windfall
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The Moneyist weighs in on a couple split by an unexpected windfall.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Here’s what I have learned from my windfall.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Despite their windfall of cash, Exxon and Chevron signaled they plan to remain conservative in their spending, cutting debt and strengthening their balance sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The chancellor is expected to use a windfall tax on banks to fund a package of spending measures to help households manage rising energy bills.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
At full dusk or thereabouts he ate three rice balls, a slab of rock cod, and two windfall apples from a wild tree behind Bender’s Spring.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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MarketWatch columnist Aditi Shrikant explains how a tighter budget, automatic payments and unexpected cash windfalls can shrink your balance without sacrificing your financial safety net.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Pacific island nations are divided on whether deep-sea mining will deliver economic windfalls, or environmental catastrophe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Refiners PBF Energy and Valero also reported windfalls, with the latter earning $3.7 billion, another fivefold increase from the year before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Among the largest windfalls recorded in the filings is $263 million in earnings connected to the sale of equity in World Liberty Financial, the president’s cryptocurrency business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
After that he always stuffed his pockets with windfalls.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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