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The journalist's eyewitness account of the abduction became a crucial lead in the investigation.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
In the second quarter, the company sported postpaid average revenue per account of $152.91, making for 2% year-over-year growth.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
T-Mobile maintained its full-year forecasts for profit and postpaid net account additions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"It is important that agencies charged with upholding the law know that they are not above the law and will be held to account."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
It wasn’t a question two thirty-something would-be professional investors in Berkeley, California, with $110,000 in a Schwab account should feel it was their business to answer.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Last Wednesday, Bisignano also took charge of the implementation of Trump Accounts, the tax-deferred retirement accounts for children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The petition states that the estate included residuals and royalties, rights to his image and intellectual property, investments, insurance policies, personal property and multiple bank accounts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Almost $1.5 billion has been deposited in the accounts since their July 4 launch, according to the Treasury Department.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The 2025/26 accounts, external for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government record the severance payment for Rayner.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
One of the most compelling accounts of the postemancipation period is The Strange Career of Jim Crow, written by C. Vann Woodward in 1955.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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FilmLA noted that many local comedy productions are based on stage and not accounted for in the latest research.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
These vastly outweigh the amount of carbon produced by the airport site, and are accounted for separately by airlines.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
GM also accounted for $177 million in China restructuring costs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
These differences remained even after the researchers accounted for physical activity, diabetes, body mass index, smoking, and alcohol use.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
But he looked old now; the young face had changed more than could be accounted for by the new lines in his face or the beard.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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Ubisoft also expects a "high single-digit" percentage drop in its operating margin calculated according to non-IFRS accounting standards.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
He said at the time that the accounting loss reflected how much longer it would take to clinch certification, pushing to the future revenue that investors had hoped would roll in sooner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
This earnings-revision strength goes beyond tactics such as cost cutting, share repurchases and accounting tricks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 19.8 million fatalities in 2022 alone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
My dad is an auditor for a big accounting firm.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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