interest
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The drop in oil prices helped ease concerns about inflation and saw traders lower their expectations for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates, according to Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
This is a particular risk for small banks that use interest payments to attract deposits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The directors, Miriam Ekhator and Davidson Lynch-Shyllon, were disqualified from carrying on and/or managing or having a financial interest in a children's home.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
But the Fed voted 9-3 to keep interest rates unchanged in a range of 3.5%-3.75% for the fifth straight meeting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Professor Brown and Professor Green, along with a handful of other people on the faculty who had taken a special interest in me, and then the list kind of sputtered to a stop.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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A spokesman for Reform said: "We will always stand up for British interests and protect our people".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“What interests me is Jewish life, not politics.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Explaining the move, Abu Dhabi said it "serves our national interests and long-term strategic objectives".
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
McCourt later handed off the project to an environmental group, but the idea is still to deliver fans to Dodger Stadium, where he has financial interests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Bobby’s interest in making money was undeniable, so theories abounded as to why he acted contrary to his own financial interests.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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But having seen his movie twice, it’s obvious that Nolan is less interested in Wilson’s first line than her fifth: “Tell the old story for our modern times.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Rather than take other companies’ trade secrets, OpenAI said on its blog, “We’re much more interested in building innovative products and technologies that push the frontier.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Vallverdu’s mother taught her and she often plays with friends at home in Miami Beach, but doubted her camp friends were interested, so she didn’t bring her set.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The results suggest that the organisms living in the sediment are not equally interested in every type of carbon.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
“And what development has you suddenly interested in my premonition?”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Where the story is going in any substantial way, other than, you know, win games, maybe get Roy and Keeley back together, do something interesting with Henry and/or Michelle, it’s too soon to tell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"There's certainly some interesting laboratory data but that's not the same as clinical evidence," he said, adding there was not enough data on fenbendazole as a cancer treatment, so "therefore it is unsafe".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“The Cruelest Game” overlooks some of the most interesting trend lines in tennis today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The reader who suggested leaving Social Security benefits unclaimed, if you don’t need them, does raise an interesting question about personal responsibility.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
If I smell, it’ll be the most interesting thing about me, and suddenly I’m “Pigpen” or “Sir Stinks-a-Lot” or “BO Boy.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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