Law:
They’ve Got Next: Five Fresh Faces to Know in Bankruptcy • Fresh Face Justin Alberto • Fresh Face Kelli Norfleet • Fresh Face Vincent Indelicato • Fresh Face Steven Serajeddini • Fresh Face Candace Arthur
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Top 10 Am Law Firm Hands Out Big-Money Bonuses To Associates
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Debevoise, Clifford Chance, Ropes & Gray Announce Bonuses
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Biglaw Firm Matches Market Year-End Bonuses And Gives An Extra Special Bonus For High Billers
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Biglaw Firm Gives Associates Welcome News — Bonuses!
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Certified Fresh Bonuses
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Magic Circle Firm Hands Out Bonuses To Make Thanksgiving Truly Magical
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Law firms should guard against trying to 'fix femaleness', report warns
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Ex-Freshfields partner wins High Court appeal against misconduct finding
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Proskauer Rose associate quits alleging harassment by partner
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Quinn staff outraged by white partner's email to black partner
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Legal Lags Behind Other Industries on Inclusion, Survey Says
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IT Went From Scapegoat to Hero During COVID-19, Now Reality Sets Back In
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McDermott Elevates 42 to Partner and Counsel Amid Strong, Steady Growth
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'We've Seen People Step Up': An Incoming Big Law Leader Talks Transitioning in Chaos
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All The States That Are Allowing Law Graduates To Begin Practicing During The Pandemic
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Australian law firms mostly avoid pandemic woes as profits remain robust, study finds
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Top 100 UK firms tighten grip on legal market, study finds
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Second gentleman, first Jew, New Jersey-raised: Doug Emhoff is making history
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The case against Sally Yates
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Charles Harder Files Court Petition to Collect Almost $180,000 in Unpaid Legal Fees from Harvey Weinstein
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U.S. Virgin Islands Can Access Sealed Jeffrey Epstein Deposition and Other Secret Files
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Trump's inner circle is telling him that Giuliani and the rest of his legal team are making him look like an idiot, report says
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As Biden administration ramps up, Trump legal effort drags on
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Trump calls into Pennsylvania meeting to renew election claims
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GOP effort to invalidate more than 2.5 million votes in Pennsylvania dealt another setback
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Trump to GOP Group: We Won in Landslide
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Trump: I Will Never Concede
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Trump loses appeal of Pennsylvania election case • Led by Trump Appointee, Third Circuit Unanimously Rejects Trump’s Election Gripes in Pennsylvania • “The Campaign’s claims have no merit,” wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas, one of Trump’s appointments to the 3rd Circuit • ‘Voters, not lawyers, choose the president’: Appeals court shoots down Trump suit in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania high court tosses lawmaker’s petition to halt election certification • Appeals court deals Trump-Giuliani Pennsylvania lawsuit yet another blow
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Trump Says It’ll Be Hard For Election Suits to Reach Top Court
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump clings to bevy of bogus election claims
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Trump Claimed Same Voter Fraud in '16 & '12 • All The Elections Trump Has Claimed Were Stolen Through Voter Fraud
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Giuliani and Powell Could Not Give Evidence of ‘Explosive’ Fraud Claims When Asked by Others on Trump Team: Report
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Trump Claims FBI And Justice Department May Have Helped Rig Election • Trump Suggests FBI, Justice Dept May Be 'Involved' With 'Rigged' Election
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Trump Claims World Leaders Have Backed Up His Voter Fraud Claims—Most Have Congratulated Biden
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Trump may be coming to terms with loss he won’t acknowledge
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20 days of fantasy and failure: Inside Trump’s quest to overturn the election
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Trump's legal defeats pile up while his attacks on Georgia's election system raise GOP concerns
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'Exit, pursued by a bear'
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Pa. poll watcher, a Navy vet, alleges missing USB cards, up to 120,000 questionable votes
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Meet the Members of Trump's "Voter Fraud" Commission
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Biden says he won't order an investigation of Trump, president's legal troubles remain • Joe Biden Won’t Force His Justice Department To Investigate Donald Trump
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Trump pardons Flynn despite guilty plea in Russia probe • White House Weighs Pardon Blitz Before Trump’s Exit • Democratic impeachment leaders blast Trump's pardon of Flynn • Frum: Trump Pardoned Flynn to Save Himself
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Congressman: President should pardon himself to stop 'radical left'
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MSNBC Legal Analyst Spreads Misinformation About Pardons and the U.S. Constitution Following Flynn Reprieve
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Supreme Curt blocks NY from enforcing Covid limits on churches • Supreme Court ruling rejecting limits on religious gatherings doesn’t have 'any practical effect,' Cuomo says
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Alito Slaps Down Megachurch Pastor’s Lawsuit That Claimed Obeying God Meant Ignoring COVID-19 Orders
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Sidney Powell Mocked, Scorned, Ridiculed and More Over Clumsy, Rambling, Typo-Filled 'Kraken' Lawsuits
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Lawmakers clinch deal on decadelong fight against shell companies
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Kentucky coffee shop loses license over defying coronavirus order
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Dozens Of Businesses In Colorado City Sign Pact To Stay Open Despite Rules
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NYC bar in COVID-19 hotspot refuses to shut down after state yanks liquor license
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The Supreme Court refused to get involved in the case of a Louisiana pastor who ignored the governor's order banning large gatherings
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Oregon Governor encourages neighbors to call police on COVID-19 restrictions violations
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Supreme Court Deals Blow to Controversial Louisiana Pastor Over Coronavirus Restrictions
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Officials shut down New York City club following nearly 400-person party
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Man run over, killed by 3 separate hit-and-run drivers -- who all fled scene
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Judge: California can't ban offensive license plates
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ICE Expelled 33 Kids a Judge Said Not To
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‘Sheriff, hurry up please.’ Disabled Florida man battles intruder as cops wait down the street.
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DOJ Rule Allows the Return of Firing Squads
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Upskirting lawyer banned for six months
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Judges:
Ex-bankruptcy judge Kevin Carey on courts, COVID, and judicial pet peeves
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Justice Sotomayor Upbraids SCOTUS Majority for ‘Playing a Deadly Game’ With COVID Restrictions
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Trump Now Rails at Judges Who Reject Claim
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Wall Street:
The Dow is set to open 150 points lower, but is still on track for its best month since 1987
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European shares retreat as caution over the economic outlook resurfaces after the biggest ever monthly rally
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Wall Street rises, Nasdaq hits record high on recovery hopes
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Joe Biden’s Start in the Stock Market Ranks With Any in History
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Ga. Sen. Perdue boosts wealth with well-timed stock trades
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The Stock Market and Derivatives Are Sending Different Signals
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Layoffs:
Disney plans to lay off roughly 32,000 workers in the first half of 2021
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Hollywood Grapples With Mass Layoffs as Biz Redefines for Streaming
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Robots on the rise as Americans experience record job losses amid pandemic
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National Conference Center to lay off majority of its employees come January
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Utilities:
Bankruptcy Judge Orders Lobbyists To Explain Their Role In HB 6 • Bankruptcy judge orders lobbyists to testify about any ties to Householder bribery case
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Federal judge seeks more information about law firm’s work to pass scandal-ridden House Bill 6
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Thousands of California residents without power amid fire danger
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Distressed Investing:
Bond investors bet on battered companies surviving virus shock
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Sports:
NFL reschedules Thanksgiving matchup due to COVID-19 outbreak
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Two More Baltimore Ravens Players Reportedly Test Positive For Coronavirus
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Broncos Starter, Backup Quarterbacks Won’t Be Playing In Sunday’s Game Due To COVID
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San Francisco 49ers not allowed to play in stadium for 3 weeks under new COVID-19 restrictions
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NFL fines Saints and Patriots hundreds of thousands of dollars for Covid-19 violations • New Orleans Saints fined $500K, lose pick for not wearing masks during Week 9 postgame celebrations
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NFL orders all facilities to close next Monday and Tuesday
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Tokyo Olympics to Cost Extra $1.9 Billion, Yomiuri Says
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Could FC Barcelona be Bankrupt by January?
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NFL Raiders Muni-Financed Stadium Debt Shows Sign of Strain
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Nursing Homes:
Pennsylvania: Virus Outbreak At Two Nursing Homes Claims 18 Lives
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How government incentives shaped the nursing home business - and left it vulnerable to a pandemic
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“We Don’t Even Know Who Is Dead or Alive”: Trapped Inside an Assisted Living Facility During the Pandemic
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Healthcare:
11/25: 2,284 Deaths
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Covid Deaths Set to Double
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Model: US Covid Cases May be Near 100 Million • Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S.
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Every hour, 65 Americans die
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The US surpassed 13 million COVID-19 cases — less than a week after hitting 12 million cases
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California, Texas shatter single-day nationwide record for new coronavirus cases
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California’s Massive Number Of New Coronavirus Cases Jumps 17% In 24 Hours, Sets Another Record
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Coronavirus cases rose 10% in the week before Thanksgiving
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Fauci says Christmas and New Year’s restrictions will be necessary due to holiday coronavirus wave
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In nine states, over 1 in 1,000 people have died of coronavirus-linked causes
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Study shows asymptomatic carriers less infectious than those with symptoms
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Hospitalizations Reach 90,000 • US reaches its highest number yet of Covid-19 hospitalizations • California sees record number of coronavirus hospitalizations • The COVID hospital crisis continues to deepen as holiday season nears
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Montana ICU Doctor: 'We saw it coming. We should have been better at this'
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Doctor: Just got an email from work that our hospital is full and all elective surgical cases have. Even canceled. No transfers allowed to hospital. Driving home, passed a restaurant that was full. Shaking my head. Frustrated is an understatement.
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Fauci says U.S. could see ‘a surge upon a surge’ in coronavirus cases
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US is 'rounding the corner into a calamity,' expert says, with Covid-19 deaths projected to double soon
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SD Covid Death Hits Record, Gov. Noem Shops
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El Paso was still grieving when the coronavirus arrived. Now, death has overwhelmed it.
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New COVID-19 spike spreading beyond urban areas to all corners of California
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Doctor’s shocking video shows the last thing dying Covid patients will see
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White House health advisor Birx hopes to brief Biden Monday on coronavirus response
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Surgeon General makes plea: Wearing a mask ‘will protect my mother’
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Surgeon General Promises Quick Reviews of U.S. Vaccine Requests
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Florida Governor Extends Ban On Cities Imposing Mask Mandate Penalties—Critic Calls Move A ‘Killing Spree’
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Thanksgiving coronavirus surge could turn into the Christmas surge, health professor warns
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Thanksgiving Testing Crunch Foreshadows Strain in December
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This governor ignored pandemic mitigation efforts and now her state has the highest COVID death rate in the world
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Some California counties winding down hotels for homeless
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San Francisco Setting New Covid Curbs, Faces ‘Dangerous’ Period
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Vaccinating rural America won't be easy
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Long lines for Covid testing not going away soon, Summit CityMD CEO says
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As thousands of athletes get coronavirus tests, nurses wonder: What about us?
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Moderna's groundbreaking coronavirus vaccine was designed in just 2 days
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Moderna to submit vaccine for approval today, says trial showed 100 percent effective at preventing 'severe' cases • Moderna says new data shows Covid vaccine is 94% effective, plans to ask FDA for emergency OK Monday
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AstraZeneca CEO: "We need to do an additional study" on COVID vaccine • Oxford, WHO scientists say more data needed on AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine trials • Questions grow over AstraZeneca coronavirus vax trials
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Africa CDC: Vaccines likely won't be available until Q2 of 2021
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Biden will leave decision about who gets the coronavirus vaccine first up to public health experts and scientists, his COVID-19 advisor says
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COVID-19 expert: 'Take the first FDA-approved vaccine offered'
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Alabama mass vaccination clouded by distrust
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The mayor of Denver apologized for traveling to Mississippi after asking his whole city to stay home for Thanksgiving
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says he and partner tested positive for the coronavirus
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Americans risk traveling over Thanksgiving despite warnings • Americans defy pandemic, political leaders to travel for Thanksgiving
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Beware a Thanksgiving mirage
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Are The Government’s Thanksgiving Day Rules Restricting Family Gatherings Enough To Control COVID-19?
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Joe and Jill Biden in Thanksgiving op-ed: 'We can be apart without being alone'
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The AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Data Isn't Up to Snuff • AstraZeneca manufacturing error clouds vaccine study results
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Elon Musk promoted coronavirus misinformation for months. Then his own infection kept him out of SpaceX's astronaut launch.
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Vaccine trials didn't monitor one variable: volunteers' behavior. 'Masks and social distancing were left up to us,' a participant said.
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House Democrat tests positive for COVID-19 day after her mother's death
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Governor of Wyoming tests COVID-19 positive • Wyoming’s Governor Contracts Coronavirus After Condemning Mask Mandates in Favor of 'Personal Responsibility'
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Pa. lawmaker was informed of positive coronavirus test while meeting with Trump: report
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Republicans Make Up 70% Of The Members Of Congress Who Have Tested Positive For Covid-19
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Mask defiance remains strong in Big Sky Country, even as the pandemic rages
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Economy:
Almost one-third of small businesses in New Jersey have have closed: report
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5 Big Picture Trends Being Accelerated by the Pandemic
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Unemployment Claims Rising Again
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Small business confidence drops to all-time low after Biden election
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The risks of the global Covid debt bridge
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Mohamed El-Erian sounds the alarm on brewing bond-market risks that could plunge the most vulnerable companies into bankruptcy
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FOMC Minutes: "Concerned about the possibility of a further resurgence of the virus that could undermine the recovery"
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Biden Has Republican Powell as Ally in Bid to Lift Labor’s Clout
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Q3 GDP Growth Unchanged at 33.1% Annual Rate
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Q4 GDP Forecasts: Some Upward Revisions
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New York Fed Staff Nowcast stands at 2.8% for 2020:Q4
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America Failed at COVID-19, but the Economy’s Okay. Why?
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Suddenly Republicans Want to be Deficit Hawks Again
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Decades of Gains Over U.S. Poverty At Risk of Being Wiped Out
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The Fed and the promise of a vaccine aren’t enough to protect investors from a ‘reckoning,’ top economist warns
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Stay-at-home order for Los Angeles County goes into effect Monday • Protesters Chant 'Open L.A.' Outside Health Chief's Home
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Congress stalled on stimulus talks as millions of Americans face ‘benefits cliff’ • State legislatures seek relief bills with Congress stalled • Pressure mounts on Congress to help struggling Americans as Covid-19 surges • Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved • Obama chief economist says Democrats should accept smaller coronavirus relief package if necessary
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Personal Income decreased 0.7% in October, Spending increased 0.5%
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As economy struggles, Fed weighs boosting bond purchases
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Mnuchin's plan to shift unspent Fed funds
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Lawler: The Dismal Demographics of 2020
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Economists are Worried About 2021
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A Tale of Two Economies
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Cold December as safety nets expire
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NYC starts ordering some businesses closed 'indefinitely'
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LA Ban ALL Gatherings? • L.A.’s New “Targeted” Stay-At-Home Order Restrictions Revealed; Unclear When They Take Effect • Los Angeles County adopts new stay-at-home order as Covid-19 cases rise
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NM: Many Grocery Stores Ordered Closed
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'No end in sight': New Yorkers queue for Thanksgiving meals as two million people in the city go hungry amid unprecedented demand for food banks • Hunger surges in America amid a spiraling pandemic • Thanksgiving Strains US Food Banks
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The winners and losers of the pandemic holiday season
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Yellen's nomination as treasury secretary marks another inspiring first for female economists • What Biden’s Pick of Yellen Means for the Economy and Stimulus • Krugman: In Praise of Janet Yellen the Economist
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Food banks feel the strain without holiday volunteers
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China is more concerned by Biden than Trump, economist Jim O’Neill says
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Deutsche Bank sees trade finance at pre-COVID levels by mid-2021
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Five Economic Reasons to be Thankful
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Will Joe Biden Cut Social Security Benefits?
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Mom-and-pop shops are dying amid Covid-19
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Life, death and pandemic greet California's struggling Main Streets
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The New Silver Tsunami
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Whole Foods CEO Lashes Out at Socialism
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Biden to nominate Neera Tanden, Cecilia Rouse to economic team: WSJ • Cornyn spokesperson: Neera Tanden has 'no chance' of being confirmed as Biden's OMB pick • Biden turns to experienced hands for White House economic team
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Countries with Negative Interest Rates
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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:
Evictions have led to hundreds of thousands of additional Covid-19 cases
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Despite federal ban, renters still being evicted amid virus
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A Deputy Prosecutor Was Fired for Speaking Out Against Jail Time for People Who Fall Behind on Rent
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We know how to prevent up to 40 million people from being evicted. It’s up to Congress to do it.
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New home sales juggernaut continues
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Zillow Case-Shiller House Price Forecast: "Taking Off in Earnest"
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Lawler: The Dismal Demographics of 2020
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Will This Mall REIT Follow CBL and PREIT Into Bankruptcy?
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Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Increased Slightly
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New Home Sales at 999,000 Annual Rate in October • A few Comments on October New Home Sales
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L.A. Mansion Sale at $52 Million Discount Exposes Luxury Reality
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Angry clashes break out as cops evict squatters from state-owned homes in LA neighborhood
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The Priciest Real Estate in the U.S. Actually Got More Expensive in 2020
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Demand for distressed housing returning
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Title fraud rises more than 30% in Q3
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Municipalities:
City Without a Pulse
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Pritzker announces plan to borrow $2 billion from federal program for COVID costs
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Oil/Gas:
US Shale Bankruptcies Accelerate
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This Could Be the Next Oil Stock to Go Bankrupt
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Oil Industry Starts to Climb Out of a Hole
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Secret Exxon Documents Show the Firm May Never Recover
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OPEC Faces Seismic Demand Split as Cartel Plots Next Move
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The Pandemic Has Broken Shale and Left Oil Markets in OPEC Hands
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GM to Offer 40% EVs by 2025
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Student Debt:
Biden: Cancel Student Loans Immediately
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For millions deep in student loan debt, bankruptcy is no easy fix
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Who Gains Most From Canceling Student Loans?
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Cannabis:
Up in Smoke: The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Personal Bankruptcy
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How One of the Reddest States Became the Nation’s Hottest Weed Market
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Politics:
How the coronavirus is really the only issue that matters
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Fox News is under a siege of its own making from Trump
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Fox News' Maria Bartiromo gave Trump his first TV interview since the election. It was filled with lies • Trump finds sympathetic ear, few questions with Fox's Bartiromo as his first post-election interviewer • Bartiromo Center of Controversy After Crazy Trump Interview • 'This is propaganda': Fox News' Maria Bartiromo slammed for 'softball' Trump interview
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Trump was convinced he was going to win on election night in a repeat of 2016, and was 'shouting at everyone' when Fox News called Arizona for Biden
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Former Overstock.com CEO says he's funding 'a team of hackers and cybersleuths' in an attempt to prove that Trump won the presidential election
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For Trump, Past Is Prologue
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Donald Trump blasts Twitter for making up ‘fake trends’ after #DiaperDon mocking president goes viral
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Trump Comes to Grips With His Loss While Fund-Raising Off Outcry
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Report: Trump Considering 2024 Campaign Launch, Event To Disrupt Biden Inauguration • Harris Scoffs at the Idea of a Rematch Against Trump in 2024
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‘Time For My Flag to Go Up’: How Anti-Trumpers Are Reclaiming the American Flag
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Pro-Trump donor who gave $2.5m to help prove election fraud sues to recover his money
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Joe Biden gains votes in Wisconsin county after Trump-ordered $3M recount • Completed Wisconsin Recount Confirms Biden’s Win Over Trump • Trump Vows to Press On in Wisconsin Despite Recount Setback • WI: Trump Wants 238,000 Ballots Thrown Out
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Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team
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President Donald Trump says he will leave White House if the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden • Trump U-Turns On Day-Old Promise To Leave White House, Insists Biden ‘Prove’ His Votes Were Legal • Trump’s Attempt to Shift Burden of Proof to Biden Shows His Election Lawsuits Are Garbage
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Sen. Blunt deflects on calling Biden 'president-elect'
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‘I’m Sick Of It’: GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman Unloads On Republican Colleagues, Trump • GOP congressman calls party's refusal to acknowledge Biden's win a 'massive grift' and says Trump 'forgot he was serving people and not himself'
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Bypassing McConnell: Democrats push Biden to aggressively use executive power
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When he leaves office, can ex-President Trump be trusted with America's national security secrets?
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Trump Ready to Tear Things Up as Lame Duck
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McConnell suspends in-person GOP lunches
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Biden seeks unity as Trump stokes fading embers of campaign
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Joe Biden calls for shared sacrifice to fight the pandemic as Trump rails about baseless election accusations
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Trump administration races to finish environmental rules, actions • Trump Racing to Gut Regs, Worker Protections
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Harris says she has 'not yet' spoken to Pence
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Trump gives Biden access to presidential intelligence briefings
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Jill Biden, Joe’s chief protector, to step up as first lady
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Biden’s win hides a dire warning for Democrats in rural U.S.
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Biden weighs retired General Lloyd Austin for Pentagon chief
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Trump snapped at a reporter quizzing him about his election defeat and said, 'Don't ever talk to the president that way'
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Republicans Are Really Trying to Argue that Biden’s Cabinet Picks Are Corrupt
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NRA reports alleged misspending by current and former executives to IRS
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NewsMax CEO: So We Make Things Up
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Former top US cybersecurity official ousted by Trump said there was 'no manipulation of the vote on the machine-count side' • Chris Krebs: 95% of 2020 Ballots Were Paper, Showing There Was ‘No Malicious Algorithm or Hacked Software’ That Changed Votes • Former director of U.S. cyber agency Chris Krebs not "necessarily surprised" by firing • Former Trump official reacts to Trump's 'farcical' election claims • Ousted Trump cybersecurity official calls Rudy Giuliani's election claims "dangerous" • Trump rages against '60 Minutes' for interview with Krebs
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Trump Says U.S. Election Security Is a 'Joke' but Watchdogs Rate It Highly
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Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up
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One pandemic, two different worlds in Georgia runoff races
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Trump Supporters Sue Georgia to Decerify Election, Declare Trump Winner • GA: Sec. of State, Trump Should Leave Quietly • Georgia Republicans try to keep fissures from developing over Trump’s loss ahead of U.S. Senate runoffs
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Trump: 'I'm ashamed that I endorsed' Kemp in Georgia
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Incoming Congress looks more like America
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Retailing:
Francesca's may file for bankruptcy as early as next week, after announcing plans to close 140 stores by January
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Sycamore Eyes Purchase of Ann Taylor, Loft Out of Bankruptcy
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Depression-Era Secrets of Retail Survival
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NM, JCP, L&T, Barney’s: Ghosts Of NYC Christmas Pasts
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JCPenney Saga: Operation Exits From Bankruptcy; Properties Do Not Exit
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Carter’s to close 25% of stores as leases expire
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Stores like Walmart are changing Black Friday shopping to make it safer. Experts say none of it will matter if shoppers don't wear masks.
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Retail workers may face a higher risk than shoppers of catching COVID-19 on Black Friday, even as stores like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy increase safety measures
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Winners and losers of Black Friday 2020 • Black Friday Was a Bust for Many Stores, Better for Online • Black Friday 2020 online sales on pace to grow as much as 42% • Black Friday is both nonexistent and dragging on forever in this endless year from hell • Black Friday may have undergone a ‘fundamental change’ due to the coronavirus pandemic • Black Friday 2020 looks bleak at stores, malls, as shoppers stick to couch • Pandemic fears, online deals thin U.S. Black Friday crowds • A Black Friday unlike any other: What four retail analysts are watching • Black Friday online shopping on track to hit record as holiday shoppers skip stores, Adobe says • Black Friday shopping in stores craters 52% during pandemic as e-commerce sales surge
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States with stricter Thanksgiving coronavirus gathering curbs saw higher online retail sales: Adobe
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The lines for COVID-19 tests were longer than the lines for Black Friday shopping
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Holiday shopping as we know it is over — just ask seasonal workers
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Amazon hires 1,400 workers a day throughout pandemic
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Amazon to give $500 million in holiday bonuses to front-line U.S. workers
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As large retailers make record profits, frontline workers barely see a pay bump
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Neiman Marcus’ holiday perks are very 2020: Santa delivers curbside and virtual gift advisors send champagne
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Compliance teams roam the region, searching for covid violations on Black Friday
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J. Crew CEO exits
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Victoria's Secret lingerie chief out
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Climate:
Sydney records hottest November night on record
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Fire weather prompts California power outages • Santa Ana winds howl from Los Angeles County to San Diego, escalating risk of fire
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‘Republicans Remain Opposed to Any Policies That Would Reduce Fossil-Fuel Use’
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This Year’s Hurricane Season Smashes All Kinds of Records
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Trucking:
Truckers owed money after Texas firm files for bankruptcy
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Pharma:
Opioid firm's $200M sits while lawyers squabble
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Celebs:
Michael Vick agrees to start paying down nearly $2 million debt from unusual financial deal
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Movie Theaters:
‘Croods’ Holds Sign of Hope for Theaters With $9.7 Million Debut
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Hotels:
Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 32.6% Year-over-year
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 (Temporarily Unavailable)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Miscellaneous:
Global Insolvency Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Insolvency Laws
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Ch. 13:
Pre-Pandemic Chapter 13 Defaults Received CARES Act Modification Protection in the Middle District of Alabama
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Insurance:
Insurers Win Most — But Not All — Covid Business-Loss Lawsuits
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Finance:
Update On Proposed Extension of the PPP Loan Program—Gotta Read That Fine Print!
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Preemption:
Court of Appeals Revives $100M Lawsuit, Finding Tortious Interference Claims Not Preempted by Bankruptcy Law
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Contracts:
COVID-19, Force Majeure and 'Pause' Orders in Bankruptcy Cases
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Constitution:
U.S. Trustee & Bankruptcy Administrator Programs: Is This Constitutional? (St. Angelo v. Victoria / In re Buffets)
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LLCs:
Uniform Law Commission Creates Drafting Committee To Clean Up And Modernize American LLC Law
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Recharacterization:
Competing Creditor Claims and Banks’ Loan Loss Provisions: Evidence From Anti-Recharacterization Laws
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Make-Whole:
Ultra Petroleum Redux: Make-Whole Provisions and Solvent-Debtor Exception Remain Intact in the Southern District of Texas
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Aviation:
LATAM Expects To Exit Chapter 11 Bankruptcy In 2021
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Airlines stir doubts with flying safe claim
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Fauci Says He Lacks Power to Get Trump to Discourage Holiday Travel
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How 2020 Thanksgiving Passenger Numbers Compare
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What’s It Like To Fly Virgin Atlantic’s Business Class In A Pandemic?
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U.S. air travel hit post-March peak on day before Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving eve was the busiest air travel day of the pandemic, despite health warnings
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White House testing czar lays out steps to reduce travel risk
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Vaccines may help travel rebound but some pandemic changes are here to stay
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Pilot shortage prompts rare flight cancellations at Delta over Thanksgiving break
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Bankruptcy Alert: When Will Air Canada Go Under?
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Transport Canada sees 'greater involvement' in aircraft validation after 737 MAX crash
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Brazil ends Boeing 737 MAX ban, planes could fly by year-end
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Aviation bodies seek airport slots relief for much of 2021
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Airlines' new 'health passport' could revive international travel
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Millions of Thanksgiving weekend travelers expected to accelerate COVID-19 surge
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Korean Air's Asiana takeover requires regulatory approval from 4 countries
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Airlines Face ‘Mission of the Century’ in Distributing Vaccines
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Qantas adds to job cuts by outsourcing 2,000 roles
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Food/Beverage:
Chefs warn new Covid rules could kill US restaurants
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A Trans-Atlantic Perspective on Restaurant Restructurings
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The Indoorification of Outdoor Dining
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Restaurants fight COVID restrictions
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Autos:
The Cautionary Tale of the Fall of Hertz
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Financially troubled Hertz announces plans to sell Donlen fleet leasing business
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Crypto:
Cryptic Crypto: Creditors Move for Ch. 7 for Alleged Madoff-Like Fraud
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'Dr. Doom' economist Nouriel Roubini trashes Bitcoin for being heavily manipulated, and blames retail investor FOMO for its recent pump-and-dump
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Judge rejects motion to freeze Cred’s crypto assets in bankruptcy case
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Entertainment:
Virus changing showbiz, maybe forever
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Why Are So Many High-Level Executives Ditching Hollywood During the Pandemic?
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Tourism:
Pandemic gave locals fleeting taste of a tourist-free Hawaii
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Hawaii seeks to be seen as a remote workplace with a view
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Privacy:
After 27 million driver’s license records are stolen, Texans get angry with the seller: Government
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Religion:
Pope, with new cardinals, warns church against mediocrity
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Nearly half of LGBTQ adults are religious, U.S. study finds
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Bankrupt Santa Fe Archdiocese lays off 20
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Banking:
Wall Street banks slam lending proposal as 'unworkable' and 'political'
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Coal:
Coal producer Peabody faces big challenges as potential 2nd bankruptcy looms
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Education:
Remote learners may suffer in the new economy
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Standardized testing becomes another pandemic victim
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US colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return
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University of Maryland refers 150 students to conduct office for failing to comply with coronavirus testing, safety requirements
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New Mexico promised its students free college. Then oil prices tanked.
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Navajo school, students fight to overcome amid COVID-19
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Fauci: 'Close the bars and keep the schools open' in New York City
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As the coronavirus surges, Rhode Island closes bars and gyms - but not schools
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NYC Schools to Begin Reopening Despite Virus Level, Mayor Says • New York City reopening schools for special education students and younger grades
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Fauci says it will be ‘months’ before children get COVID-19 vaccine
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H.K. Considering Suspending All In-Person Classes, Local Media Reports
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Put Civics Back in the Classroom, Right Now
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What it's like to teach children about election, and its results, in deep-red Trump country
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Sovereigns:
Why the G20’s Failure on Debt Cancellation Is Bad News for Women
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UK:
Philip Green's Arcadia fights for survival after COVID-19 hit • UK retail empire of billionaire Philip Green teeters on edge • Owner of UK's Topshop facing collapse despite loan offer • Topshop owner Arcadia faces collapse within hours • Mike Ashley among bidders if Green rejects £50m loan to avert Arcadia collapse
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Brexit trade talks enter ‘last leg’ with no-deal deadline just weeks away
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Fraud Act Prosecution of Directors: How Likely and What Are The D&O Implications
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SMEs fear for their future as savings are hit hard
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Johnson Warns England Not to Relax After Virus Lockdown Ends
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Worse Than Covid? Risks to U.K. Economy as Brexit Deadline Nears
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The economic shock Brexit is about to unleash was a glaring omission from Rishi Sunak's Spending Review
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U.K. Rejects Latest EU Fisheries Offer With Talks Set to Resume
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Apollo 'significantly' reevaluates Brexit business continuity plan
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Brexit goes down to the wire: EU and UK say big differences remain
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London police arrest dozens during anti-lockdown protests • More than 60 anti-lockdown protesters arrested over scuffles with police in London
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Couple delivering Christmas presents to family stopped by police for breaking coronavirus laws
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British Army's Information Warfare Unit will be deployed to tackle anti-vaccine propaganda ahead of jab rollout
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Mothercare's loss widens on lower revenue
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Arcadia, the owner of British brands Topshop and Miss Selfridge, is on the brink of collapse, risking 13,000 jobs • Philip Green’s Arcadia May File for Insolvency as Soon as Monday
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Further suspension of UK wrongful trading laws introduced
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U.K. Banks Near Agreement on Plan to Recover Soured Covid Loans
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EU:
European countries extend lockdowns
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Europe’s looming cash crunch
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Updated: Guide To Financial Support Measures Across Europe And The Middle East
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EU proposes new post-Trump alliance with U.S. in face of China threat
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Top Aide to Italy’s Conte Wants ECB to Cancel Pandemic Debt • ECB’s Villeroy Says Debt Cancellation Would Be a Dangerous Path
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PIIGS:
The Lost Days That Made Bergamo a Coronavirus Tragedy
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Court protection petition for chocolate company prepared ‘in secret’
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Canada:
The pandemic has ramped up students’ money woes
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MENA:
Israeli military prepares for possibility Trump will strike Iran
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Iran says Israel remotely killed military nuclear scientist • 'Israeli' assassination squad 'used a remote-control machine gun' to kill Iran's nuclear chief: New details emerge as Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's funeral begins and Tehran hardliners urge revenge strike on Haifa
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Brazil:
Brazil government forgives $1.3 bln in debts owed by telecom Oi
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Germany:
German minister does not expect big insolvency wave in November, December
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German stimulus fails to turn anxious savers into big spenders
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Germany to increase 2021 borrowing to $215B to stem pandemic
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Merkel Seeks to Rally Germans as Virus Death Toll Mounts
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China:
How parent of BMW's China partner drove to the brink of bankruptcy
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China's industrial profits grow at quickest monthly pace since early 2017
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China says manufacturing activity grew in November for nine straight months
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China's Middle Class Not So Rich After All
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India:
India write-off of ailing bank’s debt to sting small lenders
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India Records Second Quarter of GDP Losses
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Japan:
In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020. And women have been impacted most
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Taiwan:
Lawmakers throw pig guts, punches on Taiwan parliament floor
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Hong Kong:
White & Case raids Weil Gotshal for Hong Kong debt finance partner
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Latest on the corporate rescue bill
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Argentina:
Argentina Plays Down Prospects of Early IMF Deal, FT Reports
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Czech Republic:
Czechs to Reopen Shops, Restaurants as Virus Spread Slows
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Cayman Islands:
We're coming home: Grand Court Confirms the Primacy of Insolvency Proceedings in a Cayman Company's Home Jurisdiction
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Ukraine:
Changes in the bankruptcy procedure
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South Africa:
Is the South African government bankrupt?
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