Law:

Bankruptcy Lawyers Gear Up for Surge in Filings Due to Coronavirus Fallout
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Brown Rudnick Adds to Its European Restructuring Practice Further With Two New Partners
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Greenberg Traurig Loses Bankruptcy Rainmaker to Baker McKenzie as Restructuring Stays Hot
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More Partners Leave Boies Schiller in DC, Los Angeles
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BigLaw pay cuts and layoffs are likely to multiply, experts say; which firms are doing it?
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The COVID Crisis Law Firm Layoff Tracker: What’s Your Firm Doing To Survive?
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Biglaw Firm Announces Up To 20 Percent Pay Cuts To Avoid Layoffs
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Lawyers At Am Law 200 Firm Looking At Pay Cuts Of Up To 30 Percent
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Law Firm Cancels Summer Associate Program, Leaving Law Students Reeling • DLA Piper, Vinson & Elkins Postpone Summer Associate Start Dates • How to Cancel Your Firm's Summer Program
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UK: Fieldfisher 'falls short paying partners for third month in a row'
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Mayer Brown denies lax WFH policy as three staff test positive for COVID-19 after London trip
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'Nobody Is Recruiting Over the Summer': OCI Season Postponed
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Biglaw Firm Assures Associates They Will Not Cut Salaries Or Furlough Lawyers
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Survey Shows In-House Lawyers Preparing for Worst From Covid-19
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N.Y. Law Deans Say 2020 Class Should Be Allowed to Skip Bar Exam • Law Deans Say Virus Class of ‘20 Shouldn’t Have to Take Bar Exam
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Skadden Leads in First Quarter M&A Work As Uncertainty Looms
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Attorneys Need ‘Tele-Advocacy’ Tools as Courts Adapt to Coronavirus
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Coronavirus Threatens Constitutionally Protected Freedom of Movement
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NYU Law Review wins dismissal of suit challenging its racial and gender preferences
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UVA Grants Waiver, Allows National Guard Student To Continue Studies
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Law School Deans Call For Major Changes To Bar Admission
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Zoom Videoconferencing Tips And Tricks
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Practicing Law — And Compassion — In A COVID-19 World
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Good guy with a gun takes down shooter firing at people outside medical marijuana dispensary
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FBI Reports Staggering 3.7 Million Firearm Background Checks In March
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FBI & Inspector General Report: FISA Scandal Is about Corruption, Not ‘Sloppiness’
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A Snitching Epidemic: Residents Tattle on Businesses, Neighbors Not Following Coronavirus Shutdown Orders • ‘Snitches Get Rewards’: Garcetti Issues New Rules For Construction Sites, Encourages Community To Report Safer At Home Violators
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Residents in Texas city can face $1,000 fine for not wearing 'some form of covering over their nose and mouth' after new motion
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Authorities are now using thermal imaging to help police enforce social-distancing rules
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Rasmussen: Two-Thirds Support Closed-Borders for Their State, Fines for Social Distancing Violators
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Zoom CEO responds after calls hacked with anti-Semitic slurs and porn
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World risks 'sleepwalking into surveillance' with coronavirus controls
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Shocking pictures show coronavirus ‘looters in face masks’ after attacking shops during lockdown
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Pandemic Complicates Custody for Eight Million Children of Divorce
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Ex-Rabbi Who Secretly Filmed Women in Religious Bathhouse Gets Out of Jail Early on COVID-19 Fears
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Spokesman Says Harvey Weinstein Never Tested Positive For Coronavirus
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Feds Charge Vice Cops Who Arrested Stormy Daniels at Ohio Strip Club
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Man Coughed at Store Customers, Then Wrote ‘COVID’ on Inside of a Cooler Door: Cops
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N.J. Prosecutor to Police: Stop Asking COVID-19 Patients to Post Signs on Their Homes
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Officers Break Up Large Funeral Gathering Violating New Jersey’s Stay-At-Home Order
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Toronto to fine people for not distancing in parks, squares
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First Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime Charges Possible in Stabbing of Asian American Family
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NJ Gov. Orders State Police To Commandeer Needed Medical Supplies
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Virus delays discovery reforms, prompts lawyers to ask for release of clients
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Coronavirus crisis raises specter of civil unrest, experts say
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Virus’s Toll on N.Y. Police: 1 in 6 Officers Is Out Sick
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NRA Sues New York State Governor Over Closure of Gun Stores
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Judges:

S.D.N.Y. Federal Judge Dies From COVID-19
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Paper Filings, Relics Elsewhere, Survive at SCOTUS During Virus
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Uncertainty Looms Over Supreme Court as Lower Courts Transition to Teleconferencing
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Trainer Reveals ‘Alarming’ Truth About Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s SCOTUS Gym Seshes
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Wall Street:

Dow futures indicate a 100-point opening drop as investors look to jobs numbers
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Most Asian Markets Closed Slightly Down Friday
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U.S. stocks end another whipsaw day solidly higher, led by energy
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Predictions for the Coronavirus Stock Market
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Bank of America slashes its S&P 500 target by 16% to the lowest on Wall Street, cites 'deepest post-war recession' on record
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He nailed the March coronavirus selloff — now he says there’s another 30% to go before stocks hit bottom
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Dividends: the sacrosanct payments under heavy fire
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Layoffs:

WARN Act and its Implications for COVID-19 Layoffs and Furloughs
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U.S. Retail Furloughs Poised to Exceed 1 Million From Shutdown
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St. Pete Beach hotel lays off more than 200 employees
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Citigroup CEO To Workers: No Layoffs
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Everlane customer experience workers say they were illegally laid off
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Boeing seeks voluntary staff lay-offs as market demand shifts
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How China, the US, and Europe are using robots to replace and help humans fight coronavirus by delivering groceries, sanitizing hospitals, and monitoring patients
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Workers Stiffed by Kennedy Center Despite Bailout Money Are Threatening Legal Action
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Focus Brands Lays Off 136
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GE Aviation Lays Off 50% Of Engine Manufacturing Staff
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ClassPass reduces staff by more than half as social distancing drives fitness home
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Healthcare:

The grim death-toll projections the White House offered Monday have already been revised upward • Experts, Trump's advisers doubt White House's 240,000 coronavirus deaths estimate
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Top US health official on stay-at-home order: ‘I just don’t understand why we’re not doing that’
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Pence Says Hospitals to Be Paid for Uninsured Covid-19 Patients
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Where America Didn’t Stay Home Even as the Virus Spread
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Global coronavirus cases hit 1 million, doubling in a week as deaths top 50,000
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As many as 100,000 incarcerated people in our jails and prisons will die from the coronavirus, unless the US acts now • New York Jail Is Unable to Test Inmates for Virus, Judge Says
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Coronavirus cases approaching 1 million worldwide
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Over 200,000 People Have Recovered From Coronavirus Around the World, According to Johns Hopkins University
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Key data points as US nears 1 in 1,000 infected
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Trump says he might help uninsured Americans
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Experts Warn White House Talking, Breathing May Spread Coronavirus • 11 questions about the coronavirus economic crisis you were too embarrassed to ask • 12 things everyone needs to know about the coronavirus pandemic • Pittsburgh: Possible Coronavirus Vaccine • Age or illness makes one-quarter of Americans more vulnerable to coronavirus complications • Moderna chairman: Human trial of coronavirus vaccine may enter phase 2 in spring • Coronavirus 'may cause brain damage' as dangerous swelling found in 'confused' patients • Gov. Murphy suggests social distancing at home • First Potential COVID-19 Vaccine to Be Peer Reviewed Shows Promise • MIT: Six Feet May Not Be Far Enough
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Disaster in motion: 3.4 million travelers poured into US as coronavirus pandemic erupted
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Navy hospital ships have treated fewer than 20 patients in coronavirus response
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Coronavirus Started in China, but Europe Became the Hub for Its Global Spread
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Life-or-Death Hospital Decisions Come With Threat of Lawsuits
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Grim New Rules for NYC Paramedics: Don’t Bring Cardiac Arrests to ER for Revival
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The young doctors being asked to play god
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Need for nurses is driving record pay as coronavirus nears its peak
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72% Of Health Care Workers Report Psychological Distress Due To COVID-19
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Why is New Orleans' coronavirus death rate 7 times New York's? Obesity is a factor
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N.J. Confirmed Deaths From New Coronavirus Climb 51% to 537
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'What we are experiencing in Colorado is far worse than we imagined'
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Cuomo says NY's coronavirus apex could arrive sooner
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Gov. Cuomo: 16,000 New Yorkers could die from the coronavirus, according to Gates Foundation-backed projections
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NYC doctor who contracted the coronavirus says ‘the volume of patients is just staggering’
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N.Y. has just six days of ventilators as 432 New Yorkers die of coronavirus and cases rise over 92,000: Cuomo • States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply • Trump invokes Defense Production Act for ventilator manufacturing
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Kushner to Trump: Cuomo Lying About Ventilator Needs
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NY Paying 15 Times Price for Medical Gear
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Demand for Ventilators, Masks, Body Bags Outstrips FEMA’s Supply
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'Surreal': NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge
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The last coronavirus holdout in New York: A rural upstate county braces itself
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Central Park houses hospital ward as NY races to add beds
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Washington, D.C. needs 3,600 hospital beds for coronavirus peak: mayor
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Next Virus ‘Hot Spots’ Seen as Michigan, Connecticut, Indiana
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Map Reveals Hidden U.S. Hotspots of Coronavirus Infection
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As virus cases surge in Florida, fears that action came too late
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The Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to the South
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The ‘red’ states on this map are putting the rest of the country at risk amid the spreading coronavirus pandemic
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California hospitals desperate for safety supplies, fear ‘disaster’ as coronavirus wave hits
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U.S. Army rolls into Seattle with field hospital built for combat
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Hawaii sets new high for coronavirus cases but officials say it likely will get worse
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Coronavirus crisis: Underpaid, overstretched nursing staff demand more than applause
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Trump Administration Reportedly Assigns Security Team to Anthony Fauci • Fauci on threats to his safety: ‘I’ve chosen this life’
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Coronavirus testing: how some countries got ahead of the rest
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April 2 Update: US COVID-19 Test Results per Day; More Testing Needed
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New England Patriots plane brought 1 million N95 masks from China
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Wearing Masks Must Be a National Policy • White House to urge Americans to wear face coverings in public to slow spread of coronavirus • After wavering advice, Americans now urged to use face masks to slow coronavirus spread • Lifesaver or false protection: do face masks stop coronavirus?
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Everyone wore masks during the 1918 flu pandemic. They were useless.
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Trump says scarves ‘better’ than masks
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Inside America's mask crunch: A slow government reaction and an industry wary of liability
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‘Discount’ Russian coronavirus supplies unloaded at JFK Airport • Turning the Tables, Russia Sends Virus Aid to U.S.
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Elon Musk is being criticized after apparently sending BiPAP machines instead of ventilators to a New York hospital
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Singapore's richest man makes US$3.5B selling ventilators
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New research sheds light on how the coronavirus travels through the air — you probably won't walk through virus 'clouds,' but healthcare workers are at risk
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Trump: ‘Complainers’ should have stocked up on supplies before coronavirus crisis
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Nurses at NYC hospital receive gowns after Post trash bag exposé
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One Hospital’s Last Resort to Protect Doctors From Coronavirus: Yankee Rain Ponchos
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Brooks Running to Provide 10,000 Pairs of Shoes to Healthcare Workers
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Justice Department will send seized medical supplies to New York, New Jersey
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Los Angeles mayor says all residents should wear masks
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People are visiting graveyards during coronavirus lockdown because parks are too crowded
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This Midwestern mayor is fighting to get her residents to take coronavirus seriously
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How elite U.S. college students brought COVID-19 home from campus
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A party in a wealthy Connecticut town and a ritzy Austrian ski resort have both become 'super-spreaders' of the coronavirus — but people are still keeping quiet about exposure for fear of being stigmatized
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‘I’m not going to lie, it was a nightmare’: A recovered New Jersey coronavirus patient urges caution — and hope
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The CMS is now covering 80 new telehealth services for Medicare members
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Woman loses parents, brother to coronavirus while husband on life support
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Unexpected Consequence of COVID-19 Crisis: Empty Emergency Rooms
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Ratings:

