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California is 1st state to ban school rules requiring parents get notified of child’s pronoun change
California became the first U.S. state to bar school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification change under a law signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law bans school rules requiring teachers and other staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child’s permission.
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Blackstone, CVC Weigh Bids for Carlyle’s StandardAero
(Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Inc. and CVC Capital Partners Plc are among the private equity firms weighing bids for StandardAero that could value the aircraft maintenance services provider at $10 billion or more including debt, people with knowledge of the matter said. Most Read from BloombergBlackRock Says Gunman From Trump Rally Appeared in Firm’s AdTrump Shooting Changes Biden’s Plan to Revive 2024 CampaignAmazon Sold a Used Diaper. It Tanked a Mom-and-Pop BusinessXi Jinping’s Great Economic Rew
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Cathie Wood says she wouldn't have sold Nvidia stake 'had we known that the market was going to reward it'
Cathie Wood's investment fund, Ark Invest sold at least $4.5 million worth of Nvidia stock this year, per The Wall Street Journal.
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Baltimore officials sue to block 'baby bonus' initiative that would give new parents $1,000
Baltimore’s mayor and city council have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a proposal that would let voters decide whether to give all new parents a one-time $1,000 “baby bonus” meant to help alleviate childhood poverty from birth. It came not long after organizers secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters as a ballot initiative in November. City leaders argue that the proposal is unconstitutional and should be blocked from the ballot because it would give voters too
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‘It’s a very ugly American trait’: I cried foul when basic-economy passengers grabbed premium-economy seats. The airline has finally shown me respect.
“That woman and her mother were selfish and self-interested, and believed that they were entitled to get those seats.”
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Warren Buffett once told Barack Obama the wealthy should pay more tax — and that his wealth is partly down to luck
Warren Buffett complained he shouldn't pay a lower tax rate than his secretary, called out wealth inequality, and defended estate taxes.
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What Republicans won't say and Democrats don't like to discuss about US inflation
If the deep split in U.S. politics makes characterizations of economic data a dependable tell about party affiliation, the coming Republican and Democratic conventions will put that phenomenon on steroids, amp it to 11, and leave little room for shades of gray. Republicans want things to seem bad and stoke sentiment against the incumbent Democratic party. Democrats want people to forget about the hardship high food and housing costs have caused on their watch, and put sticker shock in the cont
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