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"My work, my profits and my workforce have all been cut in half," he told AFP, adding that he was deeply troubled by the fear and family separations caused by immigration enforcement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Barclays previously expected the Fed to hold rates in October, deliver one final 25-basis-point hike in December, and then maintain rates at the level through most of 2027, with a 25-basis-point cut in December 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Home sellers cut asking prices on more than 3,000 properties a day on average in Britain during September, according to figures from Rightmove shared exclusively with the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
California’s $1-billion clean truck and bus subsidy program was designed to cut pollution and accelerate zero-emission sales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
He’d cut and planed a new plank for over the ditch too.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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The cuts will hit as winter approaches and at a time when many families in Gaza are still struggling to feed themselves.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In a bid to reassure markets, the government has proposed €43 billion, equivalent to $49 billion, in spending cuts for its 2027 budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Fed hiked rates for the first time in three years in September, shifting away from a policy of slow rate cuts in 2024 and 2025 as inflation worries eased.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026
Arizona faces especially large cutbacks because the CAP isn’t nearly as old as other aqueducts, giving it low-priority water rights and putting it among the first in line for cuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
There’s a route highlighted—broken up by circled spots with handwritten notes scribbled over them—that cuts straight across from the Georgia/Alabama line to Alabama’s midpoint in Birmingham, and then veers southwest to the state’s opposite border.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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"Clearing trees and dense bramble, followed by annual cutting and raking, is helping to restore these open habitats and the flowers and insects that depend on them", the trust added.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Colleges are cutting their graduate costs as loan subsidies fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The truck was filmed barreling along a narrow highway cutting through the Utah desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Thousands of demonstrators converged for a march through Paris, cutting main roads and prompting authorities to close many metro stations in the centre.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
His world narrowed down to cutting the branches away, moving forward, then cutting again; that was all he could think about.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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