Law:

'Painfully, Sadly, Far Too Many Bankruptcies': Gibson Dunn Top Litigator on What's Coming Post-COVID-19
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Am Law 100 Firm Goes With Good News / Bad News Approach To COVID-19 Austerity Measures
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More Associate Salaries On The Biglaw COVID-19 Chopping Block
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US law firms more aggressive than UK peers in cutting pay
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The Legal Industry Outlook May Be Bleak But At Least One Biglaw Firm Is Already Working Hard On The Recovery
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The COVID Crisis Law Firm Layoff Tracker: What’s Your Firm Doing To Survive?
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Lawyers Get Pay Cuts, Furloughs as Firms Grapple With Downturn
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Cozen's Biz Van Gelder Has Made Some Discoveries In the 'Uncharted Waters' of the Virus Era
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Arnold & Porter Resists Pay Cuts as COVID-19 Crisis Follows Revenue Dip
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Pay Cuts, Layoffs, and More: How Law Firms Are Managing the Pandemic
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Coronavirus Crisis Could Bring Big Changes to Legal Operations
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Is Coronavirus an ‘Act of God?’ Lawyers Say That’s Complicated
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Dentons Joins In Compensation Cuts, But Vows It Won't Abandon US Growth Strategy
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Bar Exam Postponed by COVID-19, Provisional Admission Ordered
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February's Average Multistate Bar Exam Score Hits All-Time Low
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NY Firms’ Promotions Rose Over Last Year, As Did Share of Female New Partners
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System Overload: Lagging Internet May Be Inconvenient Mainstay for Attorneys
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You can burn out when you’re working from home, too
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Lawyer who took off pants at security checkpoint fights bid to be ousted from representing clients
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King & Spalding Argues Feds Should Destroy, or Return, Sealed Billing Records
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Cease & Desist Letter About Literal Poop Is The Entertainment We All Need Right Now
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Roger Stone Jurors, Citing Trump Tweets, Say They've Been Threatened and Fear Harassment
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Michael Cohen reportedly writing tell-all book on Donald Trump
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Ex-Trump campaign aide Rick Gates asks to serve sentence at home over pandemic fears
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Trump shares post saying John Durham indictments could come ‘this week’
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Bill Cosby Wouldn't Survive COVID-19: Lawyer
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Court: Tx. Can Block Medicine Abortions
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Lawyers Predict a 'Huge Explosion' in Worker Class Actions Over COVID-19
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California Sees First Inmate Death Days After Judge Rejects Releases
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Judge rips feds over prison quarantine policies
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Coronavirus crime wave threatens to emerge from economic downturn and prisoner releases
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Inmate dies from COVID-19 just weeks before his release
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NY Nurses sue state Health Department, two hospitals over PPE failures • Nurses Sue Montefiore for ‘Systemic Failure’ to Protect Them
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Guatemala says 50 migrants deported from U.S. test positive for coronavirus
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Unanimous Jury Verdict Required to Convict, Supreme Court Rules
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US police departments are using Chinese drones to enforce social distancing, raising security concerns
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Lawsuit claims sheriff threatened to arrest teen if she didn’t delete COVID-19 social media posts
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The Coronavirus Is Testing America’s Commitment to People’s Constitutional Rights
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'Police Can't Stop Me': Man Allegedly Threatened Mayor over Stay-at-Home Order
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Trump says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the US
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NYPD bust large party in Brooklyn that violated coronavirus orders
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Supreme Court to Hear Major Computer Fraud Case on Cop Who Searched License Plate of a Stripper
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Florida Beach Cops on COVID-19 Patrol Found Suspect in Pennsylvania Homicide: Police
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Nebraska Lawyer Who Ghost-Helped Girlfriend With Case Gets Reprimand
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Coronavirus Devastates Detroit Police, From the Chief on Down
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A coronavirus yard sale? Idaho cops say woman cited for violating stay-at-home order
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Florida woman charged with violating lockdown after Airbnb party led to shooting
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Stirrings of unrest could portend turmoil as economies collapse
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Reports Of Anti-Asian Attacks In NYC Have Skyrocketed Compared To This Time Last Year
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Experts: Coronavirus brings spike in anti-Semitic sentiments
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Firm rents empty flats as a temporary ‘coronavirus divorce’ to stressed couples
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‘Lines dropped out, witnesses didn’t know where to go’: justice in times of coronavirus
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Judges:

Bankruptcy judge rejects early COVID-19 argument: A cautionary tale?
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Lawyers Are Phoning In for Oral Arguments. Here's How One Federal Judge Thinks It's Going
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Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Noach Dear Dies of Complications From Coronavirus
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Justice Gorsuch Criticized Dissenting Colleagues for Not Having the Courage to Overturn ‘Admittedly’ Wrong Precedent
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Justice Alito Deeply Offended That People Might Think Jim Crow Was Racist
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US Supreme Court chief John Roberts takes aim at Neil Gorsuch’s “evocative” claims in EPA case
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Justices Sharply Fracture Over When to Overturn Precedent
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Wall Street:

Dow futures point to 500-point drop at the open as historic sell-off in oil continues
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European markets slide on US crude plunge; oil and gas sector down 4.5%
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Historic plunge in oil prices sends U.S. stocks reeling, with Dow losing nearly 600 points
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S&P 500 may slump below 2,000 by summer, despite Fed’s efforts, predicts economist
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‘They Don’t Know What to Say’: Company Earnings Add to Confusion
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Layoffs:

Grant Thornton cuts staff pay to weather expected fall in profits
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Coronavirus Layoffs: ViacomCBS, Cantor Fitzgerald Latest To Shed Jobs Amid Pandemic
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Why Disney is furloughing workers and the other media giants aren’t
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Aviation:

United Airlines posts $2.1 billion loss amid coronavirus, seeks more federal aid • United lost $2.1 billion in the first quarter because of coronavirus, and it's a dark sign of just how bad things will get for the airline industry • United Gives First Glimpse Of How Ugly First Quarter Was For U.S. Airlines With $2.1B Pre-Tax Loss Warning
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Bailout interest rate for US airlines is as low as 1%
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Miami Air International Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Prompting Concerns About Victims of Miami Air Flight 293 Crash
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Treasury officials finalize agreements with airlines for coronavirus-related relief
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Bully Boy US Airlines - The Parable Of The Elephants And The Mice
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How Australian airline Qantas is taking care of its grounded planes amid Covid-19
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Emirates Plans Vacant Seats Between Passengers to Stop Virus
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Empty Middle Seats On A Plane? They Won’t Last Long
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The plunge in oil prices is the last thing Boeing and Airbus need right now
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Airline troubles could last well beyond coronavirus outbreak, expert says
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Work resuming at Boeing plants following virus shutdown
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Paralyzed planes: Should airline bailouts come with climate conditions?
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Sir Richard Branson calls for government bailout, warns of repercussions of Virgin Australia collapse • Virgin Australia Falls Into Administration • Virgin Australia, nation’s second-largest airline, seeks bankruptcy protection amid coronavirus shutdown • Virgin Australia staff react to airline's insolvency as Queensland tourism braces for turbulence • Virgin Australia enters bankruptcy as pandemic hits air industry • Desperate to Save Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson Makes a Surprising Offer. It Could Be Too Late • Richard Branson Doesn't Have a Drop to Drink
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The Era of Airline Buccaneers May Be Ending
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TSA checkpoint travel numbers
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DOT grants exemptions to Delta, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines under CARES Act obligations
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Coronavirus cancellations: Delta Air Lines hit with class-action lawsuit alleging airline is refusing refunds • What To Do If An Airline Won’t Refund Your Canceled Flight • Plea in SC red flags airlines not issuing refunds despite govt order
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Go Airlines India to furlough 90% of employees amid Covid-19 lockdown
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Kenya Airways becomes cargo airline “to stay afloat”
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Korean Airlines Seeking Bailout As Airlines Cut Costs
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AirAsia India the first private airline to close bookings till further notice
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Richard Branson pledges to mortgage Caribbean home to help business
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15 coronavirus-linked deaths in the airline industry in 9 days. Why are planes still flying?
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Once Global Norwegian Shrinks Home Amid Coronavirus Crisis • Norwegian Crisis Continues As Four Staffing Companies Go Bankrupt
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Autos:

Ally Says 25% of Customers Have Asked for Help With Auto Loans
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Here’s Why High Interest Loans Will Bankrupt Ford
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Ford: Cash for Clunkers a Possibility
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GM and Ford face billions in losses from historic car-price drop
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European new car sales plunge by 51.8% in March due to coronavirus: ACEA
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Finance:

JPMorgan Asset Seeks Collateral Protection in Private Lending
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Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Among Banks Sued by Small-Business Owners
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Museums:

A Museum Devoted to Survivors Now Faces its Own Fight to Live
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Religion:

Christian Groups That Resist Public-Health Guidelines Are Forgetting a Key Part of the Religion’s History
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Kansas federal judge blocks governor’s limit on religious gatherings
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‘Jesus is my vaccine’: Hundreds of protesters gather without protective gear in Pennsylvania
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Coronavirus Dims Ramadan Celebrations • Restrictions upend centuries-old Ramadan traditions
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Unhinged video shows lockdown-defying pastor Tony Spell climbing on pulpit, spinning in circles, and ranting about his arrest
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Arrest warrant issued for defiant Louisiana pastor
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If Liquor Stores Are Essential During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Why Isn’t Church?
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Sports:

Japanese disease expert ‘very pessimistic’ Tokyo Olympics can happen next summer
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NBA will begin withholding 25% of players’ salaries during COVID-19 pandemic
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After XFL’s bankruptcy, KeShun Freeman ‘just thankful’
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Tokyo Olympics, IOC conflict over who pays for postponement
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Cricket Australia could lose ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ in coronavirus crisis
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Movies:

Hollywood’s Specialized Backstage Workers Try to Soldier On
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Venice Film Festival Set to Proceed With 2020 Edition Despite Coronavirus Pandemic
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‘Batman’ Delay Shows Virus Is Even Upending 2021 Movie Schedule
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Reopening Hollywood: How Theater Chains Will Try To Restore Customer Confidence In Moviegoing
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AMC Theatres Analyst "Increasingly Confident" Exhibitor Can Avoid Bankruptcy
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Education:

Just Give Up On Distance Learning
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Virginia school district cancels online program, begins investigation
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Students are weary of online classes, but colleges can't say whether they'll open in fall 2020
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College Furloughs Have Begun • Washington University to furlough 1,300 employees
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Vermont State Colleges Propose Closing Northern Vermont University, Randolph Campus
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Left out of stimulus payments, Minnesota college students fear for future
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Less than 1 percent of federal emergency cash for college students doled out
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University of Michigan imposes hiring, salary freezes to face anticipated losses of $400M to $1B
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Imperial College London warns of cuts in face of coronavirus
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Ivy League bailout: Colleges with billions get more millions
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Tourism:

'It's beyond frustrating': tensions peak as Hawaii locals urge tourists to stay out
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Florida's charter fishing industry is hurting, and operators don't see any relief coming
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Resorts:

Empty resorts spell long crisis for Caribbean as coronavirus hits
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Transit:

MTA Weighs Death Payout as States’ Front-Line Virus Toll Soars
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Consumer Finance:

Goldman sees spike in payment holiday requests in retail unit
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Newspapers:

McClatchy’s top creditors offer to buy company
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Furloughs, layoffs and revenue drops: Region's newspapers feeling pandemic pinch
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Tax:

IRS Eases Tax Enforcement During Virus Shutdown
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Utilities:

PG&E’s bankruptcy plan following deadly NorCal wildfires moves toward approval
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Fitness:

24 Hour Fitness reportedly considers bankruptcy options as the coronavirus pandemic continues to squeeze gyms across the US
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Celebs:

Tom Brady was thrown out of closed park by a Tampa recreation worker
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Banking:

Nobody's Talking about Health of Banks
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Auto Racing:

Abbott OKs NASCAR Race in Fort Worth
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Festivals:

The Coronavirus and the Fragile Music Festival Economy
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Telecoms:

Once-Bankrupt Ligado Triumphs With Hired Hands Close to Trump
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 69.8% Year-over-year to All Time Record Low
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Aerospace:

After bankruptcy, OneWeb’s supply chain looking for new ways to keep busy
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Tech:

Zoom took months to repair a flaw that would allow hackers to take complete control of a computer, even after multiple researchers and clients reported the vulnerability to the company
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Huawei’s revenue growth slows sharply amid US blacklisting and virus outbreak
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Economy:

El-Erian sees US economy contracting up to 14% this year due to coronavirus
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Another Recession Gauge Signals Longest U.S. Expansion Has Ended
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"Chicago Fed National Activity Index Suggests Economic Growth Decreased Substantially in March"
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Coronavirus likely to transform world far more than 1918 flu pandemic
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'The world is more than 15% screwed up': Billionaire investor Howard Marks warned the recent stock rally doesn't reflect reality
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Global Trade Bellwether Sends Ominous Sign About Demand
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The Second Phase of Unemployment Will Be Harsher
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Coronavirus recession could plunge tens of millions into poverty, new report warns
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States Burn Through Cash for Unemployment Payments
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Steve Mnuchin thinks the economy will bounce back in “months.” That’s very unlikely.
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Schumer: Small business loans were delayed to help minority communities
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Congress is close to a deal on a roughly $450 billion small-business funding bill • Senate sets up Tuesday vote on aid plan as talks near agreement • AOC threatens to oppose ‘small’ coronavirus bill, pitches tax hike • Trump’s push for more small-business money hits last-minute snag amid fight over virus testing • White House, Congress near deal for more small-business money, trying to work through last-minute snags • Congress’ $300B package for small businesses may only last days: report
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Trump administration faces backlash over loan programme
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The Design Flaw At The Heart Of The CARES Act
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Battle lines drawn over next stimulus bill
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A taekwondo studio teaches the integrity missing in the small business loan program
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White House, GOP face heat after hotel and restaurant chains helped run small business program dry
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Most Small Firms Report Not Yet Getting Money From Virus Funds
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Pelosi to Small Businesses: Let Them Eat Ice Cream
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Scores of US public companies took small business funds
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Oversight of $2 trillion coronavirus relief act hasn't gotten off the ground
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Coronavirus Relief Bill Includes Tax Benefit for Millionaires That Will Cost Taxpayers $90 Billion
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The Fed's coronavirus response could have unintended results
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Earnings are set for their biggest dive since late 2009 — and it gets worse from here
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Most Americans Concerned U.S. Moving Too Quickly to Reopen Economy: Poll • White House Tells Federal Workers to Prepare to Return to Office • Trump Says Some Governors Have 'Gone Too Far' With Coronavirus Restrictions • Florida reports more coronavirus cases than ever, opens beaches anyway • 7 Reasons We Can’t Yet Reopen America • Reopening After The Plague: The Corporations Get A Vote, Too • The Corporate Coronavirus Plan to Reopen: Make It Up as You Go • Officials Start to Paint Picture of What Summer Will Look Like Amid Coronavirus Outbreak • Governors headed for messy fight over coronavirus restrictions • Coronavirus restrictions begin to ease in some places; wedge between states and White House deepens • Law puts expansive emergency power in TX gov's hands • Governor sets Georgia on aggressive course to reopen • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis looks to open the state to business again • Wyoming, relatively spared by virus thus far, weighs safety and freedoms • Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina Move to Reopen as Hot Spots Emerge • Ohio’s DeWine Juggles Covid-19’s Realities and Trump’s Fantasies • Federal government seeks to 'ramp back up' operations as states reopen • What’s the best way to lift a lockdown? Germany could have the answers • WHO warns rush to ease Covid-19 measures could spark resurgence of virus • Nations credited with fast response to coronavirus moving to gradually reopen businesses • Charts: How Soon Your State Reopens
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White House readies push to slash regulations as major part of its coronavirus economic recovery plan
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Frustrated by Lack of Coronavirus Tests, Maryland Got 500,000 From South Korea • White House to hold call with governors on testing supplies
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New coronavirus plan would test millions a week, cost up to $100 billion
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Dr. Fauci urges caution about relying on coronavirus antibody tests • Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver • Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York will roll out antibody testing in ‘aggressive way’ this week
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Fauci warns US needs to TRIPLE coronavirus testing and says ending lockdowns too soon could backfire
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WHO chief on coronavirus pandemic: ‘The worst is yet ahead’
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Ex-FDA chief says U.S. likely won’t have broad-based coronavirus testing until September
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Bipartisan breakthrough? Pols unveil ‘Back to Work’ plan for reopening economy with emphasis on mass testing
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Trump insists again that states are responsible for coronavirus testing
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Brett Giroir, Trump’s testing czar, was forced out of a job developing vaccine projects. Now he’s on the hot seat.
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Coronavirus vaccine researcher says people can get COVID-19 twice
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Getting unemployment has been a nightmare for millions of people across the country • Coronavirus-Related Unemployment Claims Take Down Registration Sites • ‘I may be homeless once this is all done’: Some Americans aren’t getting unemployment checks
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The White House stalls tariff payments for pandemic-battered firms while keeping taxes against China unchanged
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The randomness of "essential" businesses
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NYC extends cancellation of summer festivals, concerts and parades through June
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California Entrepreneurs Buck Trend, Keep Forming Businesses
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As Latinos lose jobs, remittances to their relatives in Latin America dry up
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From Response To Resilience: Economic Recovery Routes Beyond COVID-19
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Do We Have What It Takes For An Economic Rebound?
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Emerging markets may get ‘left behind’ in coronavirus crisis, says Eurasia Group
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Lockdowns will starve people in low-income countries
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Job losses across Asia-Pacific could double due to coronavirus, says S&P Global
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The coronavirus pandemic has people rethinking their plans for having kids
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A Wealth Tax Is the Logical Way to Support Coronavirus Relief • A Wealth Tax Isn't the Right Way to Pay for the Pandemic
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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:

Mansion Owner Ditches Virus-Spurred Bankruptcy Suspension Motion
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Excluded From Bailouts, Mortgage Servicers Face Cash Crunch
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What It’s Like Self-Isolating in a Studio Apartment
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Municipalities:

Robots Bought Munis During Record Sell-Off’s ‘Baptism of Fire’
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L.A. school district confronts $200 million in coronavirus costs and a grim budget future
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The Long, Hard Road Ahead to Revive New York City’s Economy
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De Blasio To Trump: ‘Are You Telling New York City To Drop Dead?’
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Oil/Gas:

US oil prices climb briefly above zero before plunging back into negative territory • Oil meltdown spreads beyond expiring contracts as WTI falls 42%
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U.S. crude-oil futures tumble toward biggest one-day drop in history • Oil plunges 321% into negative territory for the first time ever as demand evaporates • Oil prices plunge to two-decade low as Covid-19 lockdowns erode demand • Free-Falling: U.S. Oil Drops Below $2 Per Barrel As Demand Disappears
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Why WTI Crude Fell 306% in One Day
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This Oil Crash Not as Bad as It Seems
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Oil market is ‘emblematic’ of everything wrong with the economy, Jim Cramer says
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What the Negative Price of Oil Is Telling Us
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World’s Biggest Oil Storage Firm Says Almost All Space Is Sold
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An oil futures contract expiring Tuesday turned negative as demand for crude collapses • Oil prices dip below zero as producers forced to pay to dispose of excess • Oil prices close below zero in unprecedented collapse • Oil prices turned negative. Hundreds of US oil companies could go bankrupt
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Oil Prices Plummet And May Futures Turn Negative As American Storage Tanks Fill Up
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Oil price plunge below zero sends ‘oil tourists’ on wild ride
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'We don't think this is the end of it': Goldman Sachs' commodities expert explains why oil market chaos can continue into mid-May
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Anyone who thinks oil has hit a floor is playing with fire — prices can go lower
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AOC deletes tweet celebrating oil crash
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OPEC+ Bid to Save Oil Industry Overwhelmed by Demand Collapse
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Traders piled $1.6 billion into an oil ETF last week — right before prices went negative for the first time in history
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Maybe a 24% Yield Was Right for Junk Energy Bonds
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Uncharted Valuation Territory: What Is A Barrel Or An Acre Worth Today?
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These U.S. oil companies are most at risk in the danger zone
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Oil market in ‘supercontango’ underlines storage fears as coronavirus destroys crude demand • American oil is crashing because it has nowhere to go
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Halliburton Slashes Spending to Brace for Sharp Demand Drop
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U.S. gasoline prices drop to more than 10-year lows in some states
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Texas, Like OPEC, Can't Turn Back Time for Oil
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Energy stocks take a broad dive as oil prices sink
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Russia’s Oil Producers Told by Ministry to Cut Output by Fifth
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Bottom-Calling Bets on $4.3 Billion ETF Go Bad Amid Oil Plunge
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Food/Beverage:

Paycheck Protection Program Leaves Restaurant Industry With Questions
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Restaurant Apocalypse: 8 million restaurant workers are now unemployed, as the industry braces for $240 billion in losses
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Industry experts say all restaurant owners should do these 7 things to stay afloat and boost sales during the coronavirus pandemic
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Shake Shack is giving hourly employees a temporary 10% raise after it gave back $10 million in small business loans and raised $150 million in stock offerings
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NORPAC sues farmers who demand crop payments
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Liquor-store closures force Americans to drive across state lines for alcohol
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‘Overwhelming in so many different ways’: Food pantries face exhaustion and infection along with huge demand
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Gov’t relief loans to restaurant chains draw complaints
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Wineries get creative to boost sales, keep workers employed during coronavirus crisis
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Minnesota Pork Plant Shuts Down After Outbreak Among Workers
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Pork producers could euthanize hogs to offset financial losses from coronavirus
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Iowa Sends National Guard Troops to Defend Meat Plants From Virus
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Coca-Cola says demand hurt by coronavirus pandemic, volume off 25% so far in April
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Coronavirus pandemic brings Ben’s Chili Bowl, iconic DC business, to its knees
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Politics:

The health vs. wealth election
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5 takeaways from Monday's White House coronavirus briefing
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A watchdog out of Trump's grasp unleashes wave of coronavirus audits
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Fauci tells protesters no recovery if virus not 'under control'
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Trump, Head of Government, Leans Into Antigovernment Message
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‘Go To Work And Die?’ Ex-RNC Chair Fact-Checks Trump On Coronavirus Protests
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White House worried Trump-inspired protests will blow up in his face if attendees are stricken with COVID-19: NYT’s Haberman
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Protests against stay-at-home orders held in Kansas City
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US anti-lockdown rallies could cause surge in Covid-19 cases, experts warn
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Piers Morgan says his friend President Trump is 'failing the American people'
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Americans Support the Shutdown, Not the Protests • Polls: Public disagrees with noisy end-virus-restrictions protests like those in Washington
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Idaho representative compares coronavirus lockdown to Nazi Germany
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Suddenly Trump supporters are pro-choice.
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Meghan McCain Defends Armed Coronavirus Lockdown Protesters
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Hundreds of protesters defy coronavirus lockdown orders in Pennsylvania
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Trump Escalates Culture War as Virus Response Hits Campaign
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Protests erupt again over shelter-in-place orders. Here’s why governors aren’t budging

Facebook Removes Coronavirus Protest Pages at Request of States
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Protesting for the Freedom to Catch the Coronavirus
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Some of the Signs Held By Protesters Calling for End to Coronavirus Lockdown Raise Eyebrows: ‘I Need a Haircut’
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Trump berates reporter for COVID-19 response questions
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52 off-the-wall lines from Trump’s Sunday night briefing
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Trump slams media, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney & FBI during heated coronavirus briefing
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Across nation, masks are the latest political, cultural divide
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Democrats’ momentum puts Senate majority in play
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Carl Bernstein: Kushner convinced Trump ‘to stop being delusional’ about coronavirus
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Trump says WHO didn’t share early information about Covid-19. A new report shows that’s not the case.
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Kentucky Reports Highest Coronavirus Infection Increase After a Week of Protests to Reopen State
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How do you know voting by mail works? The U.S. military's done it since the Civil War.
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Vote by Mail in Wisconsin Helped a Liberal Candidate, Upending Old Theories
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A bizarre conspiracy theory puts Bill Gates at the center of the coronavirus crisis — and major conservative pundits are circulating it
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Trump’s golfing business promotes video claiming drinking a bottle of vodka can ‘kill’ COVID-19
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The one poll number that could haunt Trump on coronavirus
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Joe Biden's latest ad said Trump 'rolled over for the Chinese' on coronavirus, and people are calling it racist and xenophobic
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Biden raised $46.7 million in March, his best fundraising month to date • Biden campaign earns three times Trump’s March fundraising
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Trump Claims He Hasn’t Left White House 'in Months' During COVID-19 Crisis, Reporter Corrects Him
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Nursing Homes:

Pandemic’s Costs Stagger the Nursing Home Industry
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Nursing homes must now report all coronavirus cases • Feds to track, share information on nursing home outbreaks
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‘Devil’s dilemma’: France lifts ban on nursing home visits as some warn against relaxing rules
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Brooklyn care home has 55 dead • 'Under siege': Overwhelmed Brooklyn care home tolls 55 dead
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Nearly 1 in 10 nursing homes nationwide report coronavirus outbreaks
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Coal:

Coal's outlook darkens as Appalachian companies idle mines, declare bankruptcy
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Austria’s last coal-fired power station closes as the country pushes renewables
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Amusement Parks:

Disney shares drop after two firms downgrade on concern about lost parks revenue • Disney Furloughs Reach 100,000; Stock Drops After Two Analyst Downgrades
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Cruise Lines:

The Luckiest Cruise Ship in the World: Passengers Spent 15 Weeks on Virus-Free Voyage
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95,000 Still Stranded at Sea
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More robots, fewer buffets: You will cruise again, but it will look different
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Theatre:

Broadway Was Booming. Then Came the Pandemic.
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Debt Collection:

Amid bipartisan criticism, Treasury Department attorneys review bank seizures of $1,200 stimulus checks
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Indiana Supreme Court rules debt collectors, creditors can't garnish stimulus checks • Indiana Supreme Court partially shields COVID-19 stimulus checks from debt collection
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Health and Beauty:

Revlon Buys Time on $1.8 Billion Funding to Get Lenders on Board
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Military:

Sen. Warren To CNO Gilday: Why Are You Ignoring The Law
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Fraud:

Madoff victims will soon get another $378 million from US fund
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Student Debt:

Higher Education Groups Call For Extended Student Debt Relief
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University of California offers Perkins loan borrowers relief. Will other colleges follow?
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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 (9 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (44 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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Insurance:

Lanier Law Firm Says Insurers are Threatening the Welfare of Small-Business Owners, Their Families
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New Drama On Business Interruption Insurance: Refunds, Higher Premiums And Legal Battles
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Retailing:

Retailers are begging for the government’s help — but Treasury might not listen
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3 Lessons From Neiman Marcus’ Pending Bankruptcy • Report: Neiman Marcus preparing to file for bankruptcy as soon as Wednesday
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Amazon is installing thermal cameras at warehouses to scan employees for fevers
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A wave of 'dark' stores could open across the US as governments lift restrictions on nonessential businesses
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Shoppers slammed new rules restricting Walmart, Target, and Costco from selling 'nonessential' items but an expert says it could save lives
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Lord & Taylor explores bankruptcy as stores remain shut in coronavirus pandemic
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Kudlow Says Tariff Deferral Aimed at Helping Retail Industry
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County Shuts Down Lowe’s Store for ‘Continual Violations’ of Social Distancing Orders
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The cull of retail businesses spells the end for mediocre malls
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Bricks And Clicks: The Retail Evolution Accelerates
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Healthcare:

The coronavirus could force more doctors to sell — or shutter
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Willamson hospital to close Tuesday as previously announced; purchase deal becomes final at end of month
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Patients with heart attacks, strokes, appendicitis vanish from hospitals
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Fear of ‘Covid Hospitals’ Leads Women to Pursue Home Births
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Hospitals tiptoe toward restarting non-emergency surgery and procedures
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Envision Healthcare to Consider Bankruptcy Filing
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Emergency room doctors facing pay cuts and understaffing during pandemic
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May Never Be a Good Covid 19 Vaccine
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What Healthcare Providers Need to Know About Receiving Payments Under the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund
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Fact-check: Did countries that reopened see a spike in coronavirus?
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California researchers test everybody in one town for coronavirus
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We tested all our patients for coronavirus - and found many asymptomatic cases
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The Pandemic’s Hidden Victims: Sick or Dying, but Not From the Virus
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A 36-year-old in Nevada lost his job and his family's health insurance as the pandemic shuttered restaurants. Now his wife's expecting a baby.
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From quiet acceptance to ‘crippling fear,’ medical workers confront their own mortality
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Psychiatric hospital a “haven” for spread of coronavirus, say employees
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New York Death Rate From Virus Is Lowest in Weeks, Cuomo Says
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Do You Have The Coronavirus And Not Know it? Reports Show More Asymptomatic Cases Than Once Thought
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Hundreds of thousands in L.A. County may have the coronavirus, study finds • L.A. County Antibody Tests Suggest the Fatality Rate for COVID-19 Is Much Lower Than People Feared
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Sunlight destroys virus quickly, new govt. tests find, but experts say pandemic could last through summer
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A billionaires' compound with its own coronavirus testing center stokes anger on the French Riviera
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Some wealthy Silicon Valley bigwigs have reportedly already scurried to their doomsday shelters in New Zealand
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‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escape Plans
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Strange new coronavirus symptoms have been uncovered
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Why are so many COVID-19 patients also seeing blood clots?
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States and Hospitals Are Essentially Smuggling PPE Because They’re Afraid the Feds Will Seize It
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Nurses union to protest at White House Tuesday
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Hospital accused of delivering bodies to Pennsylvania medical examiner by pickup truck
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Boston Globe Death Notices Fill A Staggering 16 Pages Amid Pandemic
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Why the Virus Is a Civil Rights Issue: ‘The Pain Will Not Be Shared Equally’
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Charting the coronavirus pandemic state by state
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Chloroquine study aborted after deaths • Trump tones down the hydroxychloroquine hype
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Facebook unveils county-level maps of people with coronavirus symptoms
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De Blasio Says Surgical-Gown Shortage Is Crucial Concern in NYC
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Married E.R. Workers Fear the Worst: What Would Happen to Their Son?
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U.S. Sought to Promote Face Mask Suppliers to China in Mid-March, Despite Shutting Exports Program Down
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How the Coronavirus Slipped Aboard a French Navy Ship
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Nancy Pelosi Denies That She Downplayed Coronavirus Threat and Claimed She Was Fighting Discrimination
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Electricity:

Coronavirus outbreak at wind power plant in North Dakota shuts down production
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Personal Finance:

In a financial pinch because of the coronavirus pandemic? Here are the best and worst ways to get fast cash
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Cannabis:

Cannabis industry tested as virus slams economy
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Sovereigns:

Debt relief for poor countries not as simple as it sounds: analysts
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UK:

UK lockdown could remain for 3 months, gov't says
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UK hospital chiefs warn against public mask wearing
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U.K. Gets 1.5 Million Universal Credit Claims Since Lockdown
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Scotland Sees Economy Shrinking 12% in 2020 Because of Pandemic
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Welcome CLBILS, we’ve been waiting for you – does it fill the UK funding gap?
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UK banks have approved over 1.2 million mortgage payment holidays
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Furlough support scheme fails to reassure Britons
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U.K. Jobless Claims Rise in Glimpse of Losses to Come
(DBN)

Employers of a Million People Apply for U.K.’s Furlough Program
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Fierce rebuttals mark change to UK Covid-19 media strategy
(DBN)

Britain’s high street seeks government rent support
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U.K. Reports Lowest Daily Coronavirus Death Toll Since April 6
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Barclays Executives Waive Pay Increases in Latest Virus Gesture
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‘Just not true’ we’re too lazy for farm work, say frustrated UK applicants
(DBN)

UK regulator says coronavirus is first test of post-2008 banking rules
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As Brexit nears, EU workers fortify UK’s coronavirus front lines
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Thousands of UK pubs will go under without bailout, industry warns
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Britain looks from one coronavirus peak to the next
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EU:

Italy, France, Germany, U.K. See Lowest Daily COVID-19 Death Tolls in Week
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European countries to ease coronavirus lockdown measures amid grim economic forecasts
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59 Million European Jobs At Risk Due To Coronavirus, Says Consulting Firm
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Where do you find €500 billion? Europe wonders
(DBN)

For the EU, deciding how to fund the recovery is only half the battle
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Europe’s Revived Idea of Bad Bank Faces German-Led Resistance
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PIIGS:

Germany and others need to fund post-virus recovery across Europe, Spain says
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Algarve Hotels Expect Foreign Tourists Will Only Return in 2021
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In Spain, coronavirus death counts prompt anger, confusion • Spain’s Coronavirus Cases Rise by Most in Three Days
(DBN)

Italy Reports Fewest New Virus Cases in Nearly Six Weeks
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The Mafia is thriving during Italy’s coronavirus lockdown
(DBN)

