Law:

Above the Law Founder David Lat Says He’s Been Discharged from Hospital After COVID-19 Battle
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Associates Like Their Partners, but the Feeling Is Not Mutual, Study Finds
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Law Firm Merger Numbers Drop as Pandemic Takes Hold
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Global Biglaw Firm Freezes Associate Salaries, Delays Bonuses, Reduces Partner Pay Amid Coronavirus Crisis
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Big Law Lateral Market May Face ‘Shelter-in-Place’ Moment
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Associates Facing 25 Percent Pay Cut At Am Law 200 Firm
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'Strong, Big-Name Firms' Are Looking at Imminent Cuts to Partner Draws, Consultant Says
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Another Firm Announces Cuts To Salary Amid COVID-19 Economic Downturn
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Cullen & Dykman Lays Off and Furloughs, While Cutting Lawyer and Staff Pay
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Prestigious Firm Bucking The COVID-19 Austerity Trend With Special Bonuses And Tech Budgets
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Baker Donelson temporarily cuts pay, furloughs some employees because of COVID-19
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Cullen & Dykman Lays Off and Furloughs, While Cutting Lawyer and Staff Pay
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Pryor Cashman furloughs some associates during coronavirus crisis
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Another Am Law 100 Firm Turns To Furloughs And Salary Cuts Amid COVID-19 Crisis
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Summer Associate Programs — And Pay — Cut Short Thanks To Coronavirus
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Every Law School Grading Policy Change In One Chart
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Law School Creates Worst Of All Possible Grading Policies For No Good Reason
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Lawyers set up free legal aid hotline in Texas for coronavirus-related issues
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From the COVID-19 Bunker: Sullivan & Cromwell's Frank Aquila
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Harvard Joins Columbia In Moving Recruiting To Next Year
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UVA Forcing Student To Withdraw From Law School Because Her National Guard Unit Was Called Up
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The $5 Million Coronavirus Law School Student Emergency Relief Fund
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COVID-19 Can Change The Legal Industry For The Better
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COVID-19: The benefits of US chapter 11 relief in a time of economic crisis
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Guideline for Companies Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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A Story of Lawyers Behaving Badly
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Trump sending troops to Mexico border amid coronavirus threat
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Asylum Seekers Should Be Released During Outbreak, Groups Say
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Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic
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State Department halts passport services for travelers unless it's a family emergency
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Sleepy Driver Crashes, Loses Cargo of Toilet Paper Near Dallas: Cops
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Shooting Happened After Man Was Criticized for Not Covering His Mouth When Coughing: Cops
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New Jersey Man, 99, Charged With Violating State's Coronavirus Emergency Rules
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New Orleans police are jailing people for minor offenses as city becomes covid-19 hot spot
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Locked in Cages, Beaten and Shamed: Virus Laws Lead to Abuses
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Federal inmates to be locked in cells for 14 days amid virus
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Carole Baskin Denies Murdering Her Husband as ‘Tiger King’ Theories Take Off
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Asian doctor barred from Indiana gas station by ‘violent and hateful’ clerk upholding ‘coronavirus prevention’ policy
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Judges:

Judiciary Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 Pandemic
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Pending and Newly Scheduled Court Hearings
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Courts Search for Protective Gear to Aid Hospitals
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Two Courts Find Mask Stockpiles, Spurring Judiciary-Wide Search
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Coronavirus Can’t Stop Ruth Bader Ginsburg From Hitting The Gym
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You’re Never Too Old To Be A Supreme Court Justice
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Trump Administration Has Turned Immigration Court Into ‘Public Health Hazard’
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Wall Street:

Stock futures positive as market tries to rebound from second quarter’s rocky start
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U.S. stocks tank as bleak news mounts on health, economic fronts • Wall Street dives 4% as virus pandemic fears intensify
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U.S. stocks signal steep losses as grim news mounts on health, economic fronts
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Co-founder of George Soros’s legendary Quantum Fund warns of the ‘worst bear market of my lifetime’
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Here’s the Dow’s April challenge: Hold the lows as coronavirus sends economy off cliff
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Goldman Sachs offers employees an extra 10 days of family leave to cope with coronavirus
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Even Wall Street’s Bottom-Fishers Won’t Go Near Emerging Markets
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Coronavirus could drive stocks to new lows this quarter. Here’s why.
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Layoffs:

Employers cut nearly half a million job openings last week as coronavirus froze hiring nationwide
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US Jobless Claims Could Hit 5.5M This Week
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These 5 sky-high estimates show top economists expect another record flood of unemployment filings as the coronavirus lockdown spreads
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White-Collar Employers Promise Job Security, as Service Industry Implodes
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Bankrupt restaurant owner CraftWorks fires nearly 18,000 workers
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RBS Cuts London Asset-Backed, CLO Team on Zoom Call
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A Sephora employee describes the devastating moment she and others in her district were suddenly fired via a conference call
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U.S. Companies Shed 27,000 Workers in March, ADP Data Show
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Warren Buffett’s See’s Candies Furloughs Retail Workers
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US jobs picture darkens as large employers lay off staff
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Coronavirus-related layoffs surge in Austin
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Retail furloughs snowball as Kohl's, Gap extend store closures
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Sungevity Lays Off 400
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P&O Ferries lays off 1,100 staff
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Schlumberger executives take pay cuts as North American workforce is slashed
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Coronavirus Could Lead To Mass Layoffs In Oil And Gas
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Stateline Family YMCA lays off 250
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Goodwill lays off more than 2,600 workers
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Houston travel company temporarily lays off hundreds of employees
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Politics:

The Senator Who Saw the Coronavirus Coming
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Conspiracy-driven train engineer intentionally derailed locomotive near hospital ship in L.A., feds say
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Trump just acknowledged downplaying the coronavirus threat: 'I knew it could be horrible'
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Trump’s Breakdown
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Book That Predicted Trump's Coronavirus Response
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Hits Trump With Sassy T-Shirt Message
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The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks, and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did nothing
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Trump is incapable of taking the coronavirus outbreak seriously
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Pelosi attack on Trump coronavirus response is false and ignores all he’s done
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Mike Francesa Defends His Anti-Trump Coronavirus Rant
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Schiff wants coronavirus commission to investigate federal response to pandemic
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Americans laud state, local coronavirus response over feds, poll says
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Audaciously, Trump is running for re-election as the Hero of the Coronavirus War
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A president who lies constantly can’t lead the people in a crisis
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Seth Meyers Exposes Fox News’ Sean Hannity Over Huge Coronavirus ‘Hoax’ Lie
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Boston Globe editorial staff: President Trump has ‘blood on his hands’ for coronavirus response
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Fox isn't enough: Amid coronavirus crisis, Trump leans on a new media friend
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Pelosi: Trump and McConnell ‘should not try to hide behind’ impeachment excuse
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In new campaign ad, McConnell touts role in passage of 'biggest economic rescue package in history'
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Trump Confronts a New Reality Before an Expected Wave of Coronavirus Disease and Death
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Biden, pushing for vote by mail, calls Trump’s opposition to Dem proposals ‘ridiculous’
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Kellyanne Conway Keeps Attacking Joe Biden for Staying Inside
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Poll: Biden holds wide lead over Sanders in Wisconsin
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Newsom and Cuomo have been top leaders in the coronavirus crisis. Don’t count on them to challenge Biden
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HHS Inspector General Asked To Look Into CDC Mailing Featuring Trump
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Republicans Don’t Oppose Stimulus Spending. They Oppose Democrats.
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What happens when a Confidential Informant becomes President?
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Mass Torts:

Recent Court Decisions Clarify When Asbestos Tort Claims Against Reorganized Debtors Are Effectively Enjoined
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Boy Scouts Say Fighting Girl Scouts' IP Suit Would Hurt Ch. 11
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Agribusiness:

Why coronavirus grocery buying spree may leave farmers in the lurch
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Our Crops May be Rotting in the Field
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Facing devastating losses, small farmers pivot to sell directly to consumers
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival still has 6,000 passengers on ships at sea
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Thousands Stranded as Australia Cruise-Ship Standoff Intensifies
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Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard
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Carnival cancels some cruises through the end of the year
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Carnival Boosts Dollar Bond Offering Amid Rampant Demand
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Coral Princess cruise ship heads to Florida with sick passengers, as Zaandam awaits its fate with the same port
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Retailing:

Dollar Tree extends $2 per hour 'premium' pay by 2 weeks
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Walmart Told to Halt In-Store Sales of Non-Essentials in Vermont
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Hobby Lobby Defies Closure Orders, Rebrands Itself An Essential Vendor Of Medical Supplies • God Told Us to Reopen
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Calvin Klein-parent PVH CEO on Macy’s woes: ‘We have a great deal of confidence’ • Macy’s Was Supposed to Have Its Big Comeback, Then the Virus Hit
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Detroit Amazon workers plan to walk out over handling of COVID-19
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Traffic at Walmart, Costco and Target falls for the first time in weeks as coronavirus stockpiling behavior shifts
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Amazon's biggest day of the year is on a collision course with the coronavirus
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With stores closed, supply chains are put to the test
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Unions and State Officials Criticize Amazon for Firing Strike Leader
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Celebs:

Chris Cuomo did his CNN show from his basement after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and he urged everybody else to stay inside
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A famous actress, a legendary playwright, and a game-changing chef — here are the celebrities and notable figures around the world who are believed to have died of the novel coronavirus
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Tennis:

Wimbledon Canceled for First Time Since World War II Due to Coronavirus Pandemic • Better late than never to cancel Wimbledon but what took them so long?
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Food/Beverage:

Tom Colicchio Spent 19 Years Building a Restaurant Empire. Coronavirus Gutted It in a Month.
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Panic Buying Strains the World’s Food Banks
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Gourmet Grocer Dean & Deluca Files for Bankruptcy With Plans to Come Back • Dean & DeLuca: Bankruptcy exclusive to US operations • In Chapter 11 filing, Dean & DeLuca reveals it owes Midtown Equities $22M • Summary: New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Dean & Deluca
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Report: 110-year-old Berkeley Farms closes for good
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Booze sales surge during coronavirus outbreak
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Chipotle CFO Says the Chain Can Last a Year With Lower Sales
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Banking:

Main Street Banks Are About to Show Just How Much Risk They Face
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Deutsche Bank Reviewing Bonuses in Response to Virus Outbreak
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Banker Bonuses Are a Pre-Coronavirus Thing
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‘Right now, the bonus is keeping your job’ - bankers shrug off the threat to their payouts
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U.S. Bank Stocks Should Be Shorted
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Here are the major banks that are freezing hiring during the outbreak
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Pharma:

Akorn Says Credit Default Brings It To Brink Of Bankruptcy
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Festivals:

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Becomes Latest Event Hit by Virus
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Telecoms:

Frontier prepares for bankruptcy, regrets failure to install enough fiber
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Maritime:

Panama Canal Sends Thousands of Workers Home
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Pensions:

Pension Funds Will Take a Big Coronavirus Hit
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Coronavirus Is Making the Public Pension Crisis Even Worse
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Education:

Growing number of states say they are closing schools for rest of 2019-2020 year
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University of California to Temporarily Drop SAT Requirement
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Personal Finance:

They All Retired Before They Hit 40. Then This Happened.
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Taxis:

Taxi driver who got his start in 1975 files bankruptcy amid coronavirus
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Finance:

Receivable Financing: COVID-19 Related Issues
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Climate:

Abnormally warm Gulf of Mexico could intensify the upcoming tornado and hurricane seasons
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Transit:

U.S. transit nearly stops in new normal
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Tourism:

Empty Hotels. Idled Tour Buses. The Pandemic Is Devastating Tourism.
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Mail:

Pelosi seeks more funding for U.S. Postal Service as Democrats warn of ‘crisis’ for agency
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Guns:

Coronavirus has sparked a surge in gun sales not seen since Sandy Hook
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Distressed Investing:

Worst Yet to Come For Junk Debt as Defaults Loom, Goldman Says
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Tech:

Zoom's security and privacy problems are snowballing
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Autos:

Auto Sales Plummet in First Quarter as Buyers Stay Away
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Worst yet to come as coronavirus takes its toll on auto sales
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Economy:

Trillions in coronavirus spending could explode deficits to World War II levels
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Fed’s Eric Rosengren says the central bank ‘acted quickly’ as markets froze
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A new American coronavirus consensus
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Why this global recession could last a long time
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Economists Debate Shape of a Global Recovery After Coronavirus
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If the Virus Hadn’t Caused the Crash, Something Else Would Have
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Krugman Warns of Huge Fiscal Time Bomb
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Cuomo: Normal Isn't Coming Back
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Fed, seeking ways to improve Treasury market, eases capital rule for big banks • Big Banks Get Fed Blessing to Extend Leverage
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Shutdown drives California unemployment to Great Recession levels in barely a month • Coronavirus could lead to the highest unemployment levels since the Great Depression • Millions of jobless Americans to apply for unemployment benefits for second straight week • Jobless claims will be huge, but millions more expected from the ‘earthquake shaking the whole country’
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Class of 2020 was to enter the strongest job market in 50 years — and now graduates’ earnings will lag peers’ for a decade
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US Treasury yields sink as investors brace for more harrowing jobs data
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Manufacturers see biggest plunge in new orders and employment in 11 years, ISM finds • U.S. ISM Factory Orders, Employment Gauges Weakest Since 2009 • ISM Manufacturing index Decreased to 49.1 in March
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Global economy may shrink almost 1% in 2020 due to coronavirus, U.N. warns
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Top Harvard economist warns of ‘mother of all financial crises’ amid coronavirus pandemic
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ADP: Private Employment decreased 27,000 in March
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Top Democrats seek infrastructure package targeting transportation, health centers and broadband, using earlier plan as framework • Pelosi says she wants to push ahead with infrastructure bill after House • House Democrats Outline Infrastructure Demands for Next Stimulus returns • Pelosi should 'stand down' on passing another rescue bill, McConnell says
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About that Infrastructure Package
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'Unprecedented Need for Information': Inside the Lobbying Frenzy
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‘Shutdown everywhere’ for at least 10 weeks? Bill Gates warns there’s ‘no middle ground’ in the coronavirus fight
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Reopening the Economy Is Pointless When Cities Are Under Siege
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Read the letter my dad, a top virologist, wrote our family about signs of progress around COVID-19 — and why we can't end the lockdown anytime soon
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A loophole for construction workers shows how arbitrary and confusing ‘stay at home’ regulations are
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Stark drone videos of empty US cities become online trend amid coronavirus pandemic
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Big increase in jobless benefits to give millions of laid-off workers higher pay temporarily
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DOL Says 61 Million Workers Can Get Virus-Related Paid Leave
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Unemployment for gig, self-employed workers mired in confusion, delays
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Millions of Americans on Social Security could miss out on a $1,200 stimulus check due to a Trump rule compelling them to file a tax return • Social Security recipients don’t need tax returns to get relief checks
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New Stats Don’t Bode Well For Error-Free Virus Stimulus Payments
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The list of who won't get a $1,200 stimulus check is growing - and includes some surprising groups
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Federal officials scramble to ensure tech glitches, bureaucracy don't delay $1,200 coronavirus checks
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Unemployment Insurance Isn’t Ideal for Helping Workers
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Citigroup CEO says ‘working around the clock’ on small business relief program
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Frequently Asked Questions On Small Business Loans In Coronavirus Relief CARES Act
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Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury Publish Paycheck Protection Program Loan Application Form and Instructions to Help Businesses Keep Workforce Employed
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Small Business Administration: The Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act
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87% of Small Business Owners Say Their Business Is Hurting from the Coronavirus
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Why Coronavirus Stimulus May Come Too Late for Many Small Businesses
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Small-business owners face tough decisions as they wait for government loans to arrive
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How to Make Sure the Small-Business Bailout Works
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Critics of Stock Buybacks Will Outlast Coronavirus • Demonizing Corporate Buybacks a Bad Idea, Canaccord’s Dwyer Says
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The rent is due but many Americans can't pay the bills • Nearly 60 Percent of U.S. Workers Won't Be Able to Meet Their Basic Financial Needs Under One-Month Coronavirus Quarantine, Survey Shows
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28 percent of Americans say they've already lost wages due to coronavirus: poll
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Bill Gates outlines 3 steps US government needs to take ‘to save lives and get the country back to work’
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The earlier the better, California and Washington data shows. • Georgia Gov Shows Just How Far Behind The World He Is On Coronavirus Facts • Florida Governor, at Long Last, Orders Residents to Stay Home to Avoid Coronavirus • Trump Says He May Restrict Flights From New York Over Virus • Florida's slow response may have made its coronavirus outbreak worse • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis orders statewide shutdown after insisting the White House hadn't advised him to take bold action • Florida, Pennsylvania issue stay-at-home orders amid coronavirus outbreak • European experts ready smartphone technology to help halt coronavirus spread • All New York City playgrounds will be closed, says Gov. Cuomo • Cape Cod Residents Petition To Close Bridges During Coronavirus Pandemic • Air Force Academy eases coronavirus lockdown after two cadets die by apparent suicide • A California community closed beaches over coronavirus concerns. The emergency manager took his family anyway.
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Antibody tests to pinpoint number of U.S. coronavirus infections are key to reopening country • Why testing offers a way to end the lockdowns
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Where are the Missing 27 Million Test Kits?
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Zandi: Economy Won't Recover Until Vaccine
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“Shelter in place” is impossible if you can’t afford a home
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What if This Coronavirus Lockdown Is Only the Beginning?
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‘The line you’ve reached is busy’: Laid-off workers fight to claim unemployment aid
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Billionaire Mark Cuban has a strong message for CEOs: Millennials and Gen Zers will send your brand 'straight into the toilet' if you lay off employees during the pandemic
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Coronavirus will be ‘imprinted on the personality of our nation for a very long time,’ Fauci warns
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Gender Pay Gap: Creating More Opportunities For Women Can Add Trillions To World’s GDP, Study Shows
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These 60 large U.S. companies are ‘susceptible to a dividend cut,’ according to Jefferies
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Virus spreads and car sales, energy prices, markets tumble
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Trump Rebuffs Demands to Lift Tariffs as Economy Falters
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Lines stretch at California food banks near Disneyland as 'The Happiest Place on Earth's' home city is crippled by its closure and charities warn of 40-fold increase in pleas for help
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The Same Stimulus That Rich Countries Lean On Could Worsen Poor Economies • Investors brace for credit crisis in emerging markets
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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:

Landlords in U.S. Squeezed Between Missed Rent and Overdue Loans
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Mortgage lenders worry about cash flow if millions miss their payments on April 1
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New rallying cry among America's working class: No one should pay rent until the coronavirus ends
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Renters Are Struggling To Pay Their Landlords, and Relief Is Not On the Way
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The Case for a Rent Moratorium
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U.S. Hourly Workers Push to Get Paid Sooner
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These housing markets are in danger of a coronavirus-related recession
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A Glut of “Opportunistic” Margin Calls: Are Creditors Moving Too Quickly to Seize Assets?
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These mortgage borrowers will be ‘the first canary in the coal mine’ for a coronavirus-fueled foreclosure crisis, regulator says
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Zillow Case-Shiller February Forecast: "Ancient History"
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Manhattan Home Sellers Hold Back Listings in Coronavirus Retreat
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Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Declined in February, Lowest Since 2007
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MBA: Mortgage Refinance Applications Increased, Purchase Applications down 24% YoY • Loan Applications to Buy U.S. Homes Decline to Lowest Since 2016
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How far this recession could drive down purchase mortgage applications
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Construction Spending Decreased in February
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Outrage After Homeowners Association Targets Florida Nurse During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Chief regulator says mortgage bailout is ‘on the honor system’
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Mortgage relief is only for those who’ve lost jobs, Mnuchin says
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CARES Act mortgage foreclosure and tenant eviction relief
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Who will pay the rent this month? It matters to REITs
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Municipalities:

Muni Market Rout Returns With Record Exodus Fueling Cash Strains
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Muni Lowdown: Stimulus scenarios
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Why State and Local Debt Is Fraught Territory for the Fed
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Nuveen’s Miller Dominated Junk Muni Funds, Then They Crashed
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Oil/Gas:

Whiting Petroleum files for bankruptcy, has enough liquidity to keep operating its business • Whiting Executives Got $14.6 Million Bonuses Before Bankruptcy • Whiting Petroleum Corporation Reaches Agreement in Principle with Certain of Its Noteholders to Pursue Consensual Financial Restructuring • Shale Giant Files For Bankruptcy As Oil Price War Rages On • Whiting Bankruptcy Shows How Shale Crash Imperils Supply Chain • Whiting’s Failed ‘Comeback’ Pushes Shale Driller Into Bankruptcy • Oil’s Crash Tips Former Titan of U.S. Shale Into Bankruptcy • Denver-Based Petroleum Company Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection • ‘The other bomb’ — Cramer’s warning as first shale company files for Chapter 11 • Whiting Bankruptcy Shows How Shale Crash Imperils Supply Chain • Oil Price Crash Pushes Whiting Petroleum To Bankruptcy As Stock Slumps 91% • U.S. shale company Whiting becomes first major bankruptcy of oil-price crash • Oil producer files for bankruptcy amid virus, low prices
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Summary: New Chapter 11 Filing - CARBO Ceramics
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Oil’s crash starts claiming victims across the industry
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First Few Shale Bankruptcies Probably Would Have Happened Anyway
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Haynes And Boone Report Forecasts Oil Lending Bloodbath • Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey • Energy Bank Price Deck Survey
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Oil Slump Sees Moody’s Slap BP, Equinor And Total With ‘Negative’ Outlooks
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Oil prices surge nearly 10% after Trump says Russia-Saudi feud can be resolved • Oil Futures Rebound Masks Strain on Plunging Physical Market • Trump Administration’s Oil Diplomacy Looks Like Good Cop-Bad Cop
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Some U.S. bond funds escape full trauma of energy meltdown
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$1 Oil: Saudi Arabia's Attempt To Crush U.S. Shale
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The world could soon run out of space to store oil. That may plunge prices below zero • Overflowing Oil Tanks Have Traders Eyeing Rail Cars for Storage • Negative Oil Prices? They’re Already Here
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Shipping U.S. Oil to China Now Costs Half as Much as the Cargo
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Oil, gasoline stockpiles jump as demand deteriorates
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$20 per barrel oil sends energy companies to restructuring specialists in droves
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U.S. Drillers Face Doomsday Scenario As Some Crude Blends Hit $1
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Oil Giants Turn On Each Other As Crude Prices Plummet
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Several BP offshore workers test positive for coronavirus
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Private Equity Can’t Escape the Pain of Shale Country’s Collapse
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Trump Says Russia and Saudi Arabia Are Discussing End to Oil Price War
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Russia Says No One Should Intervene in Saudi Oil War
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Who Is Really Responsible For The Oil Price War
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Oil prices rally on growing hopes for Russia-Saudi Arabia pact
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Exxon, other U.S. oil companies to meet with Trump for aid • Energy CEOs will meet with Trump Friday at the White House as oil prices tumble
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U.S. oil industry pumps near record volumes even as demand and prices collapse
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Oil prices could soon turn negative as the world runs out of places to store crude, analysts warn
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Massive New Mine Owned by Suncor, Teck Could Be Oil-Sands’ First Victim of Price War
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Municipalities:

These states could be hit with the biggest job losses from coronavirus pandemic
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Billion-Dollar Blows to U.S. States Crater Spending Plans
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Healthcare:

Bankrupt Astria Regional hospital will temporarily reopen under Washington state control, may add 200+ beds for COVID-19 patients • Hospital reopening is the right thing; now, make it happen soon
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Decision nears for Ellwood City Medical Center
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Successful bidder for Williamson hospital has proven track record
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The Cautionary Tale from a Hospital Closing
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Rural areas fear spread of virus as more hospitals close
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States Order Health Insurers to Keep Covering Workers in Pandemic
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Health Insurance and Bankruptcy Risk: Examining the Impact of the Affordable Care Act
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Estimates Show Wuhan Death Toll Far Higher Than Official Figure • China hid extent of outbreak, US intelligence reportedly says • Is China Underreporting Its Coronavirus Figures? • Trump says he doesn’t know if China underreported numbers
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Trump Says He’s Looking at Hazard Pay for Health-Care Workers
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The stark differences in countries’ coronavirus death rates, explained
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Health care workers see wave of coronavirus coming in their ranks
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Coronavirus is now the third leading cause of death in the US, doctor says
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240,000 U.S. Virus Deaths Don't Have to Happen • White House Now Predicting Up to 240,000 Will Die
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1,000 Died in America Yesterday from Virus
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Pentagon Seeking 100,000 Body Bags for Civilians in Crisis
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Anthony Fauci given security detail after receiving threats
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US coronavirus cases top 200,000 as virus spreads and testing ramps up
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April 1 Update: US COVID-19 Tests per Day; More Testing Needed
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Virus hot spots clamor for quick tests; administration officials debate where to send them
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Nearly 3,000 sailors to leave carrier amid virus outbreak
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Pence: Coronavirus impact in U.S. may be "most comparable" to Italy
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Global coronavirus cases will hit 1 million and 50,000 deaths in a few days, WHO officials say
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A grim reminder that these women get paid less than men — even on the front lines of coronavirus
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28 University of Texas spring breakers who flouted public health advice test positive for coronavirus • Of course these spring breakers returned to Texas with coronavirus
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Coronavirus: How sick will you get? • 10 coronavirus symptoms you may not be aware of, from malaise and dizziness to digestive issues • Researchers finally explained the weirdest coronavirus symptom • When you can’t smell, should you suspect coronavirus? • Coronavirus can spread one to three days before symptoms appear: CDC study • More evidence indicates healthy people can spread virus • How long should you stay in isolation after coronavirus symptoms go away? • Why Are So Many More Men Dying from Coronavirus? • More evidence indicates healthy people can spread virus • When a retired janitor died, crowds flocked to his funeral and mourned together. Within weeks, their city was overrun by coronavirus cases • Fewer Coronavirus Deaths Seen in Countries That Mandate TB Vaccine
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Australia begins coronavirus vaccine tests
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White House advisor Fauci says coronavirus vaccine trial is on target
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Chloroquine Helped, but Not Magic Bullet
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Many New York Coronavirus Patients Are Young, Surprising Doctors
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N.J. Rate of Virus Increases Is Diminishing, Governor Says
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More than 4,000 coronavirus cases in Washington region with peak still weeks away
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U.S. coronavirus updates: Death toll tops 5,000
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California coronavirus deaths surge past 200 as L.A., O.C. see massive rise in daily infections • More than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in L.A. in 2 days as death toll surges to 65 • Coronavirus cases approach 10,000 as California braces for worsening conditions
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MA: Shutdowns and stay-at-home orders may be slowing spread of coronavirus, new data show
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`A battlefield behind your home’: Deaths mount in New York • New York deaths double in 3 days, with worst to come • New York virus toll doubles in 72 hours as hot spots spread • New York 'like a battlefield'
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City Deploys 45 Mobile Morgues as Virus Deaths Strain Funeral Homes
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New York's scramble to brace for peak crisis is warning for rest of U.S.
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Doctors deal with the stress of the COVID-19 crisis
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NYPD considered ‘DOA Teams’ to collect bodies of coronavirus victims
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The Coronavirus Patients Betrayed by Their Own Immune Systems
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The US is running low on more than a dozen drugs that hospitals need to treat critically ill coronavirus patients
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Some hospitals are facing an oxygen shortage amid coronavirus crisis
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Protective gear in national stockpile is nearly depleted, DHS officials say
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Tension, Fear Grip U.S. Health Workers With Critical Protective Gear Running Low
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The Burning Man community is helping to get masks, other supplies to hospitals
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Hospital Is Not Allowing Nurses To Wear Masks In Thick Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Furious Nurse Says
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Face masks and coronavirus: Asia may have been right and the rest of the world is coming around
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US surgeon general asks CDC to see if face masks can prevent coronavirus spread
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Chinese scientists on hunt for coronavirus treatment find ‘effective’ antibodies
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Trump is refusing to reopen the Obamacare exchanges to help millions of uninsured Americans get coverage during the coronavirus pandemic
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What the Nurses See: Bronx Hospital Reels as Coronavirus Swamps New York
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Rikers Island Prisoners Are Being Offered $6 an Hour to Dig Mass Graves
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Texas border town orders residents to cover faces amid coronavirus crisis
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The bizarre reality of being new parents in the age of coronavirus
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Tesla is shipping FDA-approved ventilators to hospitals around the world free of charge during the coronavirus pandemic
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Should Doctors Have the Right to Withhold Care From the Sickest?
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The World’s Sports Stadiums Are Being Converted Into Hospitals to Fight the Coronavirus Outbreak • Queens tennis stadium to become temporary hospital during coronavirus pandemic
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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 (91 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

‘It’s really a question of when.’ The coronavirus pandemic is about to spawn a surge in bankruptcies, experts say
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Bankruptcy Reform:

