October 15, 2021

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Milbank's Reopening Plan Includes More Mandatory In-Office Days For Younger Associates
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BakerHostetler Delays Office Return to 2022, Pushes Hybrid Plan
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More firms pause office return plans, eying November or beyond
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Law Firms Struggle to Stave Off Mass Attrition
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Legal Employment Improved in Q3, But Not for All
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Big Law Bankruptcy Lawyers Switch Firms Amid Chapter 11 Slowdown
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Allen & Overy matches Linklaters with £107,500 NQ pay
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Orrick, Cleary Sued For $300 Million Over ‘One-Word Error’ • Cleary, Orrick Face $310M Legal Malpractice Suit Over Acquisition Contract
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Fight over documents complicates Kossoff law firm bankruptcy
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Lawyer Shot... By Hitman... He Hired... Who Didn't Really Shoot Him?... Now Arrested For ANOTHER Death • Alex Murdaugh Arrested AGAIN, This Time on Charges of Falsely 'Obtaining Property' Connected to Death of Former Housekeeper
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Career Lessons I’ve Learned From My Senior Rescue Dog
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Biting Joke Underscores Worse Law School Diversity Problem
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Jewish Lawyers And The Legal Profession: The End Of The Affair?
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'Morally reprehensible' Mayer Brown works to suppress memory of Tiananmen Square massacre
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Ex-Quinn partner launches his own firm after misconduct sacking
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True Confessions Of A Legal Writing Professor: I Will Never Surrender To The Sinful Comma Splice
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NYC Teachers Face Skeptical Judges in Bid to Stop Vaccine Mandate
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The Latest (Ridiculous) Controversy At Yale Law School
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Lawyers Still Don't Have Modern Technology Down Pat
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January 6 panel prepares to immediately pursue criminal charges as Bannon faces subpoena deadline • Explainer: What's at stake for Trump allies facing 'contempt of Congress'? • Jan. 6th Committee Reveals Plans to Initiate Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Steve Bannon • Woman who called Jan. 6 'best f---ing day ever' sentenced to jail • Lawyer who aided Trump subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee • Trump Allies Defy Subpoenas to Testify in Jan. 6 Riot Probe • A Capitol riot defendant accused of smoking weed in a senator's office admitted to 2 additional felonies while representing himself • US should investigate potential civil rights violations of jailed Capitol riot defendants, judge says • McAuliffe: GOP rally's pledge to Jan. 6 flag was 'racist dog whistle' • Attacked Capitol Cops & Rejoined the Military
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Trump must give videotaped deposition in protest lawsuit, judge orders
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Gabby Petito's parents traveled to Wyoming for her remains • Dog the Bounty Hunter Says Brian Laundrie’s Sister ‘Absolutely’ Has More Information • Gabby Petito's body was outside in the 'wilderness' for 3 to 4 weeks before it was found, coroner says
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Durst faces day of reckoning in murder of best friend • Real Estate Heir Robert Durst, 78, Sentenced to Spend the Rest of His Life in Prison for Murdering Friend to Cover Up Wife's Death
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Black Man Arrested While Having Stroke Wins $1.3M Police Payout
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Chicago police union head urges cops to defy vaccine mandate • Chicago Mayor Stands by Vaccine Order Amid Police Union Standoff
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In 2020, 62% of police deaths were due to COVID-19
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Merrick Garland faces first testimony before House Judiciary committee
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Border residents rejoice as US says it will lift travel ban
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U.S. prepares to resume Trump 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy in November
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After white students displayed Confederate flag at school, Black students suspended for planning protest
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Video released by police appears to show a sergeant stomp on a man's head in Indiana
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Texas Man Is Sentenced for Using Dating App to Target Gay Men
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Pa. Man Admits He Strangled Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend with Cellphone Charger Cord in 'Fit of Rage' Before Giving Surviving 2-Year-Old Girl a 'Juice Box and a Snack'

Tree ordinance was an unconstitutional taking, 6th Circuit rules
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U.S. appeals court rules to keep Texas abortion ban in effect • Texas Abortion Ban To Last at Least Until December Hearing
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Reporter Seeks Review Of Eighth Circuit Cowpie In Devin Nunes Defamation Case
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Lawyer jailed after pretending to be 18 to lure children for sexual activity
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This Is the American City Where Homicides Are Soaring
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Accuser Files $125 Million Lawsuit Against Bill Cosby; Says She Was Drugged, Raped, and Left Naked in Empty Tub at Trump Taj Mahal
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He Calls Himself the ‘American Sheriff.’ Whose Law Is He Following?
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Marine Pleads Guilty to All Charges after Posting Viral Videos Slamming U.S. Military Leaders over Afghanistan Withdrawal
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Man gets life sentence for killing his wife with a cobra
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Charlottesville Lawsuit Aims to Bleed Tiki Torch-Wielding White Nationalists Dry
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Judges:

Judge Dennis Dow (Missouri-Western) was extended for one year as chair of the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules
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NCBJ 2021: Minority Banks and Lending
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Breyer: Supreme Court 'fallible,' but has served US 'pretty well'
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White House commission on Supreme Court reforms sees risks in expanding court • Biden's Supreme Court reform study panel notes 'considerable' risks to court expansion • Biden commission’s draft materials on Supreme Court reform show split over adding justices • Biden Supreme Court Panel Draft Leaves Progressives Unimpressed • Biden Panel Draft Sees No Legal Obstacle to Expand Supreme Court • Biden Presidential Commission Splashes Cold Water on Supreme Court Expansion and Flirts with Idea of Term Limits • Biden SCOTUS reform panel also mulls ‘dysfunctional’ confirmation process • Biden's SCOTUS commission to hold first public meeting on court reform • Biden Panel Says Growing ‘Partisan Conflict’ Impacts U.S. Courts
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The Sleeper SCOTUS Case That Threatens the Separation of Church and State
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Justices divide sharply on reinstating Boston Marathon bomber death sentence
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Liberal Justice Kagan and conservative Kavanaugh breach protocol and verbally clash over his questioning of her argument during SCOTUS hearing for the Boston Bomber's death penalty
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Sen. Whitehouse blasts Alito speech: 'You have fouled your nest, not us'
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SCOTUS arguments changed after female justices were interrupted
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Bill Gross slams judge who sentenced him, mocks community service
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Warren, Jayapal Ask Supreme Court to Get Tougher on Judges’ Conflicts of Interest
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Wall Street:

Dow futures rise 140 points, S&P 500 heads for winning week on great start to earnings season
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Wall St ends up sharply as earnings, economic data lift optimism
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Wall Street Bosses See Windfall Lasting, Fueling Pay and Hiring
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Layoffs:

Keller Mortgage lays off 150 new employees following hiring spree
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Newspapers:

“The Men Who Are Killing America’s Newspapers”
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Pharma:

Generic Drug Maker Teligent Files Bankruptcy, Plans Sale
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Democrats' attempt to lower private drug prices is likely to fail
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Retailing:

Walgreens Results Beat Estimates as Store Traffic Rebounds
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Calls for change as shoplifting skyrockets in NYC
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Your Black Friday Bargain Is Stuck Somewhere in the Pacific
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Sports:

Benched star Kyrie Irving says he's 'choosing what's best for' him in refusing Covid-19 shot
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Celebs:

Erika Jayne says ‘RHOBH’ is her main source of income • RHOBH’s Erika Jayne is ‘taking karate lessons’ for self-defense after trolls hit her with death threats amid scandal • RHOBH’s disgraced Erika Jayne is ‘100% returning to show next season’ – despite admitting lawyers begged her to quit • RHOBH’s Erika Jayne joked she’d be ‘master criminal’ if she wasn’t a performer years before claims she ‘stole millions’
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Brett Favre facing lawsuit if he doesn't repay $828K in Mississippi welfare funds, state auditor says
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Autos:

The average cost of a new car surged past $45,000 last month. Used prices are smashing records too.
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With Car Lots Sparse, Shoppers Drive Home in Their Second Choice, or Third …
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Toyota Trims November Outlook by 15% on Parts Shortage, Covid
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Food/Beverage:

Domino’s Pizza Orders Hurt by a Lack of Staff at Restaurants
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NYC's 'power lunch' spots get their mojo back as offices reopen
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Corporate Governance:

Delaware Supreme Court Adopts Refined Test for Analyzing Demand Futility
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Student Debt:

Student loans: 'Landmark settlement' reached in lawsuit over Public Servant Forgiveness Program • Borrowers are getting another shot at public service loan forgiveness
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Crypto:

Coinbase says U.S. should create a new cryptocurrency regulator
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$7 Trillion Worth of Stocks Are Exposed to Crypto Risks
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Climate:

Biden unveils plan to address climate-related risks to the economy
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Kerry says world short of climate goal
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UN’s Guterres Blasts Shipping, Aviation Climate Targets as Too Lax
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Pelosi on addressing climate through reconciliation package: 'This is our moment' • Pelosi vows Dems won’t back down on climate • To woo Manchin, Dems could OK climate funds for coal and gas plants
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67% of Americans perceive a rise in extreme weather, but partisans differ over government efforts to address it
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Prince William tells billionaires: Forget space race and focus on saving Earth • Prince William to Bezos and other space billionaires: 'Repair this planet, not find the next'
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American bumble bees have disappeared from these 8 states. Now they could face extinction.
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Moderates split over climate plans in Democrats' spending package
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Shifting winds challenge crews fighting California fire
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Lake Tahoe water level hits four-year low as drought pummels tourist spot
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Queen Elizabeth II Is ‘Irritated’ by World Leaders’ Lack of Climate Action
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The $100 Billion Hurdle to a Global Climate Breakthrough
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Economy:

Fed's Barkin Says More Data Needed Before Rate Hikes Are Appropriate
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1 in 4 workers quit their job this year • A record number of Americans are quitting their jobs. Here’s how they make money after they quit.
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Getting women back to work is crucial to boosting economy, White House says
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A third of jobless Americans are still long-term unemployed — and without benefits
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New Navy Guidance Will Discharge Sailors Refusing COVID-19 Vaccination Without Exemption
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Gallup: Remote Work Persisting and Trending Permanent
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American Consumer Delinquencies Plunge to a Record Amid Recovery
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‘Prick This Bubble’: Morgan Stanley CEO Calls for Fed Rate Hikes
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Fed’s Bullard Sees 50% Odds High Inflation Will Persist in U.S.
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Six Out of Ten U.S. Firms Raised Starting Wages by 10% in Survey
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Fed’s Embarrassing Ethics Scandal Spurs Calls for More Oversight
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Yellen Says IMF, World Bank Risk Loss of Confidence From Scandal
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Price pinch: global economy caught in perfect storm
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Fed official: As Covid subsides, so will the price pressures
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Older investors concerned rising inflation will hurt their retirement savings: Survey
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The energy market is a huge mess right now and threatens to turn the high inflation of 2021 into a terrible new economic era
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US wholesale prices rose record 8.6% over 12 months
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Producer price growth slows despite supply snarls
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The political peril that Biden didn't see coming
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Grant Thornton’s Swonk Sees High U.S. Inflation Lasting to 2023
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BofA’s Moynihan Says Inflation Staying But Consumers Will Spend
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U.S. wholesale inflation rises at slowest pace in nine months — but it's not as good as it looks • Wholesale prices rise sharply again and signal persistent U.S. inflation
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The U.S. Economy May Be Facing Another Recession, New Research Suggests
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US unemployment claims fall to lowest level since pandemic • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Decrease to 293,000 • Jobless claims fall below 300k for first week since lockdowns
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The World’s Rich and Powerful Are Stashing $500 Billion in This Tax Haven
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Global economy 'nowhere close' to stagflation: IMF chief economist
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World Finance Chiefs Warn of Divergent Recoveries From Covid
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What you need to know about the supply chain bottlenecks
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U.S. supply chain too snarled for Biden Christmas fix, experts say
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Uber Freight head says U.S. is in ‘shipping Armageddon’ and there’s no one solution
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Supply Chain Crisis and US Infrastructure
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Moody's warns of 'dark clouds ahead' for the global supply chain as 77% of the world's largest ports face backlogs
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Warren calls for Amazon breakup
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A Nobel for experimental economics
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Ultrawealthy Americans want you to think their philanthropy will change the world. They should just pay their taxes instead • Bernie Sanders slams the 'corporate elite' like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who 'love the idea' of paying less in taxes
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Biden, Allies Agonize Over Cutting Economy Plan to Eke Out a Win
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Kyrsten Sinema is reportedly threatening to hold Biden's agenda hostage. She wants to pass the bipartisan roads-and-bridges bill now • Biden's soft-touch with Manchin, Sinema frustrates Democrats
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Details of Biden's economic agenda struggling to reach voters: poll
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Big businesses are siding against Texas in mandate fight
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Ryan Petersen on How Global Supply Chains Have Gotten Even Worse
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Biden calls on businesses to ‘step up’ as he expresses optimism about the fight against the virus.
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How the minimum wage lost relevance
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White House vows to treat climate change as "systemic" financial risk
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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:

Mortgage rates jump to highest level since April — and inflation concerns could push them higher
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Five Key Takeaways From Bloomberg’s Study of NYC Property Taxes
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Manhattan Rents Rise for the First Time Since Covid’s Early Days
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Flood insurance rates are spiking for many, to account for climate risk
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Millennials struggle to compete with boomers for homes
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House Prices to National Average Wage Index
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Mortgage rates hit highest level since April
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This Is the Most At-Risk Housing Market in America
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Poll: 78% of community bank execs expect housing market crash in next 5 years
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Mortgage Rates in the U.S. Jump to the Highest Level Since April
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‘Living at the Office’ Takes On a New Meaning During the Pandemic
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Millennials are flooding the housing market. But what (and where) are they buying? That depends.
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Millennials are creating housing communes with friends because it's too expensive to buy a home as a single person
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'I Shot My Realtor': Man Kills Agent After Buying House with Cash and Discovering He Didn't Like the Property
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CMBS Refinancings at Risk as Empty Offices Become a Wasteland
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Board Agrees to Remove Pension Cuts From Debt Plan • Puerto Rico Oversight Board agrees to ax pension cuts for current pensioners
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Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge denies requests to extend plan of adjustment voting
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The Battle Over The Last Piece Of Puerto Rico That Wasn’t For Sale
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States rushed to slash taxes after a banner 2021. They may regret it.
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Oil/Gas:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Treats Royalty Owner Claims as Unsecured
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U.S. Gas Supply ‘Should Be Fine’ for Winter, Top Driller Says
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Oil Hits $85 a Barrel With Global Energy Costs Soaring • Oil Set for Best Run of Weekly Gains Since 2015 on Energy Crisis
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EIA reports a third straight weekly climb in U.S. crude supplies
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New wind farms would dot US coastlines under Biden plan
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La Banque Postale Unveils Plan to Exit Oil and Gas by 2030
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Democrats Begin Scrutiny of Abandoned Offshore Oil Equipment
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 9.6% Compared to Same Week in 2019
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Bankruptcy Judge Freezes $2.4 Million In Assets For Ex-Operators Of Queen Mary
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Religion:

Bankruptcy court approves reorganization plan for Diocese of Winona-Rochester
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Fraud:

Theranos hired a dermatologist as lab director in 2014, according to testimony
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Healthcare:

4 latest hospital bankruptcies
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Nursing Home Chain Gulf Coast Health Care Files in BK DE - First Day Dec
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October 14th COVID-19: 42 Days till Thanksgiving; Need to Get Daily Cases Down Before Holidays
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Data shows sharpest rise yet in Covid cases, deaths among children
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COVID-19 was the No. 1 killer of Americans age 35 to 54 last month, and No. 2 overall
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90,000 U.S. adult deaths from COVID-19 over the summer could have been prevented if victims had been vaccinated, study finds
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Alaska doctors ration life-sustaining care as Covid patients clog up hospitals
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Newly Discovered Bat Viruses Give Hints to Covid’s Origins
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'Emotionally, physically, mentally tired’: Nurses say morale has hit a pandemic low
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Indiana parents say their children suffering adverse reactions after mistakenly receiving COVID-19 vaccine
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Florida official followed, told to 'beg for mercy' for supporting masks in schools
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Texas Oil Driller Conoco Defies Governor's Ban With Vaccine Mandates
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Biden touts progress but warns US in 'critical period' as millions remain unvaccinated
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A mom buried her daughter. The next day she fought conspiracy theories
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why Joe Rogan and I sat down and talked -- for more than 3 hours • Gupta tells Joe Rogan CNN shouldn't have called ivermectin 'horse dewormer'
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Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout
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Shocking study says chemicals found in shampoo, makeup may kill 100k Americans prematurely each year
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What’s the latest advice on the type of mask I should wear?
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FDA Advisers Set to Debate Covid Boosters in Two-Day Summit
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FDA panel unanimously endorses Moderna boosters for certain populations
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Judge Grants CA Prison Guards Block on Vaccine Mandate
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Without global vaccination, all COVID immunity is at risk
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WHO Says Six Out of Seven African Covid Infections Undetected
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Biden commits 17M J&J vaccine doses to African Union
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WHO: Tuberculosis deaths rise for 1st time in over a decade due to COVID
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Fentanyl Seizures Spike in Mexico as US Overdose Crisis Worsens
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (79 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (2 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:

Global corporate insolvencies to increase by 33%
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Executory Contracts:

Are the Bankruptcy Provisions in Your Executory Contract Enforceable?
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UST:

Alabama & North Carolina: Squatter’s Rights On A Non-Uniform Bankruptcy System? (Siegel v. Fitzgerald)
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Debtors Eye Refund as They Look to Advance Bankruptcy Fee Feud
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Corporate Governance:

Special Committee Report
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Seventh Circuit Revives State Law Claims Against Executives Acting As “Dual-Hat” Fiduciaries
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Aviation:

United CEO confirms 232 employees are being fired for not complying with its vaccine mandate
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Out-of-Practice Airline Pilots Are Making Errors Back in the Air
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Southwest's 'spider web-like' route map is why flights as far as California were canceled due to weather in Florida - here's how it works • Southwest Airlines' exec says a 'staffing cushion' is needed to avoid further schedule reductions
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Alaska state senator who was banned from airline for refusing to wear a mask tests positive for COVID-19
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Texas Couple Finds Pet Chihuahua Hiding Inside Luggage
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Video shows passenger threaten airline workers and passengers who asked him to wear a mask: 'I'll break your neck'
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United Air Bets Big on European Vacations With More Flights
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Naked woman walks through Denver Airport asking passengers, ‘Where are you from?’
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A bride is blaming Southwest Airlines after thousands of canceled flights caused her parents to miss her wedding
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Ex-Boeing 737 MAX chief technical pilot indicted for fraud
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Addio! Alitalia Flies for the Last Time • ITA takes off, ending Alitalia's turbulent life • Italy’s New Airline Is Giving Itself a Year to Find a Partner
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Air Madagascar set to enter bankruptcy protection - Gov't
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Sydney to allow quarantine-free international travel for Australians from November
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England Eases Travel Rules With Cheaper Covid Tests for Arrivals
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Utilities:

Officials say it's 'the worst performing electricity system' in the U.S. Can it be fixed?
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Politics:

Trump claims his supporters won't vote in the 2022 and 2024 elections unless the GOP backs his groundless election-fraud theories
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Trump Keeps Telling People Not to Vote
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'This Is Not an Ordinary Subpoena Dispute': Pennsylvania AG Asks Court to Quash GOP State Senators' Bid to Bolster 'Big Lie' with Voter Data
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Pennsylvania GOP Seeking to ‘Sow Electoral Distrust,’ AG Says
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Democrats fret as longshot candidates pull money, attention
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House Democrats' campaign arm outraises GOP counterpart in third quarter
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Left doubles down on aggressive strategy
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Majority of Americans in new poll says government doing too much
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Greg Abbott and the policy contradiction of an anti-mandate mandate
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Texas lawmakers weigh a bill to let workers sue employers over COVID vaccine mandates
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Texas House passes bill targeting transgender students in sports
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Anti-Trump Republicans endorsing vulnerable Democrats to prevent GOP takeover
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‘I’ll never forgive them’: Democrats see an opening with vaccinated, frustrated Republicans
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Marine officer who criticized Afghanistan withdrawal pleads guilty to multiple charges
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Democrats Plan Another Bid to Break G.O.P. Voting Rights Filibuster • Schumer sets up vote on Manchin-backed voting rights proposal • Schumer, McConnell headed for another collision over voting rights
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'Really embarrassing': GOP erupts into swing state civil war
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Education:

Southlake school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with 'opposing' views????
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National teen test scores slip for the first time — and it's not due to Covid
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Texas school district reinstates book by Black author amid critical race theory claims
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The School Board Wars Are Getting Nasty in Texas
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Mass Torts:

J&J puts talc liabilities into bankruptcy • Johnson & Johnson forms new subsidiary to take ovarian cancer claims into bankruptcy court • Johnson & Johnson subsidiary seeks bankruptcy protection to handle talc product claims • Johnson & Johnson Ovarian Cancer Victims Vow Fight to Stop J&J's Bankruptcy Scheme • Beasley Allen Law Firm Responds to Johnson & Johnson Bankruptcy Filing • Johnson & Johnson Takes Steps to Equitably Resolve All Current and Future Talc Claims
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Banking:

U.S. banks beat profit estimates on economic rebound, deals bonanza
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Sovereigns:

IMF Team Due in Tunisia for Talks as Warnings Over Economy Mount
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UK:

Big Oil Pays Hefty Price as U.K. Electricity Suppliers Fail
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'Doing all we can' to solve supply issues, but 'we can't fix every single problem' - chancellor
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U.K. Energy Crisis Worsens as Middleman’s Exit Reverberates
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What’s Behind the Energy Crunch in Britain and Europe
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Brexit: 8 Things Told That Were Wrong
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CNG's 45,000 U.K. Business Customers May Need New Gas Supplier
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British Museums Face Covid’s Long-Term Effects
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Britain's binge on cheap food is over, biggest chicken producer says
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London’s Night Tube to Return in Boost for Pubs and Restaurants
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Christmas Toy Shortages Loom as Cargo Clogs a Major U.K. Port
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EU Ready to Escalate Brexit Clash If U.K. Quits Northern Ireland Pact
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EU:

CNH Industrial Halts Work at Some European Plants on Chip Woes
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Fertilizer Group Warns Europe Plant Shutdowns May Turn Permanent
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No jab, no job: Europe’s workers face tough measures as politicians lay down the law
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Canada:

Guide to Doing Business in Canada: Bankruptcy & Restructuring
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Buckle up for the mass health-care firings
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Italy:

Vaccine rebels vow to paralyze Italy over incoming COVID passport
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Mexico:

In Mexico, children as young as 10 recruited by drug cartels
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Mexico City Replaces a Statue of Columbus With One of an Indigenous Woman
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MENA:

6 killed in Beirut clashes as tensions over blast probe soar
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Many Afghans pack their bags, hoping for the chance to leave • Taliban press Biden to release frozen Afghan assets as economy shrivels
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Israel Sees Covid Wave in Retreat
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Norway:

Norway officials: Bow-and-arrow attack appears act of terror
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China:

China risks making ‘big mistakes’ with widespread crackdown, says ex-IMF chief economist
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China has at least 65 million empty homes — enough to house the population of France. It offers a glimpse into the country's massive housing-market problem.
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China Breaks Silence on Evergrande, Saying Risks ‘Controllable’ • China’s central bank says Evergrande is a unique case • China Eases Mortgages for Rest of Year Amid Evergrande Contagion
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China’s Economy Is Showing Strain From Property to Energy Crises
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Germany:

German Economic Rebound Delayed Into Next Year on Supply Crunch
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Thailand:

Thailand to End Quarantine for Some Visitors as More Curbs Eased
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Singapore:

A Singaporean man was given the death penalty after he was found with 2 pounds of cannabis
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South Africa:

This municipality is bankrupt, but councillor and staff salaries have spiked by 161%
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Australia:

Clarifying the treatment of trusts under insolvency law
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Australia’s PM Says Border Won’t Open Yet to Tourists, Despite Biggest State’s Reopening
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Africa:

Congo Has Vaccinated Less Than 0.1% of its 100 Million People
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