buy
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RHB maintains a buy rating on KPJ and keeps its target price at 3.77 ringgit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
At the start of the year, he used about half of a bonus from work to buy shares in tech giant SK Hynix.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
That can lead to a “buy, then plan” approach — one where drivers think, “I’m just going to buy my car, and figure out the rest of my budget,” Caldwell said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I understand it’s a lot of money. But it’s not as if you can go buy another one tomorrow. … We hope we never, ever are going to sell it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I’ll buy you a coffee, I’ll take the blame—anything, just switch places with me for today’s shift. Please.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
“Abbott’s call for a ‘pause’ could be for one day – and no one buys it,” she said in a statement this week.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
She tries to get most of her children's uniforms second-hand anyway, but always buys the blazer, which costs around £30, as she likes them to have a new one.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
After that semester, Min opted to pack turkey or tuna salad sandwiches for school, using bulk ingredients that his family buys from Costco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
The most feverish shows are built around “breaks,” where a person buys an opportunity to win an unknown, potentially valuable, collectible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
From the general store, Ma buys cloth to stitch an extra set of pants and shirts for Father and me.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The couple provided their guests with special glasses and filters bought months in advance so they could view the partial eclipse over Suffolk.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
So Stellantis in 2023 announced that its light-duty Ram trucks, the ones commonly bought by everyday customers, would move exclusively to the new Hurricane inline six-cylinder engine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
When Walter and his partners bought the Dodgers, the runners-up: the bid team of Cohen and Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
A second Kabul student, 28, said he had bought a basic phone which he was allowed to use on campus to make calls.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
She’s hated that dirt bike since the day Dad bought it last winter.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"We didn't really have anyone around us who is experienced in investing, and we did not study investing seriously before buying the stock," Yi says.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Morgan analyst suggests now is the time to consider buying the stock.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
After buying the black-box deal on Groupon, Mystery Vacations sends buyers a form to fill out with their preferred travel dates and departure airports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Known as an “urchin” bait, the lure is dominating professional competitions, sparking a rush of imitators and provoking the sort of shelf-clearing buying frenzies you see for Pokemons and Beanie Babies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The loans that were being made to actual human beings only grew crappier, but, bizarrely, the price of insuring them—the price of buying credit default swaps—fell.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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