finance
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Sudan's finance minister recently told him that the price of food there had doubled in six months, he added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Tian Lihui, a finance professor at Nankai University, said that traders, when the market lacks a clear investment theme, gravitate toward something simple.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
Kress, who will continue to serve as CFO, joined Nvidia in 2013 after holding senior finance roles at Cisco, Microsoft and Texas Instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Local concerns about water consumption, noise, and land use still warrant scrutiny, but ratepayers shouldn’t be forced to finance an industry’s electricity needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Alas, there was a difference between fantasy football and fantasy finance: When a fantasy football player drafts Peyton Manning to be on his team, he doesn’t create a second Peyton Manning.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Carvana, meanwhile, finances about 85% of its own sales to consumers of all credit profiles, quickly unloading these loans to banks and investors at a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
Greece’s public finances were so badly managed at that time that it took months for the government to fully discover how much money it owed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Analysts say we shouldn't be surprised by the huge role played by family finances in determining a school's outcome.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Your finances are solid; your imaginary retirement is more of a problem.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Your father was saying that he was rearranging the finances and that was that Your mother called him a name.”
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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The film will be financed and produced by the Barsamian family, who lead Horror Inc., which created the “Friday the 13th” franchise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Ueno loans partially financed the mansion's construction, according to the investigation.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
A newly proposed deal would be financed in stock and target the hot optical-networking market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Gu says that deals financed with expensive stock can be a problem for investors in the company that’s issuing shares to facilitate the transaction, in this case Marvell.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
“They were financed by a multimillionaire and backed by many influential politicians. It was a compelling idea, to return to the past. It also appealed to a desire to preserve the spirit of Africa.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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Huang’s downfall has also raised questions about Nvidia’s business with China, its circular financing deals and oversight in Washington.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2026
That included deals led by Huang’s son-in-law, Nico Caprez, who had been offering upstart cloud providers and data-center developers financing in the hopes of turning them into long-term customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
“Estimates risk moving lower as financing costs and equity dilution surprise relative to consensus estimates.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
He also led Nvidia to provide billions in financing commitments to other companies, notably a more than $100 billion data center for OpenAI, which sparked concerns about circular dealmaking and a growing tech bubble.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
He was very busy with his politics and his business, traveling constantly, financing new political campaigns, buying land and tractors, raising race horses, and speculating on the price of gold, sugar, and paper.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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