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Rankings consider forecasted price increases, how quickly homes sell, inventory shortages, rising rents and local job and population growth, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau and the company’s own listing data.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
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The dangerous cold, multiple snowstorms and California’s devastating wildfires have caused an emergency shortage of platelets and some blood types at the American Red Cross.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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Among multiple other afflictions Levine expects are vitamin deficiencies, starvation, dramatic weight loss, vision problems due to a lack of sunlight, broken bones, cognitive impairment and mental health trauma.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Alonso lengthens the lineup and makes the Mets better defensively on the right side, especially since Soto’s one deficiency is his outfield defense.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2025
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As of March 31, 2024, Eline Entertainment Group, Inc. had no cash and a working capital deficit of $62,932.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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And the region is rapidly running out of time to catch up on the severe deficit in rainfall before the winter rainy season ends.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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China’s previous retirement age was set at a time of widespread scarcity and impoverishment, before market reforms brought comparative wealth and rapid improvements in nutrition, health and living conditions.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune Asia,
17 Jan. 2025
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Children who learn to view money as a tool rather than a source of stress are more likely to save, invest, and break cycles of scarcity.—
Andre Jean-Pierre,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The pair founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — a nonprofit dedicated to combating global poverty and disease — in 2000.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Elderly Barbadians today might look back on breadfruit as connected with poverty, but rice and potatoes wouldn’t have offered the same quality of nutrition.—
Elaine Savory,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
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Following Friday’s game, Fernandez discussed others on the team who have increased their 3-point shooting volume in Johnson’s absence.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Former first lady Michelle Obama won't be at Trump's inauguration, and a reason has not been provided for her absence, which marks the sole absence among the living first ladies.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2025
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That has received sharp rebuke from California leaders and water experts who point out that Los Angeles’ water supply is flush after two rainy years, and statewide water supply questions have no relationship to municipal water system failures during the Palisades fire.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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The first crisis was marked by a slew of failures among banks and thrifts in the early 1980s.—
Russ Wiles,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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Given the paucity of income many songwriters receive from streaming services, these royalties can play an outsized role in both their career and their pocket.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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The surprise was how clearly it could be detected, given the paucity of data on these idiosyncratic, ultra-low-turnout elections.—
The Upshot Staff,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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