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Jim Cramer said the company’s pending acquisition of Discover Financial Services has transformative potential because, in addition to issuing credit cards, Discover owns a card network, improving its competitive position against MasterCard and Visa.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025 -
SpaceX, Musk's aerospace firm, owns Starlink.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The company acknowledges a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting, specifically in the areas of accounting expertise and IT user access controls, with remediation efforts underway.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
28 Mar. 2025
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The company acknowledges its dependence on positive operating results and potential financing to meet future obligations, with management projecting that cash on hand may not be sufficient to continue operations without additional funding.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
28 Mar. 2025
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Many lobster dishes are thought of as summer staples, Holden concedes, but lobster is also fitting for special occasions.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Dec. 2024
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The refined view of entropy is one that sheds the false dreams of total efficiency and perfect prediction and instead concedes the irreducible uncertainty in the world.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
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Blaine admits that his attitude towards risk has changed somewhat with age.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Mar. 2025
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Rho admits that Angelina’s younger love interest, Keisuke, is a version of Darcy, Austen’s most compelling male character.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Smokes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokes%20out. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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