Law:

Am Law 100 Firm Announces Salary Cuts And Layoffs By Video Message
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Am Law 100 Firm Slashing Salaries And Furloughing Staff
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Who Can't Pay Rent? Law Firms Seek Breaks on Offices Due to Coronavirus
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Technology Creates Opportunity for Hartford Bankruptcy Attorney
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Even in Burgeoning Bankruptcy Market, Tech's Path Remains Uncertain
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First state plans for online bar exam if in-person test is not possible
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Virus Crisis Could Be Big Test of Law Firms’ Diversity Efforts
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Are we entering a new era of legal education during the novel coronavirus crisis?
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Should Law Schools Be Expecting Another Onslaught Of Applicants Thanks To The Pandemic?
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$4 Billion In Gross Revenue Is A Crap Ton Of Revenue
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‘Stay At Home Hero’: Biglaw Associate Raps Our Coronavirus Anthem
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How To Do The Best Job In Law While In Quarantine
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A guide to modern manners in the age of Zoom
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Lawyers, You Should Go Ahead And Call Your Grandma
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Lawyer is accused of threatening governor in social media posts
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Flynn's defense claims material from Justice Department review includes 'stunning' evidence of FBI misconduct
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Roger Stone says he didn’t get a fair trial because of anti-Trump bias
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Deutsche Bank Refuses Senate Subpoena
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Laurence Tribe Says Drs. Birx, Fauci Must Warn Against ‘Trump’s Wild Advice’ or Else Face Criminal Liability
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DOJ plans to appeal ruling over secret Mueller grand jury details to Supreme Court
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Can the U.S. Government Survive the Next Disaster?
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White House faces internal debate over 'liability shield' for firms seeking protection from covid-19 lawsuits
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As Coronavirus Strikes Prisons, Hundreds of Thousands Are Released
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Court rules students have constitutional right to a 'basic' education - including literary - in historic Detroit case
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Supreme Court denies states' bid to revisit ruling on Trump's 'wealth test' for immigrants
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Is Justice Finally Here for Emmett Till?
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Court Reinstates California Law Requiring Background Checks for Ammunition Purchases
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Porsche driver 'shouted abuse at officer as she lay dying under truck'
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Critics say police target minorities more than white protesters over social distancing
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Michael Avenatti Freed From NYC Jail After Two-Week Virus Quarantine
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'Not well-received': Connecticut police department scraps 'pandemic drone' program after outcry
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Trump Sued for Denying Checks to Americans Married to Immigrants
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Businesses Suing Over Covid-19 Shutdowns May Have a Case
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A Georgia man allegedly killed his teenage stepson for refusing to stay at home
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Houston Council Member Compares Violation of Dine-in Service Restrictions to Rosa Parks
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Sheriff Sued After Threatening To Arrest A High School Student Over Her Coronavirus-Related Instagram Posts
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Judges:

Coronavirus has not stopped many cash-strapped courts from seeking fines and fees
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Wall Street:

US stock futures up as oil declines, traders weigh economy re-opening
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European stocks climb on expectations of reopenings, central bank action; U.S. futures advance, oil plummets
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Stocks close higher Friday but still end week in the red amid coronavirus uncertainty
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From precious metals to loans on the brink of default: Investors are flocking to these assets after the coronavirus market meltdown
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Stock Market Down Just 16% While 26 Milli0n Lost Their Jobs
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Wall Street Tries to Figure Out How to Get Back to the Office
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Layoffs:

7 major US cities that could be facing a tech-job apocalypse
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Coronavirus speeds the way for robots in the workplace
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Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy furloughs 575
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Vancouver-based Burgerville will lay off 612
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After coronavirus furloughs, Gannett newspapers lay off journalists around the country
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110 employees being cut permanently from Hutchinson Technology
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300 workers laid off at three Powder River Basin coal mines
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Gambling:

Casino Fire Sale Rages, With Bally’s Fetching Just $25 Million
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Retailing:

US stores and supermarkets might see shortages for the next year and a half, supply chain experts say
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Retail Apocalypse 2.0: The Fallout from the Coronavirus Will Present New Challenges to an Already Reeling Sector of the Economy
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Neiman Marcus eyes Sunday bankruptcy filing, $600 million emergency funding • Investors to challenge Neiman Marcus bankruptcy loan, push for sale
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Mall Shoppers Are Scared to Return When U.S. Stores Finally Open
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Hair Cuttery Enters Chapter 11 Bankruptcy – Seeks to Trim 49 Locations • Summary: New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Creative Hairdressers Inc.
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Here’s the State of Play for America’s Ailing Department Stores
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Appointment-only stores, hand sanitizing stations, and robots stocking shelves: Here's how our shopping experience could change in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
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Online orders could save desperate retailers, but workers say they are risking their safety to fill purchases few need
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Target’s soaring online growth suggests scared shoppers may not return when malls and department stores reopen
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Sports:

NBA to reopen practice facilities where local stay-at-home restrictions eased
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Are Sports Coming Back? NBA Led The Shutdown, Now The League Could Return
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Tom Brady gets 'apology' from Tampa Bay mayor after ouster from coronavirus-closed park
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Australian rugby faces financial maul from coronavirus
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Fight Over Minor League Baseball’s Future Gets Big Time Lawyers
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Sports arenas could require ‘necessary renovations’ for social distancing, architect firm says
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Politics:

