Law:

Global Chairman Of World’s Biggest Law Firm Says Going Back To The Office Is ‘Not Going To Happen’
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Boies Schiller Cuts Associates After Partners' Mass Departure
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Staff, Summer Program On Chopping Block At This Am Law 200 Firm
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Despite A Billion Dollars In Gross Revenue, Squire Patton Boggs Cuts Salaries Amid COVID-19 Austerity Measures • Squire Patton Boggs Cuts Salaries, Furloughs Staff Amid Virus
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Am Law 100 Firm Deferring Partner Compensation And Furloughing Some Staff Members
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Am Law 100 Firm Cuts Retirement Benefits And Makes Other Cost-Cutting Moves
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Summer of Our Discontent: Big Law Associate Programs Get Major Overhaul
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The Highest-Ranked Am Law 100 Firm To Slash Salaries Due To COVID-19
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Davis Polk, Partners Look to Trim Black Ex-Associate’s Bias Suit
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Rebuke of Kirkland in Recruiter's Federal Suit Raises Questions About Placement Secrecy
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As Texas Reopens, Most Law Firms Stick With Remote Work
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Breaking Down The 2020 Am Law 100 Rankings
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New York limits bar exam to in-state graduates because of coronavirus concerns • Other Law Schools… Displeased • Law Deans at Top Schools Outside NY Balk at Bar Exam Access Plan
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EY Outlines Its Strategy in Legal and Approach to Servicing Law Departments
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A lawyer dressed as the Grim Reaper is haunting Florida beaches to protest their reopening
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What Legal Innovation Is Not!
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#makelawbetter: A Call To Action
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White House, Congress clash over liability protections for businesses as firms weigh virus reopening plans
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5 key traits of socially intelligent people, according to a communication expert
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Trump's lawyers have reportedly demanded that Michael Cohen stop writing a 'tell-all' book about the president • Despite Promises of Early Release, Michael Cohen Still in ‘Functional Equivalent of Solitary Confinement’ • Cohen’s Legal Adviser Lanny Davis: ‘No Explanation’ for Delay in Prison Release
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FBI notes on Flynn probably will not convince judge he was entrapped, legal experts say
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Here's What Jeffrey Epstein was Doing at Harvard After Giving the University Multi-Million-Dollar Gifts • Trump Retweets Post That Defends COVID-19 Response But It Also Says ‘Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself’
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California man arrested 3 times in a day, given citations and released due coronavirus restrictions
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Philadelphia ends coronavirus leeway on nonviolent crime arrests
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Meghan Markle loses first round of legal battle
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NY Sees Huge Increase in Domestic Violence
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First Wave of Coronavirus Lawsuits
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Barr Fears Ongoing Lockdowns Are ‘Unduly Discriminatory’ Against ‘Religious Liberty or Speech’
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Alex Jones: I'll Kill, Gut and Eat my Neighbors
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Lawyer agrees to plead guilty to bribing federal agents for inside information
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Law firm sends 777 pizzas to Louisiana hospitals
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Judge says he has no authority to force retraction of lawyer’s press comments about cops
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State supreme court allows in-person jury trial, which ends with defendant nearly collapsing
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Coronavirus Is Straining the Concept of Federalism
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Paul Giamatti Says He Used ‘Hardass’ John Durham to Inform Billions Character
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Indiana Man Charged with Murder for Allegedly Shooting and Killing Mail Carrier Over Delayed Stimulus Check
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NYPD Chief Of Department Says ‘We Are Past The Point Of Warnings’ When It Comes To Social Distancing
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Police arrest 3 protesters, cite another 5 at ‘reopen Hawaii’ rally in front of State Capitol
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You can sue to stop lockdowns, but you can't sue to get them.
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Religious leaders, business owners and lawmakers file federal lawsuit over Hogan's stay-at-home orders
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New Jersey on Alert for ‘Knucklehead’ Actions Slowing Reboot
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Man arrested trying to quarantine on private Disney island
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Oklahoma city backs off mask mandate after threats, as officials struggle to enforce public health rules
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U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl's parents challenge freeing of his convicted killers
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U.S. Women’s Soccer Pay Discrimination Claim Is Thrown Out
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Lawyer made himself main beneficiary of Virginia woman's will, says he did nothing wrong
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Auschwitz Museum condemns Nazi slogan at 'Re-open Illinois' protest
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Judges:

The Supreme Court Confronts Trump’s Challenge to the Separation of Powers
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Superlawyer Larry Klayman Urges Judge To Find Himself Guilty Of Political Bias And Reverse Arpaio Dismissal
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New Federal Clerkship Guidelines Ask Federal Judges Not To Be Stupid
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Phoning it in: Pandemic forces Supreme Court to hear cases in a new way • Supreme Court takes modest but historic step with teleconference hearings • Hello, justice, do you hear me? Supreme Court meets by phone
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Wall Street:

European stocks skid after three-day break on worries over U.S.-China tensions; Dow futures weaken
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U.S. stocks fall as Trump threatens China with tariffs and earnings spook investors
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Will stocks tumble back to their March coronavirus lows? 92 years of S&P 500 history say there’s a good chance
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Stocks are up against big ‘resistance’ and likely need actual economic improvement to overcome it
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Carson Block Sees Plunge in Stocks as Valuations Make ‘No Sense’
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S&P 500 earnings are beating estimates by the lowest rate in a decade amid COVID-19 despite earlier cuts to forecasts
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Layoffs:

Thousands of healthcare workers are laid off or furloughed as coronavirus spreads
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The next wave of job automation will be virtual
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NBCUniversal’s Cost-Cutting Push to Include Significant Job Cuts
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Rolls-Royce Weighs Workforce Cut of Up to 15% on Travel Collapse
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Retailing:

J. Crew files for bankruptcy as preppy retailer succumbs to COVID-19 fallout • J. Crew Files for Bankruptcy in Virus’s First Big Retail Casualty • J Crew files for bankruptcy protection • J.Crew files for bankruptcy protection, reaches debt-swap deal • J. Crew Files for Bankruptcy Protection • J. Crew files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $400 million in financing from lenders • J.Crew Group, Inc. Announces Comprehensive Agreement to Deleverage Balance Sheet and Position J.Crew and Madewell for Long-Term Profitable Growth • Petition
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Investcorp-Backed Sur La Table Said to Prepare Bankruptcy
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80 Infected at Massachusetts Walmart
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The (Physical) Retail Apocalypse has Arrived
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This is the most dangerous place in the grocery store
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President Trump’s “Tariff” Comment Stunned Retail
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JCPenney’s Final Doorbuster—Three Tendencies For Trouble • After Six Decades Of Constant Change, JCPenney Needs To Define Itself
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America’s Retailers Return to Lure Virus-Weary Shoppers to Malls
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Only one-third of American consumers say they'd feel safe going to a store right now as states start to reopen nonessential businesses
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People are boycotting Costco for requiring shoppers to wear masks in stores — and it reveals the frightening misconceptions that still exist about the pandemic
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Difficulty ahead for retailers set to open as coronavirus-weary shoppers avoid malls
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Personal Finance:

Job and finances under threat from COVID-19? How to get a little more financial certainty
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Time to Check Your Pandemic-Abandoned Car for Rats
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Food/Beverage:

CDC: Nearly 5,000 Meat Processing Workers Infected by COVID-19
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Pork producers ask for compensation for euthanized livestock, as coronavirus shuts processing plants
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U.S. beef output is down way more than shutdowns suggest
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Get Used to Expensive Meat With Supply Woes Lasting All Year
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What it’s like to be a food delivery driver during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Restaurants to re-hire staff, provide free meals under new program
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Ex-Blue Bell CEO Charged with Conspiracy
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Fast-food chains like McDonald's and Taco Bell are betting traumatized Americans will flock to familiarity as restaurants reopen
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People are spending up to 3 hours waiting in drive-thru lines for McDonald's and Burger King as the chains reopen locations around the world
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Grubhub receipt sparks outrage as it reveals the company took a $666 cut from a pizza restaurant's $1,042 in total orders
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Here's a breakdown of which chain restaurants are planning to reopen their dining rooms, and which ones aren't
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Religion:

Archdiocese of New Orleans Files for Bankruptcy • How Archdiocese of New Orleans' bankruptcy might impact clergy abuse case settlements • Archdiocese of New Orleans files for bankruptcy: 'God is faithful, and he will guide us in this process' • Archdiocese of New Orleans files bankruptcy, records show; here's what's next • First Day Dec
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Politics:

Trump: Hope Deaths Less Than 100,000
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Trump seeks pandemic victory lap in TV 'town hall'
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White House Blocks Dr. Anthony Fauci from Testifying for House Democrats; Allows GOP Senate Appearance
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Trump says he shares his famed uncle's science genius; a friend says the uncle 'would have been horrified.'
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Trump had two intelligence briefings on coronavirus in late January
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Trump defends the US's bungled coronavirus response by saying Fauci told him 'it's not going to be a big deal'
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Birx's 'Fox News Sunday' interview lays bare the discord in Trump's coronavirus response
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Former President Bush urges unity to overcome the coronavirus • George W. Bush: 'We are not partisan combatants' in fight against coronavirus • Trump mocked George W. Bush's call for Americans to push aside partisanship and unite during coronavirus pandemic
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The coronavirus pandemic is fracturing our notion of a truly united states in America
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Trump and Lincoln Are Opposite Kinds of Presidents
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Gallup: Trump Approval Up Six Points
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Trump replaces HHS watchdog who found ‘severe shortages’ at hospitals combating coronavirus
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Trump's War on US Inspectors General • 'Replacing Them with Loyalists': Lawyers Rip Trump for Sacking HHS Deputy Inspector General Christi Grimm
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Minutes after pledging to not lie, the new White House press secretary lied a whole bunch
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Reade: ‘I didn’t use sexual harassment’ in Biden complaint • New Harassment Allegation Against Biden • Biden accuser Tara Reade 'not sure' what complaint she claims was filed with Senate says • Tara Reade is disputing a report that says her complaint against Joe Biden didn't refer to sexual assault or harassment • Biden asks the secretary of the Senate to direct a search for an alleged sexual harassment complaint filed by a former staffer • Search for Tara Reade complaint threatens to backfire on Biden • Biden Campaign Provides Documents to Dispute Eva Murry Sexual Harassment Allegation • Biden Delegate Wants FBI to Investigate Journalists for Covering Tara Reade Sexual Assault Allegation • #MeToo hypocrisy of Joe Biden, Democrats exposed? • The #MeToo hypocrites who’ve gone silent for Joe Biden • Michigan’s Whitmer Says She Believes Joe Biden On Assault Claim • DNC chair on requests for Biden records: "This is like the Hillary emails" • Tara Reade says 'creepy' voice messages, online harassment targeting her, family
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The smoke-filled room that could oust Joe Biden
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Trump campaign split on how to attack Biden
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Democrats need to rethink their coronavirus strategy or they could lose the White House
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Fearing Political Peril, Republicans Edge Away From Trump on Pandemic Response
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Judge cancels hundreds of oil, gas leases in Montana
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Chris Cuomo compares Trump’s support for Michigan protesters to his sympathy for Charlottesville Nazis
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Protesters rally in Orange County to denounce Newsom’s beach closure • Michigan governor denounces protesters with Confederate flags and swastikas • Birx: Protesters not practicing distancing is "devastatingly worrisome" • Newport Beach joins fight against Newsom’s Orange County beach closure order • Warmer weather and debate over restrictions drive Americans outside while coronavirus cases rise • In beach closure, some in Orange County see overbearing hand of the ‘nanny state’ • Will Orange County enforce Newsom beach closure? Officials vow a fight • Pilot Spells Out FU in Sky for Gov. Whitmer • Michigan has highest coronavirus fatality rate in US as protests continue • Anti-quarantine protesters are being kicked off Facebook and quickly finding refuge on a site loved by conspiracy theorists • The Auschwitz slogan 'Work sets you free' seen at the Re-Open Illinois protest aimed at governor, JB Pritzker, who is of Jewish descent • Group hugs are the latest weapon of the anti-lockdown protesters • City Ends Requirement for Customers to Wear Masks, Says Employees Were Threatened with Violence • People Coughed at Officers Who Told Them to Leave Playground Closed by COVID-19 • Divisions continue in states reopening amid coronavirus
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Michael Lewis: ‘Trump is like a psycho dad to America’
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How voting by mail could save the US election
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TX AG warns local officials against encouraging vote-by-mail due to coronavirus fears
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Pressure mounts on Trump to “drop the hammer” on China
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Terrorist threats rise amid coronavirus pandemic
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The Senate doesn’t have enough coronavirus test kits — but it doesn’t want ones from the White House
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Nursing Homes:

70 Died at a Nursing Home As Body Bags Piled Up. This Is What Went Wrong.
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The ‘forgotten’ care home victims of coronavirus
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NYC: Nearly 100 Dead in Nursing Home
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Nursing homes have accounted for 1 in 3 deaths in Florida, new data reveals
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After refusing for weeks, Florida reveals flurry of deaths at individual nursing homes, ALFs
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Nursing Homes May Have 20,000 Dead
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Utilities:

Trump Declares National Emergency As Foreign Hackers Threaten U.S. Power Grid
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As PG&E Fire Survivors Near Deadline to Vote on Settlement, Some Still Don't Have Ballots
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PG&E Will Replace Most of its Board After It Exits Bankruptcy
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PG&E victims’ lawyer scrutinized over Wall Street connections
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Judge orders PG&E to overhaul power line inspections
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PG&E Corporation Reports First-Quarter 2020 Financial Results
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It's Finally Time To Buy PG&E
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Transit:

Transportation Isn’t Going to Be the Same after Pandemic: Study
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Hotels:

Hotels are selling credits and 'bonds' for future discounted travel in order to stay afloat during coronavirus shutdowns
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Coal:

Union fights Consol's challenge to Murray bankruptcy filing
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Movies:

Cinema In Crisis: Inside The Fight To Reclaim America’s Movie Night
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Satellites:

The lessons of satellite bankruptcies
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Amazon eyes OneWeb
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Economy:

'A buying spree of epic proportions': How the Federal Reserve bucked precedent and forever changed its role in the US economy
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A mind-boggling 30 million people have filed for unemployment in 6 weeks. There are likely more without jobs.
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April Jobs Report Likely to Show Highest Unemployment Rate on Record
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How Virus Changed Consumer Spending
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Why Shoppers Are Swerving Between Saving and Splurging
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Congress Squaring Off Over Priorities for Next Virus Aid Measure
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Kudlow says third round of PPP small business loans might be needed as demand soars
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SBA Touts More Small Businesses Getting Relief Funds in New Data
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PPP Loan Fees for Banks
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Buffett: US Economy Will Win in the End • Putting the economy back together again: What the future holds for Americans
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Buffett stays on sidelines with cash pile rising to US$137B • Buffett on why he hasn’t made big moves: ‘We don’t see anything that attractive’ • Buffett's chance for a blockbuster deal faded as Fed stepped in • Warren Buffett discussed bailouts, coronavirus, and selling airline stocks at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting. Here are the highlights •Berkshire Hathaway didn't buy the coronavirus dip • ‘We do not know exactly what happens when you voluntarily shut down a substantial portion of your society’ Buffett says • Warren Buffett is not making deals - and we should be worried • Warren Buffett’s Optimistic? Pessimistic? No, Realistic
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Berkshire Hathaway Reports Huge First-Quarter Loss
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The US just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO • US coronavirus data is at odds with Trump’s push to get the economy back up and running • New York's Cuomo warns against 'blindly' reopening states • If You’re Going to Open Your State, Please Collect Data • After so many sacrifices, some Californians draw the line at closing beaches • Florida county's medical examiner begged officials to close beaches, internal emails reveal • Hundreds in Florida Boat Parade from Jupiter to Mar-a-Lago • Photos show crowded Galveston beaches, Seawall after Abbott's order reopens island destination • Huntington Beach mounts legal fight against Newsom closure of O.C. beaches • A bioethicist on why reopening states will kill more black people • Texas tops 1,000 new cases for third straight day • Texas Eases Virus Lockdown • The US records its highest daily death toll as almost 20 states ease lockdown restrictions, WHO reports • These photos show thousands flocking to New York's parks over the weekend after Mayor de Blasio said that good weather 'is very much a threat to us' • Mississippi's governor backtracked on ending the state's lockdown after the state saw its biggest increase in coronavirus deaths and cases • 34 days of pandemic: Inside Trump’s desperate attempts to reopen U.S. • Inside the Risky Race to Reopen Nevada’s Brothels • Apple Data Shows Shelter-In-Place Is Ending, Whether Governments Want It To Or Not • Ground Zero of U.S. Outbreak to Extend Stay-Home Order to May 31 • Folsom Asks Gov. Newsom To Let Them Reopen, Citing Money Woes • Maryland resists pressure to reopen quickly as numbers of deaths, infections rise throughout region
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The coronavirus pandemic could last up to 2 years, according to US experts. They predict we may see a 2nd, larger wave of infections this fall • New report says coronavirus pandemic could last for two years – and may not subside until 70% of the population has immunity
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Here's How Scientists and Public-Health Experts Recommend the U.S. Gets Back to 'Normal'
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Business Is Far From Usual as Large Swaths of the U.S. Reopen
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Gallup New Mexico on Full Lock Down • A New Mexico city has closed its borders to outsiders after becoming a COVID-19 hotspot
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Jersey Shore towns cite virus to keep outsiders off their beaches
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A coronavirus antibody test that is more than 99% accurate is now cleared for emergency use in the US, easing concerns of false positives that hindered earlier tests • Alarm bells ring over controversial COVID testing
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Most states fall short of coronavirus testing thresholds
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I've been covering the coronavirus for months. I'm telling my family to expect rounds of lockdowns over the next 2 years, and probably no vaccine.
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100 Vaccines in the Works, 8 in Trials
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Fears rise that Trump will incite a global vaccine brawl
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What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before
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Covid Exit Strategy Depends on Getting Vaccine to Whole World
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Think Twice, Mnuchin Tells Prep Schools Seeking Virus Loans
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Texas Hotelier Got $76M in SBA Loan • Trump Donor Whose Hotels Won Small-Business Loans Returns Money • Monty Bennett, Trump donor and largest recipient of PPP funds, will return money
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Everyone is focusing on the wrong problem with the PPP program
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Small Firms Still in Dark on SBA Loan Forgiveness as Clock Ticks
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Thousands of foreign workers are mistakenly getting stimulus checks from the IRS, new report says
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How Bailout Backlash and Moral Hazard Outrage Could Endanger the Economy
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Biden, Warren Slam Trump’s Weak Coronavirus Stimulus Oversight
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Leaderless Watchdog for $500 Billion in Aid Preps for Disclosure
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Fed Rebuked Over Loan Terms That Don’t Explicitly Bar Layoffs
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Everything we know about unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic
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The US government is adding $600 a week to unemployment pay during the pandemic, but it's not tax free
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The stimulus isn’t working. Here’s how the government can still fix it
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Small-business owners could face jail time as DOJ launches investigation into coronavirus loan program
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‘I have a mortgage to pay’: Sex workers banned from small-business loans under CARES Act due to ‘prurient sexual nature’
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Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges: These "are the good times — compared to what's coming next"
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Why millions of older workers will pay a big financial price—forever—from the coronavirus
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'We don't know how it will end': Hunger stalks amid virus
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COVID-19 crisis sparks ‘early retirement’ wave
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Republicans literally want to work Americans to death
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How this company totally transformed its business model to survive the coronavirus
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The coronavirus pandemic has fragmented Gen Z into 4 distinct groups — and each one is dealing with a different set of challenges
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McConnell’s threat is a warning for Social Security and Medicare • Ready for Your 24% Cut to Social Security?
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'Tell the hotels they are commandeered.' Homeless activists are losing patience with L.A.
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The Pandemic Isn’t Changing Everything
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The Big Keep Getting Bigger in the Pandemic-Rearranged Economy
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Trump, Fed May Destroy Banking System
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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:

District Court Bars Assignment by Sears, Provision in Lease Cannot Supersede §365(b)(3)(A)
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May Is The Month Of Reckoning For Retail Landlords, Tenants
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Housing market faces its next crisis as May rent and mortgages come due
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200,000 Rent Strikes in America
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Construction Work Resumes, But Demand Weakens
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Here's how much home prices will drop over the next year — and when they're expected to hit bottom
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Applying for a Mortgage? Good Luck! Coronavirus Has Made It Harder To Qualify
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Municipalities:

From Houston to New York, America’s Muni Finances Are in Tatters
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Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Protection: The Final Option for Municipalities?
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Mitch McConnell could yet pay price for 'tone deaf' coronavirus response • Kentucky is Biggest Moocher State in America
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California Governor: Expect Budget Gap in ‘Tens of Billions’
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Texas Sales Tax Revenues Fell 9.3% in April
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U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia predicts cities and local governments could be facing bankruptcy
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Florida governor: Coronavirus pandemic 'should not be used to bail out state obligations' that preceded outbreak
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Why Filing Bankruptcy Would Be No Quick Fix for States
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Congress needs to send state governments billions of dollars to avoid an economic disaster
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We surveyed the 'rainy day' funds of 6 states to see how prepared they were for a major emergency. The results paint a grim picture for the country's economic recovery.
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‘Armageddon in Atlantic City’: Trump’s former casino town facing ruin again
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Imagining New York, for worse and better, after the coronavirus pandemic
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A State Pension Bailout Even Mitch McConnell Can Support
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Oil/Gas:

Key Considerations for Midstream Companies Facing Distressed Producers
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The Great Shale Shut-In Has Begun, Making Good on Trump’s Pledge
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Analyst: Houston drilling co.'s bankruptcy could last a while, and that might be what it wants
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U.S. oil prices trade more than 7% lower as traders say China-U.S. relations a source of tension for crude
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The Problem with OPEC's Production Cuts
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Oil's Recovery Could Take Decades, Not Years
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Philly Refinery Owner Accused Of Ch. 11 'Bait & Switch'
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America’s fracking boom flounders as global prices and demand collapse
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Judge Ends Oil Leases on 145K Montana Acres
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Goldman tells oil bulls to be patient, expects 3-stage oil rally after 'violent rebalancing'
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Baker Hughes reports a seventh straight week decline in the U.S. oil-rig count • Rig count slides near 400; lowest since mid-2016
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Biggest Commodity Index Shifts WTI Crude Exposure Away From July
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Saudi Outlook Cut to Negative at Moody’s After Reserves Tumble
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Student Debt:

DeVos sued for seizing student loan borrowers' wages during pandemic
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Not all student loans qualify for forbearance under the CARES Act. Here are the ones that do and don't.
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Healthcare:

Financial distress among doctors and hospitals - despite covid-19 - weighs heavily on economy
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Small towns and rural hospitals brace for their coronavirus peak, which could be weeks away • Rural Counties Seeing Faster Growth in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths
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Why Virus Slams Some Areas, but Not Others
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U.S. coronavirus caseload has held steady
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Coronavirus Data in the U.S. Is Terrible, and Here’s Why
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Ex-FDA head says mitigation hasn't worked "as well as we expected"
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Michigan has the nation's highest COVID-19 death rate
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New York Coronavirus Hospitalizations Hit Lowest Level In Over A Month
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Mike Pence acknowledges he made a mistake by visiting patients without a mask, but health-care workers say Mayo Clinic has serious soul-searching to do
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An Uneven Curve Flattening, With Manhattan Ahead of the Bronx • New York Reports 280 New Virus Deaths, Falling Slightly • New York’s New Deaths Rise to 299; Cuomo Calls It ‘Bad News’
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A nursing home in New York was forced to order a refrigerator truck to store corpses after reporting 98 coronavirus deaths in 'horrifying' outbreak
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Kudlow defends claiming U.S. had coronavirus "contained" in February
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CDC official admits that due in part to limited testing and delayed travel alerts, the US missed chances to slow the spread of the coronavirus
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‘Unimaginable:’ This is what it’s been like for funeral directors in New York City
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Teen given three months to live after being diagnosed with rare cancer has treatment suspended due to coronavirus
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Justice Department looks into White House-linked doctor touting disputed remedy
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Medical students graduate early to join coronavirus front lines
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Younger adults are getting seriously sick and ending up in the hospital because of the coronavirus, and it's alarming doctors
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A 12-year-old whose coronavirus nightmare began with unusual stomach pains and her lips turning blue said she 'died and came back' after a heart attack
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'Happy hypoxia': unusual coronavirus effect baffles doctors
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‘False Dawn’ Recovery Haunts Virus Survivors Who Fall Sick Again
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Mysterious strokes among young COVID-19 patients
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Lockdowns save lives. The evidence is clear around the world.
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20% of New Yorkers Have Been Infected
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Surgeon General warned against face masks but CDC now recommends it
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After a Lifetime Together, Coronavirus Takes Them Both
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Michael Santos went to the hospital to get checked out for the coronavirus. He wound up with a $1,689 bill.
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American hospitals have lost dozens of medical workers to the coronavirus. Here are some of their stories.
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Instead of bidding against each other, New York and six other states are pooling their purchasing power to buy ventilators, protective gear, and coronavirus tests
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Russia is charging the US $660,000 for a planeload of supplies like gas masks, gloves, and antiseptic after confusion about whether they were donations or not
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How a low-cost ventilator was created, FDA-approved, and made its way to New York hospitals in 30 days
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A paramedic drove 1,800 miles to help fight covid-19. Sunday, a funeral procession carried him home.
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Colorado kept a large shipment of COVID-19 tests 'under wraps' so the federal government wouldn't take them, governor says
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She Predicted the Coronavirus. What Does She Foresee Next?
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The pandemic has made the US healthcare crisis far more dire. We must fix the system
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Government researchers changed metric to measure coronavirus drug remdesivir during clinical trial • Gilead CEO says remdesivir available to coronavirus patients this week: ‘We’ve donated the entire supply’ • Hopes for Remdesivir May be Misplaced • Gilead has yet to set a price for the coronavirus treatment remdesivir, but an influential drug pricing watchdog says it could be worth up to $4,500 per patient
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Health officials eyeing at least one of 14 potential coronavirus vaccines to fast-track
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How the White House and World Health Organization got into a funding feud during a global pandemic
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How Trump Gutted Obama’s Pandemic-Preparedness Systems
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Sports:

Americans paying for TV sports they’re not receiving -- don’t expect refunds
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NFL set to release full 17-week schedule next week, league spokesman says
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The US will likely see the return of NASCAR and the PGA before football, basketball, and hockey amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here's why.
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Consumer Finance:

Troubled Online Loans Continue To Spike Higher, New Data Shows
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Education:

Colleges Won’t Refund Tuition. Autumn May Force a Reckoning.
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What having Zoom prom is really like, according to 3 high schoolers who had their dances canceled due to the coronavirus
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Trucking:

Denial of PPP Loan Makes Matters Worse for Dancor Transit
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Dairy:

DOJ Allows Mega Dairy Deal But With Divestments
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Alternative Energy:

How coronavirus 'blows holes' in clean energy projects
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Coronavirus crisis hits solar and wind energy industry
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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 (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (28 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

BK ME: Updated Filing Statistics
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Experts predict flood of bankruptcies in region in coming months
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Thousands To File For Bankruptcy: What All CFOs Should Know
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Sectors at risk of Covid-19 bankruptcy
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Coronavirus Bankruptcy Tracker: These Major Companies Are Failing Amid The Shutdown
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Avoidance Actions:

Fraudulent Transfers and Constructive Fraud in the Contracts and Torts Contexts
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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Limits Avoidance Action Recoveries to Creditors’ Total Claims
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Small Business Bankruptcies: New Beginnings in The Midst of Covid-19
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The CARES Act's Expansion of Relief for Small Business Debtors
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Litigation:

Do The ‘Boring’ Logistical Work Or Suffer As A Trial Lawyer
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Tax:

The IRS Denies Tax Deductibility of Business Expenses Paid With Forgiven PPP Loans
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Trump's New Tax Plan: Help Rich, Soak Poor
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Valuation:

First Circuit Clarifies That When Determining The Value of Legal Claims as Collateral, a “Gallimaufry” of Factors Must Be Addressed to Meet Burden of Proof
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Finance:

Hidalgo County EMS says banks will not accept the company's Paycheck Protection Program loan application, despite bankruptcy judge's approval
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Chapter 11 Debtors Clash with the SBA Over PPP Eligibility
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Aviation:

Warren Buffett says Berkshire sold all its airline stocks because of the coronavirus • Buffett says he dumped entire airline sector stake: ‘The world changed for airlines’
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How coronavirus will forever change airlines and the way we fly
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An $85 Billion Airline Rescue May Only Prolong the Pain
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A Guide to $85 Billion in Global Airline Bailouts
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Southwest Airlines CEO says worst of pandemic over for company: ‘I don’t think June will be a good month...hopefully it will be a bit better than May’
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United Airlines Plans For ‘Zero Net Demand’ To Continue Into 2021 While Hoping It Doesn’t
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United Launches Plan To Cut At Least A Third Of Its Pilots
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Easyjet founder warns shareholders their stakes will soon be 'worthless'
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The non-bailout: How the Fed saved Boeing without paying a dime
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Airport Screeners May Check For Fever Under Plan Being Discussed
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China Won’t Rescue Embraer. Boeing May Remain Its Best Hope.
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Why an airline CEO thinks Hawaii is poised for a major tourism boom after the pandemic, but his won't be part of it
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A private jet operator says it plans to offer pre-departure coronavirus tests to passengers 'very soon'
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South African Airways Says Government Exploring Funding Options • South African Airways could shed staff from May 12 -rescue specialists
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Lufthansa Expects to Reach Deal on German Government Aid Soon
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EU approves 7 billion euros in French state aid to Air France
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Iceland Support for Icelandair May Involve Taking Stake, PM Says
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Norwegian Air Nearer to Rescue Deal as Bondholders Support Plan • Norwegian Air Owners Approve Crisis Plan to Keep It Alive
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Airbus Has No Need for Immediate State Support, France Says
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Paris-Orly Airport May Not Reopen Before Late September
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Philippines Halts All Overseas Flights From May 3 Amid Lockdown
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Agribusiness:

Wasted milk, euthanized livestock: Photos show how coronavirus has devastated US agriculture
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Coronavirus coffee farmer: 'We're definitely scared'
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Tourism:

Hawaii Travel Paradise Is Deserted, With Recovery Further Off
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Fraud:

Corrupt CEO Selling Off Car Collection
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Jerome Corsi May Have Accidentally Emailed Former Mueller Prosecutor Evidence of Coronavirus-Related Fraud
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U.S. Fights Separate Trial for Loughlin, Others in College Scam
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Financial Literacy:

The Resurgence of Calls For Financial Literacy
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Autos:

Other Automakers Paid Tesla a Record $354 Million Last Quarter
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Nissan to Retrench Further
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Automakers got a bailout after the last recession, what's their strategy this time around?
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Elon Musk just declared that he's selling almost all his physical belongings and 'will own no house' and that he thinks Tesla's stock price is 'too high'
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Automakers Avoid Disaster Using 0% Financing Like Never Before
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Entertainment:

Streaming services face an economic reckoning after COVID-19
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Cruise Lines:

Hundreds of cruise crew members have been stuck on ships for months, and they say there's no end in sight
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Sovereigns:

Immunity, Necessity and the Enforcement of Italian Debt in the Era of Covid-19
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President Macron never intended to cancel African debt
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Coronavirus pandemic strikes blow to EM sovereign prospects
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A solution to the looming debt crisis in emerging markets
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UK:

People in the UK may have to cut down their social groups by 90% to stop coronavirus from spreading, scientists warn
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Boris Johnson says doctors were prepared to announce his death during ICU stint
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UK says virus lockdown to be lifted gradually • U.K. to Publish Back-to-Work Plans as Firms Press for Help
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U.K. Won’t Be Back to Normal Soon as Government Readies Guidance
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U.K.’s Raab Says to Start Free Trade Talks With U.S. This Week
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U.K. Plc Issued More Profit Warnings in 1Q Than in All 2008: EY
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This Shopkeeper Knows Why Britain's Business Rescue Fell Flat
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Just after Elon Musk denounced coronavirus lockdowns as infringements of freedom, research shows Britons are too scared to leave their homes anyway
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EU:

The coronavirus pandemic makes it clear: Europe must decide between the US and China
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Europe’s Declining Virus Deaths Spur Tensions on Easing Limits
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Europe begins to cautiously reopen despite fears of new outbreak
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PIIGS:

Italians Fear a Bleak Future
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Stir-Crazy Italians Ask, Who Will We Be Allowed to Visit Now?
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Italy reports lowest daily death toll since first day of lockdown • Italy’s Virus New Cases Stable as Deaths Rise to 11-Day High
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As Italy Reopens for Business, Some Workers Ask, What About Us?
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Spain Reports Fewest New Virus Deaths in More Than Six Weeks
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Canada:

Reitmans seeks new money, warns on its future as losses grow
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Wary workers are trying to keep a big Alberta beef plant shut
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South Korea:

South Korea's Widespread Testing And Contact Tracing Lead To First Day With No New Cases • South Korea has brought new coronavirus cases under control. It’s taking steps to reopen public life •South Korea is relying on technology to contain COVID-19, including measures that would break privacy laws in the US — and so far, it's working
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North Korea and South Korea exchange gunfire across the DMZ for the first time since 2017
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Russia:

Russia sees record rise with 10,633 coronavirus cases in 24 hours
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Russia is rapidly becoming one of the world's coronavirus hotspots
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Russia has a huge fund for times of crisis, but Putin is hesitating on a sweeping rescue plan
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China:

China Spends $600 Bn to Beat US Economy
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Dining out in China has drastically changed since lockdown restrictions have lifted, and it offers a glimpse into what lies ahead for US restaurants
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U.S. Probes University of Texas Links to Chinese Lab • Mike Pompeo says there's 'enormous evidence' COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab even though intelligence officials have said there's none • A US researcher who worked with a Wuhan virology lab gives 4 reasons why a coronavirus leak would be extremely unlikely
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US intel believes China hid severity of coronavirus epidemic while stockpiling supplies
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'Once Upon a Virus': China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation
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Robots and cameras: China's sci-fi quarantine watch
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Noth Korea:

Kim Jong Un Finally Shows Up
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Singapore:

Singapore to Ease Restrictions on Some Businesses and Schools
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Sweden:

Sweden's gamble on coronavirus herd immunity couldn't work in the US — and it may not work in Sweden
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World’s Oldest Central Bank Hits Legal Roadblock in Crisis Fight
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India:

Up to 25% of outstanding loans face default risk due to COVID-19: Report
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Forty Days That Prompted Indian Companies to Write-Off a Quarter
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Modi Meets Ministers to Finalize Steps to Revive Indian Economy
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France:

COVID-19 Pandemic Prompts Changes to Rules Applicable to Distressed Companies
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Virus Costs French State Rail Company 2 Billion Euros So Far
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Australia:

Bankruptcy law changes to provide relief
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Argentina:

Argentina to Work With Debt Holders If Offer Rejected, Minister Says
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Argentina cannot afford to pay creditors more
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Government claims support for debt swap offer is growing
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Guzmán asks Argentina's creditors to 'avoid destructive patterns of the past'
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Hong Kong:

People arriving in Hong Kong must wear tracking bracelets for 2 weeks or face jail time. Here's how they work.
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Hong Kong’s Chan Warns City Could Face Deepest Slump on Record
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Clock runs out on troubled Hong Kong businesses as court reopens
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Brazil:

President's 'So what?' as 5,000 die sparks fury in Brazil
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Bolsonaro Cheers on New Protest With Brazil Virus Toll Mounting
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MENA:

Distressed Debt Deals May Rise to 2009 Levels in Crisis-Hit Gulf
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Jordan Economy to Shrink 3.4% in 2020, Finance Minister Says
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Israel’s Emergence From Lockdown Mapped Out by Finance Ministry
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No touching, sharing or borrowing pencils: In Israel, families wonder if back to school means back to normal
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Israel’s Biggest Energy Company Hit With ‘Going Concern’ Warning
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Saudi Stocks Slump as Minister Warns of ‘Painful’ Measures Ahead
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Iran to Re-Open Mosques and Some Schools in Low Virus Districts
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Directors and managers duties - in good times and in bad
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Germany:

Germany Reports Fewest New Virus Cases, Deaths Since March 31
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Japan:

Japan Will Detail Plans on Monday for Restarting Its Economy
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