The company’s board of directors last January unanimously recommended that shareholders vote against aproposal last year from a conservative group that would have required Costco to examine the financial risks of maintaining its diversity programs.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
Having accurate numbers, maintaining receipts and keeping financial books in order will make tax time easier, reduce the likelihood of being audited for a mistake and save as much money as possible.
Too many parents, probably unwittingly, are conditioning their kids to be afraid of losing.
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Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
The administration’s hardline agenda has included opening FBI and Justice Department inquiries into hospitals and doctors, as well as conditioning the payment of huge sums of federal money to hospitals on prohibiting the care.
Trump cut federal ties with the firm before Karp cut a deal with the White House, restoring the relationship.
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Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Feb. 2026
But if the state Senate fails to act in the service of saving the waning hope of restoring democracy in this country, then Maryland and all our residents will bear some responsibility for the consequences.
As well as cheeky possums and young kestrels readying to make their first flight, this year’s gallery also includes images that ask bigger questions about the human impact on the planet.
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Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
There is a man that works there readying the breakfast buffet.
Other projects in Phillips’ and evo’s portfolio, among many, include revitalizing a 100-year-old mattress factory in Seattle, the historic Tahoe City Inn building in California, and evo’s Portland location, which transformed a former Salvation Army building built in 1890.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
That followed a series of charitable gifts to the Pacific Northwest focused on the arts and revitalizing the region’s climate.
By adjusting for variables such as smoking, physical activity and underlying health conditions, the researchers were able to isolate the specific relationship between caffeine intake and long-term brain health, SWNS noted.
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Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
How to Stop Them Prevent grubs from taking over your yard this spring by adjusting your watering schedule.
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Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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