U.S. response to virus splinters into acrimony and uncertainty
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People receiving stimulus checks get letter signed by President Donald Trump
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Why We Don't Vote Our Class Anymore
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Trump tweeted that the coronavirus task force briefings are 'not worth the time and effort' as top aides fear his erratic performances may sabotage his reelection chances • Trump refuses to take questions at White House briefing the day after floating the false idea that disinfectant might be injected to kill coronavirus • Trump’s widely-criticized disinfectant comments were the end of the coronavirus briefings as we knew them
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The White House tried to move a reporter to the back of the press room, but she refused. Then Trump walked out.
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Trump's Sunday Twitter Meltdown
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'Under No Circumstance': Lysol Maker, Officials Reject Trump's Disinfectant Idea
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Birx Bothered That Trump’s Disinfectant Comment Remains in News
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A spike in New Yorkers ingesting household cleaners following Trump’s controversial coronavirus comments
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A timeline of Trump's musings on the false idea of injecting 'light' and 'disinfectant' to treat coronavirus — from a presentation to Trump's claim he was being 'sarcastic' • Trump says his comments on injecting disinfectants were “sarcastic.” Let’s review the tape. • When Trump says he was being 'sarcastic,' it's just part of his gaslighting • Fox didn't immediately challenge Trump's disinfectant remark • Trump's long history of medical freelancing • Trump's Medical Claims Baffle the Nation • Birx: Trump's disinfectant comments were a "dialogue" between him and scientists • Who is Deborah Birx — the doctor whose reaction when Trump suggested people inject disinfectants has gone viral? • Hogan on Trump's disinfectant comments: "I can't really explain it"
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Burger King tweets 'don't drink bleach' after Trump sparks backlash by suggesting disinfectants might help treat the coronavirus • Bleach manufacturers have warned people not to inject themselves with disinfectant after Trump falsely suggested it might cure the coronavirus
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'Saturday Night Live': Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci addresses Trump's coronavirus misinformation • Brad Pitt Answers Dr. Fauci's Call to Play Him on 'SNL'
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Sunlight might kill the coronavirus on surfaces, but experts reject Trump's 'exceedingly dangerous' ideas about using it on the body
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Senate GOP talking points on coronavirus: Blame China, not Trump
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Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him
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These anti-quarantine websites are fakes. Here's what they're really after • 'Reopen' protest movement created, boosted by fake grassroots tactics • FreedomWorks is supporting the anti-shutdown protests — and applying for government funding
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Trump's immigration crackdown is creating new coronavirus hotspots
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Trump unfollowed Piers Morgan on Twitter after the TV host called out his 'batsh-- crazy' coronavirus cure theories
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Maryland: 100 call COVID-19 hotline about ingesting disinfectant • NYC Poison Control Sees Uptick In Calls After Trump's Disinfectant Comments
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Trump aides pushed mass distribution of the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine to millions of patients, report suggests • Study results: Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine vs. COVID-19 • FDA says chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine could be fatal • The rise and fall of Trump's fixation with hydroxychloroquine
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Democrats see Senate suddenly within reach, boosted by Biden's ascent
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Report: Trump watches 7 hours of TV a day, gets to office at noon
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Science On The Ballot: Coronavirus Brings Culture And Expertise To 2020 Election
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White House officials are reportedly discussing replacing the health secretary over his botched coronavirus response
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Michigan lawmaker denies wearing Confederate flag mask, calls it history, then apologizes
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Nearly a third of Americans believe in coronavirus conspiracy theories. Science explains why people tend to believe them more in times of crisis.
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A new reality in politics: Campaigning from afar
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More than 200 women sign letter urging Biden to pick a black woman as his running mate
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Biden suggests Trump will attempt to delay November election
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Polls show Biden leading Trump in most battleground states
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Pelosi endorses Biden
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Poll Numbers Worry GOP for November
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Congress Braced for a Bruising Fight Over Next Virus Relief Bill
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Pandemic-hobbled House majority frets about its effectiveness
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Miller has long-term vision for Trump's 'temporary' immigration order, according to private call with supporters
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'No Malice Intended' Says Texas Mayor Who Broke Quarantine for a Manicure
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NYC tailor defies state order: ‘I’m opening my doors come hell or high water’
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'I'm behind on my mortgage': Texas salon owner defends reopening after 'cease and desist' letter
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3 arrested at beach protest against California stay-at-home order
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Mayor imposes curfew, then entertains fellow bored residents
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Maryland Prepares for Special Congressional Election with Vote-By-Mail
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Tourism:

Before-and-after photos show 8 of San Francisco's most famous tourist attractions nearly deserted since the city was shut down
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Hawaii paying for tourists to leave if they break quarantine rules • Hawaii coronavirus stay-at-home order, quarantine for travelers extended to May 31
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Where are we heading? Tourism after the coronavirus crisis
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Private Equity:

More Than Half Of Corporate Family Defaults Are Private Equity-Owned Companies
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Telecoms:

Behind the Frontier bankruptcy deal, an old political hand
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Taxis:

Another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic: the taxi industry
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Transit:

Gov. Cuomo says novel coronavirus can live on bus and subway surfaces for 72 hours, posing an ongoing concern for transit employees and riders
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The Bike Is Back as Europe Looks to Exit Lockdowns Safely
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Circuses:

I'm a circus artist. From virtual cabarets to online acrobatics lessons, here's how my industry is pivoting to survive.
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Fraud:

A pandemic of corruption: $40 masks, questionable contracts, rice-stealing bureaucrats mar coronavirus response
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How a race-car driver lost his home, cars and $13 million in an elaborate scam
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Senators’ Stock Trades Would Make a Poker Cheat Blush
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Convicted Fraudster and Televangelist Jim Bakker Fears Bankruptcy After Selling Fake Coronavirus Cure
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Religion:

Archdiocese 'is not Lehman Brothers'
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Louisiana pastor, while on house arrest, again defies coronavirus order with church service • Pastor given ankle bracelet for defying stay-at-home order continues to preach anyway
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Federal judge says Mississippi church can hold drive-in services
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In photos: Ramadan during the coronavirus pandemic • Coronavirus upends Ramadan celebrations and traditions
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The Zoom shiva: Jewish funerals and mourning in the age of COVID
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Italian bishops pushing for public Masses
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Nursing Homes:

Nursing Homes Hiding Virus Deaths
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Nursing home infections surge
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Autos:

Hertz could deplete cash this quarter, Moody's says in downgrade
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Avis to Eye Bond Sale to Ride Out Travel Shutdown
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No Government Bailout Dooms Rental-Car Bonds
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The Auto Industry Needs Help Now
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Ford to Recall Small Number of Workers, Detroit Free Press Says
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Whitmer’s Extended Order in Michigan Keeps Auto Industry’s Restart in Limbo
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Mexico Says Auto Industry Must Adhere to Plant Suspensions
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Toyota to Reopen San Antonio Plant May 4
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Tesla reportedly plans to recall some workers to its California plant this week
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Military:

Navy Destroyer Returning to Port After Crew Hit by Coronavirus
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Student Debt:

It is time to cancel student debt and make higher education free
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'Undue Hardship' and Uninsured Americans: How Access to Healthcare Should Impact Student-Loan Discharge in Bankruptcy
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Cruise Lines:

Cruise ship worker says he's been stuck on boat with no passengers for 40 days
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Snubbed in U.S. Rescue, Cruise Lines Get Relief From Germany
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Cannabis:

The State of the Cannabis Industry Amid the Pandemic
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Travel:

Americans Abroad Ask Whether to Stay, and Risk Infection, or Fly Home, and Risk Infection
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Events:

Live Nation Closes Gap in Refund Policy after Fan Complaints
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Climate:

Satellite images reveal huge amounts of methane leaking from U.S. oil fields
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Agribusiness:

USDA Boosts Effort to Support Virus-Hit Meat, Poultry Producers
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History:

A Bankruptcy History of the United States
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Movie Theaters:

Miami-based CMX Cinemas files for bankruptcy
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Hotels:

Can a hotel ever be “single asset real estate” for bankruptcy purposes? What is “SARE” and who cares?
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Tycoon Running 500 Hotels Says Virus Crisis Is Worst He’s Seen
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Coal:

Berkshire, AIG Urged by NYC’s Comptroller to Divest From Coal
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge Fund Rookies Beg for Cash on Video With Kids in Background
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Highland Capital Not Alone In Not Having To Pay Huge Judgments Against It
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Footwear:

Adidas projects a 40% decline in sales for the second quarter
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Distressed Investing:

The Law and Economics of Investing in Bankruptcy in the United States
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Personal Finance:

My husband and I are still having date nights during the pandemic — here's how we're making it work
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4 financial experts told me how to cut my spending while my income is down so I don't blow through my savings
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Economy:

Bankrupt Companies Shut Out of Stimulus Money • Can Chapter 11 Debtors Receive PPP Loans? • Judge sides with EMS service in federal relief loan case • Federal judge says Small Business Administration must reconsider loan application
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The Role of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Addressing the Consequences of COVID19.
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World’s Biggest Central Banks Meet as Pressure Mounts to Do More
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Top Ten Cities for Stimulus Checks
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Fed’s Near-Zero Rates to Last into 2023, Economists Predict
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The Fed Should Go Negative Next Week
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U.S. Durable Goods Orders Plunge Most Since 2014 on Pandemic
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Massive Corporate Debt Will Harm Recovery
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The Pandemic Blues: Economies Are In Deep, Deep Trouble
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Coronavirus relief pushing US deficits to staggering heights
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Millions of credit card customers can’t pay their bills and lenders are bracing for the impact
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White House Gives Two Views on Economy
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Sinking U.S. economy hasn’t hit bottom yet
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Bill Gates: As things get back to ‘semi-normal,’ it’s impossible to overstate the pain that lies in the years ahead • Bill Gates Explains How We Get Past Covid-19, and What That Really Means
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Trump, Congress spar over next virus economic package as CBO paints grim picture of what's to come • U.S. budget deficit will expand to almost $4 trillion this year, CBO says • Democrats Eye Cold, Hard Cash In Next Stimulus Round • Mnuchin Says Rising Budget Deficits to Be a Focus ‘Over Time’
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Trump and McConnell headed toward clash over coronavirus spending • Congress and Trump have produced four emergency pandemic bills. Don't expect a fifth anytime soon.
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'A fool's game': 4 economists break down what it's like forecasting the worst downturn since the Great Recession
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‘Capitalism as we know it will likely be changed forever’ and 9 other lasting implications of coronavirus, according to billionaire Leon Cooperman
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Unemployment at Great Depression Levels
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The changes that will outlast the crisis
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Four possible post-coronavirus futures
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This is what American work life will look like once we can return to the office
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The coronavirus crisis is way worse than feared
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Tale of Two Economies Will Determine Post-Lockdown Growth
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Small-town America: 'One bad season away from bankrupt'
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16 states are easing restrictions next week. Here's a breakdown of which stores will be allowed to reopen in each one • Southern states plunge into coronavirus reopenings • Mississippi and Iowa join the ranks of states reopening nonessential businesses • Cuomo Discusses New York's Economic Reopening Phases • Reopening of New York Could Begin Upstate After May 15, Cuomo Says • Florida Governor Says He's in No 'Rush' to Lift Coronavirus Restrictions • How soon can businesses reopen during pandemic? A Texas suburb takes the plunge • Colorado governor defends move to reopen • Colorado governor says he's worried about possible second spike in Covid-19 cases as state set to reopen Monday • Bill Gates' brutal reality check on the coronavirus reopening • Augusta Mayor Pushes Back On Georgia's Reopening: 'We're Woefully Behind' • Georgia "jumping the gun" with easing restrictions, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says • Georgia County Steels Itself to Reopen Despite 10% Death Rate • Reopening debate pits mayors against governors. Atlanta vs. Georgia is a preview. • Trump reversal highlights growing tensions with Kemp • Fear and mistrust in rural Georgia as Gov. Kemp urges the state to re-open • Georgia businesses reopen, with jitters • Georgia allowed some businesses to reopen today, but many store and restaurant owners aren't ready to take the risk • In Wisconsin, protesters attack stay-at-home orders as unnecessary - or a government cabal • When Is It Safe To Ease Social Distancing? Here's What One Model Says For Each State • Las Vegas mayor says without definitive evidence that the city's warm weather will allow it to be at the 'forefront of America's 'reopening'' • Maryland sees worst day of covid-19 deaths as region charts course for economic recovery • Inslee: Construction projects can resume, with distancing • Virginia and Maryland governors offer 'blueprint' for emerging from pandemic shutdown • Top Virginia health official warns state lockdown could be 'two-year affair' • As the country moves to reopen, Americans weigh risk against necessity, longing and fear • In photos: Cities take steps toward reopening • Could contact tracing bring the US out of lockdown? • Americans Crowd Beaches and Parks • Big beach crowds test state’s stay-at-home exhortations • Michigan's Whitmer defends state's lockdown orders; calls them 'aggressive' but necessary • Lockdowns Ease As Global Infections Near 3 Million • One Republican’s Plan to Reopen America • More states are easing coronavirus restrictions this week, unnerving experts and some local officials • ‘I Am in a Catch-22’: Main Street Is Ambivalent About Reopening • Pence says coronavirus outbreak could be over by Memorial Day • ‘I’m not that scared’: People flock to beaches again, bringing hand sanitizer and hope
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There’s Really Only One Way to Reopen the Economy
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On the Front Lines, Testing Shortages Cloud Decisions on the Economy • Can Antibody Tests Help End the Coronavirus Pandemic? • Fauci: U.S. coronavirus testing numbers should soon double • Why Pence’s favorite talking point about coronavirus testing is misleading • Why America’s coronavirus testing problem is still so difficult to solve • America’s coronavirus testing is increasing. It’s still not enough. • To Suppress the Coronavirus, Test Those With No Symptoms • Testing’s Ability to Contain Virus Overstated, Study Finds
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Dr. Deborah Birx Says Social Distancing Must Continue Through Summer Months
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Economy to reopen in May and June and then ‘really bounce back,’ Mnuchin says, but others are thinking fall • Bank of America CEO Says Economy Won't Fully Rebound from Coronavirus Fallout until 'late Next Year'
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Billionaire Barry Diller says "no chance" of economic rebound by summer, calls Trump a "witch doctor"
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The deflation threat from the virus will be long lasting • Deflation Is the Voldemort of the Coronavirus Era
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‘It’s appalling to attach a dollar number to a human life — for non-economists.’ Can Trump save the economy and save lives?
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The $600 federal boost to unemployment checks that was meant to aid struggling families is triggering some confusion • Spa workers shocked after making more on unemployment than on the job
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Millions of People Face Stimulus Check Delays for a Strange Reason: They Are Poor
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Tensions emerge between Republicans over coronavirus spending and how to rescue the economy
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Why the government makes it hard for Americans to get unemployment benefits
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Study: 71 percent of jobless Americans did not receive their March unemployment benefits
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The IRS has already paid out over half the stimulus-check money — here’s where it went
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US banks made a quick $10 billion in 2 weeks by processing small businesses loans from the government, says report
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Trump signs US$484B virus rescue package
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Small businesses, banks brace for mad dash as $310 billion loan program rolls out • Bank of America CEO says getting small business loans shouldn't be a race
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How to fix the failed small business loan program • Small business loan applications to resume Monday after Trump signs new $484 billion package into law
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AutoNation is returning $77 million in US payroll assistance coronavirus relief loans • AutoNation, an auto retailer worth billions, received nearly $95 million in SBA funds
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Public companies took far more small business loans than first thought — here’s the latest tally
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Potbelly Joins Shake Shack in Returning U.S. Emergency Loan
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Ritzy Fisher Island residents vote not to accept $2M coronavirus loan
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Hedge funds aren't eligible for U.S. small business rescue loans
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Resentment grows on Main Street over bailout winners and losers
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US will cap how much each bank can lend under emergency coronavirus program: memo
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Biden Assails Stimulus, Calls U.S. Corporations ‘Greedy as Hell’ • Biden wants a new stimulus 'a hell of a lot bigger' than $2 trillion
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Pelosi, McConnell Set to Collide on Follow-Up to $3 Trillion Aid
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Big Biz Doesn't Want to Return SBA Loans
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How Wall Street giants made the transition to run their sprawling operations remotely — and why it could transform the future of work
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From growers in Peru to dealers in Paris, the coronavirus has upended the global drug trade
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Scientists fear the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine will fail and we will all have to live with the 'constant threat' of COVID-19 • Countries, companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine
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'Let Mitch McConnell say no to it': Rep. Tim Ryan explains his plan to help the working class and give nearly every American over 16 years old $2,000 per month during the pandemic • Emergency Cash: Monthly Payments Up To $5,500 For Families And $2,000 For Individuals
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Warehouse workers are essential. It's time we treated them that way.
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Trump Still Clings to China Trade Deal
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Battered and bruised, supply chains shift to survival mode
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Social Security Cuts Are Still on the Table -- and They're Larger Than They Were Before
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Will Covid 19 Make Us More Socialist?
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Quit Bashing Globalization. It Will Save Us
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Stock Buybacks Made Corporations Vulnerable. Then The Coronavirus Struck.
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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:

3 million Americans are skipping mortgage payments, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will cut mortgage servicers a break
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Homeowners in Mortgage Forbearance Top 3.4 Million, Up 17% in a Week
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac will begin buying some mortgages that are in forbearance
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Skipping Mortage Payments Isn’t for Everyone
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That Makes 6 Retail CMBS Loans by Pyramid That Have Gone to Special Servicing
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Barrack Says Real Estate in ‘Chaos’ as Laws Waived on Rent, Debt
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US lenders work through mortgage refinancing backlog
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Agents focus on the art of the possible to sell homes amid pandemic • What It's Like To Be a Real Estate Agent During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Building dense cities was California’s cure for the housing crisis. Then came the coronavirus
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Icahn Sees Further Market Crash From Coronavirus, Says He’s Shorting Commercial Real Estate
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Bad Information Threatens to Undermine Retailers’ Negotiating Positions with Landlords
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Municipalities:

Why Mitch McConnell Wants States to Go Bankrupt
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New York’s Cuomo Dares McConnell to Let States Seek Bankruptcy • New York’s Cuomo channels Dirty Harry in hitting Mitch McConnell over bankruptcy suggestion
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Why Mitch McConnell’s State Bankruptcy Idea Is So Stupid
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Can states file for bankruptcy? Should they? What you need to know • Despite McConnell comment, states can’t go bankrupt, only default
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Has a State Ever Gone Bankrupt?
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McConnell state bankruptcy remarks raise constitutional questions
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Whitmer blasts McConnell for ‘outrageous’ state bankruptcy comment • 'Outrageous,' 'irresponsible': Governors slam McConnell over bankruptcy comments • Kentucky governor 'strongly disagrees' with McConnell on state bankruptcy comments • New Hampshire's GOP governor slams McConnell over suggestion states declare bankruptcy: 'Ridiculous'
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Led by Hugh Hewitt, right-wing media cheer for states to file “bankruptcy” from coronavirus as a chance to cut public pensions
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McConnell says giving aid to states to help ease the pain from the pandemic would be a 'blue state bailout.' But most states were doing the right thing before the coronavirus hit.
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U.S. state bankruptcy push would disrupt municipal bond market: BofA
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McConnell’s Hometown Will Be Hit Hard Without Federal Bailout
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Trump Advises States Facing Bankruptcy to Borrow Millions from Their Dads :)
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Will Trump fight McConnell to get help for states?
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The Fed could undo decades of damage to cities. Here's how.
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A Federal Bailout Won’t Fix States’ Finances
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As localities clamor for aid, stakes are high
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A town named Corona learns to adjust in age of coronavirus
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How Las Vegas Became Ground Zero for the American Jobs Crisis
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America First spokesperson: Illinois Senate Dems' request for $41.6B federal bailout 'shameless'
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Muted and vacant, Las Vegas struggles to survive shutdown
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Oil/Gas:

Diamond Offshore Files for Bankruptcy Amid Historic Crude Crash • Diamond Offshore Files for Bankruptcy • Oil Price Crash Drives Diamond Offshore To Bankruptcy With 2,500 Jobs At Stake • Diamond Offshore files for bankruptcy, citing 'price war,' coronavirus • Summary: New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Diamondback Industries Inc. • First Day Dec
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Whiting Secures Bankruptcy Accord to Give Creditors 97% Stake
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Hin Leong placed under court-appointed supervisor - sources
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COVID-19 Negative Oil Prices and Force Majeure
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U.S. oil and gas rig count below 500, continues plunge as oilfield activity nosedives
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The Shale Suffering Has Only Just Begun
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Energy Transfer Asks For Permission To Turn Pipelines To Oil Storage
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Gas for less than $0.03 a gallon? Impossible? We thought so too
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Oil sector poised to bounce back from the coronavirus
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Oil Drilling in U.S. Sinks Most in 14 Years Amid Widening Crash
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The Next Chapter of the Oil Crisis: The Industry Shuts Down
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Negative Oil Prices Were a Warning, Not an Anomaly
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Why oil prices went negative and why they can go negative again
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Trump Team Faces Hurdles Getting Fed to Help Battered Oil Firms
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Goldman Expects Another Oil Crash
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The 20 Minutes That Broke the U.S. Oil Market
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Wall Street Rethinks What’s Possible in Week Oil Went Negative
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Oil Market So Glutted Traders Turn to Tiny Barges to Store Fuels
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Saudis Begin to Curb Oil Production
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Russia is the world’s biggest loser from oil’s crash, and that’s reason to worry
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Bank of China Clients Said to Have $1 Billion Losses on Oil Bet
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Next Chapter of Oil Crisis: Shutting Down
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Here's the complex and expensive way some oil producers are guarding against plunging prices
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'There is no reason to be bailing out Middle Eastern overproduction': Analysts break down how to prevent further oil price volatility
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Healthcare:

Closed Hospitals Leave Rural Patients ‘Stranded’ as Coronavirus Spreads
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The hospitals that have disclosed bailout funds so far
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1 in 5 doctors has been furloughed or taken a pay cut as the coronavirus pandemic hits hospitals. Some say they're considering new jobs • The pandemic could put your doctor out of business
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Elective surgeries set to resume, with complications and concerns
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One Rich N.Y. Hospital Got Warren Buffett’s Help. This One Got Duct Tape.
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Michigan Rep Blasts Hospitals for Closing During Pandemic: 'Not Profitable'
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Hospital CEO Sees Industry Shift as 50% of Revenue Disappears
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Professor: 'No empirical evidence' shows government lockdowns stymied coronavirus
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The coronavirus halted elective surgeries. Here's how they'll resume in New York.
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As beds go unfilled, states scale back Army Corps makeshift hospitals
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America's Pandemic Team: Dog Breeder, Internet Thug, College Kid
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'Is this another death I'll have to pronounce?'
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Healthy people in their 30s and 40s, barely sick with COVID-19, are dying from strokes
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The Coronavirus Isn’t Just the Flu, Bro
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Getting coronavirus 'will take 13 years off your life', UK researchers claim
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CDC adds 6 new possible coronavirus symptoms
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Blood Sugar Can Trigger Deadly Response
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Coronavirus sweeps through Iowa firefighter’s family
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Wife of coronavirus victim finds heartbreaking goodbye note he left behind: "I'm so lucky"
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Coronavirus can apparently live for days in your eye
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Seniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say
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Gates Foundation will focus "total attention" on coronavirus crisis
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U.S. passes 50,000 deaths, a quarter of all global fatalities • US sees record number of new coronavirus cases in a day - but the mortality rate slows • Coronavirus Death Toll Almost Impossible to Track • 360 Deaths, or 22,000? Covid 19 Models • Global death toll tops 200,000 as some virus lockdowns eased • Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported • Birx predicts coronavirus toll will fall ‘dramatically’ by end of May • Coronavirus: US Hits Plateau
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96% of nearly 3,300 inmates with coronavirus were asymptomatic, survey shows
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What happened when I went to a coronavirus testing booth
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Canada's top doctor warns against relying on natural herd immunity to reopen economy
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Oxford University scientists reveal coronavirus vaccine timeline as human trial begins • ‘We will not have a vaccine by next winter.’ Like the 1918 Spanish flu, CDC says second wave of coronavirus could be worse. So what happens next? • New idea to speed up coronavirus vaccine research is bold but dangerous
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New York To Expand Testing Criteria For Coronavirus, Increase Antibody Testing
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In small upstate town, pandemic hits hard
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Amid positive Louisiana trends, unexpectedly high death rate
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The South is vulnerable to a coronavirus nightmare
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CT: Lamont: Sharp drop in coronavirus patients a signal of the peak
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New York Reports 437 New Deaths, 12 Straight Days of Decline in Coronavirus Hospitalizations
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Coronavirus In L.A. County: 48 More Deaths And 607 New Cases Confirmed
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Experts worry 'quarantine fatigue' is starting
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"We're doing what we got to do": Coronavirus' toll on NYC's EMTs
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Stunning photos and videos show thousands gathered at the Wisconsin capitol to protest the state's stay-at-home order
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Tracking The Pandemic: How Quickly Is The Coronavirus Spreading State By State?
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Today's country-by-country coronavirus stats: The lack of progress in the US remains very worrying
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Trump expands battle with WHO
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A recovered coronavirus patient saved 2 lives after donating her blood plasma. She says she's 'still coming to terms' with that ability.
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'No Evidence' That Recovered COVID-19 Patients Are Immune, WHO Says Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email • The WHO is discouraging governments from issuing 'immunity passports,' warning there's 'no evidence' that recovered coronavirus patients can't be infected again
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Chile to push ahead with coronavirus 'release certificates' despite WHO warning
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I had COVID-19 symptoms and recovered, but my antibody test left me with more questions than answers. Here's what the process was like.
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Here's exactly how well 20 materials for homemade masks — from folded bandanas to blue shop towels — can filter tiny, potentially-dangerous particles, according to an N95 testing company
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As States Open Up, Health Experts Seek To Understand Coronavirus's Early Silent Spread
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Stop shaming people for going outside. The risks are generally low, and the benefits are endless.
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VA health chief acknowledges a shortage of protective gear for its hospital workers • 'We're fighting to give them care:' VA workers, veterans groups decry protection shortfalls
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How 'Professor Lockdown' helped save tens of thousands of lives worldwide
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Social distancing may be harder for families who live with elderly relatives. Here are the 15 states with the largest share of multigenerational households.
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Dealing with the dead: Photos reveal the harrowing reality for 4 funeral home directors in Harlem as COVID-19 deaths soar
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A DC media exec says he's gone to 2 secret dinner parties in Georgetown during lockdown. That's just one of the ways in which the wealthy are living a whole different reality during the 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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Despite $484 Billion Loan Program, a Flood of Small Business Bankruptcies Likely in Coming Months
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15 Companies Facing Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Making it easier to declare bankruptcy could avert economic catastrophe
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BAPCPA: A Wrong-Headed Reversion to the Idea of Punishing Debtors
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Claim Objections:

Does a Claim Objection Under Section 502(d) Survive the Transfer of the Claim by the Original Claimant?
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Finance:

The growing worry for bondholders: Getting 'primed'
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UST:

U.S. Trustee Program Extends Telephonic Section 341 Meetings to Cases Filed Through July 10, 2020
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Insurance:

Small businesses line up to sue insurers over coronavirus claims
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Legal battles loom as businesses hit by virus sue insurers
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Tax:

IRS recalls thousands of employees to work and asks them to bring their own safety gear
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Aviation:

Woman Shocked By The Number Of Unmasked Passengers On A Miami To NYC Flight
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5 reasons why you should buy a plane ticket to travel this year — and 7 reasons why you shouldn't
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How coronavirus will forever change airlines and the way we fly
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How to Manage COVID-19 Disruption
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Boeing looks to restart production in three states with safety protocols in place
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Boeing-Embraer Deal Collapses • After betting its future on Boeing, jetmaker Embraer scrambles for elusive plan B
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Ryanair Chief Rules Out Boeing Max Arrival Until Next Summer
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Ryanair’s O’Leary Warns EU He May Sue to Stop Airline Bailouts
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Trump Says Government Should Buy Years of Plane Tickets Now
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US Airlines Get Extra $9.5Bn for Payroll • Treasury Has Paid Out $12.4 Billion in Aviation Payroll Support • Airlines Cut Work Hours in Savings Push After U.S. Payroll Aid
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Airbus CEO warns workers it's bleeding cash and cuts are needed • Airbus CEO: We Might Not Make It
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Air France-KLM Sees Traffic at 70% by Year-End If All Feel Safe
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Air France-KLM to get up to $12 billion in aid to deal with Covid-19 blow out
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Norwegian Proposes Debt Restructuring That Will Wipe Out Owners
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Pivotal Lufthansa Bailout Snared in Tangle of Governments
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Perth Airport has resorted to blocking Virgin Australia planes with a bulldozer in an attempt to get the airline to pay its debt
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Branson races to find Virgin Atlantic investor in rescue attempt
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Administrator Says Virgin Australia Owes Over $6 Billion
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Virgin Atlantic says still talking with UK government on coronavirus funds
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How air travel will change after COVID-19
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A spate of lawsuits could help travelers battling airlines and cruise lines; here's what you need to know
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Airlines pivot to cargo to compensate for loss of passengers
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South African Airways Staff Given Another Week to Negotiate • Big dilemma for SAA employees as clock ticks towards deadline
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Singapore Air Says It Will Halt Most Flights Until End-June
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Food/Beverage:

The rise and fall of Chuck E. Cheese, as the iconic chain struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Closed Food Businesses, Restaurants Look for Ways to Carry On
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Pork Plant Workers Sue Smithfield For Right To Cover Sneezes During Food Prep
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Beer, milk, and produce: All the food that's getting dumped during the pandemic
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Millions of gallons of beer could go to waste
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Alabama chicken plants scramble to slow outbreaks of coronavirus
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Company euthanizes 2 million chickens
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Meat shortage looms as coronavirus shuts packing plants, leaving farmers with tough choices
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Wisconsin Beef Plant Shuts Down for Virus Adding to Meat Squeeze
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As they rushed to maintain U.S. meat supply, big processors saw plants become covid-19 hot spots with illness among employees spiking • I work at Smithfield Foods. I'm suing them over putting our lives at risk for your dinner.
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'The Food Supply Chain Is Breaking.' Tyson Foods Warns of Meat Shortage as Plants Close Due to COVID-19
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'It’s a Bucket Brigade on a 5-Alarm Fire.' Food Banks Struggle to Keep Up With Skyrocketing Demand
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USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared
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As restaurants stay closed, chefs still cooking — for health care workers
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Education:

Coronavirus bursts the US college education bubble
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Homeless Families Face High Hurdles Home-Schooling Their Kids
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'I just can't do this.' Frustrated parents giving up on home school
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How's College For Students During The Coronavirus? Students Explain Why They Miss In-Person Classes
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College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here’s How We Do It.
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Students in New York file class-action lawsuits against 3 universities, claiming that schools have failed to adequately refund fees
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Art:

Survey reveals a dire situation for independent artists, with almost two-thirds now unemployed
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Mail:

Trump vows to 'never let our Post Office fail' hours after threatening to let it die unless it hikes Amazon rates • Trump says he will block coronavirus aid for U.S. Postal Service if it doesn't hike prices immediately • Trump tightens the Postal Service squeeze • Save the Postal Service
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The Founders never intended the Postal Service to be managed like a business
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FactCheck: The Postal Service loses money on every e-commerce package it delivers
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Entertainment:

Hollywood has gone dark, and it's crushing thousands
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Sovereigns:

Further Thoughts on Necessity as a Reason to Defer Sovereign Debt Obligations
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UN agency calls for $1 trillion developing world debt write-off
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UK:

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson To Return To Work Monday • Boris Johnson returns to face growing virus divisions in UK • Coronavirus: Johnson faces lockdown dilemma as scientists warn over grim data
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UK’s Boris Johnson faces pressure to lift the lockdown as he returns to work
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UK will need to extend Brexit transition, Merkel ally warns Britain • Post-Brexit trade talks with EU on course to fail, Johnson warned
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British pubs are closed, but Brits won't give up their pub quizzes • Drinkers and Lenders Alike Lament Closure of British Pubs
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UK passes grim milestone of 20,000 hospital deaths from Covid-19
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Medics on Front Line of U.K. Virus Battle Still Fear for Safety
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Passengers entering UK 'to be quarantined for two weeks' in new plans to halt coronavirus spread
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New jobs fall two-thirds despite higher demand for health workers
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U.K. Retail Sales Post Biggest Drop on Record Amid Lockdown
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Landlords hit back at accusations of aggressive tactics
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UK at 'dangerous' stage, no lockdown exit strategy in sight
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UK Reports Lowest Virus Death Toll In Weeks
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Northern Ireland economy acutely exposed to coronavirus
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Suspended UK pension contributions could total £1bn
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Half of SMEs in UK will run out of cash in 12 weeks, finds survey
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Police in England warn rural vigilantes not to take law into own hands during lockdown
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Tata Steel calls on UK to lift £50m cap on coronavirus aid
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Transport for London to Place a Quarter of Its Staff on Furlough
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EU:

Europe prepares to ease lockdown measures
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European bank investors brace for  loan loss provisions
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Factories Fire Up in Europe to Pull Economy Back From the Abyss
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EU Recovery Fund Should Be Around $1.6 Trillion, Gentiloni Says
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Why the World’s Highest Virus Death Rate Is in Europe’s Capital
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PIIGS:

Italy's Conte Vows To Reopen Schools In September
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Italy to reopen some businesses as early as this week • Italy to Begin Easing Virus-Linked Lockdown on May 4, Conte Says
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A Glimpse of Italy’s Grim Trade-Off Between Death and Growth
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Italian Bonds in Tailspin Only Get Worse as EU Leaders Squabble
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Italy frees some mafia bosses from prison over coronavirus, reports say
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Italy Dodges Downgrade With Credit Rating Affirmed by S&P
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As Virus Lockdown Eases, Italy Ponders What Went Wrong • Many failures combined to unleash death on Italy’s Lombardy
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Spain Reports Fewest Coronavirus Deaths in Almost Five Weeks
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'We're Going Out!': Spanish Kids Reclaim Streets After Weeks Indoors
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Italy and Spain announce plans to ease coronavirus lockdowns further
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Portugal Bets on Safe-Haven Status to Spur Coronavirus Comeback
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Trump golf course seeks a lifeline from Ireland
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Call for action as SME cash crunch beckons
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Canada:

Canada's Reopening Won't Depend On Immunity: Trudeau • Canada shouldn't reopen economy without enough worker PPE, Trudeau says
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Canada's deadliest shooting rampage began with an argument between the gunman and his girlfriend, police say
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North Korea:

US intelligence does not believe Kim Jong Un is dead
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Australia:

COVID-19 Insolvency Update: Voidable transactions - Key issues for creditors
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Two Australian States Are Easing Coronavirus Restrictions
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Australia’s Next Step in Virus Battle is Contact-Tracing App
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New Zealand:

Praised For Curbing COVID-19, New Zealand's Leader Eases Country's Strict Lockdown
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Brazil:

Brazil 'super minister' quit over Bolsonaro's alleged interference in the country's worst crisis yet, sparking chaos • ‘A Perfect Storm’ in Brazil as Troubles Multiply for Bolsonaro
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Africa:

The sudden rise of the coronavirus grim reaper: Ghana's dancing pallbearers
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South Africa Seeks  95 Billion Rand From IMF, World Bank, NDB
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Kenya Shuts Off Capital for Three More Weeks on Virus Concerns
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IMF Approves $309 Million for Mozambique Virus Response
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South Africa to Cap Losses for Banks Giving Virus Loans
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Botswana Sees Economy Contracting 13.1% Due to Coronavirus
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China:

Bankruptcy with Chinese Characteristics: Insolvency Administration in the People's Republic of China
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China's virus cases could have been four times official tally
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Washington Post sues State Department over access to Wuhan coronavirus cables
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China Says 12 Coronavirus Cases Remain in Wuhan, None in Serious Condition
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Chinese property tycoon lands on debtors blacklist
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Daimler says China business picks up again: report
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China’s Second-Quarter Rebound Already Losing Steam, Data Show
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Russia:

Can Putin’s Russia Survive Weak Oil And The Coronavirus?
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MENA:

Egypt Asks IMF for Financial Aid Amid Coronavirus Fight
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Dubai Business Hub Rolls Out Measures for Firms and Workers
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S&P Global Ratings: Several Lebanon Bonds Downgraded To 'D'- Outlook Negative
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Arab doctor and an ultra-Orthodox Jew find common ground in a covid ward
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Could Low Oil Prices Spark A New War In The Middle East?
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Saudi Arabia Partially Lifts Coronavirus Curfews, Mecca Still Locked Down
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Saudi Arabia Ends Death Penalty for Minors and Floggings
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Israel reopens some businesses and considers resuming school year
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Lebanon Bank Attacked With Explosive Amid Economic Crisis
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France:

Violent protests in Paris suburbs reflect tensions under lockdown
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France records 242 new deaths, marking a major drop in its daily toll • France Reports Fewest Coronavirus Deaths in a Month
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French PM To Present Strategy On Ending Virus Lockdown
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Germany:

Germany Sees Economy Shrinking Up to 7% This Year, Spiegel Says
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'Pandemic populism': Germany sees rise in conspiracy theories
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German Coronavirus Deaths Climb to 5,723 With 148 New Fatalities
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Heiko Maas warns against restarting tourism too early
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German shops reopen but celebrations in Berlin are muted
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'I want my life back': Germans protest against lockdown
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India:

India Suspends Bankruptcy Law Provisions to Avert Insolvency Filings
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India takes a small step toward relaxing its strict lockdown
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India Pays $4.8 Billion to Its Poor to Ease Virus Woes
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India Allows Neighborhood Stores to Reopen, Keeps Malls Shut
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Iceland:

Iceland Talks About Its Covid 19 Success
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Japan:

This Japanese Island Lifted Its Coronavirus Lockdown Too Soon and Became a Warning to the World
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Japan, Singapore could be the Asian economies worst hit by coronavirus: Moody’s Analytics
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Japan Government Weighing Need to Extend Emergency, Reports Say
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Mexico:

Mexican Doctors Attacked With Bleach, Assaulted Over Coronavirus Transmission Fears
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Mexico Acute Lung Infections Jump 50%, Implying Virus Undercount
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As World Splurges on Virus Fight, One Leader Bets on Austerity
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5 Reasons Why Mexico’s Oil Industry Is Destined For Disaster
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Singapore:

Singapore Becomes Asia’s Most Infected Nation After China, India
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Venezuela:

Riots Erupt in Venezuela Countryside Due to Food, Fuel Scarcity
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Drowning in Oil, Yet Paying $10 a Gallon for Gas in Venezuela
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Argentina:

Debt talks at impasse as creditors reject initial proposal
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Alternatives to default: How Argentina could sweeten its offer to creditors
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Argentina Extends Lockdown by 2 Weeks to May 10 to Contain Virus
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Recovery Hit as Argentina Exits Trade Talks, Opposition Says
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Buenos Aires Bondholder Offer Headed for Rejection, Analysts Say
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Argentina Starts Roadshow in Bid to Restructure $76 Billion Debt
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