August 17, 2026

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Law:

Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw Raises Continue To Trickle In At An Agonizing Pace
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ABA Plans Major Restructuring Amid Financial Struggles
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Holland & Knight Taps Familiar Face to Fight $1.2 Billion SuitGWG Fraud Lawsuit Against Holland & Knight Will Proceed, Judge Rules
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Goodwin Joins Big Law AI Arms Race With Venture Funding Tool Goodwin Procter unveils AI-enhanced tool for venture capital funding
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Biglaw’s NDA Problem Is Heading To Prestige TV
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Law Firm Disrupted: Closing the 'Human Skill' Gap in the Era of AI
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Biglaw Partner Dishes On Her Unique Path To Partnership
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Hate crime charges filed in Manhattan synagogue attack
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Dark Social For Lawyers: How To Track What You Can’t See
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Lawyers Should Think Twice Before CCing Bosses To An Email
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2 BigLaw partners retained for Taylor Farms, Taco Bell over contaminated lettuce lawsuits
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Personal injury firm at center of dispute over unauthorized sidewalk messages
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Pirro files felony charges over bubbles and graffiti at WWII memorial
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Trump accuses nonprofit organization of revealing 'top military secrets' in ballroom case
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After killing hundreds in boat strikes, US military expands campaign on land in Latin America
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Hugh Hefner tipped FBI about Epstein after Playmate traffickedUnearthed Epstein email raises new questions about Melania Trump: reportTrump Epstein party footage resurfaces amid DOJ redaction fight: report
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Prosecutors Focus on Four Businesses Tied to Dodgers Owner Mark Walter
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BBC seeks to subpoena Trump family members in defamation suit
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OpenAI Reports Goldman Sachs Analyst to FBI for Horrifying ChatGPT Conversations
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Sensing He’s in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It’s All Been a Big Misunderstanding
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Federal judge sanctions ICE for 'willful' and 'deliberate' violations of court order What Is Happening at the Border in Big Bend National Park?Bulldozers rip into Big Bend National Park, driving anger and heartbreakYears of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an AirportWhy Trump is tearing up a beloved national parkJudge allows Trump administration to build border wall along tribal landJustice Department expands military's power to detain migrants near borderUS immigration judges are deporting people in mass hearings – some without noticeUS judge clears way for Trump to end Somalis' deportation protections
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The Fake Free Speech President Has Unleashed ICE On Its Critics
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The Tate Brothers’ Lawyer Is on an Aggressive, AI-Riddled Quest to Win Their Release  
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Blanche Tries to Calm DOJ Ranks in First Speech as Leader'Bizarre scene' behind Todd Blanche's swearing-in detailed by former DOJ attorneyTodd Blanche declines to pledge independence from White House
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FBI: Violent crime plummeted in 2025, murder rate hit 20-year low
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Ex-officer accused of plotting New Orleans race attack is released after jury declines to indict
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5 people shot at Virginia State University as police investigate multiple suspectsSuspect in Virginia State University shooting arrested, found hiding in closet
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People are betting on wildfires on Polymarket. What could go wrong?
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A Maine town fined a family nearly $1,000 over 2 tin rooster statues that help their daughter with autism feel safe
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Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty To Stalking, Admits To Murder Anyway, Argues This Makes Trial Double Jeopardy Luigi Mangione admits killing UnitedHealthcare CEOHow double jeopardy could come into play after Mangione guilty plea
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Nick Reiner blocked from $1.5M trust due to ‘slayer statute’ after being charged with parents’ murder: docs
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Todd Blanche says DOJ opinion on executive privilege is not 'any novel legal concept'
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Battered NYC synagogue victim punches back at unhinged assailant who shouted, ‘F–k the Jews’ during horrific antisemitic attack
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 Screaming Man Storms Synagogue and Throws Punches
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Teen boy among 6 dead including suspect in Michigan shootings; girl survived
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Jilted ex-lover admits slaughtering 4 before torching family home in vicious revenge killing
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Horrific last days NYC designer found dead on Montauk yacht ‘harassed,’ accused of fraud by boat owner days before death, texts reveal
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Deadly shootings ravage multiple US states as several killed, scores critically wounded in Hartford, Chicago and Kentucky
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Her childhood photo. Thousands of explicit images. One woman's nightmare.
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Doctor convicted of attempted manslaughter of his wife wants a new trial, saying jurors may have been confused
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Driver responds to woman honking at him by pinning her arm in her own car door: Cops
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Man killed estranged wife when she came to pick up their children for school, police say
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Man killed his ex after becoming obsessed while living in the same building: Police
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Man angry over dog feces in his yard attacked neighbor with the offending material: Cops
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Boyfriend uses blowtorch to try to set girlfriend on fire, police say
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Serial-killer survivor who escaped 18-hour captivity shares her harrowing experience to help unsolved cases
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6-year-old girl with nonverbal autism died inside a hot bus at her daycare parking lot
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John Gotti's grandson behind bars in NJ after failing to donate kidney
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Judges:

Ninth Circuit Appoints Cara Masako Porter as Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of California | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Epstein judge: ‘The public has a right to know what the hell is going on’Judge raises specter of contempt in Epstein files case
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Supreme Court faces emergency petition surge
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Once upon a time: storytelling in Learning Resources v. Trump
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Who exactly are the “friends of the court”?
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Judge Lee Rudofsky to the Eighth Circuit
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Don’t Put Secret AI Instructions In Court Filings! But Also… Why Are We Worried About This?
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NY Top Judge Cleared By Ethics Agency After Sentencing Criticism
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Judge trims free speech lawsuit by law student punished for Charlie Kirk comments
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US appeals court revives Justice Department subpoena to gender-affirming care provider
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Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling itHakeem Jeffries Is Reading The Room, Wants ‘Dramatic’ Supreme Court ReformTop Democrat Targets Supreme Court for Changes
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Trump sics prosecutors on hush money trial judge's daughter: 'Outrageous abuse of power'
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Trump wants SCOTUS to put ballroom judge in his place for inviting 'serial litigation'
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Congress Threw This Judge Off The Bench. The Voters Sent Him Right Back To Congress.
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MS: Judge refuses to use VRA to strike DeSoto County judicial districts
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Trump admin's losing streak continues in lawsuits seeking 'unredacted' voter data
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Half of Judges’ Financial Disclosures Posted by First Deadline
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The quiet consensus fueling US court secrecy
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Trump Picks White House Lawyer for Tennessee Federal Bench
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Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in Trump Hush-Money Trial
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‘Outrageous’ handcuffing of New Orleans journalist sends ‘chilling message,’ says media group
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Rise as Anthropic Powers AI Trade
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S&P 500 closes lower, but posts third straight weekly gain
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How a sports billionaire threatens to upend Wall Street
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Layoffs:

Tech Layoffs So Far This Year Have Officially Blown Past the Total for 2025
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EA’s $700 Million Cost-Cut Plan Sparks Mass Layoff Fears
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Celebs:

'Sopranos' star Drea de Matteo says OnlyFans became ‘political statement’ after financial struggles
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Phaedra Questions Pinky's Take on Bankruptcy: "That's a Positive Thing?"
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"I Don't Want to Sue My Dad": Browns Legend Reveals Family's Role in Going Bankrupt After NFL Retirement
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Larry Ellison’s $100 Billion Fall From 2nd Richest
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Shilo Sanders Plans Wild Defense Strategy Involving Family Divorce Drama Ahead Of Eleven Million Bankruptcy TrialDeion Sanders and Pilar’s divorce could help Shilo Sanders in his $11.89 million legal caseColorado coach Deion Sanders is being called to testify at son's trial
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Travel:

How a Dallas basketball team saved its London trip after travel agency bankruptcy
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Crypto:

Prosecutors sell remaining crypto from bankrupt trading site Knaken for €2.2 million
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Gambling:

Imperial Pacific International nears end of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:

Ice Cream Maker Rebel Creamery Files Chapter 11 After $23.8 Million Trademark JudgmentFiling Alert: Rebel Creamery Chapter 11 Walmart Ice Cream Brand Files Bankruptcy: Rebel Creamery Owes $23.8M Over Copied PackagingThe mistake that helped cost Rebel Creamery $23.8 million and pushed it into bankruptcy
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Last call at Penn Brewery? Bankruptcy maneuver might clear way for new buyer
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Moe's Southwest Grill closes 16 stores after bankruptcy
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Texas restaurant business survived bankruptcy. Its owner may not.
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FDA assigns highest-risk Class I status for recall of nearly 1.6 million cartons of eggs
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McDonald’s Has Hundreds of Pages of Intel on Its Repeat Customers, and You Can Get a Copy of Yours
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Social Media:

Top French court blocks social media ban for children
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Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids’ Brains
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Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans
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States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to childrenThe $1.4 Trillion State Tort Raid on Meta
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Tax:

Founders face insolvency from tax on debt forgiveness, Bill Ackman argues
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Here's who could pay higher Social Security taxes under proposals to shore up the program
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Lawn and Garden:

BFG Supply considers a Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Apparel:

Major Clothing Chain Faces Bankruptcy Risk As Losses Mount
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Agribusiness:

Filing Alert: Phillips Cattle Company Chapter 11
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Private Clubs:

New York Beach Club for sale after owner filed for bankruptcy
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Media:

Axios Partners With OpenAI to "Automate" Local Journalism
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New York Mag fires writer for 67 instances of ripping off other authors
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Weight Loss:

People on Ozempic are getting 'zombie filler.' What is it?
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Utilities:

Newsom reignites debate over how much electric companies should pay for causing a wildfire
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Culture:

Birding, silent book club, Mahjong and more: America's meetup explosion
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Software:

Select Tech Borrowers Pull Off Debt Refinancing Despite SaaSpocalypse Fears
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Sports:

Inside LIV Golf’s financial balancing act and the decisions it faces, including bankruptcy
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Retailing:

US retail sales weakest in over a year, consumer sentiment plunges
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As Lululemon AI chief exits, analysts ‘increasingly concerned’ about turnover
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Hotels:

Main hotel for Mount Rushmore tourists files for Chapter 11 bankruptcyFiling Alert: The Rushmore Hotel Chapter 11
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Currency:

First the penny, now the nickel: Congress moves closer to making big changes with the money in your pocket
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Economy:

Inflation cools in July, but so do consumers with their spending
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Bonds Face a Bigger Threat Than the Fed as Global Rates Climb
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Odds of Fed Rate Hike This Year Fall as Goldman Sachs Warns Against Hawkish Bets
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Dollar falls sharply as prospects dim for Fed rate rise
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'A serious mistake': Moody's Analytics economist says the Fed is putting the US economy at risk by not forecasting its next move
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Trump tells Americans to accept high gasoline prices
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War and climate change drive surge in global shipping costs
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Construction costs rose 7.4% annually in July
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Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Economy Pitch Fizzles With Midterm Voters
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Credit Card Serious-Delinquency Flow Remains Above Great Recession Onset Level for 10th Straight Quarter
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Americans sour on Donald Trump’s economy as affordability strains intensify
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GOP Rep. Jim Jordan defends economic record amid rising costs for families
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GOP Rep. Mike Flood says 'too high' prices are worth stopping Iran's nuclear ambitions
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Walmart and Target are about to reveal the health of the U.S. consumer
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Retail sales slump in JulyRetail sales fall 0.6% as consumers see inflation eroding buying power
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Consumer sentiment dips, especially among Republicans
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GOP strategist says Trump should stop 'gaslighting' Americans over economy.
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Mike Johnson hurls blame Trump's way as he struggles to defend himself on Fox News
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Endless war and high prices could spell doom for Republicans in November
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AI inflation is putting even more pressure on the Fed. Could higher interest rates be next?
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The majority-minority shift changing rural America
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Central banks are stuck in a rinse-and-repeat cycle of crises
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‘If your tariff was 0%, there’s no need to commit fraud’: The White House is sounding off on a $112 billion tariff-dodging scheme it made worse
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Tariff refunds are juicing corporate profits and GDP as more tailwinds converge to propel growth to a blistering 4.3% pace, top economist says
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U.S., Canada face sticking points before 50% tariff deadlineCanada must end retaliation to avoid new tariffs, Greer says
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The career ladder's disappearing rung
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Why Gen Z wants more office work
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The U.S. national debt is about to reach $40 trillion milestone - and it's likely to hit $50 trillion soon
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New surveys show central banks are ditching the dollar and buying more gold instead
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People are worried about America’s solvency
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Pandemic lockdowns never ended for some people
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Bank of America won’t let employees work remotely 2 days in a row
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CEO of the world’s largest workspace provider says commuting will be extinct by 2040—and your kids will think it’s 'mad stuff' professionals once did
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US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived
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Are Americans making peace with the spectre of socialism?
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Revoking Protected Status for Haitian Workers Triggers Labor Crunch in Florida
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

YSA Bankruptcy Case Moves to Oklahoma to Untangle Court Battles
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Mortgage rates dip slightly for the first time in six weeks, but remain steeper than last year
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The rich and famous who can’t get into Miami’s most exclusive country club
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Construction workers find $10 million gold stash in renovations
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Real estate stocks show mixed performance; data center REITs gain, health care REITs lose
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Owning a home is overrated. Renting is now often a much better money move.
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Fannie Mae loses foreclosure judgment after suing a dead borrower
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Boatworks Mall announces bankruptcy reorganization to preserve operations
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Abandoned Homes in Baltimore Are Now Being Fought Over in Bidding Wars
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Municipalities:

National City faces possible insolvency after council pulls business tax from ballot National City manager has 3 years to save the city from bankruptcyHere’s how he plans to do it.
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Oil/Gas:

Depleted strategic oil reserve nears level that raises concerns about damage to caverns, operations
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Have Middle East Oil Flows Rebounded to 15 Million Bpd as U.S. Claims?
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Oil Majors Reap $93 Billion Windfall From the Iran War
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World’s largest carmakers seek to avert motor oil crisis
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Why Has Oil Not Rallied to $150 or Higher? Here's the real reason oil prices aren't moving higher
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Politics:

Tracking approval and key issuesMost US voters say they are worse off under Trump
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Rural Economic Pain Tests the GOP’s Grip on a Trump Stronghold
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CBS News poll on whether Democrats split over socialism, and how Americans see parties in today's economyDemocrats Have a More Positive View of Socialism Than Capitalism By a Whopping 26-Point Margin
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Two visions of America are emerging as midterms draw near. Voters must decide which one is real
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Senate hopeful Talarico touts his faith. Texas Republicans call it blasphemy.
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Trump targets Abdul El-Sayed and others in Truth Social rant
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Trump Rides Horses With George Washington and Floats 2028 ‘Win’ in Posting Spree
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Trump blames vandals for damaged grass in the same spot where he held his big July 4 celebration
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Trump heads into general election season with string of primary losses
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A Win for Dark Money
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Massive Trump merchandise store goes out of business - because nobody is buying anything
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Swing-state MAGA voters fume at 'flagging' Trump: 'Big mistake'
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Disoriented Trump blanks at the podium: 'Ma'am?'
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Donald Trump Video of Mystery Bottom Bulge Gets Attention
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Trump to splurge billions on deranged 1940s obsession
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Trump’s MAGA Hunger Games was even weirder than expected
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Noonan: Trump Is Starting to Look Precarious
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Dick Cheney’s Heart Doctor Says Trump Is Showing Very Worrying Signs
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With Donald Trump, the buck tends to stop somewhere else
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Trump changed Republican economics. Now the GOP has to figure out how to sell it.
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Donald Trump’s Own Aides Admit He’s Lost Interest in His Job
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He was the CEO of Truth Social. Now he runs a Pismo Beach wine bar.
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USS Abraham Lincoln families press Navy leaders over sailors’ mental health Trump's callous response as US sailors throw themselves overboard in Iran war and grim photos of food emergeUS aircraft carrier furor is emblem of growing disquiet over Iran war Gripping Account of Morale Onboard USS Abraham Lincoln Navy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in WarMaher on USS Abraham Lincoln conditions: ‘It just makes my blood boil’Families of US sailors denounce Trump and Hegseth for ‘dismissing their experiences and calling them liars’CENTCOM commander visits USS Abraham Lincoln amid questions about conditions on shipFormer Joint Chiefs chair: Truth about issues on USS Abraham Lincoln ‘somewhere in the middle’Top U.S. commander acknowledges mental health issues on USS Lincoln
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US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
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Trump family-backed crypto firm World Liberty gets conditional bank charter approval“The most brazen act of self-dealing our system has ever seen.”
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Why the decline of trust threatens the American social contract
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Kennedy Center votes to put Trump’s name back on building and close for renovations
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MAGA candidate hit with renewed questions over suspected 'pump and dump' scheme: expert
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How Republicans Embraced Brandon Herrera, a Texas Republican Candidate and Gun Influencer
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Is the Democratic Party Facing Its Own Tea Party Moment?
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The Democratic establishment's ideas deficit
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Jeffries: ‘I don’t support’ DSA agenda
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How AOC is rewriting her own "Woke 1" history
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New Fox News Poll Sounds Alarm Bells In Michigan For Dems
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Doug Jones: Claims that many Democratic nominees are 'far left, socialist' is 'just a boogeyman'
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Out with the old: Democrats replace stalwarts with young blood
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Senator Rescued Boyfriend from Jail After He Allegedly Assaulted a PhysicianEx-Senator Admitted to Steamy Affair With Married Bodyguard While in Office — Including Romp at CNN Anchor’s Wedding
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he's "heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell"
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Entertainment:

Paramount-WBD Merger: David Ellison Complains About Cost Of States' Antitrust SuitTide turns in Paramount-Warner Bros. legal battle as California AG faces increased pressure to settle
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Tax:

Some gamblers are buying losing lottery tickets on eBay as a way to offset taxes on their gambling wins
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Ride Hailing:

Tesla sought permit for 5,000 robotaxis in Las Vegas. It got 10.
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Personal Finance:

Dave Ramsey says Gen Z and millennials' feelings about the economy aren't facts. They could have doubled their money in the S&P 500
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The Hidden Advantages of Being a Job Hopper
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Tech:

Safety testing was an obscure part of building AI. Then models went rogue.
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AI Data Firm Offers Up to $300,000 for Internal Chat Logs of Defunct Startups
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Cloud provider bankrupt – 70 years of TV archive threatened
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AI market correction is coming, ECB blog predicts
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AI’s Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying, New Paper Finds
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Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It’s Almost Hard to Believe
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Rural Texas conservatives love free markets but not when it comes to data centers
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How Big Tech’s Earnings Are Inflated by Other Tech Companies
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People Horrified That They’ll Be Busted Now That Anthropic Is Watermarking AI Content
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China's latest open-weight model rivals US models at hacking
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U.S. to tell allies they must pick sides in AI race with China
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Publisher of Axios boasts that he uses AI to read everything for him now, instead of using his brain
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The summer that America became a nation of Luddites
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The 'country hicks' who refused $26 million from an AI data center
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Data center backlash echoes fossil fuel politics
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Congressional Staffers Are So Lazy That They’re Using AI to Write New Laws
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Influencer Melts Down That People Didn’t Like Her Being a Paid Shill for OpenAI
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Nvidia scales back funding guarantee for Ohio OpenAI data center
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Nvidia’s $500 billion plan envelops Wall Street in its AI frenzy
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People are going to extreme lengths to stop themselves from being filmed through Meta’s 'pervert glasses'
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OpenAI’s “Head of Ethics” Suddenly Leaves Company Under Mysterious Circumstances
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OpenAI talent exodus raises 'huge red flag' ahead of IPO
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Anthropic revenue reportedly jumps to more than $11.5 billion in second quarter
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Grok Calls for Assassination of Elon Musk, Accusing Him of Pedophilia
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Game Dev CEO Accused of Replacing Writers With AI is Now Completely Crashing Out
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AI isn’t changing how companies work. It’s changing what a company is
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Jane Street lost $15B in July after situational awareness meltdown: reportSituational Awareness made massive bets on SanDisk, Micron before July implosion
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Radio:

Revenue Declines 9.7% at Cumulus in Q2Cumulus Narrows Losses While Cutting Deep in Chapter 11
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Managed Services:

TPx cancels bankruptcy auction with no qualified bids
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (19 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Discharge:

Debt buyer Legacy Mortgage sued over alleged threat to foreclose discharged debt
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Comments on Proposed Amended Bankruptcy Rules
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Aviation:

Hackers Created a Device That Can Take Over a Boeing 737 Jet’s Autopilot Without Anyone Noticing
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Americans jetting overseas are setting travel records
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Air traffic controller saves day when 2 jets with same call number converge
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Flight forced to dump fuel, return to airport after tail strikes runway
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Air France Closes Paris Lounge Sauna After Passengers Apparently Turned It Into A Sex Den
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Indian court chides SpiceJet as last-minute lessor settlement forces judgment delay
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Cannabis:

Cannabis is emerging as a midterm elections issue on both sides of the aisle 
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Student Debt:

The Department of Education just quadrupled a key discount for student loan borrowers — but the clock is ticking
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Prediction Markets:

Regulators and banks step up scrutiny of prediction markets
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Healthcare:

GOP senator slams Trump’s childhood vaccine order, warns kids may die: ‘Crazy, stupid’
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Cassidy: ‘Pretty evident’ RFK Jr. lied about changing vaccine schedule
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Idaho must allow abortions to preserve women's health, US judge rules
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The most important thing AI can’t do in medicine
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Health insurers are dumping Medicare Advantage plans. Here's how many seniors could be affected.
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Surgical assistants have figured out how to make thousands more than the doctors they’re helping in the operating room
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Obamacare is becoming even more frail
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Climate:

Heat and Water Scarcity Are Converging into a Systemic Financial Threat
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Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight
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How $600B of Biden’s clean energy funding escaped Trump’s cuts
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It's Getting So Hot That Nuclear Plants Are Being Forced to Power Down
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Sweltering heat dome to hit US: Here’s when, where it could break records
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Wildfires become a grid planning challenge
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Europe’s Great Rivers Are Dying. The Continent Is In for a ShockDestroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
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Low water in Rome’s drought-hit Tiber River exposes ancient ruins of Nero’s Bridge
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Puerto Rico Is Rationing Water. It Could’ve Avoided It by Harvesting Rainwater
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Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions
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A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world
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How carefree dreams of ‘summertime’ are fading in 2026’s swelter
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Burnham warns of ‘tinderbox’ Britain after week of intense heat
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European companies count the costs and gains of extreme heat
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The surprising effects of Europe’s heatwaves
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Torrential rain and flood kill nine in Japan amid wettest month in decades
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Heatwaves expose the great human gift for ignoring catastrophe
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Fraud:

LeFever Mattson bankruptcy trustee accuses company's former lawyer and heavyweight Hanson Bridgett of facilitating fraud
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Georgia financial CEO Todd Burkhalter sentenced to 20 years in prison for running historic $380M Ponzi scheme to fund his lavish lifestyleDrive Planning leaders sentenced to federal prison in $380M Ponzi scheme
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Trump’s Justice Dept. Targets Smaller Fraud Cases
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Trucking:

Suburban Chicago carrier files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Conservative judge rams brakes on Trump trucker project amid rage-fueled fight with states
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Rail:

FL: Federal grant to provide more than $56 million for Brightline station
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US railroad Union Pacific turned charges meant to cover fuel cost spike from Iran war into profit
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Pharma:

PTC Therapeutics Targets Fabry Gene Therapy in $111M Bankruptcy Auction Deal
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Why prescription drug prices are plunging
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Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him
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Autos:

Former Tricolor CEO must face top criminal charge tied to auto lender bankruptcy
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How Toppling Of Auto Parts Maker Sapped Manufacturing
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Cash Management:

Filing Alert: FK Construction Funding Chapter 11
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Education:

College loses its monopoly on the American Dream
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Former charter operator Aspira declares bankruptcy, could keep profit from sale of taxpayer-funded building
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I teach calculus at Berkeley. Some of my students can’t do middle school math
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AI forces college students to rethink their major
(DBN)

College Kids Are Using AI Agents to “Take” Entire Online Classes for Them by Logging Directly Into the Course Management Software
(DBN)

US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity
(DBN)

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Private Equity:

Will Private Equity Ruin the Yankees?
(DBN)

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UK:

UK Supreme Court Removes Prior Recognition Hurdle for Foreign Judgment Creditors
(DBN)

1MDB suit against UK firm dismissed over jurisdiction, time limit
(DBN)

Harvey Nicks deal hints at department stores’ hidden potential
(DBN)

UK department store plunges into liquidation after 21 years - 33 jobs at risk
(DBN)

Someone impersonating Donald Trump's top aide exchanged messages with UK prime minister
(DBN)

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Canada:

CCAA vesting orders and Crown royalty arrears
(DBN)

Alberta Court Grants Mareva Injunction & Receivership Order to Protect Tallcree First Nation Trust Beneficiaries
(DBN)

Holding back on holdbacks: ONCA confirms when construction lenders rank ahead of lien claimants in priority disputes
(DBN)

Harry Stinson Faces OSC Bankruptcy Order Over $14M Debt
(DBN)

Toronto affordable housing developer Assembly bankrupt
(DBN)

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MENA:

Iran rebuffs Trump’s claim over Strait of Hormuz amid report of another ship strikeIran’s secret plan to escalate the warIran attacks third UAE tanker within a week US.-Iran ceasefire set to expire with talks at a standstillTrump posts images of himself seizing Iranian oil tankerIran business leader admits US blockade will inflict more economic damage than war, and the 'worst thing that could happen' is trying to evade itJD Vance and the Trump team keep moving the goalposts on IranInside Trump's secret backchannel to Iran's Revolutionary GuardWait… how much oil is actually leaving the Persian Gulf?
(DBN)

Why the US must demand real-time IAEA surveillance in Iran
(DBN)

Kushner has a rare meeting with Hamas’ leader on the Gaza road map. A meeting with Netanyahu is nextHamas leaders tell Kushner they will demilitarize Gaza, sources say
(DBN)

Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz a US territoryIran calls Trump's Strait of Hormuz claims 'delusions'
(DBN)

There’s a reason why Israel has done little to rein in settler violence. It’s not just Netanyahu
(DBN)

Netanyahu puts Mamdami alongside Ayatollah in ad
(DBN)

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill 11 people in another test to truce
(DBN)

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Russia:

Russia’s economy has defied the skeptics. Cracks are getting harder to hide
(DBN)

Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
(DBN)

Moscow 'under siege' as Ukraine onslaught starts inferno at 'Russia's Amazon'The suicide drone onslaught shattering Putin's 'Amazon' empire as Ukraine plots next death blow to paralyze war machine
(DBN)

Putin loses 43K soldiers on Ukraine battlefield in one of bloodiest months since start of war
(DBN)

Ukraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run empty
(DBN)

Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government
(DBN)

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Cuba:

Cubans find rest on rooftops as blackouts drive them from home
(DBN)

Is Cuba Finally Ready for Capitalism?
(DBN)

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Brazil:

Brazil's big banks shun riskier lending as household debt strains grow
(DBN)

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Germany:

PANDION's Insolvency Cascade Deepens as Five Subsidiaries Seek ProtectionPANDION Bondholders Face a Fragmented Insolvency Puzzle as September Webcast ApproachesPANDION's Insolvency Filing Puts a 77% Share Collapse in the Shadow of a Court Ruling
(DBN)

Berlin Volksbuhne swimming pool’s ‘Black people only’ event faces backlash, gets canceled over security concerns amid racism and inclusion debate
(DBN)

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Japan:

Idol game app firm collapses as data shows b

Scott Bessent fired a currency bazooka, but global finance still looks like a giant Jenga tower propped up by a Japanese yen that's in deep trouble
(DBN)

Bank of Japan should raise rates at every meeting, ex-currency chief says
(DBN)

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South Africa:

Businesses grow desperate in broke Johannesburg
(DBN)

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India:

IBBI flags misuse of insolvency process to evade tax, conceal assetsIBBI issues draft guidance on detection of fraud in corporate insolvency process
(DBN)

Suspension Of BCI Enrollment Not Necessary For Advocates Acting As Insolvency Professionals; But Liable To GST Under Forward Charge Mechanism: Delhi High Court
(DBN)

IBC Moratorium Applies Only To Corporate Debtor, Not Subsidiaries, Managers Or Directors: Supreme Court | IBC Moratorium Applies Only To Corporate Debtor, Not Subsidiaries, Managers Or Directors: Supreme Court
(DBN)

IBBI Cancels IP Registration for Ignoring Suspicious Insolvency Proceedings, ?52-61 Cr Land Valuation Gap and Possible Fraudulent Transactions
(DBN)

'Law Shows Greater Sympathy To Debt-Trapped Individuals': NCLAT Gives Guarantors Fresh Chance For Relief
(DBN)

ED arrests insolvency professional in Best Foods money laundering case
(DBN)

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Australia:

How Jon Adgemis became Australia's biggest bankruptFrom playboy to bankrupt. The $1.8b rise and fall of Jon Adgemis
(DBN)

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China:

Mass homelessness is exposing the rot in Chinese society
(DBN)

China’s Economic Woes Mount With Disappointing Start to Half
(DBN)

China’s Economy Weakens on Several Fronts as Property Bust Worsens
(DBN)

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Cambodia:

IBC Calls for Special Commercial Court and Bankruptcy Framework to Unlock More Than US$5 Billion in Distressed Assets
(DBN)

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APAC:

Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review 2027
(DBN)

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Singapore:

Creditor-Funded Recovery
(DBN)

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