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Sales of Hershey’s seasonal products in the 12 weeks ended Dec. 28 declined by 1.8% versus a year earlier, while Reese’s seasonal sales grew 0.2%, according to Evercore ISI analysis of Circana data.

From The Wall Street Journal

One insider described it as "the Kandahar house versus Kabul".

From BBC

Five-year survival is 44% for localized pancreatic cancer versus 3% for metastatic.

From The Wall Street Journal

How does your process change when you’re writing a screenplay versus a novel?

From Salon

Microsoft received a 78% “net score” when factoring in the percentage of CIOs who expected to boost their spending with the company versus those who expected to reduce it.

From MarketWatch