Ken Griffin’s Citadel flagship hedge fund returns 8% in September during sell-off

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Ken Griffin’s Citadel flagship hedge fund returns 8% in September during sell-off

Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Mike Blake | Reuters The volatile September was a golden opportunity for billionaire investor Ken Griffin to shine as his main hedge fund crushed…

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House Democrats introduce stand-alone bill to fund Iron Dome

House Democrats introduced a stand-alone bill Wednesday that would fund Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system after progressives pulled the funding from Tuesday’s stopgap bill to fund the government. The…

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Amazon, Google, Facebook Helped Fund the Far-Right Groups That Pushed for Texas Abortion Ban

Corporate backlash to the Texas abortion ban has so far been narrow and targeted, but one notably quiet sector has plenty of room—and money—to work with: Big Tech. A review…

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Tucker Carlson Offers to ‘Fund’ COVID Grifter Alex Berenson’s Twitter Lawsuit

Alex Berenson, the former New York Times reporter who became “the pandemic’s wrongest man,” suggested on Monday night that he would sue Twitter for banning his account for repeatedly violating…

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Coronavirus New Jersey

N.J. adds $135M to Phase 4 of EDA’s small business emergency grant fund

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Wednesday providing an additional $135 million in aid to small businesses. The funding comes from money the state received from the federal government. To be…

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Andreessen Horowitz taps Arianna Simpson to help run $2.2B crypto fund

Andreessen Horowitz is adding a new, high-profile partner to help deploy its $2.2 billion cryptocurrency fund. Thirty-year-old Arianna Simpson is being promoted to general partner from deal partner roughly a…

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Coronavirus California

Now is the time for the Health Equity Fund – Capitol Weekly | Capitol Weekly

Opinion A scene along Anaheim Street, a main artery in Wilmington. (Photo: Matt Gush) by MIKE GIPSON posted 06.18.2021 There’s no question that communities of color — like the areas…

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Why Covax, the Covid-19 global vaccine fund, is struggling

Early on in the pandemic, global health experts envisioned a nightmare scenario: Covid-19 vaccines are created, but they go almost exclusively to rich countries that can afford to buy them.…

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Carbajal introduces bill to fund safe parking programs around the country

A new bill could help local cities launch and operate safe parking programs for the homeless, programs similar to those that have popped up throughout San Luis Obispo County since…

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This climate policy expert is taking over Jeff Bezos’s $10 billion Earth Fund

It’s a momentous week for action on climate change. On Thursday, the White House is convening 40 world leaders for an Earth Day summit where the United States is expected…

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