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According to Barb's most recent accounts, for the period up to September 2025, it incurred a £36.2m loss and had £10.5m in net assets.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Momenta’s net loss narrowed sharply in 1H, while its high gross margin and asset-light software licensing model support its earnings profile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“The net of all this is more inflation pressure. And that’s why we needed to act,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
It reported a net income of $15.8 billion during that quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
“That’s what works the net, Papa,” I said.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
She says she grossed $300,000 last year and netted $90,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, striker Erling Haaland's late effort means the Norwegian ticked off Sunderland from his scoring list - he has now netted against all 25 Premier League teams he has faced.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
His best finish came in 1976, when he netted just shy of 59,000 votes, though the exact count is contested.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
In Kansas, Prairie Village Detective Ryan Warkentin is tracking similar cases, including a jury-duty rip-off that netted nearly $600,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The singing fish were netted for rich men’s dinners.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
It landed on the netting on the other side of the wall to tie the score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 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
Heisenberg: Thiago is the clear talisman for Brentford after a sensational goal-scoring season, netting 22 league goals.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Near a petrol station draped in anti-drone netting, an employee casually smoked a cigarette, waiting for the alert to be over.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are beds in it, or rather bunks—a couple of wooden beams over which wire netting is stretched.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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