Law:

Executive And Partner Salaries Are On The Chopping Block At This Am Law 200 Firm
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Am Law 100 Firm Slashes Salaries But Hopes To Avoid Layoffs
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Equity Partners Told to Bear Brunt of Downturn, But It’s Tricky
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Am Law 200 Firm Is Laying Off Attorneys In Addition To Other Austerity Measures
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Newly Merged Megafirm Slashes Partner Pay To Be ‘Prudent’ During Pandemic
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'The Idea Is Not to Do This Twice': Mintz Leader on the Fight to Avoid Furloughs, Layoffs
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Coping With Post-Merger Pandemic, Faegre Drinker Trims Partner Pay, Proceeds With Integration
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Am Law 100 Firm Cuts Salaries, Offers Unpaid Leave, Cancels Summer Program With No Pay, No Guarantee Of Employment
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Yet Another Am Law 200 Firm Is Cutting Salaries Because This Madness Will Never End
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Some Law Firms Are Messing Up COVID-19 Austerity Rollouts
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Ravaged by Coronavirus Economy, Debt-Saddled Companies Turn to Kirkland
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Lost and Found: The Long Road Back for Lawyers Waylaid by the Recession
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The Late Prof. Harvey R. Miller, A Man for All Seasons: A Student’s Tribute
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UCLA Law School Calls For Tolerance, So Obviously Professor Blows That Up With Childish, Racist Tirade
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First Black Woman To Graduate From Harvard Law Dies From Coronavirus Complications
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Utah’s Supervised Diploma Privilege Proposal Is A Bad Idea
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Husband and wife lawyers found dead under ‘suspicious circumstances’ in Chicago area home • Deaths of prominent husband-and-wife lawyers are under investigation
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Far-right US politicians label lockdowns anti-constitutional
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Florida attorney to sue county over coronavirus curfew
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Covid-19 checkpoints targeting out-of-state residents draw complaints and legal scrutiny
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Furious Crowd Gathers At Michigan Capitol To Protest 'Stay Home' Order • Protesters block streets of Michigan capital in 'Operation Gridlock' • A caravan of angry Michiganders exposes the complicated politics of the coronavirus shutdown
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Michigan Citizens Sue Democratic Governor for Violating Constitutional Rights During Pandemic
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Coronavirus Shutdown Lawsuits are Coming
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Covid-19 Opened a Pandora’s Box of Legal Problems, Stanford Says
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He threatened a Publix shooting because ‘not enough people’ are wearing masks, cops say
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Americans are giving up their freedoms to fight the coronavirus. We need to make sure the government gives them back.
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'Jarring, unwelcome, and dangerous': Some conservatives are outraged at Trump's claim that his 'authority is total'
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Trump says he will 'authorize' governors to reopen their states from coronavirus lockdowns, but they already have that authority
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Trump’s Coronavirus Claims Collapse When Met by Limits on Powers
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The Next President Needs More Pandemic-Fighting Powers
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Supreme Court Sets May 12 Argument on Trump Financial Records
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People Who Didn’t End Up on Roger Stone Jury Submitted Absurdly Blunt Takes on His Character
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Supreme Court avoids one abortion battle, but new lawsuits are being filed
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Police say 'commander' of Neo-Nazi group linked to planned attack on CNN was only 13 years old
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White supremacists are targeting Jewish groups on Zoom
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Germany Arrests 4 Islamic State Suspects Planning Attack on US Bases
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Congressional Democrats seek border wall halt during coronavirus
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Crackdown intensifies on those violating coronavirus stay-at-home rules
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Judge Forces Health Dept. to Provide Names of All COVID-19 Patients to Police
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Republican activist Candace Owens fumes after being ‘stopped by cops for not wearing a coronavirus mask in Wholefoods’
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Maryland's chief judge orders release of young offenders to reduce coronavirus risk
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Lawsuit Aims to Expose How Trump Admin Responded to Coronavirus Behind Closed Doors
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Florida jail frees inmate over COVID-19 concerns. Then he went and killed a man the next day, cops say
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Law Prof Blasts ‘Willie Horton’ Report on Man Who Allegedly Killed After COVID-19 Jail Release
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Public defender’s office provides Easter lunches to homeless people amid coronavirus crisis
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AG Barr Keeps 9/11 Documents from Families
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Judges:

District of Delaware - U.S. Bankruptcy Judgeship Vacancies
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Chapter 11 Debtors Mothball Proceedings to Wait Out COVID-19 Shutdowns
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Bankruptcy Courts Address Impact of COVID-19 Coronavirus With Unique Orders
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Federal Circuit Opinions Surge as Virus Worries Cancel Arguments
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Supreme Court Limits Paper Filings, Another Custom Altered
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Line-standing businesses save spots in the public line • A paid line-stander explains why he waits for hours outside the Supreme Court
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Lawyers are dressing way too casual during Zoom court hearings, judge says
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Judge Disciplined for Facebook Posts That Congratulated Lawyers
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Just the Papers Please: DC Circuit Scraps More Oral Arguments During COVID-19
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Ohio Judge Reprimanded for Drunk Driving
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Wall Street:

Stock-index futures point higher ahead of jobless claims data
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European Stocks Slide Most in Three Weeks on Banking, Oil Gloom
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U.S. stocks plunge amid steep fall in bank earnings, retail sales
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Some Wall Street Bankers Are Doing Well From This Crisis
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Goldman’s profit tumbles 46%, but bank posts strongest bond-trading results in 5 years
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Why this screenshot of CNBC’s ‘Mad Money’ host Jim Cramer is ‘everything that is wrong with America’ • Jim Cramer: ‘There’s a seething anger sweeping this country, and it’s directed point-blank at Wall Street’
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The Coronavirus Is Pushing Companies to Delay Quarterly Earnings
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Layoffs:

Layoffs hit retailers, car sales and manufacturers
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Junior’s Cheesecake owner says it’s an ‘honorable’ decision to not rehire workers but instead wait to use small business loans
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Best Buy to furlough about 51,000 employees
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Honda Extends U.S. Furloughs to Thousands of Salaried Employees
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Cinemark Lays Off And Furloughs Staff Amidst Plans Of July 1 Reopening
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Opendoor lays off 35% of its staff
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WWE Furloughs Staff to Cope With Blow From Canceled Events • Karl Anderson And Luke Gallows Among Released WWE Superstars Amid Massive Layoffs • WWE Announces Cutbacks To Staff, Continues To Put Members At Health Risk During Coronavirus Pandemic • Mega-rich WWE – with £400m in bank – axed stars to save just £3m and maintain yearly profits in brutal cost-cutting
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Andreessen Horowitz-Backed Startup Carta to Cut 161 Jobs
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Trump’s National Doral Miami Golf Resort to Cut 560 Jobs
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Groupon Is Cutting Nearly 3,000 Jobs
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Politics:

Trump’s ‘I alone can fix it’ view and state powers collide
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Trump Fundraising Machine Slowed as Virus Spread, Filings Show
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Congress Fiddles While the Economy Burns Down
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Trump threatens to force Congress to adjourn to allow recess appointments
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Timeline: Coronavirus in America
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FactCheck: Trump was ‘ahead of the curve’ on China travel restrictions
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Medical intelligence sleuths tracked, warned of new virus
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Trump: Virus May Have Come from Wuhan Lab
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Worse Trump Does, The More They Love Him
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Stimulus checks to bear Trump's name in unprecedented move • Trump denied wanting his name on relief checks. Here's how it happened.
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Trump Voters Aren't Staying In As Much As Everybody Else
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Elizabeth Warren endorses Joe Biden for president • Elizabeth Warren endorses Biden, says she'd accept VP spot if he asked
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AOC holds back on Biden endorsement: ‘We’ll see’
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Hunter Biden Still Listed on Board of Chinese Firm, Despite Lawyer Saying He Had Resigned
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Obama convinced Bernie Sanders to drop out by arguing that he already succeeded in pushing Biden to the left, new report says
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Trump considered starting a daily, two-hour radio show, but scrapped the plan because he didn't want to compete with Rush Limbaugh, report says
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GOP congressman says he puts saving American 'way of life' above saving lives from the coronavirus
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GOP lawmaker whines that ‘hype about fatalities’ from COVID-19 is preventing economy from reopening
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As U.S. discouraged mask use for public, White House team raced to secure face coverings from Taiwan for senior staff
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Vacancies have hindered the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus
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Despite the risks, letting Americans vote by mail in November is good for democracy
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Americans clash over how to vote in the time of coronavirus
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Amy Klobuchar: Trump Votes by Mail. Why Can’t Everyone?
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As pandemic lingers, U.S. House looking ‘very closely’ at remote voting
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A Judge Just Ruled That All Texans Can Vote by Mail in Coronavirus Crisis
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Here's what we know about the bizarre coronavirus conspiracy theory that led vandals to set 50 cellphone masts alight
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People are criticizing disgraced politician Aaron Schock and a group of influencers for going to a resort in Mexico to quarantine together
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Fact-checking a Facebook conspiracy about Bill Gates, Dr. Fauci and COVID-19
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Retailing:

Coronavirus delivers record blow to US retail sales in March • March’s record-breaking collapse in retail sales, explained
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‘Pretty Catastrophic’ Month for Retailers, and Now a Race to Survive
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‘Hideous’ April Menaces U.S. Retailers That Lost 98% of Traffic
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Retailers face another challenge during coronavirus: Handling returns
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J.C. Penney Skips Interest Payment, Mulls Strategic Alternatives • J.C. Penney’s Turnaround Is No Match for Covid-19 • JC Penney says it skipped a $12 million interest payment as coronavirus restrictions shutter stores • J.C. Penney Skips Interest Payment, Mulls Its Alternatives • JCPenney begs extension from lenders, stock plunges to pennies • J. C. Penney Heads Towards Bankruptcy
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Here are the biggest industry winners and losers from the first post-coronavirus retail sales report — one that saw a record spending plunge
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Angry shoppers slam new rules preventing Walmart, Target, and Costco stores from selling 'nonessential' items such as toys and clothing in certain parts of the US
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Dramatic brawl over 'social distancing' breaks out in crowded supermarket
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Amazon may have to shut all warehouses in France after a court order that it can only ship essential items
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Stage Stores seeks concessions from vendors to avoid bankruptcy
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Hudson Yards owner says workers must return to offices before malls can reopen in post-coronavirus world
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For independent garden centers, the pandemic poses an existential threat
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New York City mayor says grocery stores should require customers to wear masks
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Almost No Grocery Store Workers Have Adequate Paid Sick Leave, New Survey Finds
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Coronavirus is making touch-free shopping a necessity
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Will the Coronavirus Finish What the Retail Apocalypse Started With Department Stores?
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Nursing Homes:

New York nursing homes try - and fail - to keep coronavirus out
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NJ: 17 Bodies Found in Nursing Home
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Feds under pressure to publicly track nursing home outbreaks
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Nearly Two Dozen Die From Coronavirus At Joliet Nursing Home
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Maryland's biggest coronavirus outbreak is at Baltimore nursing home
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Coronavirus Nursing Deaths Over 5,500
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Banking:

Chase's Q1 income took a big hit as it set aside profits to prepare for coronavirus-related losses
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Bank of America profits slump 45% as it braces for a surge in bad loans
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Bank of America Wants to Be the Good Guy in This Crisis
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Citi joins peers in preparing for pandemic stress
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Goldman lifts loan reserves as it braces for client pain
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Wall Street's biggest banks stashed away more than $19 billion to protect against virus-led loan defaults
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Wells Fargo, Citi Pause Overdraft Collections as Stimulus Payments Hit
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Corona Cash and Refund Anticipation Checks
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Tech:

New Apple tool shows how well your neighbors are staying inside
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Apple unveils a new, cheaper iPhone into a market vastly changed by coronavirus
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Personal Finance:

Why you should create an ‘essentials only’ budget before you actually need it
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Toilet paper dodgeball and theme dinners: How bored families are surviving the coronavirus lockdown
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Try these expert negotiation strategies for refunding or rescheduling your vacation
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The new normal is getting old fast
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‘I’m terrified of losing everything I’ve worked for.’ This woman found a new job, bought a car, and was furloughed due to coronavirus
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Mail:

The Postal Service needs a bailout. Congress is partly to blame.
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Death of the Postal Service Would Hurt Trump’s Base Most of All
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Fraud:

A bankrupt CEO accused of fraud is selling a massive $31 million collection of some of the most desirable cars in the world
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Americans have lost $13.4 million to fraud linked to the coronavirus
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Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial delayed due to coronavirus
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Agribusiness:

Farmers say they may have to kill and discard baby pigs as slaughterhouses close and the industry faces losing $5 billion
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USDA Wants to Buy Milk, Meat to Shield Farms From Virus Logjams
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US Farmers To Lose $20 Billion in 2020
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Sports:

Anthony Fauci Says Sports Can Return In Summer Without Fans: “Just Let Them Play”
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Baseball, and all sports, should return when it's safe, not politically expedient
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XFL Owes University of Houston, Roughnecks Coach June Jones Tons of Money Following Bankruptcy
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Will Vince McMahon’s Bankrupt XFL Live To Fight Another Day?
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NFL has discussed playing in empty or half-full stadiums, as calls grow for sports' return
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New Zealand Rugby freezes NZ$25m in player wages
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Telecoms:

Years after $10B deal and 10K jobs ditched, Frontier bankrupt
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Frontier files for bankruptcy, says its broadband service won’t get any worse
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Zoos:

Zoo May Feed Animals to Animals as Funds Dry Up in Pandemic
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With 70,000 animals in its care, Vancouver Aquarium fears bankruptcy due to COVID-19
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Television:

Average American Streams 8 Hours Of Content Per Day During Coronavirus Outbreak!
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Distressed Investing:

Fortress Targets $3 Billion for New Credit Opportunities Fund
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Howard Marks’s Oaktree Seeks $15 Billion for Biggest Distress Fund Ever
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UBS’s Billionaire Clients Keen on Turnaround Opportunities
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Movie Theaters:

Cinemark Sees Movie Theaters Slowly Reopening in July
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Debt Collection:

Ohio Attorney General: Creditors Cannot Seize Stimulus Checks From Ohioans
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Banks can snatch stimulus checks before landlords see a dime
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Creditors can snatch your coronavirus stimulus check if you have outstanding debts
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When Your Stimulus Check Can--And Can’t--Be Taken From You
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Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Guidance Clarifying the COVID-19 Emergency Debt Collection Regulations
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Coal:

Nothing is easy in the Murray Energy Corp. bankruptcy case
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Economy:

The economic data is even worse than Wall Street feared: ‘The economy is clearly in ruins here’ • New US data shows vast scale of economic breakdown
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The Fog Surrounding the Coronavirus Economy
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Evidence of virus' effect on US economy grows more ominous
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The End of Economic Growth
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Coronavirus: the economic recovery won’t only be U-shaped – it’ll look like a wheelbarrow
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The coronavirus chain reaction
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Fed Beige Book says economy contracted ‘sharply and abruptly’ due to coronavirus
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Jobless claims might top 5 million for third straight week, push unemployment to 15%
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G20 countries have spent 3.5% of GDP to fight pandemic
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Prevent a bankruptcy domino effect
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It’s the End of the World Economy as We Know It
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American Jobs Collapse Worsens With Gig Workers Stuck in Limbo
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U.S. retail sales, factory output show deep hit in March, collapse in April
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New York to Begin Antibody Testing for Essential Workers • Wheels are in motion for widespread coronavirus antibody testing in New York
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Senate Democrats unveil measure to ensure coronavirus testing is ‘fast, free and everywhere’
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America’s embarrassingly mediocre coronavirus testing, in 2 charts
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Fed’s Bostic Says U.S. Businesses Face Survival Crisis in May
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Nightmare scenario for economy is becoming less likely, award-winning forecaster says
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Anatomy of the coronavirus collapse
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Lack of Savings Worsens the Pain of Coronavirus Downturn
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Half of the world has asked the IMF for a bailout, chief says
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The IMF’s Chief Economist on Lessons From the ‘Great Lockdown’
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IMF Sees Asia Pacific Economic Growth at a Standstill in 2020
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60% of employers have reduced job openings in the last month
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U.S. has thrown more than $6 trillion at the coronavirus crisis. That number could grow.
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Foreign Holdings of U.S. Treasuries Hit Record High in February
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Factory shutdowns near WWII demobilization levels in US • US factory output falls the most since 1946 as the coronavirus lockdown halts activity
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A measure of CFO optimism plummeted to Great Recession-era lows last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic froze the economy
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Republicans wary of Mnuchin’s coronavirus relief talks with Dems • Schumer and Mnuchin Talk in First Signal of Break in Stalemate
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Banks brace for big loan defaults by US, global customers
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House Democrats introduce plan to pay Americans $2,000 a month until economy recovers from COVID-19
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The $1,200 stimulus checks are arriving, and people are mostly spending them on food • Everything we know about the coronavirus stimulus checks that will pay many Americans up to $1,200 each • 14 countries that are paying their workers during quarantine — and how they compare to America's $1,200 stimulus checks
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Dead people are getting stimulus checks, and their relatives have no clue what to do
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Why your coronavirus stimulus payment might be less than you expect
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The new IRS website for checking the status of your stimulus relief payment is struggling to keep up with demand and experiencing issues
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Gov. Newsom announces more benefits for unemployed Californians amid coronavirus pandemic
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This bakery owner can’t find a bank to give her a small-business loan
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Applying for small business loans has been tough. But not for these people
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BDCs Weigh U.S. Rescue They Want Yet May Not Be Able to Accept
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The Fed’s Main Street problem: Worries rise money won’t go where it’s needed
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Millionaires to reap 80% of benefit from tax change in US coronavirus stimulus
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Virus Rescue Fund Depleted, Leaving Small U.S. Firms Shut Out
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The Small Business Rescue is in Trouble
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Small businesses begin getting their rescue funds as program nears funding limit
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Some Rich Getting Huge Stimulus Checks
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Their emergency loan money was supposed to arrive in days. They’ve waited weeks
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The White House's committee to reopen America • What Trump will tell governors about the coronavirus economic reopening • Execs warn Trump: More coronavirus testing needed before US can return to work • Trump’s call with Wall Street didn’t go as planned • Executives paint push to reopen nation as haphazard • Trump Hosts Calls on Reopening U.S., Drops Plan for Task Force • Trump plans to unveil reopening guidelines as he says U.S. has passed peak of new coronavirus cases • State Governors Look at May 1 Reopening • Elon Musk, Jamie Dimon, and Vince McMahon: Here are 20 of the biggest names on Trump's list of advisors to reopen the US economy • Trump’s Economic Recovery Council Is Made Up Mostly of Rich White Men and Donors • Trump’s task force to reopen U.S. becomes a marathon of phone calls • CDC, FEMA have created a plan to reopen America. Here's what it says. • Three reasons consumers can't bring the economy back from covid-19 • COVID-19 re-opening will come with dramatic, difficult changes • Trump pushes hard for May 1 reopening of U.S. • US Governors Grapple with Relaxing Virus Restrictions • How a coronavirus blood test could help get people “back to work” • New York moves to a ‘new normal’ as Gov. Cuomo outlines gradual reopening • A preliminary Trump administration plan shows how far America is from reopening • Governors confront political furor as they plot a cautious course for reopening • Powerful GOP allies propel Trump effort to reopen economy
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Would you give up health or location data to return to work?
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There's only one person on the stimulus oversight panel policing the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief fund — and he has no office or support staff • Virus Oversight Panel’s Sole Member Asks Powell for Information
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Financial Assistance to US Business Enterprises, States and Municipalities
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Opening to Expand Charitable Giving Perk May Be Next Relief Bill
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Money Is Losing Its Meaning
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'Almost everybody I know is out of work': How the coronavirus has unleashed economic havoc in Michigan
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NY will streamline unemployment application after weeks of frustration
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Periods of social distancing might be necessary into 2022 to avoid overwhelming hospitals, Harvard researchers say
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Who lives in the places where coronavirus is hitting the hardest?
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El-Erian: Banks take steps to avoid being seen as making money off coronavirus
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SSI beneficiaries will get coronavirus stimulus payments automatically
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Workers are getting the short end of the stick from the Cares Act
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'We don't come out of this where we went in': Famed economist Mohamed El-Erian fears the global economy is stumbling into a new depression
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Governments face ‘massive’ rise in public debt, IMF warns • Somber IMF Describes the Epic Bind Facing World Economy
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Abbott announces coronavirus antibody test, up to 20 million screenings in June
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Commerce locks up and retail sales plunge unprecedented 8.7%
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The pandemic is ravaging the world's poor, even if they're untouched by the virus
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Global institutions flail as need skyrockets
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Younger workers are hit hardest in the coronavirus job market, and it spells bad news for millennials and Gen Z
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New York City Exposes the Stark Disparity in How COVID-19 Affects Low-Income Communities
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The Rich Really Are Different. They Can Shelter In Nicer Places
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New Problem, Old Solution: Bring Back Tax-Exempt Advance Refundings
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Crunch Time for World’s Supply Chains to Deliver Masks and Meat
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Either Make More Babies or Embrace Foreign Workers
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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:

Homebuilder confidence index takes biggest monthly dive ever
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Missed Rent Payments Cascade Across the Real Estate Industry
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Fannie Mae: Home sales will decline by 15% in 2020 due to coronavirus, but what will happen to property prices?
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Key Democrats Urge Mnuchin, Powell to Rescue Mortgage Servicers
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Applying Security Deposits under Leases as Tenant Defaults Mount
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Lockdowns and Corporate Debt Are Shaking Up Real Estate Profits
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America’s housing market is showing the first signs of trouble from the coronavirus pandemic
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Quicken Loans CEO explains how struggling homeowners can ‘skip the payment’
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Coronavirus is clobbering the real estate industry. From a frenzy of flex-office layoffs to big deals falling apart, here's everything you need to know.
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Peruvian family buys $27M in condos to stash cash during coronavirus crisis
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Banks will soon be able to postpone some appraisals until 120 days after a mortgage closes
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Big Atlanta apartment management company files Chapter 11
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Municipalities:

Judge Voids Puerto Rico Pension Law, Delays Effective Date Due to Coronavirus
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States Are in a Quandary as Taxes Evaporate and Virus Spending Soars
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NYC May Lose 475,000 Jobs and $10 Billion in Taxes, Report Says
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Puerto Rico cannot let cities off the hook for pension contributions – court
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Missteps mar Puerto Rico's response to the coronavirus
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Detroit facing fresh fiscal woes with coronavirus closures
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New York and New Jersey, Hit Hard by Virus, Among Least Prepared Fiscally
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Oil/Gas:

Uncertainty in the Pipeline: Energy Companies Navigate COVID-19
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Yuma Energy, Inc. Files for Chapter 11 Protection • Yuma Energy, Inc. Files for Chapter 11 Protection • First Day Dec
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One driller is still buying assets amid the oil rout
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Oil's long and painful road back from the coronavirus disruption
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Coronavirus Has Wiped Out A Decade Of Oil Demand Growth
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Unprecedented Fall in Demand Most to Blame for Oil Slump
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Big Banks Set To Seize Shale Oil Assets
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Oil in the age of coronavirus: a U.S. shale bust like no other
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Oil Falls to 18-Year Low
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Many Shale Companies Are Already On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
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Texas Oil Drillers Can’t Agree On Output Cuts
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Canadian banks ease credit rules for energy companies to stave off defaults, bankruptcies
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Buyer looks to back out of Houston energy bankruptcy deal
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U.S. Says Oil Tariffs Still on the Table Even After OPEC+ Deal
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U.S. Weighs Paying Drillers to Leave Oil in Ground Amid Glut
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Crude Oil Below $20, Trump Needs To Save U.S. Shale Oil Industry
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Top LNG Buyer to Delay Shipments Through 2020 as Demand Hit
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World Oil Demand Forecast to Suffer Biggest Drop Ever
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The Real Oil Market Is Drowning and OPEC+ Deal Can’t Rescue It
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No winners, only strange bedfellows, from the new OPEC+ deal
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Idle Gas Pumps Drive Wholesale Fuel Prices to 12 Cents a Gallon
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Texas Oil Regulator Poses The Fundamental Question: “How Do We Start?”
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Chesapeake Energy’s stock suffers record plunge as reverse split confirms financial troubles
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Judge Cancels Permit for Keystone XL
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Healthcare:

Louisville: 76-unit care center files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Covid-19 crisis could cost Pennsylvania hospitals $2 billion per month, health advocates warn
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UnitedHealth won’t seek federal aid because of outbreak
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Planned Parenthood of Greater New York closing centers, laying off staff
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NYC struggles to get accurate coronavirus fatality count as people die at home
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders all people to wear face coverings in public
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Hospitals face a surge of cyberattacks during the novel coronavirus pandemic
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The US is the hardest-hit country in the coronavirus pandemic — but its 4% death rate is far lower than that of many other countries
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CDC: US should brace for second wave of coronavirus next year
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CDC estimates more than 9,200 health care workers have been infected with covid-19
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Why have deaths in New York soared above other states? • NY has highest day of coronavirus deaths, but hospitalizations drop • Cuomo: COVID-19 flattening, hospital needs may not be as severe • 1-in-7 New Yorkers May Have Already Gotten Covid-19 • Hard-Hit N.Y., N.J. Trail the Field as Feds Divvy Up Virus Grants
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Which deaths count toward the covid-19 death toll? It depends on the state.
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Spike in In-Home Deaths
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As Deaths Mount, Volunteer EMTs At New Jersey's Coronavirus Epicenter Labor On Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email
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Smaller Hospitals In Chicago Can Have 2-Week Waits For COVID-19 Test Results
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So much is unknown about the pandemic because the government keeps a lid on it
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The coronavirus is particularly unkind to those who are obese
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Nurses are wearing garbage bags as they battle coronavirus: ‘It’s like something out of the Twlight Zone’
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4-year-old battling brain cancer unable to get treatment after testing positive for virus
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South Dakota governor shuns stay-at-home order as virus cases rise
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How this mayor is fighting a pandemic that’s slamming the city’s black community
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How to stay safe when running, walking outside during the coronavirus pandemic
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It was a regular poker game among eight friends. Within weeks, coronavirus killed three and infected all.
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The recovered: How it feels to be alive on the other side of the pandemic
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Coronavirus destroys lungs. But doctors are finding its damage in kidneys, hearts and elsewhere.
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Fighting Coronavirus Means I Haven’t Seen My Kids for a Month
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Woman gives birth in a coma while fighting coronavirus
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Coronavirus patients warned of new 'frost bite' and 'red hives' symptoms
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The myth of rural America’s protection from the coronavirus
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Bill Gates says Trump’s halt to funding for WHO is ‘as dangerous as it sounds’ • After Trump suspends payments to WHO, other countries rally behind the agency • How China Corrupted WHO's Response • WHO Isn't to Blame for Trump's Response • Does Trump’s coronavirus charge sheet against WHO stack up? • CDC director says he'll keep working with WHO despite Trump's plans to cut funding to the agency • 'But now is not that time': UN Secretary-General rebukes Trump over plans to halt funding for WHO amid coronavirus pandemic • Trump's critique of WHO may be a diversion, but it resonates beyond the White House • Trump is right about one thing: The World Health Organization deserves some blame for the coronavirus pandemic • What is the W.H.O. and How Will The Proposed Trump Funding Cuts Affect It • Pelosi rips Trump’s ‘weak’ deflection of coronavirus blame to WHO • Trump, the W.H.O., and the Search for a Coronavirus Scapegoat • Kellyanne Conway Attacks WHO’s Command of ‘Facts and Figures’ With Nonsensical ‘COVID-1’ Dig • Trump halt to WHO funding violates same law as Ukraine aid freeze, House Democrats say • Congressional Democrats allege Trump's move to defund World Health Organization is illegal • Trump’s WHO Attack Accelerates Breakdown in Global Cooperation • 'We Alerted The World' To Coronavirus On Jan. 5, WHO Says In Response To U.S. • Trump's move against the World Health Organization is latest twist in a shifting policy on China
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US clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine hit ‘warp speed,’ could show results in weeks • Tests on Trump's Miracle Drug Stopped
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WWE deemed an 'essential business' in Florida • Florida Gov. DeSantis declared WWE an “essential service.” His explanation doesn’t make much sense.
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An emergency measure just passed that will require San Francisco to rent 7,000 hotel rooms to house its entire homeless population
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There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can't keep up
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Coronavirus may have spread to humans by dogs not bats, bombshell new research claims
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Humans Have Themselves to Blame for Covid-19
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Almost 600 Theodore Roosevelt sailors have COVID-19, 4 hospitalized, Navy says • Navy May Reinstate Fired Capt. of Roosevelt
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FEMA ships out nearly 20 million hydroxychloroquine tablets • ‘Comprehensive’ study by French doctors and scientists does ‘not support’ the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus: report
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Autos:

Fear of an Impending Car-Price Collapse Grips Auto Industry
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Car Sales Down 54%, New York City Nears Zero
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Food/Beverage:

Dining out: Pandemic spoils March US restaurant sales; experts fear worse ahead
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McDonald’s relationship with US franchisees is fraying over coronavirus relief
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Prepare For Masks And Gloves While Dining Out As Restaurants Adapt To Life After COVID-19
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Thousands of cars line up to get into a Los Angeles food bank
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Grocery delivery was supposed to be the ultimate pandemic lifeline. But it's falling short.
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Drinking alcohol can make the coronavirus worse, the WHO says in recommending restricting access
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Suppliers Strain to Feed a World in Lockdown
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Agriculture Secretary Says ‘Plenty of Food’ Despite Disruptions
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Religion:

Hundreds of claims against Rochester-area Catholic parishes blocked, but at what cost?
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Here's how my hometown temple organized an international Zoom Seder with over 600 attendees
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Barr says places of worship can’t be ‘singled out’ amid coronavirus shutdown
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Chemicals:

Oil Price Crash Is Upending The Petrochemicals Industry
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Trucking:

A key metric in a trucking giant's financial statements shows that surging demand amid coronavirus doesn't mean increased profit for truckers
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Why America's $800 billion trucking industry was left out of the $2 trillion stimulus bill
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Maritime:

Creditors back deal for Hornbeck Offshore Chapter 11 restructuring
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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 (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 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:

BK CD CA: Bankruptcy filings fall slightly in March, 2020
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Mediation:

Four Examples of How Mediation Programs Develop and Grow
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Sales:

Distressed Asset Sales: Bankruptcy and Out-of-Court Options
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Third Party Releases:

In Millennium, the Third Circuit Gives Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in a Chapter 11 Plan a Stern Look
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Appeals:

U.S. Supreme Court: Creditors May Immediately Appeal Denials of Automatic-Stay Relief
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Jurisdiction:

Turf War Update: Sixth Circuit Weighs In on Dispute Between Bankruptcy Courts and FERC Over Rejection of Power Contracts
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This Time is Different: Core Bankruptcy Jurisdiction for Insurance Coverage Lawsuits for Coronavirus Related Claims
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Contracts:

Model Standstill/Tolling Agreement
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Administrative Expenses:

Rethinking Administrative Expenses in Chapter 11: How Vendors and Landlords Will Be Affected by “Mothballed” Cases, Partial Freezes, and Critical Expenses in the COVID-19 Crisis
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D&O:

D&O Insurance Issues Arising from the COVID-19 Crisis
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Avoidance Actions:

Uniform Voidable Transactions Act Adopted in New York
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Post-Merit, the Second Circuit Reaffirms Its Ruling That State Law Avoidance Claims Are Preempted by the Section 546(e) Safe Harbor
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Eight Circuit BAP Determines Junior Lienholders Receive Preference Protection
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UST:

UST Seeks Trial Attorneys In CA and AR
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Fiduciary Duty:

Vigilance Now Can Help Avoid Scrutiny Later: Fiduciary Duties in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
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Bankruptcy Reform:

(Not-So) Small Business Reorganization Act: CARES Act Expands SBRA Eligibility
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Aviation:

Airline Insolvencies
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New York City Airport Use Declines by 96%, Port Authority Says
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Airlines Have a Really Big Problem: People
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United Air Braces for ‘Essentially Zero’ Travel Demand After Aid
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737 Max Has Been Grounded for One Year
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How The U.S. Is Distributing Airline Bailout Funds In COVID-19 Relief Deal
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Airline stocks are set to surge after the 'big 4' accepted more than $15 billion in government bailouts
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American Airlines, United, and other carriers have agreed to bailout terms with the US Treasury that will avoid layoffs until October
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American Airlines CEO: ‘Feels like we’re at the bottom’ as coronavirus sends revenue tanking by 90%
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The real reason U.S. airlines and Boeing went for a combined $73.7 billion in buybacks
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Coronavirus Won’t Kill Leisure Or Business Travel, But It Will Change Them Significantly, Perhaps Forever
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VietJet Lenders Agree Loan Repayment Delays for Plane Purchases
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EasyJet Gets New Loans, Plans Jet Sales to Ride Out Coronavirus
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Cathay’s Passenger Traffic Just 1% of Usual After ‘Drastic’ Drop
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Virgin Australia Stock Suspended as Restructuring Talks Extend
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Gambling:

Vegas Casino Executives Discuss Reopening With Dealers in Masks
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Fitness:

After failed FlyWheel deal, New York Sports Club considers bankruptcy
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Education:

Sports are on the chopping block as colleges seek coronavirus relief
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After Coronavirus, Colleges Worry: Will Students Return?
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Some Colleges Are Waiving SAT and ACT Requirements
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Some colleges consider canceling in-person classes until 2021 over coronavirus
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College students are rebelling against full tuition after classes move online
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Falwell’s Liberty University Pockets Fees After Pretending To Open Dorms, Suit Alleges
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SAT Scrapped for June in Latest Hit to Higher Education
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Cannabis:

Cannabis Has Been Deemed "Essential" in California, But Can Businesses Survive COVID-19?
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Bankruptcy and Restructuring in the Cannabis Industry in 2020 and Beyond
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Newspapers:

L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Eliminated’
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Pensions:

Public Pensions Face Reckoning From Dual Shocks of the Economy
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Student Debt:

11th Circuit: Student Borrower Consumer Claims not Preempted by HEA
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Transit:

Transport After the Virus Will Be More Cars, Fewer Trains
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Climate:

Shell Sets Bolder Emissions Goal Even as Virus Hits Oil Business
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Think This Pandemic Is Bad? We Have Another Crisis Coming
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Sovereigns:

G20 freezes poor countries’ debts to add $20B for pandemic fight
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Lebanon’s Vexing Modification Clause
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What to do When Your Contract is a Dog's Breakfast
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International creditors look to grant 40 sub-Saharan African countries debt suspension
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UK:

For the Foreseeable Future, U.K. Parliament May Meet in Cyberspace
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U.K. to Decide on Lockdown Extension as Virus Seen Hitting Peak
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UK fashion retailers Oasis, Warehouse fall into administration
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U.K. Earnings Could Halve This Year Due to Covid-19, Citi Says
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What do the statistics say about the impact of Covid-19 on UK businesses?
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Why UK's coronavirus death toll is likely much higher than official tally
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A 52% Gap in U.K. Virus Counts Hurts in More Ways Than One
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Sunak’s ‘Whatever It Takes’ Virus Support Unprecedented in U.K.
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Who Goes Into Intensive Care? U.K. Legal Challenges Stacking Up
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IMF Suggests Brexit Trade Talks Should be Extended
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Britain’s Virus-Hit Businesses Find an Unlikely Help in Brexit
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EU:

EU gives advice on lifting coronavirus lockdowns: Don’t all return to work at once
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EU bars bailed-out companies from paying dividends and bonuses
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Virus May Prove Dark Moment for European Project, Stiglitz Says
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Updated Guide: How to access European Governments’ financial support packages
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How Bad Will European Economies Get? Key Challenges For Each Country
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Europe’s Largest Port Warns Virus Impact to Become More Severe
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PIIGS:

Italian debt sinks after ‘corona bond’ plan falters
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Italians question merits of virus testing
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Sun-starved and Locked Down, Italians Ask If Summer Can Be Saved
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Italy Reports 2,667 New Virus Infections, Lowest in 4 1/2 Weeks
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Irish banks may extend mortgage breaks to six months
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Spanish Coronavirus Infections Increase by the Most in a Week
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Coronavirus could derail Greek banks' bad debt reduction plans
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Canada:

Canada Home Sales, Listings Plunge in March With More Pain Seen
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Bankruptcy can't be used as ‘fiscal car wash,’ says N.S. court official who quotes Bob Dylan
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Canada Economy Shrank Most on Record in 1Q, Early Data Show
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Vancouver mayor clarifies ‘misinformation’ about city finances, renews call for provincial help
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Australia:

Court relieves administrators of personal liability for rent
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How could COVID-19 contaminate the financing arrangements of Australian businesses?
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Australia Unexpectedly Adds Jobs, Unemployment Edges Up to 5.2%
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Finland:

Finland’s Lockdown Seen Cutting GDP by as Much as 2% Per Month
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Belgium:

Belgium extends lockdown measures until May 3
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South Korea:

South Korea goes to the polls even as it rebounds from coronavirus pandemic
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South Korea Plans Emergency Handouts to Households Hit by Virus
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Hong Kong:

Reliefs and Support for Small and Medium Enterprises (“SMEs”) in Hong Kong
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Let Not The Sun Go Down On Your Wrath: Winding-Up Petition Brought “in A Fit Of Spite” Adjourned To Aid Restructuring
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Indonesia:

Indonesia Sees $10 Billion Hole in Tourism Revenue From Virus
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China:

French luxury brand Hermès pulls in $2.7 million in a day at a flagship store in China as wealthy shoppers splurge after the coronavirus lockdown
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China Home Prices Resume Upward Climb as Virus Impact Abates
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China knew the coronavirus could become a pandemic in mid-January but for 6 days claimed publicly that there was no evidence it could spread among humans
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More Than 3,000 People in China Were Already Infected With Coronavirus by the Time Xi Jinping Warned the Public: Report
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The coronavirus likely came from China’s wet markets. They’re reopening anyway.
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Mexico:

Mexico’s state oil company hasn’t paid hundreds of workers for months
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Nurses at a hospital in Mexico were reportedly told not to wear face masks so they wouldn't incite panic in patients
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Africa:

IMF Mulls $365 Million Loan to Congo Battling Multiple Epidemics
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As Africa’s largest creditor, China is a determinant factor amid calls for debt-relief
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Fear of Economic Shock Hampers Ethiopia’s Coronavirus Fight
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MENA:

NMC creditor files criminal complaint
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IMF sees crisis-hit Lebanon's output shrinking 12% in 2020
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Franklin Templeton grabs more Gulf government debt amid oil crash
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Singapore:

Dormitory Infections Push Singapore Virus Cases to New Record
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Japan:

Japan losing patience with government over COVID-19 response • Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths
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More Than 200 Listed Japanese Companies Have Cut Their Forecasts
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Japan Should Drop Strings on Virus Aid, Economist Says
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‘Toothless’ Japan Lockdown Shows Some Tentative Signs of Success
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Goldman Sees Virus Hitting Japan Jobs More Than Financial Crisis
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Germany:

Update to the Amendments of the German Insolvency Act
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Germany slowly eases lockdown measures • German easing of lockdown to start with schools on May 4 • Merkel Announces Steps to Slowly Return Germany to Normal
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Germany’s New Coronavirus Cases Climb for First Time in a Week
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Meticulous and Orderly, Germany Can Handle a Pandemic
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German car dealerships to reopen Monday
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Australia:

Lovelorn Aussie is first jailed for breaking virus quarantine
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Bulgaria:

Over 42% of Bulgarian startups at risk of bankruptcy in next three months - industry
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India:

Recent Legislative And Case Law Developments In Insolvency And Bankruptcy Law
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Hit by sharp ad decline, India's newspapers cut jobs and salaries
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At station with no trains, locked-down strangers in India wait weeks with no way out
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South Africa:

South Africa Mining Faces 45,000 Job Losses on Extended Lockdown
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South Africa CEOs Heed President’s Call to Take Pay Cuts
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Zambia:

Debt-ridden Zambia has no option but to ask IMF for help
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Brazil:

Brazil government, banks in talks about bailing out companies
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France:

Paul Hastings Expands Global Finance and Restructuring Practice with Renowned Restructuring Partner and Team in Paris
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France Reports 1,438 New Virus Deaths, Highest Toll to Date
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Russia:

Russian Region Plans Tracking Bracelets for Coronavirus Victims
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Russia’s Oil Pain Deepens as OPEC+ Prepares to Cut Output
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Argentina:

Argentina Sets Stage for Restructuring With $50 Billion Filing
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Argentina a 'black box' as $70 billion debt talks enter final act
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Philippines:

Philippine Labor Department’s Cash Aid Program Runs Out of Funds
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Sweden:

Swedish fashion retailer MQ files for bankruptcy
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Swedish hotel and restaurant bankruptcies set to triple in April -credit agency UC
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