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For a factory working a large apartment project, those fewer percentage points might add up to a quarter million dollars or more.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Venture capital investment in the first quarter hit a $300 billion record, according to VC research firm Crunchbase, some 80% going to AI companies.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

By Trivariate’s tally, 238 stocks in the S&P 500, or nearly 48%, were up in the first quarter, while 57% of the index beat the stock-market benchmark.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The company’s home-appliance segment likely returned to a solid operating profit in 1Q from a loss in the previous quarter, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

When my father’s business had failed, we had traded our comfortable house in the center of the Jewish quarter for a wattle-and-daub cottage on our neighborhood’s outskirts.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros