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A measure of inflation stayed near a four-year high, reflecting higher costs companies are incurring to obtain energy and other supplies.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
“With cracks broadly stable quarter on quarter at multidecade highs…the sequential jump came from a lower crude basket cost, better margin capture and higher throughput,” analysts Bineet Banka and Abhishek Bhandari write in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
But for 2027–2028, only a quarter of its needs are hedged so far, at a higher price of around $95 a barrel -- still below present costs.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Investors again treated tech as a safe haven, on the view that the artificial-intelligence buildout could weather higher capital costs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The dining room was in the house at the rear, five steps higher than the shop but lower than Tante Jans’s rooms.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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