Law:
Jones Day: Parental Leave Lawsuit by Married Ex-Associates 'Meritless'
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What Drives Law Firm Value? Stacking Up Firms With S&P 500
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Law Firm Merger Market Stayed Sluggish in Q3
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Sidney Levinson Joins Debevoise as Partner and Co-Chair of Restructuring Group • Debevoise Hires New Restructuring Co-Chair Away from Jones Day
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Katten Closing 2 Offices As 9 Partners Move On • Katten Nine-Partner Environmental Group Said to Join Baker Botts
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Slain law professor’s wife testifies that she knew nothing about alleged murder-for-hire plot
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The decline of the suit
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Pay Attention: CPA serves up financial tips for lawyers
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This Biglaw Firm Has Deep Chicago Roots
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Trump asks if Adam Schiff should face ‘arrest for treason’ as impeachment probe gathers steam • Trump called for Rep. Adam Schiff to be arrested for treason — but treason doesn’t work that way • Why almost no one is guilty of treason
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Prosecutors and Trump lawyers agree tax returns delay
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These Sheriffs Release Sick Inmates to Avoid Paying Their Hospital Bills
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Nearly 30,000 children under age 10 have been arrested in the US since 2013: FBI
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Judges rule against US in 3 immigration cases, including its bid to indefinitely detain children
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Trump’s DOJ just escalated the fight over whether religion is a license to discriminate
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This #MeToo hotline gets hundreds of calls from women being harassed
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Homicides, other violent crime fell again in 2018, new FBI data shows
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Case against cop who accidentally killed her neighbor heads to jury
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Girl recants accusation that classmates cut her dreadlocks
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Judge dismisses murder charge against 9-year-old Michigan boy
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Jury finds lawyer doesn’t own skyline photo after he sued for infringement in multiple cases
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Paul Weiss Helps Free Wrongfully Convicted Man After Decades
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Wrongly Convicted, They Had to Choose: Freedom or Restitution
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Judges:
Letter to Bankruptcy Bar of the Southern District of California from Judge Laura S. Taylor
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'Reeks of Bad Faith': DC Judge Scolds Trump DOJ's Drive to Restrict Injunctions
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Judiciary Reprimands Kansas Federal Judge for Sexually Harassing Court Employees
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Judge is suspended without pay after guilty plea in underwear case
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Why She Didn’t Retire From SCOTUS Under Obama
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Judge Removed, Sidley Partner Prosecutes Disciplinary Case
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Federal Judge Accused of Sex Harassment Gets Rare Rebuke
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How Not to Impress a Judge With Your Writing
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Wall Street:
US futures point to a higher open on Wall Street
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Stocks Close Higher As Apple and Tech Shares Lead Advance
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Lousy earnings might kill the stock market rally
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Layoffs:
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Politics:
No, No, No. Elizabeth Warren Is Not a Socialist • Warren surges past Biden in poll of college students • Four Lessons We Can All Learn From Elizabeth Warren
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Trump calls for Rep. Adam Schiff to be arrested for treason over Ukraine hearing, on grounds which are not clear • GOP lawmaker digs up audio of Schiff telling prank callers he would accept Trump dirt from Ukraine • Lawyers for Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower Have a Tough Road Ahead • Whistleblower fears for safety after Trump calls complaint treasonous • Trump: "We're trying to find out" identity of whistleblower • Intelligence community watchdog refutes Trump's whistleblower claims • Trump’s favorite talking point about the whistleblower has been refuted by his own White House • Misleading Trump tweet claims Ukraine whistleblower complaint "not holding up" • Trump loyalists are working hard to defend the president. It isn’t going well •Trump wanted dirt on Biden, former Ukrainian lawmaker says • Pompeo was on Trump-Ukraine call at center of impeachment inquiry • GOP defenses for Trump’s Ukraine call quickly collapse under scrutiny
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Staff Had to Babysit Trump's Phone Calls
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SNL pokes fun at the impeachment inquiry with a desperate Donald Trump • House Democrats subpoena Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in impeachment probe • Impeachment Probe Intensifies • Impeachment Doesn’t Shake Trump Voters But Sows Doubt on Biden • Trump’s approval rating drops to new low, but most still oppose impeachment, CNBC survey finds • GOP congressman blasts Trump ‘Civil War’ tweet over impeachment as ‘beyond repugnant’ • Trump Seeks Treason Inquiry Into House Impeachment Leader • Republicans who back impeachment can save the country — and the GOP • Why the impeachment inquiry into Trump was launched • Republican leadership memo suggests Senate can't block trial if House votes to impeach • Mitch McConnell says the Senate would have 'no choice' but to hold a trial if Trump is impeached • Trump threatened 'civil war.' He's cornered - and panicking about it • Can A President Be Impeached On ‘Hearsay’ Evidence?
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Top GOP senators ask DOJ to investigate Clinton and Ukraine
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Trump asked the Australian prime minister to help investigate Mueller probe origins
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Barr Asked Foreign Officials to Help in CIA, FBI Activities • Intel Vets on Barr's Off the Book Overtures
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Why Rudy Giuliani is blaming his problems on George Soros • Ukraine Prosecutor: Rudy Pushed Many Times • Who's Afraid of Rudy Giuliani?
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Russia says White House must ask for consent to release Trump-Putin phone calls
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Biden Tries to Defend Electability Against Trump Ukraine Assault • GOP Senators Seek Justice Department Details on Biden, Democrats
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Military Expert Slams Trump's Tweet Quoting 'Civil War-like Fracture' Warning: 'A Terribly Irresponsible Thing for the President to Say' • Historian: Today Looks Similar to Pre-Civil War Era • Dallas' Robert Jeffress Predicts a Civil War • Trump's 'Civil War' Quote Tweet Is Actually Grounds for Impeachment, Says Harvard Law Professor
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A new Senate report is the latest threat to NRA’s tax-exempt status — and maybe its survival
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Rudy Giuliani cancels paid appearance at a pro-Russia conference • Rep. Schiff plans to subpoena Rudy Giuliani
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Elizabeth Warren Has the Enthusiasm of Donald Trump in 2016, Democrat Strategist says
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Jeff Flake tells GOP not to back Trump in 2020: "You cannot go elsewhere for a soul"
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GOP congressman Chris Collins will plead guilty to insider-trading charges
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6th Texas Republican announces retirement • Texas' Thornberry becomes 19th GOP member to exit House • More Republicans than Democrats leaving Congress before 2020 election • Texas Republicans admit there’s a problem
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John Bolton finally says what he really thinks about Trump’s North Korea policy • Bolton rebukes Trump on North Korea, says Kim will 'do whatever he can' to keep nuclear weapons
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Half of Americans think Trump has been bad for Hispanics, Muslims, African Americans, and women
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Economy:
Negative Rates Are Rewriting the Rules of Modern Finance
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Income inequality "is the biggest powder keg in America right now"
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Where Workers Make the Most Money
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How to Ward Off the Next Recession • Is there a recession coming? Keep an eye on these key indicators
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The Fed is injecting hundreds of billions into markets — and it's a practice that could become the new normal • Fed has quieted bank funding market but still faces pressure to fix it
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Chicago PMI "Drifts to 47.1 in September", Lowest Quarter since 2009
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Dallas Fed: "Texas Manufacturing Expansion Continues"
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Universal Basic Income Favored in Canada, U.K. but Not in U.S.
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China seems unfazed by U.S. threats to limit investor access • McConnell dismisses idea of delisting Chinese companies in the US • On U.S. delisting threat, China says 'decoupling' would harm both sides • Trump Says ‘We Are Winning’ the Trade War Ahead of Chinese Regime’s Founding Anniversary • Chinese companies rethink U.S. IPOs after Trump's delisting threat • U.S. ban on Chinese investments would take trade war to a new level • Peter Navarro: Reports that US would restrict Chinese companies are ‘fake news’ • China says its top trade negotiator will head to U.S. for talks in October • Bremmer Says U.S.-China Trade War Getting ‘Considerably Worse’ • Confidence Drives The Economy And Trump's Trade War Is Killing It • Trade war weighs on global growth, Fitch says • Four Ways The U.S.-China Trade War May Affect Shipping And Logistics In 2020 • The Trade War Is Keeping U.S. Pork Producers From Capitalizing on China’s Pig Crisis • Grassley and his colleagues should restore oversight of tariff policy • US trade war hamstrings China's economic juggernaut • Impact of U.S.-China Trade War Felt in Both Countries • Why an End to the U.S.-China Trade War Could be Close • Trade War With China Will Hit U.S. Tech Companies Hard • U.S.-China Trade War Hacks at the Lumber Industry • McConnell to Trump: China trade war has been ‘very tough on American agriculture’ • Have Tariffs Been Successful In The Past?
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Bernie Sanders wants to tax companies that pay their CEOs way more than their workers
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‘The Cheap Money Era’: 2019’s IPOs Have Delivered Some Harsh Lessons to Venture Capital
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California’s Gig Worker Law … Is Going To Fail
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Under Bernie Sanders' Income Inequality Tax Plan, Walmart Would Have Paid up to $794 Million More in 2018 • Who pays the most under Bernie Sanders’ ‘inequality tax’ plan
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Workers earning $60,000 or less are job-hopping at record rates—here’s why that could be good
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These 7 Social Security myths just aren’t true, no matter how often you hear them
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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:
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac a step closer to release from federal control • Fannie, Freddie Permitted to Boost Capital Cushions by Billions
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Negative interest rates are inflating real estate prices. These cities are at risk of a bubble
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Here’s why the Forever 21 bankruptcy could be really bad news for US mall owners
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Shopping Center REITs: Dodging Bullets
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Municipalities:
Even Cash Flooding Muni Market Can’t Stop Worst Loss Since 2018
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Oil/Gas:
US: Contango acquires White Star Petroleum assets in Oklahoma
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Philadelphia to issue recommendations for developers eyeing PES refinery
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Healthcare:
Rural America's doctor crisis
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Hospital Closures Are Causing a Crisis in Rural America
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Patients blindsided by facility fees in hospital bills
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Industry pushes back on proposed hospital price transparency rule
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Elizabeth Warren Is More Health-Care Cipher Than Firebrand
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Post Acute Medical to acquire nine LifeCare long-term acute care hospitals
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Food/Beverage:
Restaurant Performance Index rose for the first time in three months
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Retailing:
Forever 21 Chapter 11 Brings More Bankruptcy Work to Kirkland & Ellis • Forever 21's bankruptcy filing includes a lengthy meditation on the 'American Dream' and its South Korean immigrant founders' entrepreneurial spirits • Forever 21, a staple in American malls, files for bankruptcy protection • Forever 21 Adds to Retail Apocalypse With Its Own Bankruptcy Filing • Forever 21 closing stores in bankruptcy filing shows limits to fast fashion • Forever 21 is filing for bankruptcy. What does that actually mean? • Forever 21 Falls Out of Favor with Teen Consumers • Forever 21's business model was way out of fashion • We shopped at Forever 21 the day after the fast-fashion retailer filed for bankruptcy and saw firsthand why it's in hot water • Nothing Lasts, Forever 21 Discovers, As Another Clothing Chain Files For Bankruptcy • Why Forever 21 will probably disappear forever • How Forever 21 Lost Its Way and Ended Up Filing for Bankruptcy • Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy As Shift To E-Commerce Changes The Game • Forever 21 Scaling Back Global Ambitions in Bankruptcy Plan • 35 Years After Launching, Forever 21 Files for Bankruptcy Protection. Here's the Backstory on the Billion-Dollar Family Business • Forever 21 Officially Files For Bankruptcy, Will Close Hundreds Of Stores • Lesson of the Day: ‘Forever 21 Bankruptcy Signals a Shift in Consumer Tastes’ • Cash-strapped Forever 21 founders borrowed US$10 mil from daughters • Why Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy: Big stores, small crowds
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Will Tariffs Make Retail’s Holidays Less Than Festive?
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Factbox: Major U.S. retail bankruptcies since 2017
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The problem with U.S. retail? There's too much of it
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Pharma:
Drugmakers pursue new plan to wrap opioid suits
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Drugmakers look to use Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy to settle U.S. opioid suits
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Drugmakers eye unusual opioids settlement
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Travel:
‘Americans are getting bigger.’ FAA testing if passengers can safely evacuate cramped airplanes
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Former WVa mall owner pleads to bankruptcy, tax charges
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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 (37 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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E-Cigarettes:
Illegal cannabis vape carts tested positive for poisonous cyanide
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Vaping giant Juul recruits customers for shadow grassroots lobbying campaign in fight for survival
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Litigation:
Why Defendants Rarely Testify
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Burford, Quinn Emanuel Make Case for Manipulation in Litigation Funder's Stock Plunge
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Work Matters: Busting Myths Before They Bust Your Case
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Climate:
Democrats hint at 2021 climate change bill if they win Senate
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Americans Fear Climate Change and the Cost of Fighting It
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Historic Hurricane Lorenzo Becomes A Category Five In The Atlantic Ocean
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Journal 'Nature' retracts ocean-warming study
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Alternative Energy:
Trump's windmill hatred is a worry for booming industry
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Autos:
VW Drivers May Struggle to Win Damages as Court Queries Losses
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Musk Makes 40,688 Times More Than Workers
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September Vehicle Sales Forecast: 16.8 Million SAAR
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Student Debt:
How This New Navient Memo Affects Your Student Loans
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Religion:
NY Archdiocese has been in compliance when handling abuse allegations: Review
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Skiing:
Groups interested in buying bankrupt private ski resort
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Fraud:
GOP Rep. Chris Collins submits resignation ahead of plea change in insider trading case
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Education:
Harvard: Rich, White Affirmative Action Plan
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Trucking:
Florida trucking company files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Aviation:
Boeing Unveils Revamp to Deepen Safety Focus After Max Crashes
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Slovenia's flag carrier Adria Airways files for bankruptcy • No Surprise: Adria Airways Files For Bankruptcy
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Agribusiness:
Farmers not being made whole by Trump’s trade wins
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UK:
Cifas warns holiday makers to be vigilant of scams following collapse of Thomas Cook • Thomas Cook refund delay 'ruined my dream holiday' • Ryanair boss blames 'deficient' licensing for Thomas Cook chaos • Thomas Cook Belgium, Netherlands announce bankruptcy • How Thomas Cook's 'excursions' lost their way
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The UK's contribution to the EU
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Sajid Javid: Deal Or No Deal, UK Will Exit EU Oct. 31
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U.K. Business Warns Against ‘Normalizing’ No-Deal Split From EU
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Wylie & Bisset welcomes debt arrangement scheme reforms
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Canada:
Immigration fuels biggest gain in Canada's population since 1990
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Argentina:
Argentina Says It Has Met Targets to Receive More IMF Money
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Hong Kong:
Hong Kong protester shot by police as they fire tear gas on China’s National Day
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India:
India Inc’s debt downgrades jump to highest since FY16
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This tiny bank is a canary in India's coalmine
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Singapore:
Recognition of Foreign Bankruptcy Orders in the Singapore Court
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