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Planned capital spending this year is larger relative to its market value or revenue compared with Google’s parent, Alphabet, Microsoft or Amazon.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The no-frills airline requires at least one parent to sit with children aged two to 11 during a flight, but that means they must pay for what it calls a "mandatory family seat".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

My heart goes out to any parent who sent a dejected little Knicks fan to bed at halftime, explaining they had school the next day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The ChatGPT parent said in a blog post on Monday night that it has recently submitted a confidential S-1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Throughout the biological world, genes generally travel vertically—i.e., from parents to children, or from parent cells to daughter cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee