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County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved reinstating the reward in the decade-old slaying and increasing it by $10,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

But traders are now increasing their bets that the Fed will have to raise interest rates by the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The GAO made three recommendations to the BLS, including seeking more input on changes to the jobs report and increasing transparency about the effects of declining response rates.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

That’s a difficult situation to be in when prices are increasing.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Neither of these returnings was very pleasant or desirable: no magnet drew me to a given point, increasing in its strength of attraction the nearer I came.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë