Daily Bankruptcy News
January 15, 2019


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Law:

Cravath Advises PG&E on Reorganization in Aftermath of California Wildfires
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Data Snapshot: Is U.S. Law Firm Expansion Stalling?
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How some law firms are affected by the government shutdown
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Law School Openly Begging Students To Talk To Kasowitz
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New Test for Law Schools: Do Enough Graduates Pass the Bar?
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A Closer Look At The Best LSAT Scores At The Top Law Schools
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Law School Faces Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit
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Biglaw Firm That Just Lost Over A Dozen Partner Loses Even More
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Kirkland's Bill Barr Reports $1.2M Firm Income on Disclosure for AG
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Quinn Emanuel Snags Head of DOJ’s Fraud Section Sandra Moser
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Top Attorneys More Upbeat On Their Firms Than On The Economy
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Former Sullivan & Cromwell Chair and Wife Killed in Apartment Fire
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Law School Versus Trade School
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Am Law 200 Firm Pinched For Labor Law Violations
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Law student’s impromptu airport dance video racks up 8.7 million views
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Attorney General nominee says Mueller should be allowed to finish report • The Dueling Narratives on Trump and Russia • Trump Attorney General Nominee William Barr Pledges ‘Transparency’ On Mueller Probe • Russia investigation could spark battle to learn Robert Mueller's findings • Trump's legal team rebuffed request for Mueller interview in recent weeks • Subpoena the Interpreter • 'Like I said: A puppet': Hillary Clinton repeats her allegation that Trump is working on behalf of Russian interests • Dershowitz: Should Mueller report comment on noncriminal conduct? • Trump attorney general pick Barr says wants Mueller report made public, won't allow improper interference • Trump’s Shot at Cohen’s Father-in-Law Looks an Awful Lot Like Witness Tampering, Dems Say • Sources say Mueller report is 'almost certain to be anti-climactic' • Trump denies being Russian sleeper agent as he rejects proposal to end government shutdown • On What Grounds Can the FBI Investigate the President as a Counterintelligence Threat? • Indicting and Prosecuting a Sitting President • The Inspector General Should Review the FBI Counterintelligence Probe into Trump • Adam Schiff makes specialty hires for reopened Russia probe • Transcripts Reveal What FBI Was Really Thinking Before Investigating Trump for Russia Ties • See for Yourself: The New Robert Mueller Action Figure • The US apparently kept no detailed notes of Trump-Putin meetings for the past 2 years • Trump Poses a Clear Danger to the U.S.: Ex-DOJ Chief
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Supreme Court Rebuffs Challenge to Trump’s Whitaker Appointment
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Kellyanne Conway’s BigLaw Husband : Trump Is a ‘Disgrace’
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Avenatti Sues 'Registered Republicans' Who Arrested Stormy Daniels
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Harvey Weinstein’s Top Attorney Ben Brafman Leaves Him: Reports
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The Myths About Our Porous Border • Pentagon extends mission to Mexico border through September • Trump attacks immigrants who don’t show up to hearings — and makes fun of those who do
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Former Suspect Confesses to Killing JonBenet Ramsey in Letters to Friend
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Trump birth control coverage rules blocked nationwide • New limits on birth control blocked
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Feds Can't Force You To Unlock Your iPhone With Finger Or Face, Judge Rules
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Man Says His Landscaper Asked to Bury Dead Cat on His Property; Investigators Find One-Year-Old Girl There Instead
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Animal charity accused of secretly killing dogs to increase flow of donations
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Alaskan Guide Fined After Herding Grizzly Bears With Snowmobiles So Clients Could Shoot Them More Easily
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Man Locked in Burger King Bathroom for an Hour Wants Free Whoppers for Life
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R. Kelly's threat to accuser "fake" because he can't write, lawyer says
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Judges:

BK SD CA: Court to Remain Open for Duration of Government Shutdown, All Employees "Essential" • All adversaries v. US stayed
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Federal Courts Could Close if Government Shutdown Persists • U.S. Bankruptcy Court could be affected by shutdown • Maine's federal courts will run out of money because of shutdown • Federal courts limit operations amid government shutdown • Government shutdown closes in on the federal court system
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Judge Sours In Yogurt Co. Fight, Calls Attorneys 'Children'
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Judge Resigns After Calling Fellow Jurist a ‘Little Mexican’ in an Email
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California Court of Appeal justice faces misconduct charges • LA Appeals Judge Accused of Groping Colleague Faces Misconduct Charges • California judge accused of 20-year pattern of harassment
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Judge Learns The Hard Way — Being A Judge Doesn’t Help When You Crash Into A Police Car
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Report estimates more than 42,000 immigration hearings canceled due to shutdown • Asylum seekers wait at US border as shutdown limits crossings
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'Roe v. Wade ' Film Features Jon Voight as Supreme Court Justice
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Trump Judge Nominee Once Blamed Drunk Date R--- Victims
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock market looks set to halt multiday stumble as big bank earnings get under way • Stocks set to rebound as China slowdown fears wane
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Global markets bounce as China pledges support for its stuttering economy • European markets rise on China’s economic pledge
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Stocks post back-to-back losses for the first time this year on earnings worries • Stocks close lower as China trade data spark more global economic worries
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Investors are hiding out in cash: Assets in money market funds surge past $3 trillion
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S&P 500 Earnings: The Sugar Rush Fades
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Morgan Stanley: There's a corner of the market perfectly positioned to boom if Wall Street's worst recession fears come true
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If There Were A Recession: My Top Picks In Case Of An Economic Downturn
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Layoffs:

Wingstop is replacing workers with robots and removing items from the menu as the industry battles skyrocketing labor costs
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Giant Food Stores will place robotic assistants inside 172 locations, company says • Googly-Eyed Robots Are Coming to Hundreds of Grocery Stores
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Politics:

Shutdown tests farmers’ loyalty as Trump visits their annual convention • Trump uses speech to farmers to highlight illegal immigration • Amid trade war that’s hurting their bottom line, many farmers are conflicted about Trump • President Trump Tells Farmers 'Greatest Harvest' Is Yet to Come as They Suffer From Trade War • Americans Blame GOP and Trump for Government Shutdown, Poll Says
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Trump's Favorite Poll Gives Him Lowest Mark in a Year • President Trump Job Approval Poll of Polls: Disapprove - 44% -- Approve - 41.4% • Gallup: Trump, Congress Job Approval Mostly Steady Amid Shutdown
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What’s the Difference Between Steve King and Donald Trump? • Congressional Black Caucus member moves to censure Steve King • McConnell rips Steve King for "white supremacy" remarks • Republicans swoop in to do damage control, stripping Rep. Steve King of House committee assignments after 'white supremacy' remark • Republicans start pushing Steve King out the door • Steve King Calls His Removal from Congressional Committees an 'Unprecedented Assault' on Freedom of Speech
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House Oversight chairman accuses Trump of making 'a lot of money' off presidency
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Krugman: Donald Trump and His Team of Morons - Nobody left besides those with no reputation to lose
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Trump Talks Wounded Knee in Warren Tweet • GOP Senators Slam Trump for Warren Tweet
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Turkey ‘Not Scared’ of Trump, Despite Syria Threats
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White House officials reportedly think Trump might actually be serious about abandoning NATO • Trump wanted U.S. to leave NATO last year: report
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How Trump's inaugural committee spent the record $107 million worth of donations to celebrate his election • Some of the $107 million in donations Trump's inaugural committee received were reportedly spent in odd ways
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Ex-Lawmakers Scramble for Lobbying Gigs
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Why Trump Is the most fact-checked president
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Frustrated by ‘my generals,’ Trump turns to ‘my actings’
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Democrats Play Dirty in Alabama
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Banking:

Citigroup kicks off fourth-quarter earnings season with a revenue miss
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J.P. Morgan misses profit expectations for the first time in 15 quarters
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Electricity:

PG&E Throws Everything Overboard, Still Sinking
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PG&E Was a Hedge-Fund Darling. That Bet Flopped • Hedge Fund Baupost Has a Complex $1 Billion Bet on PG&E
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PG&E, headed once again to bankruptcy, is anything but a master of disaster
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Is SB 901 Constitutional?
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Here's a break down of the PG&E plan to file for bankruptcy • PG&E Bankruptcy Is 'Only Viable Pathway,' Senior Executive Says • PG&E is filing for bankruptcy as it faces liability from wildfires • Complex bankruptcy ahead for PG&E after devastating California wildfires • Californian wildfires liabilities push PG&E toward Chapter 11 • No clear path for California as massive PG&E utility nears bankruptcy
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PG&E bond prices fall, spreads widen on bankruptcy plans • PG&E Down Nearly 48% After Planned Bankruptcy Filing • Bankruptcy Fears Boost PG&E Shareholders' Uncertainty • PG&E stock at lowest in 15 years amid bankruptcy plans • PG&E shares plummet after flagging bankruptcy plan and possible $30 billion in liabilities from California fire fallout
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California governor, lawmakers confront utility bankruptcy
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Lawmaker Says Customers, Wildfire Victims Lose • Ratepayers must be protected amid PG&E bankruptcy, lawmakers say • How a PG&E bankruptcy could impact you • California governor says PG&E not trusted player
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California lawmakers traveled to Hawaii with utility executives as wildfires raged
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The 7 questions swirling around PG&E’s pending bankruptcy
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Former PG&E CEO Won't Be Walking Away Totally Empty-Handed
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PG&E's Bankruptcy Risk Spurs Trading Surge in Its Muni Bonds
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PG&E customers face higher bills after bankruptcy amid wildfire woes
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Vanguard Holds Half of PG&E's $920 Million Municipal Bonds
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PG&E's Bankruptcy Filing Would Be One Of Biggest In US History
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PG&E further downgraded to 'poor standing' • Fitch, S&P cut ratings on PG&E
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PG&E Is Going Bankrupt. What’s My YieldCo Exposure?
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Some of the biggest names in the hedge-fund industry may have gotten whacked by betting on PG&E at exactly the wrong time
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PG&E tells retirees not to worry about pensions even in bankruptcy
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PG&E restructuring highlights arcane California legal rule
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A PG&E Bankruptcy May Be What California Needs for a Utility Fix
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PG&E’s bankruptcy will slow California’s climate efforts
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Agriculture:

MN: Co-op appoints lawyer as 'assignee'
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Debt Collection:

Sixth Circuit: “Cease” Requirement Includes Third Party Activities Put Into Action by Debt Collector
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Economy:

Fed: Q3 2018 Household Debt Service Ratio at Series Low
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Fed is not a 'headwind' holding back economy, Clarida says
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In a shift, Fed isn't slowing rising wages
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Fifty-eight percent of Americans have less than $1000 savings
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Many Americans Think Proof Of Bigfoot Is More Likely Than A Comfortable Retirement • Little or Nothing Saved For Retirement? You Are Not Alone
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Trump’s Fed pressure is a paper tiger, so far
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The Push To Break Up The Boys' Club At The Fed
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Goldman Sachs predicts no recession in 2019 but sees a ‘pretty sharp slowdown’
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The World's Biggest Economies Are Moving Deeper Into a Slowdown • OECD Sees Continued Decline In Global Economy
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Ex-Fed Chief Yellen Sees Slowdown In Biz Spending
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Gundlach’s warning on ‘ocean of debt’ adds to worries over corporate bonds
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Investors should ‘embrace’ a recession and watch for retest of market lows, Morgan Stanley says
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Which workers quit more?
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Millennial Women Winning The Jobs Recovery As Men Struggle
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Ford CEO Expects 'Solid' Auto Market, Doesn't See Signs of Recession
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By all accounts, Trump’s tax law is badly broken • The Trump tax law has big problems. Here’s one big reason why
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Trump Says He Rejected Temporary Reopening of Government • The government shutdown could cause a disaster for the US economy if Trump follows through on his threat to continue the fight for 'months' • The Shutdown’s Bad. Buckle Up Because It Could Get Much Worse • Shutdown Not Polling Well for Trump • Government Workers Idled by Shutdown Turn to Emergency Loans • Federal Workers Struggle To Stretch Their Money As Shutdown Lingers • The Economic Costs of the Shutdown • Shutdown Economics • NV Gov Asks State Universities To Help Federal Employees During Shutdown • No shutdown end in sight; Trump says ‘never ever back down’ • Trump says solution to shutdown impasse 'so simple' • Why Trump Thinks He’s Winning the Shutdown Fight • This Is The Letter Unpaid Government Workers Are Being Given To Show Their Creditors • Five ways the government shutdown could end – and why they probably won't happen • Protesters call for end to government shutdown as Trump visits New Orleans • Government shutdown changes SNAP benefits • For furloughed workers, here’s how to get by without a paycheck • Most Federal Workers' Health Coverage To Continue During Shutdown, Even If Pay Stops • Church gives furloughed members gift cards: 'When our community hurts, we hurt' • TSA cancels training for hundreds of workers as shutdown drags on • TSA absences cause airport delays, terminal closures • Passengers face long lines, closed checkpoints as unpaid TSA screeners call in sick amid shutdown • Shutdown Prompts Hunger Strike at Manhattan Jail as Family Visits Are Canceled • 'Barely Treading Water': Why The Shutdown Disproportionately Affects Black Americans • Groups rush to help as Coast Guard members prepare to miss paychecks • US trade representative's office will have only about 30% of its staff due to the shutdown as China talks approach March deadline • Why Democrats are unlikely to cave on Trump's border wall as longest government shutdown ever drags on • Baltimore mayor calls on creditors to give relief to fed employees in shutdown • Regulators Encourage Creditors to Communicate with Borrowers Impacted by Government Shutdown • These shutdown hurdles could mess up your tax refund • Why Craft Brewers Are Crying in Their Beer • Trump 'not going to budge even 1 inch' on shutdown, source says • Regulators Ask Banks to Help Govt. Workers • According to Survey (OK, Several Surveys), Americans Blame Trump for Shutdown • Companies Offer Assistance to Federal Workers Impacted by Shutdown • Trump is trying to tweet his way out of the shutdown • Government shutdown negotiations appear frozen in place • Trump's Shutdown Is a Sucker Punch for Struggling Farmers • Trump misfires, tweets American Farm Bureau speech in wrong city • This is the longest shutdown in US history • Trump's ag secretary: "The shutdown needs to end" • The longest government shutdown in history, in photos • The outlook for American soybeans remains 'bleak' in wake of Trump's trade war • The government shutdown could prevent some companies from advertising at the Super Bowl • The Government Shutdown Reveals a Brutal Truth About Life That Few People Are Willing to Admit • Texas to issue February SNAP food benefits early due to government shutdown • Fast food on fine china: Due to shutdown, Trump treats Clemson players to spread of burgers, pizza • How the government shutdown is putting national cybersecurity at risk • Government Shutdown Holds Up CFIUS National Security Reviews • The Government Shutdown Could Be Devastating for Climate Research • Shutdown's hidden impact: Frozen inspections, fraud cases • A Shutdown for the 99 Percent, Concierge Government for the 1 Percent • Don't underestimate the power of nationwide outrage born from financial desperation • Most Americans Call Shutdown 'Embarrassing' As It's Set To Become Longest In History
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China Trade Surplus Worse Than Expected • Trade War with China Slashed U.S. Exports 26.3% as U.S. Imports rose 38.5% • Tariffs Bite China Trade Surplus • Ford wants U.S. to resolve various trade issues so it can set plans • China Is Losing The Trade War In Nearly Every Way • U.S.-China Trade Deficit Keeps Growing Despite Tariffs • US factories brace for sting of trade war • Trump Doubles Down On Trade War As Farmers Feel Pain From Tariffs • The realities of Trump's trade war • Top U.S. Business Lobby Takes On Trump Over Shutdown, Trade • My biggest fear is tariffs: Toyota North America CEO • VW CEO says hopes U.S. investments help avoid tariffs against EU • Why Did US Steel's Stock Price Decline By 50% In 2018, In Spite Of Tariffs On Steel Imports? • Auto makers stung by falling sales in China in 2018 • Agriculture could be sticking point in upcoming U.S.-EU trade talks • China’s foreign direct investment into the US dropped precipitously in 2018, data show
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Krugman: Trump’s Big Libertarian Experiment
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The Truth About the Gig Economy
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White House says Ivanka Trump is not under consideration for World Bank chief but helping search • Trump Administration Floating Some Names For Last Head Of The World Bank
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Tim Cook made $137 million in 2018
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Chart: The World’s Largest 10 Economies In 2030
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The founder of the World Economic Forum shares what he sees as the biggest threat to the global economy
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The High Cost of Our Cheap Groceries
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Last Time Your State Raised Minimum Wage
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Vail Shows Slippery Slope for Businesses Catering to Wealthy
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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:

It makes more sense to rent than buy, but only if you live here
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Mortgages Rates: 30 Year Fixed at 4.5%
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Housing Inventory Tracking
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Millennials Are About to Get Locked Out of the Real Estate Market—Again
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Municipalities:

Majority of Cofina Bondholders Agree to Debt Deal
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SEIU Opposes Debt Deal That Would Punish Puerto Rico’s Working People - Puerto Ricans Would Pay Highest Sales Tax in U.S. for Forty Years, Face Closure of Schools and Hospitals
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Puerto Rico oversight board asks court to invalidate $6 bln GO bonds • Fiscal board, Creditors Committee challenge $6 billion of Puerto Rico’s debt
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Delegation to Puerto Rico spars with Trump over timing of trip
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Killings in light of day rattle a Puerto Rico struggling to recover
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Chicago Pensions: Is There Hope For Reform?
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Striking teachers rally in downtown Los Angeles • Teachers in Los Angeles want more than a raise—here’s why over 30,000 went on strike today • The Los Angeles Teachers’ Strike: It's Not Just About Wages • Los Angeles teachers strike after ‘woefully inadequate’ offer from school district
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Oil/Gas:

Solar plus batteries aim to retire natural gas plants in 2019
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Global Automakers To Spend $300 Billion On EVs In 10 Years
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Oil Down Amid Weak China Data
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Natural gas prices spike 13 percent on forecasts for long, severe cold
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Fears Of U.S. Shale Demise May Be Overblown
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Corporate Reform:

Justices, With Kavanaugh Sidelined, Rebuff Challenge to Consumer Bureau
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Festivals:

Fyre Fest Trustee to Subpoena Paradigm, CAA and ICM Partners In Bankruptcy Probe
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Healthcare:

California AG tries to halt sale of 2 hospitals
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‘Don’t be greedy’ — Report urges SNF landlords to foster ‘win-win’ relationships
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Seven in 10 Maintain Negative View of U.S. Healthcare System
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Curbs Executives’ Ties to Industry After Conflict-of-Interest Scandals
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A recession is coming: What it could mean for healthcare
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Less sitting, more moving tied to living longer
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Less than six hours sleep per night increases risk for heart disease
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Bicycles:

Specialized agrees to pay $700k for Roubaix trademark in the US; ASE bid deadline pushed back
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Pensions:

The Pension Fund Problem Just Got Much Worse
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Climate:

Oceans Warm Faster Than Predicted
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Antarctica is losing ice six times faster than in 1980s
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Defeated twice, a top climate change crusader has a wake-up call some Democrats won't want to hear
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Trump Orders More Logging for Fewer Fires
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Media:

Hedge fund called 'destroyer of newspapers' bids for USA Today owner Gannett • Hostile Bid for Gannett Rattles Some in the Newspaper Business • Gannett’s dilemma is picking lesser of two evils • Company known for deep cost-cutting offers to buy Gannett
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Religion:

U.S. Catholics' Faith in Clergy Is Shaken
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Student Debt:

Federal student loan servicer reaches $9 million settlement with New York
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4 Shutdown Tips For Student Loan Borrowers
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Fraud:

Stanford Ponzi Victim Ordered To Return Entire $79 Million Principal Investment To Receiver
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Goldman Sachs knows where all the money went, says Malaysia finance minister as country gears up for fight for stolen 1MDB billions
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Pelosi Son's Company Hit with Securities Fraud
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Coal:

More coal-fired power plants were retired during Trump's first 2 years than all of Obama's first term, report says
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Personal Finance:

This couple went from saving almost nothing to 70% of their income — here’s what really works
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Autos:

Bloodbath May be Coming to Nissan
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (13 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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BK MN: Updated Filing Statistics
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Setoff:

The Devil’s Triang(ular Setoff) – Delaware Judge Rejects Corporate Parent’s Attempt to Set Off Debt Owed to Subsidiary
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Litigation:

Another federal court rejects discovery into litigation funding
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Mootness:

Tenth Circuit Addresses Issues of 363(m) and Equitable Mootness in a Nonbankruptcy Appeal
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Cross-Border:

The Future of Reorganization Procedures in the Era of Pre-Insolvency Law
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Chapter 13:

BK SC Raises Presumptive Interest Rate To 6.25%
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Venue:

NCBJ Special Committee on Venue
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Subordination:

Illinois Court Holds Standby Clause Precludes Discovery by Subordinated Lender
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D&O:

The Year in Review: 2018 Key D&O Insurance Coverage Decisions
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Travel:

TSA Staffing Shortages Spread Amid Government Shutdown • America's busiest airport warns of 3-hour waits to clear security as record government shutdown continues • No. of no-show airport security screeners soars in shutdown • Dulles closes screening lanes, lines sprawl in Atlanta as shutdown strains air travel • TSA security checkpoint at Houston airport to remain closed Monday due to staffing shortage • TSA Problems Causing Travel Nightmare At Atlanta's Airport, The World's Busiest • Atlanta airport: More than 1 hour wait reported at TSA checkpoints • Food bank set up for unpaid TSA and Customs employees at Tampa International Airport • TSA no-shows during shutdown lead to long lines at airport checkpoints • TSA may end the shutdown • TSA Staff Shortage Makes Travel More Miserable for U.S. Passengers
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Shutdown: Flying will be More Dangerous
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Retailing:

Gymboree to file for bankruptcy protection as early as this week, could close majority of 900 stores • Gymboree reportedly preps for Ch. 22
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The other Sears that isn't in bankruptcy • Hometown stores were supposed to be shielded from Sears' woes. That's not how it turned out
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Sears Is Said to Extend Talks on Lampert's Plan to Rescue Chain
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Sears’ chairman stands at center of fight for company • Edward Lampert and His White Whale, Sears • What does Eddie Lampert really want with tattered old Sears? • Win or lose, Sears’ chairman may still come out on top in bankruptcy auction
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Sears bankruptcy and the need for transparency
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Sears, GE teach us that mature industries age out
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Credit Bidding and Sears
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As fees pile up, the Sears bankruptcy raises old questions about the high cost of going broke
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Whole Foods may take over shuttered Sears stores, reports say
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A Sears Liquidation Would Not Be All Bad For Commercial Real Estate
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Another Mattress Retailer Files Bankruptcy • Tempur Sealy ponies up $14M to aid bankrupt mattress brands • Innovative Mattress Solutions Files Chapter 11; Tempur Sealy Commits up to $14MM in DIP Financing
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Profit and sales warnings batter retail stocks
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Holiday shoppers spent twice as much in physical stores than at Amazon
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Recession threat has retailers thinking twice about big decisions
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Retail Defaults Set for Another Record Year
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Pharma:

House Democrats open wide-reaching investigation into Big Pharma
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Lawmakers Push Bills to Cut Prescription Drug Costs
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All of Congress’s ideas for bringing down prescription drug prices, explained
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Video Games:

Wells Fargo settles SEC lawsuit over Curt Schilling's 38 Studios
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Gambling:

DOJ: All Online Gambling is Illegal
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UK:

New Look makeover is bad trend for UK high street • New Look to slash debt by £1bn to restore profitability • New Look hands ownership to creditors in bid to cut debt • New Look makeover is bad trend for UK high street
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HMV is another example of how vulture funds have devoured the high street
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Brexit vote: 3 reasons why investors outside of the U.K. should care • U.S. companies won't escape the pain of Brexit • Theresa May tells MPs history will judge them on Brexit in last-ditch plea for support with 24 hours to go until Commons vote • The market is acting like Brexit won't happen • Britain's government is headed for an epic, humiliating defeat on its Brexit plan • Here's what City of London banks are telling clients ahead of crucial Brexit vote • The latest Brexit predictions from London’s bankers and investors • Brexit No-Dealers Are Down, But They're Not Out • CBI chief warns of no-deal "national emergency"
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Boris Johnson Says He Knows More About Car Manufacturing Than Jaguar Land Rover CEO
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FRC saw Patisserie audit before fraud detected
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Scottish court gives clean up costs priority over creditor repayment
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New economic crime taskforce underway
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Brexit and economic slowdown top business worries
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Financial services demand drops
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A fifth of chartered accountants close to quitting
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Fears of bankruptcy surface as Moray Council may have to admit defeat in setting a balanced budget with £8m cuts still to find
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Jack Wills lenders draft in EY amid retail strain
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EU:

Eurozone industrial production drops at sharpest rate since 2016
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PIIGS:

Monte dei Paschi shares suspended after plunging on ECB warning
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Spain Has No Government For 10 Months - Economy Grows, Unemployment Falls
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Greece is running out of time to fix its banks
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Italian banks have a 38 bln euro problem
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Canada:

Nortel's bankruptcy 10 years on — what was lost
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As bankruptcies edge up, Poloz personally responds to Canadians' concerns
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India:

Lenders to bail out debt-laden Jet Airways after forensic clean chit • Etihad to raise stake in cash-strapped Jet Airways: Source
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Restructuring Of Advances For MSME Sector
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Venezuela:

Venezuela bondholders say they will not negotiate with Maduro
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Who Went to Caracas Last Week?
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MENA:

An Effective Enforcement System For Striking Off Companies
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US tells Saudis to hold ‘accountable’ killers of journalist
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Brazil:

Avianca Brasil pledges to cut fleet but avoids immediate plane seizures
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Germany:

Why a ‘technical’ recession might already be reality for Germany • We now have conclusive proof that Europe is in an economic slump, and that two of its biggest economies are careering towards recession
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Australia:

Has Australia fallen into recession?
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China:

How Specialized Courts Changed the Chinese Bankruptcy System
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A drastic plunge in shipping to China is the latest horrible signal for its economy
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China sentenced a Canadian man to death in the latest escalation of the countries' feud over Huawei
(DBN)

Canada joins US in raising travel advisory after China's 'arbitrary' use of law to sentence Canadian to death in drug case
(DBN)

China to ramp up efforts to support economy • China signals more stimulus as economic slowdown deepens
(DBN)

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Switzerland:

Why debt collection is booming in Switzerland
(DBN)

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Singapore:

Transplanting Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code into Singapore’s Restructuring and Insolvency Laws: Opportunities and Challenges
(DBN)

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Argentina:

Suing Argentina Over Debt (Again), Aurelius Claims $84M
(DBN)

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