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Emory recently gave out $150 million in raises to its staff, mostly nurses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Half a million people voted the 21-year-old into the Chamber of Deputies on October 4, during elections that were otherwise a tough moment for the Brazilian left.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
RAC analysis of government data showed a record 17 million private parking tickets were issued in 2025/2026 - a 17% increase from a year earlier.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback Jalen Hurts is one of the nearly 1 million Americans who will get severe blood clots in their veins or lungs each year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
On December 10, 1898, Spain agreed to release the Philippines and other colonies to the United States in exchange for $20 million.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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The French retail federation estimated losses running into hundreds of millions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Its head Alain Di Crescenzo told France's broadcaster RTL that damage from the riots was estimated at "hundreds of millions of euros".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Standard models can be priced in the six figures, but the top-performing and collectible models are valued in the tens of millions of dollars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Musk has quickly determined that selling millions and millions of moderately priced EVs isn’t exactly that great a business.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
I guess millions of people love George Finkle, but lots of others hate him—especially people he’d just fired.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
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