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That share exceeds the 65.4% of views to existing-home listings coming from outside the listing metro, underscoring the outsized role of long-distance shoppers in new-home demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The artificial-intelligence data-center build-out is boosting copper demand just as supply tightens — a combination that could keep pushing the metal higher, even if the debasement trade cools.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Los Angeles-based real estate company bought Quixote in 2022 for $360 million, saying at the time that the acquisition would address the growing demand for soundstage space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
David Moyes' side are under no pressure to sell Ndiaye, whose contract runs until 2029, and are likely to demand a significant fee in the region of £70m to even consider a sale.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“First, your grandmother has the nerve to take you on some out-of-state field trip, without asking me. When I demand an explanation, all she says is ‘It had to be done.’
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Michael Horn, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who studies education trends, said the campuses are trying to meet the changing demands of their students and future employers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
A V&A spokesperson said the museum had been negotiating with the unions since February and had met the majority of their demands with "a significantly improved offer".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
For the moment, the financial demands of starting an independent life are more than she and many young people can handle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Several companies have faced similar investigations, including Alphabet’s Google and Verizon Communications, which received Justice Department demands for documents and information about their workplace programs, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“We shall not go back until our demands are met,” Thambi said.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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The Brazilian government on Wednesday said it was suing the Discord messaging platform for nearly $100 million in damages over its alleged failure to protect children from harmful content and demanded it adopt stronger safeguards.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In a draft response to Live Nation’s initial proposal, they demanded the company spin off Ticketmaster, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He demanded to know whether Wall had known there was an executed term sheet when he met with him on March 6.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Paramount last week demanded that Bonta and the other states post a $1.88-billion bond if the case stretches to March, which is when the judge has scheduled the trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Either you arrest her,” she demanded, “or you stay with her until I have the local police come down here. Then you can explain your reluctance to them.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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“I don’t think demanding that women and girls be safe and have ownership over their own bodies is a radical idea,” Rodrigo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Brazil is demanding that Discord implement stricter parental controls, cooperate more closely with the authorities and implement systems capable of detecting and preventing situations that put minors at risk.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
If a September rate hike doesn’t materialize, investors can’t keep demanding higher yields on concerns the Fed hasn’t got inflation under control, the strategist argued.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
But demanding more should lead us to negotiate better projects, not abandon them altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The man was demanding to see Henry Duveen himself.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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