July 14, 2020

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Law:

The Law Schools That Cashed In On Government PPP Loans
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Dorsey & Whitney isn’t liable for blog post about lawyer, 2nd Circuit rules
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Miller Canfield lays off and furloughs some lawyers
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Tips for Virtual Practice
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Boies Schiller Adds Bankruptcy Talent To New Look Firm Bankruptcy Lawyers Larry Brandman, Neil Pigott Join Boies Schiller Flexner in New York and London Boies Schiller Hires Bankruptcy Partners in New York, London Boies Schiller Executive Committee Member Exits As Firm Adds 2 Bankruptcy Partners
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Boies Schiller Executive Committee Member Exits As Firm Adds 2 Bankruptcy Partners
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Biglaw Firm’s Founding Partner Dies
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Deloitte Takes Aim at U.S. Legal Services Market With Tech Unit
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Businesses Want Outside Counsel to Be More Tech Savvy. What Does That Mean?
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World’s Largest Law Firm Closes Two Offices Thanks To COVID
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Now You Can Pay To Know Your LSAT Score Before It Gets Reported To Law Schools
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The Increasingly Essential Role Of The Law Librarian
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Q: Do You Have Time? A: What’s The Project?
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California Law Firm Ivie McNeill, Partner Sued for Sex Harassment
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Over 1,500 Sign Letter Demanding New York High Court Hold Bar Exam Hearing
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Laws Limiting Covid Liability Multiply; Certainty Lags
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Clifford Chance Sets Global Gender, Diversity Targets
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Judge asks if Roger Stone’s probation still applies after Trump’s commutation Judge seeks more details on Trump's clemency for Roger Stone Trump’s clemency for Roger Stone also commuted probation, $20,000 fine
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The Traditional Interpretation of the Pardon Power Is Wrong
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Leahy to Barr: Is Roger Stone sentence commutation ‘a crime’?
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Trump doesn’t rule out Michael Flynn pardon after commuting Roger Stone sentence
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Judge Says 'Con. Law Trumps Contracts' in Major Win for Mary Trump's Tell-All Book
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Judge Orders DOJ to Explain Its Secret Portions of the Mueller Report by Next Week
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Top Mueller Prosecutor: We Could Have Done More
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Lawyers Call On Texas Bar President To Resign Over Black Lives Matter Comments Texas State Bar President Called Black Lives Matter A ‘Terrorist Group’ On Social Media Texas bar president’s comments about Black Lives Matter bring calls for resignation
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More than 1,000 CDC employees call out "ongoing and recurring acts of racism"
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A century after a race massacre, Tulsa finally digs for suspected mass graves The Massacre That Destroyed Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’
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Yes, even in small, single-stoplight towns they're saying his name
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Couple arrested after being caught on video brutally attacking female Black hotel employee
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'George Floyd Came into My Head': 3 Minnesota Police Departments Falsely Detain Black Dance Instructor
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Majority of Public Favors Giving Civilians the Power to Sue Police Officers for Misconduct
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Shopping while Black: A Boston stylist on being followed, ignored, and discredited
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A police officer fatally shot an unarmed, mentally ill man. He's now charged with murder.
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Police officer charged, fired after holding gun to handcuffed man's head for refusing to give his name
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Judge blocks first federal execution since 2003 Judge blocks Justice Dept. from resuming federal executions as court battles mount Supreme Court clears way for execution of federal prisoner
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Former Mueller prosecutor to detail investigation in new book
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Actually, the Supreme Court Just Gave Congress a Big Win The Supreme Court just made the president more powerful
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Mueller Never Had a Chance Against Trump
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Trump shouldn’t use commutation power to undermine justice, says ABA president
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NY Gov. Cuomo orders travelers from states with high number of COVID-19 cases to provide location info
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Trump Says Upcoming Immigration Measure Will Include DACA
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Judge delays ruling on ICE detention, meaning migrant parents and kids could be separated Friday
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Trump DOJ Can’t Cut Police Grants to California Sanctuary Cities
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SDNY Prosecutors Identify 'Glaring Red Flags,' Say Ex-British Military Were Guarding Ghislaine Maxwell's Home Why Ghislaine Maxwell may be granted bail at upcoming arraignment Ghislaine Maxwell Is Also Under Investigation in U.S. Virgin Islands Ghislaine Maxwell wrapped her phone in tin foil in bid to evade law enforcement, feds say Ghislaine Maxwell Tried to Hide When F.B.I. Knocked, Prosecutors Say Ghislaine Maxwell tried to run away when the FBI arrived at her New Hampshire house to arrest her, prosecutors say Ghislaine Maxwell Bail Hearing: Five Questions Answered
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SDNY Rejects ‘Absurd’ Notion That Jeffrey Epstein’s Non-Prosecution Agreement Still Protects Ghislaine Maxwell
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Weinstein Accusers Say Insurance Settlement Is a ‘Cruel Hoax’ Weinstein Class Action Settlement Challenged As "Unjust and Vile" As Multiple Accusers Object
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Gun-wielding St. Louis lawyer couple offered free AR-15 after weapons seized AR-15 Couple Teach Us All About Adverse Possession!
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Tennessee’s Extreme Abortion Ban Blocked Minutes After Being Signed Into Law Trump, Obama Judges Issue Similar Rulings Against ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Abortion Bans in Two Separate States
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Quarantine loopholes bring fresh efforts to fight outbreaks
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Floridians File Wild Lawsuit Against Mask Mandate: It's 'Common Knowledge' that Humans Use Noses and Mouths to 'Breath'
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Texas Supreme Court Tosses Republican Party's Appeal to Hold a Convention in Houston During Pandemic
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Judges:

BK CD CA: Court Newsletter
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The KKK is featured in a Florida courthouse mural. Lawyers are demanding its immediate removal.
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Why did liberals win so many cases before a conservative Supreme Court?
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Think this was a liberal term at the Supreme Court? You probably missed some cases
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John Roberts Is Just Who the Supreme Court Needed
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Judge’s Sexual Assaults Ignored by Washington County, Suit Says
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Judges Got Testy When Appeals Court Refused to Review Decision That Let DOJ Target Sanctuary Cities
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Wall Street:

Stock futures nudge higher ahead of bank earnings
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European stocks flop on worries over California lockdown
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S&P 500 slides on California reopening rollback after briefly erasing post-COVID losses Dow surges then fizzles after stocks briefly turn positive for 2020
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Goldman Sachs says S&P 500 earnings per share will plunge 60% this quarter, the biggest decline since 2009 S&P 500 earnings set to plunge as the coronavirus batters all sectors — with Wall Street counting on a bounce that may not come
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Wall Street Regulator Will Watch Markets From Home Until October
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More than 80% of investors fear the market will plummet again before the COVID pandemic ends, UBS says
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Layoffs:

United About to Dismiss 36,000 Employees
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REI to lay off 400 retail employees nationwide amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Thousands of layoff notices sent to New York casino workers
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Hollywood Casino Set To Lay Off 256
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Philz Coffee to Lay Off 180 Employees Due to COVID-19
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1,250 workers facing layoffs at GM's Wentzville Assembly Plant
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The pandemic hurt business at the historic Carolina Inn. It’s laying off 217 employees
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Las Vegas' Cosmopolitan lay offs, furloughs could affect 3,100 workers in August
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Whelen Engineering lays off 148
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G4S plans more than 1,100 job cuts at cash-handling business
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Sports:

NBA arrives at Disney. Here's what it looks like inside the Florida bubble Popovich touts NBA bubble: 'I'm safer here than I would be in Texas'
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Dodgers closer Jansen encourages masks after positive test
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Washington’s NFL team officially retires name and logo after sponsor backlash
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DeSean Jackson accepts invitation to visit concentration camp with Holocaust survivor
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NFL, Oakley reveal new face shield to protect players from the coronavirus in 2020 season
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Crypto:

Cryptocurrency Meets Bankruptcy Law: A Call for Creditor Status for Investors in Initial Coin Offerings
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Cryptocurrency Firm Co-Founder Plans to Plead Guilty to Fraud
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Politics:

Court refuses to order Houston to host Texas GOP gathering
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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told staffers he fed information to suspected leakers to see if they'd tell the media, according to report
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As COVID-19 cases surge and many states reopen, Trump administration points finger at Democrats, media — and Fauci
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The Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus is isolating us even further
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Trump Defiant as Deaths Pile Up
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With virus surging, Florida Gov. DeSantis may not be able to welcome Trump's RNC with open arms after all
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TX: GOP Considers Online Convention
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Pence claims on coronavirus second wave ‘proved wrong in nearly every way’ less than a month later: analysis
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GOP Governors Losing Residents' Support on COVID-19
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More Republicans say they're wearing masks
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In Some Countries, Normal Life Is Back. Not Here.
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Ted Cruz photographed without a face mask as he flew commercially from Houston to Dallas
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Senate GOP Has Fundraising Emergency
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Hill Republicans struggle to navigate Trump's sinking approval
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Trump Pivots to Self-Pity With Polls Sinking, Pandemic Worsening
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Giuliani blew up Trump's usual excuse for withholding his tax returns, saying they have in fact been audited
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What will the Republican convention look like? That’s Trump’s call
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Trump claims golf is his ‘exercise’ as video of him driving a cart with his caddie hanging on the back goes viral
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The Cost of the Evangelical Betrayal
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The Goya Foods free speech controversy, explained
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White House lawyers give Trump extra time to file personal financial disclosure forms, the second extension since May 15 Second Extension for Trump to File Financial Disclosure Report May Run Afoul of Federal Law
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Brad Parscale hits a rough patch as Trump's campaign manager
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Shock Poll: Biden +5 in Texas Trump derides ‘phony polls’ in Texas, claims he ‘created’ the oil industry
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Trump Suggests A Biden Presidency Would Be ‘Ratings’ Nightmare
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Maryland governor says GOP needs ‘bigger tent’ after Trump
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Democrats are getting really confident, and that's making Biden and Pelosi nervous
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Fox host Tucker Carlson called racist posts written by his disgraced top writer 'wrong' and announced he's going on a 'long-planned' vacation amid scandal
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The founders stripped traitors' names from our forts. We can, too.
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Mary Trump Free to Dish on Her Family and Tell-All Book, Judge Rules
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GOP Official Who Shared 'Racist' Image of Banana Next to MLK Jr. Quote Is No Longer Resigning as Promised
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Travel:

Trivago CEO says travel demand has fallen as cases rise, sees ‘bumpy ride’ ahead
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Autos:

US auto sales drop by a third in Q2 over coronavirus impact
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Ford promises you can return your car within the first year if you lose your job—here’s how it works
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Tesla Is Now Bigger Than Bank of America and American Express Combined
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Circuses:

Cirque du Soleil creditors preparing offer for insolvent company
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Small Engines:

Briggs & Stratton Prepares to File Chapter 11 as Soon as Next Week With Prepackaged or Prearranged Plan to Conduct 363 Sale Process for All Assets; ABL Lenders to Provide DIP
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Apparel:

Los Angeles Apparel Factory Shut Down After More Than 300 Coronavirus Cases
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Religion:

Thousands of Texas pastors got taxpayer-funded paychecks as part of relief measure
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Pharma:

Lawyers seek to halt Purdue Pharma political contributions
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Climate:

Earth Could Hit Critical Climate Threshold in Next Five Years
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Economy:

‘Tax us’: Ultra-rich call for higher taxes to aid coronavirus recovery
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White House campaign urges jobless to ‘find something new’
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U.S. Small-Business Optimism Jumps on Sales Expectations
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U.S. budget deficit soars to record $864 billion in June — higher than all of last year U.S. budget deficit shattered one-month record in June, as spending outpaced revenue by $864 billion U.S. posts record monthly budget gap on small-business relief Monthly Federal Budget Deficit Nears $1 Trillion As Government Tries To Rescue Economy From Coronavirus Pandemic Red Ink Overflowing: In June, U.S. Borrowed A Typical Year's Worth
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Federal Reserve's $3 trillion virus rescue inflates market bubbles
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Houston mayor proposes 2-week shutdown 'at the minimum' to quell COVID-19 spread At the ‘epicenter’ of the COVID pandemic, Miami-Dade mayor resists more closures 'People are dying, and you are doing nothing!': Florida governor Ron DeSantis is heckled as coronavirus cases soar and experts say state is the 'new' Wuhan California to close indoor restaurants, movie theaters and bars statewide as coronavirus cases rise Fauci says coronavirus cases are surging because U.S. didn’t totally shut down Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Warns He Is On Brink Of Issuing A Total Shutdown Order As Coronavirus Hospitalizations, ICU Cases Hit New High Coronavirus case averages reach record highs in more than a third of U.S. states California and Florida are both rolling back the opening of their economies as they struggle with COVID-19. But public health experts say the two states are not the same Cuomo lays out plans to reopen New York schools, track visitors from coronavirus hot spots State Reopenings Stall Amid Covid-19 Resurgence Pence Tells Governors to Protect Citizens However They Can California's new lockdown dims outlook for U.S. growth in pandemic
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U.S. economic growth is slowing down, Dallas Fed's Kaplan says
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Krugman: America Drank Away Its Children’s Future
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4 economic signals suggest the COVID-19 recovery is losing steam
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After the fastest recession in U.S. history, the economic recovery may be fizzling
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Wall Street Reaps a Bonanza on Fed’s Support for Corporate Debt
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Six High Frequency Indicators for a Recovery
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Coronavirus Fueled Recession: Are We Officially In Recovery Mode?
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A ‘W’ Recovery, Obstructed By Bankruptcies And Unemployment
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‘I Can’t Keep Doing This:’ Small Business Owners Are Giving Up
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WHO head: There will be no return to the "old normal" in near future
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Uncertainty can ruin an economy. The bungled covid-19 response just adds to it.
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Emergency grant program for small businesses is out of money
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Coronavirus Phase 4 Stimulus Package ‘Conclusively’ Confirmed, Kudlow Says
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McConnell Says GOP Will Pitch Its Own Stimulus Plan Next Week
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Congress won’t pass a new stimulus package, and that will crush the S&P 500
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Mnuchin’s Bailout Mistakes Keep Multiplying
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Second Stimulus Checks May Be Less Than $1,200
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Proposal: $5,000 Advance Of The Child Tax Credit In The Next Stimulus Bill?
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The PPP worked how it was supposed to. That’s the problem.
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The US gave employers half a trillion dollars and has no idea how many jobs it saved
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How a bipartisan stimulus became a political stumbling block
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America’s Jobless Are About to Lose Their $600-a-Week Lifeline
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"Cargo Declines at Port of Long Beach in June"
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Avoid Making This Strategic Mistake in a Recession
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Elon Musk is now worth more than Warren Buffett The Musk mystery: maverick visionary or mirage-seller?
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‘We’re saving every penny we can’: What life will look like for this 66-year-old man when his extra $600 unemployment ends
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Workers are pushed to the brink as they continue to wait for delayed unemployment payments
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Stimulus Talks at Standstill With GOP Yet to Agree on a Proposal
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More stimulus checks? Unemployment? What aid people could soon see
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Coronavirus spike in the dog days of summer saps economy of momentum
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Despite what he says, Trump's economic policies aren't helping black Americans
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Trudeau Warns Trump Over New Tariffs
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UN: Pandemic could push tens of millions into chronic hunger
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Nearly 30% of men say gains toward gender equality has come at their expense
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As Americans go back to work, these are the 9 riskiest jobs to have in the middle of the pandemic
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Small businesses worldwide fight for survival amid pandemic
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Social Security’s Funding Crisis Has Arrived
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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:

23 million Americans could face eviction in coming months
More than 20 million renters could soon be evicted A Wave of Evictions Would Be Bad for Everybody
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Is a foreclosure wave on the horizon?
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MBA Survey: "Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases for Fourth Straight Week to 8.18%" of Portfolio Volume
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow: A Guide to Successful Loan Workouts (Part Three)
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Homebuilders saw the strongest June sales since the last housing boom
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Robert Shiller warns that urban home prices could decline
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Apple puts $400 million toward affordable housing
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Most German Companies Say Work-From-Home Should Be Here to Stay
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Europeans, Americans Aren’t Convinced Working From Home Is the New Normal
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These housing markets are most vulnerable to pandemic impacts
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Lenders More Likely To Deny Black Home Buyers A Mortgage: LendingTree
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Municipalities:

New Challenges for Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Committees
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Tribal reservation ruling puts governance of half of Oklahoma in doubt
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Red Storm Rising In The Municipal Market
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Trump wanted to sell Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, former Cabinet secretary says
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State, local governments wrestle over quickly dwindling coronavirus aid, complicating talks on next federal bill
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Boardwalk City Hit Hard by Loss of Sales-Tax Revenue in Pandemic
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Oil/Gas:

Haynes and Boone: Houston oil and gas bankruptcies accelerate
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What Lenders Should Consider Before Taking Ownership of Oil and Gas Assets
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After Decades of Wrong Predictions, Oil May Finally Be Peaking
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EIA forecasts a fall of 56,000 barrels a day in August U.S. shale oil output
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Oil firms hurtle toward bankruptcy
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The Wave Of Big Oil Write-Downs Is Far From Over
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Oil and gas industry facing ‘one of the greatest challenges,’ report says
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The oil and gas extraction industry's business model? Lay waste, pay executive bonuses, move on.
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PPP loan program saved more than half of oil field jobs in Texas
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Healthcare:

Healthcare Chapter 11s are different
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Legal Considerations of Hospitals and Health Systems Considering Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Hospitals struggle to woo patients to reschedule care
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Study: 5.4 million Americans lost health insurance this year
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Families Of Health Workers Killed By COVID Fight For Denied Workers’ Comp Benefits
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U.S. is pushing for covid-19 therapeutics by early fall
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Scientists hoped summer temperatures would tamp down COVID-19 cases. What happened?
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Trump's trade adviser claimed Dr. Fauci is 'wrong about everything' as the White House seeks to discredit him on COVID-19
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White House Stresses Trump’s ‘Good Relationship’ With Fauci
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Fauci is sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic What's the point of Trump's Fauci smear campaign?
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Why Fauci should quit
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UK study shows coronavirus antibodies fade after 3 weeks WHO officials say coronavirus antibodies may wane after several months Coronavirus antibodies seem to disappear after only a few months in many people. Here's why you shouldn't panic.
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Experts have wondered if you can get Covid-19 twice. My patient did.
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1 in 3 young adults are vulnerable to severe coronavirus infections, a new study suggests. Smoking could be to blame.
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The debate over “airborne” coronavirus spread, explained
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Coronavirus crisis may get "worse and worse and worse", warns WHO
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A coronavirus vaccine: Where does it stand? Drugmakers will start coronavirus vaccine production by end of summer, Trump health officials say
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A New Understanding of Herd Immunity
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Shoppers are suing over mandatory mask rules, but doctors don’t buy it
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Scans Reveal Heart Damage in Over Half of COVID-19 Patients in Study
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Woman infects 71 people with coronavirus after 60-second elevator trip
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Florida official who opposed local mask mandate in ‘critical condition’ with COVID-19
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Florida shatters single-day infection record with 15,300 new cases Florida has more Covid-19 than most countries in the world. These stats show how serious the problem is Florida Governor Believes Coronavirus Crisis Has ‘Stabilized’
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Michigan partygoers test positive for COVID-19 after July 4th lake bash; 43 cases tied to house party
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Why Texas coronavirus death toll may be higher than officially reported
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Refrigerated trucks requested in Arizona, Texas as morgues reach capacity amid COVID-19 surge
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Rising Infections Prompt Tighter Rules Worldwide
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Mississippi Gov. Argues Against Herd Immunity, Asks People to Wear Masks
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NYC Has Its First Day In Months With No COVID-19 Deaths
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Arizona's surge in coronavirus cases has been "the worst in the entire country," health expert says, 27% positivity rate
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And the Littlest State Shall Lead the Way on Covid-19
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Coronavirus Is Coming for Rural America
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A former top White House official blasts 'simply inexcusable' delays for coronavirus tests Mick Mulvaney: "We still have a testing problem in this country" U.S. coronavirus surge leads to testing delays across the nation
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As a surgeon, I know how vital masks really are
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WHO says U.S. and Brazil accounted for half of new daily coronavirus cases
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Global case tally edges toward 13 million, and Florida trounces one-day case record set by California last week
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The federal agency that’s supposed to protect workers is toothless on Covid-19
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Millennials and boomers: Pandemic pain, by the generation
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Latinos hit hard by coronavirus, but Chicago suggests it's even worse than it looks
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Food/Beverage:

'I can't breathe' shirt leads to boycott of Maryland restaurant
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Personal Finance:

Balancing work and parenting is impossible. Here's the data.
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival could actually benefit from the pandemic, Stifel says
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Carnival cruise lines looks to raise another US$1B in debt
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Movie Theaters:

AMC lines up Silver Lake’s support to cut debt and raise cash
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Newspapers:

With Deal For McClatchy, Kansas City Star Will See Its Fifth Owner In Four Decades
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McClatchy Auction Ends with More Whimpers
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Gambling:

MGM Springfield casino reopens under strict state regulations
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Nursing Homes:

Trump reduced fines for nursing homes that put residents at risk. Then COVID-19 happened.
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Blame game? Cuomo takes heat over NY nursing home study
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Agribusiness:

U.S. Nut Glut Is So Big Branches Are Breaking From Heavy Crops
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Banking:

Banks Prepping for Worst Quarter Since Great Recession 'It's going to be really ugly.' Here come the big bank earnings
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Biofuel:

Why Biofuels Have Been Left Behind
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (20 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Monthly Bankruptcy Cases Filed under SBRA
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These 23 retailers and restaurant chains have filed for bankruptcy or liquidation in 2020
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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The running list of 2020 retail bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Addresses Shareholder Blocking Rights
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Public Policy Favors the Constitutional Right to Bankruptcy Relief
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Automatic Stay:

Automatic Stay Issue Set For SCOTUS Hearing On Oct. 13
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

An Intro to Bankruptcy for the C-Suite
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Student Debt:

Bankruptcy Court Reconsiders Brunner Standard and Dischargeability of Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy
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Major Student Loan Servicing Changes: 5 Tips To Protect Yourself
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Fiduciary Duty:

Expanding a Corporation’s Fiduciary Duties to Include Creditors: Their Limiting Effects on Wealth Creation
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Small Business:

New bankruptcy process a 'game-changer' for COVID-hit small businesses
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Bonuses:

Executives at Bankrupt Companies Scored $131 Million in Bonuses
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Aviation:

Southwest Air Says Flyer Numbers Need to Triple to Avoid Layoffs
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Best Guess on When Business Travel Will Recover? It Could be Years
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Finding Winners In The Government-Supported Airline Industry
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American Airlines in Deep Financial Stress American Airlines to warn pilots this week about potential furloughs
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Virgin Atlantic Set for $1.25 Billion Rescue
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EasyJet Gets Enough Votes in Favor of $524 Million Share Sale
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Ted Cruz refuses to wear mask on plane Ted Cruz investigated by American Airlines after Texas senator spotted ‘without a mandatory mask’ Will American Toss Ted Cruz as Customer?
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Lacking passengers, regional airline Mesa Air to start flying DHL cargo
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Portugal seeks CEO to bring flagship carrier back from brink
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Pilots trying to squeeze SAA dry, says government ahead of crucial creditors vote SAA unions, creditors should become ‘co-creators of a new national airline’
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Alaska Airlines flight turns around after passenger threatens to ‘kill everybody’
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Passenger claims American Airlines flight attendant shook her ‘violently’, called police for using extra blanket
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Qantas cancels all international flights until March next year
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Retailing:

New York & Co. Parent Files Bankruptcy and May Shut Stores New York & Co. parent RTW Retailwinds files for bankruptcy New York and Company could close all stores as its parent company files for bankruptcy due to COVID-19 impact RTW Retailwinds Teetering for Too Long RTW Retailwinds voluntarily files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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To Ship or Not to Ship: 3 FAQ’s for Creditors Seeking Guidance Before or During a Retail Bankruptcy
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More than 5,100 stores are closing in 2020 as the retail apocalypse drags on. Here's the full list.
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Apple Asks Retail Staff to Work Remotely as Stores Shut Again
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Amateur J.C. Penney Traders Beg Judge to Save Them From Wipeout
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Why Muji Failed To Survive In The U.S.
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Retail’s Responses And Adaptations To The Pandemic
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Retailers Hit With Sticker Shock Amid Mass Liquidation Sales
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Retail Recovery Continues Its Inconsistent Path
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Retail Layoffs And Bankruptcies Surge As Mall Cops Lose Their Segways
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A Battle Brewing In The Mall REIT Sector
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Total Sears And Kmart Store Count Going Down To Just 95
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Tuesday Morning Is An Unusual Bankruptcy Opportunity
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The Customer Is Always Right. Except When They Won't Wear A Mask AAFA calls on White House to issue guidance on masks Anti-maskers put shops, businesses on edge
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Amazon Workers in Memphis Are Spooked as Virus Rages in South
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Awards:

The Honorable Judith K. Fitzgerald (Ret.) is the recipient of the Bankruptcy American Inns of Court Alliance Distinguished Service Award for 2020
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Hedge Funds:

NYC Hedge Funds Angle for Work-From-Home Windfall on Their Taxes
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Education:

Axios-Ipsos poll: Americans fear return to school
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As Trump pushes to have schools open, CDC’s cautious approach leaks
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More than 200 colleges are suing ICE over its new policy saying international students have to take classes in person this fall or leave the US
(DBN)

College towns without college students have small businesses struggling
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Masks for kids? Schools confront the politics of reopening
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Coronavirus Outbreaks Linked to Fraternity Houses are a Warning for College Campuses
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As college students return, a crisis in campus care awaits
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Colleges Fear COVID-19 Spread, Class Actions Over Tuition When Welcoming Back Students
(DBN)

U.S. Defends Ban on Student Visas for Online-Only Classes Tech Giants, U.S. Chamber Oppose Trump Move on Foreign Students
(DBN)

