Law:

Religious rights group says it's qualified to train Southwest Airlines lawyers
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GCs earn a median $360,000 in salary, short-term incentives
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Many Law Firms on Pace to Meet Budget, But Uncertainty Lingers in 'Strange Year'
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Biglaw Leader Who Took Cover In Bomb Shelter During Hamas Attacks Critiques 'Critical Thinking Skills' Of Those Making Controversial Statements On Israel
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'This Is Deeply Personal': S&C's Shenker, Forced Into a Bomb Shelter, Speaks on Connections to Israel, the Way Forward
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Kirkland & Ellis Helps Partner, Other Firm Lawyers Escape From Israel In The Wake Of Hamas Terror Attack
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These Law Schools Reign in New Combined Ranking
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Business people don’t understand ethical issues that lawyers labor under. The reality is that not every issue can be solved with a snap of the fingers
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Weil Strengthens Paris Restructuring Practice with Arrival of Céline Domenget-Morin
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Why Many Cases Settle Right Before Trial
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Lawyer's Defense To Bar Complaint "Eclipsed The Gravity Of The Underlying Charges"
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Mississippi isn’t following state supreme court’s new rule for protecting poor defendants, critics say
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Getting Rid Of Cash Bail Led To A Historic Dip In Jail Population • How elimination of cash bail is working in Illinois after 1 month
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Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website • Judge Fines, Threatens Trump with Prison
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Trump Gagged Harder
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Ivanka Trump lawyer not happy about Letitia James attempt to force testimony in fraud case
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Judge Chutkan temporarily freezes Trump gag order in 2020 election subversion case
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Federal court upholds ruling in Jan. 6 appeal with big impact for riot cases, Trump • Appeals court upholds broad use of obstruction law that prosecutors have deployed against Trump
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Special counsel invokes Trump's own arguments, Kavanaugh writing to defeat bid to dismiss
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Pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in GA election subversion, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy • The Cheese Melts • Georgia plea deals spell danger for Trump, co-defendants • Chesebro attorney argues client never believed Trump’s ‘big lie’ of election fraud • From Bush v. Gore to ‘Stop the Steal’: Kenneth Chesebro’s Long, Strange Trip
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Sneering Contempt And A Fine Whine
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Jan. 6 defense lawyers ‘gobsmacked’ by Trump ally’s plea deal • Et Tu, Sidney? • After Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia case, Trump claims she was ‘never’ his attorney • Sidney Powell was Trump’s biggest ‘fighter.’ Now she’s a big threat •Why Did Sidney Powell Plead Guilty?
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Trump Like 'Tony Soprano' As Former Allies Plead Guilty: Ex-GOP Strategist
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Brazile: Guilty pleas of lawyers in Georgia case means Trump in ‘major trouble’
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Ex-Judge Rogers Brown Vouches for Eastman’s Character, Acumen
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Stephen Miller Takes Break From Suing Gay Pop-Tarts To Sue NYU Law Review
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Trump May Have to Throw His ‘Clown Car’ Full of Lawyers Under the Bus
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Trump can't seem to stop a lawsuit that could kick his candidacy to the curb in Colorado
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Trump denies reports he shared sensitive details with Mar-a-Lago member • Leaked Audio of Australian Billionaire Talking Trump Secrets Released By 60 Minutes Australia
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Record number of migrants seen at southern border last month
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Baltimore to pay $48 million to 3 men wrongfully convicted for murder and imprisoned for 36 years
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Masked police officer robbed 3 Las Vegas casinos of $164,000. He was identified in part by his unusual gait
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Texas School District Backs Off Effort To Seize a 79-Year-Old Man's Home for Stadium Parking
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Juveniles charged with dousing acid on playground slides that injured 4 children
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Fifth Circuit: The Government Doesn’t Need To Pay You For The Home It Destroyed To Effect An Arrest
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The Mississippi Supreme Court Moved to Ensure Poor Criminal Defendants Would Always Have a Lawyer. It’s Not Working.
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The GOP’s Secret to Protecting Gerrymandered Electoral Maps? Claim Privilege.
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Man headbutts car window and flops out 'like a dolphin' after high-speed pursuit, crash
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His wife was killed the day before their eviction. A decade later, he faced another foreclosure — and a murder charge.
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Wife shot husband in entryway, called his daughter, then fled in his truck
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Hairstylist admits scamming doctor out of millions with help of actress girlfriend
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DNA evidence links father to cold case butter knife killings of son and daughter: Police
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Bodycam footage shows arrest of woman accused of waving gun at McDonald's at drive-thru
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Burger King wants lawyers sanctioned over undersized Whopper claims
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Iowa woman who made fake cancer claims on social media, received over 400 donations learns her fate
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Residents of a small Maine town rallied together to help a man keep his emotional support chickens despite a city law banning them. They won.
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Over 500 students absent, 'scared' after Washington state high school intrusion of masked attackers
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How $17.2 Million in Gold and Cash Disappeared From Toronto’s Airport
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Rock climber plotted to kill people at popular mountaineering event in Oregon, police say
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NYPD officer who boasted about loving her job allegedly sold 'top quality' fentanyl, heroin — while on shift: feds
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Former major-league pitcher arrested in alleged murder and attempted murder of his in-laws
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Nashville police chief John Drake’s son named suspect in shooting of two La Vergne cops as residents told to lock doors
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US Supreme Court won't revive law targeting federal gun curbs
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‘Not safe anywhere now’: American Jews are flocking to gun training classes
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Detroit synagogue president found fatally stabbed outside her home • The death of a Jewish synagogue president outside her Detroit home was a 'brutal murder,' Michigan's attorney general says • No evidence found linking synagogue president's fatal stabbing to antisemitism, Detroit police chief says
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Thousands of protesters demanding eradication of Israel clash with NYPD as rally delves into chaos
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Judges:

Booming Texas Bankruptcy Venue in Doubt After Judge Resigns
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The Supreme Court allows the White House to continue work to combat controversial social media posts
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You're Supposed To Bang Your Gavel, Not Flash Your Gun, Former Judge
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US judicial panel eyes 'elegant solution' to amicus disclosure rule
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Midnight federal filings to remain (outside the 3d Cir.)
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Jackson sides with SCOTUS majority, but demands Louisiana make new voting maps quickly
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Manhunt continues for suspect in 'targeted' killing of Maryland judge as officials offer $10K reward • Ex-wife of a man suspected in the killing of Maryland judge accused him of child abuse last year, documents show • The killing of a Maryland judge is part of a growing trend that's putting the judiciary at risk, a former US Marshal says • 'Good' judge found fatally shot overnight in driveway hours after ruling in divorce case
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And We’re Off To The Races At The Supreme Court
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Mere Veneer
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The mess gumming up the Supreme Court’s review of a Trump-era tax law
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Wall Street:

Dow falls nearly 300 points after 10-year Treasury yield tops 5% for the first time since 2007
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The Dow's transportation index is ringing alarm bells about the broader stock market
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Layoffs:

Google's latest job cuts were pretty targeted and reportedly included several 'director decapitations'
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PeaceHealth files layoff notice with state amid hospital closure
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Ally Financial to Fire 5% of Workforce
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Signa closes North American offices as it prepares for insolvency filings
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The laid-off masses have a message for Mark Zuckerberg and Marc Benioff: We’ll never come back
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Sharonville Ford Transmission plant hit with 360 additional strike-related layoffs
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Stellantis announces 100 more layoffs at Toledo Machining Plant
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Downsizing rule #2: If your bank is cutting jobs, think before you post
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Autos:

Elon Musk’s finances may crash Tesla’s stock to the ground
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How Much Net Profit Tesla Makes Per Car
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More people are missing car payments in another ominous sign for the economy
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Tesla stock ends the week down 15%, the worst performance of the year
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VW Cuts Profit Outlook on Bad Hedge Decisions
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Crypto:

Prosecutors in Bankman-Fried trial compare defense argument to ‘Dumb and Dumber’
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Sam Bankman-Fried's ex-friends and top lieutenants all demolished his criminal defense from the witness stand
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Clive Crook: 'Effective Altruism' is as bankrupt as Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX
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FTX Creditors Warned of Phishing Threat as SBF Criminal Trial Progresses
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FTX sought investments from BlackRock and Google before bankruptcy
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FTX creditor claims breach the 50c mark as buyers see light at the end of the tunnel
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FTX chatted about $500K in ‘dark money’ support after Sen. Murray fundraiser
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Why FTX's Plan To Refund 90% of Recovered Assets Doesn't Add Up To 90% of Customer Losses
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Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers avoid challenges to 'cartoon' villain image
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Bicycles:

Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles pauses invoice payments and cancels orders as insolvency looms
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge Fund Billionaire John Paulson Faces Legal Storm in Puerto Rico as Empire Grapples with Lawsuits
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

VIP Healthcare Solutions, Inc. and Two Company Officials Plead Guilty
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Monroe Auto Brokerage Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud
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Finance:

California Finalizes UDAAP Rule for Small Business Financing
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Accounting:

Accountants on Why They’re Leaving: ‘The Hours Are Long and Unreasonable, Compensation Is Low’
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Media:

Media Confidence in U.S. Matches 2016 Record Low
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Insurance:

Vesttoo: The “Madoff of insurance”, trading forward a “wasteful pursuit” – Creditors
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Economy:

Central Banks Search for Lessons From the Great Inflation Outbreak
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Fed Flags Concerns About Inflation Pressures and Office Market
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There's never been a better time to be a DINK
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How workers and CEOs are navigating speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war
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Wild Treasury Swings Just Starting as Bond Traders ‘Buckle Up’
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Amazon will now fire workers who refuse to return to the office three days a week
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More people are missing car payments in another ominous sign for the economy
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Q3 GDP Tracking: Around 4%
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Fresh Growth Numbers Are Set to Show US Remains Economic Powerhouse
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Inflation is following an ‘eerily similar’ path as the one taken in 1966-1982
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U.S. wraps up fiscal year with a budget deficit near $1.7 trillion, up 23%
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Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave steps down in wake of controversy over his Israel comments
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Deals Rebound Crashes Into a New World of Risk to End the Year
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Silicon Valley's perversion of philanthropy
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113 Million People Will Join the Global Middle Class in 2024
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Visualizing the Top Countries by Wealth per Person
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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:

How WeWork’s Bankruptcy Would Ripple Through Commercial Real Estate
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Home prices could drop 5% next year if mortgage rates stay at 2-decade highs, Morgan Stanley says
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New homeowners won’t see a profit for over a decade
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Boomer parents are suddenly muscling their kids out of the housing market according to surprising new data from realtors
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Gen Xers' wealth is locked up in their homes
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High rents and mortgage rates squeeze Gen Z
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Realtor.com Reports Weekly Active Inventory Down 2.7% YoY; New Listings Down 4.4% YoY
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Dropbox handing over 25% of San Francisco HQ back to landlord as commercial real estate softens
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Large US life insurers feel impact of commercial real estate concerns
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NMHC: "Apartment Market Continues to Loosen"
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The housing market was already painful, ugly and anxious. Now the 8% mortgage rate is back
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Saving money to buy a house? Your dollar goes half as far as it did at the end of 2020
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Uptown 240 bankruptcy sale could be back on as saga of troubled Dillon condominium property continues
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A woman is 'furious' and in 'shock' after her house was demolished by mistake while she was on vacation
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Municipalities:

Is the future of America in Texas? Dallas, Houston and Austin are poised to replace New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago as the largest cities in the US ... but not for another 77 years
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America's Downtowns Are Empty. Fixing Them Will Be Expensive.
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Oil/Gas:

Half the World is 5 Years Past Peak Fossil Fuel
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Demand destruction will outweigh a wider Mideast conflict in oil markets, JPMorgan says
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Long lines at gas pump unlikely, but Middle East crisis could disrupt oil supplies, raise prices
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Where Renewable Energy Is Growing (And Where It Is Stalling)
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Labor:

UAW says ‘more to be won’ despite record offers from automakers; declines to expand strikes
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Automakers Accelerate Talks with UAW as GM Boosts Its Wage Offer
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The UAW's strike success hinges on organizing more workers
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Two Dozen Minors Found in Ohio Poultry Plant
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Fran Drescher On The Studios Refusing To Negotiate And The SAG-AFTRA Strike Hitting 100 Days
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Culinary union says members in Las Vegas to rally, participate in civil disobedience next week
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Philadelphia Orchestra and musicians agree to 3-year labor deal with 15.8% salary increase
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Business groups call on Ottawa to intervene as St. Lawrence Seaway strike begins
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How unions negotiate for more money when their employers are legitimately cash-strapped
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Utilities:

Grid Upgrades Estimated To Cost Over $2.5 Trillion By 2035
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Politics:

Biden's speech on Israel and Ukraine draws 20.3 million viewers -Nielsen
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'I am a Zionist': How Joe Biden's lifelong bond with Israel shapes war policy • Inside Biden's Gaza strategy
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Biden seeks $105 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, border security • McConnell sides with Biden on bundling Ukraine, Israel aid: ‘I view it as all interconnected’ • Tim Scott says he’d vote against Ukraine, Israel package in its ‘current construct’ • Some GOP lawmakers back Biden's Ukraine and Israel aid package
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Republicans reveal $200,000 personal check from James Biden to Joe Biden they claim is evidence of Biden family's influence peddling scheme
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GOP fires starting gun on 3rd round of House speaker race • Top Republicans Emmer, Johnson Join Wide-Open Speakership Race • Matt Gaetz Isn't Sorry He Tore the House GOP Apart • McCarthy backs Emmer for Speaker: ‘He knows how to do the job’ • Trump tells allies he doesn’t support Tom Emmer’s speaker bid • GOP speaker chaos: 9 Republicans will battle for top post • The GOP speaker contest has entered its “who?” era • It's a free-for-all in the GOP speaker race • Cheney blames McCarthy for House Speaker havoc • McConnell won’t back any candidate for Speaker: ‘I’m not an expert on the House’ • McCaul calls House Speaker chaos ’embarrassing’: ‘I don’t know how this plays out’ • Turner on Speakership turmoil: ‘Congress is like high school but even more so’ • House Republicans push unity ‘pledge’ to guarantee a speaker • Jordan’s implosion in House speaker bid lays bare GOP civil war • Gingrich: 8 Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy ‘unleashed furies’ in GOP conference • Gingrich says House GOP poses ‘very real danger’ of electing Speaker, then going ‘back into the same mess’
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Liz Cheney launches blistering attack on Kevin McCarthy for 'elevating white supremacists and anti-Semites'
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House chaos forces Senate to take the wheel on spending
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The old GOP's last stand: the Senate
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Abortion is on the ballot in November. The outcome will shape 2024.
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Thousands of Dearborn students chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ during pro-Hamas school walkout
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The Strange Return of George W. Bush
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Romney: Trump Thinks at a Third Grade Level
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Trump’s Bitter Standoff with Fox News Is Only Getting Worse
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Trump Thought His D.C. Hotel Would Bring In Twice As Much Money As It Did
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Dave Chappelle fans walk out after he blasts Israel’s ‘war crimes’
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn wants halt to US Gaza funding: 'Should be locked down'
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Anti-Hamas billboard taken down in New Jersey
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How Ron DeSantis Lost the Internet
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Billionaire Brags About Trump Sharing Secret Information With Him
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George Santos says he threw his life 'into the toilet' and 'flushed it' to win his House seat, but doesn't regret running for office
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US Senator Menendez to be arraigned on foreign agent charge
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Mike Lindell Suffers Blow in Election Battle
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Fraud:

Former Florida lawmaker who sponsored ‘Don’t Say Gay’ sentenced to prison for COVID-19 relief fraud
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Retailing:

Z33!
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Drugstore closures leaving millions without easy access to a pharmacy
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Education:

Michigan State shows Hitler’s image on video boards in bizarre move before loss to No. 2 Michigan • Michigan State University apologizes for Hitler image displayed on video boards before football game
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Jewish schools adjust security as Israel-Gaza war stokes fears
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Agribusiness:

Almost Half of American Land Used for Meat Production
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Sports:

DIRECTV Blasts Diamond Sports For ‘Improper’ Tactics In Bankruptcy
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“Matter of survival,” WTA set to go bankrupt by 2026, recent report shares concerning financial struggles • WTA Chairman Steve Simon denies Kazakh Tennis VP bankruptcy and potential ATP merger claim
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Barcelona president admits club would have filed for bankruptcy if private company
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Food/Beverage:

Breweries In Crisis: From Bud Light's Decline To Metropolitan Brewing's Bankruptcy
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Maritime:

HMM Creditors Prepare for Privatization Sale By Executing Share Conversion
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Tech:

Will AI Take My Job? Bosses Shouldn’t Only Consider Bottom Line, Says Expert
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‘Let that sink in!’ The 13 tweets that tell the story of Elon Musk’s turbulent first year at Twitter (or X)
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Study: Some AI chatbots provide racist health info
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased 2.3% Year-over-year
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Hotel Occupancy Rates Continue to Rise Throughout 2023
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Trucking:

8 Senators Ask U.S. Treasury to Consider ‘Going Concern’ Bid to Save Trucking Jobs Amid Yellow Bankruptcy
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Hoping for a Re-VOLTA-lution
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Convoy trucking startup - hailed as 'Uber for freight' and backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos - shutters due to 'massive freight recession'
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Private Equity:

Global private equity exit total up in Q3 to largest quarterly total in 2023
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Fortress Has Plowed $6 Billion Into Other Companies’ Lawsuits
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Solar:

High interest rates, regulatory changes crushing US residential solar
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Corporate Governance:

Fifth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules
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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 (4 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Rite Aid Rides a Hot 2023 Trend: Going Bankrupt
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Property of the Estate:

Majestic Star Is No Longer Vital? Florida Bankruptcy Court Finds that an S Corporation Election Is Property of the Bankruptcy Estate
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Mass Torts:

Our System Of Justice For Mass Tort Cases—Is This The Best We Can Do? (Barden v. Johnson & Johnson)
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Johnson & Johnson Considers Ditching Texas Two-Step for Third Talc Bankruptcy
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Alex Jones can't hide behind bankruptcy to avoid paying Sandy Hook families, judge rules
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Rite-Aid Bankruptcy Highlights the Dark Side of Opioid Lawsuits
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As sex abuse victims wait, insurance coverage holds up Buffalo Diocese bankruptcy case
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

Bankruptcy Law's Knowns and Unknowns
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The Beauty of Belk
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Celebs:

Alex Jones Loses, Cardi B Wins on Flip Sides of Bankruptcy Law
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Bankrupt Katie Price ‘struggling to rent out Mucky Mansion’ for £6k-a-month amid fears it’s haunted
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Aviation:

Spirit Airlines cancels dozens of flights to inspect some of its planes. Disruptions will last days
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United Airlines will debut a new boarding order to save time
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Bezos' Blue Origin sees third executive departure amid restructuring
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Airport lounges are booming, and everyone wants in
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Abortion bans and anti-LGBTQ laws are complicating business travel
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Cathay Pacific Cancels HK-Tel Aviv Flights for Rest of 2023
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India Changes Bankruptcy Laws To Allow For Easier Aircraft Repossession
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Air Malta’s ‘new’ consultants facing Alitalia bankruptcy charges in Rome
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Student Debt:

305,000 student-loan borrowers got the wrong billing information from their servicer and 'will not have payments due until these mistakes are fixed,' Biden's Education Department says
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Why some student-loan borrowers aren't worried about missing payments over the next year
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Climate:

Extreme ocean temperatures threaten to wipe out Caribbean coral
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As temperatures rise, songbirds struggle to keep young healthy
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Asset Managers Are Updating Bond Models to Capture a New Risk
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Gas Deals Beyond 2050 Show Reality Gap on Europe Climate Goals
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Healthcare:

Popular telehealth company quietly files for bankruptcy after 21 years and founder & CEO says he’s owed money
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Dementia’s staggering financial cost is revealed in new report: It's ‘bankrupting families’
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Potential Catholic Medical Center-HCA deal highlights pressures on local hospitals — and their patients
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Mercy Iowa City pensioners seek ‘official’ status in bankruptcy discussions
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Nurses at Hazel Hawkins say the hospital does not need to go into bankruptcy or be sold
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Report: Air Methods Considering Bankruptcy
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The opioid crisis has gotten much, much worse despite Congress’ efforts to stop it
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CDC says skin-disfiguring parasite may be endemic in Texas, present in other states
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More Infants Die in States That Restrict Abortion
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Oct 20th COVID Update: Deaths and Hospitalizations Decreased
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Sovereigns:

China revamps debt appraisal framework for Belt and Road programme
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Sri Lanka to use IMF second tranche to settle loans with multilateral creditors
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Greece Returned to Investment Grade by S&P After Over a Decade
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Egypt Downgraded Deeper Into Junk by S&P on Currency Squeeze
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UK:

UK seaside town could go bankrupt as hundreds of families in need of accommodation
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Eastbourne council to host summit as authorities face bankruptcy
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More English councils face bankruptcy, leaders warn, as deficits reach £4bn
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Management of bankrupt Volta Trucks seeking buyer - source
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Hamas fugitive living the high life in UK-funded London home
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Canada:

Canada's tallest building goes into bankruptcy, not even half-built
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Canada’s Cannabis Conundrum: The Green Rush’s Rocky Road, Five Years In
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MENA:

Blinken: U.S. efforts ongoing after Hamas releases two American hostages • Qatar Optimistic Hostages to be Freed ‘Very Soon,’ Welt Reports • US Push for Release of Hostages Delays Israeli Ground War, But Won’t Stop It • Blinken: Israel and Gaza cannot return to ‘status quo’ • Can Qatar's diplomacy free more hostages and avert an all-out war? • Hamas attack evokes memories of the Holocaust for many Jews • Israel carries out rare airstrike in West Bank, hits airport in Syria, military says • Israel is now fighting on 3 fronts as airstrikes and violence escalate across the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Syria • Israel intensifies Gaza airstrikes • Israel pummels Gaza as US sees 'significant' risk of attacks on Mideast interests • What to know about the Gaza Strip and who controls it • What to know about Israel's military strength • What to know about Hamas' military capabilities • US Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Mideast Defense Posture • U.S. sending additional air defense systems to Middle East - Pentagon • ‘There Are Options for Israel That Do Not Involve Killing Thousands of Civilians’ • CNN: USA seeks delay of Israeli ground incursion into Gaza • Israelis feel abandoned by Netanyahu after October 7 • Netanyahu’s Attack on Democracy Left Israel Unprepared • She dreamt something terrible would happen to her family, then woke to the blast that killed them • Hamas militants ate family's lunch as they tortured and mutilated parents and 2 young children, says an Israeli emergency responder • Documents found on fighters reveal Hamas capabilities, bloody plans • US military equipment pours into Israel, 45 cargo planes loaded with armaments sent to IDF • First aid trucks allowed into Gaza after days of negotiations • Rafah crossing closes after 20 aid trucks enter the besieged enclave. Aid workers warn that is a fraction of what is needed •UN chief lauds movement of aid into Gaza, but asks for ‘much, much more’ • Why Palestinians fear that if they leave northern Gaza they may never be able to return • UN aid official says 17 more trucks entered Sunday, proposed 40 coming Monday • Tainted water and viruses put Gaza residents, especially kids, at further risk • Thirsty families in Gaza eke out trickle of water • ‘Complete siege’ of Gaza: satellite map of worst affected areas • More supplies desperately needed for 2.2 million people in Gaza • Aid worker describes ‘really dire’ conditions for those left in northern Gaza • Biden Says Hamas Attack Was to Halt Israel-Saudi Arabia Thaw • Israel slated to shut 'pro-Hamas' network Al Jazeera run by Qatar • Muslims protest around world to demand end to Israel's Gaza campaign • ‘Incredibly harsh’: Up to 600 Americans are trapped in besieged Gaza • Hamas blocking Americans from leaving Gaza: Blinken • Israel increases number of hostages taken by Hamas to 212 • Israel did not bomb that hospital, according to the latest intelligence. It's a reminder that in war, all sides engage in propaganda •US and Israel Weigh a Future for the Gaza Strip Without Hamas
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Israel Evacuates Northern Communities as Danger of Hezbollah Escalation Grows • The Wild Card in Israel’s War That Threatens a Global Crisis • Israel Says Hezbollah Dragging Lebanon Toward War as Towns Empty • US ‘holding back Israel from strike against Hezbollah’ • Israel vows to cut off 'the head of the snake' and launch a military attack against Iran if Hezbollah joins the war with Hamas • Hezbollah steps up attacks, IDF says, fueling fears of wider conflict
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Nearly two dozen journalists killed in Hamas-Israel war
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The Reckoning That Is Coming for Qatar
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Jordan's King Abdullah describes the root of Middle East instability in 2009
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War leaves Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman’s dream of a new mideast in tatters
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Egypt Is Courted on All Sides as Pivotal to Gaza Refugees’ Fate • Egypt’s Gaza Summit Starts With Arab Call for Two-State Solution • Egypt Downgraded Deeper Into Junk by S&P on Currency Squeeze
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As deadly fighting with Hamas continues, Israel's tourism industry prepares for the worst
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Iran isn't seeking direct war with U.S., American officials say • Hamas leader holds talks with top Iranian official amid growing fears the Israel-Gaza war could mushroom • Israel’s war in Gaza is ‘do or die’ says PM Benjamin Netanyahu after vow to ‘cut head off the snake’ of Iran • Iran Warns Israel to Stop War in Gaza
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‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory
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The McDonald’s Global Empire Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Israel-Palestine
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Incident involving US warship near Yemen -- lasted 9 hours... 4 cruise missiles intercepted, 15 drones shot down
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As China strengthens ties with Russia, the Israel-Hamas war deepens their divide with the U.S.
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Russia:

New Evidence Found of Rape and Torture by Russian Forces in Ukraine
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Russian Soldiers Doing Drugs 'Out of Boredom'
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Ukraine says it took out almost 50 Russian tanks in one day as Russia made failed attempt to capture eastern city
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Russian casualties soar by 90% as Putin's generals order furious attacks on small city in east, UK intelligence says
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Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Is More Successful Than You Think
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Inside the Commando Raids Unnerving Russia in Crimea
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Russia has likely suffered up to 480,000 soldiers killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine, says UK Ministry of Defence
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China:

China's Country Garden bondholders seek talks after missed payment, sources say
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China property market shows little signs of revival despite stimulus
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Evergrande’s Debt Restructuring Postponement: A Harbinger of Financial Uncertainty • China Evergrande Reworks Debt Restructuring Amid Mounting Challenges
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So who understands the Chinese economy? Definitely not China
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Italy:

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni publicly dumps partner over lewd remarks
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Germany:

Decision of the German Court Causes Waves For Investors but is Welcomed by Creditors of Insolvent Companies
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Spreading Anti-Semitism in Germany: An Unexpected Frontier
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Venezuela:

A tale of setbacks as Venezuela's Citgo heads to US auction
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How US sanctions relief could revitalize Venezuela
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Netherlands:

The international restructuring of Steinhoff under the Dutch WHOA
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India:

Competition, new rules crimp resolution professionals’ fees
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Unlocking confidence: IBBI’s 16 transformative steps to reinvent liquidation
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Chile:

Pre-Pack procedure: A possible factor in Chilean bankruptcy legislation?
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