January 17, 2023

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Law:

Who Needs Snowfall When You Have Windfalls? Check Out Which Firm Just Released Bonuses
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Not All Distressed Law Firms Screw Associates Out Of Bonuses
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Bankruptcy Attorney Elected to Phillips Lytle’s Partnership
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Morris James Names New Bankruptcy Chair
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Looking Back on 25 Years of Professional Websites – Part 3
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Former Chief Operating Officer Accuses Proskauer Of ‘Machiavellian Management’ In Latest Filing
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102-year-old Nazi prosecutor is still pushing for peace
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Law Firm Partnership Is Not As Diverse As It Should Be
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The Attorney-Client Relationship Is Exactly That: A Relationship
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Lateral Attorney Hiring In A Softening Economy: Diverging Trends Across Practice Areas
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Special Counsel Appointed To Probe Biden's Classified Documents Is Really Bad News For Trump
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Biglaw Firm To Make 'Bring Your Dog To Work Day' Permanent For Health & Wellness Purposes
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Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe Joins Prominent Boutique Firm In His First Private Practice Job
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Florida A&M University's Law School Is Honoring Martin Luther King In A Beautiful Way
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Capitol rioter who stormed Senate chamber to 'plead the blood of Jesus' acquitted on obstruction charge because the judge said he had a 'unique stew in his mind' • Alabama Man Found Guilty for Jan. 6 Charges, Had Posted YouTube Video Admitting to Bringing Knife and Claiming 'Spirit of God' Wanted Him to Breach Senate • FBI Informants Who Marched With Proud Boys on Jan. 6 Will Testify for Their Defense • Montana man who brought juvenile son to Capitol riot charged • Revealed: Who visited the Trump White House before Jan. 6
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Trump Organization Gets $1.6M Slap On Wrist For Decades Of Tax Fraud, Vows To Appeal 'Witch Hunt'
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Trump Argued Rape Was Not A 'Distinct Injustice.' The Court Did Not Agree. • 'Without Merit': Judge Rejects Trump's Demands to Dismiss E. Jean Carroll's Lawsuit Accusing Him of Rape • Donald Trump Deposition Unsealed: Lashes Out at Rape Accuser — 'I Think She's Sick, Mentally Sick' • Unsealed Trump deposition accuses E. Jean Carroll of saying she enjoys rape • In unsealed deposition, Trump repeatedly insults E. Jean Carroll and denies rape accusation
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The Merrick Garland You Don’t Know
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Federal Judge Orders Bannon Ally to End Harassment Campaign Against Creditors
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New York Mayor says "no room" in his city for migrants • DeSantis Loses Bid to Toss Migrant Flights Case • Denver bought one-way bus tickets for 1,900 migrants. Here’s where they were going.
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Indiana Woman Allegedly Stabbed 18-Year-Old Asian Student, Called Her 'One Less Person to Blow Up Our Country' • Stabbing of student of Asian descent was motivated by race, suspect allegedly said. Now, another US community is pushing back on anti-AAPI hate • New York man pleads guilty to hate crime charges in head-stomping death of Chinese immigrant
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California Deputy Public Defender Slain on Mexican Vacation: Officials
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Parents wonder how 6-year-old Virginia boy shot teacher after his backpack was searched • Backpack of 6-year-old boy was searched prior to Virginia school shooting after tip about weapon • 6-Year-Old School Shooter Case Grows Even More Disturbing
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14-year-old girl shoots, kills 11-year-old boy
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5 shot, 1 killed after group fires 50 rounds into crowd outside club, Texas cops say
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Man's death after arrest draws protest near police station
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'They're Trying to George Floyd Me': California Father Dies After Being Tased by LAPD
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Baltimore man who stood trial 4 times in killing is freed after charges are dismissed
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Family Members Demand Justice in Deadly Police Shooting of Man Experiencing Mental Health Crisis
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A Sheriff in Louisiana Has Been Destroying Records of Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct for Years
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Maryland AG Seeks to Preserve Massive Set of Sexual Assault Evidence
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'Attack That Evidence': Bryan Kohberger's Ex-Lawyer Reacts to Idaho Student Murders Case • NYT reporter pored through 10 years of Idaho killings suspect's internet posts. See what he found • Accused Idaho killer could have had access to 'crime lab' at WSU: report
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Texas Man Shot and Killed Ex-Girlfriend's New Lover After Tracking Her Location Through App: Police
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Minnesota man's murder conviction vacated after 25 years
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A former "X Factor" contestant studied law so she could sue Simon Cowell's company after the show 'almost ruined my life,' report says
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Passengers applauded and got 'really emotional' after a Royal Caribbean cruise liner rescued 17 people from a tiny boat in the Bahamas
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Over 100 bills target LGBTQ rights in 2023 so far • Where Change Is Coming for LGBTQ Rights Around the World • Judge rules against LGBTQ students in Title IX college discrimination suit
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Justices to Consider ‘True Threats’ In Latest Free Speech Dispute
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Carrying a concealed loaded gun without a permit may soon be legal in most states
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Philadelphia woman jailed for nearly a week after being wrongfully arrested in mistaken identity case
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The fringe ideology of “constitutional sheriffs” is attracting believers within Texas law enforcement
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Survey finds ‘classical fascist’ antisemitic views widespread in U.S.
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Dad Arrested as Toddler Plays with Gun
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Judges:

The Supreme Court Justices Do Not Seem to Be Getting Along
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Law Professor Likens Justice Scalia To KKK Just Because He Was Cool With Killing Innocent Black People
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Federal Courts and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy
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A Tale Of Two Presidents
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Supreme Court Waits, and Waits Some More, to Issue Opinions
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SCOTUS To Hear Case of Christian Postal Worker Who Quit Rather Than Deliver Amazon Packages on Sundays
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SCOTUS Narrows Down Leak Suspects
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Wall Street:

Stock futures trade lower as earnings season rolls on
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Wall Street’s Lucrative Leveraged-Debt Machine Is Breaking Down
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Morgan Stanley’s earnings top Wall Street expectations, helped by record wealth management revenue
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Goldman Sachs misses profit estimates amid steep decline in investment banking, asset management
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Layoffs:

New Jersey’s Expanded Mini-WARN Law to Take Effect April 2023
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Laid-off Twitter workers have been forced to drop their class-action lawsuit demanding more severance pay
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Carvana terminates more workers amid weak used car sales
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Google-backed ShareChat cuts 20% workforce to ‘sustain through headwinds’
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Vodafone plans hundreds of job cuts, biggest in 5 years: Report
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Voice AI Company SoundHound Lays Off Nearly Half Its Staff
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Qualtrics to layoff 270
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Life360 shares pop as it lays off 80
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Jellyfish cuts 9%
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LendingClub to lay off 14%
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Crypto.com cuts 20%
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Greenlight, kids-focused fintech startup, lays off 104
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OU Health lays off approximately 100 employees
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T-Mobile Layoffs Hit Retail Staff
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BNY Mellon to cut about 3% of staff as Wall Street retrenches
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SmartNews lays off 40%
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INTEGRIS Health Announces 200 Layoffs Due To Financial Struggles
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An average 1,600 tech workers have been laid off every day of 2023 so far
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Retailing:

Wild Bed Bath & Beyond stock moves expose a larger problem with investing • For Bed Bath & Beyond, bankruptcy may be their only option • Bed Bath & Beyond reportedly selling assets to private equity firm, retailer says no comment • Bed Bath & Beyond’s Potential Bankruptcy, Explained • Bed Bath & Beyond weighs bankruptcy • Bed Bath & Beyond quadruples as retail traders fuel latest burst • Bed Bath & Beyond sees ‘meme-stock’ surge – but is it too little, too late? • Bed Bath & Beyond Q3 Earnings: Worse Than They Look
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Last Year Was Horrible In Retail, But This One Looks Worse
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Target carts that lock in place are yet another example of how anti-theft measures are leaving shoppers really frustrated
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Bankrupt Sporting Goods Retailer Could Be the Brand to Make a Comeback
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Retailers fight back against 'smash-and-grab' thefts of popular trading cards
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Forma Brands agrees to sale via Chapter 11 • Forma Brands files for Chapter 11
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Politics:

Young Republicans Lament Lost Ground With Gen Z, Millennial Vote
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Despite Everything You Think You Know, America Is on the Right Track
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White House says more documents with classified markings were found at Biden's Delaware home • Biden Taps Problem-Solver Bob Bauer as Personal Lawyer in Document Probe • White House's response to Biden documents frustrates Democrats • GOP House Oversight Chair Can’t Explain Why He’s Investigating Biden Classified Docs But Not Trump’s • GOP Lawmaker Rips Biden On Docs; Jake Tapper Throws Video Trump Defense In His Face • GOP Wants Biden's Home Visitor Logs • White House says no visitors logs for Biden's Delaware home • House Judiciary Committee launches investigation into Biden documents • Former Clinton Adviser David Gergen Says Biden Risks Being ‘Creamed’ by Docs Case: ‘Very, Very Big Deal’ • Biden documents case marks Garland’s latest test • Here's what we know about the classified documents found at Biden's home and office • Classified document snafus predate Biden presidency • Biden’s classified documents headache won’t go away quietly
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Trump mocks Biden over document scandal, says ‘I have INFO on everyone!’
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Trump on the possibility of Ron DeSantis running against him in 2024: 'We'll handle that the way I handle things'
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What to know about classified materials and how they're handled
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Hunter Biden asks judge to stop his 4-year-old daughter, who he had with a stripper, from taking his surname, say reports
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Trump's former chief of staff John Kelly had to repeatedly remind the former president he could not share classified information with friends, NYT journalist says
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Matt Gaetz says Trump should pick Sarah Huckabee Sanders or Kristi Noem as his running mate to get votes from women who don't like him
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Arizona GOP Rep. Eli Crane, a freshman lawmaker who opposed Kevin McCarthy as speaker, says he 'might wind up in the broom closet' over his vote • How McCarthy’s speaker deals will cause ‘cannibalistic brawl among extremists’ • Trump claimed credit, but a GOP congressman says the former president had 'no influence' over anti-McCarthy conservatives during the contentious vote for the House speakership
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Kari Lake Says If She's Not Made Arizona Governor, America Will 'Turn Into A Venezuela'
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How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
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George Santos ‘bad guy’ but shouldn’t be forced out over lies: House Oversight Chair Comer • Santos to be removed from U.S. Congress if he broke campaign finance laws -Comer • Legal woes grow for George Santos as another watchdog files FEC complaint • George Santos dismissed calls to resign from campaign staff after background check uncovered lies: report • New York Democrats ask Republican leaders to 'forthrightly cooperate' with Santos investigations • Santos’s Lies Were Known to Some Well-Connected Republicans • Disgraced Rep. Santos has deep financial ties to cousin of Russian oligarch: report • NY Republican calls for DOJ, FEC to freeze Santos campaign funds
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Missouri Legislature's New Women's Dress Code Skewered in 'Sweatergate': 'We Are Fighting Again for Women's Right to Choose'
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U.S. renames 5 sites that used racist slur for a Native woman
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IA: GOP Official's Wife Charged w/ Voter Fraud • Iowa GOP candidate's wife cast 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in 2020: prosecutors
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GOP Candidate Arrested for Shootings at Democrat's Homes
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Will Ashley Biden’s Diary Take Down Project Veritas?
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Billions at stake as online fundraising practices turn off voters
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Most voters don’t want GOP to punish ‘woke’ companies: poll
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Economy:

Top 1% Took 2/3rds of New Wealth in Two Years
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Bank of America CEO expects 'mild recession' and is preparing for worse
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Business chiefs, economists brace for recession as Davos begins • The Absence of A-Listers at Davos • Don’t believe the podium talk at Davos–but capitalism is really starting to change
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CEOs Most Pessimistic in Over a Decade
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IMF chief: Growth will bottom out in 2023 and bounce back next year
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As China reopens and data surprises, economists are starting to get less gloomy • OECD chief says China’s reopening ‘overwhelmingly positive’ to tackle inflation
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96% of workers are looking for a new job in 2023, poll says: What to know before you job hop
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There is No US Labor Shortage
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Americans are spending an extra $371 a month because of inflation
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Surging egg prices mean record profits for largest US egg producer
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IMF says fragmentation could cost global economy up to 7% of GDP
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Why consumer sentiment is at its highest level since April
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How the Fed Redistributed Wealth and Encouraged Reckless Corporate Behavior
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Caregivers 'in crisis': Nearly 1 in 3 have left their jobs to tend to ailing loved ones, and the costs add up to thousands of dollars a year
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Effective Rates Before and After 2017 Law Change
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U.S. to hit debt limit next week, Yellen warns Congress • This one procedural tool can keep Kevin McCarthy from blowing up the economy • Our debt ceiling crisis could hit as early as June. Here’s how Biden can sidestep it • GOP Lawmakers ‘Won’t Budge’ on Debt Limit Softened by McCarthy • McCarthy weighs in on defense spending cuts amid GOP divisions • House GOP tempts fall government shutdown with impossible spending demands • Biden knocks ‘fiscally demented’ Republicans in MLK Day speech
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How Europe Escaped a Looming Energy Crisis • Just how bad was the war in Ukraine for Europe's biggest economy last year? • European Gas Rebounds With Signs of Demand Picking Up in Asia
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A woman is ordered to repay $2,000 after her employer used software to track her time
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Employers trusted more than government
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Polarization eats the developed world
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Four troubling global trade trends flashing consumer weakness for a market already fearing recession
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The modern family size is changing. Four charts show how.
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On a poverty tour of California, an advisor to the governor chronicles agony, anger and hope
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Global Trade Faces a Stagnant Decade Lagging the World Economy
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Idea of de-globalization is a ‘mirage,’ says historian Niall Ferguson
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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:

The Government Seized an Elderly Minnesota Woman’s Home Over $2,300 in Unpaid Property Taxes, Sold It, and Pocketed the Proceeds. The Supreme Court Just Agreed to Hear Her Case • Supreme Court takes up property 'theft’ dispute over unpaid taxes
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The Inevitable Death of Middle Class Housing
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Billionaire families seek nearly $800M from taxpayers for Detroit developments
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Zillow Just Predicted the Hottest Housing Markets for 2023
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Florida real estate bombshell could destroy a lot of wallets
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10 cities where home buyers actually have a chance of scoring an affordable home in 2023
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico to privatize power generation amid outages
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School District ‘at high risk of insolvency,’ according to county and state
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San Fran's reparations committee proposes $5 million to each Black longtime resident, total debt forgiveness • ‘We have to take a first step’: inside the fight for reparations in America
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Oil/Gas:

Ruby Pipeline's bankruptcy plan based on $282 mln sale approved
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U.S. Oil Production Didn't Reach An All-Time High In 2022, But It Might In 2023
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Citi, BofA Lead Wall Street Banks Funding Fossil-Fuel Expansion
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Wyoming lawmakers propose ban on electric vehicle sales
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Water:

Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb's Water Is Cut Off
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Climate:

Runaway W. Antarctic ice sheet collapse not 'inevitable': study
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Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
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Tackling the threat of mudslides in soaked California • Mud, mold, and destruction: California businesses face catastrophic damage • Another storm lashes California after a barrage of brutal weather kills 19. But a break is finally on the horizon • White House approves disaster declaration for California as 2 more storms approach rain-soaked state • Unrelenting rain in the West and nearly 100 tornado reports in the South: Experts say it's all linked • Between Drought And Flood: California Faces Extreme Weather • In California, a drought turned to floods. Forecasters didn’t see it coming. • Storms force California to look harder at capturing rainfall to ease drought
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In graying Puerto Rico, the elderly face climate disasters alone
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Why (Some) Central Banks Are Acting on Climate Change
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California Storms Destroy a Wharf and Threaten a Way of Life in Beach Town of Capitola
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John Kerry says ‘money, money, money’ is needed most to tackle climate change
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Global Warming to Accelerate
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EPA moves away from Permian Basin air pollution crackdown
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History:

The hidden story of when two Black college students were tarred and feathered
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Boston unveils new sculpture honoring Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King
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Weaponizing MLK's words in a divided nation • Don’t ask what Martin Luther King Jr. would do today and then ignore his real message • The sanctification — and sanitization — of Martin Luther King Jr.
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The states that celebrate both MLK Day and confederate holidays
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Mr. Speaker, Remember the Crisis of 1801
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Education:

Fox News Host Confronts Republican Governor on CRT Ban: 'Not Being Taught'
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Minnesota university under fire for professor’s dismissal over showing images of Prophet Muhammad
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Consumer Finance:

Goldman Lost $3 Billion on Consumer Lending
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Celebs:

Elon Musk Suggests to Ignore People Under 30
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Tesla’s solar factory in Buffalo fizzles
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'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah ordered to complete mental health program after prison sentence
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Romanian police seize Andrew Tate's luxury cars and assets
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Bankruptcy, fame and prison: The rise and fall of Todd and Julie Chrisley
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Lisa Marie Presley leaves behind a lucrative Graceland — and a complicated financial legacy • Lisa Marie Presley was spending $92k a month before her death and owed the IRS $1million after squandering the $100 million fortune she inherited from Elvis • Owed $3 Million To Creditors Months Before Death • Elvis Presley's Graceland saw its bonds default after pandemic • Who's going to get Graceland?
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Report: Golden Knights Robin Lehner files for bankruptcy following exotic snake lawsuit • Robin Lehner files for bankruptcy related to purchase of exotic snake farm • Lehner sued for nearly $4M months before bankruptcy filing
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Autos:

Paul Krugman says Elon Musk's Tesla can never be a 'profit machine' like Apple, because there's no scope for that in the car industry • Teslas are finally getting cheaper. It's a sign Elon Musk's back is against the wall • What's behind Tesla's drastic price cuts • Will China Be Tesla's Downfall?
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Carmakers Signal the End of Shortages
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Car makers like Ford and GM are increasing loan payments, while some rivals are keeping costs down
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China Closes Gap with Japan on Car Exports
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10 Auto Industry Predictions for 2023
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The steep plunge in used car prices – what it means, and what’s ahead
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Renault Sales Fall for Fourth Straight Year
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Healthcare:

White Rock Medical Center owner to emerge from Chapter 11
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Bonta’s bluff played role in Madera Hospital’s sudden collapse, Madera Co. lawmaker says.
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A worrisome trend in American hospitals is hurting poor patients
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Airplane lavatories deliver new hope for the CDC’s variant hunt
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Fentanyl fuels record homeless deaths in Seattle area
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Long Covid can be debilitating, even for healthy kids • 'I am breaking': Parents exhausted after Covid and child illnesses
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U.S. FDA, CDC see early signal of possible Pfizer bivalent COVID shot link to stroke
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U.S. military veterans in suicidal crisis will be eligible for free care at any VA or private facility
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Republicans Want 12 Randos to Decide if Your Emergency Abortion Is Legal
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Personal Finance:

How to use ‘quiet hiring’ to your advantage for a raise or promotion in 2023
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Hotels:

Lender behind snafus for Hyatt House, Hard Rock hotels files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Fraud:

Just How Common Is Corporate Fraud?
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Former Live Well execs who testified against Hild get new sentencing dates
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Utilities:

Texas Power Plants Swore They Were Ready for the Next Big Freeze. Many Weren’t.
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Tech:

90% of Online Content Could be AI by 2025
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Food/Beverage:

Study suggests US freshwater fish highly contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
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Mail:

2023 stamp price increases are about to kick in
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Insurance:

More insurance companies pull out of Louisiana: 'We are in a crisis'
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Furniture:

Judge to rule on United Furniture's bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(6 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (40 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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 Statistics:

Q4 Bankruptcy League Tables: Law Firm Shakeup
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Mass Torts:

The Texas Two-Step's Liquidation Problem
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Sorting Bugs and Features of Mass Tort Bankruptcy
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Plaintiffs' Attorney Shares What It's Like To Hold Companies Responsible For The Opioid Epidemic
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

Financial Disequilibrium
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SCOTUS:

SCOTUS Takes Native American Sovereign Immunity Case (scroll down)
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IP:

The Impact of Bankruptcy on IP Licensor and Licensee Rights
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Exculpation:

Circuits Split on How Far to Extend Third-Party Exculpation Provisions
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Aviation:

Springer Aerospace Starts Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Southwest Airlines just insulted unhappy customers in a truly spectacular way • Southwest CEO says all options 'on the table' after carrier's meltdown • Southwest's CEO says it 'just couldn't keep up with the volume' of problems that caused its holiday chaos: report
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Audio Released of Air Traffic Control Freakout • A Delta passenger said there were screams in the cabin when the plane aborted a takeoff while speeding down the runway at JFK
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Delta CEO called last week's FAA outage 'unacceptable' and said the agency needs more funding
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Investigation underway after plane crash averted at New York's JFK airport
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SAS looks to obtain remaining debtor-in-possession funding in second quarter
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National company law tribunal allows Jet Airways ownership transfer to consortium: Report
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Crypto:

