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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
Buyers fought over a limited supply, with those offering higher down payments and higher offers ultimately being favored by the market.
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Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
After the collapse of domestic box office in October, Aron needs to convince investors AMC can leverage a steadier supply of Hollywood tentpole releases to get film lovers back in the habit of going to the multiplex in pre-pandemic numbers.
At Tesla’s annual meeting on Thursday, shareholders voted in favor of giving CEO Musk a gargantuan, record-shattering pay package that could give him stock worth $1 trillion after several years.
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Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
And while the barbecue contest gradually began to eclipse the stock show in popularity and even gained national attention, the parade continued to be a highlight.
The bird flu affected some turkey flocks earlier, leaving the inventory lower this year than last.
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Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
By analyzing behavioral data, Reformation can align inventory to local preferences while maintaining its small-batch production model with limited runs that can be replenished quickly to minimize overproduction and waste.
The movie also has an ace in the hole with Glen Powell, one of the few contemporary alpha-charisma actors that feel built for stuff like this and believably might have been bred in a farm upstate that specializes in All-American movie stars with gajillion-watt grins.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
The new regulations are supposed to regulate all hazardous transport through the reservation, not just uranium, but also oil and gas, methane, whatever kind of radioactive stuff.
Shopee, the biggest contributor to Sea’s business, has now achieved five consecutive quarters of sequential gross merchandise value (GMV) growth.
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Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2025
Screenings have evolved into must-see live events featuring props, merchandise, and the occasional person in an animal suit chasing fans through the aisles and audiences across continents.
While both programs aimed to reverse significant income losses for grain producers, a January 2025 analysis by the University of Illinois concluded the aid would likely not be enough if commodity prices do not increase in 2025.
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Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
10 Nov. 2025
In October 2010, Barrett signed a document that added a Washington state commodities trader, Matthew Henning, as a new director.
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