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Banderas, 66, says his way of educating his own kids, whom he shares with ex-wife Melanie Griffith, was very different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"We are measuring it with a completely new tool for this type of galaxy, demonstrating that this method also works beyond our own galaxy."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
"But his experience is shorter than Xabi's. We need to know how he can cope outside Real Madrid, which protects you in a way. Outside, you are on your own."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“I also own my home and an SUV outright, with no outstanding debt.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“This is a good idea. I’ve been alone for a while now… It’s not wrong to want a personal life. Why should this be a big deal? It’s not…” Dad says, answering his own question.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The commerce group, which also owns Chinese shopping platform Pinduoduo, said operating profit rose by 8% to RMB27.8 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The owner of your team also owns another business facing a big legal problem that requires billions to fix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Chandrasekaran resigned amid a deadlock over his reappointment and a widening rift with Tata Trusts - the charity arm which owns controlling shares of the unlisted commercial holding company.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
"It's going to just be amazing. The sights, the sounds, the smells. It's all going to be just wonderful," said Neva Hoover, 58, from Ohio, who owns of an auto body repair shop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
I drew their pictures for you, the black man, the young girl, the one with the mustache, and the man who owns the New York Café.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
This full-speed-ahead attitude by Dodgers management is what makes it so hard to imagine the team being owned by someone other than Walter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
He owned a house in the New York City area with a mortgage, and there are currently two tenants renting rooms in the house.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
It’s an aggressive expansion tactic, but it works, and the chain is able to do it probably because it’s still privately owned.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
A separate insurer that is owned by Amistad, named EquiTrust, also lent large sums to vehicles tied to the other three intermediaries, according to corporate filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Instead of raising more money to buy credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds, he wound up making it more difficult to keep the ones he already owned.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
A key part of the new model is players’ owning a majority of the league’s equity, which is a much different financial proposition than the one that brought them to LIV in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The appeal of owning a sports team is growing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
If you were born in the UK in the mid-1990s you've about a 25% chance of owning your own home, as this chart shows.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Both companies also have become less leveraged, shedding assets and not owning as much land as they had in the past.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Just when I had given up all hope of ever owning a good hound, something wonderful happened.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
