quarter

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While both exits and deals ended the first quarter off the 2025 pace, dealmakers and bankers say the pipeline is much healthier than it has been in the past few years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Consumer companies Bob’s Discount Furniture and Once Upon A Farm started off strong but fizzled as the first quarter wore on.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

For a factory working a large apartment project, those fewer percentage points might add up to a quarter million dollars or more.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Some economists expect the war in Iran—which has rattled energy markets, driven up fuel costs and dragged the U.S. stock market to its worst quarter in nearly four years—to damp growth in the short term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“They’re charging kids a quarter to look at him.”

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson