February 24, 2025

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Law:

Skadden eyes non-equity partner switch amid law firm talent battle
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Seyfarth Bolsters Restructuring & Insolvency Capabilities in Both Corporate and Litigation with Addition of Pete Roberts
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Weil Announces New Governance Structure
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More Law Firms Should Have Mandatory Retirement Requirements
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In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military’s Top Lawyers
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I Teach at Harvard. Store Managers See Me as a Threat.
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Court Grants Immunity To DA Who Shared Nude Photos From A Searched Phone With Local Law Enforcement
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Law Schools Respond To The Executive Threatening To Cut Federal Funding Over DEI Colleges, Law Schools Need To ‘Make Reasoned Decisions’ Before Taking Rash Steps Concerning DEI Policies
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ABA Legal Ed council suspends accreditation standard focused on diversity ABA Halts Enforcement of DEI Rule in Reaction to Trump Agenda
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How law firms can grow, address artificial intelligence and tackle other challenges in 2025
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Linklaters Put AI Through Law Exams
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Paul Hastings Seeks Dismissal of GenapSys Malpractice Lawsuit Over Bankruptcy Disclosure Issues
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Dear Federalist Society: It’s Time To Lay Off The Chick-Fil-A
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Lawyer on trial in fatal shooting puts self-defense laws under scrutiny
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The Big Reason Suits LA Just Doesn’t Work
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New FBI Director Kash Patel plans to move up to 1,500 workers out of Washington, AP source says FBI Director Kash Patel to be named ATF chief FBI Nominee Kash Patel Warned Elon Musk Is Becoming "One Ginormous Trust" The FBI braces for a shakeup under Trump loyalist Kash Patel
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Trump Names Dan Bongino As Deputy Director Of The FBI
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How Trump and Bondi Are Weaponizing the Law
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Freed Proud Boys and J6ers take D.C. by storm: ‘Our house!’
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Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals
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Elon Musk Faces Legal Threat Over Federal Worker Ultimatum: 'Utter Disdain'
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Trump DEI Orders Mostly Blocked in Diversity Officers Suit Donald Trump Hit With Major DEI Legal Setback Judge says Trump's anti-DEI orders violate First and Fifth Amendment
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Trans Actress Hunter Schafer Reveals Passport Now Lists Her as Male
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Americans with disabilities warn protections are vanishing in Trump's DEI rollback
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What Is the Third Term Project? Pro-Trump Group Bids to Change Constitution
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DC Prosecutor Ed Martin Isn’t A Nazi. He Just Really Likes Eagles.
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Director of US Attorneys' Support Office Removed by Trump DOJ
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Supreme Court sidesteps Trump’s effort to remove watchdog agency head Supreme Court Declines for Now to Let Trump Fire Agency Head Supreme Court Just Dealt Donald Trump 'Unexpected' Loss—Legal Analyst
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‘Assertions of harm were overstated’: Judge dissolves his own restraining order and denies injunction in big win for Trump admin effort to ‘dismantle’ USAID
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Associated Press Sues White House Officials to Restore Access Trump Ramps Up Media Spat by Taking Aim at MSNBC, AP
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New York City Sues Trump Over $80 Million in Clawed-Back Funds
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Adams Judge Taps Lawyer to Review DOJ Move to Drop Charges Judge Orders Probe Into Adams Case, What Happens Next? Ripple effects from the Eric Adams case may highlight the power of Trump's DOJ
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Letitia James celebrates legal win over Elon Musk's DOGE: 'Keep fighting'
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Judge halts deportations after Trump 'invasion' claims Trump administration directs ICE agents to find, deport unaccompanied migrant children Trump’s Acting ICE Chief Sidelined in Latest Immigration Shakeup How many migrants have been deported in Trump's first month? Haitian migrants targeted for removal fear death back home Diplomatic security staff to help arrest illegal migrants States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump’s immigration crackdown Trump Official Issues Warning to Boston's Police Commissioner New immigration enforcement operations underway in Los Angeles area
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Trump’s control over independent agencies tees up test of presidential power In ‘power move’ over independent agencies, Trump demands review of proposed regulations
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Connecticut Attorney General said bomb threat was made to his home
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Officer killed after a gunman took hostages at a Pennsylvania hospital
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Man 'lying in wait' fatally shot man on ATV after complaints about riding at complex: Cops
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Why Diddy's Attorney Just Abruptly Stepped Down
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Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings
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After 30 years in prison for murder, new DNA evidence frees Hawaii man who maintained innocence
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Violence by Women Soars in California
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Hungarian man 'hunts' disabled seniors like 'prey' before killing them: Police
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Man chooses firing squad for execution, would be US's first in 15 years
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Man bombed woman's house and planned to use a python 'to eat the victim's daughter'
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Man made 10-year-old watch him kill grandparents, killed his mom when he ran to get help
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Wife upset with Valentine's Day gift attacked husband with kitchen knife, police say
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Inside the train heists targeting Nike sneakers
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NM Sup. CT. Reverses Conviction Where the Prosecutor Accused the Defendant of Witchcraft
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Few prisoners claiming abuses have access to a jury trial. The Supreme Court could soon change that.
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Judges:

Judiciary Tells Judges, Staff to Ignore Email to Explain Work
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DOJ Accuses Judge of ‘Misconduct’ in Trans Military Ban Case
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How Appalling
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John Roberts Is on a Collision Course With Trump
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Judge says Trump admin has withheld foreign aid despite court order
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‘What’s it Gonna Take?’ Angus King Warns Americans to Realize We Are In ‘Biggest Constitutional Crisis’ In U.S. History
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Divided by Principle: How Justices Barrett and Jackson are Shaping the Future of Constitutional Law
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Trump's potential defiance of SCOTUS could lead to a full-blown constitutional crisis
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Disgraced Former Judge Alex Kozinski Primes Pump For Donald Trump Canceling Elections
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Justice Elena Kagan Emphasizes the Public’s Right to Criticize Supreme Court Decisions
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California Judge’s Emotional Confession After Fatal Shooting of Wife
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Council Receives Preview of New Model Policy That Provides Guidelines, Safeguards on Use of Generative AI by Courts
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New Texas Business Court Unable to Accept Cases Older Than Itself
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US DOJ finds removal restrictions for administrative law judges unconstitutional
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise early Monday morning after losing week on Wall Street
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Dow drops 700 points for worst day of 2025 so far on new fears about economic growth S&P/TSX composite down more than 350 points, U.S. stock markets also tumble
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‘Uncertainty is rising’: Stock market turbulence could spell trouble for Trump
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Layoffs:

Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden during address at CPAC
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Cuts drain federal government of technical expertise
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Trump administration firing 2,000 USAID employees after judge paves way for move Put most remaining staff on administrative leave
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How the government's firing spree is hurting veterans
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How the Trump and DOGE terminations — perhaps the biggest job cuts in history — may affect the economy
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Trump is firing federal workers who are not funded by taxpayers
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FDA Begins to Rescind Firings, Calls Some Employees Back to Work US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s Neuralink
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Musk Says Federal Workers Must Detail ‘What They Got Done’—or Risk Losing Job Email starts power clash between Musk and agency leaders — even the Trump loyalists 'What did you do last week?' Read the email DOGE sent to federal workers. Here's what management experts think about Elon Musk's DOGE emails Trump tells Musk: 'Get more aggressive.' Then came the DOGE emails. Agencies push back on Musk email, including FBI, Pentagon, State, Intel Musk targets Pentagon official who told federal workers to ignore email threat Musk says federal worker email meant to spot ‘outright fraud’ Here's how federal workers are responding to the DOGE productivity-tracking email DOJ Chiefs Tell Staff Not to Reply to Musk Job Details Order Government agencies have no idea what to do about Musk’s email Agencies, unions tell fed workers: Don't answer Musk's threat email 'Maybe I'll just resign': Federal workers react to the mass DOGE email Murkowski knocks Musk over ‘absurd weekend email’
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DOGE Restores 9/11 Survivor Program Cuts, Hires Back Workers
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Republican senator urges Musk to show ‘compassion’ toward workers
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Judge gives Trump the go-ahead to continue putting USAID employees on leave
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NetEase’s Billionaire CEO Slashes Jobs
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DBS Group set to cut 4,000 jobs
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Nikola to cut 855 jobs in Arizona amid bankruptcy filing
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J.C. Penney, Eddie Bauer operator lays off 5% of corporate staff
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PepsiCo to shutter NY factory — laying off nearly 300 people
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San Francisco school board to vote on issuing layoffs to over 500 employees
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Leer South Mine employees were given ‘no warning’ about 165 job layoffs
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Bloomin’ Brands announces 100 corporate layoffs
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John Deere confirms more than 100 layoffs at Ankeny location
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At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk's firing and cutting spree Town Hall Erupts At Blistering Anti-Trump Rant Torching ‘Tyranny’ — Gets Standing Ovation In Trump District Some Republicans shrug off DOGE protests and town halls Republican governors defend DOGE even as they face looming deficits Jim Jordan Says Trump's and Musk's DOGE Has 'Maybe' Made 'Some Mistakes'
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Americans Divided on Federal Mass Cuts
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‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
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Fired federal employees describe turmoil in final days: "Massacre"
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Trump Admin Deported Fewer People Than It Fired in First Month—Report
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DoD Reviewing ‘Non-Essential’ Consultancy Contracts For Termination
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Republicans defend FEMA as Trump fires hundreds from agency
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Food/Beverage:

Hooters in Talks to Prepare a Bankruptcy Filing in Coming Months Hooters in Bankruptcy Talks: What We Know So Far Hooters may file for bankruptcy after several locations shut down Hooters prepares to file for bankruptcy amid declining foot traffic: report Suns' Devin Booker makes 3-word plea amid Hooters bankruptcy reports Could Paige Spiranac save Hooters from bankruptcy? Chase Elliott’s Billion Dollar Sponsor to File Bankruptcy One Year After Ugly Exit Nic Nemeth Joins the Fight to Save Hooters from Bankruptcy
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Once-Iconic Restaurant Chain on Brink of Collapse May Get Last-Minute Rescue
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States Target Use Of SNAP Benefits For Junk Food SNAP benefits face cuts as RFK Jr. goes after junk food
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Religion:

Pope Francis is in critical condition after a long respiratory crisis, requiring oxygen at high flow Headstrong Francis Put the Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say "Pray for me:" Pope sends message from hospital bed
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Climate:

Trump Tells Federal Scientists to End Climate Report Work
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After Wall Street Exodus, Climate Group Explores Axing 1.5C Goal
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'Viciousness’ of Trump’s climate attacks stuns even his critics
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Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
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Healthcare:

A Florida hospital was sold in a bankruptcy deal. Now, the new owner will shut it down
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A Michigan for-profit hospital company named as possible purchaser of bankrupt Crozer Health
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CT hospital owner Prospect blames Yale New Haven Health in new court filings over bankruptcy
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They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
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How a small-time drug bust ignited a feud between police and a Catholic hospital
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Map Reveals How Obesity Rates in the U.S Compares to Europe
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Map shows states with the worst health care
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
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US measles outbreak leaves nearly 100 ill in Texas and New Mexico
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JD Vance steps in to help 12-year-old relative denied heart transplant over unvaccinated status
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Flu trumps COVID deaths for first time in years
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Why We Don’t Trust Doctors Like We Used To - WSJ
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Non-Profits:

Greenpeace Is Going to Trial in $300 Million Suit That Poses Bankruptcy Risk
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Media:

‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang
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Solar:

In Texas, ‘energy dominance’ is the solar industry’s new motto
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Economy:

Americans Continue to View Several Economic Issues as Top National Problems
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US consumer sentiment plunges over tariff and inflation fears
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Economic Confidence Index Steady at -19 in February
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Inflation, Tariffs Turn Consumers Sour on Trumponomics Donald Trump's Support Over Handling of Economy Evaporates Economic Outlook Worsens as Polls Find Disapproval of Donald Trump’s Economic Policies
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Fed’s Barr warns of weaker regulation, supervision
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Consumers Long-Run Inflation Views Rise To Highest Since 1995
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The Fed is stuck in neutral as it watches how Trump’s policies play out
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Warren Buffett sounds warning to Washington as Berkshire reports record profit, cash
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As consumer delinquencies rise, U.S. economic growth increasingly powered by the wealthy
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One chart shows the US is a rare major economy where wages have been outpacing inflation
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Egg price inflation is so bad that some NYC stores are selling them ‘loosie’ cigarette style How the egg crisis is hitting food banks To help solve its egg price crisis, America is turning to Turkey (the country) Border Patrol sees uptick in egg smuggling on southern border as prices skyrocket
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Fed’s Goolsbee Plays Down Jump in Inflation Expectations
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CEO confidence in economy soars to 3-year high with Trump in office
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US Business Activity Moderates as the Service Sector Cools
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Why the Apollo economist who coined ‘no-landing’ now sees intensifying risks to the U.S. economy
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China Urges US to Stop Weaponizing Economic and Trade Affairs Trump’s Growing Focus on Tariff Revenue Raises Trade War Odds ‘Mad as hell’ Canadians cancel US travel en masse as trade war escalates Economists trim Canada’s growth outlook as tariff threats linger After 150 Years of Friendship, the U.S. and Canada Come to Blows One in four Canadians see US as 'enemy' country More than 150,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship Australia’s Chalmers to Press Bessent for Exemption to Tariffs Trump Team Pushes Mexico Toward Tariffs on Chinese Imports Malaysia Seeks US Talks to Shield Chip Industry From Tariffs Trump Set for Tense Talks With Macron, Starmer Starmer Faces Defining Moment in Campaign to Sway Trump EU Sees €28 Billion Hit From Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Trump Eyes Tariffs to Counter Digital Taxes Big Tech Loathes Trump Told Drugmakers to Move Production to US or Face Tariffs Trump Says Apple Shifting to US Plants, With Specifics Unclear Trump’s Tariff Wars Leave US Small Business With Nowhere to Hide Slovakia Seeks Musk’s Help to Avert Trade War Between US and EU Businesses weigh the cost of moving supply chains out of China as Trump's new tariff takes effect Trump tariffs: Visualising new US trade restrictions Trump Pushes Tariffs To Shift The Tax Burden From The Rich To The Poor And Middle Class US growth fears compound tariff nerves
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Apple plans to spend $500 billion in U.S., hire 20,000
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G-20 Puts on Show of Unity Amid Trump’s Assault on Global Order
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Steve Cohen 'Negative' On U.S. Economy, Citing Tariffs And DOGE
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Trump’s De-Regulation Drive Is Dangerous, France’s Villeroy Says
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Republicans eye rollback of Biden rules on banks, WiFi and more
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Trump Directs CFIUS to Restrict Chinese Investments in US
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House Republicans to Explode National Debt: Auchincloss Senate Budget Vote Leaves Hurdles for Trump Tax Cuts, Debt Limit Nearly All Republicans Vote Against Conditioning Tax Cuts to the Wealthy Senate GOP advances Trump's backup budget after grueling all-nighter GOP scrambles to win over moderates on budget resolution House GOP plan to pass Trump agenda set to face key test These Republicans have a lot to lose if Congress cuts Medicaid Mike Johnson’s moment of truth
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Corporations dig deeper: using bunkers to secure data (and their CEOs)
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Cameo is giving workers a $10,000 raise to return to the office
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Why Gen Z are turning down promotions
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Gen Z won't apply for jobs that don't disclose the salary
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Another DEI rollback as KPMG US ends strategy aimed at underrepresented groups The Major U.S. Companies Scaling Back DEI Efforts Why Coca-Cola says DEI is essential for business success Citi tosses diversity goals, DEI label Ditching DEI in name only
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The net worth of Americans in their 30s, early 40s has quadrupled to a stunning $15.95T — but they still don’t feel rich
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Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. That may change.
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The higher your degree, the longer you'll be unemployed
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Where college-educated Americans are moving
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Existing-Home Sales Drop Back Again With Mortgage Rates At 7%
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U.S. Housing Market Gained $2.5 Trillion in Value in 2024
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Housing Starts and Recessions
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January 2025 Rental Report: Rent Steadies in January as Year-Over-Year Decline Moderates
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Hundreds of vacant lots in Chicago to be sold after landlords’ bankruptcy, opening up opportunities for redevelopment
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Office-to-apartment conversions keep rising
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California Insurance Rates to Rise for More Than 600,000 Residents
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Florida Insurers Sent Billions to Affiliates While Claiming Losses: Report
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More Than 25% Of L.A. Palisades Borrowers At Risk Of Delinquency
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Thief wearing 'Palisades Strong' shirt stole antiques from burned down home: Cops
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The threat to American homes not enough people are talking about
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Donald Trump Has Spooked the Housing Market
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An elderly couple spent a staggering $840,000 moving into a New York retirement home — then it went bankrupt. Here's why they're not alone
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Residents to recover 25 percent of entrance fees as judge approves $86M sale of bankrupt CCRC
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Municipalities:

Daniel Lurie Tries to Buff Up San Francisco
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Oil/Gas:

Trump’s Energy Czar Has Plan to ‘Map, Baby, Map’ US Oil Bounty
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Endangered Whales in Gulf of Mexico Lose Protection
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Aquariums:

Amid bankruptcy reports, Miami Seaquarium owner says company will ‘restructure’ debt
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Politics:

Requiem For The West
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In first month, Trump blows up century-old approach to the world
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Trump moves with light speed and brute force in shaking the core of what America has been
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Dowd: Fail, Caesar!
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Carville suggests Trump admin will ‘collapse’ within 30 days
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Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash
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Trump Says Jimmy Carter Died ‘Happy’ Because Biden Replaced Him as Country’s ‘Worst President’ Historians rank Trump as worst president
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Trump gets middling grades on Americans' top issues, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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Trump Tells CPAC His Goal Is a ‘Lasting’ Republican Majority
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Trump has moved on from 'alternative facts' to 'a whole alternative reality': experts
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Trump uses merch to monetize agenda
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Where’s the outrage? ‘Trump World Inc.’s’ many conflicts of interest
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How Elon Musk's White House Job Is Helping Line His Pockets
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Jeffries says Trump trying to ‘disorient’ with talk of third term, being king
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Trump Has One Idea
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What the data says about U.S. foreign aid
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Joint Chiefs chairman, other leaders ousted in major Pentagon shake-up Trump's military firings leave some Democrats reeling Trump’s Military Purge Has Washington Asking ‘Who’s Next?’ Hegseth Defends Trump’s Firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman A look at Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, Trump’s pick to be the top US military officer Who is Dan Caine? 3-star gen. who claimed ISIS could be defeated in 1 week Trump Replaces a Top Military Commander Amid Widespread Shakeup Lawful, but Enormously Destructive A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon Can DOGE Create a Lean Military Machine? Former Defense Officials Weigh In Democrats and former defense officials rail against ‘pure pettiness’ of Trump Pentagon firings
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Public Anticipates Changes With Trump but Is Split Over Whether They Will Be Good or Bad
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Heel, DOGE? GOP Unease Toward Cuts Rises Elon Musk’s worldview is eerily similar to his authoritarian grandad’s Musk and DOGE underwater with some voters in recent polling Musk orders US federal workers to report on work by Monday or resign Republican Confronted in Heated Town Hall Over Trump's Job Cuts, Elon Musk Musk: Federal workers who gave ‘good responses’ to new policy deserve promotion consideration DOGE shared its receipts — and some of them don’t match DOGE savings estimates fall by $9 billion in 48 hours DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are the numbers coming from? Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week Federal agency bosses tell workers to ignore Musk's demands for proof of accomplishments Ginnie Mae, Stalwart of Mortgage Market, Squeezed by DOGE ‘Big Balls’ on Top of the World How Eddie Coristine, 19, came to join the Elon Musk revolution Elon Musk hits back as he shares baby mama Ashley St Clair's 'pregnancy plot' messages New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him DOGE Stimulus Check: CNN Host Spars With Plan's Creator—'Ponzi Scheme' Trump asked what was "wrong" with Elon Musk after bizarre jumping—Book MAGA Has Found a New Model Donald Trump says Elon Musk should be 'more aggressive' DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion DOGE cuts pose potential liability for GOP in Virginia elections Kinzinger: Musk’s chainsaw moment will feature in Democratic attack ads The DOGE Project Will Backfire Reddit community shut down for threatening Elon Musk's DOGE is back online Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
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We've entered the era of scaredy-cat capitalism
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Trump and Musk aren't the first to make deep cuts. Clinton-era Reinventing Government saved billions Trump’s plan to slash the federal workforce isn’t the first, it’s just the worst
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LA Mayor Removes Fire Chief Over Response to Palisades Blaze
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VA secretary: ‘We’re not cutting benefits’
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The Governor Who Stood Up to Trump ‘No sir, you are not’: Maine newspaper issues Trump civics lesson as he threatens state Trump Threatens to Cut Maine Funds Over Transgender Sports Ban Govs divulge what it was like when Trump clashed with Maine’s state leader over trans athletes
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Stars, Stripes and Spending: The Price Tag of Trump’s Renaming Spree
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As sales drop, artists weigh canceling Kennedy Center shows in protest Kennedy Center reeling from 'stunning' ticket sales collapse after Trump takeover: report
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Jared Kushner, Ivanka refused to say Donald Trump isn't "antisemitic"—Book
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'Woke words" could be banned under Republican proposal
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The Small Town Tearing Itself Apart Over Preferred Pronouns
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French leader cancels CPAC speech after Bannon's apparent Nazi salute Even neo-Nazis say it’s getting a ‘little excessive’ following Steve Bannon’s CPAC salute
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Illinois Governor Pritzker Warns Against Threats to American Democracy in State of the State Address
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Democrats eyeing 2028 split on how to tackle Trump
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Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money
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Mark Cuban says he’s not running for president in 2028
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Newsom requests nearly $40 billion in disaster aid following Los Angeles wildfires
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Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech
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Philadelphia Eagles make major decision over White House invitation post Super Bowl win following past Donald Trump snub
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Why did Trump rename Gulf of Mexico? Shame is the point
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Consumer Protection:

Musk Team’s Blitz on Consumer Financial Agency Unsettles Trump Allies
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Cruise Lines:

Lutnick’s Tax Comments Give Cruise Operators Case of Deja Vu
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Utilities:

Southern California Edison Faces Intensified Legal Challenge in Eaton Fire Litigation with Entry of Major Law Firm
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Retailing:

Who bought Joann? New ownership group is partnership between GA Group, Joann lenders
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Popular home goods retailer closes down 20 locations as bankrupt Bed Bath & Beyond plots massive store takeover
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How Outsourcing Could Have Kept Joann Fabrics and Crafts in Business
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Store closures outpace openings amid ‘historic shift’ to service-based tenants
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Cannabis:

Popular cannabis brand declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Cannabis Lending: Are You Ready to Fire It Up?
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Fraud:

Martel bankruptcy trustee seeking over $71M from investors in Ponzi scheme
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Indicted N.Y. Advisor Charged With Threatening Witnesses, Attempted Bribery
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Finance:

Sports debt expected to be newest collateral for securitizations, academy says
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Motorcycles:

KTM Money Woes Mean More Job Losses
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Agribusiness:

2024 Farm Bankruptcies Highlight Worsening Farm Credit
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Education:

Faith and the First Amendment in the Supreme Court: The Oklahoma Charter School Showdown
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (63 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (21 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy rates to 'increase globally' in 2025, expert warns
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The Polsinelli|TrBk Distress Indices
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Bankruptcy Research:

Has Chapter 11 Become More Expensive?
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Professional Compensation:

Genesis Credit Partners’ $4 Million Fee in Terraform Labs Bankruptcy Faces U.S. Trustee Scrutiny
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Advisors:

FTI Consulting reels from staff exodus after rainmaker launches rival
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FTI Consulting Bolsters Cross-Border Restructuring and Insolvency Offering with Hire of Jo Hewitt
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Third Party Releases:

Purdue Does Not Bar Injunctions in Section 363 Sales, Says Recent Bankruptcy Decision
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Mass Torts:

Judge weighs options to ‘jump-start’ stalled Albany diocese bankruptcy
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J&J’s $9 Billion Offer Inflames Talc Suit Claimant Rift
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Aviation:

Why Did Eclipse Aviation Fail?
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Court Will Confirm Spirit Airlines Plan, Approve Opt-Out Nondebtor Releases
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More Than Half A Dozen People Involved In Wild Brawl At The Spirit Airlines Gate In Atlanta
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‘Heartbreaking’: Operations cease at Lilium as eVTOL firm files for insolvency
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Bankrupt Silver Airways Collected Passenger Fees—Now Airports Are Going To Court Over The Money
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Orlando could start to resemble 'The Jetsons' with flying cars from airport site as soon as 2028
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Delta flight returns to LAX after takeoff over smoke detected midair
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Experts Call Foul on FAA Firings Following Aviation Accidents
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American Airlines flight from JFK diverts, escorted to Rome by fighters after bomb threat on board: report
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GoFirst creditors seek NCLAT guidance to review Nishant Pitti's renewed bid for airline
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Personal Finance:

Debt Nearly Buried Them. Here’s How They Got Out of the Hole.
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Defense:

US Defense Stocks Drop While Europe Emerges as Surprise Winner
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Tech:

Microsoft Cancels Leases for AI Data Centers, Analyst Says The research note that’s raising eyebrows: Microsoft reportedly is cancelling data-center leases.
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Alibaba Plans to Spend $53 Billion on AI in a Major Pivot
(DBN)

How Americans view Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
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TikTok Owner ByteDance Is Tech Darling Again With $400 Billion-Plus Valuation
(DBN)

Trump’s Cuts at US Agencies Starve Internet Watchdogs That Fight Disinformation
(DBN)

Trump Free Speech Attack on Europe Sets Up Big Tech Fight
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Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questions
(DBN)

Apple yanks privacy-enhancing feature in UK after facing 'secret' government order
(DBN)

Meta approves bonuses of up to 200% of company executives' salaries as it trims stock awards for employees
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Need to attend a meeting, order groceries or book a flight? There's an 'AI agent' for that
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Student Debt:

Credit scores are plummeting for student loan borrowers
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Weight-Loss:

Novo’s Ozempic Shortage Is Declared Over, Hitting Copycats Copycat Ozempic makers brace for crackdown
(DBN)

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Startups:

The High-Profile Failures of Nikola and Humane Highlight a Danger for Startups
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Crypto:

FTX Settlements Show a Clear Trend: Taking Cash Wasn’t That Bad
(DBN)

FTX repayments hit jurisdictional roadblocks as creditors clamour to reinvest FTX Repayments Begin, But Claims from 163 Countries Deemed Ineligible
(DBN)

North Korea feared to be behind ‘worst hack in history’ as Kim’s goons took £1BILLION in world’s biggest crypto heist
(DBN)

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Gig Economy:

Food delivery workers earned most of their money from tips last year, a new report says
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Celebs:

Shilo Sanders' bankruptcy case stuck in dispute over his privacy: 'Ball of chaos' John Darjean’s attorneys share biting legal retort to ex-Colorado Buff Shilo Sanders' team in bankruptcy case
(DBN)

SBA won't try to claw back $155 million in controversial COVID grants to celebrities
(DBN)

50 Cent Continues to Troll Big Meech's Alleged Money Woes with GoFundMe Prank
(DBN)

'I'll Take One For The Team, Seduce Elon...': Leaked Texts Allege Ashley St Clair 'Baby Trapped' Billionaire
(DBN)

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Autos:

Tariff threats freeze automakers at critical moment
(DBN)

Body Panels Flying Off Cybertrucks on Highway, Drivers Report
(DBN)

Rivian finally shows it can actually sell cars for more than the price it costs to build them Rivian Warns of First Annual Sales Decline as Policy Risks Loom
(DBN)

Nikola filed for bankruptcy. Meet the other failed EV startups
(DBN)

A rare split opened between Musk and Trump over Tesla's plan to build its presence in India
(DBN)

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Mail:

Trump Says He’s Considering Merging Postal Service Into Commerce The $400 billion Post Office conundrum
(DBN)

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UK:

Mallya pursues annulment of UK bankruptcy order Appeals over Vijay Mallya’s bankruptcy described by judge as ‘Alice in Wonderland’ case
(DBN)

Adult social care must be ‘modernized’ to help London councils on brink of bankruptcy, says care minister
(DBN)

U.K. Retail Sales Rise for First Time in Five Months
(DBN)

Vatican ‘Let Down’ by Financier Over Property Deal, Judge Says
(DBN)

Stretched UK Parents Tap Home Equity to Pay Surging School Fees
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EU:

Italian PM defends JD Vance's Munich speech at CPAC
(DBN)

Can Europe fundamentally reshape its economies to focus on defense?
(DBN)

EU Strengthens Ties to South Africa as Trump Escalates Criticism
(DBN)

'For the first time since 1941 there is no alliance between a US government and European countries'
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Canada:

Bank of Canada sees trade war permanently cutting output by 2.5%
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Germany:

Voter turnout jumps to 83% after pivotal German election German election results explained in graphics Germany shifts right as exit polls show clear lead for Merz Germany’s Merz claims victory for his conservatives as the far right is projected to finish 2nd Far-right AfD doubles support Germany’s Far-Right Targets Victory Next Time After Breakthrough Far-right AfD's rise has appalled large swaths of a country deeply aware of its Nazi past German Conservatives Face Narrow Path to Power After Victory Merz will aggressively pursue economic ties between U.S. and Germany, former ambassador says Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’ What Germany’s Election Means for America — and the World Germany's conservatives aim sharp words at Washington after beating far-right in elections
(DBN)

How Russia, China, and the 'debt brake' are keeping Germany's economy stuck in the slow lane as voters go to the polls
(DBN)

Germany’s manufacturing sector requires ‘urgent action,’ Mahle CEO says
(DBN)

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France:

France prepares for largest child abuse trial in its history
(DBN)

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Russia:

Russian company bankruptcies nearly triple as firms grapple with loan repayments and the search for new markets
(DBN)

The staggering cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine, by the numbers
(DBN)

Putin summit prep underway Trump Says No Need to Include Ukraine’s Leader in Peace Talks EU’s Top Diplomat Says the US Is Spreading Russia Narrative Marco Rubio explains how Trump soured on Zelensky White House press secretary suggests Russia-Ukraine conflict could end ‘this week’ Treasury Secretary Touts Economic Guarantees for Ukraine in Trump's Deal
(DBN)

Mapped: Control in Ukraine three years on from Russia's invasion
(DBN)

Three years on, Ukraine's extinction nightmare has returned
(DBN)

Trump Acknowledges Russia 'Attacked' Ukraine but Defends Putin Witkoff declines to blame Russia for starting war in Ukraine Sen. Markwayne Mullin says he doesn't believe Russia plans to invade NATO allies
(DBN)

Moscow says there will be a 'price to pay' for the Western companies that left Russia after it invaded Ukraine
(DBN)

Russia's real strongman: Meet the oligarch who's pushing Putin to destroy Ukraine
(DBN)

Zelenskiy says he is willing to give up presidency if it means peace in Ukraine Zelenskyy offers to resign in exchange for peace, NATO membership
(DBN)

UK to unveil sweeping sanctions against Russia
(DBN)

Estonia in new push to get EU to seize Russian assets for Ukraine
(DBN)

As Trump turns on Ukraine, Trudeau tells Zelenskyy: 'Your fight is our fight'
(DBN)

Macron, Starmer to meet Trump as Europeans flesh out ideas for Ukraine guarantees
(DBN)

Wounded, recovered and back to war. Ukrainian soldiers are returning to battle after amputation
(DBN)

Trump Won’t Pull US Troops From Poland, President Duda Says
(DBN)

Ukraine Opposes US Demand For $500 Billion Fund in Minerals Deal US says Ukraine expected to sign ‘improved’ minerals deal after Trump-Zelenskyy spat US Could Cut Ukraine's Access to Starlink Internet Services Over Minerals, Say Sources GOP rep calls US-Ukraine resource deal ‘victim extortion’
(DBN)

Trump puts Ukraine in a vise
(DBN)

Russia strikes Ukraine with largest drone attack of war
(DBN)

US Prods Allies to Block Ukraine’s UN Text Condemning Russia
(DBN)

EU Is in Talks for €20 Billion Military Aid Package for Ukraine
(DBN)

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MENA:

Tens of thousands attend funeral of late Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 5 months after his killing Israeli jets fly over Beirut during Nasrallah funeral as hundreds of thousands attend
(DBN)

Israel ramps up West Bank offensive and says troops to remain in some areas for a year Expanding West Bank Campaign, Israel Sends Tanks for First Time in Decades
(DBN)

Israel Delays Palestinian Prisoner Release as Deadline Looms
(DBN)

Israeli Anger Grows After Netanyahu Says Hamas Murdered Hostages U.S. and Netanyahu say ceasefire violated after Hamas returns wrong body After "mixing up" Bibas body, Hamas accuses Israel of "double standards" Trump envoy says US expects phase two of Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal to proceed Gaza cease-fire looks shakier as Israel, Hamas accuse each other of breaches Israel Says It Won’t Release Prisoners Until Hamas Stops ‘Humiliating’ Hostage Handovers - WSJ
(DBN)

Yemen's Houthis launched missile at US fighter jet, missed
(DBN)

Is Hezbollah going bankrupt? $1B budget goes sideways
(DBN)

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Mexico:

Mexico’s Economy Posts Biggest Quarterly Decline Since 2021
(DBN)

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India:

Insolvency cases by operational creditors decline 41% in 9 months
(DBN)

The Economic Impact of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016 on Corporate Reconstruction in India.
(DBN)

Non-Registration of Charges Doesn’t Deny Secured Creditor Status in CIRP: NCLAT Delhi
(DBN)

India weighs bailout plan for debt-laden state power utilities amid surging demand: Report
(DBN)

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China:

Trump Targets China With Biggest Salvo So Far in Second Term
(DBN)

China Developers Buy Land at 20% Premium in Bet on Market Bottom
(DBN)

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