broker
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Americans are paying a high price for the convenience of buying the memory-chip maker’s stock in New York, rather than finding a broker willing to trade the Korean shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
While ABC and NBC broker their e-commerce deals in-house and through some of their contributors, CBS turned to Knocking to develop its segments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Bank: A loan estimate directly from a bank typically comes with fewer fees, as there’s no broker or middleman expecting a cut.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
A source familiar with the matter said Pakistan's help in US-Iran negotiations to broker their June interim agreement provided a window of opportunity.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
They asked the kids to go to Miss Josie and Mr. Jeet’s place because the real estate broker was showing the apartment that morning.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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Cindy Allen, chief executive of Trade Force Multiplier, an international trade and customs consulting firm, said importers and customs brokers are implementing more technology to help manage changing trade policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Buyers have several options for acquiring a home loan: banks, credit unions, mortgage brokers or direct lenders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
In many ways, Tana was one of Hollywood’s quiet power brokers, earning influence through humility and respect rather than status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Conference, an annual meetup of the nation’s cultural power brokers that’s colloquially referred to as “billionaire sleepaway camp.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Mavens are really information brokers, sharing and trading what they know.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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After Koroma was charged and placed under house arrest, Ecowas brokered a deal with the government of Sierra Leone, allowing the former president to go into exile in Nigeria and seek medical attention there.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Voila, Ms. Bass brokered a compromise with her progressive City Council to delay the $30 an hour minimum by two years and phase in increases more slowly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
When business leaders were frustrated over the passage of a $30-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers, Bass brokered a meeting with them and Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, he said in December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
The Abraham Accords, a set of agreements brokered under Trump in 2020, govern the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and countries that have historically been hostile to it.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
The parade ended at Darling Stadium, the namesake of the oyster magnate whose creative entrepreneurship had brokered the land deal with the federal government for the Langley laboratory a half century before.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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In 2022, she pulled off a diplomatic feat by brokering the Black Sea Grain Initiative between Moscow and Kyiv to allow grain exports following Russia's invasion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Jesus was not brokering a deal between two powers.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
More recently, the Vatican played a pivotal role in brokering a diplomatic thaw between the U.S. and Cuba in 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
European leaders and the prime minister of Pakistan, which is brokering U.S.-Iran talks, warned that the operations could be putting the truce at risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
“But I have access to Madoc. I have access to Balekin. I’m our best shot at brokering a deal.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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