Law:

Paul Hastings Continues Lateral Growth Hot Streak, Adding Restructuring Partner James Grogan in Houston
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Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firm Cutting Associate Salaries
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Another Am Law 50 Firm Has Salaries On The Chopping Block
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Am Law 100 Firm Cutting Costs To Avoid Layoffs — But That Doesn’t Mean There Won’t Be Layoffs
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Norton Rose Fulbright Lays Off Associates, Cuts Salaries Amid COVID-19 Upheaval
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Mega Firm Announces More Austerity Measures — This Time Salary Cuts Are The Name Of The Game
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Associate Salaries Cut By Up To 50 Percent At This Biglaw Firm
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UK: US firm raises pay as others stick it to staff with unpaid leave and redundancies
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Wannabe Biglaw Firm Closes Its Doors
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Corporate Lawyers Jump to Restructuring as COVID-19 Mandates Mount
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Lawyers re-tool to take on restructuring boom 
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State Bar Issues Ethics Guidance On Working From Home During COVID-19 Pandemic
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A New Normal for Gibson Dunn’s Anne Champion
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Firm's Instagram account hijacked by employee's dancing daughter
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As Traditional Firms Pull Back, Virtual Firms' Opportunities Could Be Growing
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Young Lawyers Are Stuck in the Middle of Law Firm Generation Gaps
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What to know if coronavirus has you considering filing for bankruptcy
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The Lawyer Whose Clients Didn’t Exist
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The Nation’s Top Defender Of The Bar Exam Knows Exactly How To Value Diploma Privilege Systems
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COVID-19 Forces The Legal Profession’s Hand And Technology Adoption Increases Exponentially
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Sharpton Renews Criticism of Skadden Over Attorney Diversity
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COVID-19 checkpoints at state and local borders bring lawsuit, ACLU warning
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‘You Have to Disobey’: Protesters Gather to Defy Stay-At-Home Orders
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‘Inexcusable’: Debbie Dingell slams Michigan protesters
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‘We Will Not Comply’ — Virginia Protesters Demand State Reopens
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How N.J.’s Constitutionally Clueless Gov. Phil Murphy Could Have Avoided His Fox News Trainwreck • Coronavirus & Phil Murphy — Bill of Rights Is Not ‘above’ Any Government Leader’s ‘Pay Grade’
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Michiganders Rally for Lawn Fertilizer, Hair Dye Amid Grievances Against Gov. Whitmer’s COVID-19 Orders
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The resistance to stay-at-home orders rises from the right
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Anti-Lockdown Protests are Getting Weird
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Police thy neighbor: Virus fears fuel quarantine shaming
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As testing outcry mounts, Trump cedes to states in announcing guidelines for slow reopening
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Democrats Win Ex-Justice Officials’ Support on Trump Oversight
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Roger Stone Is Denied a New Trial Over Biased Juror Claim • ‘Unmoored From The Facts’: Judge Amy Berman Jackson Rejects Roger Stone’s Bid For New Trial
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Outlets That Covered Steele Dossier During ‘Russiagate’ Go Silent as Steele’s Ties to Kremlin Revealed
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Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to get early prison release due to coronavirus fear
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Lawyer sues over social media posts claiming he made racist remarks in social distancing tiff
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Coronavirus outbreak at Lompoc prison worst in nation: 69 inmates, 25 staff infected
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An Inmate Says He Sought Medical Care For Coughing And Chest Pains. Video Shows A Sheriff’s Deputy Choking Him.
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Lawyer uses plastic covers on legal documents to make face shields for hospitals
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'A Perfect Storm': Extremists Look For Ways To Exploit Coronavirus Pandemic
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Toilet paper thieves try to make clean getaway but can’t roll away from police
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Pandemic Lawyer of the Week: Be Awesome
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Essential Activities: Court lets cat lover break cover for cat treats
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Man tells NYPD he killed his dad while together in quarantine, cops find mutilated body inside home
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Florida Man Places Fake ‘Infected with Covid-19’ Sign on His Door to Evade Police, Gets Arrested
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Judges:

Can you argue in pajamas? Supreme Court’s virtual oral arguments are a first
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Federal judge shuts down remote hearing after interruptions by listening audience
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Shirtless Lawyers, Barking Dogs Herald Courtroom of the Future • Broward judge tells lawyers to get out of bed and wear a shirt for Zoom hearings
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COVID-19 claims former federal bankruptcy judge
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Judge charged with helping illegal immigrant escape ICE agent claims she’s victim of ‘political bias’
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Wall Street:

