Law:
Another Elite Law Firm Pushes Special Bonus Decision To December
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Sullivan & Cromwell Makes A Move In COVID-19 Bonus War
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Jones Day Says Couple’s Sex Bias Suit Meant to ‘Grab Headlines’
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Katten's Busy Bankruptcy Practice Continues to Draw Top Talent
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Brown Rudnick Continues Expansion of its Global Restructuring and Special Situations Practices with Hire of Tony Horspool in London
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'The Best You Could Do': Summer Associates Rate Their Unusual, COVID-Influenced Experiences
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Bar Examiners: ‘This Will Be Fine!’ Also Examiners: ‘We Need To Hire The Mass Shooting PR Firm.’
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Like Nostradamus, Legal Ops Professionals Predicted the Downturn
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Thinking Outside The ‘Lawyer’ Box
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California Supreme Court lawyer shares supervised practice idea for unsuccessful bar applicants
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Former Top Mueller Deputy Reveals Why the Special Counsel Never Interviewed Ivanka Trump
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Manhattan D.A. urges rejection of Trump's 'recycled' subpoena • Manhattan DA Argues in Appellate Brief That He Needs Trump's Tax Returns as Part of 'Criminal Tax Fraud' Investigation
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DOJ Designates New York City as an “Anarchist Jurisdiction” • Justice Department targets New York, Seattle, and Portland over protests • New York, Seattle and Portland Are Anarchies, Barr Says • NY AG Letitia James Trolls Trump’s ‘Pathetic’ and ‘Illegal’ Anarchist Jurisdictions Order • Lawyers: DOJ Threatens to Defund Police by Advancing Trump's 'Absurdly Dystopian' Anarchist Jurisdictions Memo • Bill Barr Will Defund ‘Anarchist Cities.’ Bill Barr Will Also Define ‘Anarchist Cities.’ Convenient! • Trump's new 'anarchist jurisdictions' would be absurd — if they weren't so scary
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Florida’s DeSantis Targets Protesters He Dubs ‘Crazed Lunatics’ • Republican Governor Pushes Crackdown on Rioting That Would Allow Drivers to Run Over 'a Mob' without Liability
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F.B.I. Investigates Louisiana Man’s Death After Police Chase
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Bodycam shows Salt Lake City police shooting 13-year-old boy with autism
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Some Protests Against Police Brutality Take a More Confrontational Approach
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Use Of Force Expert To Review Jacob Blake Police Shooting Before Decision On Charges
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Louisville police declare state of emergency as Breonna Taylor decision looms
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Republican Governor Pushes Crackdown on Rioting That Would Allow Drivers to Run Over 'a Mob' without Liability
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University of Georgia fraternity self-suspends after racist messages surface
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President Trump calls injured Compton deputies, one of whom can't speak and wrote out her responses
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ABA Fact Check: White House Chief of Staff Gets the Hatch Act Wrong
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Armed and Black. How a group of men licensed to carry guns say they are seeking racial justice
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Cop Allegedly Demanded Woman Give Him Inappropriate Pictures in Return for Stolen Property
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Eric Trump lawyers say he can’t testify in N.Y. probe into family business practices till after election because of ‘extreme travel schedule’
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Kentucky GOP lawmaker indicted for allegedly threatening to 'hog tie' a woman with Ethernet cable
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NYPD cop charged with acting as illegal agent for China • 'Treated with Nepotism Gloves’: Attention Shifts to Jared Kushner as NYPD Cop Is Charged for Falsehoods on SF-86 Form
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Judges:
Trump says he will name Supreme Court nominee Friday or Saturday, list down to 5 • Trump plans to nominate a woman to replace Ginsburg; who are the top contenders?
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When did good governance become an “armageddon option”?
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Democrats’ Court Packing Threat Risks Tit-for-Tat Expansion • How Democrats Could Pack the Supreme Court in 2021 • Liberal Calls For Court Packing Gain Steam, And Mitch McConnell Couldn’t Be Happier • Democrats Furious As Dianne Feinstein Dismisses Packing Supreme Court • Biden Won’t Say Whether He Would Add Seats to Supreme Court
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Ginsburg to lie in repose at Supreme Court for two days this week • Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be first woman to lie in state at Capitol
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On the bench, Justice Ginsburg was generous to ideological adversaries - like me
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Top 5 Tough-As-Nails List About The Late Notorious RBG
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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Early Career
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How RBG Made Old Age Look Cool
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Ginsburg's style was more than a subtle courtroom statement
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The Surprising Conservatism of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Women Lawyers Share Lessons They Learned From Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Facing Long Post-Hurricane Recovery, Court in La. Gets Help From Friends
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Trump Suggests RBG’s Dying Wish to Not Be Replaced Until After Election Was Written by Adam Schiff or Nancy Pelosi
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How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a "notorious" cultural icon
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The ‘Original’ Fearless Girl
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The Ginsburg-Scalia Act Was Not a Farce
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Here’s what has to happen for President Trump and Mitch McConnell to seat a new Supreme Court justice before Election Day • Trump says he wants vote on Ginsburg replacement before election • Supreme Court Confirmation by Nov. 3 Would Be Difficult But Not Unprecedented • McConnell Says Senate Could Hold Supreme Court Vote Before Election Day • McConnell: Senate has "more than sufficient time" to process Supreme Court nomination
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Conservative group launches $2M Supreme Court ad
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High court front-runner hailed by right, feared by left • Everything You Really Need To Know About Amy Coney Barrett • A top SCOTUS contender, Amy Coney Barrett is likely to draw scrutiny for decisions on abortion, campus sex assault • Here's How Amy Coney Barrett Could Overturn Roe v. Wade if Trump Nominates Her to Supreme Court • Trump Zeroes In on Judge Barrett as Likely Supreme Court Pick
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This Cuban-American judge is potential Trump Supreme Court pick • Cuban American judge and SCOTUS contender’s record on voting rights, executive power could be contentious
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A Dangerous Moment for the Court
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Arizona Senate race may determine future of Supreme Court — and McSally is down in 12 straight polls
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Federal Courthouse Bracing for Charging Decision in Police Shooting of Breonna Taylor
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Central NY Judge Resigns After Improper Physical Contact With Court Staff
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures stabilize after S&P 500 posts 4-day losing streak
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Dow drops more than 500 points, S&P 500 posts first 4-day losing streak since February • Monday’s stock selloff sets up the market for its worst September in 18 years • Wall Street falls, S&P 500 down 1.2% as global markets swoon • Dow tumbles 510 points amid bombshell bank report, virus fears
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Many people turn to day trading in the pandemic. Few will be winners
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Investors brace for months of big market swings as virus, political worries loom
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Stock sell-off is expected to get worse before it gets better
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Traders shun risk as threat of lock-downs looms
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Morgan Stanley warns Nasdaq 100 may fall more than 20% from peak
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Wall Street Sees Fierce Election, End to Aid With Ginsburg Death
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Layoffs:
Tens of thousands to lose jobs without airline stimulus from Congress
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Robots gear up to march to the fields and harvest cauliflowers
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Emeril Lagasse Lays Off 136 Employees at His Restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip
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Dave & Buster’s warns of bankruptcy, files layoff notice for 107 workers in N.J.
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Carnival cruise lines is laying off some of its crew members, a week after announcing it's selling some of its fleet
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Airbus CEO warns on jobs after air travel market worsens
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Tech:
People should have the right to solve their legal problems without a lawyer, says UpSolve’s Rohan Pavuluri
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Facebook says it is ready for violent unrest in the US election, and has plans to restrict the spread of inflammatory posts
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TikTok's Chinese owner contradicted 2 of Trump's key boasts about its deal with Walmart and Oracle • Trump Celebrates TikTok Deal That Falls Short of Key Demands
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Trump Says ByteDance Can’t Keep Control of TikTok in Oracle Deal
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Oracle Deal for U.S. TikTok in Doubt After Trump, China Remarks
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ByteDance, Oracle at loggerheads over terms of TikTok agreement
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Politics:
Trump’s Ohio suburb slide signals peril in industrial north
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Trump Says He Could Close Biden’s Money Lead in One Day on Phone • Big GOP Donors Come Off the Sidelines to Fight Trump Cash Crunch
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Young voters backing Biden by 2:1 margin: poll
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Trump Predicts Biden Will Win Debates In Last-Minute Effort To Lower Expectations
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Trump Rallies are a Bit Unhinged
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Trump Supporters Intimidating Voters
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Higher Earners Are More Likely to Be ‘Shy’ Trump Voters
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Supreme Court battle after Ginsburg's death could fracture Trump's coalition
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Majority of Voters Want SCOTUS Seat to Wait
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Three questions loom for Senate Republicans as court fight begins
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Democrats are largely powerless to stop GOP from confirming court choice
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Graham says he has "different view" of SCOTUS confirmations after Kavanaugh • Lindsey Graham Says Democrats Will Try to 'Destroy' SCOTUS Nominee Like They Did to Kavanaugh
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Gardner, Grassley Back Vote On Supreme Court Nominee, Boosting Odds Of Confirmation • Vulnerable GOP senator wants to advance Trump nominee, probably ensuring a vote
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Watch Republican Senators Argue Against Filling a Supreme Court Seat in an Election Year
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Pelosi Says Republicans Are Disrespecting Ginsburg, as at Least 50 Senators Back Trump SCOTUS Push
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An Open Letter to Mitt Romney
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Speculation builds over whether enough Republicans will back Trump’s Supreme Court plans • All eyes on Romney, Grassley and Gardner as Supreme Court confirmation fight looms over the Senate.
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Don’t Fill Ginsburg’s Seat. Signed, the Republican Senators of 2016.
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Who’s a hypocrite? GOP, Dems debate past comments on court
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'We're not gonna be manipulated.' Cracks form in Trump's Cuban-American base
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Election handicapper moves Maine Senate race to 'leans Democratic'
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Federal Judge in Wisconsin: Ballots Postmarked on Election Day Shall Be Counted Up to Six Days Later
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Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballot Ruling Could Cause 100,000 Ballots To Be Rejected, Official Warns
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Cruise Lines:
Cruise lines plot return, with virus safety plan sent to CDC
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Fitness:
The fitness industry is trying to lure gym members back - but experts say it's using flawed data
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LA Fitness Weighs Financing With Lenders to Weather Gym Closures
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Autos:
Hertz Weighs Plans From Two Creditor Groups for Bankruptcy Loan
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Woosh, the Money’s Gone: Garrett Files for Bankruptcy • Auto Parts Maker Garrett Motion Hits Ch. 11 With $2B Offer • Davis Polk Advises KPS Capital Partners on Its Acquisition of Substantially All of the Assets of Garrett Motion
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Distressed Investing:
Venezuela Bondholders Launch New Distressed-Debt Fund
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With Retail Bankruptcies on the Rise, Opportunities for Distressed M&A Increase
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Zohar Can't Get Tilton Suit Sent To Del. Bankruptcy Court
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Corporate Governance:
U.S. corporate board diversity lags as few minority execs get top jobs: study
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Music:
90 Percent Of Chicago’s Independent Music Venues Will Close Because Of Coronavirus, Desperate Owners Say
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Economy:
Americans grew more pessimistic about job prospects amid pandemic: New York Fed survey
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CBO Sees U.S. Federal Debt Almost Double Economy’s Size in 2050 • CBO: Federal Deficit is Unsustainable
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Fed’s Powell Tells Congress It’s Up To Them To Provide Aid To Some Troubled Companies • Powell: US SMBs Need 'Direct Fiscal Support' Not Loans
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Fed’s Bullard Says U.S. Has Already Delivered Enough Fiscal Aid
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The Fed’s balance sheet
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U.S. Drowning In Debt: Can Small Business Survive?
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Six months into the pandemic, the US economic outlook is getting gloomier
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At Least 8.7 Million Americans At Risk Of Losing $1,200 Stimulus • Nearly 9 million Americans haven't received their stimulus checks
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After the Stimulus Brace for a Crash
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It's not just your imagination — 85% of Americans say they're paying more for groceries during the pandemic
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Bankers, experts warn of economic pain as CARES Act cash dwindles
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6 months after the CARES Act passed, many Americans are still struggling
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The price of Washington's stimulus failure
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CBO: $900B a year needed to stabilize post-crisis debt
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U.S. Stimulus Prospects Darken With Partisan Strains Over Court
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U.S. Household Net Worth Soars to Surpass Pre-Pandemic Peak • US household wealth hits record even as economy struggles • Fed's Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth Increased $6.2 Trillion in Q2
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California stops taking new unemployment applications until Oct. 5 as EDD retools
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Loan Fraud, Data Shortfalls Hinder U.S. Virus Aid, GAO Finds
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Seven High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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A financial crisis could surprise investors ‘sooner rather than later,’ warns Deutsche Bank
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Payroll tax deferral — a silly idea — is now the ‘rule’ of the land
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Pelosi’s Funding Bill Lacks GOP Farm Aid, Raising Shutdown Risk • House Democrats to unveil bill to avoid shutdown, but McConnell criticizes it • House, Senate on collision course over government funding as shutdown looms in nine days
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RV makers roll toward a V-shaped recovery amid COVID
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Here’s how key swing states are leaning in the presidential race — and how they’re weathering the recession
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13 Nobel Prize-winning economists back Biden
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Apple CEO Tim Cook impressed by remote work, sees permanent changes
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The average credit score of a subprime borrower is 578—here’s how much income and debt they have
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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:
Americans Want Homes, but There Have Rarely Been Fewer for Sale
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MBA Survey: "Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Declines to 6.93%"
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America’s offices sit half-empty six months into the covid-19 pandemic
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Home equity surges as demand soars and mortgage rates hover near lows • Mortgage Equity Withdrawal Increased in Q2
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'How Am I Going To Make It?' Months of Eviction Uncertainty Are Taking a Toll on Millions of Families
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Seattle extends rent relief measures through end of 2020
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Landlords making less than $50,000 a year hit hardest by rent loss
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CoreLogic: 1.7 Million Homes with Negative Equity in Q2 2020
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The COVID-19 lockdown is squeezing real estate from all sides and threatens to burst the housing and mortgage bubble
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As wildfires burn the West Coast, residents face another challenge: High prices pushing people out of urban centers
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The Great Rent Strike Of 2020: Shaping The Future Of Commercial Lease Agreements
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Parent company of Regus gives insight on latest string of bankruptcies
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Municipalities:
New Jersey, California Dodge Worst of Tax Crisis in ‘Weird Recession’
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How Much Covid Relief Do States Need?
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A Virginia City’s Playbook for Urban Renewal: Move Out the Poor
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2020’s Happiest States in America
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Illinois gets S&P warning on coronavirus-driven perils to its rating • Illinois May Look More Like Junk as Pressure Rises, S&P Says
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Oil/Gas:
Oasis appears headed for bankruptcy, while recently emerged Whiting implements more cuts
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Debt Crisis Mounting for Oil Economies
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Vine Oil & Gas Extends Maturity of $150M Superpriority Facility, $350M 1L RBL to November 2021
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For Whiting Petroleum, the Well Has Run Dry
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Oil falls 5% as economic outlook dims with rising virus cases
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Shell May Cut Upstream Oil Operations By 40%
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The Magic Number That Unlocks The Electric-Car Revolution
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UK May Ban Fossil Fuel Cars by 2030
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Plugging Abandoned Oil Wells Is One ‘Green New Deal’ Aspect Loved By Both Republicans And Democrats
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Mail:
USPS Ordered to Restore First-Class Treatment for Election Mail • Federal Judge Blocks Postmaster General's Threat to Election: ‘Substantial Risk’ Votes Won’t Be Counted
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Longtime ally to Trump's postal chief was paid by RNC
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Judge Throws Out Trump Campaign's Lawsuit Over Nevada's So-Called 'Illegal Late Night Coup' • Trump’s Suit Over Nevada Ballots Tossed Over Lack of Fraud Proof
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Chicago postal workers threaten to stop delivering mail after multiple employees shot on the job
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Banking:
Supreme Court fight after Ginsburg's death shapes banks' economic outlook
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Global banks seek to contain damage over $2 trillion of suspicious transfers
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Watching Deutsche Bank's Tailspin
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HSBC Promised to Go Straight 8 Years Ago
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Banks’ Airtight Compliance Procedure Involves Laundering Money, Sending Report That Won’t Be Read, Collecting Fees, Laughing All The Way Back To Themselves
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Banks first flagged Paul Manafort's activity as suspicious in 2012, the FinCEN files show
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The 7 most important things in the leaked FinCEN files, which exposed $2 trillion in suspicious transactions and are roiling the world of finance
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The World Is Losing the Money Laundering Fight
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Deutsche Bank Leaders Were Warned of Compliance Lapses: Report
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Highlights From the FinCEN Files on Banks’ Suspect Transactions
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Food/Beverage:
Almost 90 percent of NYC bars and restaurants couldn’t pay August rent
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Sizzler files for bankruptcy as the pandemic demolishes sales at casual-dining restaurants • Sizzler USA files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy • Steakhouse Chain Sizzler Declares Bankruptcy Because of Coronavirus
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Restaurants need to brace for 18 more months of extreme challenges — and the election is about to make things worse
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Education:
Colleges Become Reservoirs of Covid Threatening to Spill Over • Colleges Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
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How Cajon Valley reopened its classrooms
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N.Y.C. Classrooms Finally Reopen for Some Students
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Students in Virtual Classroom Overheard Man Murdering His Pastor Sister, Investigators Say
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James Madison University will restart in-person classes in October
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A University of Georgia student exposed pandemic violations. One fraternity responded with racist texts.
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Healthcare:
Rural Hospitals Teeter On Financial Cliff As COVID-19 Medicare Loans Come Due
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The U.S. Has Already Passed 200,000 Covid-19 Deaths
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As the U.S. hits 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, Trump tells an Ohio rally the coronavirus 'affects virtually nobody' • 'It affects virtually nobody': Trump incorrectly claims covid-19 isn't a risk for young people
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The State of the Unions
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If the Supreme Court Ends Obamacare, Here’s What It Would Mean
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Krugman: Voting G.O.P. Means Voting Against Health Care
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Despite progress since July, most states are going backward with Covid-19 as doctors worry about 'a very apocalyptic fall'
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6 Midwest States At ‘Tipping Point,’ Per Harvard-Brown Covid-19 Tracker
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More than half of states are reporting more new coronavirus cases as the US nears 200,000 deaths
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New York doctor, 28, dies after COVID-19 battle, family says
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A Notorious COVID Troll Actually Works for Dr. Fauci's Agency • Conservative blogger who spread COVID-19 misinformation worked for Fauci's agency • NIH staffer to retire after he was exposed as the blogger behind anti-Fauci, anti-mask stories
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Trump claims vaccine coming ‘within a matter of weeks,’ contradicting health officials • Signs of an 'October vaccine surprise' alarm scientists
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This Superspreader Concert Is Brought to You by a Health-Care Firm
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World Health Organization unveils plan for distributing coronavirus vaccine
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N95 masks save lives. So why are they still hard to get this far into a pandemic?
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Pentagon used taxpayer money meant for masks and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor
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The CDC says covid-19 is airborne and spread by aerosols, warns of badly ventilated spaces • CDC reverts to previous language about how coronavirus is transmitted • CDC: Virus is Airborne. Oh, Never Mind • Scientists say the coronavirus is airborne. Here’s what that means • CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads • Many scientists think coronavirus is airborne, regardless of what CDC says
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The CDC's crumbling reputation
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‘I miss mommy’: Families shattered by COVID forge new paths
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Madrid Opera Shut Down by Audience Angry at Crowding in Cheap Seats
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Louisiana lawmakers call another COVID-19 special session
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Fashion:
Coronavirus hit to fashion industry is ‘concerning’: British Fashion Council Chair
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Cruise Lines:
Major Cruise Lines Will All Require Covid-19 Tests and Masks
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Telecoms:
Windstream shakes free from Chapter 11 bankruptcy • Windstream exits bankruptcy; Uniti settlement now effective
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Apparel:
Centric Brands reorganization gets the green light • Ropes & Gray Advises Centric Brands in Court-Approved Reorganization Plan
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Festivals:
More artists return fees to Fyre Festival trustee
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Theme Parks:
SeaWorld: Bankruptcy Risk Is Real
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Accounting:
Wirecard Woes Mount for Ernst & Young as Clients Leave Auditor
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Maritime:
U.S. Home Shopping Boom Buoys Shipping Lines Half a World Away
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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 (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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:
Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Bankruptcy Fees:
Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule Increases - Effective December 1, 2020
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CROs:
Sadly, America’s Next Hot Job May Be Chief Restructuring Officer
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Tax:
Continuing Economic Distress: Withholding Taxes and the Risk of “Self-Help”
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Trustees:
What Do You Get When You Cross a $137,000 Cartier Necklace and a Debtor With Selective Amnesia? A Chapter 11 Trustee.
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Aviation:
Airline stocks fall on lockdown fears as report calls for urgent U.S.-U.K. air bridge
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Air Canada tops U.S. list of foreign airline complaints over refunds
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American Air to Start Boeing 737 Max Pilot Training in November
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Airbus, The World’s Largest Planemaker, Warns Of More Job Cuts Because Of The Pandemic
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Mother, 2-year-old removed from flight because child wouldn't wear mask
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Man bites off part of friend’s ear in drunken fight on plane
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El Al begins long flight to recovery
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Growing strains in debt-laden companies stir concerns about corporate Malaysia
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Aeromexico Reaches Agreement with Lessors
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?New York bankruptcy court green-lights LATAM’s revised financing proposal
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Garuda Boss Says Bankruptcy Off Table Despite Covid Strains
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Avianca Seeks Bankruptcy Court Approval of $2 Billion Financing
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Coal:
GE to stop supplying equipment for new coal-fired power plants
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Coal’s Last Refuge Crumbles With China’s Renewables Plan
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Climate:
California’s Bobcat wildfire now among largest in Los Angeles history
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Wildfires Prove We Got Climate Risks All Wrong
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Enormous California wildfire threatens desert homes near LA
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6 Men in Oregon Charged for Allegedly Starting Fires During Wildfire Season on Purpose
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Hurricane Sally Projected to Cost Insurers as Much as $3 Billion • Beta to be 9th landfall storm of 2020 in a record-shattering season
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Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to 2nd lowest on record
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Pharma:
Senate Democrats Oppose Bankruptcy Bonus for Purdue Pharma CEO
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Retailing:
Bankrupt Ascena Advances Restructuring Plan
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J. Crew to Shutter U.K. Stores, Keep E-commerce Running
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When Fiduciary Means Fiduciary: Criminal Bid-Rigging Charges in the Neiman Marcus Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Retailers anxious about socially distant Black Friday rush
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As School Begins, Mothers Working Retail Jobs Feel Extra Burden
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JC Penney Reaches Tentative Deal With Landlords and Lenders, Averts Liquidation
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Court Approves J. Crew Restructuring Plan; Company Expects To Emerge From Bankruptcy in September
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The standard holiday season is 'meaningless' this year, AlixPartners says
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Agribusiness:
Trump's Broken Promises to Iowa Farmers
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Sports:
NFL fines Carroll, Shanahan, Fangio $100K each for mask violations
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Judge Sends Baseball Fans' Suit Against Ticketmaster, StubHub to Arbitration
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Hotels:
A Tsunami of Hotel Closures is Coming
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NYC Hotels are on the Brink
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Student Debt:
Cancel Student Loans? This Couple Got $200,000 Of Student Loan Forgiveness
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How a President Biden or a President Trump could affect the student-debt crisis and college affordability
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Satellites:
OneWeb to resume launches in December, eyes commercial service in 2021
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Movie Theaters:
From theater closures to credit defaults, AMC's wild year
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Nursing Homes:
He Wanted to Fix Rural America’s Broken Nursing Homes. Now, Taxpayers May Be on the Hook for $76 Million.
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Insurance:
Patriot National Trustee Seeks OK For $11M Director Deal
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UK:
Suicide risk is growing as loan charge deadline looms
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UK PM Johnson to chair emergency response meeting on coronavirus on Tuesday
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Virus Deaths in England & Wales Rise for First Time Since April
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UK Covid Alert Rises to 4
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Boris Johnson's government tells people to work from home just weeks after warning home-workers they risk the sack
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Fears of second lockdown wipe £50bn off UK stocks
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U.K. Spending on Supporting Jobs Surpasses 50 Billion Pounds
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Second lockdown: UK could see 50k Covid cases a day & 200 deaths by November without crackdown, Whitty & Vallance warn
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London’s Lord Mayor’s Show Canceled for First Time Since 1852
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Theresa May Excoriates Boris Johnson’s Plan to Break Law Over Brexit
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U.K. Must ‘Stop the Games’ on Brexit, German Diplomat Says
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British Banks Close U.K. Accounts of EU Expats as Brexit Nears
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Covid: Pubs and restaurants in England to have 10pm closing times
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London Restaurants Fear Next Blow
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Ninety-three percent struggle to afford essentials after Government collections
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Subway in Rent Dispute With Landlords of U.K. Franchisees
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U.K. Hotelier Whitbread Plans to Cut Almost a Fifth of Staff
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EU:
More restrictions expected in Europe as coronavirus spreads, rattling markets
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Dutch daily new coronavirus cases top 2,000 for first time: authorities
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ECB’s Lagarde Says Stimulus Can be Ramped Up Amid Uncertainty
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Let's Not Sleepwalk Into New European Lockdowns
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Europe Finds Mass Testing Is No Panacea for the Coronavirus
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PIIGS:
Madrid asks for Spanish army's help in battling coronavirus surge
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Canada:
Bankruptcies Expected to Rise in Ontario
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After the boom: Canada’s oil capital faces an uncertain future
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New home prices in Canada jump most in three years on lumber
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Housing Agency Stands by Forecast for Sharp Price Drop in Canada
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New Zealand:
New Zealand, an early success story, set to ease most restrictions once again as second outbreak slows
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MENA:
UAE Firm Hires Restructuring Expert for $2 Billion Debt Revamp
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Iran Covid Cases Near Record High, Khamenei Warns on Pilgrimage
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Few Israelis Found to Have Covid Antibodies in National Survey
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India:
Parliament Amends Insolvency Law To Protect COVID-Hit Companies
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Man reportedly sliced open pregnant wife's belly to check baby's gender
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Surge in cases unlikely after bankruptcy suspension is lifted
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India Stocks Fall as Gloomy Economic Outlook Damps Sentiment
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China:
Congressional report reveals China's grim role in COVID-19 pandemic
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Malaysia:
Growing strains in debt-laden companies stir concerns about corporate Malaysia
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Angola:
Angola negotiates $6.2 billion debt relief from creditors: IMF
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Australia:
Pride and prejudice (but not for creditors): Disclaimer of property set aside where liquidators hold indemnity
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Argentina:
Argentina’s New Bonds Plunge Deep Into Distressed Territory
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Vietnam:
Huge number of bankrupted firms raises concern
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Indonesia:
Indonesia Sees Economy Contracting for First Time Since 1998
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