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That’s how much Apple spent on stock buybacks under Cook — roughly 3.6 times what it invested in R&D over the same period.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Stripping out certain one-time items in the latest period, Halliburton logged first-quarter adjusted earnings of 55 cents a share, handily beating the mean analyst estimate of 50 cents a share, as per FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Both revenue and adjusted earnings for Insight, Optum’s data and analytics arm, declined slightly from the same period last year.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh said the group had committed "sustained dishonesty" over a lengthy period of time.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
I feel like I’m in the middle of the daily good.natured-but-still-hurtful cafeteria roast sessions that happen during lunch period.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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