Rating agencies brace for backlash after rash of downgrades
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Newspapers:

Local newspapers are facing their own coronavirus crisis
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Agribusiness:

U.S. Farm Groups Fight for Access to Virus Small Business Loans
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Nursing Homes:

Nursing Home Linked to 37 Coronavirus Deaths Faces Fine of $600,000
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Tragedy unfolds as deaths rise in Europe’s homes for elderly
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Nursing home infections, deaths surge amid lockdown measures
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Celebs:

Shivering, hallucinating, beaten 'like a piñata': Chris Cuomo's 'haunted' night with coronavirus
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Coronavirus punishes Warren Buffett’s equity holdings
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Media:

As media layoffs grow, industry pleads for urgent relief
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Google Boosts Support for Checking Coronavirus Facts
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Television:

No Live Sports on TV? Consumers Want a Refund
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Sports:

Was That the End of the Season? Maybe
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Rugby in crisis as unions engage in 'unprecedented dialogue'
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As our sports venues become hospitals, there's little to cheer but much to admire
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European football mulls July, August restart; stopping leagues 'last resort'
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Religion:

In life's last moments, U.S. clergy minister to the sick and dying via FaceTime and Zoom
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California Pastor Flouts Stay-at-Home Order, Says It's His First Amendment Right to Do So
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Church Plans to Continue Services Despite Coronavirus Pandemic, Says ‘Jesus Died With COVID-19’
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Churches defy coronavirus restrictions in Brazil and Africa
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Churches allowed to stay open in states particularly vulnerable to coronavirus
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Transit:

Trump administration awards $25 billion in emergency transit funding
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Detroit bus driver, who ranted about a coughing passenger, dies from coronavirus
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New York MTA May Get to Borrow $10 Billion for Operating Costs
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Paper Products:

Toilet Paper: Running The Numbers
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Travel:

Why Is Getting a Refund From an Online Travel Agency So Hard?
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Tech:

Google Is Tracking People’s Movements in Their Communities During the Coronavirus Pandemic • Google releases location data to show if coronavirus lockdowns are working
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Economy:

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 6,648,000 • New York Unemployment Fund Nears Insolvency as Claims Skyrocket • States Will Run Out of Unemployment Funds • US Weekly Unemployment Claims Top 6 Million Amid COVID-19 Pandemic • Job losses in March could be the worst in a decade, and that’s just the beginning • US jobless claims could soon exceed 8 million, economist projects • New unemployment claims surge to record-high 6.6 million • Over 10 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in March as economy collapsed • US wipes out nearly half of the job gains since the financial crisis in 2 weeks • Coronavirus devastates the US job market • Unemployment Claims Are Out of Control. Here’s What They Mean • US unemployment report is much worse than economists predicted • The March jobs report is expected to be ugly. Here's why it'll be just the tip of the iceberg as coronavirus lockdowns spread • It’s Not Too Late to Stem the Flood of Joblessness • The coronavirus unemployment numbers in perspective • Pence Says U.S. Spike in Unemployment From Virus is Temporary
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In Just Three Weeks, 10% of Workers in These States Are Jobless
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Americans say they expect to burn through their limited savings very quickly • Half of Adults Making Under $50K Would Run Out of Savings in Three Months
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As millions lose jobs, Fed policymakers say recession is here
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This Will be the Deepest Recession on Record
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Summers: Recovery Will be Fast
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Jobs may not come totally back for years
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Economist: We Have Fallen into the Abyss
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ADB Warns Global Cost Of Virus Could Top $4 Trillion
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Goldman: March Payrolls Preview • March Employment Preview
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CBO sees the economy down 7% in second quarter and the jobless rate past 10% • U.S. unemployment to shoot up while GDP declines in second quarter: congressional estimators
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Fed’s Kashkari says, ‘We need to err on the side of being generous’ with rescue
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Fed's Kaplan sees severe contraction ahead, more stimulus needed
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Fed’s Mester expects unemployment in U.S. to rise as high as 15%
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Fed balance sheet increases to record $5.86 trillion
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Krugman: The Covid-19 Slump Has Arrived
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This Silent Job Killer Is an Underrated Threat to the Economy
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Forget about returning to jobs as usual after coronavirus
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Virus Rips Into Middle-Class America, Where Finances Are Fragile
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Wealthy L.A. areas have higher rates of coronavirus cases. Why those numbers are deceiving
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Every recession in U.S. history and how the country responded
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A new type of coronavirus test could turn the tide by revealing who has already recovered. Those immune people could go back to work first.
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Pence Says More Than 100,000 Americans Tested Daily for Virus
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One measure of consumer confidence just suffered its sharpest drop on record as coronavirus layoffs persist • U.S. Consumer Comfort Posts Record Two-Week Drop on Economy View
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New York City Business Activity Index Drops to Lowest on Record
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Coronavirus hits New York City’s lower-income neighborhoods especially hard
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The Real Reason Epidemiologists and Economists Keep Arguing
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LBO Deadlines Are Here, Leaving Bankers on the Hook for Billions
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Sheryl Sandberg: Coronavirus is exacerbating inequality in the US. Millionaires and billionaires need to take responsibility and do more than they've ever done before.
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Brace for the ‘deepest recession on record,’ says BofA analysts, as jobless claims surge to 6.6 million • 'The deepest recession on record': Bank of America slashes forecasts, now sees up to 20 million jobs lost, 15.6% unemployment, and a shrinking economy for 3 straight quarters
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Fitch sees ‘deep global recession’ just 10 days after predicting slow economic growth
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Fed’s New Repo Measures Followed a $100 Billion Treasury Exodus
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Economists fear slow pace of testing will prolong recession • Experts warn as many as 1 in 3 coronavirus test results may be incorrectly negative
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Half of humanity now on lockdown • More states issue stay-at-home orders as coronavirus crisis escalates
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Trade Deficit decreased to $39.9 Billion in February
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Banks Warn of ‘Overwhelming’ Demand and Messy Start for Small Business Loans • Small Business Loans Potentially Overwhelm Banks with Demand
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JPMorgan says it’s not ready for small business loan applications • JPMorgan says it’s not ready, lenders call for more clarity on small business rescue program a day before launch
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U.S. Doubles Small-Business Loans’ Rate to 1% After Lenders Balk
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Small-Business Virus Rescue Kicks Off in U.S. Beset by Concerns
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Details Expected Today on Main Street Lending Program for Middle Market Companies
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BofA Prepares for Deluge of Small-Business Loan Applications
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Take Government Aid? We’ll See, Some Businesses Say
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Top U.S. banks may shun small-business rescue plan on liability worries
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Banks raise doubts small business rescue will start on time
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The 2020 CARES ACT Overview of Paycheck Protection Program and Loan Forgiveness
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US banks will reap billions in fees from the government for coronavirus SMB loans
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Here's the plan for how $349 billion in small-business loans will be administered
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Which borrowers will — and won’t — get help under stimulus law
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U.S. gig workers seeking coronavirus jobless benefits hit bureaucratic wall
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Startups Are Scrambling for Access to $349 Billion in Relief Loans
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Some could wait 20 weeks for stimulus checks, IRS tells House Democrats
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Essential Work Should Pay More Than Not Working
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Ending Coronavirus Jobless Benefits for Millions Will Be Tricky
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Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy maintains opposition to ‘Phase 4’ coronavirus package • Republicans Stall Next Coronavirus Stimulus As Unemployment Claims Hit Record High • House Republicans want to reopen economy by end of April if ‘virus permits’ • Record jobless claims but Dems, GOP divide over rescue bill
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Congress Wants A Do-Over On The Disastrous Coronavirus Bill
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Pelosi Says Infrastructure Talks With Mnuchin Are Accelerating
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Evil Things Tucked into Stimulus Bill
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Economic fallout mounts, along with competition for gear
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Ohio Extends Stay-At-Home Order Through May 1
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Pelosi creates House coronavirus stimulus oversight committee • Pelosi announces committee to oversee $2 trillion coronavirus response, setting up clash with Trump • From Afar, Congress Begins Oversight of Trump Coronavirus Response
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In Sudden Shift, U.S. and China Seek to Cooperate • Trump’s contradictory views on China shift as crisis grows
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Amid coronavirus scare, Americans flock to remote land, survival retreats
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My City Friends Want to Wait Out the Virus in My Suburban Home
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Sony donating $100 million to COVID-19 relief
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New blow to workers: Some companies are cutting 401(k) contributions
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Goldman Sachs Has a Point on Credit Recovery, But Be Very Careful
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It took her 20 years to claw out of poverty. Coronavirus could take it all away
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World Bank OKs first $1.9B for poor countries battling virus
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Virus deaths, unemployment accelerating across Europe, US
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Orlando: Half-mile line of cars wait for food bank after theme parks' shutdown put thousands out of work
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'A perfect storm': US facing hunger crisis as demand for food banks soars
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Frightened Workers Stay Away From Factory Floors, Hitting Output
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Virus Lockdowns Confront Billions Working in the Shadow Economy
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In the Informal Economy, There’s No Shelter From the Virus
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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:

This hard truth about the mortgage markets isn’t being told
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Banks Tighten Lending to Nervous Homeowners Hoping to Tap Equity
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Home Lenders Brace for Up to 15 Million U.S. Mortgage Defaults
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Here's What All 50 States Have Done About Evictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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U.S. Holds Off on Extending Virus Aid to Mortgage Servicers
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Mortgage Financier Ladder Taps Moelis for Strategic Advice
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Fall While Housing Market Grinds to a Halt • Mortgage rates tumble as lenders face increasing difficulties
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A landlord sent an email blast to 300 tenants telling them to pay rent. It inadvertently helped them organize a rent strike.
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America’s housing market is showing the first signs of trouble because of the coronavirus pandemic
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New York City officials are urging Gov. Cuomo to approve an $8 billion plan for rental relief — after renters were left out of the federal coronavirus stimulus
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Coronavirus Puts A Damper On Q1 Manhattan Sales Increases
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Municipalities:

Fed likely to support municipal-debt, says former New York Fed president • Case for Fed Rescue of Muni Market Builds With Rout Returning
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As the Fed steps into the municipal bond market, will it be enough?
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States, Cities Already Cutting Jobs With Financial Toll Mounting
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Coronavirus Is Making the Public Pension Crisis Even Worse
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'Here we go again': Detroit, a city on the brink of recovery, reels as coronavirus claims lives • Detroit Is Mourning
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Billionaire Dan Gilbert Is Looking To Save Detroit Again, This Time From Coronavirus
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TX: Cities Now Worried About Tax Revenue
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Virginia considers delaying raises, minimum wage increase as coronavirus blows huge hole in state budget
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Oil/Gas:

Whiting Petroleum is just the ‘first domino’ to fall in US shale wipeout, strategist says
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Private equity firm seeks to cut price for failed shale producer
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FTS International Will Find It Hard To Bounce Back
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Mnuchin Says Energy Firms Hit by Oil Rout Can Use Fed Lending
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Trump's Saudi-Russia Oil Gambit Faces Resistance at Home
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Trump’s Push for Huge Deal to Cut Oil Supply Draws Disbelief
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OPEC reportedly set for video meeting as analysts pour skepticism on Trump’s intervention
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Oil, shares slip on doubts over Saudi-Russia deal
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Trump-Tied Law Firm Has Lobbied For Saudi Arabia — The Country Crushing U.S. Frackers
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Coronavirus oil shock prompts Trump’s about-face
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Oil prices spike by a record 25% as Trump talks up huge production cuts and Saudi Arabia calls for OPEC meeting
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Russia: Oil Producing Countries Not Discussing Any New Deal
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If Trump's Diplomacy Fails, $10 Oil Will Threaten U.S. Energy Independence
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Oil crash poses severe test for OPEC+ after Moscow, Riyadh miscalculate
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Oil Surges Record 24% After Trump Claims Saudis Will Cut Production
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Oil majors rush to raise billions in debt as crude prices sink
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Bankruptcy Wave Could Hit Oil Services Stocks
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What Happens If The World Runs Out Of Oil Storage?
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Swings in Oil Have Become the Biggest Threat to Stability in Stocks
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Oil at $4 a Barrel? That’s the Price Belarus Is Offering Russia
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Gasoline Now Costs $11.50 a Barrel Less Than Crude in Europe
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How Did Oxy’s Bosses Get Paid a Bonus?
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Massive OTC oil and gas gathering canceled
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Food/Beverage:

Most restaurants say they can’t survive a shutdown that lasts into May
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Delivery Platform Grubhub to Give $30 Million of Funding to Restaurants • After coming under fire for its discount program, Grubhub says it will pay restaurants $250 each
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Why Grocery Stores Don't Have Everything
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Luckin Coffee shares plunge after internal probe into sales
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Uproar Among Workers Supplying the World’s Meat Is Spreading
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An Outbreak Among Farm Workers Would Be Catastrophic
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Desperate shoppers say they can't order groceries for delivery or pickup. Amazon and Walmart are racing to meet the spike in demand.
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Vapiano says it’s filing for bankruptcy
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Tyson Foods obtains $1.5 billion loan from creditors
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Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
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Struggling Napa Wineries Offer Deep Discounts and Virtual Tastings
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Aviation:

Boeing offers employees buyouts as U.S. economy shudders
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Boeing to get nearly $900 million in withheld payments from Air Force
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Boeing Sees Thousands of Workers Exiting Amid Travel Market Rout
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COVID-19 puts airlines and aviation-related biz at risk of chain bankruptcy
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Miami mayor asks Trump to suspend domestic and international flights from COVID-19 hotspots to Miami Airport
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American Airlines Gives Up on Most Overseas Flying This Summer
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Southwest to Become Second U.S. Airline Applying for Relief
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Flight attendants' union leader says relief must go directly to workers
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Richard Branson Wants a Virgin Atlantic Bailout. Really?
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American Airlines crammed the only 11 passengers on a flight into 3 rows because they only bought basic economy
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Cathay Cuts Skeleton Capacity Even Further as Demand Disappears
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British Airways Furloughs 28,000 Staff After Deal With Union
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Lufthansa Bailout Size Hinges on Germany’s Ticket Refund Appeal
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How do airplanes get cleaned?
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Pilots Aren’t Being Told When Coworkers Fall Ill, Union Says
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Private Equity:

Bipartisan push could save private equity-owned small businesses
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Now Private Equity Wants In on the Bailout? Spare Me
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 67% Year-over-year to All Time Record Low
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North Texas hotels not just laying off employees — they’re closing
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Autos:

BEA: March Vehicles Sales decreased to 11.4 Million SAAR
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Tesla soars on delivery numbers -- company delivered 88,400 vehicles in Q1 • Tesla's 1Q Car Sales Surged Before Pandemic Shut Things Down
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Ford Expects Talks With U.S. on Cash for Clunkers-Like Stimulus
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Auto-Parts Suppliers Teeter as Car Production Halts
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Automakers are pulling out all the stops, offering deals, shop-from-home programs, and payment assistance to help customers buy and keep their cars amid the coronavirus pandemic
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22 lenders that may help you with auto loan and lease payments in response to COVID-19
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival Corp. Won't Go Bankrupt: A Dive Into Its Debt
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I begged my parents not to go on their Holland America cruise — now their ship is stranded at sea
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Holland America Ships Get Conditional Deal to Dock in Florida • Holland America tells cruise passengers on Rotterdam ship they won't be getting off for at least 2 more nights after weeks of being stranded at sea
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An oral history of an infected, rejected cruise ship
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Two Cruise Ships Leave Australia as Authorities Seek Resolution
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Cash-strapped Royal Caribbean draws down its revolving credit lines as coronavirus pandemic tests the cruise industry
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida-bound Coral Princess confirms 12 coronavirus cases on board
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Theatre:

Actors and others exit stage left amid pandemic
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Movies:

The Latest Box Office Horror Show? A Total Collapse of Movie Ticket Sales Due To COVID-19
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Finance:

FTI Consulting Releases 2020 Survey of U.S. Loan Market
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Dairy:

Farmers Are Dumping Milk in Latest Blow to Battered U.S. Dairy
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Education:

Cuomo asked why U.S. wasn't ready for mass shift to online education. Here's why.
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It's 'most appropriate' to stop giving kids A-F grades and move to pass/fail, school district says
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Climate:

Above-average Atlantic hurricane season predicted
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Military:

U.S. Commanders Cite Pandemic as They Pull Back Elite Units Around the World
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Navy removes aircraft carrier captain who spoke out about coronavirus response from post • Veterans Denounce Decision to Remove Navy Captain Brett Crozier
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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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (145 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 Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Reform:

CARES Act & Bankruptcy: Congress Wants the Largest of Small Businesses to Liquidate
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CARES Act Makes Small Business Bankruptcy More Accessible
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Small Business Chapter 11 Eligibility Expanded Under CARES Act
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Bankruptcy Policy:

Bankruptcy’s Role in the COVID-19 Crisis
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Miscellaneous:

Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Issues in Light of COVID-19
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Contracts:

What Spanish Flu-Era Contract Fights Tell Us about Pandemics and Contractual Performance
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

As Bankruptcy Storm Brews, Legal Pros Say Save Cash
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Insurance:

Knowing the damage a pandemic could wreak on businesses, insurers excluded coverage.
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Insurance companies are under pressure to pay out business pandemic claims they say aren’t covered
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Labor:

Labor and Employment Considerations for Businesses Thinking About Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Utilities:

Power company workers sequester in the office during COVID-19 crisis
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California Utilities Urged to Step Up Wildfire Mitigation
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Why fire victims should accept PG&E settlement
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S&P lowers North American utilities outlook to negative on coronavirus risk
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Personal Finance:

This couple got coronavirus on a first date — and they’ve been quarantining together ever since
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How to actually do this remote-learning thing while also working from home
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Plan B: a Front Porch Wedding
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10 ideas to keep you positive, engaged indoors during virus shutdown
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I didn't have a quarantine plan when I got covid-19. Trust me: You'll want one.
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I Threw a Virtual Birthday Party and 46 People Came. Here’s What I Learned
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Politics:

Trump tangles with Schumer over coronavirus response • Schumer wants coronavirus czar, blasts Trump’s ‘patchwork’ efforts
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Trump Organization Lays Off, Furloughs Hundreds of Workers Amid $1 Million Daily Losses Due to Coronavirus Outbreak: Report • Trump Organization Asks Deutsche Bank For Loan Payment Delay
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They Can’t Find Ventilators, But The White House Did Manage To Source Golf Carts For Trump’s Summer Tee Time
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Trump administration ended pandemic early-warning program to detect coronaviruses
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As virus takes hold, resistance to stay-at-home orders remains widespread - exposing political and social rifts
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Kushner Puts Himself in the Middle of the White House’s Chaotic Coronavirus Response
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Trump sows uncertainty and seeks to cast blame in coronavirus crisis
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Trump’s Company Seeks Financial Help as Coronavirus Takes Toll
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Trump is blowing the US response to coronavirus because he can't handle bad news
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Trump and His Evolving Coronavirus Story
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Cuomo Emerges as ‘Trump Whisperer’ During Coronavirus Crisis
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Trump again tests negative for coronavirus
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Trump’s Approval Rating Is Holding Up. For Now.
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El Paso County, CO GOP questioned whether COVID-19 was a ‘psyop’
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Russia spreads coronavirus lies, but they were made in America
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Engineer intentionally crashes train near hospital ship Mercy, believing in weird coronavirus conspiracy, feds say
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Biden campaign asks Trump campaign to pull spliced video, testing Twitter
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Trump Is Politicizing the Pandemic. Governors Can Fight Back.
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Professors, Journalists Call Out Fox News’ Coronavirus Misinformation In Scathing Letter
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Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity
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‘Missing In Action’: United Nations Struggles in Coronavirus Fight
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The Coronavirus Test Is Too Hard for Trump
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How experts worry the coronavirus outbreak could cloud the 2020 general election
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Democrats Delay Presidential Convention Until August, Citing Coronavirus
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As world battles virus, governments under fire
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Wisconsin has an election April 7 in the middle of a pandemic. It’s shaping up to be a debacle.
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Foreign governments hire U.S. lobbyists to promote their efforts fighting the coronavirus outbreak
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US bankruptcy judge rules against Bill Brady and his brothers
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Fraud:

Luckin Coffee shares plummet 73% after financial misconduct investigation launched • Starbucks rival Luckin Coffee faked nearly half of its roughly $732 million in sales, according to an internal investigation that found the Chinese coffee giant's COO fabricated orders • China’s Biggest Car Rental Firm Sinks 72% on Luckin Connection • Luckin Coffee debacle a ‘wake-up call’ for investors
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Lori Loughlin Court Filing Blasts 'Overzealous' Prosecutors: You Failed to Charge a Real Crime
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Judge in Elizabeth Holmes Fraud Case Pushes Forward With Summer Trial Date Despite COVID-19
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Georgia Senator Loeffler Did Quick Dump of Travel Company Stock
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Taxis:

$2.50 an hour and exposure to riders who may have the virus: Uber drivers say their income has collapsed and help has been sparse. Here's how bad it is.
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Uber drivers and other gig economy workers were promised unemployment benefits. It may be a long wait.
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Retailing:

Apple Tells Staff U.S. Stores to Remain Closed Until Early May
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J.C. Penney Pays April Rent With Other Retailers Holding Back
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How Retailers Should Communicate with Landlords Amid COVID-19
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Masked and Gloved Retail Workers Coming to America’s Stores
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Sears sues to recover payments made to bike vendors prior to bankruptcy
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Hobby Lobby told to “cease and desist” after it reopens stores
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Is the Board to Blame?
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Fearful Hobby Lobby employees show what it's like to work in a store that reopened in defiance of state-mandated shutdowns during the coronavirus
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J. C. Penney: Bankruptcy Risk Increases With The Extended Store Closures
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Instacart to provide face masks for workers as part of COVID-19 safety kit
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Office Depot and Staples employees say their stores' 'essential' designation is misleading as they sell out of cleaning and work products
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Thousands of former Costco sample servers have reportedly been laid off as the 3rd-party company that staffs them shuts down operations
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An Amazon delivery driver has tested positive for COVID-19, as workers throughout the company's supply chain worry about their safety
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Amazon vowed to crack down on coronavirus profiteering. Some sellers have figured out loopholes.
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Leaked Amazon Memo Details Plan to Smear Fired Warehouse Organizer: ‘He’s Not Smart or Articulate’ • Top Amazon executive sought to put focus on fired worker in attempt to divert from safety criticism
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'I'm scared to go to work': Grocery store workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Amazon hires 80,000, adds safety precautions at warehouses
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Maritime:

Coronavirus Pushes Shipping Companies Into Survival Mode
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Hornbeck Offshore plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Executive Compensation:

Payday Before Mayday: CEO Compensation Contracting for Distressed Firms
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Pensions:

Pensions In A Pandemic: Is One Man’s Bailout Another Man’s Pension Funding Relief?
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UK:

UK records 569 coronavirus fatalities on deadliest day so far • The UK recorded its 2 worst days in a row for the coronavirus, and now the country 'is on a much worse trajectory for deaths than China'
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U.K. Seeks Cold Storage Warehouse to Hold Bodies
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Directors’ Duties in the context of Covid-19 – UPDATED
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Bloomin' disaster - UK’s garden industry faces ruin from coronavirus crisis
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U.K.’s Sunak Expands Coronavirus Loan Program to Help More Firms
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Under-fire Johnson says UK will 'massively increase testing' • UK aims to carry out 100K tests by end of month • Johnson’s Virus Test Target Is Already Being Pushed Back in U.K. • After Lost Months, Britain Vows to Catch Up on Virus Testing
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UK doctors could have to take ventilators from patients to prioritize those most likely to survive
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The UK plans to issue coronavirus 'immunity passports' so Brits can leave the lockdown early
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Years of UK jobs growth wiped out by coronavirus
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EU:

Overview of the EU measures designed to address the economic consequences of Covid-19
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The Coronavirus Exposes the EU’s Limited Power
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Coronavirus could lead to breakup of European Union, leaders warn
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Europe Feels Jobs Shockwave With Shutdown Damage Spreading
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EU Says It Should Have Acted Faster to Help Italy After Outbreak
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Service sector activity tumbles across Europe
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EU internal borders could stay shut
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In This European Country, Hospitals Are as Scary as the Coronavirus
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PIIGS:

Italy's Coronavirus Outbreak May Have Peaked
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The Virus Will Force Europe to Make a Decision About Italy
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Spain records 950 COVID deaths in one day • Spain’s Deadly Day Signals No Letup in Europe’s Virus Lockdown
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Italy Reports Leveling Off of Virus Deaths, New Cases
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Milan shuts crematorium to deal with body backlog
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Greece Says 143 Coronavirus Cases on Ferry, in Refugee Camp
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Italy and Spain see 'first positive signs' in coronavirus crisis, ambassadors say
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Canada:

Oilpatch workers face pay cuts and layoffs as companies like Cenovus react to low prices
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Energy industry in Canada needs $20 billion in aid, Kenney says
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85% of Canadian troops ordered into isolation to prepare for COVID-19 operations
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Jobless Claims Reach 2.13 Million in Canada After Lockdowns
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Russia:

Putin Orders Russians to Stop Working During April to Curb Coronavirus
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MENA:

Death in the Holy Land: Coronavirus changes burial for Jews, Muslims
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After ignoring warnings, Israeli ultra-Orthodox hit by virus
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Cloak-and-Dagger Agents on Front Line in Israel Coronavirus War
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Pakistan, Bangladesh try to stop Friday prayers to avert coronavirus spike
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Finland:

Finland is told its welfare state can't cope with virus fallout
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France:

France Converts World's Largest Wholesale Food Market Into Temporary Morgue
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Indonesia:

Indonesia Is Ready to Add to $25 Billion Stimulus, Minister Says
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Mexico:

Coronavirus in Mexico: Street vendors agonize over health or livelihood
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North Korea:

North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus
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Turkey:

Turkey’s Coronavirus Death Toll Rises 28.5% to 356
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Argentina:

Argentina Floods Empty Streets With Cash as Crisis Lending Grows
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Germany:

German companies in the dock over dividend plans
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Germany Expects Economy to Contract 5% in 2020 on Virus Fallout
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Private Labs Helped Germany Test 1 Million For Covid-19 Virus
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German Virus Deaths Pass 1,000 as Fatalities Continue to Rise
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Africa:

Half of All Jobs in Africa Imperiled by Virus Fallout
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Africa Meets Pandemic With Violence, Confusion
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India:

IBC cannot be used as a threat
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Indian corporates hit by coronavirus lockdown declare force majeure
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Modi praises the Indian public amid nationwide Covid-19 lockdown
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Ecuador:

Ecuadorians live with dead relatives amid coronavirus pandemic
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With Deaths Surging, Ecuador Now Sees Toll Far Beyond Estimates
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Brazil:

Bolsonaro Says Coronavirus 'Not All It's Being Made Out to Be'
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China:

As China goes back to work, many wonder if the country’s recovery can be trusted
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One Worker’s Grueling Journey Home Shows China Isn’t Normal Yet
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Fresh Coronavirus Testing in China Finds More Symptomless Cases
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Japan:

Japan Fears Country on ‘Brink of the Brink’ of Virus Surge
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Singapore:

Singapore shuts schools temporarily, closes work places to curb coronavirus
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Australia:

Australia May Boost Bond Sales at Record Pace to Fund Stimulus
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Australia’s Budget Deficit Seen Blowing Out to 8.1% of GDP
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Malaysia:

Malaysia Sees Possible Contraction as Growth Forecasts Slashed
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