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At Marathon, Elliott helped facilitate the addition of a new director, transition to a new CEO, closure of the gap in per barrel EBITDA with VLO, retirement of 50% of its shares outstanding since 2021, and sale of the Speedway retail operation for $17 billion in after-tax cash proceeds.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025 -
Zoom in: Energy and Commerce has undergone something of an energy policy brain drain in recent years with retirements and electoral churn.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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But there's little question that President Donald Trump's public comments appearing to accommodate Russia's President Vladimir Putin over a potential Ukraine war peace deal are a major departure from Joe Biden's confrontational stance against Putin.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Breaking New Ground in Healthcare Parallel Health’s approach represents a significant departure from traditional healthcare models.—
WWD,
WWD,
14 Feb. 2025
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This comes after his late father Grand Duke Jean had done the same for his abdication on Christmas Eve in 1999.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
25 Dec. 2024
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This is particularly likely in Prince George's case, given that he is destined for a career as a working royal and eventually the throne—barring the surprise abolition of the monarchy or his abdication.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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On Monday alone, five different judges took action that favored challenges to Mr. Trump's directives on birthright citizenship, a freeze on federal funding, cuts to how medical research grants are funded and his deferred resignation program.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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O'Toole paused the deferred resignation program last week.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Judges have paused Musk's access to Treasury information and blocked more than 2,000 USAID employees from being put on leave.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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One of Trump’s first acts as president after taking office in January was to sign an executive order ending the government’s DEI programs and putting federal officials overseeing those initiatives on leave.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2025
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That danger is heightened in the context of Trump’s moves to sanction, exit or criticize international agencies, and to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID).—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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One question that went unanswered was: Who was the big guy at Cal’s side during his entrance and exit?—
Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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