Dow futures rally after Gilead coronavirus drug reportedly shows effectiveness
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Gilead drug produced ‘rapid’ recovery in coronavirus patients, report says • Why an analyst bullish on Gilead says antiviral drug ‘won’t solve’ COVID-19
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The next 45 days are the ‘most critical period in U.S. financial history,’ says stock expert who profited in 1987 and 2008 crises
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Billionaire Mark Cuban is moving to cash
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Goldman strategist says market rally has been ‘too rapid’
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Layoffs:

Detroit Medical Center furloughs nearly 500 team members amid COVID-19 crisis
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‘There’s something to be said about loyalty, right?’ This furloughed worker says he’s reluctant to take a job at a competitor
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A Florida bar pulled down $10,000 in single bills stuck to the wall so it could pay its 22 unemployed workers
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Coronavirus could spark 500K green energy job losses
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Cantor to Cut Hundreds of Jobs in Break From Wall Street Pledge
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Healthcare:

Tenn. Hospital Bankruptcy May Be The First Of Many
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Hospital bailouts slow to get out, missing some places that need it most, lawmakers and industry groups say • The COVID-19 Bailout That’s Left Every Hospital Unhappy in Its Own Way
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The Democrats’ Terrible Health Care Solution for the Newly Unemployed
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This Isn’t the Flattened Curve We Were Promised
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A Tiny Hospital Struggles to Treat a Burst of Coronavirus Patients
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Dr. Oz slammed for suggesting it ‘may only cost us 2 to 3%’ of American lives to reopen schools
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U.S. coronavirus death toll climbs to over 33,000 -Reuters tally • Tracking the novel coronavirus in the U.S.
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U.S. coronavirus deaths increase by record amount for second straight day - Reuters tally
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Virus Seen Killing 300,000 in Africa, Even With Interventions
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Trump's Miracle Drug is a Big Flop in Tests
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Why Epidemiologists Still Don’t Know the Death Rate for Covid-19
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The Trump administration paid a bankrupt company with zero employees $55 million for N95 masks, which it's never manufactured
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These hospitals care for the poorest Americans. They're on the losing end of Trump's $30 billion coronavirus rescue.
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A 37-year-old cancer survivor who lost his job during the pandemic says he's out of medicine he needs to stay alive, and is calling the unemployment office '75 times a day' but not hearing back
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Gates Foundation spending an additional $150 million on coronavirus response after Bill Gates slammed Trump for withdrawing support for WHO
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Pandemic Exhaustion: Coronavirus Affecting Sleep Habits For 77% Of Americans
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MAP: See when the coronavirus outbreak will peak in every state
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Texas: 46 new deaths as hospitalizations hit new high
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N.J. Reports Third Straight Day of More Than 300 Covid-19 Deaths
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Burials on Hart Island, where New York's unclaimed lie in mass graves, rise fivefold amid virus
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U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll May Only Be 'Tip of the Iceberg,' Says CDC Adviser
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New York Drops Below One New Infection Per Victim, Cuomo Says
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How Bluetooth could unleash the world’s largest experiment in digital contact tracing
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CDC director says another coronavirus wave is coming
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Has This California Lab Fixed America’s Covid Test Problem?
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Biotechs Are Battling to Make the First Good Blood Test For Covid-19
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D.C., Virginia and Maryland coronavirus cases double in a week to exceed 20,000
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How alarming predictions about coronavirus losses in California gave way to guarded optimism
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Dr. Phil Claims Shutdowns Deadlier Than Coronavirus In Wild Fox News Appearance
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Six people in South Carolina die of coronavirus after attending same funeral
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Alarming videos from hospitals around the world show what doctors are facing as they treat coronavirus patients
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Trump administration, federal agencies and Cuomo say all Americans should wear face masks — a timeline of confusing messages and policy reversals
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Nurses suspended for refusing to treat coronavirus patients without N95 masks
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Bill Gates kept food in his basement for years as he knew a pandemic was coming
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World Health Organization Spends Twice As Much On Travel As On Medical Supplies
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First US service member to test positive for the coronavirus is finally recovered after 49 days in isolation
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Retailing:

Starbucks prepares to reopen stores closed in coronavirus pandemic, predicting a return to normal operations in June
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Apple to begin reopening stores, starting with South Korea
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Gordon Bros.’ Dufton Sees 20,000 to 25,000 Closures
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JCPenney misses a $12 million debt payment amid reports that the struggling department store chain is considering bankruptcy options • J.C. Penney Creditors Tussle in Talks Over Need for Bankruptcy • J. C. Penney Crashes on Hearsay of Bankruptcy Amid Coronavirus
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Luxury department store retailer Neiman Marcus Group skipped bond payment
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Amazon shuts down France warehouses after court ruling
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' 2020 letter to shareholders puts coronavirus concerns front and center — read the full letter here
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Wants to Test All Employees for Covid-19
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LVMH Hopes for Recovery in Late Spring After Virus Hammers Sales
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Food/Beverage:

Burger and Taco Restaurant Bonds Suffer as America Locks Down
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Supermarkets Adjust Meat Sections as Coronavirus Cuts Supply
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The South Dakota slaughterhouse linked to more than half the state's coronavirus cases had offered employees a $500 'responsibility bonus' to come to work in April
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US meat plant closures spread after rash of virus cases • The Coronavirus Is Ripping Through The U.S. Meatpacking Workforce
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Going Out to Eat Will Look Very Different When Lockdowns Lift
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With Panic Buying Waning, Big Food Sees Life Without Restaurants
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Pandemic Provokes Spike in Demand for Food Pantries in US
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Entertainment:

Film industry hit hard by economic downturn caused by coronavirus
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Nursing Homes:

NJ opens probe after finding 17 bodies at nursing home hit by coronavirus
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N.J. governor “outraged” that bodies were “allowed to pile up” at nursing home
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Massachusetts man allegedly tried to blow up Jewish nursing home
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31 Deaths: Toll at Quebec Nursing Home in Pandemic Reflects Global Phenomenon
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50% of Pennsylvania Deaths in Nursing Homes
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Event Facilities:

Sports facility wrestles with coronavirus and strategic bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Professional gamblers in Nevada may now be able to collect unemployment
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Vegas Dealers To Wear Masks, Casino Patrons To Get Temps Checked In Reopening Plan
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Maritime:

Megaships Proving a Drag on Ocean Carriers in Trade Downturn
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Personal Finance:

A millennial who paid off $30,000 of student loans shares 3 steps for people who feel like they're drowning in debt
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Don’t count on getting cash from your 401(k), even if a new law says you can
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8 steps to take if you think you'll be laid off or furloughed so you can have peace of mind if the unexpected happens
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5 ways for parents to motivate their kids and avoid tantrums at home during the coronavirus, according to a parenting expert
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45 Percent of Millennials and Gen-Z Fear Staying Home Will Lead to Divorces
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Debt Collection:

Debt collectors are going after millions of stimulus checks — 5 ways to stop them
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Sports:

2020 NFL Draft: Roger Goodell to Announce Picks from Home Basement
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NFL Star Von Miller Reveals Shock After Coronavirus Diagnosis: ‘There’s Not Really Any Medicine or Anything Like That’
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Los Angeles Rams center first NFL player to test positive for COVID-19
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XFL Season Ticket Holder Refunds Delayed
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XFL Was Reportedly Looking to Relocate 3 Teams leading up to Bankruptcy
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Art:

Wealthy art owners are raising cash from their collections amid the looming recession
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Distressed Investing:

'The shopping list is being readied': Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi are scouting for cheap investments after the coronavirus sell-off
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Apparel:

Apparel Companies Estimated To Lose As Much As $1 Trillion In Brand Value Due To COVID-19
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Mail:

Postal Workers Were Already Worried About Getting Sick — Now Their Jobs Could Be on the Line, Too
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Transit:

New York’s MTA to Seek $3.9 Billion of U.S. Aid to Keep Running
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Climate:

Global warming is making western U.S. ‘megadrought’ the worst in centuries, study says
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Economy:

COVID-19 has wiped out all US job gains since the Great Recession: Another 5.2 million Americans have filed for unemployment, bringing the 4-week total past 22 million • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 5,245,000 • Another 5.2 million jobless claims filed last week amid coronavirus crisis • New unemployment filings are so high only the Great Depression compares
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Philly Fed "Manufacturing firms reported continued weakening" in April • Philadelphia Fed regional manufacturing index plunges to lowest level since 1980
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Fed's Williams says 'our work is not done' to try to repair economic damage from coronavirus
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Fed’s Harker says lost jobs will come back, but US should be patient
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Fed’s Kaplan Open to Expanding Emergency Aid to Sectors In Need
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Fed Readying Plan to Publish Transactions in Crisis Programs
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Top GOP Senator Asks Mnuchin, Powell for Virus-Aid Transparency • As $2 trillion starts to flow, oversight of virus cash lags
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Unusual partnership in coronavirus bailout allows Fed and Treasury to share risk
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Jay Powell: Hero of the coronavirus crisis
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Coronavirus Crisis Underlines Weak Spots in U.S. Economic System
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A Tale of Two Possible Recoveries
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U.S. Is Expected to Lead a Contraction in Global GDP This Year
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Bank CEOs Warn of Unprecedented Economic Slump, Job Losses
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Companies With High Debt Are Paying a Price
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Pandemic Requires Comprehensive Debt Standstills
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Yes, we should bail out companies — but not shareholders
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No country has beaten the coronavirus yet
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Global economy may not fully recover from the coronavirus crisis by 2021, IMF says
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Billionaire Barry Diller says bail out everyone and ‘worry about paying the bills later’
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Billionaire bond king Jeff Gundlach sent a bizarre tweet predicting the end of the 'You blow dry my hair and I'll blow dry your hair' economy
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A double recession? Economies risk debt crises after stimulus spending
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Secretary Mnuchin Bails Out Main Street With A Whopping $120 Per Week Of ‘Bridge Liquidity’
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The U.S. has thrown more than $6 trillion at the coronavirus crisis. That number could grow.
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A senior economist says the $2 trillion stimulus bill 'is not going to be big enough' to fight the oncoming recession
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Senator Warren takes Treasury, Fed to task over ‘little oversight’ of stimulus programs
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Americans report the IRS coronavirus stimulus check tracking tool doesn’t work
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Credit Bureaus Resist Campaign For Clemency as Indebted Americans Struggle
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Consumer sentiment dives to its lowest point since before President Trump's election on escalating pandemic damage
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Small business rescue loan program hits $349 billion limit and is now out of money • Small Business Relief Funds Drained Fast With Many Shut Out • Lawmakers could fail today to replenish coronavirus-aid program for small businesses • SBA Ran Out of Money One Week After Pelosi Called GOP Request for More Aid a ‘Stunt’ • Why Some Republicans Are Blocking New Coronavirus Relief • Coronavirus disaster loan cutoff leaves many small biz owners without financial relief • Pelosi, McCarthy still at odds over depleted small business relief program • Coronavirus Loans — Kyrsten Sinema Calls to Pass Emergency Small Business Loan Funding ‘ASAP’ • SBA’s Herculean Pandemic Response Was Swift, But Not Smooth
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A top Trump economic adviser said 'it couldn't be easier' for his wife to get a bank loan from the troubled small business loan program
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Ohio unemployment compensation fund may be insolvent by June
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Illinois Unemployment Agency Staff Are Terrified of Working
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Biden Calls for Expansion of Short-Term Compensation Programs
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‘Nowhere to Hide’ as Unemployment Permeates the Economy
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Democrats finally have a plan that could help us find a coronavirus 'normal'
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Poll: Nearly three-quarters of American say worst is still to come from coronavirus • Country grows more pessimistic about a return to normalcy post-coronavirus
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Virus Payments Hit Glitches as IRS Sends Billions to Americans
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‘Grave concerns’ about Covid-19 immunity passports • Jeff Bezos says mass testing is necessary to get the economy 'back up and running'
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NY and other East Coast states extend shutdown of nonessential businesses to May 15, Cuomo says • 'We can't plan on summer right now': NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio closes outdoor public pools and warns residents to 'lower expectations' about public beaches
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A GOP senator says reopening the economy means accepting the coronavirus will spread faster • “There’s no 100% risk-free way” out of shutdown, doctor says • New York Gov. Cuomo is enlisting top consulting firm McKinsey to develop a 'Trump-proof' plan for reopening the state • GOP congressman says US should ‘slowly’ reopen, barbers can wear masks • Trump calls on governors with "beautifully low" coronavirus numbers to reopen on May 1 • Trump unveils phased approach to reopening economy • U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says Trump guidelines 'vague and inconsistent' • Trump tells governors that some states can reopen before May 1 • ‘A long way to go’ before there’s enough testing to reopen economy, Business Roundtable CEO says • CEOs tell Trump testing, social distancing protocols ‘a must’ to reopen economy: Chubb CEO • Midwest Governors Form Partnership to Coordinate Reopening Plans • Governors Face a Trump-Inspired Backlash to Ease Virus Rules • North Dakota Governor Aims For May 1 to Reopen State • Governors caution Trump on reopening economy without enough coronavirus testing • Trump says reopening US can happen in some places without mass testing • Trump's guidelines for reopening states amid coronavirus pandemic will leave decisions to governors • Pennsylvania lawmakers pass bill to reopen businesses as governor signals forthcoming veto • The coronavirus task force keeps downplaying the virus’s spread in less-populated states • PA: Gov Wolf resists calls to reopen economy, ease stay-home order • Maryland governor says now is 'the worst possible time' to lift coronavirus restrictions • Trump’s Virus Reopening Plan Leaves Toughest Decisions to States
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Graham contradicts Trump: U.S. ‘still struggling with testing on a large scale’
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Roche Aims to Start Selling Covid-19 Antibody Test Next Month
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We are NOT going back to normal soon warns Dr. Fauci
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Trump’s Restart of U.S. Economy to Hinge on Mexico, Canada Help
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The Absurd Case Against the Coronavirus Lockdown
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Americans are spending coronavirus checks on rent and groceries • Americans Agonize Over $1,200 Relief Payments That Won’t Be Enough
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The IRS is sending $1,200 stimulus checks to dead people — and their loved ones are allowed to keep the money, experts say
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Fashion Nova slammed for suggesting customers shop with stimulus checks amid pandemic
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Pelosi and McConnell Consulting on Names for Oversight Panel
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As $2 Trillion Relief Flows Almost Nobody Is Watching for Abuse
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Citi CIO: It Could Take 'Nine Quarters' for Coronavirus Economic Recovery
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One key figure helps countries decide when their coronavirus outbreaks are over — but scientists say it's a moving target
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Thanks to COVID-19, Social Security’s day of reckoning may be even closer than we thought • Baby boom or bust — how Social Security will be affected by coronavirus lockdowns
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National Debt to Exceed GDP This Year
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CBO Says Stimulus to Swell 2020 U.S. Budget Gap by $1.6 Trillion
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Over 43,000 US millionaires will get ‘stimulus’ averaging $1.6 million each
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The luxury sector could see a 20% fall in first-quarter revenue and an 'even worse' second quarter, analysts warn
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Restaurants and hotels, devastated by coronavirus, face long and painful recovery
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Jeff Bezos boasts in letter to shareholders that 40 million Americans makes less than any Amazon employee
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California is the first state to offer unauthorized immigrants financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic
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Morgan Stanley Sees the Wealthy Sticking With Cash
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If coronavirus kills one person’s income, the ripple effects persist
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The post-pandemic economy — airlines are treated as utilities, banks serve the people and the government runs a jobs program
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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:

Housing Starts decreased to 1.216 Million Annual Rate in March • US housing starts plunged the most since 1984 in March as coronavirus rocked the market
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Mortgage rates almost drop to another record low — here’s why a housing market slowdown won’t necessarily push them lower
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New York Housing Groups Call for ‘Massive Wave’ of Rent Strikes
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New York retail real estate is reeling because of coronavirus, as rents tumble
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Fed’s Bostic says watching closely for signs of unbearable stress among mortgage servicers
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HUD’s Carson Says He Wants Money for Hard Hit Mortgage Servicers
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Trump’s libertarian housing regulator refuses to bail out mortgage firms with public money
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Hurricane Harvey gave real estate CEOs ‘the blueprint’ to weather coronavirus
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Landlords Were Violating Federal Law, Kicking Out Tenants Until the Media Called Them Out
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Entity tied to massive East Austin office project falls into involuntary bankruptcy
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Morgan Stanley CEO Sees a Future for the Bank With ‘Much Less Real Estate’
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Kushner Cos. Faces Squeeze in Brooklyn Over WeWork, Coronavirus
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Municipalities:

States and cities are “falling off a cliff” as the economic crisis sets in
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States and Cities Crippled by Pandemic Push for Next Bailout
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Governors Ask Trump for $500 Billion in Federal Support
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BofA Gets States That Want to Borrow Now Rather Than Wait on Fed
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N.J.’s Murphy Says He Wants to Tap up to $9 Billion in Borrowing
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De Blasio Relies on Cuts, Reserves to Make Up NYC Revenue Drop • De Blasio pleads with Trump for federal bailout • Virus Forces a ‘Wartime’ Budget on N.Y.C., With $2 Billion in Cuts
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Chicago, Seattle Mayors Call for More Federal Virus Aid
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California Faces Budget Shortfall That Could Top $35 Billion
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Rich Muni Buyers Piled In During Record Crash, Reaping Big Gains
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Ex. Gov. Rick Snyder Knew About Flint's Water
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Oil/Gas:

Oil hovers near 18-year low as coronavirus-led demand hit outweighs OPEC production cuts
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Oil Anchored Near $20 Set for Weekly Loss on Feeble Demand
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Saudi Arabia’s oil exports to the US skyrocketed in the last month
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Where Gasoline is 12 Cents a Gallon
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Japan Oil Buyers May Seek Cargo Delays as Fuel Use Drops 20%
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OPEC forecasts oil demand will plunge to a 30-year low this quarter due to coronavirus pain
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ConocoPhillips slashes oil output and spending plans
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Philly seeks over $1M from PES refinery for Fire Department response
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Zimmer’s Energy Hedge Fund Down 55% This Year After March Plunge
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Music:

In March, COVID-19 wiped concerts and festivals off the calendar — and that was just the beginning
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Concert Giant AEG Offers Frustrated Fans a Refund
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New York City and Los Angeles Mayors Don’t Expect Concerts to Return This Year
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Fraud:

Rich-Investor Site Finds Fraud in $89 Million of Ship Debt
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Scammers are defrauding unemployed Americans
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GOP senator says Richard Burr ‘owes’ explanation on stock trades scandal
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Religion:

Louisiana pastor asks followers to send their stimulus checks to churches instead of buying food
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Trump appointee calls on New Jersey governor to send troops to ultra-Orthodox Jewish enclave to enforce social distancing
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Churchgoers’ Lawsuit Compares COVID-19 Restrictions to Internment of Japanese Americans During WWII
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Muslims grapple with Ramadan rituals in coronavirus era
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Lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter
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Fitness:

Gold's Gym is closing more than 30 locations for good as the coronavirus ravages the fitness industry — here's the list
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Advertising:

How the coronavirus is impacting the advertising business as sports TV viewing evaporates, events are cancelled, and consumers stop spending
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Autos:

An ‘Unprecedented’ Disruption Is Ahead for the $1.5 Trillion Auto Market
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Industry responds as negative equity hits new records
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Ford Tests Buzzing Wristbands to Keep Workers at Safe Distances
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Carl Icahn’s car rental firm Hertz faces epic cash crunch • Hertz seeking coronavirus bailout, bracing for budget shortfalls
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Utilities:

PG&E gains support for its bankruptcy plan from NorCal wildfire victims despite concerns
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Magazines:

‘Bloodbath': The Hollywood Reporter Ends a 10-Year, Heady Run at Reinvention
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Hotels:

New York City will spend $250 million to get hotel rooms ready for coronavirus patients and first responders
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival is considering cutting passenger capacity on its cruise ships as it looks for ways to improve safety in wake of coronavirus outbreaks, sources say
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Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, But Kept the Party Going
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Telecoms:

Communications Workers of America seeks seat at the table in Frontier Communication's Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Frontier Communications Shareholders Are Getting Wiped Out Under The Bankruptcy Plan
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Aerospace:

The Silver Lining Of New Space Bankruptcies
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Movie Theaters:

Movie Theater Chains Reckon With an Uncertain Future
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Billionaire Who Bet Big on Cinemas Stung by Theater Shutdown
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Education:

50 Million Kids Can’t Attend School. What Happens to Them?
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Coal:

Longview coal plant, one of US newest, files for bankruptcy, again
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge Fund Hotshots Suffer Humbling Losses in Coronavirus Chaos
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Emerging market hedge funds tanked last month — and it may get even worse
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Credit-focused hedge funds double down after coronavirus sell-off
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Tech:

Apple cut to sell by Goldman Sachs as virus seen hurting demand for iPhone
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Agribusiness:

Idaho farm donates massive supply of potatoes amid a lack of demand due to the coronavirus
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (5 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (0 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:

What A Historic Bankruptcy Boom Would Look Like
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Chapter 11 bankruptcies in New York at historic high
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

COVID-19: “Avoiding” Harm to Corporate Good Samaritans
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Expansion of The Small Business Reorganization Act
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Insurance:

Chubb CEO Warns Retroactive Measures Would ‘Bankrupt’ Industry • Chubb CEO: Forcing insurers to pay pandemic losses is ‘plainly unconstitutional’
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Tax:

The most important coronavirus-related federal tax relief measures — including some that can result in hefty tax refunds
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Banking:

The ‘most patriotic thing’ big banks can do to fight the coronavirus recession is raise $200 billion and cancel dividends, Fed’s Kashkari says
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‘This is going to hurt’ — pain is on the way for the four big U.S. banks
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Morgan Stanley's first-quarter earnings plunged 30%, missing Wall Street's forecasts
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HSBC CEO Tasks New Virus Unit to Deal With Corporate Failures
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Jim Cramer: Banks ‘may need to say goodbye to their dividends’
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Television:

Starz sees 142% spike in new subscribers during coronavirus pandemic
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Aviation:

Aviation experts say airlines would be better off shutting down as pandemic saps demand
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United Airlines to Receive $5 Billion from Federal Aid Program
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United execs warn of 'tough decisions ahead,' stark industry outlook amid coronavirus
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Airlines Plunge After United Warns of ‘Essentially Zero’ Demand
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JetBlue Denied Refunds to Passengers Stranded Amid Pandemic, Federal Suit Claims
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U.S. Treasury Sees Airline Loyalty Assets as Possible Collateral
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Express Covid-19 testing may become the new norm before flying
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Family replicates 15-hour flight canceled over coronavirus at home
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Most JetBlue and Spirit Route Cuts Rejected by DOT Under Bailout
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American Airlines' CEO said he has no idea when travel will get back to normal, as the coronavirus wrecks the airline industry around the world
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Airlines Have the Cash. Now They Need Passengers
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Budget airline may leave middle seats unbooked to lure passengers back after the pandemic
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Airlines cheer government coronavirus aid but paint bleak demand picture
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Airlines Are Finally Getting a Government Bailout. Here’s Why Their Stocks Are Falling.
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Airlines on skeletal schedules; dire economic signals flash
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Small planes and no business class: will flying ever be the same again?
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Boeing to Resume Making Jetliners Next Week in Seattle-Area Hub
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Suit accuses Southwest Airlines of balking at giving refunds for canceled flights
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Emirates Airline Begins Conducting Rapid COVID-19 Tests For Boarding Passengers
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Big airlines are flying 'ghost planes' stuffed with packages now that the demand for passenger flights has cratered • Passenger Airplanes Serve Vital Cargo Links During Pandemic
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Haunting photos of empty airports and planes at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic show the airline industry at its lowest point in decades
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Bet On GE, Not Boeing, If You Believe In An Aviation Recovery
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Areas reliant on aviation industry 'to suffer worst'
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EasyJet faces anything from a boom to profit-less frustration
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Flights to these cities could be dropped as bailed-out airlines seek service cuts
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American Airlines leads shift to flying more with smaller jets in US
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Qatar flies to the rescue, winning plaudits as virus halts aviation
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Parking An Airplane? Here's What You Need To Know
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Cathay Closes All U.S. Cabin-Crew Bases as Virus Damage Rages On
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Ethiopian Airlines Will Turn to State if Crisis Lasts Until July
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The Global Airline Shutdown Has a Surprise Victim: Gold Miners
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Newspapers:

Creditors move to buy McClatchy, opening door to bidders interested in the whole company
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Hedge funds set bankrupt McClatchy's value at more than $300 million
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Fury at emergence of rival bid for Jewish Chronicle
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Deep newspaper job cuts prompt rare plea for federal funding to news media
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Politics:

Trump’s threat to adjourn Congress and make recess appointments, explained • The Flaw in the President’s Newest Constitutional Argument
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Most Americans Say Trump Was Too Slow in Initial Response to Coronavirus Threat
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Mitt Romney is only GOP senator not placed on White House coronavirus task force
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GOP Donors Get $569M to Build the Wall
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Ivanka Trump breaks stay-at-home advice, travels to NJ • ‘Big Marie Antoinette’: Ivanka Trump slammed for traveling after urging Americans to ‘please stay home’
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Fox News Stars Cheer Protests Against Coronavirus Social-Distancing Orders
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Texas AG Threatens Voting Rights Groups with Felony Charges for Pushing Vote-By-Mail
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Trump may have delayed stimulus money for several days so that he could put his name on the checks. 6 struggling Americans told us what that extra time could mean for them.
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The Shutdown Backlash Is Coming Soon—With a Vengeance
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Trump names dozens of lawmakers to bipartisan task force
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Michigan residents sue Governor Whitmer over coronavirus pandemic orders
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Who will Joe Biden pick as his running mate? Here’s what Vegas betting odds show
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Dems Who Flipped Trump Districts are Dominating GOP Rivals in Fundraising • Democrats Outraised GOP Incumbents in Five Key 2020 Senate Races
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Duncan Hunter's Campaign Spent Hundreds of Dollars on Food After He Pleaded Guilty
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Coronavirus clobbers workers in 2020 swing states Michigan and Pennsylvania
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Trump Says Pelosi to Blame For Deaths Over Chinatown Advocacy • Trump wrongly accuses Pelosi of having 'parties in Chinatown' amid coronavirus crisis
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Universal vote-by-mail doesn't benefit any political party, study finds
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Fox News’ Worst Coronavirus Moments Honored In Scathing ‘Daily Show’ Poll
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How Trump Is Doing vs. the Coronavirus, According to Republicans
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Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes a Right-Wing Target
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Sovereigns:

Poor-Country Debt-Relief Talks Missing One Player: Bondholders
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UK:

UK extends coronavirus lockdown measures by at least three weeks • U.K. Extends Lockdown 3 Weeks, With No Clear Exit Strategy • UK’s Five Tests to Lift the Lockdown Revealed, as Measures Extended Another Three Weeks
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"Up To Two Years" After Coronavirus Lockdown Before U.K. Is Back To Normal
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Twice as many men in the UK are dying with coronavirus as women, and often at a younger age
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UK hospitals warn patients at risk due to shortage of gowns
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Social care sector warns of collapse without government funding
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UK will refuse any EU offer to extend Brexit transition
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Scottish pubs and restaurants already under pressure before outbreak, says insolvency expert
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Virus Tipped 15,000 U.K. Firms Into Distress in First Quarter
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EU:

Macron Says Fiscal Transfers Needed If the EU Is to ‘Hold On’
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Coronavirus’s Relentless March in Europe Clouds Reopening Plans
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European Banks Seek to Avert Stashing Billions for Soured Loans
(DBN)

European Banks Hold $13 Billion of Junk Debt They Can’t Wait to Sell
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European Car Sales Drop Most on Record With Showrooms Closed
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The ECB Is Back on the Front Line of Crisis
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PIIGS:

Venice creeps back to life after virus lockdown
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Italy sees a glimmer of hope in its high rate of coronavirus infections — more people whose antibodies might be used to treat those still hospitalized
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Italy Reports Highest New Virus Infections in Four Days
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Portugal Sees ‘Significant’ Drop in GDP Before Recovery in 2021
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Spain to Launch ‘Minimum Living Wage’ for Poorest In May
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Spain’s New Coronavirus Cases Rise by Most in More Than a Week
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Barcelona Mayor Calls for Spain's Strict Coronavirus Lockdown to End
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In Spain, Children Still Can’t Go Outside
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Humbled Greeks Show the World How to Handle the Virus Outbreak
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Canada:

Canada’s Pension Funds Prepare for Post-Virus World
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Trudeau Widens Covid Aid Package to Include More Small Businesses
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Trudeau: Canada-U.S. Border to Remain Closed for 'Significant Time'
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Canadian Farmers Threaten to Sit Out Season
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China:

China’s Wuhan raises coronavirus death toll by 50% after city revises figures
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US investigating if COVID-19 came from Chinese lab • Pentagon Chief Addresses Reports That Coronavirus Was Engineered in China • Everything we know about the Wuhan lab that may have unleashed coronavirus
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China Responds To Reports It Waited Six Days To Act On Outbreak In Wuhan
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12 experts on how the US should hold China accountable for the coronavirus
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No ‘Business As Usual’ With China After Coronavirus, U.K. Says
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Russia Defends China's Record on Coronavirus Response Amid U.S. Attacks
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China says its economy shrank by 6.8% in the first quarter as the country battled coronavirus • China's economy contracts for first time since at least 1992
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Calls for More China Stimulus Grow Louder as Economy Contracts
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China’s economic recovery tied to how others fare in recession: Australia’s ex-PM
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China’s Glimpse of the Future Isn’t Pretty
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Singapore:

Singapore Reports Record 728 New Covid-19 Cases; None Imported
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Turkey:

With weekend lockdowns and age-specific restrictions, Turkey takes a different coronavirus approach
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Japan:

About Half of Japan’s Companies Leave Holes in Results Forecasts
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Japan Scrambles to Give $926 to Everyone in Nationwide Emergency
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Denmark:

Danish Parliament Agrees to Broaden Re-Opening to Courts and Some Small Businesses
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Norway:

Norway Launches Virus App to Keep Contagion Under Control
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Venezuela:

Oil-rich Venezuela is running out of gas
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MENA:

Coronavirus could cause upheaval across Middle East - Red Cross
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Lebanon Says It’s In Contact With IMF Over Proposed Rescue Plan
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Austria:

Austria responded fast and decisively to its coronavirus outbreak, and is now starting to open up again. Here is exactly what happened.
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Austrian shops deserted as people stay away despite lift of lockdown
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France:

Hector Arroyo joins Baker McKenzie as a Partner in Restructuring
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France’s Virus Cases Climb by 17,164 to More Than 165,000 • France New Coronavirus Deaths Fall; Fewer Patients in Hospital
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Germany:

German Cases Rise at Faster Pace Though Key Spread Gauge Drops • German Coronavirus Cases Rise at Faster Pace for a Second Day
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Switzerland:

Bankruptcy laws eased for Covid-affected companies
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Swiss to fine "shopping tourists" who flout coronavirus border curbs
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Australia:

Australia to retain coronavirus curbs for at least another four weeks
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Russia:

Bank of Russia Hints at Big Rate Cut to Prop Up Crashing Economy
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Argentina:

Argentina Seeks to Cut Foreign Bond Interest Payments by 62% • Argentina makes an offer to restructure $83bn in debt
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New Zealand:

New Zealand Seeks to Wipe Out Virus After Early Lockdown Success
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