modestly
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News Corp expects capital expenditures to rise “modestly” this year, and Thomson said the company is well positioned to profit in coming quarters and years.
Stock futures traded modestly higher Thursday with investors trying to make sense of a slew of recent artificial-intelligence developments.
From Barron's
The storm’s overall economic impact is expected to be muted, with consumer spending modestly affected and a 3% dip in residential fixed investments.
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This was despite a drop in employment, which shrank for a fifth consecutive month, albeit modestly.
Stock futures were rising modestly Thursday as investors waded through a flurry of Big Tech earnings and shrugged off concerns about rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
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