Economy:
Seven High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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Biden anti-inflation strategy could make things worse, Larry Summers says
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Food prices expected to rise again in January: report
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'Lazy' Millennials Not Main Cause of Labor Shortage
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Economic Confidence in U.S. Matches Early Pandemic Low
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World Economy Now Set to Surpass $100 Trillion in 2022
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5 GOP-led states extend unemployment aid to workers who lose jobs over vaccine mandates
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On the relationship between unemployment and late credit card payments
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Many U.S. workers are seeing bigger paychecks in pandemic era, but gains aren’t spread evenly
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Omicron triggers business outcry for Washington lifeline
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The pandemic pushed nearly 100 million people into poverty
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Small Businesses Set For A Perfect Storm In 2022
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New York City's new vaccine rules go into effect for businesses and kids' activities • Get ready. New COVID rules for private employers start in the country’s largest city today • NYC restaurateurs have mixed reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Goldman Will Require Covid Boosters, More Tests as It Sticks to Office Return
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Fauci says CDC cut isolation time so people return to work faster
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Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year’s celebrations
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Fearing the Ax in 2022, CEOs Sweat Supply Chain More Than Covid
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New supply chain crisis: medical supplies
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NYC’s Covid Surge Overtakes Broadway Shows, Museums Trying to Stay Open
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Microsoft joins Google, GM in not attending CES tech conference in person over Omicron surge
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Expect More Shipping Chaos as Omicron Forces Transport Workers to Quit
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The Year Basic Income Programs Went Mainstream
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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:
Housing Inventory December 27th Update: Inventory Down 4.8% Week-over-week; Near Record Low
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COVID-19 Update-Status of Tenant Evictions and Foreclosures
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'The One' heads for February auction. But Nile Niami hatches a crypto counterplan
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico bankruptcy parties object to Oversight Board deal
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Oil/Gas:
Oil futures shake off early losses to end sharply higher Monday • Oil rises to monthly high as markets withstand rising infections
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Japan Offers Oil from Strategic Reserves Amid Coordinated Effort
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Biden is gambling that clean hydrogen could be the next Tesla
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13 Battery Gigafactories Coming to America
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Transit:
New York City subway services are set to run less frequently this week as COVID-19 cases soar
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Fitness:
New York Gyms Are Sweating Over New Covid-19 Mask Mandate
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Nursing Homes:
As Omicron Spreads, Some Nursing Homes Struggle to Boost Residents
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Cruise Lines:
Carnival cruise ship returns to Miami with ‘small number’ of coronavirus cases.
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More COVID Outbreaks On Cruise Ships: Crew Infection Forces Ship Back To San Diego
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4 cruise ships report virus outbreaks
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U.S. CDC investigating nearly 70 cruise ships hit by COVID-19 cases
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Sports:
NBA COVID-19 cases still rising as expanded testing begins
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Injuries and covid complicate NBA all-star voting
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2 more college football bowl games canceled because of Covid-19 • Miami cites coronavirus outbreak in pulling out of Sun Bowl • Military Bowl canceled after spike in coronavirus cases among Boston College players
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COVID-19 means teams battle 2 opponents weekly
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Shiffrin is latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19
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Mass Torts:
The Sacklers should pay dearly, but will they?
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Education:
L.A. schools tried to mandate vaccines. Then they faced having to send 30,000 students home
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Crypto:
Washington grapples with how to expand crypto oversight
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Food/Beverage:
Danny Meyer temporarily closes some restaurants, mandates boosters amid COVID surge
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Trucking:
Truckers: This Used to be a Great Job
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Yachts:
Italian Sea Group Buys Bankrupt Yacht Builder for $91 Million
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Autos:
UK Inches Towards Ending Private Car Ownership
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Hyundai Closes Its ICE Development Dept.
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Agribusiness:
Record Beef Prices, but Ranchers Aren’t Cashing In
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Religion:
How Religious Are Americans?
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Politics:
Harris: U.S. democracy role model status at risk over voting rights law
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No, the Build Back Better Act Isn’t Dead Yet
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Trump's 2020 fixation is putting him at odds with some of his biggest fans
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Trump: 5,000 Dead Voted (No, It Was Just 4)
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Joe Rogan Predicts Michelle Obama Would Beat Trump In 2024: ‘If She Runs She Wins’
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52% of Republicans disapprove of Mitch McConnell as Trump ramps up his pressure campaign to topple him: poll
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GOP governor thanks Biden for efforts to 'depoliticize' pandemic response
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GOP optimism grows over possible red wave in 2022
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The 10 races that will decide the Senate majority
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Conservatives and Liberals Are Wrong About Each Other
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These 7 culture wars dominated 2021 and will haunt the years ahead
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Alex Jones Downloads on Trump for Pushing Vax: Either 'Ignorant' or 'Most Evil Man Who Has Ever Lived'
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Military is cracking down on ‘questionable tattoos’ to combat extremism. Here’s how
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To grow its ranks, House MAGA squad is backing challenges to GOP peers
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Mark Milley Should Be Executed on Live TV, Says GOP Congressional Candidate Noah Malgeri
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Man who told Biden 'let's go Brandon' goes on Bannon's podcast, touts Trump
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Recent Ch. 11 Filings (5 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy Filing Rate Is Lowest Since Bankruptcy Code's Enactment--The Question Is Why
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Purdue, NRA and Boy Scouts: Bankruptcies that defined 2021
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Executory Contracts:
In Bankruptcy, Rejection of Prepetition Contracts Is Not Automatic
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Cross-Border:
Clearing a Runway to Litigating Claims: The Principle of Comity and Pre-Litigation Discovery in Chapter 15 Cases
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Lawyer convicted of using fraud to get $8 million loans
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules; Meeting of the Judicial Conference
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Litigation:
Do federal jurors still care whether a witness is caught in a lie? Not as much, say 2 veteran litigators
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Aviation:
Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights on Monday as rising Omicron cases wreak havoc on the travel industry • The 3 reasons travel ground to a halt this Christmas • A travel nightmare is setting up from coast to coast as holiday travelers return home • ‘Guess I’m not going home’: Thousands more flights canceled Monday as omicron affects airline staffing
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Travel stocks fall as Omicron spurs mass flight cancellations for fourth day
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American Airlines, Saddled With Debt and Growing Pains, Turns to New CEO
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Delta Air Lines blames new cleaning rules in Shanghai for the midair turnaround of a flight from Seattle.
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Fauci: Removing masks on airplanes 'not something we should even be considering'
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A nightmare after Christmas: Omicron outbreak, severe storms spark travel chaos
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Fauci signals support for domestic air travel vaccine mandate as 'extraordinarily contagious' Omicron spreads • Fauci says U.S. should consider adding a vaccine requirement for domestic flights • Fauci: 'I doubt we'll see' a domestic flight vaccine mandate
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Hotels:
Distressed Hotels: Financial Restructurings and Bankruptcy
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Advisors:
Is McKinsey China’s Weapon Against America?
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Climate:
Warren Urges Crackdown on Wall Street Over Climate Change
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Study: 10 biggest climate disasters of 2021 cost $170 billion
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'We're failing terribly': Colorado's revered slopes face a major threat
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Effects of climate change taking root in the wine industry 17H AGO
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UK:
London Exodus Sees Record Spend on Homes Outside City
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U.K. Rules Out Tighter Covid Restrictions Before New Year
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U.K.’s Daily Covid Cases Slip Back Below 100,000
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Trump Golf Course Got $4M in British Aid
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EU:
EU seeks emergency powers on supply chains
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Canada:
'Perfect storm' ahead for some independent stores, but niche retailers will shine
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Italy:
Covid Added 5,000 Euros to Italy’s Per Capita Public Debt
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Greece:
Greece Reinstates Work-From-Home Mandate, Curbs on Nightlife
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France:
France reports record 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases
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France considers new Covid restrictions ahead of expected Omicron surge
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France to Send Workers Home Three Days a Week as Covid Cases Surge
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Italy:
Health experts say Italy faces paralysis under quarantine rules
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Belgium:
Belgium’s prime minister considers mandatory vaccination
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Hong Kong:
The Hong Kong Court Refuses to Stay ‘Keepwell’ Claims
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Bond defaults - Hong Kong court tells mainland administrators: we recognise you, but you can't “stay” here
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Hong Kong regime on liquidators
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Australia:
Australia COVID numbers surge as Omicron outbreak strains domestic politics
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MENA:
Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Israel
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Israeli Hospital to Start Fourth Covid Jab Efficacy Study
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No long-distance travel for women without male relative: Taliban
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Man banned from leaving Israel for 8,000 years over child support payments
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China:
Evergrande Races to Restart Projects as Debt Repayments Loom • Evergrande Vows to Ensure Delivery of 39,000 Apartments in Dec. • Evergrande Faces First Big Post-Default Dollar Bond Coupon Test • Debt ridden Evergrande races to finish building homes
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Chinese city of 13 million in strict Covid lockdown
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China Begins City-Wide Disinfection of Xi’an to Fight Outbreak
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China to jail drivers in brutal 'zero Covid' lockdown as Omicron spreads worldwide
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China’s strict ‘zero Covid’ policy with harsh lockdowns failing to defeat Omicron as variant takes a grip
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Hong Kong is clinging to 'zero covid' and extreme quarantine. Talent is leaving in droves.
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China’s Industrial Firms’ Profits Slow on High Commodity Prices
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China develops AI 'prosecutor' that can identify 'dissent' and press charges for common crimes 'with 97% accuracy'
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Japan:
Japan Retail Sales Rise for Third Month as Shoppers Catch Up
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Singapore:
US Court Approves Bankruptcy of Singapore’s EHT and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
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Singapore to Require Vaccinations for Foreigners Working in City
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India:
Proposed changes to IBC evokes mixed reactions from insolvency law experts
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Facing order cancellations, exporters seek to be spared from refunding export benefits
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COVID in India: School closures, digital divide affect millions
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