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Yet starting in the fall, many firms held off on increases and sometimes offered discounts to capture holiday shoppers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Half of those held were Dipu's co-workers at the factory, including two managers of the floor where he worked.

From BBC

Though they later held meetings to smooth over their differences, the network is again livid following the reauthorization of German agrochemical giant Bayer's dicamba herbicide for sprayed use on genetically modified soybean and cotton.

From Barron's

Art Basel, which runs elite fairs in Miami, Hong Kong, Paris and Switzerland, held its Gulf debut in Qatar earlier this month.

From Barron's

The Bruins held Indiana to 31.3% shooting from the field, below the Hoosiers’ 47.9% average on the season for fifth in the Big Ten.

From Los Angeles Times