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And it shows how military kit, such as body armour, has been adapted for women, rather than assuming that the default would always be for male service personnel.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Model Behavior: Google is turning off Gemini chatbot and Search by default for schoolchildren after scrutiny of AI tools’ impact on academic and emotional development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The trick, she says, is to make the healthy choice the default.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The feature was switched on by default for students at schools that had already enabled Gemini.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
The roughly $20 billion in credit default swaps sold by AIG to Goldman Sachs meant roughly $400 million in riskless profits for Goldman Sachs.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Google's omnipresent search engine now defaults to AI summaries of a person's query, and that hit the number of advertisements it was able to sell during the quarter.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Broadcom provided financial guarantees to protect lenders from losses in the event that Anthropic defaults on the loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
A recession followed, but a mild one based on history, with AI debt not systemic and some tech-related defaults.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Call it a sign of the times: A JPMorgan analyst is looking into the exposure banks will have if CoreWeave defaults on its debts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The defaults mounted, the bonds universally crashed, and the CDOs composed of the bonds followed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Officials are implementing new repayment plans, getting rid of old ones and reportedly preparing to restart debt collection on defaulted student loans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
A few minutes later the Russian was defaulted, as he had to be, under rules that bar a player from "hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly, or with negligent disregard of the consequences."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
During a second-round match between two of tennis’ most combustible personalities, Ilie Nastase and John McEnroe, chair umpire Frank Hammond penalized and eventually defaulted Nastase for his behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Their main argument, in defense of the underlying loans, was that, in their short history, they had never defaulted in meaningful amounts.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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But the contract lays out various fees that could have inflated the amount owed, including $5,000 for defaulting and another $5,000 for blocking access to a bank account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The stock fell again during in 1998 as markets grappled with turmoil over Russia defaulting on its debt and the collapse of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Two years ago, again at Wimbledon, it appeared officials were considering defaulting Medvedev for an outburst towards umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Still, yields could rise if the rate increases start slowing the economy, making investors more concerned about businesses defaulting on their debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Very quickly, however, the new derivatives became tools for speculation: A lot of people wanted to make bets on the likelihood of GE’s defaulting.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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