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Finding a home you love can be difficult when inventory is limited. But a failed home purchase could create an opportunity for the next buyer.

U.S. home-purchase contract cancellations hit a record high in July, according to a Redfin report. Home-sale cancellations hit 14%, the highest percentage in almost three years (since November 2023).

This may sound like bad news for buyers. Something must be wrong for so many people to back out of their home-buying contracts, right?

But in many ways, the home-sale cancellations surge helps homebuyers.

“Buyers know they have options right now, so they’re pushing harder in negotiations,” Redfin Premier agent Juan Castro said in the report. “That can be tough for sellers, but it’s good news for buyers.”

Home-purchase cancellations give the next buyer more power

In many local markets, buyers have more leverage than they did during the pandemic-era housing boom. When homebuyers have more choices, they have the upper hand in real-estate transactions.

Each time something goes wrong for a seller, they might lose a little more power. For example, a buyer will know the seller is getting more desperate if the online listing shows that the house has been on the market for a long time, or the seller has reduced the price.

And a home-sale cancellation is another wrench in a seller’s plans.

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“A home that comes back on the market may face less competition, and the seller may be more motivated to reach an agreement the second time around,” Redfin writes.

The seller may be more motivated to get the deal done the second time around, particularly if the failed transaction created financial or timing pressures.

If you’re the next buyer, this gives you room to negotiate.

Home-sale cancellations hit their highest point in almost three years, reported Redfin.Maskot / Getty Images

Negotiation options in today’s housing market

A homebuyer can negotiate for a lower price in a buyer’s market, but that’s not the only card you can play. Depending on your priorities, there are several terms to consider negotiating.

If affordability is an issue, then yes, asking for a lower price is a good choice. Especially if comparable sales in the neighborhood are lower than the current listing price or if the home appraisal comes back lower than expected.

You could also negotiate for the seller to cover some of your closing fees. If you’re stuck with a high mortgage rate, inquire about the seller paying for some or all of a mortgage-rate buydown.

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The previous buyer may have canceled their purchase after the home inspection revealed problems with the house. You could negotiate with the seller to give you a lump sum to use toward the repairs.

Do you have a strict timeline for moving in? Consider negotiating for either a faster or extended closing date.

Negotiations can be your real estate agent’s time to shine. They act as a go-between for buyers and sellers and can give you tips on what to ask for, depending on your situation and the local market.

How to find out if a home has undergone cancellation

If you’re perusing houses for sale, you’re probably using websites such as Redfin and Zillow. As a homebuyer, you cannot see home-purchase cancellations specifically on these sites. You can access a listing’s status change, though.

With a status change, you’ll see if a home switched from “active” to “pending” or “under contract.” You can also see if it goes back to “active” or “back on the market.”

You can’t see why the listing status changed or whether the buyer canceled the contract, but the status history does give you some insights. “Back on the market” is a strong clue, but not proof that the previous buyer canceled.

These websites also show various data on price history, including whether the price has recently dropped.

Once again, this is a good time to rely on your Realtor. Ask them to check the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for more information about whether there has been a home-purchase cancellation.

This knowledge will equip you with the tools you need to make an offer, negotiate, and close on a home.

A canceled purchase doesn’t necessarily mean something is wrong with the house. For the next buyer, it can mean an opportunity to negotiate.

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Key Takeaways

Vet costs are up 43% since 2021, making pet care much more expensive.
Pet insurance has clear benefits: 3 in 4 owners report significantly lower vet costs, and 84% recommend it, according to survey data.
Whether pet insurance is worth it depends on your budget, since you’ll pay monthly premiums and some out-of-pocket costs.

No pet owner wants to consider the worst-case scenarios that can take place when caring for a furry family member. But if your four-footed loved one gets bitten, breaks a bone or contracts a disease, it’s best to be prepared.
The cost of veterinary care has jumped roughly 43% from January 2021 to January 2026, according to data from the Department of Labor. To help cope with those rising expenses — and protect wallets and emotions from the stress of a surprise vet bill — more people are turning to pet insurance.
For many, it’s paying off. Owners with pet insurance have been able to save money and enjoy peace of mind, according to a recent survey of 1,590 U.S. dog and cat owners published by Money.com and Healthy Paws Pet Insurance.
“Pet insurance can absolutely be worth it, especially when you think about the moments that people hope never happen,” says Dr. Parva Bezrutczyk, a veterinarian who owns Arizona Animal Wellness Center and is president of the American Animal Hospital Association. “If your pet is sick or injured, the last thing you want is to feel torn between what they need and what you can afford.”

Pet insurance offers protection as vet bills soar
Medical care for a pet can take a major bite out of your savings. Roughly 29% of pet owners said they spent at least $100 monthly on veterinary care, while 16% reported spending $100 or more on medications and supplements, according to the survey.
Healthy Paws Pet Insurance’s claims data shows the typical vet bill has climbed steadily as of late, reaching about $392 per claim in 2025 — a 32% increase from 2020.
Pet insurance can help keep costs manageable and put owners at ease. Fully 3 in 4 survey respondents who have pet insurance said this coverage has “significantly reduced” their out-of-pocket veterinary expenses. The vast majority (87%) reported that it has provided peace of mind when it comes to their pet’s health, and another 84% would recommend pet insurance to other pet owners.
The difference becomes especially clear when it’s time to make treatment decisions at the vet’s office. In a follow-up survey, 50% of pet owners with insurance said that they were more likely to pursue all recommended treatment, regardless of cost, compared to 34% of pet owners overall.
Should you get pet insurance?
Whether to get pet insurance depends on your financial situation and preferences.
“Some owners might prefer to set aside savings while others might value predictability and the protection that insurance offers,” Bezrutczyk says.
Pet insurance doesn’t eliminate all pet health care costs, since plans typically don’t cover routine visits and vaccines. Plus, it’s an extra regular expense: Premiums add up to around $69 per month for dogs and $36 for cats, on average, according to the North American Pet Health Insurance Association (NAPHIA). Most plans also require deductibles or copayments, which means you’ll have to foot the bill for at least some out-of-pocket expenses before insurance kicks in.
But Bezrutczyk says that when a pet becomes ill or injured, families often need to make decisions very quickly. Insurance can give them the freedom to say “yes” to advanced diagnostic surgery and other urgent treatments without financial strain.

FAQs
What are the downsides of having pet insurance?
Cost and pre-existing condition clauses are the main drawbacks of having pet insurance. Premiums increase significantly as your pet ages, and, unlike your own health insurance, the policy won’t cover any illnesses or injuries that showed symptoms before you got coverage.
What is the most expensive dog breed to insure?
Mastiffs, French bulldogs and Bernese mountain dogs are some of the most expensive breeds to insure because they have a higher risk of illnesses. Monthly premiums range from $60 to $100.
Is $5,000 enough for pet insurance?
It may be enough for minor emergencies and illnesses. However, a $5,000 limit can fall short if your pet suffers a traumatic injury or gets a serious illness, like cancer. Nationwide, cancer treatment costs average of $5,000, and surgery to remove a colon tumor costs almost $9,000, according to Care Credit, a financial services company.

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Something went wrong with an AI agent. It accessed a system it should not have. It took an action nobody authorized.

Now comes the hard part: figuring out who is responsible.

That is no longer a hypothetical. AI agents are moving from generating text and images to making decisions, using tools, and acting with less direct human involvement. The accountability question is arriving faster than the frameworks designed to answer it.

Why AI agents are creating a new accountability gap

A new study from Guidelight AI Standards, published Aug. 18, found that none of the five largest AI companies fully apply basic control measures to their own internal AI systems.

The nonprofit evaluated Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and Meta across six safety practices including logging, monitoring, gated actions, and emergency shutdown capability.

Anthropic and OpenAI scored highest at C+. Google received a D+. xAI received a D-. Meta received an F, according to Reuters.

The grades matter beyond rankings. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have separately disclosed that their autonomous agents escaped testing environments and found vulnerabilities in other companies’ systems.

The incidents illustrate what happens when agents gain the ability to act rather than simply respond, Fortune reported.

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When an AI agent makes an unauthorized transaction, exposes sensitive information or takes an action that damages a business, responsibility becomes difficult to assign. The company that deployed the agent may point to the model provider. The model provider may argue the system was used in an unexpected environment.

The result is an accountability gap in which everyone is responsible for deploying AI but nobody is clearly responsible for what it actually does.

“AI governance can’t be an afterthought. The faster these systems become capable, the more important it is to know who is accountable when they make consequential decisions,” Isvari Maranwe, AI policy analyst and founder of Yuvoice, told TheStreet.

How regulators are trying to catch up with autonomous AI

Regulators are moving, but the technology is moving faster.

The European Union’s AI Act is one of the most significant attempts to build a legal framework for AI. Its high-risk system requirements entered enforcement on Aug. 2, 2026.

Article 14 of the Act, which covers human oversight obligations, applies explicitly to autonomous agents operating in high-stakes contexts, including healthcare, financial services, and critical infrastructure.

In May, six allied cybersecurity agencies, including CISA, NSA, and counterparts from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, jointly published guidance titled “Careful Adoption of Agentic AI Services.”

It was the first coordinated multinational security document specifically addressing autonomous AI agents rather than generative AI broadly. The guidance identified five categories of agentic risk: privilege escalation, design failures, behavioral misalignment, structural brittleness, and accountability gaps, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) reported.

A separate CSA survey found that only 18% of organizations are confident that their existing identity and access management systems can adequately govern AI agents.

That is despite 40% of organizations already running agents in production. The governance infrastructure has not kept pace with the deployment rate.

The accountability question is arriving faster than the frameworks designed to answer it.Tatiana/Getty Images

Why human oversight needs to mean more than a policy statement

The standard response to AI risk is to say humans should remain in control. That principle becomes harder to enforce when agents operate at a speed and scale humans cannot monitor action by action.

A human employee may approve an AI agent to analyze thousands of transactions or execute software tasks.

If the agent makes hundreds of decisions in minutes, having a person available to intervene is not the same as meaningful oversight. The person may not know what to look for, may not receive an alert in time, or may not have the authority to intervene without disrupting the system.

Better governance asks specific questions. What is this agent authorized to access? Which decisions require human sign-off before the system acts? At what point does the system stop and escalate rather than proceed?

A company that can answer those questions has moved governance from a document into an operational reality. One that cannot has a policy, not a control.

The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley has published research on agentic AI risk, identifying human control mechanisms, intervention points, escalation pathways, and shutdown capability as the practical components companies need in place. Not principles, but specific mechanisms.

“Ethics has to keep pace with capability,” Maranwe added. “AI systems acting with greater autonomy run major societal risks. Guardrails need to be developed with technologists and the largest companies in the world, which is why urgent regulation and an international treaty are key.”

What this means for companies and investors deploying AI agents

For investors, the AI governance debate is shifting from ethics to operational risk.

Companies deploying autonomous AI systems face potential financial losses from errors, regulatory penalties under frameworks such as the EU AI Act, and reputational damage from incidents like the ones disclosed by OpenAI and Anthropic.

The Financial Stability Board has examined responsible AI adoption in financial institutions specifically, reflecting how seriously governance is now being taken in regulated industries.

Companies are beginning to build governance infrastructure around AI agents, including identity controls, audit trails, permission systems, and human escalation mechanisms. That infrastructure mirrors what happened with cybersecurity and data governance: initially treated as optional, then made mandatory by regulation and liability, and eventually accepted as standard operating practice.

The organizations building that infrastructure now are doing it before regulators require it. The ones that wait may find the requirements arrive through enforcement action rather than planning.

When an AI system causes damage, the accountability question arrives quickly. The answer needs to be ready before the question is asked.

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By almost every measure, Walmart is the country’s largest big-box retailer, which makes it an important barometer for consumer spending.

Which is why its latest earnings report caught some attention.

Comparable sales were up just 2.6% for Q2 FY2027, down from 4.1% during Q1 and marking its slowest comparable sales growth since the start of the pandemic.

But the news wasn’t all bad.

Walmart has continued to gain ground with high-income households, and e-commerce sales jumped 23% globally. Even more importantly, it’s identified several categories beyond grocery where significant growth may be possible.

Fashion is one of them.

Walmart announces Scenario

Walmart has plans to launch an all-new, inexpensive women’s clothing line in the coming weeks, according to an exclusive report from the Wall Street Journal.

The line, called Scenario, will include clothing, bags, and accessories geared at younger shoppers. Most items in the line will be priced at $25 or less in an effort “to appeal to the discount shoppers who are the foundation of Walmart’s business,” WSJ says. 

Traditionally, Walmart hasn’t dominated in the fashion space. 

Shoppers may head to the big-box store to stock up on basics like socks and t-shirts, but they’re heading to other retailers such as Target and Amazon for trendy, fashion-forward pieces to round out their closets.

But now, it seems, Walmart is working to change that.

Over the last seven quarters, the retailer has seen consistent growth in its clothing and accessory categories, WSJ reports. 

Celebrity partnerships, like last spring’s Lee and Kacey Musgraves collaborative line “Kacey Lee,” have played a role in this, but Walmart is on the hunt for an owned, house brand that could provide a stable foundation for long-term growth.

The retailer has had some success with its existing brand, Tried and True, which brings in around $2 billion annually and tends to appeal to shoppers in the 55+ age bracket. 

The line, which primarily consists of elevated basics, is serviceable, but not necessarily widely appealing to a younger, trendier crowd.

“We knew [Walmart wasn’t] servicing all their closet needs,” Denise Incandela, executive vice president of fashion for Walmart U.S., told WSJ. “While our customer gave us credit for extraordinary value, they weren’t giving us credit for style and quality.”

Scenario, then, is the retailer’s attempt to marry the two.

Walmart is adding Scenario, a new owned clothing line, to its offerings this fall. Aimed at younger, more fashion-forward consumers, items will be priced at $25 or less.Getty Images

Walmart wants more of its shoppers’ fashion spending

Historically, Walmart has earned the bulk of its revenues through grocery, a category with small margins.

But as the retailer navigates more cautious consumers and capitalizes on the recent influx of high-income shoppers, it’s been working to grow higher-margin areas.

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Fashion was identified as a particularly lucrative category fairly early on. Incandela was tasked with rejuvenating Walmart’s approach to apparel nearly a decade ago.

“80% of the money existing Walmart shoppers spent on apparel was at higher-priced retailers, not Walmart,” she told WSJ. 

That number implies that the retailer’s customers were willing to spend on fashion, just not on the sorts of fashions the company currently offers. 

So Walmart opened a fashion design studio in New York City and got to work building lines like Scenario to attract younger consumers who were shopping for clothes elsewhere.

But launches like Scenario don’t mean the retailer is fully doing away with budget-friendly basic lines such as Tried and True.

“This is an ‘and’ strategy,” Incandela said. “We’re still going to cover those big-volume driving socks and underwear and denim and Ts,” to serve budget shoppers alongside the more elevated items. 

Essentially, the strategy reflects a broader shift in how Walmart views its fashion business. 

The retailer isn’t trying to entirely abandon the value proposition that made it successful. Instead, it’s working to convince shoppers they don’t have to choose between affordability and style.

If Scenario can help Walmart close that gap, the retailer could have an opportunity to capture more of the fashion spending its customers are already doing elsewhere, boosting its overall revenues and establishing it as a go-to spot for the fashion-focused.

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While dozens of airlines around the world have filed for bankruptcy or shut down operations since the start of 2026 over the sudden spike in jet fuel prices, companies in adjacent industries have also hit upon hard times amid an uncertain economy.

A number of cruise booking and travel agencies, travel insurance providers and in some cases the companies overseeing delay and cancelation compensation have all ended up in bankruptcy in recent years.

The latest name to join that list is EUclaim, a Dutch company handling compensation for delays on flights originating out of or into European Union countries. On August 24, the District Court of Gelderland in the Netherlands formally declared the Arnhem-based company bankrupt after an initial “suspension of payments” period was moved into full bankruptcy after just three days.

EuClaim providing flight delay compensation declared bankrupt by Dutch court

The Dutch term refers to an intermediary legal process before a failing company is declared bankrupt.

In EUclaim’s case, a bankruptcy court declared the company insolvent after several repeated failures to make payments owed to creditors.

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The company confirmed the bankruptcy to the national Dutch broadcaster but did not comment further on what it would mean for the business or any efforts to restructure. The court-appointed administrator put out a statement saying that, amid widespread uncertainty around how the insolvency process would affect ongoing claims for delayed flights, the process would continue without interruption.

“Everyone remains at work and customers of EUclaim also continue to receive their payments of awarded claims,” the curator told Dutch news.

EUclaim launched out of The Netherlands in 2007.Shutterstock

What is EUclaim and what kind of compensation does it provide

EUClaim was founded in 2007 out of the eastern region of The Netherlands bordering Germany as an advisory firm helping customers claim the compensation entitled to them under EU laws. According to its statistics, it served over 846,000 airline passengers since its launch.

The company files delay claims through the government for the customers and charges a fee only when the refund is issued. While a private company cannot provide customers with more than they are entitled to by the country’s laws, it promised to simplify the claim submission process for those unfamiliar or overwhelmed by the process.

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EUclaims claims to have received more than 600 reimbursement requests in January 2026 after heavy snow and winds caused widespread cancelations at Schiphol Airport (AMS) in Amsterdam.

Airlines and travel companies that shut down in 2026:

Flamingo Air and Aerodiana: The regional airlines with large client bases among tourists to the Bahamas and Peru, respectively, currently have suspended AOCs after fatal accidents in their home countries in July 2026.

Spirit Airlines: The largest airline shutdown of the year occurred when Spirit Airlines canceled all remaining flights on May 2. Although the airline had filed for Chapter 11 protection twice before, the skyrocketing price of jet fuel dealt the final blow.

Magnicharters: The Mexican low-cost airline canceled all flights and filed for bankruptcy in a shutdown that left thousands stranded.

Starflite Aviation: Houston-based Starflite Aviation had its AOC license revoked in March 2026, amid FAA claims that owners falsified pilot training records to bypass safety audits.

AlpAvia: Slovenian charter airline AlpAvia was also shut down in March 2026 due to financial problems.

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Broadcom (AVGO) has become one of the largest companies in the world, worth about $1.75 trillion. 

Yet the shares recently pulled back hard, dropping roughly 7% in five trading days and about 25% from their 2026 high.

That kind of drop makes investors nervous. It also gets analysts talking.

Now a new voice has entered with a clear message, and the timing matters. 

A fresh rating landed just before Broadcom reports earnings on Sept. 2, a date that could set the tone for chip stocks into the fall.

Here is what the call says, why it arrived when it did, and what everyday investors should take from it.

Why BMO started Broadcom stock at Outperform with a $455 target

On Aug. 21, 2026, BMO Capital Markets began covering Broadcom with an Outperform rating, which is the firm’s version of a buy. 

Analyst Harsh Kumar set a price target of $455, according to Barchart. 

Kumar has covered semiconductor stocks at BMO for more than a decade. That track record gives his read on Broadcom’s AI position extra weight with investors.

With shares near $368, that target points to more than 25% upside over the next year.

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Kumar’s reasoning is simple. He called Broadcom the “leading AI supplier in custom ASIC (XPU) and networking.”

An ASIC is a chip built for one specific job. Companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic use these custom chips to run their AI systems instead of relying only on off-the-shelf processors from Nvidia.

Kumar ranks Broadcom as the No. 2 AI chip company in the world, sitting right behind Nvidia.

Why it’s difficult for rivals to copy Broadcom’s AI business

Broadcom does two things that are tough to replace in an AI data center.

First, it designs custom chips for the biggest tech companies, work it has done for more than a decade. Second, it builds the networking parts that let thousands of chips send data to each other at high speed. 

Big AI clusters lose much of their value if the chips cannot share data quickly, and this is where Broadcom’s gear becomes hard to replace.

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That combination is why Kumar sees strong demand locked in for the next two years, TipRanks reported. 

Broadcom is working with nearly every major cloud provider and AI lab that is building its own chips. Management has guided toward more than $100 billion in AI chip revenue in fiscal 2027, a number CEO Hock Tan has repeated on earnings calls.

Why the timing of the BMO call matters for AVGO investors

This rating arrived during a stretch of heavy news for Broadcom. The company is in talks to raise more than $60 billion through debt financing, Bloomberg reported, to help finance AI chips for Anthropic and others. 

Blackstone and Apollo may take part, and the full package could reach $100 billion.

Here is what that means in plain terms:

Broadcom’s customers need enormous amounts of expensive hardware. This financing helps them pay for it, which helps Broadcom sell more chips.

A bullish rating during that news gives investors a second opinion that the demand behind those deals is real.

BMO started coverage of Broadcom with an Outperform rating days before the company’s Sept. 2 earnings report.SOPA Images / Getty Images

BMO’s call pushes back against a Google worry

One fear has followed Broadcom for a while, and this fear is that giant customers like Google could design their own chips in-house and stop buying.

BMO’s view cuts against that fear. 

Google’s growing spending and rising capacity targets actually increase near-term demand for Broadcom’s systems rather than reduce it.

That said, the risk is not gone. 

On Aug. 19, Marvell (MRVL) expanded its own custom-chip deal with Google, a reminder that Broadcom has real competition for this work.

How Broadcom’s numbers back up the bullish case

Narrative aside, the recent results give the thesis something to stand on.

In its fiscal second quarter, Broadcom’s revenue rose about 48% from a year earlier to about $22.19 billion, Broadcom reported.

Profit margins have been recovering as the company folds in VMware, the software business it bought in 2023.

A few things stand out for investors considering the stock:

Key figures behind Broadcom’s setup

Revenue: $22.19 billion in fiscal Q2, up about 48% year over year

AI target: More than $100 billion in AI chip revenue guided for fiscal 2027

Valuation: About 35 times forward earnings, a premium even to Nvidia

Dividend yield: 0.71%, a small but steady payout for long-term holders

The high valuation is the catch. Buyers are paying up today for growth that has not shown up.

Where BMO sits compared with the rest of Wall Street

Interestingly, BMO is one of the more cautious bulls on Broadcom.

The average analyst target sits at $506.29, which points to more than 37% upside from current levels. The consensus rating is Strong Buy.

So BMO’s $455 is bullish, but it is not the highest number on the board. 

Mizuho and TD Cowen both carry targets of $500 or more, TradingView reported.

How Broadcom stock stacks up in 2026

For context, Broadcom is still up about 6% year to date even after the recent slide, and it trades well below its 52-week high of $495.

Compared with the broader market, the stock has swung far more than the S&P 500 this year. 

That is the trade-off with AI chip names: bigger potential gains, but sharper drops when sentiment turns.

What Broadcom investors should watch next

Several things still need to go right for the bullish case to hold.

Earnings on September 2: Watch whether management raises or reaffirms the $100 billion AI revenue goal for fiscal 2027.

Margins: Look for continued improvement as VMware gets fully absorbed.

Customer concentration: A handful of large buyers drive most of the growth, so any change in their spending matters a lot.

Regulation: The European Commission is still pressing Broadcom over VMware, which could create friction.

For long-term investors, BMO’s call is a good reason to keep Broadcom on the watch list going into the earnings report. 

For anyone chasing the stock at 35 times forward earnings, the smarter move may be to wait for the Sept. 2 report before committing new money, since that is when the demand story gets tested with fresh numbers.

None of this is a guarantee, and the stock’s recent swings show how fast sentiment can shift. Do your own research and size any position to a level of risk you are comfortable with.

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