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capital expenditure

NOUN
fixed asset expense
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet next week, or in the Middle East — the market’s best hope for big upside is a peak in hyperscaler capital expenditure, the strategists say.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

The bank expects aggregate advanced packaging capacity to grow about 50% in 2028, even as cloud service provider capital expenditure rises a more modest 12%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The Chinese technology company’s capital-efficient strategy aims to achieve higher growth with relatively lower capital expenditure, reducing need to issue new shares, she says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The upshot of this would be EPS-negative, lowering earnings per share expectations, Hartnett observes, but, overall, the political changes would challenge the K-shaped wealth boom and the surge of AI capital expenditure.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

Hopper Dredgers.—In places where barge-loading dredgers are inconvenient, owing to confined space and interference with navigation, and where it is necessary to curtail capital expenditure, hopper dredgers are convenient and economical.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various




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