Law:

Greenberg Traurig Gets Zirinsky Back, Builds Bankruptcy Practice as the Economy Staggers • Greenberg Traurig Re-joins Forces with Leading Bankruptcy Guru Bruce Zirinsky • Bankruptcy vet Zirinsky rejoins growing Greenberg Traurig team as coronavirus debt mounts
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Biglaw Firm Reinstates Coronavirus Work-From-Home Policy After Blowback From Employees
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Peloton Is More Than a Workout for Lawyers Practicing Law From Home
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Modell’s Bankruptcy Time-Out Is a Harbinger of Many to Come
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'Survival Mode' Is Now for Some Law Firms, While Others Plan and Wait
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Some Firms Press On With Summers, While Others Wait and See
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Hogan Lovells Raids Emergency Supplies to Get N95 Masks to Health Providers
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Working Parents Are Not Okay Right Now. How To Balance The Strain Of A Legal Career With Everything Else.
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Pro Bono Lawyers Face New World of Remote Work Due to Virus
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'Mild Improvements' for David Lat, but Prognosis Still Uncertain
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Greenberg Traurig's Richard Rosenbaum on Looking Up in the Midst of Crisis
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This General Counsel Is Giving Up His Pandemic Pay
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Partner Defections Don’t Stop Revenue Gains At This Biglaw Firm
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Pay and job cuts: Fieldfisher and more take savage measures
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Bonus Watch ’20: Your Year-End Windfall Is Looking Sickly
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ABA: Exempt legal services from any US stay-home order
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Bankruptcies are coming — here's how businesses might make it through
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White & Case rivals Nostradamus with virtual office experience
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Wachtell Partner Is Having None Of Your Bullsh*t During A Freaking Pandemic
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Even If The Government Steps In, These Harvard Law Grads Will Still Need Help Paying Their Loans
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Top Law Firm Invests $8.2M In Legal Research Company Casetext
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Federal judge trims law firm’s suit that claims a rival firm hijacked website traffic
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Grocery store throws out $35,000 worth of food it says woman deliberately coughed on
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Actor Arrested by FBI for Touting Coronavirus Cure
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Firms' COVID-19 responses have ranged from crap to ace
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Don’t Touch Your Face: The Border
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Mexico Demands Crackdown on Americans Trying to Cross Border
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Reagan-Appointed Judge Scorches DOJ’s Justification for Denying Funds to Sanctuary Cities
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Fears for civil rights mount amid fight against COVID-19
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ACLU Blasts DOJ’s Threat to Prosecute Coronavirus Spreaders Under Terrorism Laws
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A new beat for police across US: Enforcing social distance
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Trump PAC Threatens Libelslander Suits Against TV Stations That Show Trump Talking
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Bombshell Report Says Rod Rosenstein Played Key Role in Killing Criminal Case Against Walmart
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Police beg public to stop calling emergency hotline with dumb coronavirus questions
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New York Gym Chain Sued for Charging Fees Amid Virus Closure
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COVID-19 stimulus bill includes more than $1B for criminal justice needs
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Lawyer banned from son's birth
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Hoarders, Price Gougers During Pandemic Will Draw Justice Ire
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Reddit Law School Rides To Rescue After Cheating Lawyer Wife Tries To Set Terms Of Divorce
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Any Further Delay in Using Full Power of Defense Production Act Is a ‘Grave Mistake’: National Security Officials
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FBI Learned of Coronavirus Terror Threat Through Army Soldier Who Plotted to Kill Beto O’Rourke
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Man Coughed on Police During Attempted Sobriety Tests, Said He Gave Them COVID-19: Cops
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Judges:

Summary of Modifications to US Bankruptcy Court Protocol & Procedures Due to COVID-19
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Bankruptcy Courts Remain “Open For Business” • U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Adapt to Life Under COVID-19
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BK ED MI Closes Detroit Courthouse Due To Positive Covid-19 Test By Security officer
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Juries Halted, Staff Sick, U.S. Trial Courts Cope with Covid-19
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Judge is censured for ‘crass’ and ‘sexist’ remarks, comment with ‘racial overtones’
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Immigration Lawyers And Judges Beg To Suspend Court And Open Detention Centers Before People Die
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Wall Street:

Dow futures point to 500-point drop at the open following a massive 3-day rally
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'The situation is about to get worse': Stocks slide as surging US unemployment and coronavirus cases stifle stimulus hopes
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Markets take 3 million claims in stride and now brace for ‘tsunami of negative news’ • Stocks surge despite record-breaking unemployment claims • Here’s why stocks are rising on terrible news
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These two factors may be driving the stock market’s double-digit gains this week, says JP Morgan strategist
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Algorithms sped up selling, leading to the fastest bear market in stock market history
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Man who called 1987 crash says ‘be careful not to mythologize’ coronavirus into a ‘pandemic Godzilla,’ predicts stocks will rebound in a few months
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How a Hedge Funder Scored a 10,000% Return Amid Coronavirus Market Meltdown
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Executives are buying stock in droves, giving a ‘strong’ signal that the comeback is for real
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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman turned $27 million into $2.6 billion by betting that the coronavirus would tank the market
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‘Most photographed’ Wall Street trader Peter Tuchman has coronavirus
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More than half of Americans fear that the stock market hasn't yet bottomed out amid coronavirus panic, survey shows
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Layoffs:

The Cheesecake Factory is reportedly furloughing nearly 41,000 restaurant workers
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The coronavirus outbreak has already triggered mass layoffs and furloughs. From Cirque du Soleil to General Electric, here are 11 major companies that have announced they are downsizing their workforces.
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Hotels and airlines are just the beginning — here's how the coronavirus recession could cause job losses across the US economy
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The Edgewater hotel lays off or reduces hours of 200 employees
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Small businesses that already laid off workers can qualify for loan forgiveness
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Coronavirus: NYC Mayor says at least 500,000 New Yorkers will be unemployed
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Deutsche Bank Pauses Job Cuts to Avoid Distress During Outbreak
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Citi Suspends Job Cuts With Banks Seeking to Reassure Workers
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Hollywood Icon Chateau Marmont Lets Nearly All Employees Go, Hospitality Union Says
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Coronavirus Layoffs: Landry’s Inc., Philly YMCA Latest To Let Workers Go Amid Pandemic
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Greater Philadelphia YMCA cuts 4,000 workers
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Healthcare:

Hospital Revenue Is Falling Faster Than Expected, JPMorgan Says
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US virus deaths may top 80,000 despite confinement: study • More than a dozen researchers predicted how the US's coronavirus outbreak will end. They estimated nearly 200,000 people could die by the end of the year • Deaths, hospitalizations up in stark sign of virus' reach
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One chart compares coronavirus cases per capita in the hardest-hit countries around the world — Switzerland, Spain, and Italy top the list
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Signs you might have coronavirus if you have few symptoms
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Doctors: More Dying Than Being Reported
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White House Deviated from Pandemic Plan
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USA now has more coronavirus cases than either China or Italy
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New Jersey Positive Coronavirus Cases Jump 56% in A Day to 6,876 • N.J. Seeks 2,500 Ventilators From Federal Stockpile: Governor
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Claim That ‘No One Ever Expected’ Ventilator Shortage Is Blatantly False
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Trump tells Fox News he doesn't think areas need 40,000 to 30,000 ventilators. New York currently has 39,000 COVID-19 cases, and 450 have died.
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A massive stockpile of 39 million N95 masks is being sold to American hospitals — about 27 million more than the US government's emergency stockpile
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The US government has a stockpile of 16,000 extra ventilators in case of an emergency like COVID-19. It isn't enough.
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California coronavirus surge on par with New York, alarming officials. Cases top 3,000
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US hospitals rush to find beds for surge of virus patients
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Cuomo gives somber coronavirus update as 100 die in one day and NYC infections soar over 21,000
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Top CDC official warns New York's coronavirus outbreak is just a preview
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Novartis says it’s ‘too soon’ to know if malaria drug can be coronavirus vaccine
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As coronavirus spreads, U.S. military to withhold some infection data
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NYC doctors say coronavirus is worse than 9/11: ‘There’s no escaping this’
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As they rush to save lives, health care workers are updating their own wills and funeral plans
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Charting the coronavirus pandemic state by state
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Worldwide coronavirus cases top 500,000, doubling in just over a week
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New York coronavirus cases soar to 37,258 as state scrambles for ventilators
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The Coronavirus Is the Worst Intelligence Failure in U.S. History
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'This is a war': NYC doctors describe fight against coronavirus as cases surge
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Experts predict American hospital staffing will “spiral” as doctors fall ill to coronavirus
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New York approves ventilator splitting, allowing hospitals to treat two patients with one machine
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New York City hospitals are running out of room in their morgues, but the flow of coronavirus bodies is just starting to ramp up
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One chart shows New York City's coronavirus cases, deaths, and hospitalizations by age bracket as the city's cases top 20,000
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Social distancing can’t last forever. Here’s what comes next.
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I work at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site—here’s what a 12-hour shift looks like
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‘Patchwork’ of state action will prolong outbreak, ex-Obama advisor
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IBM's Watson and The Weather Channel's new county-by-county interactive map of COVID-19 cases is one of the first of its kind
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Don’t panic about shopping, getting delivery or accepting packages
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Germany and the Netherlands seem to fight off the virus better than most — here’s why
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‘Go home!’ New Yorkers flee the city as coronavirus cases surge, but they aren’t welcome in the Hamptons • COVID-19 creates divided states of America- FL requires 14-day quarantine for people arriving from NY
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Trump’s claim that malaria drug can treat coronavirus gives hope — not evidence
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Fauci: Countries should be prepared for another coronavirus cycle
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The coronavirus may be deadlier than 1918 flu: Here’s how it stacks up against other pandemics
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Army Asks Retired Soldiers in Health Care Fields to Come Back for COVID-19 Fight
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Lockdown or lock-in? Fears of alcoholism, addiction in confinement
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Food/Beverage:

Cheesecake Factory says it’s not paying rent in April due to ‘unprecedented times’ • Chain restaurants are asking to skip paying rent in April because of coronavirus closures
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‘God help us all! The end is near!’ Mike Huckabee reacts to a coronavirus ‘code red’ from Waffle House • Things must be bad. Waffle Houses are closing.
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How COVID-19 Led To The Restaurant Industry Collapsing In Major U.S. Cities
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Wendy’s withdraws outlook and draws down revolver as same-store sales plunge 20%
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Why fast-food workers are considered essential, even as employees worry they could risk catching or spreading coronavirus at work • How fast-food workers and other restaurant employees considered 'essential' can stay safe as they continue to go to work, according to experts
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Even if a restaurant worker coughs or sneezes directly in your food, you won't catch coronavirus from eating the meal
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Dr. Fauci doughnuts are selling like hotcakes
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Egg Prices Are Skyrocketing Because Of Coronavirus Panic Shopping
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Texas Roadhouse CEO to forgo base salary through Jan. 7, 2021, company suspends dividend
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The maker of Coors beer is joining other breweries and distilleries across the country in producing hand sanitizer
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A restaurant in South Carolina has been accused of reselling Costco pizzas at a 700% markup as 'gourmet Roman-style thin crust pizza'
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Aviation:

The Airlines Most in Danger of Going Under During the Crisis
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Coronavirus-hit airports are on the brink of failure
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Airlines Can’t Shrink Fast Enough To Keep Up With The Unprecedented Collapse In Global Travel Demand
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The ‘mother of all bailouts’ boosts Boeing, airline shares • Why Boeing doesn't deserve a bailout
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Coronavirus: the airline wipeout isn't about balance sheets
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Coronavirus delays South African Airways rescue plan to May
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COVID-19: Where to next for airlines and their investors?
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Will It Matter for U.S. Airlines With the Government as a Shareholder?
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Southwest Airlines Says It’s Losing ‘Big Money’ on Every Flight
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I flew between New York and Austin three times to escape the pandemic — and now I realize I put myself at risk of contagion. Here are 15 crucial health tips if you absolutely need to be at an airport as the coronavirus spreads.
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ICE deportation planes begin to ship stranded U.S. citizens home • U.S. diplomats race to get Americans home while they can
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Congress should let the airlines go to bankruptcy court
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U.S. Airlines On Track To Get What They Wanted In Coronavirus Bailout Bill, Without Environmental Restrictions
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Miami-based charter airline files for bankruptcy
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How to save airlines the right way
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Economy:

Jobless claims soar past 3 million to record high • 'A generation-defining moment': Krugman, Roubini, and El-Erian say the record 3.3 million unemployment claims are 'just the start' • How to understand the nightmare chart • These are the states with the most job losses so far because of the coronavirus • Biggest spike in jobless claims in U.S. history • A record 3.28 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week amid pandemic • ‘I’ve been a labor economist for a very long time — and have never seen anything like this.’ Jobless claims rise nearly 1,500% in 3 weeks • Mnuchin says jobless claims data is not relevant as Senate coronavirus stimulus changes the calculus of business owners • A record-shattering number of Americans filed for unemployment last week — here's what the situation looks like in each state • New York has most COVID-19 cases, but sees smaller surge in jobless claims than 14 other states
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Jobless Claims Horrifying, Things are Worse
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Pandemic is Going to Cost the US $5 Trillion
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Virus Aid Bill Cuts Taxes by $591 Billion
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US Bails Out Firms That Avoided Taxes, Cut Safety Regulations, Did Stock Buybacks
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Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Tops $5 Trillion for First Time
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Tens of millions face losing jobs in escalating coronavirus crisis
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Millions more U.S. jobs at risk of being lost as coronavirus crisis deepens
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How coronavirus has upended economics in just a few weeks
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A staffing agency that hires nannies and chefs for ultrawealthy families at 6-figure salaries says it's been 'inundated' by laid-off restaurant workers desperate for work
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U.S. economy grew at 2.1% annual rate in fourth quarter, GDP update confirms
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JPMorgan slashes its GDP forecast for next quarter — now sees a 25% contraction and imminent recession despite 'Herculean' stimulus measures
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Fed’s Powell tries to reassure Americans the economy will recover • Fed’s Jerome Powell: ‘We’re not going to run out of ammunition’
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This corner of the market is proof the Fed stimulus is working, chart analyst says
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Mayor Garcetti announces water and power will be shut off for nonessential L.A. businesses that don’t close
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Governor Issues Executive Order Defining Most Businesses in State as ‘Essential’
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Gov. Polis puts Colorado on lockdown in response to coronavirus pandemic
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Mayor Francis Suarez is convinced thousands in Miami have the coronavirus, thinks the governor should lock down Florida, and says its impact 'can become apocalyptic'
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Koch Cuts CDC, Attacks Shelter in Place Plan
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New Hampshire becomes latest state to issue coronavirus stay-at-home order
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Trump and Congress Can Legally Strong-Arm States to Reopen for Business
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Why you may still be working from home after the coronavirus crisis is over
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Lockdowns work against coronavirus. But they take a few weeks to show they’re working.
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Why an effective quarantine is the lesser of two evils
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‘Reopen America’ by Easter? This staggering chart shows why that could be ‘an error of epic proportions’
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Trump has megaphone, but states control virus shutdowns
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‘You don’t make the timeline; the virus makes the timeline,’ says Dr. Anthony Fauci • Fauci says US can consider getting back to normal when coronavirus slows greatly
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The ‘false choice’ between saving lives and saving the economy is a ‘profoundly stupid’ choice: cultural historian
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Trump weighs plan to label counties by coronavirus "risk" level • Trump plan calls for classifying coronavirus risk county by county
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Trump to review options to ‘open the country up’ as US coronavirus cases pass China, Italy
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Many businesses cautious about restarting economy amid virus
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This isn’t your ordinary recession — the U.S. is now experiencing a economic meltdown more typical of a Third World natural disaster
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What It Takes To Bring Back Consumer Spending Amid The Coronavirus Outbreak
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Thousands are crowding into free national parks. And workers are terrified of coronavirus.
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How do you choose between economic ‘deaths of despair’ and coronavirus victims? ‘It’s appalling to attach a dollar number to a human life — for noneconomists’
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The Coronavirus War Economy Will Change the World
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Here’s what the historic $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package will do to help small businesses • See exactly what's in the $2 trillion stimulus bill • The forgotten firms in the Senate relief bill • Gig workers win access to unemployment benefits in $2 trillion stimulus bill • Coronavirus stimulus checks will come within three weeks, Mnuchin says • Tudor Jones says DC coronavirus aid is greatest fiscal-monetary ‘bazooka’ ever • Senate’s coronavirus stimulus package includes payroll tax delay for employers • Fine Print of Stimulus Bill Contains Special Deals for Industries • Small businesses get help in coronavirus relief bill. Advocates hope it’s enough • Is There Wasteful Spending In The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill? • Congress is almost done with the coronavirus bailout law. The next step? Fix it • House leaders look to expedite $2.2 trillion relief package, face possibility that one GOP lawmaker may delay passage • The coronavirus stimulus package will be doomed to fail if it can't pass this simple 3-question test
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Coronavirus aid package forces mid-sized companies to agree not to break up unions or outsource jobs if they want a slice of the $2 trillion stimulus
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Where is the US government getting all the money it’s spending in the coronavirus crisis?
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Virus rescue package puts Washington in charge of business
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When $2.2 trillion is not enough • The Big Problem With the Stimulus Is It’s Too Small
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The $2.2 trillion stimulus can’t be the last thing Congress does on coronavirus
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Nancy Pelosi predicts more direct payments during the coronavirus crisis
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Recession fears high amid layoffs, pay cuts from coronavirus fallout, poll finds
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Here’s how hard the coronavirus shutdown will bite the big credit card lenders
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Fed’s aid to battered corporate bond market creates ‘winners and losers’
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SoftBank’s bet on sharing economy backfires with coronavirus
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Banks, hardware stores, liquor stores, and grocery: These businesses are seeing foot-traffic bursts amid the coronavirus pandemic
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IMF Seeks G-20 Backing to Boost Reserves to Aid Crisis Fight
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Homebound workers are close to overwhelming internet bottlenecks
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WeWork Mounts Charm Offensive As Bondholders Run For The Exits
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Workers Watching 401(k)s Tumble See Employers Squeeze Them Too
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How the rich are self-isolating from the coronavirus
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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:

Retail REITs Quake As The Cheesecake Factory Goes On Strike • Simon Property has most exposure to Cheesecake Factory, RBC says
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Mortgage rates fall sharply as the Federal Reserve brings stability to the mortgage market • Mortgage rates head back down as Federal Reserve becomes major buyer of mortgage-backed securities
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Bonanza for Rich Real Estate Investors, Tucked Into Stimulus Package
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Why the commercial mortgage bond market looks dire right now
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Mnuchin Forms Task Force to Confront Mortgage Firms’ Liquidity
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Recording Office Closures Could Stymie Construction Loans, Disrupt Title Commitments
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Municipalities:

Unsecured Puerto Rico creditors want wider delay in bankruptcy
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Baltimore population drops below 600,000, the lowest total in a century, census estimates show
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'It's just despair': Many Americans face coronavirus with no water to wash their hands
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Oil/Gas:

Seadrill Re-Hires Houlihan in Fresh Debt Restructuring Effort
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The World’s on the Brink of Running Out of Places to Put Oil
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Gasoline Demand Falls Off a Cliff
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US suspends plans to buy oil after funding is left out of $2 trillion stimulus
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Canadian Crude Is So Cheap It Costs More to Ship It Than Buy It
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2 Reasons Why Midstream Companies Are Not Safe
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Student Debt:

Stimulus bill to delay student loan payments for 6 months—what that means for your credit score
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Under stimulus, no student loan forgiveness but a six-month break from payments
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Aerospace:

The Coronavirus Is Starting To Have A Serious Impact On The Space Industry
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge fund titans Simons, Griffin, Cohen and Tepper earned $1 billion in 2019 before virus outbreak
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Entertainment:

AMC Lenders Are Said to Tap Gibson Dunn as Theaters Shutter
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As a Virus Upends Hollywood, There May Never Be a Return to Normal
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Cirque du Soleil launches online portal for viewing shows, explores bankruptcy in coronavirus shutdown
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Hotels:

New York City Hotels Eyed for Extra Beds in Coronavirus Response
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Mail:

The coronavirus relief bill lets the US Post Office take a page from Amazon's delivery playbook
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Celebs:

These 10 billionaires have all gone broke or declared bankruptcy — read the wild stories of how they lost their fortunes
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Rail:

Amtrak is set to get over $1 billion from the coronavirus bailout after its ridership was decimated
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Auto Racing:

Indianapolis 500 postponed until Aug. 23 due to coronavirus
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Tech:

People are starting to declare bankruptcy from coronavirus—but it’s often impossible to do while distancing
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Shirt sales are booming at Walmart, and one executive says it's because videoconferencing shoppers only care about looking good from the 'waist up'
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CEO of multibillion-dollar company Slack to employees amid coronavirus: ‘Don’t stress about work’
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Distressed Investing:

Marathon Sees Cheap Assets Amid Dislocation in Credit
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Lynn Tilton gives up CEO role at MD Helicopters
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Cruise Lines:

Trump: Help for US Flagged Cruise Lines Only
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Major cruise lines could be left out of the coronavirus stimulus bailout
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Education:

How coronavirus dramatically changed college for over 14 million students
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Nearly 1.4 billion children around globe are out of school. Here's what countries are doing to keep kids learning during pandemic.
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After uproar, USDA says parents can pick up school meals without kids present
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Crypto:

Bankruptcy Trustee to Hand Quadriga Users’ Information to Canadian Taxman
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Banking:

Former CEOs’ Pay Docked For Hurting Banks’ Reputations With Scandals Of Which Banks Say They Are Wholly Innocent
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Regulators encourage banks, credit unions to offer small-dollar loans amid coronavirus
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Coal:

Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Involving Wyoming Coal Workers
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Corporate Governance:

Directors’ Duties: Contingency Plans
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Fashion:

How 7 Fashion Businesses Are Coping During Coronavirus
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Nonprofits:

Nonprofits Are Losing Support, Threatening Their Survival: Live Updates
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Media:

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell says he has tested positive for the coronavirus
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Trucking:

FactCheck: Commercial truck drivers are being turned away from fast-food restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Truckers Wary of New York Deliveries Create Headache for Grocers
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Electricity:

New York Grid Operators Now Living Onsite to Keep Power Flowing
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Transit:

Scooter Companies Pull Out of Cities Worldwide Amid Pandemic
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San Francisco's public transit system is losing $1 million a week and will shut down train service as ridership plummets amid shelter-in-place order
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Autos:

GM temporarily cuts pay by 20% for 69,000 salaried workers amid coronavirus
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Auto Giants Across the Globe Warned of Coming ‘Credit Shock’
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Ford looks to reopen factories in April, auto union not so sure
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Ford's debt gets downgraded to junk by S&P
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Fiat Chrysler establishes new credit line of about $3.8 billion
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GM Delays Models and Cuts Executive Pay in Cash-Saving Moves
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (11 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (2 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Senate Passes Coronavirus Stimulus Bill with Provisions Providing Greater Access to Bankruptcy Relief For Distressed Consumers and Small Businesses
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Business Lawyers Look to Amended Bankruptcy Provision in $2 Trillion Stimulus Package
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Changes to the Bankruptcy Code Under the CARES Act
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NACBA’s Update on Senate COVID-19 Legislation
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Troubled Debt Restructuring: Phase 3 Stimulus Bill
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Tax:

Managing the Tax Impact of Debt Restructuring in the Wake of COVID-19
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Miscellaneous:

Some Bankruptcy Considerations for Creditors Due to COVID-19
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Interest:

Contractual interest rate, not equity, applies in bankruptcy court - appellate panel
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Contracts:

COVID-19 Update: Thoughts on Force Majeure and Impossibility of Performance
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Dealing with Counterparties and Companies in Financial Distress
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Personal Finance:

What the $2 trillion stimulus means for you — and how the ‘recovery rebates’ to households will be calculated
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One chart shows how much cash you should expect from the coronavirus stimulus, based on your salary
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The best way to spend your $1,200 stimulus check, according to financial advisers
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Some gig economy jobs can provide extra income without having to leave home
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Coronavirus forced this couple into a 27-day quarantine amid their honeymoon cruise
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How to talk to others about not traveling during the coronavirus pandemic
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Stuck working from home? Why it won’t save you much on your taxes
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23 small gifts and gestures for friends or family members who are having a hard time self-isolating or social distancing
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Experts explain how to safely order takeout and delivery food amid the coronavirus pandemic
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I lost 2 service jobs in 1 day to coronavirus and successfully negotiated my rent with my landlord. Here's how I did it.
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Retailing:

Art Van Seeks 'Life Support' For Ch. 11 Case Amid Outbreak
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Essential? Retailers Like Guitar Center and Michaels Think They Are
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Ross, other retailers, start canceling orders, indicating there will be no quick return to business as usual amidst the coronavirus outbreak
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Coronavirus pandemic raises concerns that some retailers will run out of cash
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Lidl is planning to hire 1,000 US workers. If they contract the coronavirus, Lidl will fully pay for all testing and care, including hospitalizations.
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Retailers Say Two Weeks Shut Won't Be Enough, Extend Closures
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The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty As Retailers Halt Earnings Guidance
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Grocery delivery sales up 60%, FreshDirect CEO says, calling his employees ‘first responders’
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Men's Wearhouse parent furloughs all store workers, CEO takes pay cut
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Fairway Sells Four Stores Across NYC In Bankruptcy Auction
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Amazon worker describes 'living hell' as non-essential orders shipped despite coronavirus lockdown
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NY shop Russ & Daughters in ‘uncharted waters’ with coronavirus
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Retailers shift production to make masks, gowns for healthcare workers in coronavirus pandemic
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‘They’re putting us all at risk’: What it’s like working in Amazon warehouses now
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Victoria's Secret reopens its online store but says that workers' shifts in warehouses will be staggered and that they are now required to sit 6 feet apart
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San Antonio: Coronavirus pandemic boosts liquor sales, but it may not save Gabriel’s owners from losing control of business
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Target is suspending all returns and exchanges for the next 3 weeks
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Amazon Says Kentucky Governor Ordered Idling of Returns Facility
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Costco takes revenge on hoarders by refusing to accept their toilet paper returns
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The largest US supermarket chain shut down a store to the public so it can fill only online orders, and it's a brilliant strategy amid the growing threat of the coronavirus outbreak
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8 creative ways that retailers, restaurants, and service workers are staying afloat during coronavirus shutdowns
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Will Coronavirus And Social Distancing Create A ‘New Normal’ For Retail?
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Amazon Kneecaps Competitors Online
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Politics:

Seattle NPR Station Says It Will No Longer Carry Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings Live Because Of Misinformation
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Wash. governor clashes with Trump over his leadership on federal coronavirus aid
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Leading N.C. Newspaper Says Sen. Burr Should Resign, Cites Lawsuit and SEC Warning
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The Coronavirus Isn’t Trump’s Katrina. It’s His Vietnam.
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States Begin Prep for Mail-In Voting in Presidential Election
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Biden's new ad attacks Trump for repeatedly downplaying the coronavirus outbreak, using the president's own words against him
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Fox News host blasted after saying ‘people are dying, and I realize that’ — but ‘women…can’t get their nails done’
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Republicans are using a pandemic to push anti-abortion and anti-trans agendas
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Religion:

Vatican readies contingency plan against coronavirus in busy papal residence
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Orthodox church holds to traditions such as kissing icons as Russia's coronavirus cases rise
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Sports:

Pandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 million
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Lower league football clubs facing bankruptcy as play remains suspended
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NBA to cut salaries of top executives by 20% due to coronavirus outbreak
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Fraud:

Federal Bankruptcy Court Grants Class Certification in 1 Global Capital $340 Million Fraud
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Lawyer is indicted in alleged Ponzi scheme targeting his clients
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Varsity Blues Parents, Lori Loughlin Included, Ask No-Nonsense Judge to Toss Case
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Sovereigns:

From coronavirus crisis to sovereign debt crisis
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UK:

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for the coronavirus
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UK announces emergency measures to help self-employed as coronavirus bites
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British Banks Under Fire for High Rates, Conditions on Loan Help
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Will The Banks Play Fair On Emergency Loans To SMEs?
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Lack of scheme for mid-tier businesses: should the UK Government re-think it’s Covid-19 financial support package?
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Mothballing a business: what issues should a business consider if forced to shut down?
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Directors’ Duties in the context of Covid-19
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CCFF and CBILS – How are we going in week one?
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UK police officers are using drones to 'lockdown shame' people for walking their dogs in remote areas during the coronavirus outbreak
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U.K. Business Rescue Plan ‘Too Complicated’ to Stop Mass Failure
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Directors urge government to relax insolvency rules to save businesses
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Britain's lockdown measures might last 6 months and are working - health official
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Email mix-up causes Britain to miss EU ventilator buying scheme
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The austerity years may soon look like a golden era of opulence
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EU:

EU Leaders Struggle to Agree on Way Forward With Economy Tanking
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Here’s what Mario Draghi says Europe must do now to prevent coronavirus recession ‘from morphing into a prolonged depression’
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PIIGS:

Italy's new coronavirus cases are slowing. How soon until normal life returns?
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Italy’s Virus Toll Resumes Surge While EU Bickers Over Response • Italy’s coronavirus death toll tops 8,000 as EU fails to present new stimulus
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Italy’s virus deaths are more than double that of China’s — this might be why
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Coronavirus: Spain says rapid tests from China work 30% of the time
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Luxury brand Armani announces that all its Italian factories will be used to make medical overalls for healthcare workers amid shortages
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Canada:

Weeks to bankruptcy because of coronavirus pandemic, small businesses ask feds for more help
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Trudeau needs to create emergency credit agency: Manitoba Premier
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China:

No, China’s economy hasn’t gotten better. The implications could be more serious than investors realize
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China to temporarily bar entry of foreigners to stop spread of coronavirus
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FactCheck: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that"
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The Second Virus Shockwave Is Hitting China’s Factories Already
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Venezuela:

U.S. indicts Venezuela President Maduro on drug trafficking charges
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Maduro indictment just latest step in U.S. high-pressure foreign policy
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France:

French Business Mood Plunges by Record on Virus Shutdown
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Germany:

Merkel Pleads With Germans for Patience on Lockdown Measures
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Africa:

Africa Is Bracing for a Head-On Collision With Coronavirus
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MENA:

UAE residents in lockdown call for end to WhatsApp, Facetime ban
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Australia:

CERPO Act – Insolvency relief and room to breathe
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Australia’s Most Isolated Communities Lock Down to Beat Virus
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Additional bankruptcy and personal insolvency statistics
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Singapore:

Singapore will jail and fine people who do not keep a 1-meter distance in public
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Mexico:

Mexico’s coronavirus-skeptical president is setting up his country for a health crisis
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With obesity and diabetes epidemic, Mexico braces for coronavirus
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India:

Indian Insolvency Law responds to The COVID-19 Pandemic
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I'm one of the 1.3 billion people on lockdown in India, where shoppers are panic-buying, police patrol the streets, and chalk is used to mark social-distancing lines. Here's what it's like in my neighborhood.
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Peru:

Peru Broadens Economic Stimulus After Extending Lockdown
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South Africa:

South Africa’s Edcon Can’t Pay Suppliers, May Not Re-open
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South Africa begins 'unprecedented' military-patrolled lockdown
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Asia:

Asia’s Debt-Fueled Boom Threatened By Corporate Credit Meltdown
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