capital
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Analysts were expecting negative free cash flow for that period, meaning they anticipated the company would spend more on capital expenditures and operating costs than it would generate in cash through its business.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
“We’re the capital of entertainment and we’re going to keep it here,” Newsom said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
In a branch of supermarket Delhaize in Hoeilaart, just outside the Belgian capital Brussels, the BBC's Europe correspondent Nick Beake found frozen pizzas and ice cream among a mountain of food having to be scrapped.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Oracle said it would use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, which could include capital expenditures and debt repayment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The subprime mortgage industry Eisman once knew better than anyone on the planet had been a negligible corner of the capital markets.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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