Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer was not only brave but right recently when he called for new Israeli elections and the ouster of hard-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has disturbed the world with his relentless and relentless assault on the people. Gaza.“Deep down, we love Israel,” said Schumer, a Democrat and the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history, as he explained why, for Israel to survive and thrive, Netanyahu must go. Opinion columnist Robin Abkarian “We should not let the complexities of this conflict prevent us from stating the plain truth,” Schumer said. Palestinian civilians do not deserve…
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chicago – Don't have enough airline miles for that free flight? United Airlines is now allowing people to pool and share their frequent flyer points with family and friends, a feature currently offered by some smaller carriers.United said Thursday that a “pool leader” can choose up to four other people to create a joint account in its MileagePlus program.The group leader must be over 18 years old, but there is no minimum age for others, so parents can register children. Each person in the group must have their own frequent flyer account with United.JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, and Frontier Airlines…
You can call them political progressives. Or maybe super-progressive, given how much they want to reshape politics in Los Angeles.Whatever they call it, candidates on the left end of the political spectrum made decisive inroads in the March 5 City Council primary, setting the stage for some hotly contested runoff campaigns and potentially expanding their power by the end of the election. year.Progressive activists and advocacy groups helped re-elect City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, while sending two other center-left candidates — tenants' rights attorney Ysabel Jurado and small business owner Jillian Burgos — to runoffs against more moderate challengers. “I think…
It was a beautiful spring day in Beverly Hills, sunny and mild, and as far as I could tell, everyone smelled very good.I did not smell anyone's skin or clothing to avoid arrest. But on Wednesday I walked through Roxbury Park, where bowlers and dog walkers seemed to be enjoying themselves, and I didn't smell any unpleasant odors. The same applies within the adjacent community centre.So I'm not sure what Donald Trump was talking about last fall when he claimed that people “don't smell very good” in Beverly Hills because they limit themselves to a small amount of water when…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply subscribe to myFT Digest Private Equity – delivered straight to your inbox.Private equity groups Advent International and CVC Capital have teamed up to bid for a pet food company owned by Cinven, leaving one consortium seeking to buy an asset that the UK buyout group has held for six years.Advent and CVC were the remaining investors competing in the acquisition of Partner in Pet Food, a Hungary-based animal food manufacturer. But the two groups have now made a joint bid, according to people familiar with the matter. The sources said that the two sides are…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up for the Work & Careers myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox.The other day I had an uncomfortable conversation with my doctor. I had gone to see him due to a minor illness when he suddenly started asking me about some kind of herbal pill.”What?” I said frankly. He said, you know, the ones I had you buy at the health food store and that you told me work well.”I did?” I said: Surely the poor man has confused me with a patient who believes in homeopathy. “I did,” he said, turning…
Debbie Crosbie, chief executive of Nationwide, is not afraid to make deals at Britain's biggest banks.Last year's ad featuring actor Dominic West as an uncaring bank boss who enjoys canceling branches and mocking customers, angered Banco Santander so much that the lender complained to regulators, claiming it was “tarnishing the reputation of its competitors”. The ad was designed to capitalize on Nationwide's position as a building society — a type of lender founded in the late 18th century, owned by its customers rather than shareholders, and a type that values more than mere profit. But this week, Crosby focused more…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply subscribe to myFT Digest for ESG investing – delivered straight to your inbox.After nearly two years of a Republican campaign to punish BlackRock for insisting that climate change poses financial risks, government investment funds have withdrawn about $13.3 billion from the world's largest asset manager.That figure represents roughly a tenth of 1 percent of BlackRock's $10 trillion in assets under management, and some GOP government pension funds still have more than $20 billion parked with the money manager. Overall, BlackRock reported net flows of $138 billion in the Americas last year.The $13.3 billion withdrawals include…
Open Editor's Digest for freeRula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.Should menopause be classified as a disability or a normal life stage? This argument arose last month when the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission warned employers they must make “reasonable adjustments” for menopausal employees who experience serious symptoms or risk being sued for disability discrimination.The Lancet medical journal fanned the flames by suggesting “it's time to have a sensible conversation about menopause” – words that could be seen as tantamount to telling women to calm down.Menopause has featured on employers' agendas,…
Washington – President Biden and former President Trump won the Louisiana primary on Saturday, amassing more delegates after already clinching their parties' nominations. Biden also appeared in the Democratic primary in Missouri. The results are not expected to be announced before next week. Biden and Trump have already beaten their main rivals. But primary races are still being closely watched by those familiar with turnout and signs of protest voters.In the case of Biden, some progressives are casting protest votes to register their anger at his handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. It has been reported that more…