December 7, 2020

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Law:

Top 50 Biglaw Firm Does An About Face On COVID-19 Austerity Measures, And Makes Associates Whole With Special Payments
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Elite Firm Blows Cravath Bonuses Out Of The Water For All Associates
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Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firm To Make True-Up Payments For Cut Salary
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Kirkland & Ellis Delights With Extra Special Bonuses For Some Of The Hardest Workers At The Firm
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Which law firms announced bonuses this week?
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Legal services industry gains 5,000 jobs in November but is still well below last year’s numbers
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Former BigLaw associate sues law firm for alleged pregnancy discrimination
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After being told they passed the bar, a group of Kentucky applicants find out otherwise Because The Bar Exam Wasn’t Screwed Up Enough, State Tells Celebrating Applicants ‘Sorry, You Actually Failed’
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T14 Law School’s Massive Exam Blunder Sends 1Ls Scrambling
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Why Are Some Lawyers Getting an Extra $140K? Bonuses Explained
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Boies Digs in on Holding Firm Together After Leadership Exits 5 of The Many Lessons Learned - Distressed Boies Schiller Law.com Makes It Explicit & Public: Boies Schiller Could Collapse
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The Biglaw Firm With The Best Culture
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Employers debate whether to require COVID-19 vaccine for workers
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Covid-19 Liability Shield Is a Bad Idea
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‘Real Housewives’ Cast Member Slapped With Embezzlement Suit
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Ghislaine Maxwell Wants to Be Home for the Holidays in Renewed Bail Application
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State Bar Probes Republican Lawyer Who Said He'd Move to Georgia 'For the Next Two Months' to Vote
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Attorney General Barr considering leaving post before Trump leaves office, source says
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As lawyers keep pushing Trump election challenges, calls for sanctions mount
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Trump's Legal Losses Come Fast And Furious
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Rudy Giuliani Says 'We Don't Need Courts' in Election Fight
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Trump announces that Rudy Giuliani has Covid Rudy Giuliani says he's "feeling good" after coronavirus announcement Giuliani Was Traveling Across the Country, Maskless at Hearings Before Covid Diagnosis Arizona legislature shuts down after Giuliani tests positive for COVID-19 Team Trump Tries to Play Down Fears Giuliani Exposed Hundreds to COVID-19 Giuliani Asks Woman To Remove Mask Days Before Virus Diagnosis In Resurfaced Clip
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Rudy Giuliani celebrated a recent Michigan ruling as a 'big win' for Trump's election team. It was actually about a local marijuana measure.
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Kate McKinnon Returns as Farting Rudy Giuliani in SNL Cold Open
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"SNL" skewers Michigan state election fraud hearing in cold open
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Mellissa Carone, Giuliani's star witness in the Trump campaign's election fraud case, harassed her fiance's ex-wife by sending her sex tapes
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Trump administration officials appear to defy court orders, setting a bad precedent, prof says
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Special Counsel John Durham Asks Judge to 'Send a Message' to Former FBI Lawyer; Sentence Him to Prison Despite Wife's Pregnancy
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Prosecuting the President: Attorney General Maura Healey on Trump’s Legal Jeopardy
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Historians sue Trump administration to stop 'bonfire of records in the Rose Garden'
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Lin Wood Loses Again as Federal Appeals Court Savages Georgia Election Lawsuit
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Sidney Powell's Georgia Kraken Filing Began by Saying Dominion Flipped Votes from Biden to Trump
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Georgia Buries Sidney Powell's 'Factually Baseless' and 'Unprecedented' Election Lawsuit Sidney Powell's Trump lawsuit is the stuff of 'mythos' and has no basis in reality, Georgia officials said in bid for dismissal
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Donald Trump's top lawyer Jenna Ellis is revealed to have worked in traffic court before being fired as a prosecutor and hasn't paid bar fees
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Minnesota Supreme Court Tosses Republican Election Lawsuit
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Eleventh Circuit Dismisses Sidney Powell and Lin Wood's Appeal in Georgia Kraken Case: The Answer Is 'No' A federal appeals court unanimously shut down a conservative lawyer's attempt to block Biden's presidential win in Georgia
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Trump Campaign Seeks Appeal at Pennsylvania Supreme Court After Lower Court Refused to Invalidate 69 Ballots
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A Judge Just Shot Down 25 of the Trump Campaign's Conspiracy Theories in Nevada
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Wisconsin Judge Scoffs at Ex-Trump Lawyer’s Bid for Quick Ruling
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Armed election protesters rally outside Michigan secretary of state's home
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Donald Trump’s brutal day in court
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Trump is worried that he may be prosecuted in New York after he leaves office
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‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic May Receive Pardon From Trump
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Inside the Frantic Push to Get Trump to Pardon... Everyone
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The president can pardon himself, but that does not mean he should
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Attorney for Jared Kushner and a Trump fundraiser investigated by DOJ in alleged bribery-for-pardon scheme
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Father Arrested After Allegedly Decapitating Daughter and Son Over COVID-19 Stress
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DHS Must Post Online Notice Welcoming Dreamers, Judge Rules in Rescinding Unlawful Chad Wolf Memo DACA Restored by Judge’s Order, Reopening Dreamers Program
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Rittenhouse MAGA Dream Team Imploding
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SCOTUS vacates judge’s ruling that allowed restrictions on religious services in California
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Staten Island Bar Owner Arrested Again For Violating COVID-19 Order Hit Deputy With Car, NYC Sheriff Says
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As Law Enforcement Investigates Maskless GOP ‘Gala’, NJ Governor Says Rep. Matt ‘Putz’ Is No Longer Welcome in Garden State
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Los Angeles bar owner rips Garcetti, Newsom over double standard on outdoor dining
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Skip the Useless Covid-19 Rules, Please
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COVID Cops in Europe Will Search Your Car for Evidence of Ski Gear
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After Supreme Court ruling, New Yorkers go back to synagogue
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A family got a racist note after putting up a Black Santa. Soon, neighbors began displaying their own Black Santas.
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A Black woman said she was being terrorized by her neighbors. Police told her to stop calling.
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YouTube monster ‘kills pregnant lover on livestream by locking her on subzero balcony as viewers pay him to abuse her’
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Pro boxer Viviane Obenauf suspected of beating husband to death
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Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves
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Judges:

Availability of Bankruptcy Judgeship Positions in the Middle District of Florida at Orlando and Jacksonville
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Lawmakers are trying to create a database with free access to court records. Judges are fighting against it.
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Alito Demands Briefs in Pennsylvania Congressman's Lawsuit to Flip the Election Justice Alito Has Moved Up the Response Time to the Rep. Kelly PA Election Petition to the Morning of Safe Harbor Day: What Does It Mean? Experts: It Doesn't Matter That Alito Moved Up Deadline for Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit
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Chief Justice Roberts Was Right About One Thing: There are no "Trump Judges"
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Liberals Push Congress for ‘Robust’ Lower Court Expansion
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Wall Street:

Dow futures fall more than 100 points after Friday’s record-setting session
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Wall Street hits highs as slowing job growth spurs stimulus bets
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Goldman Sachs eying Florida move for key division, report says
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Layoffs:

Lufthansa to Dump 29,000 Workers by 2021
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ABC News Head James Goldston on Layoffs: ‘Necessary as We Adapt to Changes in Our Business’
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Disney Layoffs: It's a Bloodbath
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Monte Paschi May Cut 6,000 Jobs If No Partner Is Found
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Ford cuts contract workers effective immediately, declines to say how many
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Raytheon to lay off 144 in Colorado Springs
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Baylor Scott & White Health to lay off 102 finance workers and outsource their duties to India
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RTD-Denver approves 2021 budget, 400 worker layoffs
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Robot now making smoothies in Walmart in less than 3 mins
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Healthcare:

Covid becomes number one killer in US this week as record 2,879 die Covid is killing more than 2,000 people a day in the U.S. as infections and hospitalizations hit records Number of Covid-19 deaths could nearly double by April despite vaccines The US recorded nearly as many COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday as the number of people killed on 9/11 More Americans Could Die of COVID Today than Were Killed at Pearl Harbor
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It’s Time to Scare People About Covid
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Quarantined Health Workers Compound Staffing Shortages At California Hospitals
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Hospitals across the U.S. reach breaking point as coronavirus surges
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U.S. states scramble to curb COVID-19 without national leadership
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As US average of daily cases nears 200,000, experts say 'behavior and cold weather' are behind Covid-19 surge
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The Pandemic's Disproportionate Toll on the Elderly
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US Covid-19 hospitalizations hit another record high The exponential rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations, in one chart
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US coronavirus cases jumped by over 10% this past week and over 1 million were added in 5 days
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How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, and What They Think Is Next
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Iowa Is What Happens When Government Does Nothing
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US sets new daily coronavirus record with nearly 228,000 cases 'Extraordinary Acceleration': Takeaways From The Pandemic Last Week
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FBI raids New Jersey lab, urges new Covid-19 tests for people who went there
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White House calls out Texas’ coronavirus control efforts amid “full resurgence” of infections
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Hospitals have reached breaking point: Rate of COVID patients being admitted is dropping because beds are full and mild cases are being turned away as US reports a third of the world's new infections and families beg for ICU space on social media
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New Mexico shut down nearly everything to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed by covid. It wasn't enough.
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Fauci Warns 'January Is Going to Be Terrible' As U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Continue to Soar Winter Covid surge ‘worst event that this country will face,’ White House health advisor Birx says
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As coronavirus cases soar, experts are still waiting to see Thanksgiving's impact
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Wyoming health official says 'so-called pandemic' a communist plot
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Birx says health officials are still fighting 'myths' about pandemic's spread
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Oregon doctor's license revoked over refusal to wear mask during pandemic
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Why every state should adopt a mask mandate, in 4 charts
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Mouths Covered, Eyes Wide Open
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Science cannot rescue us from ourselves
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Paramedics under ‘extreme stress’ as Covid toll climbs, ambulance company CEOs say
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Covid testing is only getting harder to come by. That's a serious problem.
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CDC urges for the first time that Americans wear masks indoors
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Vaccine opponents rebrand as rollout of Covid-19 shots looms
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Biden: Coronavirus vaccine should not be mandatory
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Biden Says He’ll Take Vaccine, Wants It to Be Free For Americans
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America's vaccine trust crisis
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Survey: 55% Of FDNY Members Don’t Want To Take COVID-19 Vaccine
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Demand for Covid vaccines expected to get heated — and fast
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States defer to health providers on who gets first vaccines
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On the Edge of a Key Covid Decision: Five Questions Answered
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The limits of what covid tests can tell you
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Trump's Operation Warp Speed promised a flood of covid vaccines. Instead, states are expecting a trickle.
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‘Operation Turtle Speed’?
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Azar: Vaccine will be available to all by mid-2021
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Initial COVID vaccine supply 10% of original government promise
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Moderna CEO confident of producing 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2021
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Operation Warp Speed chief predicts 'significant decrease' in deaths among elderly by end of January
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Trump largely silent as health officials sound COVID-19 alarm
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Michigan pastor faces backlash after encouraging churchgoers to purposefully get COVID-19
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Deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in two long-term care facilities could be linked to Washington state wedding, officials say
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State, local officials plead for vaccine distribution funds
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FDA vaccine adviser says approval decision could come within the week
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Secrecy and spin: How Florida's governor misled the public on the COVID-19 pandemic
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Ho, ho — Whoa! Virus keeping most Santas at a distance
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Americans' mental health takes a huge pandemic hit
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Nonprofit Hospital Almost Never Gave Discounts to Poor Patients During Collections, Documents Show
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Economy:

November Employment Report: 245 Thousand Jobs Added, 6.7% Unemployment Rate Comments on November Employment Report Fed’s Evans Says Jobs Report Was ‘A Little Disappointing’ U.S. jobs recovery slows as virus rages, boosting aid chances U.S. labor market losing steam as COVID-19 pandemic rages
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The US economy lost nearly 10M jobs since February
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'Warning Signs Flashing': Job Growth Slows Sharply As Pandemic Takes Toll On Economy
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Biden Calls November Jobs Report ‘Grim’ in New Push for Stimulus
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Jobs Data Was ‘Perfect Miss’ for Fed and Fiscal Stimulus
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US Could Start Losing Jobs Very Soon
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4 warning signs in the November jobs report: ‘This feels like the calm before the storm’ Five worrying takeaways from Friday's U.S. jobs report
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Regulators warn risks to financial stability remain ‘elevated’ in U.S.
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Biden urges deal on $900B stimulus, dodging questions on McConnell Biden says jobs report 'grim,' relief package needed now and in January Will There Be a Second Stimulus Check? Biden Says $1,200 'Still in Play' McConnell Faces New Pressure for Stimulus After Grim Unemployment Report Biden Calls Bipartisan Stimulus Plan ‘Down Payment’ on Recovery Pelosi Sees Stimulus Momentum; Republicans Grouse on State Aid Strike a Deal on Pandemic Relief Right Now Covid Relief Makes Sense for Republicans, Too Bernie Sanders said he would vote against the bipartisan $908 billion stimulus bill 'unless it is significantly improved' 'If we don't act now, the future will be very bleak': Biden urges Congress to act as prospects rise for a bipartisan stimulus deal Why Americans need a stimulus deal in three stats Top economists say this is what’s on their stimulus wishlist—and the bipartisan bill looks pretty close Details of $908 Billion U.S. Pandemic Relief Plan Set for Release
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A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck during COVID pandemic
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In a New York Neighborhood Reeling From the Virus, 1 in 4 Is Out of Work
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How Trump Took the Middle Class to the Cleaners
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The Virus Is Devastating the U.S., and Leaving an Uneven Toll
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33 Million Locked Down in CA Most of California to impose stay-at-home orders by Sunday as ICU capacity drops Much of California to Be Homebound for Holidays as Virus Worsens Southern California and San Joaquin Valley trigger stay-at-home order as ICU capacity drops Bay Area orders month-long lockdown for 8.5M people Pasadena Volunteers To Patrol Streets, Help Enforce Mask Mandates L.A. Covid Cases to Reach 500,000 by Year-End at Current Pace Nearly 85% Of California Residents To Be Under Stay-At-Home Orders Through Christmas 'They're ripping us apart': Bay Area small business owners talk new lockdown CA sheriff: county won’t be ‘used as muscle’ against residents
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COVID In Aspen: Pitkin County Visitors Must Prove Negative Coronavirus Test
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New York Has Avoided a Repeat of April, But Covid Is Closing In
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Fauci's Timeline for When He Thinks America Will Beat COVID
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The stock market is soaring to new heights. But most Americans aren't along for the ride Wall Street heads back toward highs despite dour jobs report
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AAR: November Rail Carloads down 5.8% YoY, Intermodal Up 11.5% YoY
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Fed GDPNow latest estimate: 11.2 percent
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Trade Deficit Increased to $63.1 Billion in October U.S. trade gap widens as travel restrictions hit services demand
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Citi Cuts NYC-Area Office Staff in Echo of Pandemic’s Early Days
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Citi CEO Says Long-Term Productivity May Suffer With Remote Work
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Congress Eyes One-Week Stopgap Spending Bill, Averting Shutdown
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Federal Deficits Don't Work Like Credit Cards
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Jim Rogers Sees Perilous Times Ahead. Why Government Debt Could Crush the U.S.
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The pandemic boosted food delivery companies. Soon they may face a reality check
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Global Food Prices on the Uptick
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‘Within Two Years, Things Will Be Back to Normal.’ But the Recovery Will Be Uneven, Says Marc Lasry.
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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:

