capital expenditures

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These acted as a curb on producers’ capital expenditures, helping reassure investors that companies wouldn’t return to their habit of excessive drilling.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Looking forward, Mosaic cut its capital expenditures outlook to $1.25 billion from $1.5 billion previously, reflecting an optimized project portfolio combined with the deferral of spending on less-time-sensitive projects to future periods.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

After the latest round of earnings reports, the collective capital expenditures of the four major cloud providers is approaching $700 billion.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

The shortage is pushing AI capital expenditures even higher.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The fixed charges on the capital expenditures together with the labour and incidental charges almost invariably make the total cost of operation of a straight bleach plant higher than that of a liquid chlorine plant.

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph