August 3, 2020

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Law:

These Elite Biglaw Firms Could Charge HOW MUCH Per Hour During A Recession?!?!
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Biglaw’s Billion-Dollar Heavyhitters For Gross Revenue
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Am Law 100 Firm Reverses Course On Salary Cuts Meant To Avoid Layoffs
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Kirkland churns out another 24-hour bankruptcy with Mood Media
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In Poll, Legal Administrators Say Pandemic Changes Are Permanent
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Law Grad Who Tested Positive For COVID-19 After Sitting For Bar Exam Speaks Out
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COVID Should Prompt Us To Get Rid Of New York’s Bar Exam Forever
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COVID’s Impact On Law School Admissions
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As Law Students Sue Schools Over Exorbitant Tuition For Online Classes, Consolidation Might Be Coming
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Munger Tolles’ Chen Handles WFH Like a Boss
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Remote Depositions For Good? It Depends.
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Career Counseling And Coping In COVID-19 Quarantine
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No, It’s Not ‘Racist’ To Say Lowering The California Bar Exam Cut Score Will Improve Diversity
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Texas Allows Menstrual Products at Bar Exam
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Firms Shouldn’t Force Employees To Download Certain Apps Onto Their Personal Phones
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LAPD bodycam video shows protester had hands up when officer shot him in head with less-lethal round
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Protesters burn Bible, American flag as tensions rise in Portland
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Grandma Outed Grandson as Portland Bomber
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Portland Journalists Ask For Sanctions As Federal Agents Continue To Assault Reporters And Legal Observers Citing impostors, feds urge lifting of court order protecting journalists amid Portland protests
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Portland Police Declare Unlawful Assembly
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The NYPD unit that snatched a protester off the street has been accosting people for years
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We train police to be warriors — and then send them out to be social workers
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The Supreme Court just handed Trump a big victory regarding his border wall
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Ghislaine Maxwell Bashes the Miami Herald as Appeals Court Delays Upcoming Document Dump Here's Where We Found Bill Clinton's Name In Newly Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Court Documents Unsealed Court Documents Reveal Secret Emails Between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Jeffrey Epstein's Island Is Referenced Several Times in Newly-Released Documents. Here's What They Say Turns Out Maxwell Liked Young Girls Too Before President Trump wished Ghislaine Maxwell 'well,' they had mingled for years in the same gilded circles
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Trump Wins in Court Against Stormy
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Trump and New Legal Guru Meet
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Alan Dershowitz Massages the Facts: 'I Got' Epstein Files Unsealed Secret Jeffrey Epstein Documents Have Been Released by Court Order. Read Them All Here.
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Alan Dershowitz: Virginia Roberts Giuffre 'Does Not Understand the Difference Between Truth and Lies' These are the most significant allegations in Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre's unsealed memoir
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A court ruled to vacate the Boston Marathon bomber's death penalty
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NYC has had more shootings so far this year than in all of 2019
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'I'm a White Supremacist': Man Goes on Trump Rant, Slaps Woman, Then Gets Choked
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Ohio Cop Sues Citizens Who Claim He Made ‘White Power’ Hand Sign At City Council Meeting
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DHS Official Who Compiled Dossiers on U.S. Journalists and Protesters Removed From Job: Report
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Fears grow that releasing thousands of California prisoners will spread COVID-19 into communities
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The Trump administration says it's open to signing a stimulus package that doesn't include a McConnell-backed liability shield for businesses
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A man pulled out a gun and fired 4 'warning shots' in a Miami hotel lobby after telling guests they weren't social distancing
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Florida Man Bought Porsche Using Check He Printed from Home Computer: Deputies
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Colt .45-packing Texas lawyer accused of smuggling meth into county jail
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Man’s puppy stolen at gunpoint in Atlanta park
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judgeship Opportunity District of Oregon – Portlan
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Bankruptcy Judgeship Opportunities (2) Central District of California – Riverside & Santa Barbara
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Keynote Address: Honorable Wendy L. Hagenau
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Michigan Judge Re-Sentences Convicted Murder to 30-70 Years in Direct Violation of Appeals Court Ruling
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DC Circuit Nixes Judge Neomi Rao’s Craven SCOTUS Application, Will Rehear Michael Flynn Case En Banc
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Judge Less Interested In Negotiating Than College Admissions Fraudsters
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures rise as earnings season, stimulus talks continue
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US stocks climb, erase earlier losses, amid tech earnings blowout and stimulus hope
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The U.S. election is getting ugly - and investors are getting nervous
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A Banker Says Being Seen as a Diversity Hire Caused Resentment
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The stock market could be facing ‘multiple decades’ of ‘deleterious’ economic after-effects, analyst warns
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Wall Street Is Torn on Whether a Biden Win Brings Joy or Misery
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Layoffs:

Insiders and leaked audio reveal new details of job cuts at Exxon
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HSBC to Fire 35,000 Employees
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East Chicago steel plant announces nearly 900 layoffs
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Spirit announces 450 new layoffs
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Designer Brands cuts over 1K positions
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Cannabis:

Harvesting Highs but No Relief for the Lows: The Inconsistent Treatment of Marijuana Businesses by Bankruptcy and Tax Law
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Food/Beverage:

L.A.-area parking spots have become dining areas during the pandemic. Will it last?
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A new Chuck E. Cheese children's ride but no one to ride it
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Fraud:

Scandal-ridden Wirecard's extraordinary rise and fall will be turned into a documentary charting its $2 billion accounting fraud saga
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Climate:

Scientists have ruled out the worst-case climate scenario — and the best one too
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Healthcare:

Trump Wins Fight to Slash Hospital Funding
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Kushner's coronavirus team shied away from a national strategy, believing that the virus was hitting Democratic states hardest and that they could blame governors, report says Top HHS official denies report that national coronavirus testing plan was scrapped to hurt blue states
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July marked a record-breaking month for the US with over 25,000 coronavirus deaths
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California records 219 deaths in one day, breaking previous record
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Florida breaks daily coronavirus deaths record for 4th straight day
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Texas Surpasses New York In Coronavirus Numbers
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The former head of the FDA warned that the Northeast will likely get hit with another wave of coronavirus cases, saying the virus continues to 'rotate through different parts of the country'
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9 states set single-day coronavirus case records last week
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Expect 'lengthy' coronavirus pandemic, warns WHO
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The pandemic is boosting the public's view of doctors
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‘Wrong!’ Trump and Fauci clash over surge in coronavirus cases, handling of economic shutdown — and hydroxychloroquine
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Birx: U.S. has entered new phase of coronavirus pandemic Dr. Birx warns U.S. in new phase of coronavirus pandemic with ‘extraordinarily widespread’ cases
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After Plummeting, the Virus Soars Back in the Midwest
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Coronavirus threat rises across U.S.: 'We just have to assume the monster is everywhere
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The Positives and Negatives of COVID-19's Impact on Healthcare
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Researchers publish scathing critique of a hydroxychloroquine study touted by the White House Top HHS official: "We need to move on" from hydroxychloroquine
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'America's Frontline Doctors' may be real doctors, but experts say they don't know what they're talking about
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Jared Kushner hired his college roommate to create a national coronavirus testing plan, according to new report
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Should we be testing fewer people to stop the spread of Covid-19?
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How a $175 COVID-19 test led to $2,479 in charges
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Trump says to 'read the manuals' when asked who told him that you can 'test too much' for COVID-19
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We're only just beginning to learn how Covid-19 affects the brain
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Do some people have protection against the coronavirus?
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Bill Gates says 3 coronavirus treatments being tested now 'could cut the death rate dramatically.' They may be available within months.
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We just got one step closer to finding out whether leading coronavirus vaccines work
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Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first? It’s trickier than you might think
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Fauci Says He's 'Optimistic' Americans Will Get Coronavirus Vaccine Next Year Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email
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Covid 19 Vaccines May Only be 50% Effective
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Russia gears up for mass vaccination against coronavirus
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Great! Now We're Supposed to Wear Goggles
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Aboard the Diamond Princess, a Case Study in Aerosol Transmission
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‘My father ignored medical expertise and now he has COVID,’ Rep. Louie Gohmert’s daughter says
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New Mexico congressman tests positive for coronavirus
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Annual 'White Trash Bash' in Illinois Celebrated by 500 People Without Masks
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Morgues Are Overflowing in Mississippi and Coroners Are Terrified
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Covid-19 isn’t going away — 6 ways to stay calmer and happier long-term
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Fauci: Coronavirus is Here to Stay Forever
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Distressed Investing:

US junk bonds notch up best month since 2011
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Footwear:

Dress Shoe Sales May Never Recover to Pre-Covid Levels in U.S.
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Events:

Live Nation’s Creditors Extend Amended Credit Agreement
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Education:

Special Purpose Municipal Entities and Bankruptcy: The Case of Public Colleges
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Coronavirus spreads to hundreds of youth who attended an overnight summer camp in Georgia: CDC
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‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’
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Durbin calls for DeVos aide to resign over involvement in helping for-profit college
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Less than half of US colleges are now planning for in-person classes
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Open letter on COVID-19 from UNC Chapel Hill tenured faculty to undergraduates
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What a day at school looks like in a pandemic
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Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes. We Should, Too.
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Covid-19 test delays create a public health nightmare as schools try to reopen
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College students book hotel rooms for fall semester as uncertainty lingers
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Economy:

Forecasts for the July Employment Report: A Stall, but Watch State and Local Hiring State and Local Government Education Employment will Increase Sharply in July, Seasonally Adjusted
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Pandemic wipes out 5 years of economic growth in 3 months
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Stingy Bankruptcy Relief Is Sinking the U.S. Economy
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Summertime sadness: Resurgent virus dims crisis recovery hopes
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Fitch Decreases US Outlook to Negative
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Small Business Owners Are Leaning on Credit Cards to Survive What SMB Owners’ Personal Credit Card Dependency Means For The Recovery
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A global debt crisis is looming – how can we prevent it?
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The US economic recovery still faces these 5 hurdles going forward, even with the worst of the coronavirus recession likely passed
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Data Stress the Urgency for Healthy Reopenings
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Fed’s Kashkari Urges Congress to Act, Suggests Fresh Lockdown Minneapolis Fed President Kashkari Urges 4-6 Week ‘Hard’ Shutdown
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Early Q3 GDP Forecasts
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Comparing US, EU and China GDP
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Here are five charts illustrating U.S. economic trends amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Trump Warns That ‘Jobs Will Disappear’ If Biden Is Elected. Jaws Drop.
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After a record plunge from April to June, the US economy is set to bounce back, but not all the way
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Hundreds of pitchfork-wielding protesters gathered outside billionaires' Hamptons mansions to demand a wealth tax
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The $600 weekly unemployment benefit is formally expiring for millions of jobless Americans — and Congress is still fighting over what should replace it
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Consumers Use Stimulus Money To Pay Down Credit Card Debt
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While Congress haggles over the next round of coronavirus aid, Americans who have buried loved ones and lost their jobs face a future shrouded in fear and uncertainty
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White House, Democrats at coronavirus stimulus stalemate
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Rubio: Revamped PPP, SMB Loan Programs Aim To Smooth Out ‘Uneven Recovery’
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All your questions answered about unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic
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Ten bucks left, no place to go: How the pandemic and a broken unemployment system are upending people’s lives
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The GOP wants to move boosted unemployment benefits to a new percentage-based system — but experts warn the rollout could be a logistical nightmare
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The next stimulus takes center stage — just as it runs dry
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Congress is deadlocked over the next relief package, but a 2nd round of stimulus checks already has the green light
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$600 Unemployment Expires And Politicians Hurl Accusations: Everything You Need To Know About The Battle Over The Next Stimulus Bill
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A map of the states with the most residents receiving unemployment benefits, just as expanded federal aid expires
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Rhode Island's $45 million plan to retrain and reskill could be a blueprint for reviving the national economy
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Texas 'wide open for business' despite surge in Covid-19 cases
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Over 2 million Gen Zers have moved back in with family in the wake of the coronavirus
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Mark Zuckerberg said there's 'no end in sight' for when employees will be able to return to the office and called the government's response to the coronavirus 'disappointing'
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Why so many Americans are buying up personal bunkers
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Apple dethrones oil giant Saudi Aramco as the world's most valuable company
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Depressions and recessions differ in their severity, duration, and overall impact. Here's what you need to know.
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Elon Musk says ‘China rocks’ while the U.S. is full of ‘complacency and entitlement’
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Pandemic’s Cruel Joke on a Small Business: A Busy Bike Shop With No Bikes to Sell
(WSJ)

Social Security Shocker: Pandemic to Reduce Benefits by 9% for Americans Turning 60 in 2020
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The gadgets and software that could help us return to the office
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Global Remittances May Fall by $109 Billion, ADB Economists Say
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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:

Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Increased Sharply in June
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Biden: Trump and Congress must enact emergency housing measures
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Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Decreased Slightly as of July 28th Mortgage forbearance rate drops to a three-month low
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Julian Castro on Trump’s AFFH tweet: “It’s a naked ploy to drum up racial fears and white resentment”
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She sold her clothes, her furniture, and even her curtains to stay afloat. But now her rent is due tomorrow and like millions of Americans she has no way to pay.
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Retail rents plummet across New York City, a warning for other glitzy shopping districts
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Mall Operators As Retailers: Will REITailing Work?
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Hope will not save US commercial properties
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Municipalities:

States could see years of money woes, job losses from the COVID-19 recession
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A $11.6 billion problem: As COVID-19 drains budgets, U.S. cities could face bankruptcy
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Coronavirus Hell: Pandemic-Hit Cities Face Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico’s Colonial Model Doesn’t Serve Its People
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One of the world’s ‘most livable’ cities just went into full lockdown mode as coronavirus cases spike
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Oil/Gas:

Noble Corp. Files Bankruptcy to Erase $3.4 Billion of Debt Noble Corporation Files for Bankruptcy Offshore Driller Noble Files for Bankruptcy
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Marathon to Shutter Two US Refineries
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Let’s Hire Laid-Off Oil and Gas Workers to Fight Climate Change
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Why Energy Demand is Plummeting in US
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Saudis May be Forced to Cut Oil Prices Again
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Hospitality:

After a nearly complete shutdown of the hospitality, lodging, and leisure sector, hotel owners and operators are beginning to see glimpses of recovery, but uncertainty looms large
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Apparel:

The pandemic is creating a reckoning for jeans
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Cruise Lines:

36 crew infected on Hurtigruten ship: Passengers disembarked, potentially exposing communities
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Summer Camps:

At least 260 kids and counselors got the coronavirus at an overnight camp in Georgia CDC: Most COVID-19 cases at Georgia summer camp came from kids
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Tech:

Public opinion on big tech execs swung wildly after their day in Congress. Jeff Bezos is up, Sundar Pichai is down.
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A Facebook ad boycott made waves — but it's having very little financial impact on the social media giant
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Twitter has shut down former KKK leader David Duke's account
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Famed economist Mohamed El-Erian says it's a 'real question mark' whether the massive valuations of tech giants like Amazon make 'sense' anymore
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Big Tech earnings surge during pandemic while the economy slumps
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Telecoms:

SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’ with nearly 700,000 interested in service
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Windstream Asks Investors for a Second Chance After Bankruptcy
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Autos:

U.S. carmakers rebound, despite shutdown
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Maritime:

'I think I will commit suicide': Cargo ship workers have been trapped at sea for months because of COVID-19, banned from ports, and predict 'anarchy' if things don't change
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Festivals:

Fyre Festival Merch Seized by U.S. Marshals Hits the Auction Block
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Firearms:

Covid-19 and Civil Unrest Fuel Comeback for Gun Industry
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Personal Finance:

Covid 19 Retirement Changes May Cost You
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Politics:

GOP: Renomination of Trump to be held in private Trump renomination vote to be held in private, with no media present
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'You're putting words in my mouth': Fauci and Rep. Jim Jordan clash over police brutality protests at House coronavirus hearing
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Clock is ticking on Trump comeback as early voting nears
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Trump’s campaign in crisis as aides attempt August reset before time runs out
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‘The Tea Leaves Suggest That if He Doesn’t Cheat, He’s Going to Lose’
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‘Rigged election’ goes from Trump complaint to campaign strategy
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Trump struggles to stay on script, frustrating GOP again
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Trump releases 2019 financial records
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Rep. Clyburn: Trump won't leave White House if he loses the election
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‘He’s Willing to Put Democracy on the Block’
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‘Hating Joe Biden doesn’t juice up their base’: Key swing state slips away from Trump Biden is eating into Trump's Rust Belt base
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Joe Biden nears final decision on running mate
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The war hero who could be Biden's running mate
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Tucker Carlson attacked Barack Obama as a 'greasy politician' for addressing civil rights and police racism at civil-rights icon John Lewis' funeral Lewis's death inspires push to restore Voting Rights Act provisions
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A Tennessee pastor tested positive for COVID-19 one week after meeting with Trump and administration officials at the White House
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Trump boasted on speakerphone about keeping Confederate base names
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How the coronavirus got Joe Biden to think much bigger
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States are scrambling to stop a slow-motion 2020 election disaster
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Where the System May Break
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner earned at least $36 million in outside income in 2019
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Trump says he's voting absentee in the 2020 election after months of baseless attacks on mail-in voting
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All the Trump officials who have voted by mail
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FactCheck: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud
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Eastman Kodak’s top executive reportedly got Trump deal windfall on an ‘understanding’
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New Emails Show Mike Pence Got Disgraced Governor Back Into the Navy After Sex Crime Charge
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Tourism:

Tourism’s collapse could trigger next stage of the crisis
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Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (90 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy lawyer says "we're in the middle of the calm before the storm"
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Kentucky Bankruptcies Dropped Last Quarter. It’s The Calm Before The Storm
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Bankruptcy experts warn a wave of filings could soon happen in Texas and other states
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How Coronavirus Sparked a Bankruptcy Crisis
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Advisers:

Jay Alix, McKinsey, and a Lack of Clarity
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Bonuses:

Major Corporations Using Bankruptcy Loophole After Issuing HUGE Bonuses With Bailout Funds
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DSOs:

Where’s My Refund? How to Address Overpaid Domestic Support Obligations Under the Bankruptcy Code
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

Protecting Recoveries in a Pandemic: What Creditors Can Do Right Now
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Bloomberg Special Report: The Bankruptcy Breakdown
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Behind The Curtain—Chapter 11 From The Inside—Chapter 2—The Initial Meeting
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Sellers of Goods: Stick Within 19 Day (at most) Payment Terms
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Miscellaneous:

Global Insolvency Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Insolvency Laws
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Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law, July 2020
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Administrative Claims:

Thawing the Freeze: Cutting Costs and Increasing Efficiency by Granting Administrative Expense Priority to Nonquantifiable Benefits
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Bankruptcy Policy:

Corporate Bankruptcy Panel—The Fraudulent Conveyance Origins of Chapter 11: An Essay on the Unwritten Law of Corporate Reorganizations The Fraudulent Conveyance Origins of Chapter 11: An Essay on the Unwritten Law of Corporate Reorganizations
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Lawyers, Judges, and Unwritten Rules
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A Response to Professor Baird’s Essay on Unwritten Law: Writing Some Unwritten Law
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Unwritten Rules and the New Contract Paradigm
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Consumer Bankruptcy:

Consumer Bankruptcy Panel—Bringing Relevance Back to Consumer Bankruptcy Bringing Relevance Back to Consumer Bankruptcy
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The Relative Relevance of Bankruptcy: A Response to Professor Martin
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Consumer Bankruptcy Should Be Increasingly Irrelevant—Why Isn’t It?
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Small Business:

The Pros and Cons of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019
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Aviation:

Delta flight returns to gate after two passengers refuse to wear masks
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Bankruptcy Risks Mount for Embattled American Airlines
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The world's airlines say they won't recover until 2024, reflecting a new wave of pessimism as the pandemic rages on
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United will relaunch more than 25 international routes in September, even though Americans are still banned from many destinations
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World's Jumbo Jets Headed to the Boneyard
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Boeing ending production of the 747 means cargo carriers will lose a key feature and be left scrambling when it's gone
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Texas company looks to unload 42 excess tons of airline nuts
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Hedge Fund Manager’s Dog Travels In Higher Style Than He Does
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Government widens scope of Air India’s sale
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Five Ways Latin American Airlines Can Strengthen Through Bankruptcy
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Creditors warn of Asiana deal collapse, urge HDC to show sincerity on takeover
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Japan Airlines Posts Biggest Loss Since Re-Listing in 2012
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Brazilian airline Gol faces cash crunch as coronavirus losses add up
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Retailing:

Men’s Wearhouse Owner Files for Bankruptcy Men's Wearhouse, Jos. A. Banks parent Tailored Brands files for bankruptcy: report Tailored Brands files for bankruptcy as pandemic hammers sales Men’s Wearhouse Parent Files for Bankruptcy Men’s Wearhouse Parent Files Bankruptcy, Adding to Retail Wreck Tailored Brands, owner of Men's Wearhouse, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis Men's Wearhouse Parent Tailored Brands Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Tailored Brands Executes Restructuring Agreement to Strengthen Financial Position First Day Dec
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Lord & Taylor files for bankruptcy as coronavirus keeps hitting retailers hard Lord & Taylor Surprises Sunday Shoppers With “Store Closing” Signs At Many Locations, Files For Bankruptcy Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy as Retail Collapses Pile Up Luxury Department Store Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy Oldest US department store chain Lord & Taylor files for bankruptcy Lord & Taylor is latest victim of retail sector slump Le Tote and affiliates file in BK ED VA - First Day Dec
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Neiman Marcus Owners Agree to Surrender Part of Mytheresa to Creditors Neiman Marcus gets creditor deal, nets executive bonus plan approval Neiman Marcus Nears End Of Bankruptcy
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Fashion's bankruptcy watch list is growing in the US
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Coldwater Creek shuts down
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Bankrupt Pier 1 becomes a walking zombie Pier 1 Imports Gets A Second Chance Online, From E-Commerce Entrepreneurs
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JCPenney Puts Its Original 1902 Store - In Kemmerer, Wyoming - Up For Auction J.C. Penney looks to sell itself in bankruptcy
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Report: ABG May Buy Bankrupt Ann Taylor Parent Firm Ascena
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The rise and fall of the American mall
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Retail Category Successes Amidst the Carnage, Amazon-like Disruptor Appears
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Virtual school is another setback for struggling retail industry
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4 ways this year's holiday shopping may be affected by the pandemic, according to a retail economist
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An increasing number of Walmart stores are banning overnight RV parking over the last decade, according to data
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Woman Assaulted At N.J. Staples After Asking Customer To Put On Face Covering
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McDonald's CEO says that workers might call the police on customers who won't wear a mask — and it could be a growing trend in retail
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Amazon is piling up fulfillment center square footage, and it shows Bezos thinks the pandemic-driven online shopping surge is here to stay
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Banking:

Deutsche Bank Opens Probe into Banker to Trump and Kushner
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HSBC’s first-half profits miss expectations as bank sets aside more funds for loan losses
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Student Debt:

If you're thinking about refinancing your federal student loans to save money, wait until forbearance ends
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Rail:

Is it safe to travel by train during a pandemic? Doctors and cleaning experts weigh in, plus details on new protocols from Amtrak.
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Music:

Mood Media Successfully Completes Financial Restructuring and Emerges from Chapter 11
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Zoos:

Financially struggling zoos could be latest pandemic victims
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Heavy Equipment:

Caterpillar North America Machine Sales Crash Most Since The Financial Crisis
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Sports:

MLB boss says 'no reason to quit' as more COVID-19 cases hit
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NHL hockey is back, and its TV-only game is sports biggest Covid challenge
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Sovereigns:

How to prevent the looming sovereign-debt crisis
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Argentina's creditors seek international backing on debt clauses Argentina Creditors Seek Global Support for Bond Clause Changes
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UK:

Boris Johnson pauses England's coronavirus reopening
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'No one stops you': shoppers' attitudes to masks differ across UK
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EU:

Europe's banks could take a $947 billion hit in a post-pandemic worst-case scenario, consultancy Oliver Wyman says
(DBN)

Eurozone GDP shrinks at the fastest rate in history, losing 12.1% in the second quarter
(DBN)

Young people drive rise in coronavirus cases in Europe
(DBN)

Virus Hit to Sweden’s Economy Seen Among Least Bad in Europe
(DBN)

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Germany:

Berlin protest against virus curbs draws thousands
(DBN)

Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for ‘Day X’
(DBN)

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Philippines:

Philippines' police have arrested 76,000 people for breaching lockdown as Duterte wages war on COVID-19 just like his war on drugs
(DBN)

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Australia:

Australia's Victoria declares state of disaster as coronavirus cases soar
(DBN)

Australia's second-biggest city has implemented a curfew and banned people from going more than 3 miles of their home after a spike in coronavirus infections
(DBN)

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MENA:

Tens of thousands protest in Jerusalem, across Israel Protests Against Netanyahu Gain Steam
(DBN)

Lebanese Foreign Minister Hitti Resigns, Warns ‘Boat May Sink’
(DBN)

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Venezuela:

U.S. Defense Firm Joins Creditors Seeking to Enforce Venezuela Judgments
(DBN)

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Japan:

Japan’s Suga Sees Difficult Balance Between Virus Fight, Economy
(DBN)

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China:

A private survey showed China’s manufacturing activity expanded in July
(DBN)

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