Law:

Baker McKenzie Announces There Will Definitely Be COVID-19 Cuts. But Exactly What They Are, Who The Hell Knows.
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Summer Associate Programs Canceled At Firms That Needed To Delay Merger Due To COVID-19 Outbreak • Pepper Hamilton, Troutman Sanders Nix Summer Associate Programs
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Am Law 200 Firm Introduces Pay Cuts For All, Furloughs For Some
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Pay cuts and furloughs continue as more firms trim costs to address COVID-19
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The COVID Crisis Law Firm Layoff Tracker: What’s Your Firm Doing To Survive?
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Am Law 200 Firm Takes Carving Knife To Salaries
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Even A Billion Dollars In Revenue Can’t Stop COVID-19 Layoffs
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Law Firm Advertisement Brings Some Good-Natured Levity To The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Choose Your Quarantine House: Legal Edition
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Judge Releases Michael Avenatti From Jail Due to Coronavirus Threat
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Elliott Employees Bought All The Toilet Paper
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Michael Cohen Is in Solitary Confinement After Mysterious Dispute with Fellow Inmate
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Travelers Leads Insurers Paying Big Money to Top Lawyers
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NY Bar Exam Encounters New Hurdle — Not Enough Space To Test Everyone
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Colorado Accidentally Sent Out Bar Results, Said They Were Fake, But They Were Real
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AG Barr Visits Fox To Offer Medical Advice And Threaten To LOCK HER UP Former DOJ Officials
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Endorsing Trump’s Firing of Inspector General, Barr Paints Distorted Picture
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Leaders seize new powers to fight coronavirus, fears grow for democracy
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Virus-wracked federal prisons again expand release criteria
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Treasury’s Mnuchin ‘properly’ followed guidance in refusing to give Trump’s tax returns to Congress, inspector general finds
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Los Angeles Prosecutors Throw Another Sexual Assault Charge At Harvey Weinstein • Harvey Weinstein’s ex-assistant explains in doc why it took her over 20 years to reveal alleged attempted rape
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Federal Court Says MGM Must Release Secret Trump ‘Apprentice’ Tapes
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FBI Knew of Risk of Disinformation in Dossier
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Trump Family Loses Huge Court Fight to Force Fraud and Deceptive Practices Lawsuit into Secret Arbitration
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Cops charge people for coughing on grocery store shelves, police officers during pandemic
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Florida Inmates to Make Protective Masks for Prison Workers, Fellow Inmates
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NYC inmate released over coronavirus fears arrested in connection with bank robbery
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This Man Says Inmates At His Prison Are Getting No Medical Care For Covid-19
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DOJ charged man for $750 million scheme to sell non-existent face masks to VA
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children in embassy, partner says
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The Threat of Coronavirus Is Looming Over Mexico’s Migrants
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Gun Shops Can Sell Firearms From Parking Lots and Offer Drive-Thru Services During COVID-19 Pandemic: Justice Department • ATF releases guidance allowing firearm transactions through drive-up windows during pandemic
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Fight over Texas abortion ban during Covid-19 pandemic reaches US Supreme Court • Judge rules Alabama can’t prohibit abortion during pandemic
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Doctor who tests homeless for COVID-19 says cop cuffed him at his home for no reason
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The Surveillance State Thrives During the Pandemic
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NYPD Officers Deliver Baby After Pulling Over Speeding Car
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6 people shot at a California party held despite state’s stay-at-home order
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Hospital workers on front lines of coronavirus fight find their tires slashed
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Florida judge revokes child custody from mother—who is an ER doctor—over coronavirus
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How social distancing fines are working, or not working, across America
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Texas AG Upset After Coronavirus Limits Access to Colorado Vacation Homes
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Crime drops around the world as coronavirus keeps people inside
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Children as young as 12 now face fines for violating ‘safer at home’ order, city announces
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California Man Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Coronavirus Test Sample From Hospital, Police Say
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Florida man allegedly coughed, spit on sheriff’s deputy, wished coronavirus illness on him: report
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Judges:

Judge faces charges for m----------- during trials
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Wall Street:

US Stock Market Futures: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Slide; Point To Monday Opening Drop
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Investment banks brace for pandemic earnings wipeout
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Home-bound bankers pine for office comforts in rush of bond sales
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Wall Street slashes forecasts on US fund managers
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Layoffs:

Disney World will furlough 43,000 employees during its indefinite closure
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Religion:

Kentucky gov. announces mandatory quarantine for anyone who attends Easter services
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Vandalism and quarantine orders: Kentucky church meets resistance for in-person Easter service
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Florida pastor, others flout stay-home orders on Easter
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Coronavirus Shutdowns Treat Golf Courses Better Than Churches
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In Some Places, Easter Isn’t Being Celebrated. It’s Being Fined.
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Baptist church members given $500 tickets for listening to church service in their cars via radio in parking lot
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Kansas Pastor Holds Easter Services, Says He Can Bypass Mass Gatherings Ban by Claiming Guests Are Part of Church Choir
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Christians celebrate socially-distanced Easter services
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Judge overrules mayor, allows drive-in church service on Easter despite COVID-19
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Mississippi church sues after police shut down drive-in service
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Kansas Governor Sues GOP Leaders For Subverting Order Limiting Church Meetings
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Online, in parking lots and on TV, U.S. Christians face uncommon Easter
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DOJ says to ‘expect action’ soon on social distancing regulation and religious services
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Trump and Pence host anti-LGBTQ pastor in the Oval Office to deliver Easter blessing
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Pope Francis offers hope in coronavirus crisis at Easter Sunday mass
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DOJ warns of action against crackdowns on religious services
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Coronavirus prompts extreme efforts against Easter gatherings
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Easter poses major social distancing test
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Notre Dame holds Good Friday ceremony despite coronavirus pandemic
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Virus Mutes Easter Celebrations As Europe’s Death Toll Tops 75,000
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Passover blessing at Western Wall downsized due to coronavirus
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Pope gives Easter address to empty basilica, warns against ‘selfishness’ during pandemic
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New Orleans archbishop, rabbi deliver coronavirus blessings from sky in World War II-era plane
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On Easter, One New York City Church Mourns the Loss of Its Leader as Its Priests Recover From COVID-19
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As They Console Coronavirus’s Victims, Italy’s Priests Are Dying, Too
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‘No worker without rights’: Pope Francis advocates for universal basic income in ‘this time of danger’
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Cardinal Pell asks ‘why did this happen to me?’ in Easter message after release from jail
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Personal Finance:

3 simple ways to save money during the pandemic
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I asked experts to help me craft a contingency plan for my child's care in case I get sick with COVID-19
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I snagged an airline refund amid the pandemic; here's how to get one if you're eligible
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The Art (and Awkwardness) of a Virtual Haircut
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Movie Theatres:

25 Percent of Americans Won’t Feel Comfortable Going to the Movies for Six Months, Poll Says
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AMC theaters reportedly in talks with bankruptcy attorneys • AMC Theaters Reportedly Considering Bankruptcy Due To Impact Of Coronavirus Shutdown
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Cruise Lines:

Why Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and Norwegian Cruise Line Could All Plunge on Monday
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Cruise ship bookings for 2021 are already on the rise despite multiple COVID-19 outbreaks
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All the cruise ships that have had confirmed cases of COVID-19 onboard
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Virus-infected Australian Cruise Ship Arrives At Montevideo Port
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Food/Beverage:

Chuck E. Cheese parent company forms restructuring committee
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Brio and Bravo parent files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after closing 71 units
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Coronavirus could irreversibly change restaurants, with experts predicting customer temperature checks and new fears of crowds
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Is The Meat Supply Chain At Risk? Several Workers Test Positive For COVID-19
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One of the largest pork processing facilities in the US is closing until further notice
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Samuel Adams is offering $1,000 grants to unemployed restaurant and bar staffers
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Takeaway deliveries on the rise as public tires of cooking at home
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President Trump’s Virginia Winery Eligible for Coronavirus Stimulus Bailout
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Sports:

Rugby’s money problems predate Covid-19 but long-term growth must be the aim
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US PGA Tour Reportedly Exploring Possibility Of Return Without Fans
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NBA Reportedly Discussing 25-Day Return-to-Basketball Plan
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Gamblers bet on marbles and trotting as pandemic hits sport
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My Surreal Night Watching ESPN’s Glitchy HORSE Challenge in a World Without Sports
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Barcelona in 'danger of economic bankruptcy
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Theatre:

Labor Dispute Sinks Broadway Benefit for Pandemic Assistance
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Nursing Homes:

Pillowcase masks and trash-bag gowns. This is the bleak reality in California nursing homes
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Nearly 2,000 Dead as Coronavirus Ravages Nursing Homes in N.Y. Region
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Nursing home deaths soar past 3,300 in alarming surge
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California moves to protect nursing home residents from the coronavirus
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Fitness:

Fitness Instructors Flock Online to Pump You Up
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Printing:

LSC Communications And Affiliates File In BK SD NY - First Day Dec • LSC Communications Seeks Bankruptcy - Quick Facts
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Compensation:

Investors warn of coronavirus crash effect on CEO bonuses
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Accounting:

Auditors clash with directors over the question of ‘going concern’
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Museums:

NYC museum heads unveil coronavirus-related cuts to multi-million dollar salaries
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Guggenheim, Facing $10 Million Shortfall, Turns to Furloughs and Pay Cuts
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Telecoms:

Coronavirus exposes America’s broadband problem
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Metals:

Pace Files Prepack In BK DE
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Education:

MBA students demand tuition fee refunds over campus closures
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New York City public school teachers describe being unprepared and overwhelmed as the coronavirus forces schools to shut down
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Art:

Evolve Or Perish: Virus Reshaping Art Auction Market
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Transit:

Gov. Murphy orders NJ Transit to cut capacity by half • New Jersey governor slashes all train, bus and light rail transit by 50%
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Rail:

1st Circ. Needs Proof To OK Ch. 11 Train Derailment Claim
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Corporate Governance:

Big Business Pledged Gentler Capitalism. It’s Not Happening in Pandemic.
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Aviation:

‘This will lead to airline bankruptcies’ — flight attendant union furious with Treasury bailout offers • Treasury wants warrants, repayment from major U.S. airlines on 30% of grant money • Airlines want U.S. Treasury to scrap proposal to make some grant money repayable • Some airlines aren't happy with terms of Mnuchin's aid package
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Small Airlines Exempted From Equity Demand as Aid Offers Go Out
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Zombie Airlines Are Flying Into The Arms Of The Government
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An Airline Bailout Should Have More Strings Attached Than a Harp
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Flight Attendants and Pilots Ask, ‘Is It OK to Keep Working?’
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Delta apparently doesn’t want flight attendants with coronavirus to tell colleagues
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Nearly 13,500 American Airlines pilots and flight attendants agree to voluntary leave or early retirement
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100 American Airlines Flight Attendants and 41 Pilots Test Positive
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Don’t Buy Into American Airlines’ Redemption Story Here
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What Airline Routes Are Still Active?
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Zombie Airlines Are Flying Into The Arms Of The Government
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Air France-KLM in Talks for French State Cash Injection • Air France in talks with French govt over emergency funding: Les Echos
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Government considers subsidised Qantas and Virgin domestic flights
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United Airlines Will Resume Additional International Flights In May
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Amid COVID-19, It’s Time to Nationalize Airlines and Other Industries
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MIA’s Admirals Club is closed. American Airlines workers have turned it into mask factory
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Sweden, Belgium Win EU Approval to Support Airlines, Airports
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Malaysia Airlines, Khazanah in talks with government to seek more funds
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COVID-19 pandemic to cost Maldives airlines $507 mln
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Qantas staff consider class action alleging airline failed to protect them against Covid-19
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Aircraft emissions fall sharply as pandemic grounds flights
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Boeing plans limited return to work next week after coronavirus shutdown: reports
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Pharma:

Damage From OxyContin Continues to Be Revealed
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Telecoms:

Fall of the roaming empire: telecom groups face revenue loss as travel collapses
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Gambling:

Casino Operators On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:

Lawmakers urge Mnuchin to stop debt collectors from seizing direct payments
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Radio:

White House Slams Voice of America; VOA Fights Back
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Mail:

White House rejects bailout for Postal Service battered by coronavirus • The debate over a post office bailout, explained • Trump rejects bailout that included aid to USPS, report says • The Postal Service, On The Verge Of Collapse, Is Begging For Funding
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US Post Office Will Soon Collapse
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Economy:

Some Companies Are Too Connected to Fail
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The Fed is on ‘wartime’ footing and still may be asked to do more
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Minneapolis Fed chief says Fed is being “as aggressive as possible”
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Fed’s Neel Kashkari says coronavirus economic recovery ‘could be a long, hard road’ • Fed’s Kashkari Says U.S. May Face 18 Months of Rolling Shutdowns
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The Fed’s Big Bazooka
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V-shaped Or U-shaped? Some Economists Upbeat On Virus Recovery
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A Sharp Shock, but Won't Become a Depression
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Inside the global race to prevent another depression
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Four High Frequency Indicators for the Eventual Recovery
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The Economic Devastation Of COVID-19 Is Hitting Women Particularly Hard
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Economists say US in short deep recession, but consumers expected to keep spending despite job losses
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Consumer prices fall most in five years as gasoline plunges and travel costs decline at record pace
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Trump Says Economy After COVID-19 Will Soar 'Like a Rocket Ship' • Modeler says U.S. would see coronavirus rebound if country re-opened May 1 • Donald Trump is wrong, the economic hit of the coronavirus will last for years • Virus may dash Trump’s plan for a ‘big bang’ economic opening • Mark Cuban: Trump Wrong on Economy
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McKinsey economists lay out 9 potential coronavirus recession scenarios — ranging from a summer recovery to a 'black swan of black swans'
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Leaked letter: The 'Black Swan' fund that raked in a 4,000% return last quarter says a bigger crash is coming
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Global economy already set for historic contraction
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US Deficit: $743 Billion in Six Months
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Federal Debt Tops $22 Trillion
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A 100-Year Chance to Shake Up Debt and Taxes
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Shell-shocked companies given a crash course in survival
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Torn Over Reopening Economy, Trump Says He Faces ‘Biggest Decision I’ve Ever Had to Make’ • Reopening U.S. economy by May 1 may be unrealistic, experts say • Stop declaring premature victory against coronavirus • Trump says decision to reopen the economy will be based on ‘facts’ and ‘instinct’ • Fauci: ‘Extraordinary Risk’ of Further COVID Spread If US Reopens Too Soon • Dr. Fauci Says ‘Rolling Reentry’ of U.S. Economy Possible in May • U.S. States Prepare Test-and-Trace Programs to Reopen Their Economies • Trump wants to reopen country soon. But power really lies with governors • Trump: Reopening Early May Kill People, But So Could Staying In • US Could Start Reopening In May, Top Virus Advisor Says • Analysis: Trump keeps wanting to reopen the economy. Voters disagree. • Frydenberg says easing coronavirus restrictions ahead of medical advice ‘dangerous and unrealistic’ • New federal projections show huge spike in coronavirus infections in the summer if current lockdown and social distancing measures are lifted after planned 30 days • Advisors on Reopening Country to be Named • Abbott Ready to Ease Texas Lockdowns • Cuomo Wants New York Reopened Soon • States resisting stay-at-home orders are playing a dangerous game • US government is considering giving out COVID-19 'immunity cards' as part of push to reopen the economy, Fauci says • Fauci says US could see a 'rolling' reopen starting next month but warns of a 'rebound' in outbreaks later this year • New Jersey gov: Opening economy too soon “could be throwing gasoline on the fire” • Joe Biden Says Trump Hasn’t Provided an Answer on How to Safely Reopen America, Unveils His Own Plan • Joe Biden’s ‘Return to Normalcy’ Campaign Has Echoes of 1920 • NY Gov Cuomo channels Winston Churchill and warns re-opening the country too fast will end more lives • When will the country get back to normal? 3 things to know about reopening America • The great reopening debate
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These countries are reopening — here’s how they’re doing it
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Bill Gates warns that another coronavirus-like outbreak could happen soon
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California faces two years of high unemployment from coronavirus, UCLA predicts
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Restarting America Means Some Will Die
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WHO Envoy: Coronavirus Will Likely ’Stalk The Human Race’ Until There’s A Vaccine
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Broad coronavirus testing crucial in lifting restrictions: U.S. experts
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False Negatives Raise Doctors' Doubts About Coronavirus Tests • His first coronavirus test was negative. Now, this 39-year-old city leader is on life support
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Fears of ‘Wild West’ as COVID-19 blood tests hit the market
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American life after lockdown will still be one of limited human interaction
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Easter brings new coronavirus restrictions and closures across California • Arkansas governor defends no stay-at-home statewide order as ‘successful’ • New York City Schools Close Through Academic Year. Cuomo Pushes Back • Michigan stay-at-home order now bans visits to friends, relatives, governor says • The Costly Toll of Florida Not Shutting Down Spring Break During Coronavirus • Los Angeles County extends stay-at-home order through May 15 • Lost wages and jobs haven’t dented support for coronavirus stay-at-home orders, poll finds • Driving and Travel Restrictions Across the United States
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Behind closed doors, Trump's coronavirus task force boosts industry and sows confusion
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GOP Won't Negotiate on Paycheck Protection • Clash hardens over coronavirus aid as GOP leaders reject Dem demands
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Bailouts Won’t Save the Economy. More Coronavirus Tests Will.
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For Small Businesses, Paycheck Protection Program Means Hard Choices
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Government looks to expand bailout loan scheme
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Black-Owned Businesses Could Face Hurdles in Federal Aid Program
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The Stimulus Is Playing Hard to Get
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Investor appetite for emergency cash calls grows
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Here’s the PPP Guidance 1099 Workers Need
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Millions filed for U.S. unemployment – many are still waiting for the cash
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Governors Plead for Help as Further Coronavirus Aid Faces a Partisan Split in Congress
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A Coronavirus Crisis of Unnecessary Unemployment
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Companies jostle for aid in coronavirus lobbying frenzy
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Essential workers would get $25,000 raise in new Senate Democrats plan • Essential workers keep nation going, but will sacrifice be rewarded?
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Fast-food workers have been plagued by low-pay, racism and limited sick leave. But now, America is finally paying attention.
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The first round of $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks have already started hitting Americans' bank accounts
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Millions of tax paying immigrants won’t get stimulus checks
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Make-or-Break Moment in Virus Fight Confronts World at IMF Talks
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A bipartisan alternative to the US unemployment crisis is emerging: The government paying everyone's salary
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FDA Chief: U.S. 'Very Close to Peak' of COVID-19 Cases, Testing Into Fall
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Businesses say China tariffs contributing to hand sanitizer shortages
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Trump Threatens to Pull Out of the WTO • Trump just threatened to pull out of WTO unless the US keeps winning cases
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CA: Mile Line of Cars for Grocery Giveaway • TX: Lining Up Before Dawn for Food Bank • Trump Delays Food Stamp Cuts
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For millions, lockdown is not novels and quality family time but food parcels and hardship
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It’s ‘People, People, People’ as Lines Stretch Across America
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Burning Man Canceled
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Coronavirus could ‘decimate’ Latino wealth, which was hammered by the Great Recession
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How the Virus Transformed the Way Americans Spend Their Money
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Texas to Ease Coronavirus Lockdown Under Executive Order to 'Restore Livelihoods,' Governor Says • Texas Officials: Coronavirus Spread Might be Slowing
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Generation V for virus
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U.S. States Prepare Test-and-Trace Programs to Reopen Their Economies
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How the coronavirus is disrupting the global food supply
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America's gaping coronavirus inequality • The deadly mix of Covid-19, air pollution, and inequality, explained
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14 jobs requiring a bachelor's degree that might not be around in 10 years
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Traffic drop from stay-at-home orders imperils road funding
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How the coronavirus is causing a recession
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Millions of Americans face crisis payment delays
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Major Outbreak in San Francisco Shelter Underlines Danger for the Homeless
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Some Countries Face an Awful Question: Death by Coronavirus or by Hunger?
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The Coronavirus Class Divide: Space and Privacy
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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:

Another U.S.-Wide Housing Slump Is Coming
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The CARES Act, Consumer Bankruptcy, and Mortgage Servicing: What to Know and Potential Pitfalls
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JPMorgan Chase to raise mortgage borrowing standards as economic outlook darkens
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A Third of U.S. Renters Hit by COVID-19 Did Not Pay Rent in April
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75% of the stores in NYC's most expensive neighborhood — the $25 billion Hudson Yards — didn't pay their April rent
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New York City Mayor de Blasio Urges Tenant Rent Freeze, Landlords Using Security Deposits as Temporary Payment
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Municipalities:

State and local governments face budget crunch, hurting hopes for quick recovery
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The next economic crisis will hit states and cities
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How racism and poverty made Detroit a new coronavirus hot spot
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Governors Request $500 Billion For Budget Shortfalls From Virus
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Oil/Gas:

As Crude Oil Gets Hit Hard, Big Players Barrel Towards Bankruptcy
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Houston energy co.'s bankruptcy falls apart as oil prices plunge
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Houston energy co. loses ground in bankruptcy sale renegotiation
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A world locked down and drowning in oil
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More E&P Defaults Appear Likely from Coronavirus and Low Demand, with Blurry Outlook for OFS Sector
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Prepackaged Ch. 11s Will Be Tough Sell For Oil And Gas
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OPEC overcomes hurdles to finalise historic oil deal • OPEC, Oil Nations Agree To Nearly 10 Million Barrel Cut Amid Coronavirus • Oil price war ends with historic OPEC+ deal to cut production
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Trump’s Big Oil Deal Won’t Save the Weakest of Shale Producers
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Oil prices edge higher after historic production cuts agreed
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The new oil-cutting pact will help the market but hardly rescue it
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Critics decry ‘massive step in wrong direction’ as big banks move to buy up fracking industry assets with coronavirus bailout funds
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Nigeria in ‘crisis’ as oil receipts plummet
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The Reality of the End of Oil
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Healthcare:

Mayo Clinic Cuts Pay for 20,000 Workers
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Bankruptcy judge OKs sale of St. Vincent hospital to Patrick Soon-Shiong • Judge tentatively OKs sale of Westlake hospital to L.A. Times owner to create coronavirus research facility
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COVID-19: AHF Questions Bankruptcy Court Bid for St. Vincent Medical Center
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Prime Healthcare to Acquire Verity Health System’s St. Francis Medical Center • Shuttered Verity hospital reopens today as COVID-19 surge hospital
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Fearing hospital bankruptcy, Gov. Wolf offers $450M in loans to financially strapped providers
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Americans spend grim Easter Sunday at home as COVID-19 deaths near 22,000
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Trump Retweets ‘Fire Fauci’ Coronavirus Message In Easter Sunday Twitter Rampage • Trump Lashes Out at Fauci Amid Criticism of Slow Virus Response • What Dr. Fauci has coming
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Doctors Still Waiting for Surge in ICU Patients
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How Nurses Ended Up Wearing Garbage Bags
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A Natural Coronavirus Experiment Is Playing Out In Kentucky And Tennessee
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A nurse revealed the tragic last words of his coronavirus patient: ‘Who’s going to pay for it?’
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One by one, nurses got coronavirus at a Silicon Valley hospital while management kept quiet
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Trump administration orders insurers to make Covid-19 immunity tests free to patients
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Study reveals coronavirus came to NYC mostly from Europe, not China
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California’s early coronavirus efforts will cost $7 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom says
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7 companies increasing mental health services for employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic
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Inside the life of a volunteer EMT first responder in NYC, who decontaminates himself after every shift and has to pay for his own equipment: 'I still see people who won't take this seriously.'
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New York hospitals only getting a fraction of federal coronavirus funds
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Virus Deaths Mount, but N.Y. Avoids Predicted Surge at Hospitals So Far
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U.S. Now Has the World’s Deadliest Coronavirus Outbreak • 2,000 Deaths in a Day was Likely the Peak • Coronavirus Death Estimates Keep Dropping • How the US stacks up to other countries in confirmed coronavirus cases
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New York struggles to bury its coronavirus dead
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How Many Die from the Flu Each Year
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The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how profit-driven decisions undercut the US's ability to fight an outbreak
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Leading coronavirus modeling shows that social distancing is working • 'The curve is continuing to flatten': Cuomo says New York coronavirus hospitalizations have hit an apex
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Where the WHO Went Wrong
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Disease experts surprised by poor US coronavirus response 
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Why America is still failing on coronavirus testing
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MA: Sewage Shows Large Infected Population
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Surgeon General Adams asks people of color to increase anti-coronavirus efforts “for your big mama” • Surgeon General criticized for calling on African Americans to take care of “big momma” and “pop pop” • Surgeon General Singles Out People Of Color To Stop Alcohol, Drugs In COVID-19 Fight
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Trump reportedly asked Dr Anthony Fauci whether it was possible to allow the coronavirus to 'wash over' the US
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What is contact tracing? • Apple, Google bring COVID-19 contact-tracing to 3 billion people • Forget Apple And Google—Here’s The Real Challenge For COVID-19 Contact-Tracing • French public hostile to proposed Covid-19 contact-tracing app • Apple and Google’s Covid-19 Tracker Is a Game-Changer
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'You think you're free, then it comes back': Doctors and patients explain what the coronavirus 'second-week crash' feels like
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Coronavirus patients report strange new symptom: ‘Fizzing’
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Why Are Some People So Much More Infectious Than Others?
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Life and death in the ‘hot zone’
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‘I Cried Multiple Times’: Now Doctors Are the Ones Saying Goodbye
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Coronavirus found in air samples up to 13 feet from patients
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Recent Studies Show Mixed Results On Possible Treatments For Virus
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Two-thirds of coronavirus patients improve after drug remdesivir, study says
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Woman loses entire family to coronavirus as husband, son die within days
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Mum Covers Her ICU Nurse Daughter In A Sheet Just So They Can Hug
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Life and Death as Hospitals Fight the Coronavirus in the Bronx
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Coronavirus immunity: 8% of recovered patients in one study didn't develop antibodies at all • Will a Coronavirus Antibody Test Allow Us to Go Back to School or Work?
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Trump, Congress scramble to revive virus-hunting agency that was marked for cuts
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Two studies have some good news and bad news for potential coronavirus treatments
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Small Chloroquine Study Halted Over Risk of Fatal Heart Complications
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University of Oxford vaccinologist eyes September vaccine arrival
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How the Hunt for a Coronavirus Vaccine Could Go Horribly Wrong
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FactCheck: Trump vs. World Health Organization • Why exactly is Trump lashing out at the World Health Organization?
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Manufacturers Refuse To Allow Hospitals To Fix Ventilators That Are The Last Hope For Many COVID-19 Patients
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Mexico Shuts US Owned Ventilator Plant
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Ford and GM are making tens of thousands of ventilators. It may already be too late.
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How Trump turned ventilators into a form of patronage • Trump casts himself as pandemic patron, personalizing the government’s spread of cash and supplies
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Some Doctors Move Away from Ventilators
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Pentagon Bankrolls N95 Mask Production With Production Act Funds
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Coronavirus cases on USS Roosevelt spike to 550 • Nearly 600 USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailors Catch Coronavirus, Navy Evacuates Thousands From Aircraft Carrier • Navy commander says aircraft carrier crew ‘struggling’ after captain’s firing • ‘There Will Be Losses’: How a Captain’s Plea Exposed a Rift in the Military • Guam Worries as Hundreds of U.S. Navy Sailors Under Coronavirus Quarantine Fill Hotels
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To fight coronavirus, Pasadena to require workers and customers to wear face coverings
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U.S. to Trial Japan's Anti-Flu Drug Avigan for Coronavirus Treatment
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China Is Censoring Research on COVID-19 Origins, Deleted Web Page Suggests
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The People In Idaho’s Coronavirus Epicenter Have A Message For The Rest Of Us
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Chicago mayor: Coronavirus is "devastating" black communities
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A food safety expert on why you’re unlikely to get the coronavirus from groceries or takeout
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Trump has declared major disaster in all 50 states at once, first time in history
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South Korea to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to US
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Thousands of FDNY first responders to finally undergo coronavirus testing
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New York hospitals could soon ‘completely run out’ of swabs needed for coronavirus testing
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The Howling: Americans Let it Out from Depths of Pandemic
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Fraud:

Prosecutors Admit ‘Error’ in Lori Loughlin Case After Withholding Key Evidence
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Lori Loughlin’s husband ripped guidance counselor who dared question daughter’s rowing, docs show
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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 (51 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Record Bankruptcies Predicted in Next Year as Unemployment Soars
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Pandemic likely to exceed Great Recession in number of bankruptcies
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Experts expect an influx of bankruptcy filings in South Florida
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Sales:

COVID-19: Rethinking Chapter 11 as an Asset Sale Strategy—Distressed Asset Sales in the Crisis
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Insurance:

Reed Smith, Pillsbury Gear Up for Coronavirus Insurance Fights
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Corporate Governance:

Mark Cuban says coronavirus will end up improving capitalism with companies putting employees first
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Precautionary and Prudency Measures for Boards Addressing COVID-19 Business Uncertainties
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Amusement Parks:

Amusement park operator Apex Parks Group files for bankruptcy
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Amusement Park Operator Part-Owned By Carlyle Files For Bankruptcy
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Politics:

He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus • Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump’s pandemic response • Five Takeaways on What Trump Knew as the Virus Spread • Trump was told in Jan. about memo warning of mass coronavirus death • ‘It is what it is’: Fauci carefully admits Trump ‘could have saved lives’ if he took the virus seriously • Fauci on Trump's delayed response to coronavirus: "It is what it is" • Top doc Fauci admits lives could have been saved if US had shut down in February – but recommendation ‘not taken’ • Trump learned of a memo in January warning 'half a million American souls' could die of coronavirus, and he was displeased his adviser put it in writing • The ‘Red Dawn’ Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus • 10 times Trump and his administration were warned about coronavirus
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'Show me that episode': Trump's trade adviser claimed the coronavirus response was being treated unfairly by the media. CBS News then played back its old footage.
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Trump Has Emergency Powers We Aren’t Allowed to Know About
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Trump retweets post calling for firing of Dr. Anthony Fauci • Trump Spends Easter Asking Confidants ‘What Do You Think of Fauci?’
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Trump allegedly asked Fauci if officials could let coronavirus 'wash over' US
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Trump Feels No Need for Crisis Counsel From Predecessors
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Why Biden’s Polling Lead vs. Trump Isn’t as Solid as It Looks
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Trump campaign relentlessly asking voters to ‘wonder’ about Biden’s mental fitness
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Fact Check: Trump’s new anti-Biden ad is filled with deceptive images and audio clips
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Public health professionals plead with Trump not to defund WHO
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Covid-19 from the West Wing: 'History's verdict will be unforgiving'
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Republican Gov. Disputes Trump Claim About Medical Equipment Availability
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Top Trump official prepared White House staff with a book about how people with mental illness can be effective leaders
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Data show one of the strongest predictors of social distancing behavior is attitudes toward climate change
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GOP worries Trump has only weeks to sharpen coronavirus response
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Trump is woefully confused about why more coronavirus testing is vital
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A sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversy • Joe Biden Sexual Assault Accuser Tara Reade Files Criminal Complaint
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Trump Family Has Already Traveled on Taypaxers’ Dime 10 Times More Than Obama Family Did • The Secret Service has protected Trump family members on 4,000 trips in three years

Gavin Newsome Praises Trump's Help for Calif.
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Why Ron DeSantis’ popularity has taken a hit since the pandemic started
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Nearly three-in-ten Americans believe COVID-19 was made in a lab • Study: Nearly a third of Americans believe a conspiracy theory about the origins of the coronavirus
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They Watch Trump’s Virus Briefings Daily. Here’s What They Have to Say • Trump likes virus briefings, some advisers worry he likes them too much
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How Southern Politics are Failing One Town’s Coronavirus Response
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Supercut Highlights Sean Hannity’s Stunning Hypocrisy On Coronavirus
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‘What The Hell Is Happening To Fox News?’: Trump Slams Critical Chris Wallace • Fox News Host Responds to Trump Criticism, Defends Wallace: ‘Enough With the 3rd Grade Name-Calling’
(DBN)

GOP Congressman Warns Young Americans Are Developing ‘Bailout Mentality,’ Says Country Must Get Back to Work
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GOP pushes voting by mail — with restrictions — as Trump attacks it as ‘corrupt’
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Trump criticism too late: Swing states already have mail-in voting
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‘Compromise our democracy’: Obama rips Wisconsin for primary voting mishandling in rare statement
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Democrats fear for November after Wisconsin voting spectacle
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Retailing:

Survival of the biggest: Coronavirus transforms retail
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Fairway Markets Says COVID-19 Crisis Justifies Exec Bonuses
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Macy’s taps Lazard to bolster finances as coronavirus saps sales, sources say
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Grocery workers increasingly fear showing up at work
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The Pandemic Economy: What are Shoppers Buying Online During COVID-19?
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Rampant shipping delays and limited stock amid the coronavirus outbreak reveal why e-commerce hasn't defeated physical stores just yet
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Stores try to stay relevant while their doors are closed
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Warehouse workers risk COVID-19 to ship Gucci shades, face cream, sofas
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Amazon stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand
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The Coronavirus Is Killing My Hometown Mall
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History:

America relearning the lessons of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
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Electricity:

Electricity prices slump as businesses close across the US
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Agribusiness:

“Truly helpless”: Farmers devastated by coronavirus pandemic
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Dairy:

Dairy farmers forced to dump milk as schools and restaurants close
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Sovereigns:

Calls for debt relief to help world’s poorest nations fight coronavirus • Pakistan PM Seeks Debt Relief for Developing Nations to Fight Virus
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UK:

NMC Creditors Are Forming a Committee for $6.6 Billion Debt Talks
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Discharged From Hospital • Boris Johnson 'says he owes his life' to NHS doctors after 'coming close to death'
(DBN)

U.K.’s Sharma Says 4,200 Virus Loans Paid Out to Small Companies
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Britons stay at home under lockdown despite Easter sunshine
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UK government wrestles with wider effects of lockdown
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Three million go hungry in UK because of lockdown
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Deaths soar at Britain’s care homes as COVID-19 stalks elderly
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U.K. Becomes Fifth Country With More Than 10,000 Virus Deaths
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Empty non-coronavirus beds raise fears that sickest are avoiding NHS
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Boots and Poundstretcher face legal action over unpaid rent
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Coronavirus UK lockdown restrictions could remain until cure or vaccine is found
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UK government ‘giving incorrect information on self-isolation’, say GPs
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Robots deliver food in Milton Keynes under coronavirus lockdown
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UK set to be one of Europe’s hardest hit countries
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UK newspapers’ woes deepen as sales collapse during lockdown
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Ferry operators warn routes might have to close
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EU:

Sweden, Belgium Win EU Approval to Support Airlines, Airports
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ECB Sees Deeper Euro-Area Recession Than Rest of World
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PIIGS:

Greece: Bankruptcy reform due this summer
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Coronavirus in Spain Sees Record Lowest Daily Death Toll in Nearly 19 Days
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Spaniards return to work but one-day surge in coronavirus deaths raises concerns over timing of move • Spain hands out face masks as lockdown relaxed in parts of economy
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Spain discusses basic income for the poorest amid coronavirus fallout
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Spain Virus Cases Keep Slowing as Death Toll Approaches 17,000
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Italy Reports Most New Coronavirus Cases in a Week
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Italy extends lockdown despite business pressure • Italy begins to grapple with how to ease virus restrictions
(DBN)

Italy Virus Deaths Rise by 431, Fewest in More Than Three Weeks
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Crisis recovery fund needed urgently, ex-Italian PM Letta warns
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Ireland’s AIB approves 25,000 loan breaks: CEO
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ie: Government urged to change insolvency rules for coronavirus-hit companies
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Canada:

With nearly half of city residents losing work, Vancouver could face insolvency: Mayor
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Canadian Lawmakers Approve Vast Pandemic Economic Aid Program
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France:

France Coronavirus Deaths Fall for Second Day, ICU Cases Decline • France Reports Fewest New Coronavirus Infections in a Week
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In third coronavirus crisis speech, Macron expected to warn France lockdown must go on
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Sweden:

Sweden: We Didn't Need to Order a Lockdown
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As virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdown
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Sweden faces stricter quarantine as PM admits measures were 'not good enough'
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Japan:

Japanese PM Urges Nation to Stay at Home While Petting a Dog in Video
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Tokyo Reports 166 New Coronavirus Cases on Sunday
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Ethiopia:

Ethiopia Prohibits Company Layoffs Under State of Emergency
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Austria:

Inside 'ground zero' of Europe's coronavirus pandemic, the Austrian ski resort under investigation for spreading the coronavirus across 6 countries and allegedly trying to cover it up

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China:

China's new coronavirus cases rise to near 6-week high
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COVID effect: 247,000 Chinese firms go bankrupt in Jan-Feb
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China’s exports slump seen extending to March as coronavirus ravages global economy: Reuters poll • Recovery in Chinese Trade Far From Sight as Global Outlook Dims
(DBN)

China was ‘not truthful’ about initial coronavirus outbreak, ex-FDA boss Gottlieb says
(DBN)

China’s retailers face hard truth: If you reopen, they won’t come
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China toughens restrictions on border with Russia as imported coronavirus cases hit record
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Wuhan Rent Protest Shows Unrest Brewing in China After Lockdown
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Wet markets in China’s Wuhan struggle to survive coronavirus blow
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How sharply has China’s economy contracted?
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‘Coronavirus has changed us forever’: Wuhan emerges from its nightmare
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Russia:

Kremlin says Moscow hospitals flooded as coronavirus death toll passes 100 • Moscow Tightens Lockdown With Permit System as Virus Spreads • After Months of Denial, Russia Admits the Virus Is Taking Hold
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India:

UK court defers bankruptcy plea of banks against Vijay Mallya
(DBN)

In India, Coronavirus Fans Religious Hatred
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Modi’s India Isn’t Prepared for the Coronavirus
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Tourists forced to write 'sorry' 500 times over India lockdown breach
(DBN)

Indian police officer’s hand chopped off in sword attack during coronavirus lockdown
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Amendments in Bankruptcy Code likely to provide relief to firms affected by lockdown: Reports
(DBN)

Relief For Firms Amid Lockdown, Changes To Bankruptcy Law Likely Soon
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Mexico:

Health workers in Mexico attacked with chlorine as coronavirus anxiety boils over
(DBN)

Young infected doctors at Mexico public hospital demand help
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Argentina:

Argentina heads for ninth sovereign debt default
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Nethelands:

Where Have 140 Million Dutch Tulips Gone? Crushed by the Coronavirus
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Switzerland:

Swiss amend bankruptcy laws to protect firms hit by coronavirus crisis
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MENA:

The UAE Bankruptcy Law: Stepping up to the challenges raised by the COVID-19 crisis
(DBN)

Israel Set to Start Easing Restrictions, With Lasting Job Losses • Israel’s Not-So-Secret Weapon in Coronavirus Fight: The Spies of Mossad
(DBN)

Israel closes off Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox areas to stem coronavirus spread
(DBN)

Saudi Arabia extends coronavirus curfew indefinitely
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Pakistan’s Christians Face Easter Vulnerable And Jobless
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Qatar to Pay Private Sector Salaries as Virus Cripples Business
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Turkey:

Turkey imposes strict 48-hour lockdown in all major cities in bid to contain coronavirus spread
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Turkey Won’t Seek Loan From IMF, Erdogan’s Spokesman Says
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Africa:

Congo, weary from Ebola, must also battle the coronavirus
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China in the driver’s seat amid calls for Africa debt relief
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Papua New Guinea:

‘We have nothing’: Papua New Guinea’s broken health system braces for Covid-19
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Brazil:

Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 1,000 In Brazil
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Ecuador:

El Salvador president threatens drivers violating coronavirus rules
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Australia:

New Zealand, Australia say too soon to ease restrictions despite coronavirus slowdown
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