license
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To guard against the risk of losing a license, some bars only take Massachusetts IDs, as Scott Ogilvie found out on a trip in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Cox had long refused to carry the TV channel, citing the Dodgers’ high license fees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Arthur Andersen surrendered its CPA license, effectively putting the firm out of business in 2002, although the Supreme Court later overturned the conviction.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
It’s not often that somebody gets their real-estate license and becomes a Super Bowl champion within a year, but that’s exactly what Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Montorie Foster Jr. did.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“All I see are some zipped tents and a camper with a ‘Keep Portland Weird’ license plate holder.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Boston bars are using extreme measures to spot fake IDs to protect their liquor licenses, which are capped at about 1,600 and can cost over $500,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Addressing Macron, he added: "Thank you for confirming your readiness to provide licenses for the production of missiles."
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
With fishermen only catching "six sewin last year, there's a strong possibility that they won't take up their licenses next year".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The lawsuit seeks emergency relief to stop the agency’s early renewal proceeding and any resulting threat against ABC’s station licenses.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Scraps of paper, driver’s licenses, receipts, grocery lists, drawings in crayon and colored pencil, school pictures.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Authorities have recommended measures including providing safer boats and life jackets, dredging waterways, deploying water guards at jetties and terminals, and ensuring boat operators are properly trained and licensed.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Some 90% of U.S. licensed common carriers operate 10 or fewer trucks, and most are struggling to stay afloat, Sutherland said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Netflix on Friday launched a new hub for YA content that includes several hundred titles of original or licensed movies and shows about the coming-of-age stories of young adults.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The recent crackdown is meant to funnel Chinese individual investors into licensed platforms inside the country where people can trade on China’s domestic stock exchanges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Like a pair of licensed fools, we will tweak the beards of our elders.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Any change to the festival's event licence, to be decided by Reading Borough Council's licensing applications sub-committee later, would come into effect from 2027.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a notice in the Federal Register published Friday, BIS said the rule eliminates wind gust tolerance as a control parameter and removes national security licensing requirements for drones with capabilities lasting under three hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the case of the FTC and FCC, we will have issues enforcing competitive rules and licensing for different broadcast stations.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Each of SPGI’s benchmark franchises is a high-margin, IP licensing business with a formidable competitive moat inside an oligopolistic market structure,” the Pershing Square letter observed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Myriad has been accused of creating a monopoly, since no one else can offer the test, and researchers can’t develop cheaper tests or new therapies without getting permission from Myriad and paying steep licensing fees.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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