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They are some of the most vulnerable in Gaza.The youngest is not even a year old; the oldest is 14. All are battling lymphoma, leukemia and tumors that doctors said could kill them if left untreated.Over the past 10 days, 21 children with cancer have been evacuated from Gaza to hospitals in Egypt and Jordan, according to doctors involved in the effort. But at least 30 other young cancer patients have not made it out, and aid workers said that in the chaos of war, they can no longer reach some of the families.“This is catastrophic,” said Dr. Bakr Gaoud,…

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When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn moreIf you’ve ever wanted Verizon service without the monthly financial burden that comes along with the privilege, you want a Visible phone plan. Visible has some of the best monthly rates in the industry. As a Verizon-owned wireless provider, it runs on the same 5G cellular network, albeit with modest data restrictions.Those rates get even better with Visible’s latest offer, which saves you $10 on the Visible Plus Plan for six months when signing up with promo code 35for6. There are more savings in store depending on…

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NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE – OCTOBER 14: Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) … [+] speaks during the 2023 First in the Nation Leadership Summit. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Getty Images Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) decision to drop his bid for the Republican presidential nomination means voters have lost their best opportunity to hear a serious tax policy debate among his party’s White House hopefuls. Unlike his rivals, Scott campaigned on a thoughtful, relatively detailed agenda that married taxes with his conservative social and economic views. You might not have agreed with all of it. But at least…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When ethical beauty entrepreneur Anita Roddick sold The Body Shop to L’Oréal in 2006, cynics predicted it would lose its mojo. Curiously, the damage appears to have been worse under the subsequent ownership of Brazil’s Natura & Co than the French consumer giant.Munich-based private equity group Aurelius is stumping up an enterprise value of just £207mn for The Body Shop. That is about a fifth of what Natura paid to L’Oréal in 2017.The payout looks more paltry if you strip out a…

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision, Michael Barr, testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in the wake of recent bank failures, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Eve By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve’s top Wall Street cop Michael Barr and other bank regulators sought to reassure skeptical U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that their plans to hike U.S. bank capital requirements would not impede lending or hurt small businesses. Members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee from both parties pressed Barr, the…

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© Reuters Swedish union offers pay to Tesla (TSLA) employees willing to join strike Swedish trade union, IF Metall is offering Tesla (NASDAQ:) Sweden employees compensation to encourage their participation in the union’s ongoing strike. Entering its third week, the Tesla Sweden strike has garnered considerable backing from prominent national organizations. However, it has not yet gained substantial support from the individuals most impacted: Tesla employees. IF Metall’s proposition involves compensating Tesla Sweden employees to join its strike against the Texas-based corporation. The union is offering the auto workers more than 130% of their salary to join. The strike at…

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cagkansayin Money managers are getting more invested, pushing big bets into bonds and coming around to equities, according to the latest BofA survey. The November Fund Managers Survey of 265 panelists with more than $630B in assets under management showed a big drop in cash levels, down to a two-year low of 4.7% from 5.3% in October. Lots of that cash went to bonds, where managers are now the most overweight since early 2009. “The big change in the November FMS was not the macro outlook, but rather the conviction in lower inflation, rates, and yields,” strategist Michael Hartnett wrote.…

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New Democratic Rep. Gabe Amo, the first Black representative from Rhode Island in Congress, was sworn into office Monday.Amo, a Democrat, won a special election in November to replace Democratic Rep. David Cicilline, who stepped down this summer to lead a nonprofit foundation.RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRAT GABE AMO ELECTED, BECOMING STATE’S FIRST BLACK CONGRESSMAN Gabe Amo, Rhode Island Democratic candidate for the U.S. House, center, greets people during a campaign stop at a cafe, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)RHODE ISLAND’S HIGHLY CRITICIZED COLUMBUS STATUE RE-EMERGES IN NEARBY TOWN AFTER BEING REMOVED 3 YEARS AGOThe House chamber…

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Act before the end of 2023 to avoid difficult problems of the Corporate Transparency Act.getty Immediate Action Advisable The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is a new federal law that may affect you in significant and unexpected ways. Since the law only becomes effective January 1, 2024 and entities created before 2024 only have to file January 1, 2025 it seems that most folks are just not taking any action now. That could be a significant mistake. There are really important actions that should be taken by many people now before the end of 2023 and few people realize that. This…

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