benchmark
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Could the players set a new benchmark for future contract negotiations across women’s pro sports leagues?
From Los Angeles Times
Attacks sent benchmark Brent futures as high as $119 a barrel before easing back Thursday.
On Thursday, international benchmark Brent crude was trading at around $110 a barrel -- up 52 percent from before the war.
From Barron's
On a trailing p/e basis, the benchmark index is at 25.7 times earnings compared with an average of 15 since 1900.
From MarketWatch
Some 58% of loans in December were made at interest rates at or below the official benchmark lending rate of 3%, Mr. Wright notes, and that proportion has risen steadily over the past couple years.
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