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If a new homeowner purchased a property at a significantly higher purchase price as compared to the home’s last assessed value, local tax assessors could update the property value, and that could mean higher taxes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

With so much attention focused on the high purchase price of a home these days, it can be tempting for buyers to overlook or minimize the ongoing costs of homeownership until they’ve moved in.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

It seemed like a trophy purchase for an electronics firm swimming in cash during the heady days of Japan’s bubble economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

A checklist also found on Mangione contained entries including "intel check in" and reminders to purchase a camera from the Best Buy retail chain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

“I assume you want to buy the newspaper you’re holding. We ask that customers don’t handle the newspapers unless they plan to purchase one,” the vendor continues, pained.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Over the last few months independent booksellers have been observing a strange pattern of purchases which have seen scores of their novels being shipped to far-off warehouses.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Instead, it is about the many smaller AI labs, cloud companies and enterprises that have ravenous demand for Nvidia chips but face high interest rates if they want to finance purchases of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

At one point in early July, some 90 percent of Russia's regions had imposed limits on fuel purchases -- mostly imposing maximum volume rules -- according to AFP calculations based on local announcements.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Since our move coincided with Amazon’s Prime Day sale, I timed a few purchases accordingly and saved a combined $21.50 on the router and some household essentials.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

If you’re too scared to enter, then you’re probably too scared to make purchases.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

In 2025, a judge ruled using books purchased in this way to train AI software was not a violation of US copyright law.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

When Chloe Panes, 22, went to Greece in July, she made a point to stop by a pharmacy to find a Korres body cream she had purchased in the country last summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

CFO Charles Chang purchased two Class A shares for $1.5 million.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Night School was the first game developer Netflix purchased in 2021 as it expanded into gaming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Didn’t the agent who sold you the tickets tell you it wasn’t necessary to confirm on tickets purchased less than three days in advance?”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Public sector finances data and retail sales data for July, as well as flash purchasing managers’ surveys for August, are due on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

It is Bezos's first investment in a sports team after he was previously linked with purchasing NFL franchises Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

If the total price isn’t prominently displayed or isn’t shown until the end of the purchasing process, consumers may have to go through the checkout process for several flights to see which is the cheapest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

In their worldview, a family’s shrinking purchasing power is primarily evidence of bad character.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Among Korean Air flight crews, the expectation on layovers used to be that the junior officers would attend to the captain to the point of making him dinner or purchasing him gifts.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell