predecessor
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Soaring inflation in Asia's number-two economy -- after decades of flat or falling prices -- contributed to the downfall of Takaichi's two predecessors and Japan's first woman premier has made helping households a priority.
From Barron's
About $150 million of the cash came from the new fund, with the remainder coming from the predecessor vehicle and co-investors, the letter said.
Both said their new models understand visual data better than their predecessors and have enhanced reasoning capabilities.
"Since then my predecessor, other politicians and the Council of Ministers, officers all around government and beyond have been working on preparing a budget to keep public services going," he said.
From BBC
Zosia Cooper, 40, has been researching why Gen Z is investing at higher rates than their predecessors for her Ph.D. dissertation at the University of California, San Diego.
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