The CDC banned evictions. Tens of thousands have still occurred
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The inside story of a black sheep hedge fund, their massive bet that shopping malls would crash, and how they proved Wall Street wrong
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The Housing Market Is Booming, But Millions of Americans Face Eviction—and the Gap Is Getting Worse
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Ch. 11 Release Means Lennar Beats FCA Claims At 3rd Circ.
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Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Decreased Slightly
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Trump sued by N.Y. apartment tenants alleging years-old rent scheme
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Mortgage Industry Roars to Best Year Ever, Courtesy of the Fed
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CoreLogic projects low mortgage rates into 2023
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Real Estate Up 25% in Parts of California
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Black Millennials fueled a surprising 2020 home-buying surge for African Americans
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Gryphon USA Reacts to Foreclosure Moratorium Extension
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Municipalities:

Even Before Covid 2,600 People a Week Were Leaving New York City
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What’s Ahead for New York? Maybe a Budget ‘Nightmare Scenario’
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What do U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia have to do with Puerto Rico statehood?
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Oil/Gas:

Do Midstream Agreements Create Real Property Interests?
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White Stallion Energy enters Chapter 11 in ‘dire’ liquidity situation, plans January sale
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Court rules oil giant’s shareholders can sue Russia for US$50 bil Russia Suffers New Blow in $50Bln Yukos Case
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Oil rises, hovers below $50/bbl on hopes for U.S. stimulus
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The Number of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Is on The Verge of Exploding. What Happens Now?
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Semi-Annual Oil & Gas Energy Update
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Denmark to End Oil, Gas Production by 2050 The EU’s biggest oil producer has taken a huge step: It’s ending oil production by 2050
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They’re holding a ‘going out of business sale’ in the Arctic
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Student Debt:

DeVos extends student loan pause through January
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Biden’s plan to forgive student debt could have limited economic benefits
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Newspapers:

Hartford Courant to shut Broad Street newsroom as pandemic, economics weigh on news business
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Education:

Jill Biden to advocate for debt-free community college as next first lady
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'Really hard': Quarantines leave Ohio schools with few teachers, fewer options
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Covid exacerbated chronic inequality in schools. Here's how it hit some kids more than others.
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Schools turn to Covid saliva tests to keep kids in classrooms
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How New York City Plans to Keep Children Safe as Schools Reopen
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Tech:

The pandemic was great for Zoom. What happens when there’s a vaccine?
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Fitness:

YouFit Resolves Committee Dispute Over $32M Ch. 11 Loan
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Transit:

Transit officials across the U.S. brace for steep service cuts
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Finance:

Why You Should Consider DIP Lending
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Politics:

Biden officially clinches Electoral College votes with California certification
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Why Republicans still refuse to accept Trump's defeat
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AP Fact Check: Trump floods rally with audacious falsehoods 'If I lost, I'd be a very gracious loser,' Trump said during a rally where he falsely claimed he won an election that he lost Trump touts misleading video as 'proof' of Georgia voter fraud
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Trump tells Republicans to vote in 'rigged' GA election
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Georgia voting manager says that refuting Trump's debunked election claims are a like a 'game of whack-a-mole'
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Trump's Final Days of Rage and Denial
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Trump Residences at Mar-a-Lago Are Being Renovated While Melania Looks at Fla. Schools for Barron: Sources
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Trump seems depressed and is doing little work apart from pursuing his election fraud claims, report says
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Defiant Trump insists election was 'rigged' at rally for Georgia Senate Republicans
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Georgia governor rebuffs Trump's call for special session to overturn election results, top official says
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Loeffler Refuses to Say Trump Lost in Georgia Senate Debate
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How Trump tried to spin his election fraud alternate reality into a pitch for the Georgia GOP senators
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Reporters at Trump's Georgia rally had to enter 'RiggedElection!' as the WiFi password to a network titled 'Make America Great Again'
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Just 27 congressional Republicans acknowledge Biden's win Nearly 90 Percent of Republicans in Congress Will Not Admit Biden Won, Report Says Trump demands names of the congressional Republicans who said they recognize Biden as winner GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy says that Trump 'in effect has conceded' by authorizing the presidential transition
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White House exodus begins even as Trump continues to baselessly claim victory
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‘We’ve lost our moral authority’: Kinzinger unwilling to back off Trump
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Senate GOP brushes off long-shot attempt to fight Biden win
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Trump presses Georgia governor in bid to flip election result Trump floats a Doug Collins run against Kemp for Georgia governor
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Romney says Trump’s leadership in Covid pandemic has been ‘great human tragedy’ and fraud claims are ‘damaging America’
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Dangerously viral: How Trump, supporters spread false claims
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Trump's voter fraud yarn is unraveling. But it can still help the GOP.
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GOP lawmakers heading into the legislative session take aim at voter fraud, despite no evidence of widespread problem
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Niece says ‘cruel and traitorous’ Trump belongs in prison
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'Just Doing Their Job': Election Worker in Georgia Was Followed and Verbally Harassed With Racial Slurs
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Trump Raised a Massive $207.5 Million Post-Election Haul, and Little of It Is Going to the Lawsuits Trump Campaign Spends $8.8 Million in Effort to Overturn Vote
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Is Georgia a swing state? Groups spend millions to find out
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GOP Swamps Democrats with 400% More Cash in Georgia Senate Races
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How Georgia’s Senate race pits the Old South against the New South
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After delay, Pentagon spy agencies to meet with Biden transition team
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Neera Tanden, Biden's pick for budget chief, runs a think tank backed by corporate and foreign interests
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Biden says inauguration likely to emulate DNC's virtual proceedings
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Donald Trump's campaign spent $1.1 million at his hotels in last weeks of campaign - and paid more than $300,000 for copies of Don Jr.'s book
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Trump's bold moves raise fear of 'destructive' final days in office
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New combative Ivanka Trump sparks questions about her future
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Texas Gov. Abbott takes political thumps on multiple fronts at Dallas far right rally
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AOC Fires Back at GOP Lawmaker Disparaging Her Working-Class Background
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Biden Diversity Push Turns Tense Over Unfilled Top-Tier Jobs
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Biden Has the Right to Name His Own Cabinet
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Trump Fires Pentagon Advisory Board Members to Install Loyalists
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Trump's wild Inauguration Day exit
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The Places That Had the Biggest Swings Toward and Against Trump
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Cannabis:

The Uncertain Future of Distressed Cannabis Bankruptcies and the 2020 Elections
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House votes to legalize weed Bill decriminalizing marijuana ‘great step’ but ‘largely symbolic’
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Satellites:

SES says Intelsat pulled plug on partnership in 3 a.m CEO call
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Telecoms:

ComSovereign Holding: The Walls Are Closing In As Either A Discounted Equity Offering Or Bankruptcy Is Expected
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Distressed-driven restructurings rise amid COVID-19 fallout
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Subchapter V:

Opinion of Interest – In re Serendipity Labs, Inc.
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LLCs:

LLC in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Not Obligated to Remit State Taxes on Behalf of Out-of-State Members
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Insurance:

Covid-19 Lawsuits Are Running Into Skeptical Judges
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Bankruptcy Administrators:

Reappointment of Incumbent Bankruptcy Administrator Northern District of Alabama
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Advisers:

McKinsey reaches amended settlement with US Trustee over bankruptcy disclosures
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Privilege:

Court Determines Attorney-Client Privilege Retained by Reorganized Debtor
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Preemption:

NY Court of Appeals Holds No Bankruptcy Preemption of Lender Tort Claims Against Related Third Parties
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Aviation:

American Airlines echoes Delta in warning of demand slowdown American Airlines sees fourth-quarter cash burn at high end of guidance
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United Airlines unveils rights issue plan to protect tax assets
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Will you need a COVID-19 vaccine to fly? One airline says yes
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Boeing again cutting widebody production rate
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Lufthansa's unionized ground staff back cost-cutting deal, document shows
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Video Shows Passengers Applauding as Anti-Masker Escorted Off Flight
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New South African Airline to Fly Even as Crisis Grips Industry
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Air India employees plan to bid for the debt-ridden national carrier: Report
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Paris Air Show Canceled for 2021 Due to Pandemic Uncertainty
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Litigation:

Talk About What Your Audience Cares About, Not What You Care About
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Fraud:

Arlington official fraudulently misled court in bankruptcy, judge rules
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Democrats bet Perdue's stock trades can sway runoff 2,596 Trades in One Term: Inside Senator Perdue’s Stock Portfolio A ‘crook’? ‘Totally exonerated’? Misleading claims about Ga. Sen. David Perdue and his stock trades
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‘Stop Trading’ Act for Congress Isn’t Stopping Much Trading
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German Prosecutors Open Probe Into Ernst & Young Over Wirecard
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Sports:

MLB and all 30 teams sue insurance providers, citing billions in losses due to Covid-19
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Ravens say coronavirus protocol wasn't fully followed, outbreak involved at least four strains
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Fans boo at English soccer match after players take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter
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The bubble kept the NBA safe from the coronavirus. The real world will be much tougher.
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Autos:

About 150 Cadillac dealers take GM buyouts rather than invest in EVs
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Tesla’s Report Shows Minorities Make Up 60% of U.S. Workforce Tesla says Black people hold just 4% of its U.S. leadership roles
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Retailing:

Guitar Center Creditors Push Back on Music Retailer’s Bankruptcy
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Francesca’s Files for Bankruptcy, Eyes Sale
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Bankruptcy watchdog challenges Ann Taylor sale to private equity firm
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Sears Holdings: How To Buy 17 Dollars For 17 Cents
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Religion:

St. Cloud diocese bankruptcy plan approved to settle abuse claims Bankruptcy court approves St. Cloud Diocese plan for sex abuse victims
(DBN)

Warnings from teachers, nuns, even a cop, didn't get Buffalo Diocese to remove priests
(DBN)

Pope Boosts Powers of Vatican Financial Authority After Scandals
(DBN)

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Movie Theaters:

AMC: Bad News Gets Worse
(DBN)

Cinemas Join the Internet Makeover of American Cities
(DBN)

Hollywood Prepares to Sacrifice Theaters
(DBN)

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Climate:

California’s Miserable Year Ending In Drought, Fire and Darkness
(DBN)

PG&E bills to rise over $160 per year on average to fund wildfire risk reduction
(DBN)

Wildfire Risk Leaves Californians Without Homeowners Insurance
(DBN)

Another Month on a Warming Planet: Record-Hot November
(DBN)

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Food/Beverage:

JBS Sends Thousands of U.S. Meat Workers Home During Covid Surge
(DBN)

Tipped Service Workers Are More Vulnerable Amid Pandemic Harassment Spike: Study
(DBN)

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Solar:

Del. Court Confirms $1B Nev. Solar Plant's Ch. 11 Plan
(DBN)

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Magazines:

Chapter 11 sale of ‘Ebony’ and ‘Jet’ magazines put on hold by Texas judge
(DBN)

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Coal:

Since Coronavirus dampens demand, two more coal companies file for bankruptcy
(DBN)

Continued Toll on Coal; More Companies File Bankruptcy
(DBN)

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Pharma:

The Sacklers’ Last Poison Pill
(DBN)

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UK:

The Cost of Failure: What’s at Stake If Brexit Talks Collapse Brexit crunch time: stand-off puts EU-UK trade deal on a knife edge UK's Johnson ready to pull out of Brexit talks, The Sun says Brexit Negotiators Race to Save Trade Deal Amid Spat With France Biggest Obstacle to Brexit Trade Deal Is Level Playing Field U.K. Says Brexit Trade Talks Are at a ‘Very Difficult Point’ Brexit trade talks: What's at stake if no deal is reached Brexit: Boris Johnson to hold crisis talks with EC chief after 'significant divergences' on key issues Britain and EU resume trade talks in 'final throw of the dice' Explainer: The potential impact of Brexit without a trade deal Explainer: Huge consequences loom over EU-UK trade talks No-Deal Brexit Would Inflict Real Pain on Europe, Too
(DBN)

Collapse of UK retail giants leaves large hole in heart of property sector
(DBN)

What will happen to closed High Street shops?
(DBN)

Two giant U.K. retailers hanging on by a thread
(DBN)

A Rare Lockdown Retail Success Story
(DBN)

The fall of one of Britain’s biggest retailers has taken another victim: gift card owners.
(DBN)

Biden Transition Tests the U.S.-U.K. ‘Special Relationship’
(DBN)

U.K. Prepares for National Deployment of Covid Vaccine
(DBN)

BOE Officials Signal Openness to Negative Rates as Stimulus Tool
(DBN)

Bank of England's Missing $67 Million
(DBN)

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EU:

Europe battles surge in coronavirus deaths in nursing homes
(DBN)

U.S. and Europe head in opposite coronavirus directions Europe is beating the pandemic's surge. The U.S. is not.
(DBN)

European Banks Warned By ECB to Avoid Letting Bad Loans Pile Up
(DBN)

ECB writes fire letters to major banks
(DBN)

ECB Could Opt for 12-Month Extension to Emergency Bond Program
(DBN)

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PIIGS:

Portugal May Allow Travel Between Municipalities Over Christmas
(DBN)

Italy Bonds Primed for Gains as Deliverance Day for ECB Beckons
(DBN)

Spain Is Headed in the Wrong Direction
(DBN)

____________

Canada:

Toronto eyes tax on empty homes in bid for real estate revenue
(DBN)

Canada’s Jobs Recovery Slowed Further in November
(DBN)

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Brazil:

The coronavirus has come roaring back into Brazil
(DBN)

Young Brazilian partygoers stir fears of second COVID-19 wave
(DBN)

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Singapore:

Singapore to Seek More Travel Bubble Arrangements
(DBN)

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China:

China warns of risks of inflated credit ratings amid bond defaults
(DBN)

China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms
(DBN)

China's exports soar amid post-pandemic rebound
(DBN)

China Lenders’ Holdings of Corporate Debt Fall as Defaults Climb
(DBN)

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Germany:

Germany's 'lockdown light' flounders
(DBN)

Germany to Spend up to $7.3 Billion on Virus-Vaccination Drive
(DBN)

____________

South Korea:

South Korea May Tighten Curbs as Virus Cases Hit Nine-Month High
(DBN)

South Korea warns of 'medical collapse' as it races to control coronavirus surge
(DBN)

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Sweden:

Sweden Unveils Vaccine Strategy After 26% Reject Immunization
(DBN)

____________

Denmark:

Denmark Is Planning a Partial Lockdown of Its Biggest Cities
(DBN)

____________

Malaysia:

Malaysia Extends Virus Curbs in Kuala Lumpur, Most of Selangor
(DBN)

____________

Australia:

Non-compliant bankrupts and the Court’s ability to intervene
(DBN)

Australia Probes How Two International Travelers Dodged Quarantine
(DBN)

How Melbourne eradicated Covid-19
(DBN)

____________

Mexico:

Mexico City hospitals are filling up, but so are the streets
(DBN)

'No presents': Mexicans urged to be cautious this Christmas to stop pandemic
(DBN)

Mexican President Changes Covid Tone, Asks People To Stay Home
(DBN)

____________

France:

France will foot the bill for vacation pay in distressed industries.
(DBN)

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