August 24, 2020

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Law:

More Firms Are Partially Restoring Pay, but Full Salaries May Wait Until 2021
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Biglaw Firm Reverses Pay Cut For Associates, Partners Not So Lucky
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Am Law 100 Firm Rolls Back Salary Cuts, Pledges To Repay Employees In Full
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Am Law 100 Firm Dials Back Its COVID-19 Salary Cuts
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Texas Firms Lagged the Industry in Flat First Half, but Expense Cuts Cushioned the Blow
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Crowell & Moring Reverses Virus-Related Associate Pay Cuts
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Am Law 50 Firm Offers Special Wellness Stipends For Employee ‘Grit’ During Pandemic
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Law Firm, Know Thyself
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Bar Examiner Offers Less Than Inspiring Answers In Online Exam Defense
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Florida Attorneys Ask Court to Grant Licenses Without Taking Bar
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Taking The Traditional Law Path?
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Quinn Emanuel Wants $185 Million, Insurers Offer $9 Million
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What’s A 27-Year Age Gap Amongst (Law Firm) Partners?
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Gresham’s Law And The Practice Of Law
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Global Insolvency Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Insolvency Laws
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General counsel of Fortune 500 company talks gratitude, empathy and a decade of lessons he learned
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Read The Indictment Against Steve Bannon Inside Steve Bannon’s Alleged Scheme To Fleece Trump Voters Who Wanted A Border Wall With Bannon arrest, 'Sovereign District' sends another salvo Let Bannon Arrest Be the Coda on Trump’s Corrupt Presidency
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Michael Cohen Continues to Cause Serious Damage to the Legal Profession with Tell-All Book
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John Brennan's Adviser Says Former CIA Director Is ‘Not a Subject or a Target’ of John Durham's Criminal Investigation Ex-CIA Head Brennan Questioned for 8 Hours
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William Barr told Murdoch to 'muzzle' Fox News Trump critic, new book says
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Court orders Donald Trump to pay legal fees in Stormy Daniels suit
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Comey claims Senate Russia report "blows up" Barr's narrative about FBI probe Warner says Senate Intel Committee voted 14-1 to pass Russia report
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Prosecutors Reveal Secret Investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell, Other Epstein Co-Conspirators Is ‘Ongoing’ Virgin Islands Will Subpoena Billionaire Investor in Epstein Case
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Some Trump Aides Say They're Proud of Violating the Hatch Act: Report
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House ethics panel admonishes Rep. Gaetz for threatening tweet about Trump's former lawyer
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Court of Appeals sides with Whitmer on virus emergency orders
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Trump Tax-Subpoena Judge Denies Bid to Delay Enforcement Trump Bid to Delay Vance Tax Subpoena Denied by Appeals Court Appeals Court Refuses to Block Order Enforcing Subpoena for Trump’s Tax Returns, Putting Spotlight Back on SCOTUS Appeals court sets September 1 hearing on deadline for Trump's financial records subpoena
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Billionaire Investor Leon Black will be subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Case: NYT
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Far-right Proud Boys supporters clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland Portland police stand by as Proud Boys and far-right militias flashed guns and brawled with 'antifa' counterprotesters Portland police stand down while alt-right groups and anti-police protesters brawl with weapons as cops 'did not have the manpower to deal with large crowds willingly engaging in violence'
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US buildings closed in Portland after car-bomb threat made
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Lawyer For Officer Involved In Death Of George Floyd To Argue That Floyd ‘Killed Himself’
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Minneapolis plans to spend $4.8 million on temporary police station after its third precinct burned during George Floyd unrest
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LA: Cops Shoot Suspect 10 Times in the Back
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Video: Detroit  Cop Shoots Dog Through Fence
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Protesters rally over fatal police shooting of Black man in Louisiana
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Protest erupts after Wisconsin police shoot man from behind WI: Video of Cop Shooting Man in the Back Wisconsin authorities declare emergency curfew after police shoot Black man
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Fires set, windows broken, arrests made Saturday night in downtown Denver
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'Officers feel under siege': Police are now filming incidents on their mobile phones so they can refute claims of racism made online
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Authorities Arrest Marquise Love, Suspect in 'Violent Assault' on White Man in Downtown Portland
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More than a fire fight: Suspected looters arrested, residents reported missing amid Santa Cruz County wildfires
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Claudia Conway is so furious that her mother, Kellyanne, is to speak at the RNC that she's 'officially pushing for emancipation' from her family Kellyanne Conway’s anti-Trump child Claudia ‘pushing for emancipation’ from parents because mom’s job ‘ruined her life’ Trump aide Kellyanne Conway says she is leaving the White House at end of the month
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Former Green Beret charged with spying for Russia Former U.S. Special Forces Officer Who Had ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Charged for Conspiring with Russia, DOJ Says
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ICE guards ‘systematically’ sexually assault detainees in an El Paso detention center, lawyers say
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Woman, 21, Arrested and Charged for Stealing 7-Year-Old Trump Supporter's MAGA Hat, Destroying Pro-Trump Signs
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DHS is holding migrant children in secret hotel locations and rapidly expelling them
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Can you be removed from a jury pool for supporting Black Lives Matter?
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A driver for UPS is accused of a series of highway shootings in Oregon
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Disbarred attorney stole more than half of client’s settlement for himself, prosecutors say
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‘Sociopath in Action’: Damning Video Shows Supposedly Feeble Golden State Killer Exercising, Climbing on Desk in Jail 'Golden State Killer' Apologizes, Then Court Erupts in Applause When Judge Declares 'No Mercy' 'Golden State Killer' Sentenced to Life in Prison for Heinous Crime Spree in '70s and '80s
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CA: Cops Raid, Close Magic Mushroom Church
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Utah students who don't wear masks in schools can be criminally charged — even kindergartners
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Martial Law in the United States: Its Meaning, Its History, and Why the President Can’t Declare It
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Police hunt masked suspect accused of giving strangers ‘COVID hugs’ at Walmart
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Judges:

BK ED LA Cancels Hearings Due To Incoming Hurricane
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The Kagan Court? Unpacking a Conservative Charge
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Judge Accused Of Groping A Court Employee
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Denied Continuance, Vulnerable Dallas Lawyer to Appear Via Zoom for Jury Trial, While Opposing Counsel Appears In Person
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Bay Area restaurant workers get $2.6M in wage claim settlement
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Caterer to lay off 102 people at Metro Airport
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise as market looks to extend record-setting rally
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S&P 500 closes at record on better-than-expected home sales and tech surge Dow Jones Jumps 200 Points, Helped By Bullish Gain For Apple Stock; Nvidia, AMD Lead Nasdaq 100
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The S&P 500′s return to a record doesn’t tell the full story with 60% of stocks still with losses
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20 strategists predict U.S. presidential election — and how stocks will react
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Short bets against US stocks have fallen to the lowest level since records began as the market's seemingly endless rally continues
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Layoffs:

Wells Fargo resumes job cuts in break with top U.S. competitors
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Where U.S. fossil fuel companies are shedding jobs
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Layoffs at Las Vegas Strip properties continue
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90 staff laid off from East Chicago schools during virtual learning
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St. Peter's Health Partners to layoff 76 finance employees
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GEO Group to layoff nearly 100
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Los Al Unified Lays Off 300
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Healthcare:

Health insurance companies post record earnings amid covid
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Vermont hospital has bankruptcy exit plan
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Poll: 57% Of Republicans Find Coronavirus Death Toll, Now Over 176,000, ‘Acceptable’
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Mounting US Deaths Fall on People of Color
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Florida surpasses 600,000 confirmed coronavirus cases
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The coronavirus pandemic could be over within the next two years, WHO chief hopes
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The Big Question: Can a Covid Vaccine Reach Enough People?
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China says it has been injecting key workers with a coronavirus vaccine candidate for a month
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Americans want high-risk people to get a coronavirus vaccine first
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New Antibody Tests Offer Better Snapshot of Covid-19 Immunity
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Fauci: There's a Lot We Can Do
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Daily coronavirus cases in the U.S. fall below 50,000 for seven straight days after summer surge
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3 New Scientific Studies Say, ‘Mask Up!’ COVID-19 Can Spread In Surprising Ways We Didn’t Realize
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Biden wants a national face mask mandate. Can he do that?
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COVID-19 doesn't seem to be everywhere yet. Here are 14 countries that say they haven't had a single coronavirus case.
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A former White House medical advisor said the uncoordinated US coronavirus response has led to people to 'distrust the messenger,' sparking rampant and dangerous misinformation
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Trump accuses FDA of thwarting coronavirus response, after admin limits testing oversight Trump attacked the FDA on vaccine timing just days after a top official pledged to resign if the administration rushes out an unproven immunization The Trump-Navarro mind meld on the FDA Coronavirus vaccine experts: Beware dangerous safety short cuts Ex-FDA chief rebukes Trump over claim that "deep state" has slowed virus treatments Trump considers fast tracking AstraZeneca vaccine before election
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How starving public health fueled a COVID fire in Florida
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Trump decries FDA 'deep state' of slow-walking vaccines
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Trump to Present Virus Therapy ‘Breakthrough’ After Hitting FDA
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Hydroxychloroquine Shouldn’t Be Used at All for Covid, ISDA Says
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US Army Halted Tests on Oleandrin
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Trump administration grants emergency authorization for coronavirus plasma treatment FDA allows unproven plasma treatment for COVID-19 after political pressure from the White House
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Air-conditioned rooms help spread COVID-19, research shows
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How does immunity against coronavirus work? New research shows how antibodies can block it
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Coronavirus survives on frozen meat and fish for three weeks, study finds
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In the Hamptons, some hosts are paying for party guests to take rapid coronavirus tests at the door
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Jared Kushner made a deal with Russia for ventilators during the COVID crisis, but every single machine was faulty, report claims
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Health officials in 3 states have traced new COVID-19 cases to the Sturgis motorcycle rally where hundreds of thousands of bikers gathered
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Maine wedding reception linked to 53 coronavirus cases, one death
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Climate:

At least 5 people have died in California's new spate of wildfires. More than 800,000 acres have burned California wildfire now 2nd-largest ever as total blazes scorch nearly 1M acres California Battling 560 Wildfires As California wildfires rage, new round of lightning-ignited blazes forecast into Monday California wildfires now rank among largest in state history and are growing California wildfires put evacuees in path of the coronavirus California ‘dream house,’ decades in the making, is in ashes Firefighters 'running on fumes,' begging for equipment, manpower CA: Oldest State Park Destroyed by Fire What makes California’s current major wildfires so unusual
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Looter Steals Fire Commander’s Wallet, Drains Bank Account
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Heat is fueling this summer's extreme weather
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Earth has lost a 'staggering' 28 trillion tonnes of ice to global warming in the last 23 years, UK scientists find Record Ice Loss in Greenland Is a Threat to Coastal Cities Worldwide
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Extreme weather threatens pandemic response in hard-hit states
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Residents flee as Gulf Coast sees possible tandem hurricanes
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Education:

There’s Only One Way to Keep Kids in School This Winter
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How the University of North Carolina went from a leader in college reopenings to what the student paper called a 'c----------' with 135 coronavirus cases in just 7 days
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Student newspaper at University of Kansas slams school's reopening plans, demands remote learning
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College students serve as contact tracers as pandemic colors campus life
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The WHO just released specific mask guidance for kids as they gear up to return to school: children 12 and older should wear them as adults do
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CDC Suggests Partial School Closings as Option in Virus Guidance
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Student papers say administrators share blame for virus outbreaks: 'Don't make us write obituaries'
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The Trump administration declared teachers 'essential workers.' Here's what that means.
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Trump’s Virus Funding Boost for Private Schools Is Blocked
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Texas A&M will begin randomly selecting students to test for COVID-19
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Supply chain disruptions, sanctions threaten school shortage of 5 million laptops
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Autos:

Hertz Isn't So Sure They Can be Saved
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Continued Record-Setting Performance For Wholesale Used Vehicle Prices
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Cruise Lines:

A cruise in Italy denies a family re-embarkation after they broke the 'social bubble'
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Norway to Limit Capacity on Cruise Ships After Covid Outbreaks
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Movie Theaters:

Theaters pitch consumers to return with new safety standards
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Movie theaters are reopening. We asked an expert if it's safe to go
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Nursing Homes:

The pandemic led some families to pull parents out of long-term care facilities. But what comes next?
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Cranes:

TNT Takes Action to Strengthen Its Balance Sheet and Build a Stronger Financial Future with Lender Support First Day Dec
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Gig Economy:

Uber's Business Model is Doomed
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Uber and Lyft have poured millions of dollars into a November ballot measure to keep California drivers paid as independent contractors
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Utilities:

Baupost Collects $3 Billion Wagering on PG&E’s Wildfire Claims
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Economy:

Goldman Says Almost a Quarter of Temporary Virus Layoffs in U.S. to Be Permanent
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There's No Winning the Coronavirus Recovery
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It’s ‘Mad’ to Worry About Mounting Debt Now, Keynes Scholar Says
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman starkly laid out the disconnect between the stock market and the real economy in a scathing op-ed
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Emails show businesses held sway over state reopening plans
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We'll be stuck in this recession for years, economists say How much longer until the US economy is back to normal? This new index shows we have a long way to go
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The myth of the 'Trump economy'
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The Economic Recovery That Isn’t
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Where Trump stands on economic promises
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Economists see a chance of a double-dip recession, survey shows
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The unemployed are taking their struggles to Reddit, a 'beacon of light in this long dark night'
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This State Had An Unemployment Rate Of 16.1% Last Month
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She thought unemployment benefits were coming. Two months later, eviction loomed
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The Crippling Return of Long-Term Unemployment
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Economists foresee an unemployment "tsunami" coming
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‘Not just a low-wage recession’: White-collar workers feel coronavirus squeeze
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Miami Unemployment Hits Record Even as Some Cities Recover
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Michigan, Indiana, Illinois Lead U.S. Jobs Improvement in July
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The Economy Is On A Sugar High, With 28 Million Unemployed
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U.S. Business Activity Hits 18-Month High, IHS Markit Data Show
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USDA Delays Release of Food Stamp Data, Citing Covid Pandemic
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Fed has used only a fraction of its Main Street lending facility
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'It's baffling:' A former top Obama economist rips into Republicans lacking an economy-saving stimulus plan
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The Second $1,200 Stimulus Check Is Not Included In Latest “Skinny” Proposal-What Happens Now?
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Economic Data Points to Pause in Recovery as Aid Programs Expire
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The payroll tax holiday will kick off in two weeks. Your employer isn’t ready President Trump's payroll executive order could leave Americans with 'substantial tax liability'
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Trump's latest COVID-19 relief proposal is just another tax cut for the wealthy in disguise
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Meadows Visits Capitol, Tries to Pressure Democrats on Stimulus
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Biden says he would issue nationwide stay-at-home order in face of COVID-flu nightmare Joe Biden would consider another round of stimulus checks if he's elected in November. Here's his economic plan to pull the US out of recession.
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The Forgotten $1 Trillion Supporting the Economy
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To narrow racial and economic disparities, Atlanta Fed chief Raphael Bostic is rethinking what the Fed's mandate means
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Over 3.5 billion lack reasonably reliable access to electricity
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Wages Are Soaring Over 25% in Key Region of Battleground State
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Trump Administration Releases Additional Data on Virus Loans
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Rebound may go from V to U to W if no vaccine, Roubini says
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Coronavirus Lifts Government Debt to WWII Levels—Cutting It Won’t Be Easy
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The dollar may slide further, but analysts say its demise is ‘greatly exaggerated’
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U.S. High Yield Default Volume Drops Significantly in August
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Take a look inside IBM's offices that have been completely reimagined since the start of the coronavirus pandemic
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:

Existing U.S. home sales reached another record high last month U.S. existing-home sales surged in July by most on record
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U.S. home sales and median price soar to a record in July
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For Millennials who want to buy a home right now, the Great Recession still looms large
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Serious mortgage delinquencies soared to a 10-year high last month Late-term mortgage delinquencies rise on forbearances
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There’s a problem with the data measuring delinquency and forbearance
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Funds Are Gearing Up to Acquire Distressed Real Estate Assets, Advises A&G Exec
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The Housing Market Isn’t Booming For Everyone: Four Numbers That Sum It All Up
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NYC may take a decade to recover from coronavirus, says developer Don Peebles
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Homeownership is supposed to be the gateway to the American dream.
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St. Louis: Apartment complex official faces fraud charges
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Don't Buy This Mall REIT's Bankruptcy Bounce
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Tear Down 1 Million Flood-Prone Homes, Save $1 Trillion, Study Says
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Municipalities:

Deserted College Dorms Sow Trouble for $14 Billion in Muni Bonds
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Oil/Gas:

Arena Energy to sell assets out of billion-dollar bankruptcy
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$40 Oil Isn't Helping Shale Drillers
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Insider Q&A: More oil and gas bankruptcies coming
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Shale Drillers Bring Back Rigs in Biggest Add Since January
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Chesapeake Energy judge finds hefty fees are worth 'certainty' of financing
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Norway's Electric Car Sales Set New Record
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OPEC Sees the End of the Road for Oil
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Mail:

Leak: Postal workers told not to reconnect sorting machines
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DC Postal Workers Reinstall Sorting Machines Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines
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Thieves are stealing checks from USPS boxes. 'Mailbox fishing' — or an inside job?
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Sen. Carper yells 'f---, f---, f---' during USPS congressional hearing
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USPS priority mail delays got worse in early August, internal brief for postmaster general shows
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Postal Service forms oversight panel for mail-in voting
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More than 540,000 mail ballots were rejected in primaries
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U.S. mayors say Postal Service cuts ‘grave concern,’ mail-in voting should be ‘national priority’
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Trump, DeJoy's USPS Meddling Isn't Over
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19 states and DC file lawsuits accusing postmaster general of jeopardizing election
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Postmaster says election mail will go through despite cuts Postal Service will prioritize ballots over other mail, postmaster testifies
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USPS Board Backs DeJoy
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USPS California overwhelmed as food rots and animals die in cuts chaos Chicks, cockroaches, crickets and frogs: How mail delays are affecting the live animal trade Rats reported feeding on packages of rotted fruit and meat as postmaster general's cutbacks unleash chaos at California's mail centers
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'They keep me alive': Prescription drugs delayed by Postal Service put thousands at risk
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How Trump, Mnuchin and DeJoy edged the Postal Service into a crisis
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The House just passed a bill to provide $25 billion in emergency funding to USPS, but the White House has already threatened to veto it
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The Postal Service may need a bailout. But it's actually making tons of cash
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At center of Postal Service furor, Virginia congressman finds an expanding audience
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'Save the Post Office Saturday' draws thousands of protesters nationwide
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Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops usually cast ballots by mail. This year could be more complicated, Pentagon office says.
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Missouri won't use 85 ballot drop boxes for November vote
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Trump Post Office Turmoil Imperils Lifeline for Rural GOP Voters
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Tough choices for GOP over a Postal Service Trump belittles
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Colorado election officials tout safety of voting by mail
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Hotels:

1 in 4 hotels can't pay their mortgages
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Rail:

New Trump Rule Could Create ‘Bomb Trains,’ Environmentalists Say
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Tech:

Trump Hit With Another Twitter Warning After Misleading Tweet On Mail-In Voting
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Fraud:

Boston Judge Slams Lori Loughlin's 'Gall' in College Scandal, Sentences Actress to 2 Months Full House Actress Lori Loughlin Sentenced to Prison for College Admissions Scam Lori Loughlin's Husband Mossimo Giannulli Sentenced to Prison in College Admissions Scam
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Lying about test scores, talent and even race to get a prized college admission
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Retailing:

Hedge Fund Marble Ridge Winding Down After Neiman Marcus Blowup
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Neiman Marcus to Close More Stores
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Struggling retailers rush to file for bankruptcy as fears of a second wave of coronavirus linger
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A quantum leap for e-commerce
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The pandemic is ramping up the war between Amazon, Walmart, and Target, and making them more powerful than ever
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Jay Stein sold his stake in Stein Mart soon after it filed Chapter 11
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The Name Game: Why Tai Lopez And Alex Mehr Bought Modell’s And Other Retail Brands
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Right here’s why viewers mention Simon Property Group is actually releasing insolvent retail establishments
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Closures, instability still plague retail scene
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Estée Lauder will close up to 15% of its stores, exit some department stores
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Sports:

North Carolina clears some athletes to resume activities; football returns Monday
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Kentucky Derby will be held without fans, Churchill Downs announces
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NFL teams interrupt practice schedules after positive coronavirus tests from New Jersey lab
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NFL Investigating False Positive Coronavirus Tests
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Iowa cuts four sports, becoming the first Big Ten school to ax programs during the pandemic Iowa Hawkeyes Drop 4 Sports, Admit They Are In Deep Financial Trouble
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Yankees-Mets weekend series is postponed after two with Mets tested positive for the coronavirus
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Kansas City Chiefs ban headdresses, Native American-themed face paint at stadium
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NBA player calls opponent "b**** a** white boy" during game; black ESPN analyst slams him
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CBS wants $5.5 million for a Super Bowl ad ... if it's played
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Food/Beverage:

KB US Holdings, Inc. Announces Ch. 11, Acceptance of Stalking Horse Bid to Close Sale in Next 60 Days - Kings Food Markets and Balducci's Food Lover's Market to Operate Business as Usual During Sale Process First Day Dec
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Cafe sidewalk seating vs. those with disabilities
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Coronavirus Comes for the Farmers’ Market
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Chuck E. Cheese landlords urge judge to reject rent abatement request
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Chains like Ruby Tuesday and Red Robin's will never recover until indoor dining fully reopens, as restaurant closures loom
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History:

Mail-in ballots were part of a plot to deny Lincoln reelection in 1864
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Lost Cause: The South’s Fight for White Supremacy
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A disputed election, a constitutional crisis, polarisation … welcome to 1876
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Agribusiness:

Even With a Strong Crop This Year, U.S. Farmers Are Suffering
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50 fascinating facts about farming in America
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Radio:

Sports-radio host Craig Carton, under house arrest, files for bankruptcy protection
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Entertainment:

Harvey Weinstein seeks to pursue arbitration over firing Harvey Weinstein Brings Case of Wrongful Termination to Court
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Ben Affleck film moves shooting to Canada as Hollywood abandons U.S. without widely available coronavirus testing
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Coal:

Murray Energy bankruptcy exit plan prompts environmental, valuation pushback
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Top 4 US coal export destinations saw double-digit percentage drops in Q2'20
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Most US coal companies reported a loss but beat analysts' expectations in Q2'20
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Student Debt:

Federal Student Loan Payments Officially Suspended Until 2021: 0% Interest, No Collections, And Nonpayments Count Toward Forgiveness
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These college students might get less financial aid next year
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Personal Finance:

I never used to keep more than $20 in cash at home, but now I'm keeping at least $600 on hand because of the pandemic
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Tourism:

Costa Rica plans to welcome back US travelers in September — but only if they're from these 6 states
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (26 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

A record 46 billion-dollar companies have filed for bankruptcy in the US this year as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc and it's far from over, say experts
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Maryland bankruptcies continue to climb during pandemic
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Cross-Border:

Iconic Dutch Retailer Hema Files for Chapter 15 Bankruptcy
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Small Business:

Subchapter V and § 1111(b) Election
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Appeals:

Appealing From Bankruptcy Court: An Abbreviated Primer
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Obits:

Todd A. Warshof
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle
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Aviation:

Delta sets plans to resume some global flying cut by pandemic
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Travelers left behind nearly a million dollars at security checkpoints last year
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Ryanair Plans Fewer Firings After Pay Cut Agreement, Sky Says
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Boeing to Skirt Closed Border by Sending Max to Canada for Test
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Boeing's Fed backstop leaves workers in the lurch
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Revamped Alaska airline hoping to resume service next month
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Turkey Tells Airlines to Consider Firing Expats First Amid Slump
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Indian carrier IndiGo does not expect to be profitable until 2022
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Virgin Australia bondholders withdraw plans for proposal to rival Bain Capital deal
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Avianca majority shareholder Efromovich dismisses Brazil corruption allegations
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'Let's roll': London's Heathrow urges testing at UK airports
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Insurance:

Missouri COVID-19 Business Interruption Ruling Gives Plaintiffs Lawyers Hope
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Tax:

IRS Will Stop Sending Tax Notices Until It Clears Mail Backlog
(DBN)

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Celebs:

Prince Harry faces big tax bill from Uncle Sam if he stays in California
(DBN)

The Story Of How Anna Nicole Smith Came Within Inches Of Owning 8% Of Koch Industries
(DBN)

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Politics:

Navarro slams Biden as siding with credit card companies over consumers with 2005 bankruptcy bill
(DBN)

Donald Trump is to speak on all 4 nights of the RNC, and his family will take up half of the keynote speaker spots As Trump prepares for GOP convention, Democrats plot their own counterprogramming Anthony Scaramucci calls Trump's decision to speak every night of the Republican convention 'beyond ridiculous'
(DBN)

White House transforms from people's house to campaign venue
(DBN)

Trump Hotel Jumps Rates 60% for Convention
(DBN)

Trump to hold news conference on eve of GOP convention
(DBN)

Trump Banks on Convention ‘Surprises’ to Dazzle Party Into Unity
(DBN)

Trump bets it all on the base
(DBN)

Trump Bragged About Low Black Turnout in 16
(DBN)

Trump criticized Democrats for not saying 'under God' during the pledge of allegiance at the DNC, but they did on all four nights
(DBN)

Trump Sows Doubt in U.S. Election With Polls Showing Biden Leading
(DBN)

Trump calls for law enforcement at the polls, prompting cries of voter intimidation Trump: I'm Sending Cops to Polls in November Chad Wolf says DHS has no authority to send agents to polling stations
(DBN)

Trump warns election vote count could take 'weeks'
(DBN)

Jeff Flake joins "Republicans for Biden" group
(DBN)

Pelosi says "of course" she would accept election results if Trump wins
(DBN)

GOP Voters Say Economy, Covid-19 Response Good in CBS Poll
(DBN)

Win or Lose, Trump Will Hold Power Over the G.O.P.
(DBN)

2 former 'Apprentice' producers helping plan the GOP's convention
(DBN)

Senator to supporters: How about skipping a meal to donate?
(DBN)

Democratic plan in rural, swing state counties: Lose by less
(DBN)

Ex-NY Times reporter under fire for ‘xenophobic’ attack on Melania Trump
(DBN)

Trump's sister assailed him for 'lying,' 'phoniness,' 'cruelty,' and having 'no principles,' secretly recorded audio reveals In secretly recorded audio, Trump's sister says 'you can't trust him'... 'He has no principles. None. None'... 'His goddamned tweet and lying'... 'The change of stories. The lack of preparation. Holy s---'... 8 Best Quotes from Trump's Sister's Recordings In recordings, Trump's sister says he 'has no principles' 'He has no principles. None,' Trump's sister, a retired federal judge, tells niece in recorded interview White House, Trump's campaign dismiss recording in which president's sister says 'you can't trust him'
(DBN)

David Pecker, the controversial CEO of American Media who helped Trump funnel hush money to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, will no longer lead the company
(DBN)

Trump says Goodyear workers "will be able to get another good job"
(DBN)

Biden: I don't blame Trump for COVID crisis but for walking away
(DBN)

QAnon is conspiratorial, dangerous, and growing. And we're talking about it all wrong How QAnon Conspiracy Is Spreading In Christian Communities Across The U.S. Trump's QAnon comments show how cruel he is to his own supporters McCarthy: No Room for QAnon in GOP Party Mark Meadows dodges questions about Trump's QAnon embrace: 'We don't even know what it is' White House chief of staff sparred with Fox News' Chris Wallace over QAnon days after Trump touted support for conspiracy group
(DBN)

Trump spreads false claim Democrats dropped God from Pledge of Allegiance
(DBN)

Michelle Obama won the Democratic convention
(DBN)

Biden campaign says it brought in $70 million over DNC week
(DBN)

Trump's reelection effort has officially spent more than $1 billion, a record sum at this point in the campaign
(DBN)

Trump will use California to drive home his message: Democrats will wreck America
(DBN)

Battered by Democrats, Trump fires back against 'total anarchy, madness and chaos'
(DBN)

Trump's claim he'll send sheriffs to polling places is revealing in a lot of unintended ways
(DBN)

Felony charges over Confederate monument feed political intrigue in Virginia
(DBN)

Tennessee adopts new law that could strip some protesters of voting rights Republican Governor Signs Law That ‘Severely’ Criminalizes Dissent, Threatens Voting Rights: ACLU
(DBN)

At this rate, it'll take 60 years to reach gender equality in U.S. politics
(DBN)

FactCheck: What the Dems didn't say, and what Trump did
(DBN)

Four major talking points Democrats mostly left out of the convention
(DBN)

Trump battles the press. So did every other president.
(DBN)

Biden Hasn’t Tested for Covid as Campaign Enters Busiest Period
(DBN)

Biden enjoys post-convention bump in favorability
(DBN)

Republicans are abandoning the states
(DBN)

Where immigrants will have the most voting power in 2020
(DBN)

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Sovereigns:

Clauses and Controversies Episode Two of Clauses and Controversies: Imperial Chinese Bonds
(DBN)

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UK:

Boris Johnson is splitting the check with millions of Brits who dare to dine out
(DBN)

English Rave Organizers Face Big Fines Over Virus Fears
(DBN)

Fate of Millions Forces Sunak Into Tough Choice on U.K. Furlough
(DBN)

Boris Johnson Extends U.K. Pandemic Ban on Evictions to Help Renters
(DBN)

Student Travel Company STA Stops Trading in the U.K.
(DBN)

Flagging Brexit Negotiations Revive the Specter of No Deal Again Brexit Trade Talks Now Going Backwards
(DBN)

U.K. Warns Covid-19 May Be Spreading as Birmingham Put on Alert
(DBN)

U.K. Economic Revival Is Clouded by Debt, Job Losses and Brexit
(DBN)

The UK used a formula to predict students’ scores for canceled exams. Guess who did well.
(DBN)

____________

EU:

Did Europe Make a Mistake Reopening Its Borders?
(DBN)

Europe's vacationers driving up virus
(DBN)

Europe’s Virus Surge Is Looking Less Deadly Than Initial Wave
(DBN)

____________

PIIGS:

Italy’s Lockdown Success Challenged by New European Virus Surge
(DBN)

Italy tops 1,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time since May
(DBN)

____________

Canada:

Retail sales in Canada return to pre-COVID levels, then stall
(DBN)

Canada's banks to improve from COVID quarter — but it's still bad
(DBN)

Canada Turns Away American Students
(DBN)

____________

Germany:

Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial with people getting $1,400 a month for 3 years
(DBN)

Germany Posts the Biggest Increase in Virus Cases Since April
(DBN)

How big gatherings spread COVID-19: German scientists stage concert experiment
(DBN)

____________

France:

France Reports 3,602 New Coronavirus Cases in Past 24 Hours
(DBN)

The party goes on for French ravers, despite pandemic and police
(DBN)

____________

MENA:

Surge in coronavirus cases compounds the misery in crisis-battered Lebanon
(DBN)

As Lebanon’s central bank teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, the spectre of hunger rises its head
(DBN)

Beirut needs billions of dollars it doesn't have to rebuild after massive blast
(DBN)

It’s Not a Peace Deal. It’s a Powder Keg.
(DBN)

Kushner Plans Trip to Make More Gulf Deals
(DBN)

Airplane mode and prepaid SIMs: some Israelis dodge COVID-19 tracking
(DBN)

____________

China:

China will need to offset $1 trillion in estimated losses due to supply chain shifts: BofA
(DBN)

____________

Mexico:

Mexico Passes Grim New Milestone With 60,000 Covid-19 Deaths
(DBN)

Virus in Mexico Under-Recognized With Poor Hit Hardest, WHO Says
(DBN)

____________

Sweden:

Sweden’s Prime Minister Says Crisis Has Changed Society Forever
(DBN)

____________

South Korea:

Jump in Seoul’s Covid-19 Cases Sparks Fear of Nationwide Spread
(DBN)

____________

Australia:

Australia Jobs Rebound Slowing on State Controls, Treasurer Says
(DBN)

____________

Thailand:

Thailand Seeks Safe Way of Reopening Borders to Boost Economy
(DBN)

____________

Turkey:

Turkey Outlook Revised to Negative at Fitch as Reserves Drop
(DBN)

____________

India:

RBI Notifies Special Framework For One-Time Restructuring of 'ÇOVID-19 Stress'
(DBN)

____________

Singapore:

The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 – A New Chapter in Singapore’s Insolvency Laws
(DBN)

The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 – Reforming the law on contractual remedies
(DBN)

____________

Peru:

13 die in Peru disco stampede as police raid party violating coronavirus lockdown
(DBN)

____________

Hong Kong:

Covid-19: Time For Hong Kong To Update Its Insolvency Law And Statutory Corporate Rescue Regime
(DBN)

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