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Tuesday wasn’t a good day for International Business Machines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A former Justice Department inspector general argued that “an inspector general would be good for the U.S. Supreme Court and it would help improve trust in the court.”
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
In April, Benn told BBC Sport that Garcia was "good for boxing" but believes he is a "liability".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Composer Ludwig Göransson scores the breath-holding assault on Troy to drums that pound faster and faster on our nerves, as does our alarm that Odysseus’ troops aren’t the good guys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Arlo is having a good time, but I can tell he’s still apprehensive.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The agreement, negotiated for years after Brexit, makes Gibraltar part of the EU's Schengen Area of free movement, easing the crossing for goods and people.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The cost of goods minus food and energy, another critical inflation barometer, fell for the second month in a row in another bit of good news.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Makers of everyday goods are struggling to keep product prices under the psychologically important $9.99 threshold as manufacturing costs rise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It is, however, not all negative as the report points to the rise of the "silver economy" -- a growing market for goods and services for older citizens.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“We can take the canned goods and I’ll take a memento.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
After a series of equipment failures last year, the FAA shored up the feed with better bandwidth and redundancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The WHO said better management of conditions like hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol could also help reduce dementia risk.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
What makes you think you have a better crystal ball than full-time traders with collectively trillions of dollars at stake?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
To better understand the disease, the researchers used whole genome sequencing to compare tumor samples with healthy tissue from the same geckos.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
And now that I’m here in this basement, with Grace in my hands, everything is better.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
PayPal surged 17%—its best single-day ever—after reports that payments processor Stripe and private-equity firm Advent offered to buy it for $60.50 a share, valuing the company at around $53 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“If all your thought, all your creativity is completely outsourced to AI, then I don’t think that’s the best fit,” Bailey said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Her outrage is one of the best ideas in the movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The film, adapted from Homer's epic ancient Greek poem, is Nolan's first since 2023's Oppenheimer, which won the Academy Award for best picture.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
He yips with excitement as his wet nose nuzzles my ear and neck, giving me his best version of a hug a dog can give.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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