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Birmingham led by six at halftime and maintained that margin through three quarters, but Granada Hills crept to within 57-55 on Alana Yeck’s steal and jumper in the lane with 1:30 left.
From Los Angeles Times
SYDNEY—Australia’s central bank has delivered its first interest-rate increase since late 2023, citing a worsening inflation outlook and a broad upswing in the economy over recent quarters.
The figure, which is a closely watched footnote disclosure, was about nine times Oracle’s revenue for the previous four quarters, and included the $300 billion related to OpenAI.
A White House spokesman noted that manufacturing productivity ticked upward in recent quarters and that workers’ wage hikes outpaced inflation over the past year.
Analyst David L. Bailey tells clients in a note that he assumes a buyback of US$175 million in both of the third and fourth quarters, taking the fiscal 2026 total to US$675 million.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
