religion:

Pope Francis acknowledges abuse of nuns for the first time
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Solar:

DC Solar companies file Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

Influential Democrat and Republican figures: Tales of student-debt woes are overblown
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Student Loan Debt Growth Fastest Among Boomers
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Seniors, too, are drowning in student loan debt
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Student loan default can gut your paycheck
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Electricity:

NextEra pushes to move PG&E fight with FERC out of bankruptcy court
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10 Mind-Numbing Figures That Define PG&E's Bankruptcy
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Did costs for past PG&E problems end up in consumers’ bills?
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PG&E wants to spend $130 million on employee bonuses. Could it be any more tone deaf?
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Lafayette on the hook for legal fees that PG&E does not pay
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PG&E Topples Western States Petroleum Association in California Lobbying Spending in 2018
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Why You Shouldn’t Try to Trade the PG&E Bankruptcy
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UK:

The Spectre of Increasing Corporate and Personal Insolvencies
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Canada's Sunrise Records to buy failing HMV
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What is the Brexit backstop and why is it the key to Theresa May passing a deal? Brexiteers demand Theresa May ask Trump to solve Brexit talks UK worse off under Brexit, say CFOs As Brexit looms, stockpiling goods hits high gear UK mulls slashing all tariffs to zero if there's a no-deal Brexit Theresa May is about to force through an avalanche of new Brexit laws In Northern Ireland, May vows return to hard border is not an option in any Brexit deal Britain’s Post-Brexit Future May Stink Top EU official muses about "special place in hell" for Brexit supporters Britain's financial heartland unbowed as Brexit risks deepen
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UK economy ‘stalls’ over Brexit and global economy fears
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UK Auditors Questioned Over Combating Fraud
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Your Move owner to close 124 high street branches
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Retailers "Looking nervously to the future"
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Interserve agrees rescue deal with creditors
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PIIGS:

Italy Is Said to Prep $2 Billion Property Sales to Cut Debt
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Canada:

Cryptocurrency exchange wins stay of proceedings in Halifax court
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Top Court Rules Bankrupt Corporations Can’t Evade Environmental Obligations Super-Priority for Environmental Liabilities in Insolvencies - A Comment on the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in Redwater Supreme Court of Canada Allows Redwater Appeal: Regulator entitled to super - priority for abandonment and reclamation costs Alberta Don’t You Treat Me Unkind – Gonna Change My Way of Thinking Insolvency and Environmental Law Collide: Supreme Court of Canada Rules in Favor of Alberta Energy Regulator in Redwater Decision
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Is legislation pending on bankruptcy, pension plans and lenders?
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Slump in Canadian consumer confidence shows no sign of reversing
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Canadian Mortgage Growth Slowing: Good For Households, Bad For Banks
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Venezuela:

Growing List Of European Nations Endorse Venezuela Opposition Leader Guaidó
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Guaido's U.S. Envoy Vows to Open Oil Sector, Restructure Debt
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Republic and PDVSA Bonds: No Trades With Friends and Family
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JPMorgan Said to Be Reviewing Venezuela's Status in Bond Indexes
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Venezuela Deep Dive
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Venezuela is printing money at the fastest pace ever
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Ukraine:

Hr 2.3 billion smuggled out of bank prior to bankruptcy
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China:

China's 'zombie' companies are a big threat to the economy - and JPMorgan says their debt pile means the country could be slowing faster than anyone thought
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Brazil:

Brazil fertilizer firm Heringer files for bankruptcy protection
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Brazil: Dam Workers Warned of Disaster
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Mexico:

Access to bankruptcy proceedings in Mexico
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Germany:

Holiday airline Germania collapses, cancels all flights Skyfall: Another budget airline goes down as sector struggles German minister: We have no specific plans to help bust airline Germania
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German economy at risk of recession, Deutsche Bank says
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German manufacturing orders slump in December
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India:

India Banks Could Face Billions Worth Of Bad Loans
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673,000 unsold homes hold the key to India's next shadow-banking crisis
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India’s shadow banks dread builder bankruptcies
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Poland:

Bankruptcies increased by 4.1% y/y, restructurings up by 33% in 2018
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