oxford

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The government has taken stakes in startups like Kraken, Wayve and Oxford Quantum Circuits in recent weeks, in a bid to prevent them from moving out of the country to look for funding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The decline in sales at the lowest price points shows that renters are having increasing trouble saving for down payments, said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Oxford Economics estimates that tariff pass-through to consumer prices added more than 0.5 percentage points to inflation.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The sand-colored, cream-soled shoes Cornyn wore during his concession speech, a composite of an Oxford and a sneaker, looked a lot like the ones he’d been wearing when we spoke.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Mrs. Carpenter brought the latest Oxford Times out from under the counter and folded it back to an inside page before holding it out for Malcolm to see.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman