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The company has consistently consumed cash while struggling to scale production within the competitive semiconductor landscape.
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Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Close to 18% of people who regularly eat fruits reported better sleep, along with 12% of people who consume a lot of vegetables, and 13% of people who drink herbal tea.
China accompanied this strategic focus with billions of dollars of investment in mines and processing facilities to monopolize the market.
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Charlie Campbell,
Time,
17 June 2025
In a separate case in federal court in Virginia, which was tried last year, the government argued that Google had monopolized part of the technology that places ads on websites.
The Italian side possess a serious number of defenders who are simply not good enough to represent a club with ambitions of winning Serie A while competing in the UEFA Champions League.
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Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
In 1940, the federal government enacted The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibiting people from hunting, selling or possessing an eagle ‒ in effort to prevent further population decline.
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