shaping
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After decades spent shaping modern movies without ever taking home a competitive Oscar, actor Glenn Close and director Ridley Scott will finally receive statuettes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
"Demand seems to be shaping up pretty well," Renaissance Capital's Matthew Kennedy said of the transaction that aims to raise $75 billion in what would be a record-breaking IPO.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Yet the Fed also has to be on guard against higher energy prices shaping how consumers and businesses view inflation in the long run.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
She writes about trade, energy policy, immigration and the social and economic trends shaping the world's second-largest country by area.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Cornwall Capital couldn’t help but notice that Bear Stearns was not so much shaping the subprime mortgage bond business as being reshaped by it.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
