July 29, 2020

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Law:

Open Layoffs v. Stealth Layoffs: What’s Preferable To Associates?
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Bankruptcy Practices Scour Field for Resources on Rising Demand
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2020 state of the profession report shows dearth of lawyers in rural areas, attorney debt struggles
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Depressed And Drowning In Debt: How Law School Loans Will Ruin Your Life
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Build Back Better: Whither the Office?
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Simpson Thacher Seeks $8M From Landlord In Rent Abatement Dispute
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Magic circle partner reveals how home-working has changed his life for the better
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Fall LL.M. Enrollment Expected To Plummet, Bruising Law School Finances
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First Online Bar Exam Marred by Tech Problems Today’s Online Bar Exam… Has Crashed State’s online bar exam is delayed after tech glitch
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Thousands of Law Grads to Take Bar Exam In Person Despite Covid
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Bar Exam ‘Socially Distant’ Seating Doesn’t Look Much Different Than Its ‘No Cheating’ Seating
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States Holding In-Person Bar Exams
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Bar Exam Lunch Appears To Be A Maskless Mess
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The Pandemic Is Proving The Bar Exam Is Unjust And Unnecessary
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The 10% Of Law Grads Who Do Not Pass The Bar Exam In Two Years Are The Elephant In The Room For The Diploma Privilege Debate
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High-level implications: California Supreme Court reduces bar exam cut score from 144 to 139
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Law school admissions are more flexible for entering 1Ls, survey says; is a class size change expected?
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The 2020 GC Compensation Survey: A New Cash King General Counsel Comp: In-House Bonuses Soaring Sky High (2020)
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It’s Gotten Better to Be LGBTQ in Big Law, but Struggles Remain
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Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in the Legal Profession: An Interview with Women Lawyers on Guard
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Black Davis Polk Lawyer Gets More Discovery Time, Firm Gets Fees
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Legal Experts: McConnell’s HEALS Act Is ‘Bonkers’ If Goal Was To Make Coronavirus Litigation Less Costly Should We Shield Businesses From COVID-19 Lawsuits? Pushing for lawsuit immunity, Trump claims Dems are ‘captured’ by lawyers’ lobby. Stats say otherwise
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As Firms Seek Cash Infusions, Litigation Funder Validity Adds $100M in Capital
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Geoffrey Berman Sure Was Bad At Turning Over Exculpatory Evidence
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Law Schools Expect Enrollment to Remain Steady Amid COVID-19
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COVID-19 Crisis Prompts a Refresher on Georgia Insolvency Law
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Texas Firms Getting PPP Loans Range From Am Law 200 Firm to Solos
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Law Firms Remain Vulnerable to Wire Transfer Scams, as Liability and Breach Costs Grow
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Weinstein Wants Bankruptcy Court to Take Over Rejected Sexual Misconduct Settlement Harvey Weinstein Victims’ Lawyers Want NY Attorney General To Kill Revised Settlement Deal Weinstein Co. Estate Scrambles to Salvage Global Settlement
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Ghislaine Maxwell and U.S. in Battle Over Naming of Her Accusers
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Does Trump have the right to send federal agents to quell violent protests?
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The clashes in Portland, explained
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Two in Three Americans Support Racial Justice Protests
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What The 'Wall Of Moms' Protests Say About Motherhood, Race In America
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Portland Is A Totem
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Fact Check: How Violent Are the Portland Protests?
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Violent encounters between protesters and motorists raise concerns
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Trump tactics 'poured gasoline on the fire' in Portland: Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff
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Fed Agents Have Left Seattle
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In Portland, Trump Hijacked Homeland Security
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Police: 'Umbrella Man' was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting
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Park Police chief denies clearing Lafayette Square for Trump photo-op
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Barr faces Democratic onslaught at hearing over federal response to protests Barr condemns ‘rioters’ in much-anticipated House testimony 'Spying!' Rep. Jim Jordan Goes on Wild Spygate Rant During Bill Barr Hearing With Questions of What's 'Fair,' Barr Defends His Handling of Roger Stone's Sentencing Democrats Blew Their Chance with Barr Barr Rails Against Bogus Russia Probe, Rioters Pelosi defends likening federal agents to stormtroopers after Barr testimony Five takeaways from Attorney General Barr's contentious congressional hearing
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Bill Barr: 'I Don't Agree That There's Systemic Racism' in Policing 'Or Generally in This Country'
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Portland Man Charged With Arson After Justice Centre Documents Set Alight
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White House reportedly in talks with Oregon over removing federal agents in exchange for increased local police presence
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Federal Judge Orders Several Secret Jeffrey Epstein Documents To Be Released By Thursday
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Black family receives racist letter after posting signs celebrating daughters' graduation
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3 Charged With Violating COVID Restrictions by Hosting 700-Guest House Party
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Cuomo plans to investigate overcrowding at Chainsmokers concert
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Closing churches is a grievous burden. Courts should not impose it lightly.
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Trump administration to continue rejecting initial DACA petitions and will limit current protections Trump Administration To Offer Extensions For Some Dreamers, But No New Applications Trump will allow DACA recipients to renew status for one year: officials
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Georgia governor withdraws request for emergency hearing to block Atlanta mask order
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'Blatant Disregard for the Law': Associate of This Embattled Florida Attorney is Now Under Investigation
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Lawyer-juror’s outside research entitles man to new trial hearing, appeals court says
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Inside the violent and misogynistic world of 'anti-feminist' lawyer Roy Den Hollander
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Judges:

BK ED TN Seeks Law Clerk
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Florida Judge Faces Reprimand Over His Crowd Control Technique
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Threat against judge not protected by attorney-client privilege, 8th Circuit rules
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Wall Street:

Stock futures are flat as investors await earnings, Big Tech testimony, and a Fed decision
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US stocks decline as stimulus negotiations heat up and earnings miss hopes
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A $1.1 Trillion Money Manager Falters in Pandemic-Ravaged Year
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Layoffs:

Del Lago Casino to lay off more than 1,000 employees
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Victoria’s Secret Owner L Brands To Cut 15% Of Corporate Workforce
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Politics:

Trump campaign 'disguised' and 'laundered' nearly $170 million worth of spending, watchdog group alleges in a new federal complaint Trump Campaign Obscured $170 Million in Payments, Complaint Says
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Trump Spends 9-in-10 Advertising Dollars Defending States He Won
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Trump seeks political shot in the arm in vaccine push
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‘It’s a mess’: Republican senators deride key proposals in GOP virus package
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Trump’s New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine The doctor in the COVID-19 misinformation video Twitter deleted from Donald Trump Jr.'s account also believes wild things about dream sex with demons and alien DNA Trump Ditches 'New Tone' For Old, False Coronavirus Theories Trump doubles down on hydroxychloroquine defense Tea Party group is behind banned viral doctors video
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Trump questioned why Fauci has a higher approval rating than his over the coronavirus while 'nobody likes me'
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Biden campaign staff barred from trading stocks without approval — and no TikTok
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Trump reportedly made unexpected first pitch announcement out of irritation with Fauci
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As John Lewis was honored in Alabama, a state GOP legislator celebrated a KKK leader's birthday
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Trump Campaign Adviser Jenna Ellis Says The Constitutional Separation of Church and State Is a Liberal Lie
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Trump’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Wealthy Suburbanites. It’s the White Working Class.
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Cowboys for Trump defends 'go back to Africa' comments
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Trump never raised Russia's Taliban bounties with Putin
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Confederate monument removed from Georgia square
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Kamala Harris topped Joe Biden's list of handwritten notes alongside talking points like 'do not hold grudges' and 'great help to campaign'
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Biden will pick running mate by end of next week, he says
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Food/Beverage:

McDonald’s revenue falls 30% despite progress at U.S. restaurants McDonald’s Permanently Closing 200 U.S. Locations Due to Pandemic
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McDonald’s says some consumer trends could endure after the pandemic
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Woman gives flowers to teen who faced customers angry about masks at ice cream shop
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Starbucks sales are still getting crushed by coronavirus Starbucks Rewards 90-Day Active Members Drop To 16.3M Amid Pandemic
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Autos:

Nissan warns of record loss as pandemic hits turnaround
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Hertz Arresting Customers for Stealing Cars
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25% of cars in the U.S. are at least sixteen years old as vehicle age hits record high
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Nissan to Skip Annual Dividend, Seeks to Conserve Cash
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Sports:

Fauci says MLB season may be in peril, NFL may need a 'bubble'
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MLB Conducts 6,000+ Tests As Marlins Season Suspended Through Sunday
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Coronavirus outbreak in Major League Baseball casts pall over other reopenings
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What the Miami Marlins’ Covid-19 outbreak means for the MLB season, explained by an epidemiologist
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NFL looking into how to handle potential team shutdowns, game postponements
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Fraud:

Ex-Pimco CEO Says 29 Days in Solitary Is Twice UN’s Torture Standard
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Trade Shows:

CES, the biggest U.S. tech show, will be digital-only in 2021
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Religion:

Where mask-wearing isn't gospel: Churches grapple with reopening
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Economy:

Goldman Warns Dollar’s Role as World Reserve Currency Is at Risk
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Recessions usually are worse for men. Not this time.
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US consumer confidence tumbles in July as COVID-19 spreads
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Shoppers are still wary of returning to malls, trying on clothes and traveling
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States with the Highest & Lowest Credit-Card Debts
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Fed wrestles with its next moves as virus stalls US economy
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The Fed Is Juggling Stimulus Past and Future
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U.S. Is About to Unveil the Ugliest GDP Report Ever Recorded Last quarter was probably the worst on record for the US economy
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Republicans and Democrats both want another round of stimulus checks — but here’s where they disagree GOP and Democrats are far apart on coronavirus relief – here’s what happens next Republican COVID-19 relief bill is "stingy," Chuck Schumer says Republican senators deride key proposals in GOP virus package Senate Republicans’ dramatically smaller unemployment insurance proposal, explained
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Republicans’ roll out $15 billion bailout of child care—but it’s not enough
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'It's not $600 or bust': Top Democratic lawmaker opens the door for compromise with GOP on reduced unemployment benefits
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4 ways the Senate GOP’s new coronavirus stimulus bill ‘falls short,’ according to critics
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New Stimulus Package Announced: $1,200 Second Stimulus Checks, Unemployment Benefits, Student Loan Relief, PPP Loans, School Opening, Coronavirus Testing
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HEALS Act Second Stimulus Checks Would Include Expanded Dependent Payments
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How The Second Stimulus Check Is Similar Yet Different Than The First Stimulus Check
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Lobbyists see wins, losses in GOP coronavirus bill
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Inclusion of FBI building in coronavirus relief proposal frustrates Republicans
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Stimulus Talks Could Snag on Social Security Review Panels
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Trump calls new Senate GOP coronavirus bill 'semi-irrelevant'
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GOP Fiscal Hawks Rediscover Their Voice in New Stimulus Fight
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Senate Republicans won't expand food stamps program in pandemic relief proposal. It does suggest doubling the 'three-martini lunch' tax deduction
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‘We’re trying every angle’: Coronavirus loans are running out as Congress weighs new funding
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PPP part 3? Everything you need to know about the proposed expansion of the small business loan program
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Rubio – Collins Bill Will Revolutionize PPP Loans For Small Businesses And Those Suffering Profound Revenue Losses
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Richmond Fed: "Manufacturing in the Fifth District showed signs of recovery in July"
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Fed won’t be happy with how the economy is performing, but is not perturbed enough for aggressive action
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The Fed is extending its lending programs until the end of the year
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This Is No Way to Design Coronavirus Fiscal Policy
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World Economy’s Sputtering Recovery Threatened by Flaring Virus
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Why unemployment is a broken system: It is ‘an experiment out of control’
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To help communities of color, Congress must extend the $600 a week boosted unemployment benefit until the economy actually recovers
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Remote work burnout is growing as pandemic stretches on. Here’s how to manage it
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How the Pandemic May Change ‘Work-Life Balance’ Forever
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A Florida man got millions in coronavirus aid. He used it to buy a Lamborghini, prosecutors say.
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Biden to call for investment in minority workers, businesses as part of economic equity plan
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Visualizing vulnerable jobs across America: A tool to understand your local economy and inform its recovery
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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:

Millions of Americans Could Soon Become Homeless as Protections Expire
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A wave of evictions is coming. Democrats are proposing a lifeline.
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Over 40% Of U.S. Renters Now At Risk Of Eviction
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Chicago will give homeowners and renters $33 million more in assistance funds
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Senate HEALS Act does not extend federal eviction moratorium—here’s what to know
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Mortgage Rates Hit the 3% Wall. So Now What?
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U.S. homeownership rate soars to an almost 12-year high
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Loans in forbearance fall for the sixth straight week
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Home prices rose at a slower rate in May, according to S&P Case-Shiller Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 4.5% year-over-year in May Zillow Case-Shiller Forecast: Year-over-year House Price Growth to Slow Slightly in June
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Q2 2020 Homeownership and Vacancy Rates
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Working from home is terrible news for landlords
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Malls Seek to Evolve as the Pandemic Hastens a Retail Overhaul
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Municipalities:

Can States Afford Rising Public Pension Debts?
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College Campuses and Towns Have No Good Choices
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States Whose Unemployment Claims Are Recovering the Quickest
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Oil/Gas:

OPEC Prepares For Long-Term Oil Demand Risks
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Shale drillers squeezed as banks tighten credit after oil crash
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Is Houston Ready For The Big Oil Bust?
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Texas oil industry faces prospect of collapse amid Covid-19 losses
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Healthcare:

Sale of beleaguered Seton Medical Center moves forward
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Hospitals Ask Congress To Forgive $100B In Medicare Loans
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363 Sales as a Health Care M&A Tool, Part 1 – Overview
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Florida hits new record with 186 coronavirus deaths, pushing the toll past 6,000
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A coronavirus comeback around the world
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When will the pandemic end? Not before 2022, ex-U.S. surgeon general warns
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A Covid Vaccine Won’t Help If People Don’t Trust It
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Bill Gates: U.S. not taking coronavirus 'seriously'
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Coronavirus outbreak shows signs of slowing in Arizona, Texas and Florida
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New cases rise in Midwest as they plateau in Sun Belt
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States resist mask rules as Midwest virus uptick stirs alarm
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At the heart of dismal U.S. coronavirus response, a fraught relationship with masks
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Dr. Fauci: ‘I have not been misleading the public under any circumstances’
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Trump asks why he doesn't have a high coronavirus approval rating like Fauci
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Ex-officials say Trump administration didn't use pandemic 'playbooks'
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2 doctors from a viral video peddling false or misleading coronavirus information say they met with Vice President Mike Pence
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Dark money and super PAC behind viral hydroxychloroquine video
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Fauci worries about coronavirus outbreaks in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee Midwest Could See Surge In COVID-19 Cases Unless States Are More Careful, Fauci Warns
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'End of life as we know it': EMS captain on pandemic's horrors amid concerns of second wave
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Study identifies six different "types" of COVID-19
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How the Navajo Nation slowed one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the US
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These women's coronavirus symptoms never went away. Their doctors' willingness to help did.
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Just Before Turning 90, My Stepfather Beat a Severe Case of COVID-19: Here are 18 Lessons Learned
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Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans
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Covid Patients End Up with Heart Damage
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Even in Wealthy Areas of the U.S., People of Color Are More Likely to Get and Die from Coronavirus, Study Says
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The head of China's CDC says he got injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine to show that people shouldn't fear it
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Bill Gates says delays in coronavirus test results make them a ‘complete waste,’ ‘insane’
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Bill Gates says there could be a ‘substantial’ reduction in coronavirus death rate by end of 2020
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Trump again pushes unproven drug as COVID-19 treatment
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Kodak is turning itself into a pharmaceutical company with help from the U.S. government Kodak soars another 60% after Trump announces deal to manufacture generic drug ingredients
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Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month
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Motorcycles:

Harley-Davidson Slumps After First Loss in More Than a Decade
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Firearms:

Remington Gun-Maker Files For Bankruptcy Protection For 2nd Time Since 2018 Remington Returns to Bankruptcy Blaming Falling Gun Sales Remington blames falling gun sales for return to bankruptcy
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Utilities:

Elliott Hits PG&E With New $250 Million Claim Tied to Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

GOP Coronavirus Relief Proposal Leaves Student Loan Borrowers In The Dust
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Pharma:

Judge: Purdue Pharma must halt some political contributions
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Telecoms:

Bankruptcy Exit Prep Continues with Appointment of New Windstream Board Members
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Nursing Homes:

TX: Nursing Home Deaths Up 64% in 2 Weeks
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Mediation:

How Multiple Settlement Alternatives in Mediation are a Disadvantage
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Bankruptcy Reform:

What’s Going on With Covid and Bankruptcy
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Aviation:

JetBlue Airways loses $320 million, forecasts 80% revenue drop in the third quarter
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June Air Travel Volume Off 86 Pct From Last Year
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Mask Advocates Cite Plane Transmission Study in Call for Mandate
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SAA Administrators Say Conditions Met, Rescue to Proceed
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Asian Airlines Suffer 98% Slump in June Passenger Traffic
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Singapore Airlines Posts Record Quarterly Loss on Virus
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The Future of Air Travel in The Age of Covid-19: The US Regional Airlines
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Insurance:

Struggling merchants, insurers battle over pandemic coverage
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Education:

Bill Gates: Benefit generally outweighs cost for young kids to be back in school
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DeVos aide played role in helping failing for-profit colleges, texts and emails show
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The Case Against the Case Against Reopening Schools
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Back To School With Life And Death Assignments
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Reopening schools is a lose-lose dilemma for many families of color
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Back-to-School Lessons From South Korea
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America’s Schools Are a Moral and Medical Catastrophe
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Colleges Face Historic Summer Admissions Melt Of 25% Or More, With Higher Rates For Students Of Color
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Texas Attorney General: Local Health Authorities Can't Close Schools
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Retailing:

U.K. Retailer Matalan to File for U.S. Bankruptcy Protection
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Could ABG Snap Up Bankrupt Ann Taylor Parent?
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As Penney’s Pares Down, Bidders Step Up Report: Sycamore closes in on J.C. Penney purchase
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New York & Co. begins liquidating stores after bankruptcy filing
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Brooks Brothers, Lacoste Supplier Sees 40% Drop in 2021 Sales
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Time Has Come for Tailored Brands Bankruptcy: Jim Cramer Tailored Brands says bankruptcy 'likely'
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Francesca's sees itself on 'right path forward' after COVID-19 hammered sales
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Anti-maskers bludgeon Trader Joe’s employee in the head with a wooden paddle: police
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Shoots Up Store Over Not Wearing a Mask
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Tractor Supply Proves Physical Retail Is Very Different, But Far From Dead
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Retail groups support federal liability shield for COVID-19 claims
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Movie Theaters:

After Movie Theaters’ Summer Revival Plans Fizzle, Hollywood Asks, What Now?
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Event Facilities:

Sen. Amy Klobuchar on saving live music venues
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Maritime:

Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Slashed In Half
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Taxis:

New York must pay Uber and Lyft drivers unemployment benefits after an 'inexcusable delay,' a federal judge ruled
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Banking:

Study: US, EU Banks Could Take $880B COVID-Related Loan Loss Hit
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Tech:

Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to remove denial posts
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Twitter limits Trump Jr.’s access after he shared coronavirus misinformation
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Social media giants remove viral video with false coronavirus claims that Trump retweeted Twitter Yanks ‘Demon Sperm’ Doc Tweets As Trump Rants About ‘Illegal’ Trending Topics
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A GOP chairwoman in Arizona, who is also a doctor, was temporarily limited on Twitter after she shared a viral coronavirus misinformation video
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Jeff Bezos To Washington: 'My Dad's Name Is Miguel. He Adopted Me When I Was 4'
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Bezos, Zuckerberg and Musk Have Made $115 Billion This Year
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Transit:

Maybe Mass Transit Wasn't a Covid Threat
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Transit agencies plead for funding in next federal coronavirus package
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UK:

Boris Johnson: Europe getting hit by 2nd COVID-19 wave
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Rishi Sunak Warned ‘Premature’ End to Furlough Risks 10% Jobless Rate
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Selfridges Cuts 14% of Workforce as U.K. Department Stores Reel
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U.K. Government Pays Out Almost 50 Billion Pounds in Virus Loans
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Croydon council faces £62m shortfall due to coronavirus crisis
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Barclays profits plunge 66% for the first half of 2020 as it sets aside $4.7 billion to brace for pandemic pain
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EU:

Europe’s Coal Heartland Starts Talks on Phasing Out the Fuel
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ECB tells banks to hold off on dividends, buybacks until January
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'This outbreak is not over': Europe faces down a second coronavirus wave
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EU Retreats on Border Opening for Second Time as Virus Persists
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Euro-Area Furloughs May Only Have Delayed Virus Jobs Damage
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PIIGS:

Madrid Region Orders Face Masks To Be Worn in All Public Spaces
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Spanish Unemployment Rises Above 15%, With Worse to Come
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What Spain Is Telling Us About Second Wave of Coronavirus
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Canada:

How Is Canada Doing It?
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Malaysia:

Najib’s Stunning Guilty Verdict Proves Some Things Do Change
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Hong Kong:

Once a pandemic poster child, Hong Kong becomes a cautionary tale
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Philippines:

Philippine Hospitals in ‘Warning Zone’ as Cases Keep Rising
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India:

Firms stressed, have little appetite for loans: Industry
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There’s No Half-Rescuing a Zombie. Ask Yes Bank
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MENA:

IMF Bailout May Be Half What Lebanon Sought When Aid Talks Began
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Lebanon becomes 1st country in Middle East and North Africa to enter hyperinflation
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Hajj Pilgrimage In the Age Of Coronavirus Is Unlike Any Before
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China:

China reports 68 new COVID-19 cases, highest total since March
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China’s Poor Getting Poorer as Virus Hits Consumption: CICC
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Argentina:

Creditors once again reject government's debt restructuring offer
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Argentina to Seek New IMF Plan However Debt Talks Turn Out
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Argentine bonds fall 0.7% on restructuring uncertainty -traders
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong's recession has already lasted a year. It's not over yet
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Japan:

Japan Daily Virus Tally Passes 1,000 as Osaka, Tokyo Cases Surge Japan Dodged Surge in Total Fatalities During Peak Virus Month
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Fitch Revises Down Japan’s Long-Term Outlook to Negative
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Australia:

Sydney Declared Virus Hotspot by State, Triggering Visitor Ban
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