Trump Would Consider More Funds for Schools That Reopen, Kudlow Says
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How to talk to your kids about going back to school (or not going back) this fall, according to a psychologist
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NY Gov. Cuomo won’t use kids as ‘guinea pigs,’ outlines school reopening rules Cuomo: New York will use formula to determine if it's safe to reopen schools N.Y. School Reopenings Will Hinge on Regional Infection Rates
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WHO warns against using school reopenings as ‘political football’ in coronavirus
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Trump administration cites the American Academy of Pediatrics to make its case for school reopening. Here's what the AAP really said.
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U.S. students are at ‘higher risk’ from coronavirus than other kids, Gottlieb
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Pressley rips DeVos’s push to reopen schools: ‘I wouldn’t trust you to care for a house plant, let alone my child’ DeVos' Horrific Interview on School Openings Democrats blast DeVos for insisting schools fully reopen Betsy DeVos again calls for school districts to open fully for 2020-21 DeVos slammed for meetings with conservatives while school reopening debate rages We underestimated Betsy DeVos and now we're paying a terrible price
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OC School Board Votes To Allow In-Person Instruction This Fall Without Masks, Social Distancing
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For teachers and parents, decision on returning to school gets political
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L.A. Unified will not reopen campuses for start of school year amid coronavirus spike L.A. and San Diego school districts to start year online
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No, Trump and DeVos can't withhold funding from schools whenever they want. Here's what they can do.
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Theme Parks:

Hong Kong Disneyland to close July 15 as coronavirus cases spike
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‘The beginning of a horror movie’? Disney World slammed as doors reopen amid spiking coronavirus cases Record 15,000 new coronavirus cases in Florida as Disney World reopens to public
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How Casinos And Disney Parks Are Adapting To COVID And Reopening
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Sovereigns:

Why African countries are shying away from debt relief
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Ecuador will have to sweeten offer to reach $17.4 bln debt revamp, analysts say
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UK:

Key Takeaways From the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020: A New Era for Restructuring?
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U.K. Economy Shrinks By A Fifth During First Three Months Of Lockdown
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U.K. Faces Biggest Budget Deficit in Peacetime History, OBR Says
(DBN)

U.K. Bond Rates Lower Than Japan’s Warn Economic Pain to Drag On
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U.K. Jobs Supported by Government Rise to 12.1 Million
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UK GDP barely grows after biggest decline on record
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UK economy could shrink 14% this year, budget forecasters say
(DBN)

London Banks Urged to Pay Reparations for Historical Slavery Links
(DBN)

Johnson Is Urged to Clarify Rules on Face Masks and Home Working
(DBN)

British Retail Traffic Dropped By 56.6 Pct In June
(DBN)

Retailers report sales jump in June, says trade body
(DBN)

Return to economic health unlikely amid lockdown uncertainty
(DBN)

UK could see up to 120,000 new coronavirus deaths this winter, scientists warn
(DBN)

U.K. economy grew less than expected in May as coronavirus lockdowns began easing
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Bailiff fears as councils chase unpaid tax debts
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Brexit: Get Ready, This Time It's Real
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EU:

Merkel and Conte Show Common Front on ‘Massive’ EU Recovery Fund
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Coronavirus masks, gloves polluting Europe's rivers
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Eurozone industry has record rebound
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EU to Resist Further Travel Opening With New Virus Wave a Risk
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PIIGS:

Families of Italy’s virus dead seek answers, solace, justice
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Canada:

How Canada is fighting Covid-19: Ramping up PPE production, U.S. travel ban
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Toronto Stays in Partial Lockdown Under New Ontario Virus Rules
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Consumers in Canada shun cash and bank branches on virus fears
(DBN)

Consumer confidence stalls in Canada after 10-week run of gains
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US, Canada May Extend Ban On Non-Essential Travel
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Germany:

German Ministry Under Pressure to Unveil Wirecard Discussions
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Singapore:

Singapore enters recession after economy shrinks more than 40% quarter on quarter
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Adopts Its Strictest-Ever Virus Measures as City Reels
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China:

China posts first import growth since pandemic, exports also up
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MENA:

IMF urges Lebanese to unite around government financial rescue plan
(DBN)

Morocco reimposes Tangiers lockdown
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Australia:

'It's like another kick in the guts': Restaurant owners in Melbourne on how they're tackling the 2nd round of lockdowns
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India:

Police levy thousands of fines as Indians chafe at mask rules
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Venezuela:

PDVSA’s 2020 Bonds: When and Why Does Venezuelan Law Matter?
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South Africa:

South Africa's banks mull how to avoid loan defaults when virus relief ends
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