Wild boar chomping through crops in Italy because they have countryside to themselves
(DBN)

Italy’s Conte prepares for toxic choice on eurozone rescue fund
(DBN)

Italy Needs EU Help to Escape Junk Rating, Goldman Sachs Says
(DBN)

Something Has Snapped in Italy’s Stormy Relationship With Europe
(DBN)

Greece to Present Plan to Relax Coronavirus Measures Next Week
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Italy Vows to Reopen as Europe Takes Steps to Ease Virus Curbs • Italy Expects to Gradually Ease Lockdown From May 4
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Canada:

Trudeau promises gun control legislation after deadliest shooting in Canadian history
(DBN)

Canada Massacre: Officials Expect to Find More Victims
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Russia:

Russia’s Underfunded Hospitals Emerge as Key Vector for Virus
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Africa:

African Businesses Face Ruin From Lockdowns
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Nigeria Extends Closure of Airports by 2 Weeks to Contain Virus
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Kenyan Treasury Sees 2020 Economic Contraction of at Least 50%
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Denmark:

Denmark Expands Coronavirus Testing Using Makeshift Facilities • Denmark to test everyone with coronavirus symptoms
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Denmark May Lose $28 Billion From Virus, Business Survey Shows
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Sweden:

Here's how Sweden and Norway handled coronavirus differently
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Sweden and  Coronavirus: The Real Stats
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Economists Voice Skepticism at Swedish Unemployment Drop
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Brazil:

Coronavirus Reverses Brazil's Economic Revolution
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Brazil’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Coronavirus
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Japan:

BOJ Warns Banks Face Rising Bad-Loan Costs, Investment Losses
(DBN)

BOJ Warns Pandemic Could Cause Credit Crunch for More Firms
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China:

China Creditor Squeeze Prompts Slowdown in Record Bond Defaults
(DBN)

‘How Can I Get Through This?’ The Impact of Coronavirus on China’s Economy Is Only Just Beginning
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Indonesia:

After denial, Indonesia sees mounting coronavirus deaths
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Germany:

Merkel Warns Germany Shouldn’t Move Too Quickly With Easing
(DBN)

German stores re-open in first step to ease coronavirus restrictions
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Germany takes tentative steps back to normality as lockdown eases
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German companies take coronavirus state aid yet still plan on paying billions in dividends
(DBN)

Munich’s Famed Oktoberfest Beer Fair Canceled Over Virus Fears
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Argentina:

Argentina Can Default Now, Or It Can Default Three Years From Now • Argentina Offers Bondholders Lowest Price Ever As Bankruptcy Looms • Bondholders reject Argentina’s debt offer • Wall Street Slams Argentina Offer as Formal Negotiations Begin • Financial giants baulk at Argentina's debt relief proposal • Argentina creditors refuse to tango on debt restructuring proposal
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MENA:

Bahrain Follows Saudi Arabia, Oman With Budget Cuts Amid Crisis
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U.A.E. Plans to Test All Citizens, Residents for Coronavirus
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Iran Begins to Open its Economy Despite Fears of Second Wave of Infection
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Australia:

One of Australia’s biggest cities is so quiet that kangaroos are jumping through the center
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Hong Kong:

Fitch Downgrades Hong Kong as Pandemic Poses Economic Shock
(DBN)

Hong Kong crisis escalates as China moves to hasten demise of city's autonomy
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Singapore:

Former Singapore Billionaire Lim’s Oil Giant Files For Bankruptcy • Singapore police launch probe into oil trader Hin Leong
(DBN)

How Singapore went from leading global Covid-19 efforts to having the most cases in SE Asia
(DBN)

Singapore Seemed to Have Coronavirus Under Control, Until Cases Doubled
(DBN)

Singapore extends ‘circuit breaker’ partial lockdown measures until June 1
(DBN)

Singapore scandal rocks commodity traders and their lenders
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Bangladesh:

100,000 people attend Bangladesh funeral despite coronavirus lockdown measure
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Austria:

Austria’s Economy May Not Fully Heal From Virus Until 2023
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Thailand:

Thai business council calls for government support to ease virus impact
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India:

Indian man chops off tongue in sacrifice to stop coronavirus spread
(DBN)

Vijay Mallya loses UK appeal over extradition to India
(DBN)

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Mexico:

As coronavirus spreads, medical workers in Mexico face attacks, intimidation
(DBN)

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France:

Police Clash With Residents In Locked-down Paris Suburbs • Parisians clash over ‘heavy handed’ policing during lockdown • Second night of riots erupt in Paris
(DBN)

France Virus Fatalities Surpass 20,000 Since Start of Outbreak
(DBN)

France’s COVID-19 failures are the result of decades of austerity
(DBN)

Wolf Reportedly Spotted in Northern France for First Time in Over 100 years
(DBN)

Two months of Covid-19 lockdown will cost France €120 billion, report says
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