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In 2024, the price for cocoa beans peaked at more than $12,000 for a metric ton, compared with the $2,000 to $3,000 a ton it had fetched in the decade prior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Israel’s Arab parties won 19 parliamentary seats—almost twice as many as the 10 they won in the prior election.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Had McDermott known prior to 5 October that none of the Wakefield players in his thinking would be available, could arrangements have been made for his UK-based players to travel to Australia earlier?
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The company is paying $65 per share in cash and stock to acquire Instacart, which represents a 26% premium to Instacart’s closing stock prior to the first media reports of the planned acquisition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
His lawyers did no investigation of Mr. Jenkins's history prior to trial, and he was quickly convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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