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Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in a cash and stock deal worth about $48.7 billion, creating a massive consumer health goods company. Shareholders of Kimberly-Clark will own about 54% of the combined company. Kenvue shareholders will own about 46% in what is one of the largest corporate takeovers this year. The deal must still …
California just rewrote custody with AB 495. It amends the Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit so that any adult who claims a “mentoring or familial relationship” can pick up a child from school and make education and healthcare decisions without parental consent, without court order, without oversight. https://www.californiafamily.org/2025/08/truth-denied-ab-495-backers-say-parents-arent-excluded-but-the-bill-and-legal-experts-says-otherwise/ Attorney and mother Elizabeth Barcohana didn’t soften it: “Without …
The New York Times — Paramount said late Tuesday that it has agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” an extraordinary concession to a sitting president by a major media organization. Paramount said its payment includes Mr. Trump’s legal …
Maine AG Aaron Frey is playing with fire. He is STILL doubling down on letting boys compete in girls' sports and steal their trophies, defying Trump’s order to protect female students under Title IX. This is a slap in the face to every girl who’s worked hard to compete fairly. pic.twitter.com/6O1euFTKxa — Gays Against Groomers …
from Reddit: Why YSK: TurboTax has been scamming the American public for years, including me. They overcharge for basic tax filing services and pressure users to pay when they don’t need to. They utilize dark patterns in their software and lobby to stop the IRS from building its own public filing system for citizens to …
Sandwich generation – hidden costs of caring for aging parent byu/Fun_Balance_1809 ineconomicCollapse
What had been obvious “to the rest of us” for years, is finally official: late last night, shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent of CNN and TNT, crashed 10% to the lowest level on record after it reported dire results, which missed across the board and plunged across every income statement category… … but …
TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling the business after the US passed a law to force it to sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in America. “ByteDance doesn’t have any plans to sell TikTok,” the company posted on its official account on Toutiao, a social media …
Time Magazine publishes an article about parents who regret having kids. It’s all a part of the ongoing attack on the family and marriage.
Christians NOT ALLOWED to be foster parents in Biden's America.. "Those who DO NOT 'affirm' the LGBTQ rules because of their Christian faith will be deemed 'unsafe' by the Biden Administration and ultimately rejected as foster parent candidates." READ THAT TWICE.. https://t.co/ZZvN6fIL5y — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) December 12, 2023 Safe and Appropriate Foster Care Placement …
via theblaze Stellantis, one of the Big Three automobile manufacturers, recently announced massive impending layoffs and pointed blame, in part, at California, Fox Business reported. The Jeep parent company stated that 2,455 employees who work at the Detroit Assembly Complex, where the Jeep Grand Cherokee is produced, may be impacted. Approximately 1,225 workers at its Toledo Assembly …
‼️BREAKING: Trump’s Truth Social may be forced to SHUT DOWN after its parent company reported huge losses — almost $23 million lost in the first half of this year alone! Today’s securities filing marks the first time any financial details about the company were shared publicly. pic.twitter.com/Wt24DCTX8s — Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) November 14, 2023 …
Liberty Safe, which describes itself as “America’s #1 heavy-duty home and gun safe manufacturer,” has come under fire after a report revealed that its parent company has donated almost half a million dollars to pro-gun control Democratic officials. On Wednesday, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk shared FEC filings on the social media platform X, …
Unilever stock loses $2.5B amid calls to boycott Ben & Jerry’s over tweet Ben & Jerry’s parent company has lost roughly $2.5 billion in market cap amid calls to boycott the Vermont-based ice cream maker over a July 4 tweet condemning the US for existing on “stolen Indigenous land.” Shares of Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch multinational firm, slid …
Every parent needs to watch this. pic.twitter.com/6JjPWi20PS — Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) June 13, 2023
Bud Light maker Anheuser-Busch InBev has lost a whopping $27 billion in market value in the wake of its star-crossed partnership with Dylan Mulvaney — most recently slammed by a 4% stock drop this week. AB InBev’s market capitalization fell to $107.44 billion through the end of May — down more than $27 billion from the $134.55 …
Consenting adults should do whatever makes them happy, provided it does not harm others, but a child is not capable of consent, which is why we have laws protecting minors. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 2, 2023
