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Maxis will acquire 178,631 active broadband subscribers and related assets for up to 83 million ringgit in cash, but the immediate earnings impact is expected to be limited, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
“I had siblings, but I was raised as a single child and I’m used to having an active imagination.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
He, too, was unable to identify an active ingredient.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
France's Eutelsat, with its OneWeb internet service, is the main alternative - but it only has about 600 active satellites, compared to Starlink's 10,000-plus.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
A person with active TB harbors hundreds of millions of bacilli in his lungs, enough to ensure that a small number will be mutant germs that aren’t stopped by anti-TB drugs.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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