broker
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However, that is offset by lower-than-expected operating costs “and an exceptional forward outlook in FY29 and FY30,” the broker says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
If he sold the condo right now, he could lose the $58,000 he put down, and possibly more after factoring in broker fees and closing costs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Andrew Montlake, chief executive of mortgage broker Coreco, said that the latest data showed that "the inflation dragon has not been fully slain".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Making money can be very hard” in the Chinese biotech industry, said Leon Tang, founder of InScienceWeTrust BioAdvisory, which helps broker connections between Chinese and international biotech firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Once a standard is established around all these real estate processes, the broker can focus a lot more on you and your needs, not on chasing documents.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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Sports teams often enjoyed long and beneficial relationships with brokers, who bought out blocks of season tickets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
But today's deals have much stronger affordability checks and do not pose the same risks, says David Hollingworth, associate director at brokers L&C Mortgages.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Traders and brokers across Singapore this past week toasted an industry that for some is delivering a bumper year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The attacks damaged the operational plumbing of finance: communications networks, settlement systems, trading records, clearing banks, exchanges, brokers and the people who made them work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
From start to finish, brokers and defectors said, going first class could take as little as three weeks.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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He recently brokered a deal for a maker of water treatment chemicals in Pittsburg, Calif., to sell hydrogen, one of its byproducts, to transit agencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Another advantage is that the interest earned is not automatically swept into a settlement account, as it is with some brokered CDs available.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Later in 2025, Oracle was part of an investor group that gained control of TikTok’s U.S. operations in a deal brokered by the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The US official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the truce was brokered by US and Qatari mediators, following talks with Israel and Iran.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Historians have emphasized the several compromises the delegates in Philadelphia brokered to produce the constitutional consensus: the interest of large versus small states; federal versus state jurisdiction; the sectional bargain over slavery.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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In 2022, she pulled off a diplomatic feat by brokering the Black Sea Grain Initiative between Moscow and Kyiv to allow grain exports following Russia's invasion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Jesus was not brokering a deal between two powers.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Pakistan’s role in brokering the weekend’s U.S.-Iran cease-fire talks reflects the extraordinary reset the country’s army chief, Asim Munir, has brought about in relations between Washington and Islamabad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
European leaders and the prime minister of Pakistan, which is brokering U.S.-Iran talks, warned that the operations could be putting the truce at risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
“But I have access to Madoc. I have access to Balekin. I’m our best shot at brokering a deal.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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