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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

The official notice announcing the planned purchase describe the equipment as “a Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device,” but let’s call it what it is:

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

When that home is sold to a new owner, the county generally reassesses the home based on the purchase price.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

In fact in the case of the 2012 Lucasfilm purchase, Disney was buying back stock at such a clip that its total shares outstanding dropped that year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He prospered from his farming so much that he was able to purchase the manor of Woolsthorpe in 1623, gaining the title of Lord of the Manor.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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

At the Army-Navy store, Dicey studied the shelves of goods before she made her purchases.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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

“Role Models” actor Seann William Scott is selling his longtime Malibu estate after an extensive renovation and listed it for more than four times the price he purchased it for 22 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Over half of all new vehicles have been purchased by the country’s top 20% of earners in recent months, according to an Oxford Economics note earlier this month.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

At his suggestion, his parents had recently purchased an electronic touchscreen register that had all the prices programmed in, along with a credit card machine, allowing customers to sign their name with their finger.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

A household energy price cap rose by 13% at the start of July and could increase again in October, squeezing purchasing power in the months to come.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

All of my research on Muslim purchasing power indicated that if we created a product that appealed to and satisfied the needs of Muslim consumers, the company would be successful.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad