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The company was hit with the maximum civil penalty of $5,000 per violation, totaling $375 million.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
17 May 2026 -
Argentina’s government said this week that beef exports rose 54% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, totaling nearly 200,000 tons worth more than $1 billion.—
Clara Preve,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images A new futures market for semiconductors will let traders hedge their artificial intelligence investments with bets on the increasingly expensive price of computing power.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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In Hamilton’s time, computing power was severely limited.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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That’s not counting the park’s roster of wildlife, from black bears and mountain lions to owls, pronghorns, and bighorn sheep.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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There’s absolutely no justification for not counting those assists.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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“Adding (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adding%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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