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A Bank of America spokesperson told AFP its results would include a $1.2 billion charge weighing on net income by around 17 cents per share.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
For the third quarter of 2026, UnitedHealth reported net income of $4.11 billion, or $4.56 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
As a result, the company said it now expects adjusted net earnings of at least $20.50 per share in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The MOJ say around 6,500 net prison places were created between 2022 and 2025, once closures are taken into consideration.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Just as I picked up the net, I thought of something.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
If so, it’d be quite the capper to a career that has netted him seven Oscar nominations, five for his screenplays and two for direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
At the same time, the company has netted more than $150 million in operational improvements since its last quarterly readout in June, Weinstein says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Their spot-kicks were netted by players including future Ballon d'Or winner Pavel Nedved, Berger and Poborsky, who was back at the ground weeks later as a newly signed Manchester United player.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She says she grossed $300,000 last year and netted $90,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Proceeds from shoot entry fees, plus revenue from the weeklong Family Fest, netted the community almost $34,000 for maintaining its park.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
Down the road in the forest, two Canadian Leopard tanks were parked at an intersection, without any of the netting and drone defenses that have become indispensable in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
It landed on the netting on the other side of the wall to tie the score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Odegaard has scored three goals in four appearances in all competitions this season, after netting only once in 36 last term.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
France recently sold the last of its New York gold, while upgrading it and netting a gain equivalent to $15 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 6, 2026
Everything in the dark assumed a spectral appearance through white netting: a ghostly bureau, a ghostly toybox, ghostly curtains.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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