Law:

Law Firms Flock to Litigation Funders Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
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Am Law 200 Firm Cuts Salaries ‘Across All Levels’
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Mega Firm Announces Bonus Delays Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty
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Orrick Delays First-Year Associate Class Start Over Virus Impact
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Some corporate lawyers see pay cuts as coronavirus impacts bottom lines
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Mass furloughing across legal sector
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Slaughter and May partners are now unpaid
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Not Satisfied With Layoffs, Am Law 200 Firm Cuts Partner Draws And Kills Retirement Match
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Pay cut and furlough juggernaut continues as more firms trim costs to address COVID-19
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In Effort To Prevent Layoffs, Am Law 200 Firm Slashes Salaries, Reduces Partner Draws, Cuts Working Hours
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Law School Raising Money For Out-Of-Work Staff. If It’s Not Your School… It Should Be.
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Notre Dame Law School Doubles Down On Hare-Brained Grading Scheme
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In These Times, What Really Matters To Lawyers?
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Legal Recruiting In The Time Of COVID-19
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Leaving Biglaw To Try To Be Happy
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Public defenders are told to slash budgets as traffic-ticket funding plummets
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Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, in solitary confinement
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Counsel At Prominent Biglaw Firm Dies From Coronavirus Complications • Quinn Emanuel Counsel Dies of Coronavirus Complications
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King & Spalding Drops Fee Request After Judge Orders Billing Rates Unsealed
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Coronavirus: The Journey In The Desert That Will Transform The Legal Profession
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Attorneys Slam AG Barr as ‘Most Dangerous Trump Cabinet Member’ After ‘Mind Boggling’ Fox News Interview • 'One of the greatest travesties in American history': Barr drops all pretense about ongoing probe of Russia investigation • Barr calls lockdown measures 'draconian,' and suggests they should be revisited next month
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Barr Defends Trump’s Dismissal of Intelligence Watchdog
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AG William Barr says Russia probe was started ‘without basis’
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Couple get married and jailed on same day after flouting coronavirus lockdown rules
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The Trump Administration Is STILL Trying To Keep Immigrant Kids In Lockup
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US expels thousands to Mexico after largely halting asylum
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COVID-19 Fears Prompt Detainees in Australia to Plead to Be Released from Immigration Detention
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'Refund my money!' Customers accuse Instacart shoppers of stealing their groceries
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Cops charge people for coughing on grocery store shelves, police officers during pandemic
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Netflix's Tiger King Wasn't 'Even Close to What We Saw,' Says Juror in Joe Exotic Case • Federal Judge Advises Full Dismissal of Joe Exotic's ‘Entrapment Scheme’ Lawsuit • Trump Says ‘I’ll Take a Look’ When Asked About a Potential Pardon for Joe Exotic
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Man Stole at Least 200 Surgical Masks from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center: DOJ
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Surgical-Mask Thefts in London Spur Police Crackdown Amid Virus
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Coughing 'attacks' may be prosecuted as terrorism in war on coronavirus
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Inside the deadliest federal prison, the seeping coronavirus creates fear and danger
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Second Cook County Jail inmate dies after positive test for virus • Judge rejects release of vulnerable Cook County Jail inmates
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Jailed on a Minor Parole Violation, He Caught the Coronavirus and Died
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I Was A Prison Hospice Aide Until The Coronavirus Came. Now Inmates Are Dying Alone.
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Former NFL Running Back Chris Johnson Accused in Murder-For-Hire Shootings
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Liberty University pushes for criminal charges against journalists
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Florida woman admits to stuffing p***-filled Easter eggs in mailboxes
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Harvey Weinstein beats coronavirus
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Federal court temporarily blocks coronavirus order against some abortions
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Pandemic Lawyer of the Week: The Mr Motivator we deserve
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Iowa Woman Drove to Police Station, Asked Officers to Test Her Methamphetamine for Coronavirus, Cops Say
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Judges:

James F. Schneider, former chief bankruptcy judge and legal historian, dies
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Wet Ink Signature Requirements May Fade After Coronavirus
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New York Court System Plans to Relax Coronavirus Restrictions
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Short-Benched U.S. Trial Courts Face Post-Pandemic Crisis
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Judge Leaves SCOTUS Bar with a Blistering Letter to Roberts
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Wall Street:

Markets Closed Friday
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Stocks Close Higher
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Bank of America Traders Feel Pressure to Go Into the Office • Wall Street Bank’s Hard-Driving Culture Pushes Traders Into the Office
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Everything Is Awful. So Why Is the Stock Market Booming?
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For Once, Wall Street is Optimistic. That Might Not Be Crazy.
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Layoffs:

The most ethical way for leaders to communicate about the prospect of layoffs
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They Were Laid Off. Now They’re Helping Out.
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Robots Welcome to Take Over, as Pandemic Accelerates Automation
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Politics:

As pandemic deepens, Trump cycles through targets to blame
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Trump team ramps up scrutiny of funds to WHO
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Trump approval dips as Americans question his handling of coronavirus crisis • Top Trump ally sounds 2020 election alarm over coronavirus response • Trust in Trump’s Virus Response Is Falling. What Does It Mean for November?
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Men and Women Are Very Split on Whether They Prefer Trump or Biden, New Poll Shows
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Republicans Who Watch Fox News More Likely to Believe COVID-19 Falsehoods: New Poll
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Romney Lines Up Against Trump Over IG • Grassley Wants Trump Explanation on IG
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Fox News’ Brit Hume: Donald Trump “Could Stop Talking Much Sooner” At Coronavirus Briefings, Avoid Bragging About Ratings
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Trump Administration Monitors Coronavirus Sentiments
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White House Giving Reporters COVID-19 Tests Before Thursday’s Donald Trump Press Briefing
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Economic model that had Trump romping to victory now has him winning just 43 percent of the vote
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Majority of Americans With ‘Conservative News Diet’ Believe Coronavirus No More Deadly Than Seasonal Flu, New Poll Shows
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Coronavirus could change the timeline for Biden’s vice-presidential rollout
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Joe Biden releases plan to expand Medicare and forgive some student debt
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Ezra Klein Wishes Elizabeth Warren Were in Charge
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Biden Likely to Embrace Some of Sanders’s Foreign-Policy Ideas, Especially After the Pandemic
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Trump’s wild claims of voter fraud blow back on campaign aide
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Republican Operatives Were Behind Some of the Most Egregious ‘Ballot Harvesting’ Frauds of Recent Memory
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What Went Wrong in the Wisconsin Election, and What We Can Learn From It Before November
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Mail-In Voting Is the Only Safe Way to Hold the 2020 Election
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The G.O.P. Has Turned Voting in Person Into a Death Threat
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Does Vote-by-Mail Favor Democrats? No. It’s a False Argument by Trump.
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Will the Election Survive the Coronavirus
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No halt to culture wars during coronavirus outbreak
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AOC, Omar call for removing ‘profit motive’ from US coronavirus decisions, ‘nationalizing’ health care
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Ron Paul calls on Trump or ‘the people’ to fire Fauci
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Bankruptcy judge orders Tim Eyman to pay $270,000 in state court contempt fines by April 19
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Newspapers:

Plain Dealer Put Out to Pasture. In Final Death Blow, Remaining Reporters Given Impossible Choice
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McClatchy announces cost-cutting plan, asks federal bankruptcy court for fee relief
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Food/Beverage:

Major Meat Processors Shutting Down Plants As Employees Get Sick With COVID-19 • Poultry Worker’s Death Highlights Spread of Coronavirus in Meat Plants
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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot: Curfew On Liquor Sales Starts Thursday
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Restaurants Fear Going From “Closed” to “Space for Lease” By July
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It’s getting a lot harder to ship food around the world
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Damian Lewis Leads Restaurant Campaign to Feed Health Workers
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COVID-19 crisis heaps pressure on nation's food banks
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For American Wine Producers, Fear, Uncertainty and Hope
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Religion:

Pastor who said his congregation would ‘rather die than miss church’ to hold Easter service with 1,000 people
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Some defiant U.S. churches plan Easter services, ignoring public health guidelines
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Priest offers drive-thru confessions amid coronavirus lockdown
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Some churches confront virus restrictions on Easter services
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Christians prepare to embrace a virtual Easter
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Religious celebrations in the time of coronavirus
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American Worship in the Time of Pandemic
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Searching for Salvation During a Pandemic
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World Shelters at Home on Good Friday During COVID Pandemic
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On Good Friday, Jerusalem Archbishop Urges Prayer for the Suffering and Dying
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Ammon Bundy to defy stay-at-home order for Easter holiday
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Kansas governor sues GOP lawmakers who reversed her limits on church gatherings during coronavirus
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Saints emails on clergy crisis should stay secret
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Retailing:

Walmart, Costco, Target are banned from selling 'non-essential' items such as clothing and electronics in parts of the US
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The pandemic is playing to almost every one of Amazon’s strengths
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The streets are empty, but Home Depot isn't
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Amazon building COVID-19 test lab for workers
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An Amazon courier shares fears from the front lines
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Mail:

Post Office Warns of $22 Billion Hole
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Coronavirus Is Threatening One of Government’s Most Ubiquitous Services
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Waiting on that stimulus check? This USPS program will alert you when it's in the mail
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Taxis:

Uber to start shipping face masks to drivers and delivery workers
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Uber drivers have fewer passengers — and face greater risks — than ever
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Cruise Lines:

Ruby Princess: battle begins to hold someone accountable for cruise ship coronavirus debacle
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Private Equity:

How Private Equity Is Winning the Coronavirus Crisis
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Travel:

Travel groups must rethink business models
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Sports:

Women’s Soccer Was Having a Moment. Then the Clock Stopped.
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Economy:

A pause button for debts
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JPMorgan now forecasts economy contracting by 40%, unemployment to reach 20% in April
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 6,606,000 • 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployed last week, bringing the pandemic total to over 17 million • Texas Job Losses Keep Mounting
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High U.S. unemployment, 2.5 million jobs lost through 2021: survey
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How to understand the scale of American job decimation
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As painful as this reckoning is likely to be, substantial restructurings must occur across several industries on accelerated timelines
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Fed Chair Powell says U.S. economy deteriorating 'with alarming speed'
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Powell says Fed will act 'forcefully' to enable U.S. recovery
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The Fed rescues Wall Street, but Main Street is another story
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Fed unveils details of $600B Main Street lending program for businesses
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Fed Unleashes Plan for Up to $2.3 Trillion in Muni, Business Aid
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Fed Is Seizing Control of the Entire U.S. Bond Market
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SEC Steps In to Help Struggling Loan Funds
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The Fed’s Intervention Is Widening the Gap Between Market Haves and Have-Nots
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Federal Reserve’s Fallen Angel Bond Buying Won’t Catch Them All
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Fed action fuels market bounce after worse-than-expected unemployment data
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Fed vows another $2.3 trillion in “Main Street” loans
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IMF Sees World in Worst Recession Since Great Depression
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New York sees record coronavirus deaths again as Cuomo warns economic toll ‘worse than 9/11’
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Ray Dalio predicts a coronavirus depression: ‘This is bigger than ... 2008’
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Bill Gates: Schools may reopen in fall but no one can ‘wave a wand’ to fix US economy
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Nancy Pelosi says it’s unclear when US economy can reopen — ‘We could have a depression’
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How the biggest companies in the world are preparing to bring back their workforce
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World faces new 'Great Depression' as virus toll mounts
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When will the economy be good again?
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Trump team wrestles with the risk of a second pandemic wave after ‘reopening’ • Trump Administration Officials Indicate U.S. Economy Could Start Reopening in Early May • Trump says he doesn’t want to give a date for reopening the economy • New pressures arise as disease seems to level off but economy plummets • Doctors say the virus sets the timetable for when the US can reopen. But as the economy staggers, the President has already floated an early date • Pelosi warns Trump not to reopen country too soon
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Trump plans second coronavirus task force focused on the economy
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The Normal Economy is Never Coming Back
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We can't just flip the switch on the coronavirus • The view from the other side of the coronavirus peak
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Coronavirus lockdowns shouldn’t end until there’s a vaccine, study says
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University of Michigan: Largest Decline on Record for Consumer Sentiment
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US Intel Warned on Coronavirus in November • Pentagon denies existence of November coronavirus intelligence report warning of ‘cataclysmic event’
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Broke: 60% can afford up to three months on savings; 4 in 10 would sell their blood
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Larry Kudlow Breaks Historic Streak Of Untrue Statements
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What Was the Last Time an Economy Froze Like This?
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16.8M Americans out of work
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U.S. urged to go slow on easing coronavirus lockdown, even as jobless claims surge
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says US could be open for business in May
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Frustration mounts as entrepreneurs wait on banks and SBA for much-needed funding • Pelosi rejects GOP small-business relief package • Why Democrats are blocking a bill that boosts funding for small businesses • Senate Democrats block $250bn in extra small business aid • Senate clashes over more rescue funds for coronavirus relief, small businesses • A new $2.3 trillion Fed plan to aid localities and companies • “People Are Very Scared.” Why Small Businesses Hit By Coronavirus Are Struggling to Get Emergency Loans • Small Businesses Wait for Cash as Disaster Loan Program Unravels • Community Banks to Seek More U.S. Help in Small Business Program • Enlisted Late, Online Lenders Still Must Wait to Help Speed Up Stimulus • Treasury expected to get started on stimulus payments Friday
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We’ll Bounce Back Faster If We Pay Workers to Do Nothing
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A guide to who’s already getting unemployment checks
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Ex-Obama budget chief: Government’s coronavirus assistance needs oversight
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Recovery law allows Fed to rope off public as it spends billions
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11 questions about the coronavirus economic crisis you were too embarrassed to ask
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This business owner received one of the first SBA loans
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Self-Employed Set to Join Virus Plan Already Overrun With Demand
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Coronavirus Crisis Legacy: Mountains of Debt
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Get ready for the recovery of the 1%
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Meet the former NYT reporter who is challenging the coronavirus narrative
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More coronavirus patients testing positive again after recovery: report • Mystery surrounds ‘cured’ patients who tested positive
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Half billion more people face poverty due to virus - report
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How to Help in a Pandemic: Ask Before You Donate 1,000 Pizzas
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Coronavirus pandemic will cause a ‘much bigger wave’ of protectionism, says trade expert
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After the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Big Reset
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What Might the Post-Pandemic World Look Like?
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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:

Mortgage rates hold steady after weeks of turbulence • Mortgage Rates in the U.S. Hold Steady Near the Lowest on Record
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Reports Circulate That Some Retail Tenants Are Taking Advantage of the Coronavirus to Not Pay Rent
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Frozen Housing Market in U.S. Relies on Bargains and Desperation
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Municipalities:

As Puerto Rico prepares for the pandemic, residents fear the government hasn’t learned from Hurricane Maria
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Fed Treads Cautiously Into Muni Market With Direct Loan Lifeline
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Can The Fed Save The Municipal Bond Market?
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Oil/Gas:

Gas Prices Fall Below $0.80 In Some Parts Of Minnesota
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Oil Could Fall Back to $20
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Banks Prepare to Seize Shale Energy Assets
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Major Chesapeake Energy Investor Lawyers Up Ahead of Potential Bankruptcy
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Historic oil price plunge trashes sector's profit outlook
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OPEC+ agrees on deep oil-output cuts to fight market slump • Saudi Arabia And Russia Agree To Historic Oil Production Cuts, But They May Not Be Enough To Rescue The Market • Saudi energy minister says OPEC+ oil pact "hinges on" Mexico joining • Mexico throws OPEC’s historic oil production cut into doubt ahead of G-20 meeting • Crucial deal to cut oil production hangs in the balance as Mexico balks
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OPEC+’s deep cuts couldn’t keep oil from plunging
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Russia Is Losing the Oil War—and the Middle East
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Crushing Impact from Coronavirus Cornering Debt-Ridden E&Ps, OFS Operators
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Coronavirus May Kill Our Fracking Fever Dream
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North American Oil Tariffs Gaining Steam, Alberta Premier Says
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Occidental Seeking Federal Lifeline For U.S. Oil Industry
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How the Pandemic Wiped Out Oil Demand Around the World
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Healthcare:

“Giant hug”: Structures go blue to thank pandemic front line workers
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Starved for cash, hospitals and doctor groups cut staff amid pandemic
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Shouldn't We "Care" for our Healthcare Facilities?
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Rural Missouri residents in limbo following hospital closure
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NY pols say local hospitals get shortchanged under coronavirus relief bill
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White House says no ‘surprise’ bills for COVID-19 patients
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The coronavirus was spreading. The parties went on. Now comes the pain.
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German study shows coronavirus mortality rate of 0.37%, five times lower than widely reported numbers • The lesson of revised death toll estimates shouldn't be that distancing was an overreaction • Fauci says U.S. virus deaths may be 60,000, halving projections
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Los Angeles is racing to discover the true coronavirus infection rate
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Expert warns obesity is a major risk factor for coronavirus patients
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Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. reveal a startling truth about America’s ‘two pandemics’
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Why are fewer women dying from the coronavirus?
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All of the Times Ball was Dropped on Virus
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New York coronavirus daily death toll reaches third-straight record at 799, Gov. Cuomo says • Workers wearing Hazmat suits bury caskets in huge trenches • New York now leads every country in coronavirus cases • Cautious Optimism in New York as Hospitalizations Level Off • ‘A Tragedy Is Unfolding’: Inside New York’s Virus Epicenter • Unclaimed NY coronavirus bodies may be buried on island, officials say • How Many People Have Actually Died From Coronavirus in New York? • Why USNS Comfort, Javits Center are mostly empty as coronavirus strains New York ERs
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Inside Chicago’s refrigerated warehouse for bodies
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Detroit Hospital Has Patients Dying In Hallways As Emergency Rooms Overflow
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Did New Yorkers Who Fled to Second Homes Bring the Virus?
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U.S. Poised to Pass Italy With World’s Deadliest Virus Outbreak
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US coronavirus curve shows signs of flattening, but officials warn ‘you can’t relax’
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Report: CT has highest coronavirus hospitalization rate
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I Live in Nebraska. We Need to Shelter-In-Place.
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“If you do not have the type of bread you like in your house, eat crackers. If you do not have bread, eat cereal, eat oats, sardines”
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UT governor orders all adults entering his state to disclose their travel plans
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Coronavirus in the South: Vulnerable Region Awaits the Worst
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How a Plan to Test Everyone in a Ski Resort Town for Coronavirus Antibodies Fell Apart
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California residents eye possibility of months of restrictions over coronavirus: report
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Florida governor falsely claims the coronavirus hasn’t killed anyone under 25
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Coronavirus traces found in Massachusetts wastewater at levels far higher than expected
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Scientists warn that Trump is wrong: Warm weather won’t kill coronavirus
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Video shows coronavirus particles from runners can infect you even if you’re 2m away
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How Does Covid 19 Kill?
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Hydroxychloroquine rated ‘most effective’ coronavirus treatment by some doctors, poll finds • Chloroquine Coronavirus Cure? Not So Fast, Chinese Doctors Say • Controversial French virologist claims chloroquine breakthrough for coronavirus as Macron visits • Hydroxychloroquine Trial Gets French President’s Attention as 460,000 Sign Petition Supporting Treatment
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Pfizer working on promising coronavirus treatment, vaccine
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US testing of 2nd possible coronavirus vaccine underway
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How a 100-year-old vaccine for tuberculosis could help fight the novel coronavirus
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International coronavirus treatment trial uses AI to speed results
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Haywire immune response eyed in coronavirus deaths, treatment
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Recovering From the Coronavirus, This Doctor Can Breathe Again
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My near-death experience on a ventilator
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Orange County recommends face masks as coronavirus protection but stops short of mandate • DC mayor: All shoppers at grocery stores must wear masks • Los Angeles, Miami require masks in stores • Melania Trump promotes wearing face masks. Her husband, not so much • Beverly Hills mandates face coverings, even during neighborhood strolls, during COVID-19 pandemic
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Military Warns of Coronavirus ‘Breakouts’ Aboard USS Nimitz • Sailor from USS Teddy Roosevelt found unconscious, transferred to intensive care • General says coronavirus may affect more Navy ships • Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz reports it is now coronavirus-free • Thomas Modly’s Trip To Aircraft Carrier To Call Capt. Brett Crozier ‘Stupid’ Cost $243,000 • Nearly 10% of carrier’s crew of 4,800 has coronavirus
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Unions for prison, VA workers file 'imminent danger' reports about coronavirus conditions
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Arizona fears bed shortage with elderly, Native American populations at risk
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Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’
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Asia struggles to find coronavirus exit strategies
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Panicked passengers jump off ferry after hearing some on board have coronavirus
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U.S. stockpile almost out of medical workers’ protection equipment
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Coronavirus Finds Fuel in a World of Migrants
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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 (5 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Record Bankruptcies Predicted in Next Year as Unemployment Soars
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Moving Old Chapter 11 Cases Into Subchapter V? Bankruptcy Courts Say, “Yes”
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CARES Act Increases the “Small” in the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019
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Corporate Governance:

Considerations for Corporate Directors As Their Companies Confront COVID-19
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Contracts:

Businesses all over the world are learning that “force majeure” is no get-out-of-jail-free card
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Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19 – Can Force Majeure Clauses Excuse Performance Under New York or Delaware Law in a Pandemic?
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Force Majeure And Other Defenses To Contract Performance During The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Amusement Parks:

Apex Parks Group Announces Financial Restructuring; Company To Enter Into Stalking Horse Purchase Agreement and Files for Chapter 11 to Effectuate Sale
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Shuttered Apex Parks Chain Opens Ch. 11 Hoping To Sell
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Aviation:

Mnuchin to provide airlines with draft details on loans, grants • Trump says airlines could receive grant details this weekend as sources say around 275 applied
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Airlines Squeezed by Delays in $29 Billion US Rescue Funds
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Pandemic has set the number of air travelers back decades
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How to secure a refund for a flight canceled due to coronavirus, according to the experts
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EasyJet Defers Delivery of 24 Airbus Jets in Bid to Save Cash
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British Airways Lands in Junk Territory After Fitch Cuts Rating
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Flight Attendants Gain Social Distance by Leaving the Jump Seats
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2nd TSA employee dies from COVID-19, over 300 employees have tested positive
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Labor:

Could the Pandemic Wind Up Fixing What’s Broken About Work in America?
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Personal Finance:

My hours have been cut due to a coronavirus furlough, but my workload hasn't
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Education:

UW cancels 2020 in-person graduation, moves summer term online due to COVID-19
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For Students at a Lone School in California, Class Is Still On
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says coronavirus ‘doesn’t seem to threaten’ kids
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Fraud:

U.S. Throws Lori Loughlin’s Words in Her Face in College Scandal
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Ohio Lawyers Can’t Rep Clients Who Won’t Correct Fraud on Agency
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Nursing Homes:

Coronavirus-wracked nursing home evacuated after most of staff failed to show for two days
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National Guard deployed to New Jersey veterans home with at least 10 coronavirus deaths
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Entertainment:

Why Bankruptcy May Not Be the Best Option Now for Hollywood's Distressed Firms
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 68.5% Year-over-year to All Time Record Low
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Banking:

Powell says banks well-capitalized, no need to halt dividends
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Climate:

Air pollution drops 30% in Northeast US due to coronavirus lockdown: NASA
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Student Debt:

Joe Biden Unveils Plan to Forgive Student Debt • Joe Biden Calls For Widespread Student Loan Forgiveness
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Autos:

Automakers lay out back-to-work playbook for coronavirus pandemic
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UK:

Boris Johnson in ‘extremely good spirits’ as he moves out of intensive care • Boris Johnson Leaves Intensive Care, but Britain Faces Weeks More of Lockdown
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UK urges citizens to stay at home over Easter, police ready to get tough
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Coronavirus lockdown measures to stay in place after decision made in Cobra meeting • U.K. Coronavirus Lockdown Cannot Be Relaxed Yet, Raab Says • U.K. Reports 881 More Coronavirus Deaths; Total Rises to 7,978
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U.K. Wine Merchant Jumps as Drinking Moves From Bar to Sofa
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U.K. Sees New Welfare Applications Surge to 1.2 Million
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NMC Health Placed Into Administration by U.K. Court
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EU:

EU nears deal on coronavirus package as Germany puts its foot down
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EU ministers make breakthrough on coronavirus economic response
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EU to Loosen Rules to Enable State Stakes in Virus-Hit Firms
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EU Eyes Pact With Banks for Financing Companies Hurt by Pandemic
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Europe approves $590 billion in virus stimulus but fails to fix differences over joint debt
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PIIGS:

As contagion slows, prudent Portugal won't ease lockdown • Portugal Says New Virus Cases Rise, Hospitalized Patients Fall • How Lisbon Managed This Crisis So Well
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One hundred Italian doctors have died of virus: medics
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Italy Reports Higher Number of Deaths, New Virus Cases Thursday
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Spain’s elderly suffer as virus tears safety nets
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Canada:

Built in Weeks, Relief System for Canadian Businesses Goes Live
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Canada Loses Record 1 Million Jobs, Signaling More Trouble Ahead
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Canadian youth, women hit hard by massive coronavirus-related job losses
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Hungary:

Hungary prolongs coronavirus lockdown indefinitely as infections near 1,000
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Uganda:

In Uganda, mothers in labour die amidst coronavirus lockdown
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MENA:

150 members of the Saudi royal family have coronavirus: report
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Iceland:

Iceland’s Coronavirus Test Has Skeptics, but It May Be Working
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Venezuela:

Displaced Venezuelans face poverty and pandemic in Colombia
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France:

France Scraps Budget Again After Economy Sinks, Spending Soars
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LVMH to Donate 261 Ventilators to Aid France’s Virus Fight
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French Economy Stuck in Slump With 36% of Activity Lost
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Number of French people in ICU for coronavirus falls for the first time
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Homeless people adrift in a locked down Paris
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Germany:

Germany to conduct Europe’s first large-scale coronavirus antibody test programme
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German Auto Lobby Calls on Merkel to Allow Car Sales to Resume
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Merkel Says Tighter Measures to Slow Virus Likely Unnecessary
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German region to reopen schools as opposition to lockdown mounts
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Japan:

Japan sees 51 coronavirus-related bankruptcies
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Japan to Pay Companies to Move Production Out of China
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Japan’s battle with pandemic may mark end of Abe’s fiscal experiment
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Tokyo Reluctantly Shuts Some Non-Essential Businesses After Coronavirus Cases Triple in 10 Days
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Cambodia:

Cambodia adopts law to allow for emergency powers to tackle coronavirus
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Africa:

Coronavirus Can Still Be Contained in Most of Africa, WHO Says
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Two new generations of locusts are set to descend on East Africa again—400 times stronger
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Indonesia:

Mosques, streets quiet as Indonesia’s capital tightens rules
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Singapore:

Foreign Worker Infections Push Singapore Cases to New Record
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Singapore, Taiwan And Hong Kong Seemed To Have Beaten Coronavirus, But Then Cases Spiked
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China:

Analysis: China is on a knife edge between recovery and another wave of cases
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Nature magazine apologises for reports linking Covid-19 with China
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Virus-hit Wuhan cautiously revives amid thicket of controls
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Sweden:

Sweden challenges Trump — and scientific mainstream — by refusing to lock down
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Australia:

Helicopters, Police Checks, Fines: Australia’s Easter Travel Crackdown Against Coronavirus
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