The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 Makes a Timely Arrival
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CARES Act: Bankruptcy Provisions
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COVID-19: Small Business Bankruptcy Relief
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CARES Act expands eligibility under Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019
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Considerations for the Not-So-Small Small Business Owner in Seeking Relief Under the Bankruptcy Code
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CARES Act Temporarily Expands Certain Bankruptcy Relief Available to Small Businesses
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Summary of the Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code Contained in the CARES Act
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Mediation:

Mediation Can (And Must) Embrace Social Distancing
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Trustees:

BK ID Seeks Ch. 7 Trustee
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Fiduciary Duty:

Fiduciary Duties in Times of Financial Distress
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Environmental:

Court Holds Environmental Penalties Are Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
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Sales:

363 Preparedness: Practical Sell-Side Tips
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Credit Bids: Buyer Beware
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Corporate Governance:

Coronavirus Is Putting Corporate Social Responsibility to the Test
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UST:

U.S. Trustee Program Extends Telephonic Section 341 Meetings to Cases Filed Through May 10, 2020
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Change in Chapter 11 Quarterly Fee Payment Processing Time
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Divestment:

Bankruptcy Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Decide Motion to Stay Pending Appeal
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle
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Student Debt:

How The CARES Act Can Minimize Your Federal Student Loan And Tax Payments
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Here's What Lawyers Need to Know About Student Loan Relief
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Religion:

Texas Pastors Sue To Protect Right To Share Germs (And Jesus) During Pandemic
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Louisiana Pastor Said He Violated Governor’s COVID-19 Order ‘Because the Lord Told Us to’
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Louisiana church packed for services again despite charges against pastor amid pandemic
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TX Gov overrides local rules on religious gatherings amid coronavirus crisis
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New accusations against most senior Catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse
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Fraud:

March 2020 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Legal Experts Say Prosecuting Sen. Burr for Insider Trading Would Be ‘Very Difficult’
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New disclosure reveals Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her husband dumped retail stock and bought shares in a company that manufacturers medical supplies
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Lori Loughlin and 13 other defendants move to dismiss charges in college admissions scandal • Parents Charged With College Cheating Assail Government’s Case
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Mail:

Does The Post Office Need A Pension Bailout, And What Does That Have To Do With The Coronavirus?
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Guns:

Rand Paul pushed for new DHS guidance deeming firearms industry workers ‘essential’ during coronavirus crisis
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Basketball:

Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus
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Private Equity:

Private equity firms will get a liquidity cushion for payroll tax holiday
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Media:

Media industry girds for canceled sports seasons and a fight for refunds
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With baseball postponed, workers for regional sports network left without pay are uncertain what comes next
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History:

Past Epidemics Changed How We Live
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What New York Looked Like During the 1918 Flu Pandemic
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Aviation:

'Let them go bankrupt': Billionaire bond king Jeffrey Gundlach explains why the government should let cash-strapped airlines go belly-up - and says intervention will just end up juicing their profits
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American Airlines apologizes for mistakenly offering hundreds of pilots leave amid coronavirus • American Air Withdraws Pilot Leave Offers After ‘Miscalculation’
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Boeing to Offer Early Retirement, Buyouts Due to Virus
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Deal Shows Virus-Hit Airlines Can Sell Debt But at Steep Cost
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Trump considering grounding domestic flights to coronavirus hot spots
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Assistance Available to Passenger Airlines and Airports
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Kenya Airways Seeks State Support to Survive Next Six Months
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Govt may further extend deadline to bid for Air India
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Qantas can do without government loan, says biggest shareholder
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EasyJet Explores Fundraising Options to Ride Out Slump • EasyJet Founder Escalates Spending Row With Challenge to Board
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British Airways to reportedly suspend 36,000 of its employees
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway took a $5 billion hit on its airline stocks last quarter
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China’s domestic aviation recovers, but only mildly, from virus shutdowns
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Lawmakers demand airlines refund customers for coronavirus cancellations • United refunds passenger $1,200 for coronavirus cancellation • America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with customers, travel expert says
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Stricken Airlines Risk Clash With EU in Bid to Avoid Refunds
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Boeing 737 MAX Deliveries In Question As Europe’s Airlines Preserve Cash For Survival
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American Airlines Set To Retire 105 Planes Early
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Airlines will offer fewer choices and higher fares after the coronavirus crisis
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Airlines facing what official calls "deepest crisis ever"
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Could Airlines Be Nationalized? As Italy Takes Full Ownership Of Alitalia, Will More Airlines Follow?
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Global Eagle eyes debt restructuring • In-flight entertainment company Global Eagle explores debt restructuring
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Eastar Jet, union in talks over job cuts on virus impact
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ie: Crisis could hit aircraft lessors based in Republic
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Utilities:

CEO of Bankrupt Utility PG&E Earned $18.5 Million in 2019
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Furniture:

Art Van may be sliding toward Chapter 7 liquidation • Robert Levin’s hopes to rescue W. Pa. furniture chain complicated by Art Van bankruptcy
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Donghia files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Paper Products:

Top U.S. toilet paper maker: ‘We’re working around the clock’
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Newspapers:

Gannett suspends dividend and negotiates with creditors, to cut jobs and executive salaries
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Hotels:

What to do with distressed hotels. Lender (and borrower) guide
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Hotel Occupancy Rates Slide Even More With U.S. Travel Shut Down
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Coal:

Murray Energy, U.S.’ largest private coal company, looks at possibility of liquidation
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Nursing Homes:

Nursing home lockdowns are forcing families to say goodbye
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Union demands protection for nursing home staff amid coronavirus pandemic
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UK:

Wimbledon Is Canceled as Britain Remains on Lockdown
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UK bank shares plunge after sector halts dividends on BoE warning
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Almost 1 million Brits apply for benefits in just two weeks as survey reveals 27% of businesses are laying off staff
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U.K. Struggles to Use Virus Tests as Pressure Mounts on Johnson • Senior public health official voices frustration over lack of coronavirus testing • ‘Shambles’ and ‘ridiculous’: Why the UK media is scathing about the coronavirus-testing chaos
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U.K. Property Fund Freeze Hits $25 Billion as Virus Rocks Values
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Five Lenders Withdraw From U.K. Small Business Rescue Plan
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Hospitals in England order doctors to shave beards amid coronavirus crisis
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Virus Leaves Thatcher’s Children with Bigger Nightmare Than 2008
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EU:

Brussels eyes markets to fund €100bn pandemic jobs scheme
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Which Law Applies When Determining the Validity of an Assignment of Receivables Cross-Border? Update
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EU response to corona crisis ‘poor,’ says senior Greek official
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Europe should see a ‘tick mark’ recovery after a coronavirus plunge, economists say
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European Commission Proposes State Wage Support Program
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Coronavirus reopens Europe's angry divide
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PIIGS:

‘This looks like operating in a war zone’: Italian doctor who treated Italy’s ‘Patient 1’ battles to save lives from coronavirus
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Making Sense of Italy’s Staggering COVID-19 Death Toll • Italy's Coronavirus Death Toll Far Higher Than Reported • Study says virus death toll in Italian province is double the official tally
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Europeans See Glimmer of Hope in Italy’s Virus Stabilization
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Turkish pandemic airlift reveals new NATO mission
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World’s Virus Crisis Fighters Can Learn From Greek Tales of Woe
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Canada:

Trudeau’s Fiscal Package Reaches $176 Billion With Latest Steps
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Russia:

New law on bankruptcy moratorium comes in force in Russia
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Moscow rolls out tracking app to ‘ensure self-discipline’ during coronavirus lockdown
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China:

Chinese county says in lockdown after coronavirus cases
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Chinese city bans eating dogs and cats in response to coronavirus
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China’s Jobless Rate to Rise as Canceled Orders Hurt Manufacturers
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For some Chinese businesses, no going back to pre-coronavirus ways
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Trillions in Rescue Aren’t Coming From China
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How China Beat Coronavirus
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Brazil:

Bolsonaro, Isolated and Defiant, Dismisses Coronavirus Threat to Brazil
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Bulgaria:

Bulgaria plans to extend state of emergency until May 13
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Germany:

Mass testing, empty ICUs: Germany scores early against virus • Germany conducting more than 50,000 coronavirus tests a day
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German Government Extends Nationwide Lockdown Until April 19
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A Fifth of German Workforce Could Have Hours Cut Amid Lockdown
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German Department Store Galeria Files for Creditor Protection
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What should German organizations be doing to mitigate the impact of Covid-19?
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France:

Learning on the job: French student doctor thrown into coronavirus front line
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India:

India’s Grim Coronavirus Exodus Has Some Ugly Echoes
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Toaster-sized Ventilator From India Helps Hospitals In Virus Fight
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India automaker Maruti Suzuki made ‘no sales’ since virus lockdown
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Russia:

Bank of Russia Starts Crisis Briefings as Nation Shuts Down
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Roadblocks Go Up as Russian Towns Seek Isolation From Virus
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Venezuela:

Poorest Caracas Neighborhoods Flout Maduro’s Virus Lockdown
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Argentina:

Argentina provides guidance for $83 billion debt restructuring
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Argentina postpones debt restructuring deadline
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Somalia:

Paris Club creditors cancel $1.4B of Somalia's debt
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MENA:

Israelis told to wear face masks in public, mark religious holidays with close family only • Israel’s health minister has virus, top officials to isolate
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Pakistani Court Overturns Murder Conviction in Death of Journalist Daniel Pearl
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Philippines:

Duterte warns those who violate coronavirus lockdown will be shot dead
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Norway:

Coronavirus leaves wealthy Norway facing tough spending choices
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Asia:

Coronavirus epicenter could ‘possibly’ shift back to Asia: Public health expert
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Singapore:

Proposed Bill to protect firms, individuals with contractual obligations affected by COVID-19
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Australia:

Australia Offers Free Childcare in Further Support to Workers
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