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Thin margins and less venture-capital money, which is now focused on artificial intelligence and space, has meant smaller players find it hard to stay independent.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
On Wednesday, billionaire Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings received a refund of $1 million he had donated to one of the independent expenditure committees supporting Mahan’s bid.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
However, pressures on the current Family Court system mean that test results can be presented at a hearing without independent expert witness interpretation.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Ian Tyler, currently chair of building materials firm Grafton Group and senior independent director at mining giant Anglo American, will take over as interim chair while the firm searches for a permanent successor.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
What killed alchemy was the insistence that experiments must be openly reported in publications which presented a clear account of what had happened, and they must then be replicated, preferably before independent witnesses.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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