Law:

General Counsel Resigns After Accusations Of Slapping A Colleague At Holiday Party
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Lateral associate moves increased 51% compared to prior four years, new data shows
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Stat Of The Week: The Great Lateralization
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Draft version of redesigned bar exam will be shared by NCBE soon
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After Getting Fired From The Trump White House, Omarosa Went To Law School
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Professor's 'Wrong Attachment' Leaked Half Of The Student Body's GPAs
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Law School Student Heads To Fox News To Whine About Vaccinations
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Shifting Law School Faculty Demographics
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2022 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Academic Experience
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Acceptance Rates Dropped By 34% At Most Prestigious Law Schools
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Law Firms Should Close Offices Due To Omicron
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Judge Judy creates women’s scholarship program at New York Law School
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The Biglaw Firm Helping IPOs Get Done In 2021 • Latham’s $42 Billion in IPO Work Tops Rivals in Record Year
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America's Most Expensive Law Schools And Their Graduates' Earning Power
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Texas Attorney Must Face Client Poaching Suit, Appeals Court Says
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Jan. 6 chair says panel will soon ask Pence to appear • Kinzinger: Jan. 6 panel has gathered "powerful and substantive narrative" • Raskin: Ex-Trump press secretary gave "a lot of names" in Jan. 6 conversation • Raskin: Grisham told Jan. 6 panel about 'names that I had not heard before' • Newt Gingrich blames Nancy Pelosi for the Capitol riot, saying she should have secured the building • Jan. 6 Panel Investigates Trump on Criminal Conspiracy • Jim Jordan Signals He Won’t Speak to Jan. 6 House Committee • Woman who took 14-year-old son to Capitol on Jan. 6 gets 3 months in jail • In photos: An hour-by-hour record of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot • Gaetz: "We're proud of the work we did" on Jan. 6 • Cruz Used the Term "Violent Terrorist Attack" 17 Times • Ted Cruz walks back Jan. 6 'terrorist' remark in heated exchange with Tucker Carlson • Daughter Turns Her Dad in Over Jan. 6 • Judge gives chilly response to Jan. 6 defendant's Jamaican vacation request • Trump spent January 6 anniversary watching Biden and Pelosi on cable news and he was enraged, report says • A Year After Jan. 6, DoD’s Vague Extremism Definition Could Set Up New Problems • N.C. Woman Who Stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 with Her Husband and Son, 14, Sentenced to Months Behind Bars • Jan. 6 ‘Bullhorn Lady’ Is Getting a New Attorney Several Months After ‘Mesh Mask’ Controversy • One year later, the trauma of the Jan. 6 insurrection haunts federal employees
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Meadows urges Supreme Court to quickly decide Trump’s Jan. 6 lawsuit
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Arbery Family Urges Judge to Keep Killers Behind Bars for Life • Ahmaud Arbery's killers sentenced to life in prison for 25-year-old Black man's murder • 'This Was a Killing' and 'It Was Callous': Judge Sentences Three Men Convicted of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery to Life in Prison • Arbery killers get life in prison; no parole for father, son • Hate crimes trial in Arbery killing will put racism up front
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Video captured a man bursting into flames after being tasered by police. The New York attorney general is investigating.
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After 5 trials, ex-Oklahoma officer gets 25 years for 2014 killing daughter's boyfriend
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NYC: Conflict Quickly Emerges Between Top Prosecutor and Police Commissioner
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At least 7 states proposed anti-trans bills in first week of 2022
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Watershed moment in NYC: New law allows noncitizens to vote
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Will SCOTUS block vaccine mandates? Decision could come quickly
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Pennsylvania Cops Find Live Deer in Trunk of Car During Traffic Stop
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Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Pa. Women Accused of Torturing and Starving Young Girls to Death in 'Conditions Beyond Comprehension'
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Texas Parents Must Now Face a Possible Death Penalty Trial for Allegedly Starving 1-Year-Old Daughter to Death
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Florida Woman Poured Scalding Hot Water on Young Girl as 'Malicious Punishment,' Likely Causing 'Lifelong Disfigurement': Authorities
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Prosecutors Say Alleged School Shooter Ethan Crumbley Was 'Fascinated with Guns and Nazi Propaganda'; Judge Refuses to Lower Parents' Bond • 'I'm Not Normally Such a Hot Mess': Documents Reveal What Defense Attorney Was Telling the Police During Manhunt for Ethan Crumbley's Parents
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Virginia Giuffre told me in 2001 she slept with Prince Andrew, witness says
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Man Who Bought Gun for Rittenhouse Pleads Guilty
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Border patrol reports 1,066% increase in fentanyl seized in south Texas
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BTK serial killer Dennis Rader who murdered 10 people in 20-year killing spree describes himself as 'a good person who did some bad things'
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Man makes bomb threat to jump line for concert
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Elizabeth Warren accused of hypocrisy in spat over Justice Department's Google suit
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‘Why Is Child Marriage Still Legal?’: A Young Lawmaker Tackles a Hidden Problem
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Former film industry lawyer sentenced to jail in D.C. for blackmail
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Customer sues NYC shoe store Santoni North America over $7,000 shoes
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Judges:

BK MN: Judge Kesha L. Tanabe sworn in as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
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Supreme Court Justices Cast Doubt on Biden Workplace Vaccine Rule • Biden’s Shot-or-Test Rule Questioned by Skeptical Chief Justice • Ohio solicitor general makes anti-vax mandate case to Supreme Court remotely after getting Covid • Liberal Justices Focus on COVID Dangers, Conservative Justices on Administrative Agency Power During Arguments on Federal Vax-or-Test Mandate for Employers
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With One Justice And A Lawyer Remote, SCOTUS Wonders If COVID Is An Actual 'Emergency'
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Sotomayor's false claim that 'over 100,000' children are in 'serious condition' with covid
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Politifact Rates Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s Wildly Inflated Child Covid Claim as False
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Chief Federal Judge In DC Cancels Jan. 6 Defendant's Vacation Plans In Epic Benchslap
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Heritage Foundation Holds Originalism Fantasy Camp For Judicial Clerks
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Customer sues NYC shoe store Santoni North America over $7,000 shoes
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Wall Street:

Dow futures flat with big inflation and earnings reports, Powell confirmation on tap • U.S. stock futures drift lower as Goldman ups Fed rate-hike forecast
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq fall for a fourth day on spiking rates
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Inflation, rising rates and the Federal Reserve could whip stocks around in the week ahead
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Bank of America Sweetens Bonuses to Make Up for Its Restraint Last Year
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Jeff Gundlach, Byron Wien and other top investors see US stocks tumbling as the Fed hikes rates. Here are their warnings.
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Risk Bubbles Are Deflating Everywhere, Some Market Watchers Say
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Layoffs:

E-scooter rental firm Spin to lay off a quarter of its staff
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Education:

Chicago cancels classes for third day in standoff between city and teachers' union • Lightfoot calls Chicago Teachers Union walkout 'illegal' • Chicago mayor, teachers still at odds over COVID protocols • Chicago Public Schools' reopening remains in limbo as talks break down • Chicago Schools Says Monday Classes Uncertain as Talks Continue • Chicago’s Canceled Classes Intensify Debate Over What’s Best for Majority Black, Latinx Students • Chicago Public Schools Cancel Classes Monday Amid Dispute
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New York City School Operations Crumble Under Omicron’s Weight
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Omicron threatens to upend classrooms
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Canceled buses and a superintendent in the classroom: How omicron has thrown schools into crisis
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Exhausted parents face another wave of school shutdowns
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Families despair over post-holiday return to remote learning
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Omicron forces short winter courses to go online at many colleges
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46 Philadelphia schools to move to remote learning due to omicron, winter storm
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Red states fight school vaccine mandates
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How 10 parents of school-age kids are coping with Omicron
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Autos:

VW Gives U.S. Plant Workers 10% Pay Bump Amid Omicron Pressure
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New and used car prices keep climbing. Don’t expect relief soon
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Taking a driverless Waymo in Phoenix over the holidays was fun but unsettling
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Cruise Lines:

Royal Caribbean cancels multiple voyages due to Omicron
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Cruise passengers said they 'felt like lepers' after they were forced to isolate in their rooms after a COVID-19 outbreak on the ship
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Bare rooms, rotten fruit and boredom: Quarantine life on infected cruises
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down "Slightly" Compared to Same Week in 2019
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Sports:

How Title IX Helped Save College Sports Teams Cut During the Pandemic
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic had vaccine exemption to enter Australia because of recent COVID-19 infection, lawyers say • Novak Djokovic's lawyers say he contracted COVID-19 in December • Court documents show Djokovic had COVID-19 last month • The self-made Covid martyrdom of tennis superstar Novak Djokovic • Will he stay or will he go? Djokovic’s hearing looms large • Anti-vax Novak Djokovic pictured smiling at tennis charity event with kids a day AFTER testing positive with Covid • Djokovic Hearing Set for Monday as Court Rejects Bid for Delay • Novak Djokovic 'ticked every box' to comply with Australia border rules, lawyer argues in visa hearing • Novak Djokovic wins Australian visa appeal • Australian court overturns tennis pro Novak Djokovic's visa cancellation • Australian judge says Djokovic can stay but saga not over
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Sixth consecutive bankruptcy: Wolfsburg reaches relegation battle
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A newly filed lawsuit is trying to upend baseball's century-old status quo
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Mail:

Florida letter carrier arrested, accused of stealing cash from greeting cards
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Auto Racing:

“Ultimately, we were fighting for survival”: McLaren team principal reveals how the team were on brink of filing for Bankruptcy
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Politics:

Biden's fiery 2024 preview
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76% of voters disagree with Pelosi, think members of congress have an 'unfair advantage' in trading stocks: poll
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Cuomo Criminal Charge Over Mansion Groping Claim Dismissed
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Conservative App Parler Rakes In $20 Million in New Funding
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Texas Governor Targets Hispanic Vote Ahead of O’Rourke Face-Off
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Ex-GOP Senate candidate challenges Trump to live debate for $1 million
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House ramps up COVID measures ahead of return
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QAnon Star Who Said Only ‘Idiots’ Get Vax Dies of COVID
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GOP Sen. Mike Rounds refutes Trump claims: "The election was fair"
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Jan. 6 panel, Senate “out of sync” on election reform
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Is the US really heading for a second civil war?
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Bill Clinton, Oprah and his fellow centrists: Dems go all-out to sway Manchin • Joe Manchin keeps contradicting himself on the Biden child tax credit • Manchin's $1.8 Trillion Offer is Off the Table • Negotiating with Manchin is like playing on an 'Etch A Sketch' because his opinion changes based on the last person he talked to, Democrats say • Manchin’s Choice on Build Back Better: Mine Workers or Mine Owners • Senate Democrats grow less confident in Manchin
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Navy basic training expands and will include focus on combating extremism and sexual assault
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Biden has lowest first-year Senate confirmation rate among last three presidents, according to new report
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AZ: Cyber Ninjas Goes Out of Business • Sayonara, Cyber Ninjas: Dubious "audit" firm shutting down after judge imposes $50,000 daily fine • The CEO of Cyber Ninjas intends to start a new company with the same employees after the company files for bankruptcy • How Successor Liability Might Disrupt The Best Laid Plans Of Cyber Ninjas
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A rural Washington school board race shows how far-right extremists are shifting to local power
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Clyburn knocks Manchin for arguing voting rights vote must be bipartisan
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Republican Adam Kinzinger Describes GOP as 'Unrecognizable,' Says Trump 'Basically Insane'
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Jon Ossoff could snub Pelosi by pushing ban on Congress stock trades • Nancy Pelosi makes millions off tech stocks – and scoffs at push to ban congressional trades
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tests Positive for Covid, Office Says
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Biden faces delays in undoing Trump's war on efficient dishwashers, dryers and lightbulbs that made him 'look orange'
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Trump’s cable cabinet: New texts reveal the influence of Fox hosts on previous White House
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Economy:

Inflation up, virus down as priorities in US: AP-NORC poll
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What the Experts See Coming in 2022
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December Employment Report: 199 thousand Jobs, 3.9% Unemployment Rate • Comments on December Employment Report • The December job report missed badly. The same report hints we're in an economic boom • 5 key takeaways from the December jobs report
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A pre-pandemic U.S. job market is a long way off
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The US labor market recovered rapidly in 2021 but still fell short even before Omicron wave
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Jobs need workers
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Americans are earning record high wages — how long will they keep going up?
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U.S. Labor Market Recovery in 2021 Masks Wider Inequalities
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40% of Consumers Have a Negative View of the Economy
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A new study says knowledge is money: If workers knew how much they could make elsewhere, even more would quit their jobs — and low-wage roles would be forced to pay more
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U.S. jobless rate sinks to 3.9 percent as many more people find jobs
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U.S. Black Jobless Rate Rises to 7.1%, Double the White Average • More Black workers lost jobs in December, despite a sharp decline in overall unemployment
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Biden slams 'capitalism without competition' as 'exploitation' and says he wants to put an end to it by cracking down on big corporations
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3 reasons everyone's quitting their job, according to Biden's labor secretary
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Restaurants and hotels hired the most of any industry in December, leaving economists hoping for 'limited labor market damage' from Omicron
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Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services
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Expert predicts up to 5 million could skip work next week with COVID
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Omicron Absenteeism Poses Fresh Test to U.S. Economic Strength
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Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
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Biden Says Covid Won’t Be ‘New Normal’ But Virus Here to Stay
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Biden Says His Economic Plan Is Working After Record 2021 Job Gain • U.S. Sees Record Job Growth in 2021 After Millions Lost in 2020 • The US added more jobs in 2021 than any year in history, and is recovering 3 times faster than after the Great Recession
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March Fed-Hike Call Gains Momentum With JPMorgan, Deutsche Shift • Fed’s Daly Favors Gradual Rate Hikes, Faster Balance-Sheet Moves • Goldman Now Expects Four Fed Hikes, Sees Faster Runoff in 2022
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U.S. Treasury Yields Rise as Wage Growth Backs Bets on March Fed Hike
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Fed Unites Left and Right in Warning It’s Behind Inflation Curve
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Larry Summers Says Fed and Markets Are Too Sanguine on Anti-Inflation Steps
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Fed Can’t Solve Racism But Leaders Must Speak Out, Bostic Says
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Citigroup confronts vaccine holdouts in no jab, no job mandate
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Federal agencies prepare to act against unvaccinated employees
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Full return to office is 'dead,' experts say — and remote is only growing
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NYC Return Plans on Hold as Schwarzman Cancels Birthday Bash
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Where you are most likely to catch Covid according to experts – full list revealed
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The top 20 companies on a hiring spree for remote workers this year
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Gov. Hochul announces booster mandate for healthcare workers
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N.Y. to Mandate Booster Shot for Health-Care Workers, Hochul Says
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Fight over vaccine mandate for National Guard rages
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Former Biden adviser says US won't get more than 70 percent vaccinated 'without a mandate'
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Some say it's time to learn to live with COVID
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Pelosi Opens Door to Virus Aid in Spending Plan as Omicron Rages
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California’s Governor Proposes $2.7 Billion Covid Budget Package
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Consumer Debt in U.S. Surges by a Record $40 Billion
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Apple's Tim Cook paid over 1,400 times the average worker in 2021
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The CEO of a software company offers new staff $5,000 to resign after two weeks — and he says it's helped him retain top talent
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Meet a couple living on disability and $500 per month from a guaranteed-income program for families hurt financially by the pandemic
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New York Port Hustles to Cut Rare Logjam Amid Covid Labor Woes
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Meat and egg shortages fears after stores report ‘bare shelves’ amid Omicron cases
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This Is The State With The Most Homeless People
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Japan’s Panasonic Joins Global Trend Toward Four-Day Week
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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:

Sixth Circuit Holds State Court Tax Foreclosure Subject to Fraudulent Transfer Attack
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Foreclosures Jumped 94% in 2021
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What to Expect in Bankruptcy and Real Estate in 2022
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Most expensive home in America listed for $295M ahead of bankruptcy auction
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Rents Still Increasing Sharply Year-over-year
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Lumber prices are at a 7-month high and are set to stay elevated on the back of 3 key trends, an expert says
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Makeover TV Show Actually Ruined Homes
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Treasury to send $1B in rental aid funds to high-demand states, cities • Federal rental aid program undergoes change to meet shifting demand
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Leaning San Francisco skyscraper is tilting 3 inches per year as engineers rush to implement fix
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Meet 2 Texas families who are giving up on buying a house right now amid the state's real estate frenzy
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This Is the County Where It Is More Affordable to Rent Than Buy
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Lawler: More on Investor Purchases of Single-Family Homes
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Several with grave injuries after NYC fire that killed 19
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Municipalities:

U.S. to Back Puerto Rico Law, Slowing Plan to Restructure Debt
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What Public Pensions Can Learn From Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Crisis
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AR: Huntington mayor talks possible bankruptcy filing for city
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Rides Into 2022 on Bullish Wave as Demand Fears Fade
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Does Anyone Want an Electric Car?
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Home to 4,605 orphan oil and gas wells, Louisiana seeks federal money to plug them
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Trucking:

Robot Trucks Get U.S. Tests, Raising Self-Driving Safety Stakes
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Finance:

High-Yield Debt Covenants and Their Real Effects
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Media:

Sean Hannity, Fox News Face Ethical Issues Over Trump Text Revelations
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Movie Theaters:

Movie Theater Attendance Far Below Historical Norms
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Climate:

Shale Drillers Avoid Emission Cuts From Rockies to Great Plains
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Bidens visit Colorado neighborhoods ravaged by Marshall Fire
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Early data ranks 2021 as Earth's fifth warmest year
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Texas: Hottest December Since 1889
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Rising floodwaters prompt interstate closures and evacuations in Washington state
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As spending bill stalls, Biden climate goals remain elusive
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U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021 • 2021 ranks as fifth hottest year as global greenhouse gas emissions rise
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Healthcare:

Towards a Working Profile of Medical Bankruptcy
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Medicaid covers his health care. St. Dominic charged and sued him for payment anyway
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Galesburg’s Cottage Hospital suspends operations • Former CEO speaks on Cottage Hospital closing
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COVID-19 is 'everywhere' and tests are in short supply. If you have symptoms, assume you're positive and isolate, health officials say.
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Hospitals Cut Beds as Nurses Call In Sick With Covid-19
(WSJ)

Why one of the most vaccinated places in America couldn’t avoid omicron
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Is a patient hospitalized 'with' covid or 'for' covid? It can be hard to tell.
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The Biden administration has a COVID credibility crisis
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Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta • Experts cast doubts over reported ‘deltacron’ variant, citing lab contamination
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CDC director: Difficult to issue guidances with an "ever-evolving" virus
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Staffs of Maryland hospitals, stressed and sickened with COVID-19, know ‘cavalry’ isn’t coming
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N.Y. Breaks Covid Case Record as Total Infections Pass 4 Million
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US hospitals strained with influx of patients amid latest COVID-19 surge, staffing shortages • Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble • Hospital turns to heated tent to ease COVID-19 crush
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National Guard steps in to alleviate pressure on hospital overwhelmed by Omicron wave
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Florida's omicron wave likely will peak in mid-January at 90,000 daily cases, UF model says • COVID-19 update: Florida breaks daily case record again with 76,887 new infections; hospitalizations pass 9,000 • Florida’s COVID cases and hospitalizations are surging, but the state has the second-lowest death rate in the nation. What’s going on?
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Outbreak reported at Rhode Island hospital after Covid-positive, asymptomatic staff asked to work
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Omicron cases could fall just as quickly as they rose, CDC says
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Can vaccinated people get infected with the Omicron variant?
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CDC updates are straining already-pressed public health departments
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Where are the COVID-19 tests that Biden promised?
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Labs Limit Covid-19 Test Access as Demand Soars
(WSJ)

U.S. sends states monoclonal antibodies that may not work against omicron
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FDA Shortens Interval for Moderna Covid Booster to Five Months
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Omicron could have a silver lining by boosting immunity, some experts say. But don't bet on it.
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U.S. Hospitals Struggle to Match Walmart Pay as Staff Flees Omicron
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U.K. Study Fails to Prove Masks Work in Schools
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Democrats propose California universal healthcare, funded by new income, business taxes
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Protection from prior infection significantly reduced against Omicron
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DeSantis defends allowing stockpiled Covid tests to expire
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Teacher put 13-year-old son in her trunk while driving to testing site for fear of COVID-19 exposure, documents reveal
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From Texas to India, a patent-free Covid vaccine looks to bridge equity gaps
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Vaccine Skeptics Slammed Across Europe as Omicron Variant Rages
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How to hold unvaccinated Americans accountable
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S&P holds hospital sector at stable amid continuing credit strains
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White House preparing to ask Congress for more funding for therapeutics, vaccines, other covid health needs
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Singapore Breaks Down Covid Deaths by Vaccine, With Moderna Seeing Lowest Rate
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (10 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) • (2) • (3) •(4)• (5) • (6) • (7) • (8)
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Corporate Governance:

Judge opens door for bankruptcy blame suits
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Valuation:

Going, Going, Gone: Third Circuit Confirms Auction Outcome Can Be Strong Evidence of Fair Value
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Venue:

Attempting to Close the Shops: New York and Virginia Adopt Random Case Assignment to Discourage Forum Shopping
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Ch. 13:

Debtor’s Motion to Dismiss v. Creditor’s Motion to Convert In Chapter 13—The 9th Circuit’s Ruling in In Re Nichols
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Mass Torts:

Purdue Pharma can appeal rejection of bankruptcy plan
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Breaking Down the Latest Decision in the Purdue Pharma Case
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Who Gets Released in Chapter 11?
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Mallinckrodt judge asks whether opioid legal shield is fair
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Pleading:

Compliance With Official Bankruptcy Form 105 Satisfies Ashcroft v. Iqbal
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Miscellaneous:

Purdue Double-Dip and Boy Scouts Just Miss…
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Aviation:

28,000 canceled flights later, airlines still looking for upper hand against omicron, weather
(DBN)

Snowstorm Quickly Pushes U.S. Airline Cancellations Past 2,000
(DBN)

Omicron threatens business travel; Alaska Airlines cuts hundreds of January flights
(DBN)

Mexico City Airport Lines Reach Sidewalks as Omicron Hits Staff
(DBN)

Garuda Indonesia’s Creditors Submit Claims of $13.8 Billion
(DBN)

COVID-19 surge grounds Philippine Airlines’ flights
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Utilities:

The Texas freeze caused over 500,000 damage claims and insurers want ERCOT to pay up
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Tech:

The ‘TurboTax of bankruptcy’ aims to help people in medical debt rebuild their financial lives
(DBN)

Mark Zuckerberg is creating a future that looks like a worse version of the world we already have
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Fraud:

Covid Fraudster Who Bought Property, Tesla Stock With Stolen Cash Is Caught
(DBN)

Ex-Goldman Banker Roger Ng’s 1MDB Trial Delayed Over Omicron
(DBN)

Theranos Ex-President’s Fraud Trial Is Delayed by Covid Surge
(DBN)

Former NFL running back Clinton Portis sentenced to six months in prison for fraud
(DBN)

Pop-up Covid testing sites could be rife for nefarious activities, experts warn
(DBN)

Indicted in Bridgeport bank failure case, William M. Mahon is out at Streets and San
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Nursing Homes:

‘Crippling’ Staff Shortages Push Nursing Home Chain Into Bankruptcy
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Maritime:

Genting’s MV Werften Nears Insolvency With German Aid Stalled • Genting Hong Kong’s German shipbuilding subsidiary said to be on brink of bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Erika Jayne’s AMEX Bills To Be Reviewed As Part of Ex-Husband Tom Girardi’s Bankruptcy Case
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Horse Racing:

Bankruptcy Court Motion Seeks Zayat Home Foreclosure • Appeals court upholds bankruptcy’s judges ruling in long battle with owner of horse betting business
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Crypto:

Crypto Firms Brace for New Tax-Reporting Rules to IRS
(DBN)

Bitcoin’s Swoon Deepens as Bears Begin to Test $40,000 Threshold
(DBN)

Crypto Diehards Are About to Find Out If It Really Was a Bubble
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Food/Beverage:

This Beloved Seafood Chain Is Making a Comeback After Bankruptcy
(DBN)

The owners of a restaurant employing 4 robot servers reveal the drawbacks – and explain why humans are crucial
(DBN)

New go-round ignites a flicker of hope for more federal restaurant aid
(DBN)

Restaurant employment inched upward in December
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Religion:

