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Comparable sales, a metric that compares the performance of the network of restaurants that have been open for at least a year, decelerated to 3.8% from 4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The British energy major’s adjusted earnings–a closely watched metric that strips out certain commodity price adjustments and one-time charges–surged to $10.81 billion from the $5.43 billion it reported in the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
That was roughly 2% above the midpoint of the company’s forecast, according to Polland, whereas the company beat by about 11% on that metric in the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Matsa copper-equivalent output of 22,700 metric tons in 1Q is 6% below consensus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
One hundred million metric tons of plastic were being produced in the mid.1980s.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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This Week in Pop Culture: December 8 -14, 2018
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