Crypto in Celsius “Earn” Accounts Are Property of Bankruptcy Estate, Not Customer Assets
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How crypto exchanges hold assets: the crypto world after the collapse of FTX
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Maybe We Should Call It Cryptic Currency?
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Cryptocurrency – The part it plays in Bankruptcy and Corporate Insolvency and Recent News
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Celsius Cryptocurrency Woes: Bad News for Those Whose Cryptocurrency Is Trapped in the Estate, Could Be Worse for Those Who Think They've Escaped
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Crypto Bankruptcies Are Very Complicated
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Coinbase Legal, Compliance Ranks Thinned as Part of 20% Cutback
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Crypto Long-Term Adoption Depends On Regulation, Coinbase Exec Says
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Bitcoin rallies 25% after cryptocurrencies were pummeled by losses for much of last year
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Lax campaign finance rules likely to survive Bankman-Fried scandal
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As U.S. Probes FTX Collapse, Employees Turn To Law Firm Covington • FTX Secretly Channeled A $50 Million Loan To Its Bahamian Bank Through An Executive’s Company • Will FTX Japan Depositors Really Get Their Money Back in February? • Monex wants to buy FTX Japan amid bankruptcy proceedings: Report • Miami Terminates FTX Arena Naming Rights Deal Following Crypto Exchange’s Bankruptcy • Lessons From The FTX Collapse For Sports Organizations On Drafting Sponsorship Agreements • Here's how the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX empire stacks up against other corporate failures like Lehman Brothers and Enron • FTX gets judge's approval to start selling LedgerX and other units • FTX US's ex-boss says he was threatened with losing his job after he raised concerns about the crypto exchange – but never suspected multibillion-dollar fraud • Sam Bankman-Fried was a spiteful and insecure boss who gaslit anyone that challenged him, FTX's former US chief says • Former FTX US Head Had Months Of Disputes With Bankman-Fried: ‘I Realized He Wasn’t Who I Remembered.’ • ‘Ninth circle of hell’ is reserved for SBF for his betrayal: Scaramucci • Alameda wallet under liquidator control incurred $11.5M in losses: Arkham • Sam Bankman-Fried's father lawyers up as FTX investigation intensifies • Sam Bankman-Fried's secret 'backdoor' discovered, FTX lawyer says • Is Sam Bankman-Fried Losing His Mind?
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Anthony Scaramucci is investing his own money in the former FTX US boss's new crypto firm despite getting burned by FTX
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Japan pushes global counterparts to regulate cryptocurrencies like banks
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JPLs to report, as troubled Blockfi faces winding up
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CoinDesk Broke Big News About FTX. Now the News Is Closer to Home.
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Crypto Biz: DCG’s ‘carefully crafted campaign of lies’?
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Founders of bankrupt Three Arrows Capital plan trading platform for distressed crypto debt • Bankrupt Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Founders Shoot For $25-Million Crypto Exchange • A Large Crypto Market Maker Is Already Distancing Itself From New 3AC Venture • CoinFLEX Users Irate Over Leaked GTX Pitch Deck From Three Arrows Founders
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Scaramucci sees bitcoin at $50,000 to $100,000 in 2-3 years as market hopes for bull run • Bitcoin is back with a bonk • Left for Dead Crypto Names Roar Higher as Bitcoin Bounces
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Gemini & Genesis Accused of Offering Unregistered Securities
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The S.E.C.’s Crypto Crackdown Intensifies
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Ailing Singapore Crypto Firm Vauld Gets More Time to Restructure
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Pharma:

California Sues Pharmaceutical Companies for 'Unconscionable' Inflation of Insulin Prices
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Student Debt:

JPMorgan May Have Bought The Wells Fargo Of Student-Loan Businesses
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Student Loan Problem: Statistics & A Failure To Acknowledge Reality
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Sovereigns:

Egypt Plans Spending Cuts as It Faces Economic Crisis
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Zambia finance minister: Official creditors have second meeting to discuss debt relief
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Ghana extends domestic debt exchange deadline for third time
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Why is Pakistan teetering on the brink of default?
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Sri Lanka Closer to IMF Bailout as India Said to Back Debt Plan
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UK:

Battery start-up Britishvolt files for administration
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UK Jumps Into the Top Three Countries for Growth, Bosses Say
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Leasehold nightmare: why owning a council flat could land you with a ‘wipeout’ bill
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UK Wages Rising at Near Record Pace Add to Pressure on Rates
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EU:

ECB’s Centeno Says Euro-Zone Economy Is Surprisingly Positive • ECB’s Centeno projects ‘a few’ more rate hikes in the next couple of meetings ‘at least’
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Canada:

Canada Home Prices See Record Drop as High Rates Hit Buyers
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British Columbians’ debt anxiety mounting amid inflation, interest rate hikes: surveys
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Russia:

Germany's defense minister resigns amid Ukraine criticism • Germany calls for special tribunal against Russia over Ukraine war
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U.K. to supply tanks as Russian missiles hit across Ukraine • Ukraine could be about to get the battle tanks it wants to fight Russia
(DBN)

CIA director secretly met with Zelenskyy before invasion to reveal Russian plot to kill him as he pushed back on US intelligence, book says
(DBN)

UN chief warns that rule of law risks turning into 'rule of lawlessness'
(DBN)

Ukraine reeling from deadliest strike on civilian building in months • The Russian missile that wiped out an apartment block was designed to sink aircraft carriers and can't be shot down by Ukraine, says its airforce • Ukraine says Russian strike pattern suggests it is low on ballistic missiles • Death toll in Russian strike on Ukrainian building rises to 40 • Rescuers search for survivors after deadly Russian strike on Dnipro apartment block • Victory claims over small Ukrainian town expose rift among Russian forces • Russia says it has captured eastern town, its first victory in months
(DBN)

Russian-installed official in Crimea says air defenses shot down 10 drones
(DBN)

Putin says Russian military operation going well in Ukraine • Experts see ‘desperation’ in ‘flailing’ Putin’s war leadership shuffle • Putin was so worried about a conflict with the West that he basically ended up starting one, former US Army general says
(DBN)

Ukraine prepares for new offensive as Russia and Belarus begin joint drills
(DBN)

A loving dad and his injured son pay war's costs in Ukraine
(DBN)

High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway
(DBN)

Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany
(DBN)

'Russia's Rambo': A former Putin favorite now says he feels 'nothing but hatred' for his home country
(DBN)

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MENA:

Biden Is About to Have His Hands Full in the Middle East
(DBN)

Former Afghan female lawmaker and guard are shot dead at home, police say
(DBN)

Tens of Thousands Protest Netanyahu's Gov't
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Italy:

Italy's most wanted Mafia boss arrested after 30 years on the run
(DBN)

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China:

China Evergrande’s auditor quits on disagreement around 2021 audit-related matters • Evergrande Says PwC Resigns After 2021 Audit Disagreements • Evergrande Is Said to Propose Two Offshore Restructuring Options
(DBN)

China Bad-Debt Firms Plan Property Aid of Up to $24 Billion
(DBN)

Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin help Modern Land in overseas debt restructuring
(DBN)

China’s Better-Than-Expected GDP Fuels Hopes for Rebound • China's 2022 economic growth one of the worst on record, post-pandemic policy faces test • China’s economy could recover faster and earlier than expected, analysts say
(DBN)

China reports 60,000 Covid-related deaths, says peak passed
(DBN)

In China, no easy way to get Pfizer's COVID drug Paxlovid
(DBN)

It's official: China's population is shrinking for the first time in 60 years
(DBN)

America is Winning the US China Chip War
(DBN)

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Singapore:

Singapore’s higher bankruptcy numbers in 2022 part of natural business cycle: Economist
(DBN)

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Brazil:

Americanas Crash Deepens as BTG Cites ‘Fraud’ in Legal Battle • Brazil's Americanas plunges as second industry group files lawsuit • 4-BTG, Bradesco among most exposed to Brazilian retailer Americanas
(DBN)

Top Brazilian court authorizes investigation into whether Bolsonaro incited riot • What Bolsonaro’s Thugs Learned From Jan. 6 • Brazil’s military blocked arrests of Bolsonaro rioters, officials say
(DBN)

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India:

The new Indian insolvency regime: effective, or is the jury still out?
(DBN)

It's a mystery: Women in India drop out of the workforce even as the economy grows
(DBN)

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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong judge defends judiciary amid fears of ebbing independence
(DBN)

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