Pope Francis writes to controversial nun, thanking her for 50 years of LGBTQ ministry
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Radio Host Dave Ramsey Insists if His Tenants Are Homeless Because He Raised Rent, It Doesn’t Make Him ‘a Bad Christian’
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Agribusiness:

Farmer gives cows VR headsets to reduce anxiety and increase milk production
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We’re one step closer to self-farming farms
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Student Debt:

The US economy has been 'more than fine' without your student debt
(DBN)

They borrowed money to pay for college. Here's what they would change about student loans.
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Sovereigns:

Sri Lanka faces deepening crisis, could go bankrupt this year • Sri Lanka's president asks China to restructure debt repayments
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UK:

Cummings Says Johnson’s Office Hosted Drinks in Lockdown
(DBN)

Top U.K. CEOs Exceed Annual Average Pay in Just Four Days
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Boosters Protect Well Against Omicron in Older People, U.K. Says
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UK is ‘most immune country in the world’ as data shows 98% of Brits have ‘some form’ of resistance to Omicron variant
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U.K. Minister Says Britain Is Moving Beyond the Pandemic
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U.K. Minister Urges Cut in Isolation Times Amid Staff Shortages
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Omicron Absenteeism Could Cause $48 Billion Hit to U.K. Economy
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U.K. government advisers recommend against fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose
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Lib Dems Spy Another By-Election Opportunity Over Tory MP's Bankruptcy Risk
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Gove Promises U.K. Tax Cuts as Pressure Grows on Johnson
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U.K. Developers Face $5.4 Billion Bill for Safer Apartments • U.K. Tells Developers to Replace Dangerous Apartment Cladding
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Clock Ticks for U.K. to Ease $24 Billion Jump in Energy Bills
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Europeans face energy bill hike – 50% surge predicted
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The Energy Crisis Is Sending Shockwaves Through The UK Economy
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Canada:

How the American health system is holding up compared with ours
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Mexico:

Mexico’s Core Inflation Is ‘Looking Grave,’ Banxico’s Heath Says
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Mexico Auto Output Falls to Lowest Annual Level Since 2014
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Mexico Breaks Daily Covid Record With Over 30,000 New Cases
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South Africa:

Omicron Study in South Africa Points to End of Acute Pandemic Phase
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South Africa’s ANC Urges Vaccine Mandate to Help Restart Economy
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France:

Macron Doubles Down on Plan to ‘Piss Off’ the Unvaccinated
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Poland:

Polish Inflation Hits 21-Year-High as Rate Hikes Expected
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Hong Kong:

The Hong Kong approach where debtors lodge a petition for their own bankruptcy – how to prevent abuse of process
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Hong Kong’s Growth Forecasts at Risk as Omicron Spreads in City
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Hong Kong Economy to be Hit by Omicron Wave, Finance Chief Says
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India:

Research points to missing piece of India's Covid puzzle: Millions of uncounted dead
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Lessons forgotten: Election rallies feed Indian virus surge
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Over 400 Indian Parliament Staff Test Positive for Covid
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Citi, ICICI Lower India Growth Projections on Virus Surge
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Kazakhstan:

Kazakhstan says 164 killed in week of protests • Kazakhstan Ex-Intel Chief Arrested on Suspicion of Treason
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China:

Deadline Nears on Bond Repayment Vote: Evergrande Update
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Shimao puts residential projects on sale as China property woes deepen
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China’s next debt crisis will be municipal
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China’s Tianjin testing all residents after omicron found
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China Vows to Ensure Daily Food Supply in Covid-Hit Xi’An City
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China’s Top Education Firm Cut 60,000 Jobs After Tutoring Curbs
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Singapore:

Singapore Committed to Reopening Borders Even as Omicron Spreads
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Japan:

US, Japan agree to keep troops on base to curb COVID spread
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Australia:

Australia’s New South Wales sees deadliest day of pandemic
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Australia’s Daily Covid-19 Cases Surpass 100,000 for First Time
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Australia’s Building Boom Set to Fade Further as Omicron Weighs
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MENA:

Israel Doesn’t Plan Widespread Business Support for Omicron Wave
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South Korea:

S.Korea's SsangYong Motor sold for $255 mln to local consortium • Court approves Edison Motors' deal to acquire embattled SsangYong Motor
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