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Today’s edition is about travel and how to avoid overpaying for it.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

To offset lower upfront payments, many smaller deals are coming with contingent payments, like contingent-value rights or milestones, that could eventually raise the value while protecting buyers from overpaying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Avoiding a prolonged regulatory battle preserves balance sheet flexibility and shields the company from the risk of overpaying in a competitive auction.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

‘It’s been on the market for a year’: I’m under contract on a condo, but I’m worried I’m overpaying.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Leo, who was every moment feeling more at home in his patriarchal inheritance, ordered his luggage to be left in the little ferry-house, and, lavishly overpaying the young driver, dismissed him.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann