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Major automakers including Ford, General Motors and Stellantis are paring back their EV ambitions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Investors are paring bets on multiple Federal Reserve rate cuts in early 2026, expecting only one cut for the entire year.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

Big Medicare insurers are paring back their preferred provider organization designs, known as PPOs, while bolstering their more-restrictive health maintenance organization plans, known as HMOs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

More economists are paring their bets that the Fed will cut rates after the latest Consumer Price Index report.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

In Northwest Europe, refiners that binged on sweet crude are paring 2 million barrels per day from run-rates, said Jan-Jaap Verschoor, an analyst at Oil Analytics in London.

From Reuters • Apr. 2, 2020