ransom
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“It is encouraging to see the strategic initiatives we put in place at the start of this year driving an improved performance,” Chief Executive Andy Ransom said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Ransom payments for hostages is a sensitive topic.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
“This is the worst of the five businesses managed-care companies participate in,” says John Ransom, an analyst at Raymond James.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
Mrs McKay's grandson, Mark Dyer, told the BBC the family was inspired by the Mel Gibson movie Ransom to make a last-ditch attempt to solve the mystery.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025
A great football, track, and baseball star, Sam Ransom, traveled all the way from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eighth, and a track star, Binga Dismond, left his medical school studies to enlist.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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