expenditure
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This discipline underpinned earnings growth despite revenue falling over the 12 months through December, but the analysts point to weak growth in postpaid subscribers and a creep in capital expenditure as reasons for caution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"If they don't, expenditure can be clawed back."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Tencent’s capital expenditure more than doubled from a year earlier to 52.78 billion yuan in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Like Intel, the lion’s share of the proceeds will be used to fund capital expenditure related to the artificial-intelligence build-out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Through sheer, savage will, Minya poured even her life force into the colossal expenditure of magic necessary to hold on to her ghosts and keep her charges safe—and not just safe but loved.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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The iPhone-maker’s total capital expenditures dating back to 2023 are less than the amount Amazon, Microsoft and Google each spent in their most recent quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
For the most recent quarter, Microsoft spent $41 billion on capital expenditures and finance leases, a lower amount than expected.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Amazon also hiked its capital expenditures estimate during the second quarter, linking memory prices to the AI buildout, CEO Andy Jassy told CNBC.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Intel said it would use proceeds from the offering for general purposes, including capital expenditures and working capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Such pleas, inevitably, were ignored, and members of Congress would gather in wood-paneled committee rooms and spend hours examining in minute detail the Osage’s expenditures, as if the country’s security were at stake.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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