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Foundayo’s sluggish second week may be the first signal that Lilly could face competitive pressures in a market it has largely dominated.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Its traders are capitalizing on dislocations across the crude oil markets, and the conflict could start impacting gas and coal markets too, Davis writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

In a December letter, the office said the state would probably collect tens of billions of dollars from the wealth tax, but it could also lose other tax revenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Assuming an 8%-10% pretax margin, the project could contribute 0.04 ringgit to 0.05 ringgit to EPS over its execution period, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

At least Berlin could sit by the river, take in the music, and maybe she could forget about how much it was going to hurt, going home, when she would be going home a failure.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith