Cook will be remembered for making the iPhone feel essential to everything from buying a coffee to listening to music, hitting the gym or paying a credit card bill.
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Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2026
And despite several headlines that consumers are buying fewer sneakers in lieu of dressier options, retailers are seeing growth in multiple segments of the men’s shoe market.
Penn State has an easier path than Michigan or USC, though the Nittany Lions also have more unknowns after swapping out roughly half of their roster.
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Austin Meek,
New York Times,
3 Sep. 2026
After considering several options, including swapping the heat shield out for a newer one with more permeable Avcoat, NASA decided instead to change Orion’s reentry profile.
Giants special assistant Ron Wotus considered Vitello’s first-inning ejection by umpire Alan Porter last Friday so unfair that he got kicked out the following day while exchanging lineup cards.
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Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2026
At the time, purchasing teams spent an extraordinary amount of effort exchanging emails, updating spreadsheets and manually tracking order status.
The merchandising giant Fanatics launched a 21+ prediction platform last year.
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Marshall Cohen,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2026
In fact, the team’s estimate for the film’s end budget, after merchandising costs and fees, is essentially the same as one first-season episode of a half-hour comedy on a streaming network.
Ball State is selling its Saturday afternoon and accepting a few bruises for nearly $2 million.
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Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman took turns Thursday evening selling their environmental records — and painting starkly different pictures of the city’s performance under Bass’ leadership.
An agent who has paid for exclusive rights to a ZIP code has a direct financial interest in the homeowners in that territory transacting.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Aug. 2026
Kalshi Trading—and any other principal trading firm transacting on an affiliated exchange—would be forced to only engage with markets by quoting both sides.
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