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The rejection rate was closer to 30% during the Great Recession.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
He has scored five hat-tricks in an England career which includes 110 starts, with a 66% win rate.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
That tempered expectations of an imminent rate hike by the Federal Reserve, and fueled optimism on equity markets that the AI-fueled rally still has room to run.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Treasury yields fell after U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose just 29,000 and the unemployment rate increased to 4.2% in September, according the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Scientists rate the strength of an earthquake using the moment magnitude scale, a system that gauges the amount of energy released by the quake and assigns it a number.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Lowri Griffiths of Tenovus said incidence and mortality rates for gynaecological cancers in Wales were higher than the UK average - something she added the Welsh government needed "to get to grips with".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“It is very much the case that programs that have earnings that low really do see really high default rates on loans.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
September tanker rates surged following disruptions to Saudi Arabia’s oil shipments, with very large crude carrier rates averaging $231,500/day, an increase of 81.3% over 1Q averages, he notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Admission rates increased 4.8 percentage points among Mexican-born patients, 5.1 percentage points among patients born in Central or South America, and 2.5 percentage points among patients born in Asia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
“The Warren rates this place a five-out-of-five-paws difficulty.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Here's how BBC Sport England reporter Alex Howell rated the players and you can see how you scored them below.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Spreads have climbed sharply in riskier parts of the corporate bond market, but remain near historical lows for highly rated debt.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
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From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Participants rated the musical versions as significantly less annoying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The two labs’ plans landed at the AEC almost simultaneously in February 1948: Berkeley’s for a machine rated at 2.8 billion volts and Brookhaven’s at 2.5 billion.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
The brokerage lowers Tosoh Corp.’s target price to 2,500 yen from Y2,600 with an unchanged neutral rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But even as Nixon’s overall approval rating sank to 24% during the week before his resignation on Aug. 9, 1974, Republicans — 62% of them — still supported him.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
He has three touchdowns, four interceptions and a ho-hum passer rating of 73.4 after never finishing a season with a rating lower than 93.2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The bank maintains its buy rating and 84 Hong Kong dollar target price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He entered private meetings with the lenders and the bankers and the rating agencies probing for an intelligence he had yet to detect.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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