broker
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MarketWatch Picks: I let my broker take over my IRA.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
But it took Jimmy Carter to broker the Camp David Accords six years later, which brought a lasting peace between Egypt and Israel.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
In Florida’s Black-majority 20th District, which was redrawn this year, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz finished ahead of four Black rivals in a crowded field, and will face Brent Andersen, an insurance broker, in November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
However, if the stocks fall past an agreed level it can trigger what is known as a margin call - when a broker demands payment of the debt.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
They would motor back to the shore and bring the sardines to the fish broker in the market before dawn.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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“It is totally standard for MA plans to pay commissions to insurance brokers who sign Medicare beneficiaries up for their plans; this new relationship is plausibly just a variation on that broader theme.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“He could be a good leader, a good owner, but he tried to do too many things,” said Thuan Nguyen, founder of mortgage broker Loan Factory, who has clashed with UWM over restrictions on brokers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
That idea sent me down a rabbit hole involving real-estate agents, tiny shoebox apartments and frustrating chats with mortgage brokers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
But others rely on brokers in Gaza who charge high fees to convert electronic transfers into cash.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Mavens are really information brokers, sharing and trading what they know.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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During the Covid pandemic, he brokered a partnership between federal researchers and more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies that helped produce effective vaccines in less than a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Another advantage is that the interest earned is not automatically swept into a settlement account, as it is with some brokered CDs available.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
It brokered the two truces and threw its weight behind then junta chief Min Aung Hlaing when he mounted elections he touted as a return to civilian rule.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 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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Jesus was not brokering a deal between two powers.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
RXO is a large third-party logistics firm, or 3PL, brokering truck transportation, freight forwarding, and last-mile delivery for customers in an asset-light business model.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
When China was credited with brokering the Saudi-Iran rapprochement in 2023, the two nations had conducted years of back-channel talks and simply required a low-risk broker to underwrite the final agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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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