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Recent Examples of job lotWhere some other towns operating similar schemes have put together a job lot of houses for €1, Castiglione di Sicilia is pricing the properties according to their condition.—Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 25 Apr. 2021
In addition to several ground beef recalls reported in recent months, the U.S. cattle inventory is at a 25-year low, and severe drought in parts of the country has further reduced the feed supply, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
Oil prices jumped more than 4% on Wednesday as fears of a conflict that would disrupt crude supplies suddenly swept the market.
The softer reading helped boost major stock indexes, while bond yields eased, indicating improving investor sentiment.
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Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
Trump says will set new global tariffs The president’s latest threat, which sent stocks lower, came shortly after the US agreed a trade truce with China.
The Nightshift’s bass player at the time, Peter Rosen, had a day job with The Visual Thing, a poster and concert merchandise company owned by Steve Gold and Jerry Goldstein whose clients included Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones.
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Todd Longwell,
Variety,
5 June 2025
The three entered the store at 4901 167th St. at 1 p.m., forced the clerk to the back and took money and merchandise, police said.
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