finance
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Figures recorded at the observatory's headquarters serve as one of the key references for Hong Kong, according to the weather service, although temperatures can vary significantly in the densely built Chinese finance hub.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
It’s been a good run for single finance bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Wade says students should go through a list of alternatives, and once they have received offers and discussed student finance with the universities, have a break to chat with a trusted person.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Alongside a history of campaign finance investigations, Ogles can be a jerk.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
She worked in finance, for a company called Cantor Fitzgerald, and her dad was a math teacher, so he was interviewing at schools in the area.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
The government, already in the red before the pandemic, secured a landmark debt restructuring with official and private creditors, unlocking an IMF bailout and easing pressure on public finances.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
He said the judge had reviewed her finances and wouldn’t approve the lower bail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
According to the paper, the proposed cuts have been drawn up by trusts to plug holes in finances.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Congress still should act as soon as possible, of course, since solving Social Security’s finances becomes more expensive the longer it’s put off.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
It turned out that Evan Parker, and his strict mom, and his nonexistent finances culminated in some of my most pivotal memories from high school.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
If just half that is financed by bonds, that’s 15% of the historical annual gross issuance of non-financial companies worldwide.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
A sustained defense financed the conventional way would mean Tokyo unloading them at a moment when the yield on the 30-year U.S. bond has risen to its highest level since 2007.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The chips will be financed through a separate vendor-financing deal Anthropic struck with Broadcom, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Sizable deals, as well as deals financed in large part by debt, have higher failure rates — and both are true about the Paramount-Warner deal.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
He financed him for two weeks and at the end of that time Gay was in jail on his wife’s charge and he never did go for turtles.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
Under the new Fannie and Freddie rules, if a complex falls short and can’t get an exemption, potential buyers might not be able to secure standard financing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Hasna is charged with conspiring to provide material support to Hamas, conspiring to finance terrorism and financing terrorism.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Growth in aggregate financing, previously supported by government-bond issuance, is expected to ease to 7.3% in July from 7.4% in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The prime brokerages that provide the financing to hedge funds may not allow them to invest as much in tech, the Panigirtzoglou team said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
But though financing is the key, other elements are no less important.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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