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MarketWatch: With a career spanning 500 M&A deals and decades in business, you’ve obviously learned from experience.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Samsung is South Korea's biggest chaebol, or family-owned business, with operations spanning electronics, heavy industry, construction and financial services.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

They agreed to advance their high-level strategic partnership to a "new phase of development", Hung said, and inked six agreements spanning technology, climate preparedness and information and communication.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Wednesday’s meeting effectively closes an era at the central bank spanning two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

When the main crowd of worshipers reached the short bridge spanning the pond, the ragged sound of honky-tonk music assailed them.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou