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Rising financing costs make deals harder to structure, exit markets are crowded, and firms now compete against each other to sell assets back into a less receptive public market.

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Although the band was “incredibly ambitious,” he says the band wasn’t always receptive to his advice.

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Not all clans have been receptive to Israel’s overtures.

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While many pets seen on social media are now communicating with their owners via language buttons, this also demonstrates that these animals are receptive to receiving messages.

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Rep. Young Kim, the Republican who represents the Rios family’s district in Congress, was receptive to the delegation’s pleas to vote no on the budget bill, Josephine recalls.

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