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The restructuring is flanked by a drive to find 200 million euros of annual savings over two years, coming on top of a previous squeeze of 300 million.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Management said that the optical space offers a multibillion-dollar opportunity, which would come on top of its existing connectivity business.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
That was on top of several million dollars he spent on ads that featured himself, leading Trump to call him “unhinged” and a “wacko” in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The platform that houses all tax and legal client data and internal analyses will have Claude embedded in it, on top of existing Microsoft Azure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
He climbed up on top of a bench and yelled, “Who are we?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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