October 19, 2020

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Law:

Greenberg Traurig Offers Voluntary Buyouts With ‘Enhanced’ Severance
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2020 Will Be The Hardest Compensation Year Since The Great Recession
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Biglaw Firm That Nixed COVID Appreciation Bonuses For Associates Gives Them To Staff
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As Budgets Improve, More Large Firms Restore Attorney and Staff Pay
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Biglaw Firm Reverses Austerity Measures And Associates Will Receive True-Up Payments — If They Bill Enough
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Flashy Global Law Firm Accused Of Bilking Trusting Nebraska Senior Citizen
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Hire Up: Big Firms Build Up in DC, Add Bankruptcy and Benefits Partners Elsewhere
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Big Law Won't Follow Corporate America in Promising Remote Work Until July
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Law School Grad Forced To Puke In Trash Can While Taking Remote Bar Exam
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So It Turns Out The Online Bar Exam Totally Sucked, Like Quantifiably
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N.Y. Bar Exam Takers Report ‘Negative’ Online Experience
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The Shorter, Online LSAT Is Here For A While
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Seyfarth Shaw is in ‘restoration phase’ after malware attack
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Private Equity’s Top Biglaw Firm
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'A Big Divide': Why Some Associates Are Struggling as Others Excel—and What Firms Can Do About It
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After US Firms' Bidding War Hit $6.9M for an A&O Partner, His Old Firm Is Reviewing Lockstep
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The Customer Is Not Always Right, But Is Still The Client
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How the origins of the U.S.’s probe into Russia’s election attack in 2016 turned into a Republican cause célèbre
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Just The President Of The United States Bragging About Gunning Down Suspects, NBD
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Legal reckoning awaiting if Trump loses the election
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Cohen: Giuliani is Drunk All of the Time
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Weinstein Accusers Blast Bankruptcy Plan as Gift to Insurers
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What police plan to do about armed men at the polls on Election Day
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Man with Massive Torch Charges Officer with It, Lights Police Vehicle on Fire
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Kentucky attorney general asks for evidence in Breonna Taylor case to remain sealed
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Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements
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California city confronts its racist past, apologizing for 'sundown' laws
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U.S. Attorney General Barr says expects report on police reforms soon, despite court order
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Trump supporters protesting Twitter censorship clash with Antifa and BLM activists in violent scenes in San Francisco Conservatives staging San Francisco rally clash with counterprotesters
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New York officials say they put stop to planned 10,000-person wedding due to Covid
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Hasidic Wedding Scheduled For Monday In Williamsburg Could Test Resolve Of COVID Enforcement
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Brooklyn Federal Judge Upholds Cuomo's Order Restricting Religious Gatherings in 'Red Zones'
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Wichita mayor threatened over mask mandate, police say Wichita Musician Arrested For Allegedly Threatening to Kidnap and Kill Mayor Over Opposition to ‘Masks and Tyranny’
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U.S. to carry out first federal execution of a woman in seven decades
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White supremacist gang members charged in federal drugs and weapons case
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Judge: Voice of America Firings Were Illegal
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SCOTUS to Hear Census & Immigrants Case
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Census Bureau announces end to population count after Supreme Court action
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Black man serving life sentence for stealing hedge clippers granted parole Prisoner wins parole after getting life sentence for trying to steal hedge clippers in 1997
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DHS: White Supremacy is a Lethal Threat
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Tracking the Shifting Shape of Far-Right Political Violence
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Teens Are Going to Juvenile Detention for Shoving 74-Pound Log Off Cliff, Killing a Photographer
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5,000 Died in US Jails Awaiting Court Hearing
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Judges:

Sen. Chris Coons says his mind is open to expanding the Supreme Court Sen. Coons: Democrats can't prevent Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation
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The framers of the Constitution didn’t worry about ‘originalism’
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Which Constitution Is Amy Coney Barrett Talking About?
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Amy Coney Barrett Should Recuse Herself on Abortion Cases
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Mitch McConnell Confirms That the Senate Intends to Install Amy Coney Barrett on Supreme Court Before Election Day
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The Supreme Court debate runs along the Lincoln Highway
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A Federal Judge Wants To Know If Trump Means What He Tweets
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Recognizing Widespread Benefits, Court Officials See Continued Role for Virtual Court Proceedings
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Judge is removed for alleged sexist and belittling comments, undisclosed income
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Wall Street:

Vaccine hopes drive stocks higher on 'Black Monday' anniversary Dow futures climb as traders weigh rising coronavirus cases, U.S. stimulus talks
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Dow adds 100 points, stocks manage weekly gains as retail sales, consumer sentiment rise
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Short sellers are rushing back in
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Layoffs:

Goldman Warns of More Job Losses with Jumbo Mergers
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Demand 'through roof' for $30,000 robot cook
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Politics:

'Stunning': Biden slams Trump for shrugging off Whitmer kidnapping plot
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Lara Trump defends president encouraging Whitmer "lock her up" chants Whitmer slams Trump after "lock her up" chants at rally: "It needs to stop" The return of “lock her up”: Trump won’t stop attacking Gretchen Whitmer Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Trump is inciting domestic terrorism Trump ‘Liberate’ Tweet Didn’t Birth Michigan Plot, FBI Says 'Just cap her': Imagery reveals details of alleged Whitmer kidnap plot
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‘Lock Up the Bidens,’ Trump Says at Georgia Campaign Rally Trump Calls The Bidens An ‘Organized Crime Family’—But Here Are His Run-Ins With The Law
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Professor Calls Out GOP After Fmr Trump Official Blames President for Inspiring Political Violence
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Donald Trump Has At Least $1 Billion In Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested Trump's debts are the least mysterious aspect of his finances $421 Million in Debt: Trump Calls It ‘a Peanut,’ but Challenges Lie Ahead
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John Kelly Unloads on Trump
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GOP Sen. Sasse "not going to waste a single minute" on Trump's tweets
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In final sprint, Trump makes stops his team never expected to need Trump Runs the Kind of Campaign He Likes, but Not the One He Might Need
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Returns to Wisconsin as virus cases hit record
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King: If Trump swept toss-up states, it still wouldn't be enough
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National steelworkers union shines 'Biden Harris' sign on Trump Tower in Chicago
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In election's homestretch, coronavirus surge underscores candidates' contrasts
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A guide to the Trump administration’s biggest scandals, accomplishments, and policies
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Trump Says Maybe He’ll ‘Have To Leave The Country’ If He Loses
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Republican National Committee chair says QAnon is 'something the voters are not even thinking about'
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Trump Praises Congressional Candidate Who Has Backed QAnon
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Romney: Trump's refusal to disavow QAnon is part of "alarming pattern" in politics
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Partisan Sites Posing as Local News Expand Ahead of Election
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Trump Makes His Weirdest War On Christmas Attack Yet
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Donald Trump’s long, false list of things Joe Biden would ban, abolish or destroy
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College Reaction poll: More college students would protest Trump win
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Poll: College students are ready to call out people who don’t vote
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A former GOP lawmaker is facing charges related to the alleged assault of a poll worker amid Trump's calls to his supporters to 'watch' polling places as Election Day approaches
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US spies say the Hunter Biden email controversy shows how 'exploitable' and 'grotesquely vulnerable' Trump and Giuliani are to Russian intelligence FBI has ‘duty to inform’ Senate Committee about veracity of Hunter Biden emails: Sen. Johnson Rudy: Only ‘50/50’ Chance I Worked With a ‘Russian Spy’ to Dig Dirt on Bidens and Ukraine Hunter Biden left laptop at repair shop, owner tells Senate panel
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New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts New York Post Insiders: Biden Story Flimsy
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Hunter Biden email and laptop ruction spotlights Giuliani as Trump risk factor
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Trump’s fake news crisis, illustrated by two episodes over the last 24 hours
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Digs in on conspiracy theory over bin Laden raid
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Trump sees what others do not in the pandemic
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Russia could exploit its ties with US white nationalist groups to encourage election violence, experts warn
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Why Trump vs. Biden is a lot like 2016 — and why it's not
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Rupert Murdoch Predicts a Landslide Win for Biden
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Trump's advisers brace for loss, point fingers
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President Taking Down Names as Republicans Jumping Ship
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Trump Makes Rare California Stop, Visits Newport Beach For Private Fundraiser
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28 Million Already Voted Black Americans rush to polls in surge of emotion The surge in voter enthusiasm What early voting can (and can't) tell us about the election Alabama breaks absentee voting record 3 weeks before Election Day Nonwhite Georgia Voters Really Had to Wait
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President starts to articulate painful reality
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America Experiencing "Truth Decay"
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Biden ahead of Trump in Wisconsin, Arizona: surveys
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One of Kentucky's largest newspapers endorses McConnell's challenger
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Cornyn: Relationships with Trump like 'women who get married and think they're going to change their spouse' Cornyn says he broke with Trump on deficit, border wall, but kept opposition private
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Polls: Senate races in Alaska and South Carolina are surprisingly competitive for Democrats
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Texas is the most intriguing political state in the country this fall
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Trump, Biden go on offense in states they’re trying to flip
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The many ways we know 2020 will be a banner year for voting
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Trump rally 'VIP' among six Chinese nationals charged with drug money laundering
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For the first time in decades, farmers in Arizona are divided over presidential election The Feds Have Doled Out Record Farm Subsidies To Save Trump's Campaign
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Michigan appeals court blocks 2-week absentee ballot extension
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Mass Confusion and Chaos Follows Pennsylvania's Denials of More Than 300,000 Mail-in Ballot Applications Pennsylvania’s Rejection of 372,000 Ballot Applications Bewilders Voters and Strains Election Staff
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Botched New York Ballots Sap Confidence as Mail Voting Begins
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'Overpromised and Underdelivered': Pro-Trump Owners of Ohio Printing Company Conveniently Overwhelmed by Mail-in Ballot Requests
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ABC's Biden town hall draws more viewers than NBC's Trump event SNL takes on dueling Trump and Biden town halls in its cold open Why the Trump campaign is complaining so much about NBC’s Savannah Guthrie The jarring contrast between Trump and Biden, explained in 3 moments from their competing town halls 5 winners and 3 losers from the dueling Trump-Biden town halls
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Attacks Next Debate Moderator as 'Terrible and Unfair' Moore: Trump has to be on 'best behavior' for final presidential debate
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Trump shares satirical Babylon Bee story after Savannah Guthrie accuses him of retweeting conspiracies like ‘someone’s crazy uncle’
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Larry Hogan says he didn't vote for Trump
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The rush to loosen regulations in case Trump loses re-election bid
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Trump repeatedly botched Rep. Matt Gaetz's name at a Florida rally, calling him the name of a former aide who was convicted
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Trump wanted John McCain to apologize to him after the 2016 election, longtime aide says in new book
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Trump Renews Attack on Toppling Monuments Linked to Slavery
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Environmental:

Court Allows Exide to Abandon a Toxic Site in Vernon. Taxpayers Will Fund the Cleanup
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Governor Newsom Statement on Exide Bankruptcy Ruling
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Religion:

Twin hit of abuse claims and pandemic could push NJ Catholic dioceses toward bankruptcy
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Judge sets deadline for survivors in Diocese of Syracuse bankruptcy
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SF archbishop performs exorcism to cleanse protest site
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Sin and Scandal at Liberty University
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Economy:

U.S. federal deficit soars to record $3.1 trillion in 2020 Coronavirus spending pushes U.S. 2020 fiscal year deficit to record $3.132 trillion
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Fed, Central Banks Will Find Exit From Massive Stimulus Impeded
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Larry Summers Says Rising Federal Debt Won’t Crash the U.S. Dollar
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'If We Had a Panic Button, We’d be Hitting it.' Women Are Exiting the Labor Force En Masse—And That's Bad For Everyone
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Q3 GDP Forecasts
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Maybe There's Hope for a V-Shaped Recovery After All
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'I'm Still Unemployed': Millions In Dire Situation As Savings Start To Run Out Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email
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Judge blocks Trump administration plan to cut food stamps to unemployed Americans
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Fed’s Bostic Cautions That U.S. Economic Recovery Is Very Uneven
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The Big Question: Is the Capitalist System Headed For Collapse?
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Industrial Production Decreased 0.6 Percent in September; 7.1% Below Pre-Crisis Level
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She waited half a year for her unemployment benefits. What that delay cost her
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The US government finally figured out how to help average Americans during an economic crisis. And then it all fell apart
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The young people struggling in the 2020 economy
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Majority of Americans believe economy is rigged
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Pelosi sets 48-hour deadline for White House on stimulus talks Senate to vote on GOP stimulus measures next week A chief economist says Mitch McConnell expects Trump to lose the election — and breaks down why that means there will be no stimulus money until February McConnell rejects Trump's push for 'higher' coronavirus stimulus deal Senate to vote on $500 billion GOP coronavirus stimulus bill Wednesday Mark Cuban on stimulus negotiations: All of Congress is ‘complicit’ Pelosi says chances of passing COVID-19 stimulus before election depend on Trump administration Pelosi said Democrats and Trump administration don't agree on language used in stalled coronavirus relief package Stimulus Deal Before Election Hangs on Pelosi’s Tuesday Cutoff
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Expiring benefits raise economic stakes of stalled stimulus talks
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Fed's Bostic says minority, lower-income communities still struggling amid pandemic
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Why California’s unemployment system devolved into chaos during pandemic
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People of color face disproportionate pandemic-related financial stress
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Fed: Tax Rates Crushing to Low Income Workers
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Trends in Educational Attainment in the U.S. Labor Force
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Why the average FICO credit score hit new record highs during the pandemic
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Kansas City Southern CEO: ‘Modestly strong’ economic recovery will last in 2020
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Five things to know about Biden's tax proposals
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Miami lifts COVID-19 curfew after legal win New York State Moves to Reopen Movie Theaters, Ski Resorts
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As virus flares globally, new strategies target hot spots
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The biggest US banks show the worst is yet to come for the economy
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Texas Unemployment Rises to 8.3%
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EU set to gain WTO clearance for U.S. tariffs next week
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Deloitte to shut four UK offices as COVID-19 entrenches remote working
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Migration Plunges in Covid Crisis, Raising Global Economic Risks
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'It's not fair': workers in a poor Mississippi county pay more tax than Trump
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These companies' workers may never go back to the office
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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:

Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Increased Slightly Following Large Decline Last Week
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More than 6M households missed their rent or mortgage payment in September
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The next economic crisis: Empty retail space
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More N.J. malls on the brink
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Sacramento Housing in September: Sales increase 22% YoY, Active Inventory down 49% YoY
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18-year-old woman evicted after she shared suicidal thoughts with her roommates, reports say
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Oil/Gas:

Calfrac shareholders approve sweetened recapitalization bid
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Coronavirus fallout spurs M&A across US oil and gas sector
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Joe Biden would be a sea change for the oil industry
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Biden Won’t Ban Fracking, But His Clean Grid Would Choke Gas
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Oil dips on COVID-19 resurgence, fears of more supply Oil Stable as Stimulus Hopes Run Up Against Fresh Virus Surge
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Oklahoma Pure-Play Chaparral Exits Bankruptcy as Private E&P
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Wind, Solar Are Cheapest Power Source In Most Places, BNEF Says
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Houston, America's fossil fuel capital, braces for the energy transition
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Tech:

Twitter botched its own moderation policies by banning a New York Post story and added fuel to the right's baseless belief that Big Tech is waging a war against conservatives Twitter Allows Links to N.Y. Post Story, Backtracking Again
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'Yawn': Experts Dismiss 'Frivolous' RNC Complaint Against Twitter Over Blocked Access to NY Post Biden Story
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Facebook turned down 2.2 million ads meant to interfere with US voting
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Twitter removes tweet from top Trump Covid adviser saying masks don't work
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Retailing:

Retail Sales increased 1.9% in September U.S. retail sales blow expectations in September; dark clouds gathering
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J.C. Penney Seeks Time for Sale Talks Amid Mediation J.C. Penney asks to have the weekend to complete details of its bankruptcy exit and sale
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Struggling retailers hope for a Christmas miracle
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The JCPenney Sale Remains A Mystery
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Lockdowns fueled a splurge on Rolex watches and Dior handbags
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Coronavirus Pandemic Putting Damper on Holiday Shopping Season
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Education:

Davidson freezes college tuition because of COVID-19
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Why education technology can’t save remote learning
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What we’ve learned so far from school reopenings in the US
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Coronavirus could make it easier to get in to college, but not the Ivy League
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Colleges cancel partying holiday to tamp down virus spread
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Accounting:

These imploding, scandal-plagued companies shared a Big Four auditor
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Autos:

Hertz’s New Employee Bonus Plan Still Offensive, Watchdog Says
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Over 1 Billion Hertz Shares Traded On Friday Because Of Bankruptcy Court Filings
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Hertz Gets $1.65 Billion Bankruptcy Loan From Apollo, Others Hertz Global Escalates Followed By a $1.65 Billion Bankruptcy Loan
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Renault's New Eight Year Turnaround Plan
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Hide Your Kicks, Hide Your Wife: Nissan’s Credit Branch in Hot Water Over Illegal Repossessions
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Utilities:

PG&E lacked basic training before California blackouts
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History:

Here’s why the Electoral College exists
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Fraud:

Wells Fargo Employees Still Know How To (Fraudulently) Gussy Up An Application
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Telecoms:

New York Public Service Commission Approves Frontier’s Chapter 11 Restructuring
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Guns:

Shares of gun makers gain as Biden's lead grows
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Paper Products:

Nordic Paper Mill Closures Accelerate as Covid Decimates Demand
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Agribusiness:

Bankrupt GenCanna seeks to claw back money from questionable loans
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California Wildfires Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Year for Ranchers
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Joni Ernst didn’t know the price of soybeans. Here’s why that could cost her.
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Newspapers:

A network of 1,300 websites, newspapers trying to fill the void of shuttered local news outlets reportedly a 'pay-for-play' operation paid for by Republican operatives and PR firms
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Movie Theaters:

Coronavirus, Not Disney Or Netflix, Is What’s Threatening Movie Theaters
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Grim picture for US malls as crisis in movies business takes toll
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Even as potential bankruptcy looms, B&B Theatres finds silver linings amid pandemic
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Pharma:

Purdue Pharma's Predicament: AGs Want to Block Proposed Settlement With Justice Department
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Purdue, Sacklers Say Atty-Client Privilege Shields Documents
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Australian Island That Spawned Opioid Crisis
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Construction:

Termination For Insolvency in Construction Contracts
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TNT Successfully Completes Financial Restructuring
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Food/Beverage:

Can Bumble Bee shake off bankruptcy, ex-CEO’s prison stint for canned tuna price fixing?
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Dining out: Restaurant sales warm in September but lack heat of previous months
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US restaurants shifted from 'survival mode' to limited profits in Q3 – experts
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Fitness:

Another fitness studio in Manhattan goes belly-up
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Theme Parks:

Inside Disney's Ugly War Over Calif. Reopening
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Coal:

Portland General shutters Oregon's last coal plant
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Taxis:

Is Ride Sharing Over?
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Climate:

Fire experts say mismanaged, choked forests need to be cleared out
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Colorado's largest-ever fire brings new round of evacuations
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NOAA estimates damage from August derecho at $7.5 billion
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Why Trump flip-flopped on California disaster relief
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What’s causing climate change, in 10 charts
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Is The Risk Of Sea Level Rise Affecting Florida Home Prices? A New Study Says Yes
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The pandemic is destroying energy efficiency
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Shippers Close to Global Deal to Cut Greenhouse Gas Pollution
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Homes in high-risk wildfire areas are more affordable
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (23 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Review of Q3 2020 Chapter 11 Filings
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Toledo: Bankruptcy filings stay on downward trend
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

Finding an upside to your commercial borrower’s bankruptcy
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SCOTUS:

Argument analysis: Bankruptcy metaphysics
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

"Bankruptcy Remote" Special Purpose Entities in Commercial Mortgage Lending: Characteristics, Enforcement and Limitations
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Plan Voting:

Distorted Choice in Corporate Bankruptcy
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Litigation:

Non-Bankruptcy Litigation in Bankruptcy Court
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UST:

Updated Census Bureau Median Income Data
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Tax:

CA: Failure to notify the FTB that the IRS “adjusted” your taxes, makes the tax debt non-dischargeable
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Aviation:

Boeing: No jetliner sales in September; hundreds of orders canceled
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American Airlines plans to return Boeing 737 Max to service at year-end
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‘All airlines are going bankrupt’: UK industry body chief
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Latin America’s airlines stare out along a future of empty runways
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Collapsing passengers, CDC missteps and "public health malpractice": The story of the COVID flight from hell
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Consortium of UAE investors comes to Jet Airways’ rescue Jet Airways’ Lenders Approve Resolution Plan for Bankrupt Firm Revival plan approved for Jet Airways, but will the airline fly again? ‘Very tough, uncertain’: Experts on path to restart Jet Airways
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IATA Working With WHO and Civil Aviation Body on Covid Testing Regime
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Air Canada CEO who averted bankruptcy retires, hands off to CFO Air Canada CEO to Retire As Flying Restrictions Take a Toll
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Malaysia Airlines restructuring talks prolonged, CEO tells staff
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AirAsia X to Liquidate Indonesia Operations Amid Woes, Star Says
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Healthcare:

UVA Health Still Squeezing Money From Patients — By Seizing Their Home Equity
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He has insurance. But medical bills threatened him with bankruptcy. Again.
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Coronavirus case increases hit record highs in at least 7 states Covid Cases Extend ‘Troubling’ U.S. Surge, Signaling More Deaths U.S. reports highest number of new coronavirus case since late July as total climbs above 8 million Florida Reports Highest Coronavirus Numbers In Past Two Months El Paso sees largest number in hospitals due to COVID-19 Coronavirus hospitalizations are on the rise Virus surges in key battleground states as election nears Illinois Governor says spikes in COVID-19 infections are from 'president's allies' telling people in his state not to follow the rules
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Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 40 Million Milestone - It took just 32 days to go from 30 million global cases to 40 million Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus
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CDC: Hispanic Americans only racial group to see increased COVID deaths over the summer
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U.S. is staring down a ‘substantial third wave’ of coronavirus cases. Here are the numbers Dr. Fauci: ‘This is an outbreak of historic proportions, the likes of which we’ve not seen in 102 years’
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Fauci says he's "absolutely not" surprised Trump got coronavirus
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Trump mocks Biden for trusting scientists while Biden slams Trump for Covid-19 'lie'
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Rural Midwest hospitals struggling
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Dallas Health Officials Return to Red Alert
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Global cases rise by one-day record of 400,000
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Fauci: Masks, Distancing Likely Into 2022
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CVS Adds 15,000 Workers Readying to Administer Covid Vaccines
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Getting Vaccine Doubters to Roll Up Their Sleeves Won’t Be Easy
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Ailments in Covid-19 Trials Raise Questions About Vaccine Method
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Who Decides When Vaccine Studies Are Done? Internal Documents Show Fauci Plays a Key Role.
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How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest
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Whatever happened to Deborah Birx?
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'He makes it into joke': For Philly COVID patients, president's cavalier attitude stings
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Trump, McEnany, And Hicks Maskless During Indoor Las Vegas Church Service Packed With Hundreds
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A Georgia state lawmaker crowdsurfed over maskless attendees at a Georgia Trump rally
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Inside the Fall of the CDC Over 1,000 current and ex-CDC officers decry the "politicization" of the agency
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There still aren't enough Covid-19 tests in the U.S. Will rapid tests help? Millions more virus rapid tests, but are results reported?
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Pfizer won't apply for Covid vaccine EUA until 2nd half of November, CEO says
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Ex-FDA head: White House coronavirus strategy of waiting for vaccine is "problematic"
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Infectious-disease expert: Scott Atlas' herd immunity claims are "pseudoscience" Top infectious disease expert warns the next 6 to 12 weeks will be the ‘darkest of the entire pandemic’ as he blasts Scott Atlas’ herd immunity claims as ‘pixie dust’
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The Great Barrington Declaration is an ethical nightmare
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As the Virus Surges, Stark Differences Over What Is Around the Corner
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Jake Tapper says White House refused invitations to have COVID-19 experts appear on his show
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Man loses father, 7 other family members and his business to coronavirus
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Crypto:

Mt. Gox Rehabilitation Plan Deadline Extended Yet Again, This Time to Dec. 15
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Sovereigns:

IMF chief says 'much more decisive' action needed to deal with debt problems
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Zambia Heads to Showdown With Bondholders
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Zambia’s Bondholder Showdown Could Set Precedent for Chinese Creditors
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UK:

Corporate insolvency rise indicates start of struggle for businesses profitable pre-Covid – R3 Midlands
(DBN)

Personal insolvencies in Scotland remained low in September
(DBN)

The EU and the UK still haven’t reached a post-Brexit agreement. What’s next?
(DBN)

'Little chance' of broad Brexit trade deal: EU parliament deputy chief
(DBN)

Boris Johnson Cancels Trade Talks with EU Boris Johnson: Prepare for No-Deal Brexit U.K. Says Time Running Out for Brexit Preparation By Companies
(DBN)

Boris to ‘resign in spring because his £150,000 salary is too low’
(DBN)

Finance Job Vacancies in London Plummet 54% Year-on-Year
(DBN)

Brexit Promises Catch Up With Johnson in Covid Hotspots
(DBN)

UK Business Chiefs Furious Over No Deal
(DBN)

U.K. rating cut by Moody's on weaker growth, fiscal strength
(DBN)

Officials in Scotland approve plans for new Trump golf course
(DBN)

Police given access to details of people told to self-isolate by UK government's system
(DBN)

U.K. Home Prices Jump to Record as Sales Reach All-Time High
(DBN)

Britain’s Virus Deadlock Is Indicative of a Bigger Challenge
(DBN)

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EU:

After sidelining scientists, Europe plays catchup with new coronavirus wave
(DBN)

Dark deja vu for European economy as virus cases spike
(DBN)

Lagarde Says ECB Still Has Options If Pandemic Crisis Worsens
(DBN)

ECB’s Panetta Says New Curbs Put Rebound Further From Reach
(DBN)

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PIIGS:

Italy, the epicenter of Europe’s first virus outbreak, moves to stop second surge Italy, Once a Lockdown Pioneer, Follows Others With Light Touch Conte Bets Italy Can Slow Virus With Targeted Restrictions Italy Approves Budget to Shore Up Economy as Virus Cases Rise
(DBN)

Ireland Readies Some of Europe’s Toughest Virus Curbs
(DBN)

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Canada:

Over half in Saskatchewan close to insolvency: report
(DBN)

Tax Aspects of Insolvency and Bankruptcy
(DBN)

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Mexico:

Bankruptcy Law in Mexico
(DBN)

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Sweden:

Sweden to start lockdowns
(DBN)

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Russia:

Russia shuns tough virus restrictions
(DBN)

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Belgium:

Coronavirus ‘tsunami’ nearing Belgium, health minister warns
(DBN)

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Hong Kong:

Bill seeks process to rescue troubled firms
(DBN)

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France:

France Reports Record 32,427 New Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours
(DBN)

Curfew produces eerie quiet on streets of Paris
(DBN)

French Authorities Arrest 11 After History Teacher Beheading
(DBN)

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MENA:

Israel Eases Coronavirus Restrictions With New Cases Declining
(DBN)

Virus Shines a Light on Housing Plight of Israel’s Orthodox Jews
(DBN)

S&P Follows Suit in Downgrading Oman for 2nd Time This Year
(DBN)

ISIS attacks surge even as Trump boasts '100%' defeated
(DBN)

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China:

China says its economy grew 4.9% in the third quarter China’s Rebound Helps to Stabilize a Shattered World Economy How China's economy bounced back from coronavirus
(DBN)

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India:

Shadow Bank Recovery Stalls in India as Loan Fears Resurface
(DBN)

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Australia:

Australia’s Virus State Eases Lockdown as Case Numbers Fall Australia’s Virus Hotspot State Records Just One New Case
(DBN)

One-size does not fit all when SMEs face insolvency
(DBN)

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Singapore:

Singapore Has Fewer Than 100 Active Coronavirus Cases
(DBN)

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Venezuela:

SDNY Upholds Pledge of Collateral for PDVSA 2020s
(DBN)

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