Law:
Big Firms Take Longview Approach in Expanding C-Suite
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Layoffs Continue, as Even Stable Firms Face Shifting Work Environment
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COVID-19 Is Driving Long-Term Changes in Big Law for Remote Work, Fees, Hiring
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Big Law's Lack of Diversity Is Being Exacerbated by Its Lack of Creativity
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Seyfarth Shaw Targeted by Weekend Cyberattack
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Sklar Kirsh Adds Insolvency Counsel Lovee Sarenas to Bankruptcy Practice
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The New Language Needed to Connect Professionally Right Now
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White & Case Elects New Restructuring Partners
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Layoffs Continue, as Even Stable Firms Face Shifting Work Environment
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'How Is That Different': Judge Skeptical of DC’s Pandemic Restrictions for Religious Services
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Trump could be slammed with a pile of personal lawsuits once he leaves office. Here are 9 major ones he'll have to face.
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The Press Found Two More Apparent Trump Financial Crimes Today
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Trump, lagging in polls, pressures Justice Department to target Democrats and criticizes Barr • Turning Power of State Against Rivals, Trump Seeks Power of Authoritarians
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Barr Broke Elections Law, Ethics Groups Say in Call to Impeach
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Jeffrey Epstein's money trail • Jeffrey Epstein’s Last Financial Transactions • Leon Black to investors: "I deeply regret" Epstein involvement • Who Is Leon Black, The Billionaire Who Helped Bankroll Jeffrey Epstein’s Second Act?
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Mueller's star witness says cooperating in the Russia probe was like 'political waterboarding' and wants Trump to pardon him
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Ultra-Orthodox COVID Protesters Descend on Journalist’s Home After Leader’s Arrest
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Supporter at right-wing 'Patriot Rally' shot dead after macing a TV security guard at Denver protest
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The Store That Called the Cops on George Floyd
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Cops Knew Breonna's Packages Were Amazon
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Families seek new investigations into old police killings
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Colin Kaepernick calls for abolishing police and prisons in new essay series
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Are Americans Provoking Each Other Into Political Violence?
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In wake of plot, Whitmer 'not worried' about Election Day violence, says state prepared • Is Michigan's Capitol prepared for a 200-man attack? • 13 men charged in alleged kidnapping plot, many with troubled pasts • The Plot Against Gretchen Whitmer Shows the Danger of Private Militias • Sheriff Pal of Militia Twins: Whitmer Kidnap Plot Could’ve Been a Legal ‘Citizen’s Arrest’ Attempt • Why Michigan is a Hotbed for Militias
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Man fired after writing ‘BLM Button = No Tip’ on receipt to waitress
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NYC slaps COVID rule breakers with $150,000 in fines
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Court: No Military Funds for Border Wall
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Trump's public lands chief refuses to leave his post despite judge's order
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Close Election Would Spark a Legal War Over Swing State Votes
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'I'll Have Your Rear End Sanctioned': Insurance Defense Lawyer Spars With Plaintiff, Opposing Counsel
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Judges:
BK WD WA: Resumption Of Trials And Evidentiary Hearings
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The return of virtual SCOTUS
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Why SCOTUS' Reputation is at Stake
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ABA Rates Amy Barrett Well Qualified
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Kamala Harris blasts 'reckless' hearing • Kamala Harris faces a complicated role as she questions Barrett
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Ex-members of religious group mixed on Barrett nomination
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What Amy Coney Barrett could mean for Obamacare • Health care is focus as Barrett Supreme Court hearing opens
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The Supreme Court deal is done
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Barrett vows to interpret laws 'as they are written'
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Originalism, Amy Coney Barrett’s approach to the Constitution, explained • Read: Amy Coney Barrett’s opening statement lays out her position on the role of the courts
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Yes, the Barrett Hearings Are About the Election, Not the Law
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Blumenthal wants Barrett recusal in election cases
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Gloves come off in Barrett confirmation hearing
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Senate Democrats Ask For ‘Immediate Explanation’ On Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘Troubling’ Paperwork Omissions
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How Democrats hope to defeat Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination
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Supporting Barrett goes beyond her identity
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“This is not normal”: Cory Booker calls out Republicans rushing Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court hearing
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How Amy Coney Barrett played a role in Bush v. Gore - and helped the Republican Party defend mail ballots
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Graham opens hearings on Trump's Supreme Court nominee by acknowledging contentious sessions ahead
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Klobuchar: There's no "secret, clever, procedural way to stop" Barrett confirmation
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Harris calls Barrett confirmation hearing "illegitimate" and "reckless"
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Sen. Josh Hawley plans to push Democrats to renounce "religious test" • Democrats steer clear of Barrett's religion during Supreme Court hearing
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The false link between Amy Coney Barrett and The Handmaid’s Tale, explained
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Slim majority of voters oppose Barrett hearings, though a consistent majority support upholding Roe v. Wade, poll finds • Amy Barrett's law review articles show how Supreme Court rulings like Roe v. Wade could be challenged • This is the future of abortion in a post-Roe America • Senator Shares Story Of Wife’s Abortion To Underline Stakes Of Supreme Court Nomination For Women’s Health • Barrett Offers Supreme Court Many Paths to Erode Abortion Rights
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How Trump's Supreme Court nominee applies the law to LGBT+ rights
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How Amy Coney Barrett would change the way the Supreme Court works
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Amy Coney Barrett's Religion Won't Dictate Her Rulings
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Amy Coney Barrett’s View of Tossing Supreme Court Precedent Alarms Critics
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People are startled by Dianne Feinstein's proximity to Lindsey Graham during Barrett hearings
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GOP Sen. Mike Lee speaks without mask at Barrett hearing despite positive COVID-19 test
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Kamala Harris to attend SCOTUS confirmation hearings virtually
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Senators settle old grudges as Barrett confirmation hearing starts
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Four takeaways from the first day of Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing
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Protesters arrested in D.C. on first day of Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearings
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Trump urges Republicans to speed up the Supreme Court confirmation process so they can focus on approving a stimulus package
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Court-packing is a dreadful option. Biden shouldn't rule it out.
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Houston Judge Appeals Sanction for Allegedly Grabbing Paralegal
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Decades for Redemption, Judge Has Dementia
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Wall Street:
Stock futures fall as investors await earnings season kickoff • European stocks and U.S. futures lose momentum after vaccine trial pause • Shares slip as coronavirus worries overshadow positive China data
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US stocks close sharply higher on stimulus talks as tech shares outperform
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Stocks might suffer if a Democrat 'blue wave' brings higher capital gains taxes, but any pain will be brief, JPMorgan says
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The stock market’s strength tells us less about the true state of the economy than at almost any other time over the last five decades
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Wall Street hopes fade for coronavirus aid before election, but trillions in new spending expected next year
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Layoffs:
US layoffs still high, but so is skepticism on jobless data
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Maersk to lay off 2,000 in business shake-up, lifts outlook on improving demand
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Nugget Casino Resort laying off over 150 employees
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Philadelphia Inquirer to lay off 500
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Pharma:
Mallinckrodt Secures Broad Consensus with Key Stakeholders on Comprehensive Chapter 11 Restructuring • Mallinckrodt Seeks Bankruptcy to Offload Opioid Liabilities • Mallinckrodt Files Bankruptcy to Settle Pile of Opioid Suits
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Religion:
Abuse Victims Win Right to Sue for $245 Million of Church Assets • Ruling allows victims to sue archdiocese over millions transferred to parishes
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Firearms:
Gunmakers face a recoil after their sales boom
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Politics:
Trump uses Marine Band, raises legal questions
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Trump less trusted across advanced economies than China's President Xi
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Always Trumpers: The president’s unbreakable wall
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Trump’s task: Resetting campaign that GOP fears is slipping
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Strapped for cash, Trump yanks TV ads in key states as Biden spending surges
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Fauci says he was taken out of context in new Trump campaign ad touting coronavirus response
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Armed groups say they will show up to polling sites on Election Day, and experts are afraid it will intimidate voters
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Graham says SC people of color can go anywhere in the state but 'need to be conservative, not liberal'
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Powered by trust on the pandemic, Biden leads by 12 points nationwide: POLL • Poll: Biden up 8 points in Michigan, 10 points in Wisconsin • Biden tops 270 in POLITICO's Election Forecast • Joe Biden Leads Donald Trump By 8.5 Points: IBD/TIPP 2020 Presidential Election Tracking Poll • FiveThirtyEight: Biden 86% • Western Michigan, a longtime GOP stronghold, now a battleground • Trump campaign official blames Biden lead on 'skewed' polls
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Cruz: GOP could face "bloodbath of Watergate proportions" in November
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Dreaming Of A Landslide
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Cuomo brushes off AG speculation but says he’ll help Biden ‘any way I can’
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Gamblers stake $150M on election, bet the farm on Biden
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Biden supporters flock from other states to door-knock in Arizona, where it matters • Once-dominant Republicans fret Arizona is slipping into blue column
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‘Green tsunami’: Inside Senate Republicans’ financial freak-out
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‘Forgotten’ Pennsylvania region holds key to Trump’s fate
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Trump launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at winning back seniors • A senior warning sign for Trump: 'Go Biden' cry at Villages
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How Biden could end 2020 on election night — and why Trump’s path is unlikely
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Trump takes his Covid misinformation machine back on the road
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Trump's children brought Secret Service money to the family business with their visits, records show
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GOP social-distances Trump
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Protesters topple statues of Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt in Portland
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Black churches mobilizing voters despite virus challenges
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Trump-Biden results might not be known on election night, Florida officials warn
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Technical problems arise as early voting starts in Georgia
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Georgia: A 10 Hour Wait to Vote
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'I'm worried about everything': Fearing their votes won't count, Arizonans rush to cast ballots early
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Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting • Minnesota Ballot Suit Tossed by Judge Citing .000004% Fraud Rate
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Judge blocks Texas limits to mail voting drop-off locations • Federal appeals court order again limits Texas counties to single mail-in ballot drop-off location
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Alaska absentee witness requirements scrapped for election
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CA: Unofficial ballot drop boxes popping up throughout the state worry elections officials • California Republicans Set Up Unofficial Ballot Drop-Off Boxes Deemed Illegal By State Officials • Calif. Tells GOP to Stop Collecting Ballots
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Thousands of N.C. voters wait weeks for absentee ballots
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Judges Aren’t Buying Trump’s Claims Of Widespread Voter Fraud
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50,000 in Ohio Received Wrong Ballots
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Why big oil should vote for Joe Biden
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QAnon is tearing families apart
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New research explores authoritarian mind-set of Trump's core supporters
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How a Road Trip Through America's Battlegrounds Revealed a Nation Plagued by Misinformation
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The mystery of a GOP congressman's seemingly rent-free campaign office
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The Swamp That Trump Built • 7 Key Findings About Trump’s Reinvented Swamp
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Agribusiness:
Trump Funnels Record Subsidies to Farmers Ahead of Election Day
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Economy:
Trump's triple failure: Virus control, stimulus and the trade deficit
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Real-time data show slowing recovery • Seven High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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New Study Predicts Gloomy Economic Times Ahead For Americans
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The U.S. economy is still rising from the rubble, but anxiety is growing about another setback
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America's true unemployment rate
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Summers Says Covid-19 Will End Up Costing U.S. $16 Trillion
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The New (Scary) Fed Steps Into New Territory
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The Fed Still Has a Powder Keg at Its Disposal
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Fed in Holding Pattern While Washington Battles Over Stimulus
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The Next Big Shift in Economics Takes Shape Under Covid Shadow
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26% of Americans know someone who went to work while sick
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After years of federal fiscal recklessness, is Washington's bill finally coming due?
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2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions
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Microsoft's work-from-home policy to become permanent
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U.S. corporate earnings reports will shine a light on the uneven playing field in the year of the pandemic
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Senate Republicans lambaste potential coronavirus deal • Trump faces unusual barrier to COVID-19 aid: GOP allies • Pelosi: White House's latest relief offer is "one step forward, two steps back" • Trump's stimulus whiplash and the age of cognitive disconnect • Urgent Call For Second Stimulus Checks And Economic Stimulus Relief • White House Calls For ‘Immediate’ Vote On Stimulus Stopgap Bill Using Unspent PPP Funds • Trump’s Bid to Spark Stimulus Talks Fails to Break Stalemate • McConnell and McGrath clash on stalled coronavirus deal in fiery debate
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Kashkari Says Economy Needs More Fiscal Support to Aid Recovery
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Top Fed Officials Are All But Begging For Stimulus Boost From Congress
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Desperate Americans hit by pandemic beg Congress, Trump to pass economic relief bill
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U.S. Recovery Doesn’t Depend on a Stimulus Deal, Kudlow Says
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A return to normal is still a long way away, warns banking billionaire Jamie Dimon
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Working From Home Is Here to Stay, So Let’s Get It Right
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56% Changing Holiday Celebrations Due to Pandemic
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Rail shipping is improving but still lags 2019
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China undeterred as Trump's bets fall through
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Trump steel tariffs raised prices, shriveled up demand, led to job losses, some Michigan workers say
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EU to win right to tariffs on $4 billion in U.S. goods in WTO Boeing case
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Lighthizer Blew Up 60 Years of Trade Policy. What's Next?
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Trump Didn’t Save Coal or Steel. To Be Fair, No One Could.
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Too Complex to Break Up' Is the New 'Too Big to Fail'
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How much you’d have to make to be in the top 1% in each state
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Wisconsin Rejects Foxconn Application for Tax Subsidies
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5 Million Latino Businesses in US at Risk of Bankruptcy • The $700 billion Hispanic business market in the U.S. is now at the tipping point
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Class 8 Truck Orders Soar, Up 145% Year Over Year
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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:
Home For Sale Listings Soar As Pandemic’s Economic Impact Grips San Francisco
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COVID-19 Has Changed The Housing Market Forever. Here’s Where Americans Are Moving (And Why)
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MBA Survey: "Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Declines to 6.32%" • For the first time since April, forbearances fall below 3 million
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The forbearance crash bros spoke too soon
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Real Estate Agent Boom and Bust
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Demographics: Renting vs. Owning
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New York’s Luxury Senior-Living Towers Open to Covid-Era Reality
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A longstanding tax break for real estate investors could be coming to an end
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Simon Property Stock Down 50% YTD, Can It Survive The Covid Storm?
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San Antonio shopping center owned by company tied to Nate Paul heading for foreclosure • 'A chaotic public spectacle': Nate Paul fires back at Texas AG Ken Paxton • The Rank Legal Hypocrisy of Ken Paxton • Judge Rebukes Nate Paul and Lawyers
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Fannie Mae’s Doug Duncan on what’s to come in 2021
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico poised for new battle with bondholders
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The best places to live in America in 2020
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Trump’s Appointee to Puerto Rico Board Criticizes Its Record
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Peterson Expresses Eagerness to Bring More Transparency, Efficiency to Oversight Board
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Seattle is Second Fastest Growing Large City
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Oil/Gas:
Peak oil? OPEC says the world’s richest countries are already there
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US oil data company charged with $100m fraud
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There’s No Oil in Wisconsin. The Fracking Bust Hit It Anyway.
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Oil's chilly season
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World Bank Still Investing Billions in Fossil Fuels, Study Shows
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Covid-19 Is Big Oil’s Asteroid Strike
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Coronavirus response can ‘reshape the future of energy,’ IEA says in report
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Utilities:
PG&E under investigation for causing September wildfire that killed 4 in California • PG&E Probation Judge Demands Information on Deadly Zogg Fire • PG&E Slumps as State Probes Equipment as Cause of Deadly Fire • Team investigating deadly NorCal fire seizes PG&E equipment
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PG&E outages starting Wednesday could impact most Bay Area counties, including thousands in Oakland
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Southern California Edison focus of wildfire probe
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Latest Challenge Raises Question Of Reopening FirstEnergy Bankruptcy Ruling
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Healthcare:
CDC forecasts coronavirus death toll to hit 233,000 by the end of the month with as many as 6,800 new fatalities in the last week of October alone
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The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed far more lives than reported, study says • The Pandemic Was Deadlier Than Thought • The stubbornly high coronavirus death rate
U.S. Trails Other Developed Nations in Curbing Virus Deaths
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Covid-19 Resurgence to Take a New Swipe at Surgery Recovery
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Dr. Birx warns of 'troubling signs' in North East with new rise in COVID-19 cases indicating a 'very different' spread of the virus
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Where the U.S. has been hit hardest by the coronavirus
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Dr. Fauci will continue to fight coronavirus ‘no matter who’s the president’ • Dr. Fauci: The Trump Campaign Is ‘In Effect, Harassing Me’
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Dr. Fauci says U.S. faces ‘a whole lot of trouble’ as coronavirus cases rise • Dr. Fauci: ‘This is an outbreak of historic proportions, the likes of which we’ve not seen in 102 years’
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It's a Different Covid 19 from March
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Fauci: How Long Before Normal Returns
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Back to Stockpiling for Covid's Second Wave
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U.S. COVID-19 cases hit two-month high, 10 states report record increases • America’s newest wave of Covid-19 cases, explained
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22 days from Election Day, pandemic shows no sign of slowing as U.S. edges closer to 8 million cases
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As COVID-19 cases climb again, here’s what states have learned about the best ways to control the spread
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Gallup: Only 50% of Americans now willing to get a COVID vaccine
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Rushing a Covid-19 Vaccine Is a Terrible Idea
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Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant • 2nd COVID-19 vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness
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As globe gallops into vaccine trials, insurers remain unfazed
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HCA to return $1.6 billion in coronavirus bailout funds
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Thousands of people are signing up to be exposed to Covid-19
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As a pandemic presses on, waves of grief follow its path
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Kentucky governor to quarantine
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GOP senator defends Trump by claiming mask mandate would have failed
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Trump says he’s no longer taking steroids and feels ‘really good’ but admits he’s not yet tested negative for covid • Trump insists he’s free of virus, ready for campaign trail • Trump tests negative for the coronavirus on consecutive days: White House doctor
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What we know about COVID-19 and immunity
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Trump Rallies Raise Concern About Spread of Virus, Fauci Says
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Covid-19 Soars in Red States as Trump Returns to Campaign Trail
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Chris Christie released from hospital after coronavirus treatment
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2 more White House residence staff tested positive for the coronavirus
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Regeneron CEO: Trump ‘is a case of one’ and ‘weakest evidence’ for Covid-19 treatment • Regeneron CEO: Trump's success with antibody cocktail is not evidence of cure • Science gets political as Trump touts experimental coronavirus drugs
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The US lacks the willpower needed to fully defeat COVID-19
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South Carolina Senate debate scrapped after virus testing fight
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Mark Meadows walks away after reporters ask him to answer questions with a mask on
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What the White House outbreak says about the limits of testing
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Letting Covid spread with eye to herd immunity 'unethical' - WHO
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Coronavirus May Stay for Weeks on Banknotes and Touchscreens
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‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues COVID-19 Survivors
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A 25-year-old man becomes first in the U.S. to contract coronavirus twice
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Movie Theaters:
Fourth-generation movie theater operator says chain is months from bankruptcy
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Analyst Predicts More Movie Misery Until 2022 As Theater Chains Reduce Operations, Warn Bankruptcy Risk
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AMC rescue bonds hit in cinema crisis
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Autos:
Tesla’s debt close to investment grade after S&P upgrade
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An auto-manufacturing expert says Tesla's days of production hell have put it '10 years ahead' of the competition
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Don’t Head for Heartache With Hertz Stock
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Student Debt:
Trump Includes Student Loan Forgiveness In Latest Stimulus Proposal, Signaling Its Broad Appeal
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A student-loan borrower sent more than $1,000 to Navient to pay a $23.39 late fee. It never disappeared
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Banking:
Biggest U.S. Banks Seen Adding to Reserves for Pain Yet to Come
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Tourism:
Southeast Asia struggles to kickstart its battered tourism industry amid coronavirus
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Fitness:
NY Sports Club Parent Gets Go-Ahead For Ch. 11 Sale Plans
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Mass Torts:
USOPC suing insurance carriers, blaming them for lack of settlement with Nassar survivors
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Environmental:
Fight Over Toxic Calif. Site Teed Up For Exide's Ch. 11 Hearing
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Exide’s bankruptcy shows why people don’t trust government
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Horse Racing:
Bankruptcy Judge Rules in Support of Zayat Receiver
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Maritime:
Germany Provides Bridge Loan as First Rescue Effort for MV Werften
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Boustead Naval Shipyard gets restraining order against creditor
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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 (80 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (267 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Despite Aid Programs, Thousands Went Bankrupt in North Carolina as COVID-19 Raged
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Hawaii bankruptcy filings continue to tick downward
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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BK CD CA: September filings flat again
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Automatic Stay:
Squaring impoundment with federal bankruptcy procedure
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Advisers:
Restructuring Expert Monica Blacker Joins Force 10 Partners as its Newest Partner
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Avoidance Actions:
CA: Payment of an antecedent debt cannot be a fraudulent transfer per Civil Code section 3432
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Is a transfer of an overencumbered asset with actual intent to defraud creditors an avoidable transfer?
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Privacy:
Big Data Meets Bankruptcy
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Aviation:
U.S. Covid-Testing Plan Aims to Open New York-London Travel by Holidays
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Airline industry official defends response to pandemic
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Southwest pilots’ union pushes back on 10% pay cut proposal
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Allegiant Defies Travel Collapse, Weighs Used Airbus Jets
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The Presidential Election Is Also Tanking the Travel Industry
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Australia in Talks With Japan, South Korea on Reopening Travel
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French Airbus workers sign key restructuring deal
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Virgin Atlantic becomes first company to use UK government's new restructuring plan
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Food/Beverage:
K&W Cafeteria officials seek bankruptcy judge's approval to sell assets
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Bankrupt chains hand their keys to the lenders
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Restaurant that ignored COVID-19 rules files for bankruptcy
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McDonald's, Chipotle and Domino's feast during COVID-19 while your neighborhood restaurant fasts
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At what temperature does demand for outdoor dining collapse? Goldman says around 45-degrees Fahrenheit
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Sports:
Lakers fans throw rocks and bottles at LAPD as thousands gather outside Staples Center following team's LeBron James inspired victory in NBA Finals
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NBA Finals ratings plummet to 5.6M, lowest on record
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The NFL's scheduling puzzle
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Denver Broncos vs. New England Patriots game moved to next Sunday after new positive coronavirus test
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Obama praises sports stars who "take a stand" for racial justice
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Coronavirus guidelines may have caused college football's sloppy start
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Climate:
California thought it could delay climate disaster. Now millions of acres are burning.
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PG&E May Cut Power This Week as California Fire Risk Returns
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A Colorado wildfire jumped a highway and is now burning on an Army base
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‘Nothing Left’: How Back-to-Back Hurricanes Gutted a U.S. Town • Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana • Hurricane Delta leaves Louisianans reeling and out of power, as the clean-up begins
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'Uninhabitable hell': Climate change and disease threaten millions
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Quick fix climate goals? More spending on small farmers
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Surge in natural disasters takes heavy human, economic toll - U.N.
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Climate change a factor in most of the 7,000 natural disasters over last 20 years: UN report
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Pope in TED talk: Earth cannot be squeezed ‘like an orange’
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Nursing Homes:
‘I’m very lonely and depressed’—many nursing home residents say they feel like they are in prison
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Longterm Care Residents In Greeley Protest COVID-19 Restrictions
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Tech:
Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts
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Twitter flags Trump claims about his COVID-19 status
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YouTube's CEO won't commit to kicking QAnon off the platform despite Facebook banning the conspiracy-theory movement last week
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Justice ready to charge Google with monopoly search practices
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Twitter will flag premature claims about who won the 2020 election • Fox News president warns of calling winner too soon on election night: 2000 still 'lingers over everyone'
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Facebook Users Interacting With Misinformation Way More Now Than In 2016, Study Finds
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U.S. PC Market Has Best Quarter in a Decade on Pandemic Demand
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Hotels:
Hotels are taking on a new role during the pandemic: Polling locations
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Retailing:
The Big Question: How Can Retail Chains Survive the Pandemic?
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Bankrupt Retailers Seek Extraordinary Relief in Time of COVID
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JCPenney Moves Forward With Closures of 140-Plus Stores as It Seeks to Exit Bankruptcy • JCPenney Bankruptcy Heads For Sale At Last
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Centric Brands exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy • Centric Brands Emerges from Chapter 11 with Strengthened Balance Sheet
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French Connection loss widens on COVID-19 hit
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Bag Santa and the elves? A holiday hiring slump takes shape
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Dillard's stock soars 46% after Warren Buffett's deputy reveals 6% stake
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Sovereigns:
Hedge Funds, China Should Give More Debt Relief, World Bank Says
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Oxfam Says IMF Loans Force Spending Cuts That Exacerbate Poverty
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World Bank's Malpass says G20 may agree to only six-month debt relief extension
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More synchronized action needed to tackle COVID economic crisis, IMF's Georgieva says
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Total external debt of least developed countries climbed to a record $744 bln in 2019
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Zambia resists Chinese pressure on arrears
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Emerging economies plead for more ambitious debt relief programmes
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UK:
Bank of England asks banks on readiness for negative rates • Bailey Says BOE Isn’t Ready to Implement Negative Interest Rates
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New Rules for Pre-pack Administrations– finally some good news for creditors?
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Is it last orders for investors in the pub sector?
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UK unemployment ascent accelerates amid winter job fears
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Boris Johnson confirms new three-tier system of local lockdowns for England • Johnson to Tighten U.K. Virus Rules as Hospitals Put on Standby • Seven in 10 Britons Support Local Lockdowns: Ipsos MORI Survey
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Millions ‘to be asked not to leave local areas, with ban on households mixing & salons shut’ in new lockdown
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Why Covid Is a Dress Rehearsal for Brexit
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Why the Brexit Talks Could Still Fail
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Johnson Plans Brexit Call With Merkel as Time Runs Out for Talks
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U.K. Risks Losing Its Most Robot-Proof Jobs to Covid Crisis
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EU:
Rising covid cases in Europe lead to new restrictions but no national lockdowns
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Europe's coronavirus case counts just keep climbing
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ECB Pushes Governments to Keep Up Fiscal Support for Economies
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Europe’s economy would be back to pre-crisis levels quicker if we work together, Germany says
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PIIGS:
Italy orders tightening anti-coronavirus measures
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New Italian Debt Offers 0% Interest for First Time
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Canada:
Up to 20% of Canadian Mortgages at ‘Higher Risk of Defaulting’: RBC
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MENA:
Afghans stunned, worried by Trump tweet to bring home U.S. troops early • U.S. air strikes target Taliban fighters advancing on Afghan city
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China:
Covid-19: China's Qingdao to test nine million in five days
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China is winning the global economic recovery
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China's Dreams of Global Leadership Fading
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Evergrande’s Biggest Creditors Are Reducing Loan, Bond Exposure
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China says exports and imports hit record highs in September
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India:
Zombification of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
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India infections top seven million as Trump gets back on campaign trail
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India’s Richest Man Loses Interest in Debenhams, Times Says
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India announced nearly $10 billion to prop up growth. Economists are not impressed
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New Zealand:
New Zealand Gives U.S. a Lesson in Pandemic Democracy
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Singapore:
Singapore Faces Deep ‘Scarring’ From Virus, MAS’s Menon Says
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Turkey:
Turkey’s Credit Boom Seen at Risk of Backfiring Into Bad Loans
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France:
France Must Avoid General Lockdown by All Means, Castex Says
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Czech Republic:
Czechs Plan ‘Improved’ Lockdown as Country Becomes Virus Hotbed
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Germany:
Consequences of the Disease – Start Worrying Again About German Insolvency Filing Requirements
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German economy may return to pre-crisis levels in early 2022: Finance Minister
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Japan:
BOJ’s Swelling Asset Pile Complicates Future Exit From Stimulus
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Australia:
Insolvency Law - Marshalling and Recovery of Fees
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