May 18, 2020

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Law:

Partners At The Top Biglaw Firms Are Making Some Nice Coin
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Top 25 Law Firm Conducts Stealth Layoffs
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With Return to Offices Still Uncertain, Big Law Shifts From When to How
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Mega Firm Celebrates Lawyers’ ‘Sartorial Flair’
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As Law Firms Cut Costs, Big Law Experts Mixed on Future
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Restructuring America’s Plans
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Biglaw Firm Offers Students Who Didn’t Get Summer Associate Jobs The Chance To Work As ‘Virtual’ Summer Associates
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Law firm told to reduce on-site employees sues for alleged ‘disturbing and gross abuse’ of power
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Expanded online law school classes could continue under plan endorsed by ABA legal ed council
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Video Tech Is Exhausting
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The Looming Crisis (And Opportunity) For In-House Counsel
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6% of adults have debt from court costs or legal fees, Federal Reserve report says
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'A Ton of Dirty Laundry': Hackers Hit Law Firm, Threaten to Release Huge Tranche of Trump Documents
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'Trump Is Destroying Our Democracy': Lawyers Outraged After Inspector General Axed Under Dark of Night
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Democratic governors hit with flurry of legal challenges to coronavirus lockdowns
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Man charged with making death threats to Michigan governor, Attorney General
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Alaska legislator compares pandemic safety measures at Capitol to Nazi treatment of Jews
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Lawmaker claims Hitler was not white supremacist after comparing coronavirus measures to Nazi rule
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A noose, an ax and insults inspired by Trump: Protesters ramp up violent rhetoric in Mich., N.Y.
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Boston Woman Hurls Bottle at Cops, Claims She Has COVID-19 While Coughing
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South Lake Tahoe issues $1,000 fines to tourists and short-term rental owners
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Trump’s emergency powers worry some senators, legal experts
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The Crime So Heinous They Haven’t Invented A Statute For It Yet
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Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Once Said Obergefell Decision Was a Slippery Slope to Bestiality
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Judge Tells Devin Nunes’s Dad (And Lawyer Stephen Biss) To Put Up Or Shut Up In Defamation Lawsuit Over Esquire Article
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Trump Judge Kept Nunes Family Lawsuit Against Ryan Lizza Alive by Doing the Lawyers’ Work Himself
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LAPD wants to give rapid-result coronavirus tests to everyone it arrests
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Critics call for repeal of citizens arrest laws, cited as justification in killing of Ahmaud Arbery Law enforcement ties, long delay complicate Arbery case Far-right groups are spreading racist, false claims about shooting victim Ahmaud Arbery, analysts say Older Defendant In Ahmaud Arbery Case Helped Release Video of the Shooting, Says Lawyer Attorney for man accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery says 'this is not just another act of violent racism' Attorney for Homeowner in Ahmaud Arbery Case Suggests Why a ‘Young Man’ Was on Footage at Residence Protesters demand Georgia prosecutors resign over Ahmaud Arbery probe Police enlisted suspect’s help months before Arbery shooting
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He Got Gotti and Now Sets Sights on Flynn What Those Flynn FBI Docs Really Show
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What Happened to America’s Mayor?
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Mary-Kate Olsen’s Bid for Emergency Divorce Rejected by Judge Who Deemed It 'Not Essential'
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Arrest warrants issued for NFL's Quinton Dunbar and Deandre Baker after alleged armed robbery
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A US immigration agency could run out of money by the end of summer without a $1.2 billion bailout
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The Trump administration is using the pandemic as an excuse to target immigrants and asylum seekers Back to Family Separation of Migrants
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Sotomayor statement highlights 'disturbing allegations' in geriatric inmates' COVID-19 suit
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Ohio prison system resumes accepting county jail inmates
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New York Lawyer Suspended Six Months for Domestic Violence
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Supreme Court eyes gun cases that could expand reach of 2nd Amendment
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Man Allegedly Tried to Burn 'The Demon' Out of 4-Year-Old Boy
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Chicago Cop Framed Over 50 for Murders
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Judges:

BK VT: Masks required
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The Debate Over Constitutional Originalism Just Got Ugly
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The Week We Learned That Clarence Thomas Is Really Into Hobbits
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California Judge Admonished Over Handling of Divorce Case
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Flynn judge one of federal bench's most probing skeptics of Justice Department misconduct, legal observers say
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Wall Street:

Global stocks rise despite Fed's Powell warning that the coronavirus downturn could last until late 2021 Dow futures jump nearly 300 points, rebounding from last week’s losses
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European markets increase as investors search for side dishes amid the pandemic.
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Stocks flip-flop as investors meander through economic, pandemic crosscurrents Dow recovers to post modest gains despite dismal U.S retail sales data, tensions with China
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Layoffs:

CEOs are cutting millions of jobs yet keep their lofty bonuses
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Thousands of state workers are home, but no whisper of furloughs
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United Airlines says it needs only 3,000 of its 25,000 flight attendants
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Ryanair to cut up to 3,000 jobs; CEO slams ‘idiotic’ quarantine periods
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Politics:

Trump ramps up retaliatory purge with firing of State Department inspector general Mike Pompeo recommended Trump firing of State Department inspector general, White House says Johnson says he understands White House reason for firing IG but Pelosi says Congress hasn't received any more justification Tapper warns Trump's firings of inspectors general create 'a world where watchdogs are replaced with lapdogs' Democrats Probe Pompeo-Requested Firing of State Department Inspector General Mitt Romney calls Trump's IG firings 'a threat to accountable democracy' Pompeo's Use of Taxpayer Funds at Question Fired watchdog was looking into whether Pompeo made staffer walk his dog, pick up laundry
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Hackers Start Releasing Trump Emails
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Swing states hit as coronavirus rips small businesses
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The fake “Obamagate” scandal shows how Trump hacks the media
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McConnell: “I was wrong" on Obama administration's pandemic playbook
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Why Deborah Birx is the real power doctor
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Attacks on Fauci represent silencing "the inconvenient scientific voice," former health official says
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Elizabeth Warren opens up about brother's death from coronavirus
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President Trump gets slammed by Barack Obama and counters by calling him ‘grossly incompetent’
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Trump insisted the truck horns that punctuated his vaccine event Friday were honking in support; they were not
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Texas Supreme Court puts expansion of voting by mail on hold
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GOP Official: I Pushed False Voter Fraud Story
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Michigan Congressman Justin Amash Says He Will Not Run for President
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AP Fact Check: Trump, GOP distortion on Flynn; virus fiction
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Trump Eggs On Coronavirus Protesters Who Stalked and Abused Reporter, Calls Them ‘Great People!’
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Faced with a Trumpian barrage of attacks, Joe Biden chooses to look the other way
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Who is the Real Tara Reade?
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Biden to go after Trump in November in Republican states like Arizona, Texas and Georgia, campaign says
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Eric Trump accuses Democrats of "milking" coronavirus lockdowns to win the election
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Trump and Biden signal bitter general election with latest attack ads
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Mike Bloomberg plots spending blitz to support Joe Biden’s run for president
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Nevada congressman admits to affair with intern after podcast exposé
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'Fake news is not essential': Trump celebrates local reporter being abused and intimidated by angry lockdown protesters
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Crisis exposes how America has hollowed out its government
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Indiana lawmaker loses assignments after Facebook post
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House adopts historic changes allowing remote voting during pandemic
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Never Trumpers will host their own 'Republican convention' during the RNC
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NYSE owner declines comment on coronavirus stock probe as CEO’s wife Sen. Loeffler gives documents to Justice Department
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Burr's Conflicts Extend Beyond Insider Trades
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Autos:

Analysts see major impacts on auto industry from Hertz’s possible bankruptcy
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It’s trying times for U.S. auto suppliers as plants reopen; $20 billion needed
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Fiat Asks for $6.8 Billion State Loan to Survive
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Education:

HSU needs funds, system chief insists
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College Board says new online AP tests are going well; some students report big problems
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DeVos Funnels Coronavirus Relief Funds to Favored Private and Religious Schools
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Tourism:

Reviving New York's economy means luring back tourists. Will they want to come?
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Iceland plans to welcome back tourists by June 15
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The coronavirus shatters the tourism economy
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Cruise Lines:

The pandemic grounded cruise ships indefinitely. But bookings are still rolling in.

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Student Debt:

What you need to know about debt relief on student loans
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Non-Profits:

Senate Democrats introduce bill to boost nonprofit workforce as coronavirus crushes resources
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Trucking:

Comcar files for Chapter 11, plans to sell five subsidiaries Trucking company with 4000 trucks files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans to sell subsidiaries First Day Dec
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Trucking Has a Problem
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Retailing:

JC Penney files for bankruptcy, plans to close some stores J.C. Penney’s Survival: What Are the Odds? J.C. Penney Faces Possible Snag to a Smooth Restructuring As JC Penney goes bankrupt, some question if it should continue to operate J.C. Penney Bankruptcy May Not Buy Enough Time J.C. Penney, the century-old American retailer, files for bankruptcy JCPenney buckles under debt load and files for bankruptcy J.C. Penney files for bankruptcy, a crushing one as it was making progress to fix itself US bankruptcy court allows J.C. Penney to keep paying staff and vendors J.C. Penney Gets Approval of Motions to Support Operations J.C. Penney files for bankruptcy as the coronavirus hammers retail J.C. Penney has two months to get support for its future - or sell itself Don’t Blame The Pandemic: JCPenney Goes Bankrupt After Decades-Long Struggle To Reinvent Itself Bankrupted JC Penney plans to spin its properties into separate real estate company Is JCPenney Dead? The Brew Unpacks Bankruptcy US retail giant JC Penney urged to act quickly on bankruptcy J.C. Penney store closings coming: Retailer trying to avoid liquidation in Chapter 11 bankruptcy J.C. Penney files for bankruptcy, stock falls 29% JC Penney Bankruptcy: How Many Stores And Employees Does The Sinking Retail Company Have? From Its Beginnings To Bankruptcy, A Historical Timeline Of JCPenney Retail Giant JC Penney Retreats Into Ch. 11 Amid Pandemic The Top 5 People Responsible For Penney’s Bankruptcy – And Jill Soltau Is Not One Of Them J.C. Penney has need for speed in bankruptcy, lawyer says First Day Dec
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This is why J.C. Penney, J. Crew and Neiman Marcus going bankrupt matters
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What JC Penney’s Bankruptcy And U.S. Retail Sales Drop Mean For America
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Office Depot Closing Stores, Laying Off 13,000
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Which major retail companies have filed for bankruptcy since the coronavirus pandemic hit? Here's the list.
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Nearing Bankruptcy, Sears Claimed Fast-Food Workers and Baristas as Employees to Keep Tax Breaks
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Retailers face reckoning as April's sales drop sets a record Retail sales plunge a record 16.4% in April, far worse than predicted
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GNC avoids bankruptcy; gets 90-day max to pay down debt
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Sixth confirmed Amazon worker dies amid calls for the company to release data on coronavirus infections
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Retail Panic As President Trump Re-Ignites His China Crisis During Rose Garden Presser
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Utilities:

PG&E Judge Rejects Bid to Throw Out Victims’ Bankruptcy Vote
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Sports:

Michigan Governor Whitmer Says a Vaccine is Needed Before Filling Stadiums
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Showers and spitting off limits as MLB eyes safe return to games: report MLB proposes safety plan that covers everything from sunflower seeds to lineup card exchanges Rob Manfred details MLB testing plans in bid to return to play amid pandemic
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NASCAR ready to fire up its engines Sunday, hoping to lead sports' return from quarantine
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Soccer kicks off in Germany as first major sports league reopens amid pandemic
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NFL will allow teams to reopen facilities beginning next week
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Tennis tours extend coronavirus breaks; 40-plus events off
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Marathon racing brings big money to cities across America. Some events may not survive the pandemic
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‘Huge pent-up desire’ for live sports could turn into an oversupply later this year, analyst says
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Trump Says Return of Sports Essential for Country’s ‘Psyche’
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Coronavirus tips Australian pro sports team into liquidation
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Trump calls into PGA broadcast: ‘I’m getting a little tired of watching 10-year-old golf tournaments’
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Mass Torts:

Talc Miner Imerys Strikes Deal to Resolve 14,000 Cancer Lawsuits
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Food/Beverage:

1 in 4 restaurants won’t reopen after the coronavirus pandemic, OpenTable CEO warns
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Coal:

Coronavirus pandemic hastens decline of US coal industry
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Economy:

Industrial production plunges unprecedented 11.2% in April
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Empire State index shows activity continued to decline sharply in May
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Fed’s Powell tells ‘60 Minutes’ he’s not out of ammunition to fight the recession Fed Chair on Our Ravaged Economy
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Powell Steps Gently Onto Congress’s Turf With Spend-More Message
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GDP could decline by 42% in the second quarter, according to the Atlanta Fed Powell says GDP could shrink more than 30%, but he doesn’t see another Depression
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GDP will be a misleading indicator for a while: Fund Manager
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Japan Sinks Into Recession as Gloom Deepens for World Economy
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Ray Dalio: We must reform capitalism, not abandon it
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Experts: This is a Crisis, Not a Depression
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Harvard’s Reinhart and Rogoff Say This Time Really Is Different
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Workers who still have their jobs are happier but working harder: CNBC survey
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This ‘new threat’ to the U.S. economy flies in the face of conventional wisdom
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Americans Are Really Scared About Their Economic Future
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Americans Would Pay $5 Trillion to End Virus
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Study finds 44% of U.S. unemployment applicants have been denied or are still waiting
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This is how fast Americans are spending their stimulus checks — and here’s a breakdown of what they’re buying
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Mark Cuban says families should get $1,000 in stimulus checks every two weeks — with one big catch
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Millions of Americans could retire into poverty due to the Covid-19 recession
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Buckle your seat belts, the road ahead is going to be bumpy, warns El-Erian
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Fed sees Wall Street stress if virus takes 'unexpected' turn Fed says risks to the financial system are worrying insiders Fed says pandemic has created U.S. financial sector fragility that will last for some time Fed Chairman Powell tells ‘60 Minutes’ a recovery ‘will take awhile,’ but don’t ‘bet against the American economy’
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JPMorgan Asset Says It’s Way Too Soon for Negative U.S. Rates
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White House floats large corporate tax cut for firms that bring jobs back from overseas
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“People Will Die. People Do Die.” Wall Street Has Had Enough of the Lockdown States opening their economies lack benchmarks for reimposing restrictions States Just Letting At Home Orders Expire Texas reported its highest single-day increase in new COVID-19 cases as restaurants, salons, and cinemas open to the public Top Trump official says country safe to reopen as governors stress social distancing The great reopening experiment Majority of Americans going to work fear exposing their household to the coronavirus People flock to NYC-area bars, beaches as ‘quarantine fatigue’ intensifies With stay-at-home orders lifting, a cautious reopening begins in Virginia and Maryland D.C. region's reopening a study in jarring contrasts Texas coronavirus cases tick higher as state forges ahead with reopening Swim but don't sunbathe - French Riviera beach re-opens with post-lockdown rules Americans head back to shops and restaurants amid early signs of recovery Bars and barre return, but date night and workouts aren't the same: A glimpse into the new normal America risks doing too little, not too much, to save the economy Places without social distancing have 35 times more potential coronavirus spread, study finds The Curious Case of the People Who Want to “Reopen” America—But Not Wear Masks Pizzas and haircuts back on the menu, but with warnings: the world slowly reopens Grand Canyon gradually reopens amid coronavirus pandemic Apple is reopening 25 of its stores in the US this week It's too early to look at Georgia's coronavirus cases and declare that reopening works As Australian and US states lift lockdowns, one expert says 4 key differences helped Australia manage its outbreak while the US is fumbling its response Mark Cuban Calls on Feds to Hire Millions of Contact Tracers Big Three Reopens Assembly Lines Today
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Powell says a full economic recovery may not happen without a vaccine
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Why Contact Tracing May be a Mess in US
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Trump promises hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccines by January, but scientists doubt it A coronavirus vaccine may take longer than 12 to 18 months Did The Oxford Covid Vaccine Work In Monkeys? Not Really Trump downplays the need for coronavirus vaccine: ‘It’ll go away at some point’ Coronavirus will ‘magically’ disappear by November, Eric Trump says
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Navarro claims lockdowns will kill "many more" Americans than coronavirus
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America at half-occupancy
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The economy can only start to recover from its coronavirus meltdown once it hits rock bottom. Are we there yet?
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Work-from-home productivity pickup has tech CEOs predicting many employees will never come back to the office
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How banks will spy on locked-down employees with tech to monitor WhatsApp
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Teleworking During Pandemic Creates Tax Quandary for Companies
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Public companies face little risk of punishment for taking PPP loans, legal experts say
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Nikki Haley: ‘The Gov’t Ended Up Helping a Lot of People They Shouldn’t Have’ in COVID-19 Stimulus Bills
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The House just passed its latest $3 trillion coronavirus stimulus package Next coronavirus aid package expected to become reality ‘in June at the earliest,’ as House passes its bill Will The Senate Include Stimulus Checks And Hazard Pay In Next Relief Package? House Passes $3 Trillion Stimulus With No Path to Law
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The House’s latest coronavirus relief bill gives stimulus payments to unauthorized immigrants
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Reality star allegedly spent $1.5 million from federal small business program on jewelry, Rolls-Royce
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Feds expected to tweak Paycheck Protection Program amid criticism
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PPP Money Puts Business Owners in a Bind
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North Dakota businesses dominated PPP. Their secret weapon? A century-old bank founded by radical progressives.
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Asian American businesses have been hurting longest amid coronavirus pandemic
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Retail sales plunged 16.4% in April as coronavirus pandemic drives record decline
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Trump expresses anger that his China trade deal is off to a rocky start, but he lacks obvious remedies Growing tensions over China’s handling of coronavirus could lead to a ‘much worse’ trade war, investor says
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Billions are out of work and millions of kids could die from coronavirus's economic fallout
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Companies are giving essential workers BS rewards
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Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy Passionately Speaks Out For The Millions Of Worried Small Business Owners And Their Workers
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Essential workers are losing their hazard pay even though the hazard isn’t over
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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:

Mortgage rates just hit another record low
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Wall St. Again Manipulating Mortgage Funds
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Mortgage delinquencies caused by the coronavirus will exceed Great Recession levels, according to this forecast
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Fewer borrowers are asking for mortgage relief, but that could change with bailout improvements
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Phones at real estate offices in southern Connecticut are ‘ringing off the hook,’ governor says
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Vacation real-estate markets are ‘toast’ because of the pandemic as Airbnb owners rush to offload their homes, Redfin CEO says
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Two Malls Shut By The Pandemic: One Empty, One Busy, Thanks To Target, Whole Foods
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Municipalities:

Gavin Newsom eyes prison closures amid budget woes
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Puerto Rico to hold statehood referendum amid disillusion
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Republicans say they don’t want to target wasteful states, but what are they going to do with red states on that list?
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De Blasio Sounds Alarm Again on NYC Budget and Possible Layoffs
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Coronavirus ‘economic calamity’ could cost Maryland up to $4 billion a year in revenue; budget cuts likely
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Oil/Gas:

Blackstone shale oil venture Gavilan Resources files for bankruptcy Blackstone Group’s Eagle Ford Shale Venture Files for Bankruptcy First Day Dec
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The Relentless Oil Price Rally
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5 Experts Predict the Next Oil Stocks That Could Go Bankrupt 3 Oil Stocks That Might Go Bankrupt In 2020
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Touchstone Exploration Quarterly Loss Widens On Lower Oil Forecast
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Akin Gump Publishes 2019 Energy Year in Review
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U.S. Fracking Activity To Hit Rock Bottom In May
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U.S. oil benchmark posts a 19% weekly climb on output cuts, improving demand outlook
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A Huge Fleet Of 117 Tankers Is Bringing Super Cheap Crude To China
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Big Oil Takes $1.9 Billion in CARES Act Tax Breaks Intended for Small Businesses
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Healthcare:

Coronavirus Cases Slow in U.S., but the Big Picture Remains Tenuous
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CDC: Deaths Will Exceed 100,000 by June
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How Many Covid 19 Deaths Are Really Out There?
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How Many People Die Each Day?
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20 Counties Without the Coronavirus
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No One Fled Harder From Coronavirus Than New York’s Wealthy
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Trump Seeks to Force Hospitals to Open Books as They Fight Virus
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The front lines are now explosive and overwhelming
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Trump seems to think there’d be no coronavirus if there was no testing. It doesn’t work like that Trump calls coronavirus testing ‘overrated,’ claims U.S. would have ‘very few’ cases if no testing
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Coronavirus droplets caused by talking remain in the air for 8-14 minutes, new study says
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People mostly staying home are still getting Covid-19—here’s the problem and what to do about it
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Where You are Most Likely to Get Coronavirus
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Why Travel Bans Fail to Stop Pandemics
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Men are less likely to wear face masks to protect against coronavirus, study finds
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A doctor on how to make Covid-19 decisions when so much is unknown
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Trump Considers Restoring 10 Percent of WHO Funding Trump said to be again favoring plan to withhold all funding for WHO
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The CDC ‘let the country down’ early in coronavirus crisis, Navarro says
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The FDA just gave the green light to a new kit that allows you to swab for coronavirus at home
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California locked down early and took the coronavirus seriously. Why are its cases still rising?
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Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California.
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New York Reports 139 New Virus Deaths, Lowest Since March 26
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Native Americans struggle to fight the coronavirus
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The results of a Spanish study on Covid-19 immunity have a scary takeaway
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American Medical Association: Antibody tests don't determine immunity to COVID-19
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This Covid-19 mystery will help determine when the pandemic ends
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What the Coronavirus Does Inside the Body
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Obama criticizes nation’s leaders for bungled handling of coronavirus pandemic
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Coronavirus Lockdown May Spur Surge in Mental Illness, U.N. Warns
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Apple, Google are building a virus-tracking system. Health officials say it will be practically useless.
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Summer weather could help fight coronavirus spread but won't halt the pandemic
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Tensions rise between the White House and CDC as Birx critiques virus tracking
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Obama Says Trump Administration Not Even in Charge of Pandemic Response Medical journal Lancet blasts Trump's 'incoherent' coronavirus response
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In next phase of pandemic, Trump appears poised to let others take the lead
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Televisits may be here to stay for doctors, patients
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Trump's GOP, the 'party of health care,' has no coverage plan for millions amid pandemic
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When it comes to coronavirus response, superpowers may need to study smaller nations
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Where to worry about catching Covid-19, and where not to
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Drug promoted by Trump as coronavirus 'game changer' increasingly linked to deaths
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We could stop the pandemic by July 4 if the government took these steps
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History:

She posed as a nurse during the 1918 flu pandemic and went on a crime spree
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Newspapers:

Is The National Enquirer in Its Final ‘Death Spiral’?
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Cannabis:

Shocking footage shows firefighters desperately trying to escape from flaming inferno after explosion rips through LA hash oil vaping supplier 3 firefighters in critical condition, multiple injured after fire and explosion in Downtown Los Angeles
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Hollywood:

"Poison Pills" Make Comeback at Hollywood Firms Bracing for Hostile Takeovers
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Horse Racing:

Preakness Stakes rescheduled for first Saturday in October
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Climate:

Unpriceable Risk of Climate Change Stalks $31 Trillion of Debt
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Religion:

Priest draws squirt gun in fight against coronavirus
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Circuses:

Equity giant hoping to profit off Cirque du Soleil bankruptcy
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Skiing:

Former members acquire bankrupt ski resort in Vermont
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Footwear:

How Toms went from a $625 million company to being taken over by its creditors
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

A flood of bankruptcies must not overwhelm the recovery
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

Can SPEs be truly bankruptcy remote entities for hotel and resort loans?
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Sales:

COVID-19 and Quick 363 Bankruptcy Sales
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Bad Faith:

Commencement of a Chapter 11 Case to Obtain Extension of a Real Estate Closing Date May Not Constitute a Bad Faith Filing
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Cross-Border:

Digicel Seeks Recognition In BK SD NY - Dec
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ENTREC and affiliates file in BK SD TX - Petition
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Aviation:

Airlines are in ‘survival mode’ but smaller carriers could be ‘in trouble’: FlightGlobal
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The coronavirus travel crisis shuttered these three US airlines. Will more go under as well?
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For Airlines Strapped by Coronavirus, the Repo Man Is the Latest Challenge
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Zoom is Now Worth More Than the World’s 7 Biggest Airlines
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Congress introduces new bill requiring cash refunds from airlines - regardless of who cancels the trip Some airlines refusing to offer refunds for cancellations as mandated by the federal government
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Airlines Will Rise Sooner Than Expected
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American Airlines trying to rebuild global flight network, despite a ‘prolonged decline in demand’
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Delta to retire Boeing 777 jets, sees up to $1.7 billion charge
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Investors bet American Airlines will default on debt
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American Airlines Could Crash, But Is It the Only One?
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What Happens To Your Miles When An Airline Declares Bankruptcy
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United Airlines warns of fall coronavirus job losses as need for flight attendants plummets United Airlines only needs 3,000 of 25,000 flight attendants in June - sources
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More people are flying again. Here's what to expect at airports and on planes.
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Tiffs over mask-wearing, common on the ground, trouble airlines too Airlines Wrestle with Face Mask Policies Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic: ‘The Current Policies are Toothless’ Fights over mask-wearing spells trouble for airlines Airline passengers find confusion, change in coronavirus era Airlines Drawing Criticism Over Inconsistent Social Distancing Guidelines As More Americans Start Traveling Again Congressman wants airlines to leave seats empty on planes to promote social distancing Face masks, blood tests and on-board janitors. Flying will look very different
(DBN)

Post-coronavirus travel 'will be as enjoyable as open-heart surgery,' Dubai Airports CEO says
(DBN)

Here’s how Southwest’s CEO plans to cut costs and ‘conserve cash’
(DBN)

Airlines Return To Europe Skies For Summer, 400% More Flights: What To Expect
(DBN)

Airlines Plan More International Flights To China, Expecting Coronavirus Travel Restrictions To Be Eased
(DBN)

Canada's Trudeau to look at possible further aid for airlines, after Air Canada layoffs
(DBN)

Emirates Airlines Plans to Cut About 30 Thousand Jobs
(DBN)

Avianca’s bankruptcy protection explained
(DBN)

LATAM to Lay Off 1,400 Workers
(DBN)

Ryanair Slashes Jobs as Low-Cost Demand Dwindles Ryanair annual profit slides 27%, warns of losses
(DBN)

Mango Airlines set to cut employee salaries by 50%
(DBN)

Austrian Airlines Announces Fifth Service Resumption Delay
(DBN)

Cash strapped Thai Airways to seek bankruptcy rehabilitation Thai Airways quashes bankruptcy rumours Thai Airways To File For Bankruptcy After Suffering Severe Economic Setbacks Due To Covid-19 Pandemic
(DBN)

Singapore Airlines April traffic falls off a cliff
(DBN)

Brazilian Government And Airlines At Odds Over Aid Terms
(DBN)

Who Wants to Buy an Airline Now? Virgin Australia Is Wooing Bidders An airline deal frenzy as Virgin Australia faces takeover Brookfield Threatens to Drop Virgin Australia Bid Virgin only has enough cash to get through sale process Shortlist of four suitors in the running to take over Virgin Australia Pressure on federal government for Virgin support
(DBN)

Grounded passenger jets are causing an unexpected bottleneck
(DBN)

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Concerts:

Florida to Host First Drive-In Music Festival
(DBN)

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Fraud:

Hedge Fund Manager In Jail For Ponzi Scheming Won’t Get Out For Lawyer’s Horndogging
(DBN)

‘Delusional’ Martin Shkreli denied in bid to be freed from prison
(DBN)

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Brands:

Centric Brands Reaches Agreement with Lenders to Position the Company for Long-Term Growth, Files BK IN DE Centric Brands files for voluntary bankruptcy with $435 million of DIP financing and plan to go private Petition
(DBN)

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Nursing Homes:

Federal government to begin gathering data on covid-19 deaths in nursing homes
(DBN)

Arizona worried about 'bad publicity' if it reveals nursing homes with COVID cases
(DBN)

LI hospitals sent hundreds of COVID-19 patients to nursing homes, rehabs at peak of pandemic
(DBN)

Due to COVID-19, some NH nursing homes on the brink
(DBN)

More than 3K Texas nursing home residents have tested positive for COVID-19
(DBN)

Due to COVID-19, some NH nursing homes on the brink
(DBN)

'Every hour is a battle': A nursing home worker on the front lines of Minnesota's fight against the coronavirus
(DBN)

Blame governors for the coronavirus deaths in nursing homes: Goodwin
(DBN)

Covid-19 outbreak at Tonawanda nursing home has led to 27 deaths
(DBN)

Major nursing home chain violated patient care, infection control standards before - and after - pandemic started, records shows
(DBN)

California nursing homes are examples of how cruel the coronavirus pandemic can be
(DBN)

Some nursing homes taking coronavirus stimulus checks from patients. Can they do that?
(DBN)

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Music:

Heeding grim advice for choral groups, Albany Pro Musica will go virtual
(DBN)

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Transit:

Amid the pandemic, public transit is highlighting inequalities in cities
(DBN)

Metro riders will be required to wear masks starting Monday
(DBN)

London’s $2 billion lifeline for its struggling transport system may need to be copied by U.S. cities
(DBN)

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Military:

Military faces another potential coronavirus toll: Budget cuts
(DBN)

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Personal Finance:

Parenting through a pandemic: What a CEO has learned while working from home
(DBN)

The 6 do's and don'ts of Zoom happy hours
(DBN)

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Advertising:

With TV ad commitments plummeting, the advertising business may never look the same
(DBN)

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Sovereigns:

COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Impending Sovereign Bond Disputes and the International Investment Protection System
(DBN)

Countries' massive debt piles are turning into a disaster
(DBN)

Africa private creditors form group to assist African nations negotiate debt relief
(DBN)

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UK:

Intu Properties seeks standstill agreements with creditors to avoid default
(DBN)

Britain at Risk of Return of 80s Jobless Rates
(DBN)

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EU:

Exclusive: Second more deadly wave of coronavirus ‘to hit Europe this winter’
(DBN)

European Leaders Accept Risk of Reopening and Hope for Vaccine
(DBN)

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PIIGS:

Italy is Losing Faith in the EU as Allies are Deaf to Calls for Help
(DBN)

Italy plans to reopen its borders June 3 with no travel restrictions
(DBN)

Italy’s plan to drastically relax social distancing is a “calculated risk”
(DBN)

Italian PM: 'Summer Will Not Be Quarantined, Italy Will Go on Vacation'
(DBN)

Ireland to introduce a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers during pandemic
(DBN)

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Canada:

Trudeau non-committal on airline bailout as Air Canada lays off thousands
(DBN)

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MENA:

“The Danger of People Starving to Death Is Greater than the Danger from the Virus”
(DBN)

Lebanese are despairing over their next meal as the economic crisis worsens
(DBN)

Iran's clerics bungle response to outbreak; stoking doubts about their rule
(DBN)

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New Zealand:

New Zealand's Ardern turned away from cafe under coronavirus rules
(DBN)

New Zealand edges back to normal after quashing coronavirus in 49 days
(DBN)

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Australia:

G-Star collapses into administration, but here's what no-one is reporting
(DBN)

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Germany:

Fury in Germany as thousands join protests across country over lockdown measures
(DBN)

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Chile:

Chile capital silenced amid lockdown over COVID-19 surge
(DBN)

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Austria:

Coronavirus infected après-ski in the Austrian Alps; criminal probe and litigation now follow
(DBN)

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Nicaragua:

'Express burials' raise suspicions, fears that Nicaragua is hiding a coronavirus tragedy
(DBN)

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Brazil:

Brazil Awaits New Health Minister Announcement as Cases Spiral
(DBN)

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Argentina:

Government studies counter-offers as debt talks enter crucial week Argentina negotiates three counter offers from its creditors against the clock to avoid a ‘default’
(DBN)

Feud with BlackRock escalates as debt talks get heated
(DBN)

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Belgium:

Belgian moratorium on creditors’ rights extended until 17 June 2020
(DBN)

Why Belgium has recorded so many coronavirus deaths
(DBN)

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China:

More Chinese Dine Out and Schools Reopen as Normal Life Resumes
(DBN)

120+ nations support UN investigating coronavirus origin, China angry
(DBN)

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Japan:

In Japan, busy pachinko gambling parlors defy virus vigilantes and country's light-touch lockdown
(DBN)

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Haiti:

Haiti, spared a major coronavirus outbreak so far, now a 'tinderbox' set to explode
(DBN)

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Russia:

Pandemic brings Putin down to size
(DBN)

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India:

Centre suspends Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code for 1 year
(DBN)

Banks to bleed as no new IBC cases for a year, relief for MSMEs and ‘covid debt’
(DBN)

Not the Best Solution for Insolvencies
(DBN)

Mumbai is Engulfed by Coronavirus
(DBN)

India's Coronavirus Crisis Spurs a New Look at Self-Reliance
(DBN)

Despite new measures to revive economy, govt's steps on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code unclear; scope of 'debts related to COVID' must be clarified
(DBN)

Indian creditors nervous as US retail companies struggle
(DBN)

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