Currently, investing in foreign securities involves going through brokers and other middlemen who demand hefty fees and take days to process transactions.
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Gordon Liao,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2026
There could also be a bipartisan pushback on the rising cost of hospital care as well as pharmacy benefit managers, which act as middlemen to negotiate drug prices and rebates on behalf of insurers and employers.
Qatar has brokered the diplomacy, and intermediaries have ranged from Pakistan to Russia to China.
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Taylor Luck,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Nov. 2026
Thanks to African intermediaries guiding these military explorers, Binger discovered that the fabled Kong Mountains, which stretched across most 19th-century maps, did not exist.
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Thomas J Bassett,
The Conversation,
29 Oct. 2026
The source must be reliable, in a position to have accurate information and approved by news managers.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2026
Dutch Bros staffers, from store owners to senior managers, have been put through the course for years to understand the hard work of the chain’s 25,000 broistas churning out drinks.
The decision comes after a STAT investigation found IPRO, as well as other arbitrators tasked with executing the No Surprises Act, were racking up huge profits while frequently deciding in favor of clinicians in the disputes.
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Daniel Payne,
STAT,
5 Nov. 2026
By the end of the ballot counting period, if Measure A passes, then the county CEO would be removed from the negotiating process, replaced by a board of arbitrators.
In the days before the midterms, Qatari mediators had plunged into a fresh round of furtive diplomacy between the United States and Iran, but talks are still at an impasse.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2026
Negotiations will continue Friday with the help of federal mediators, the PMA said.
Corporate executives whose romantic liaisons have derailed their careers are common enough.
—
Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2026
Banks and asset managers financing the buildout have already begun treating local opposition as a credit risk, while hyperscalers are rushing to hire community liaisons.
Despite the cool reception from distributors, the pair haven’t given up, and still plan on shopping their movie to either a streamer or theatrical distributor.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Netflix leads all distributors with 35 total nominations across film and television, while Neon secured an impressive 21 film nominations despite being a smaller distributor.
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