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In November, a UC San Diego Academic Senate work group report said it documented a roughly thirty-fold increase between 2020 and 2025 in incoming first-year students whose math skills tested below high school level.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Current remaining performance obligations, or the value of signed contracts expected to convert into revenue within the next 12 months, came out to $33.6 billion, slightly below consensus estimates of $33.7 billion.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Minnesota’s electricity prices were 18.5% below the national average in 2007, bolstering the state’s energy-intensive industries like agriculture, manufacturing and mining.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The two competitors are still earning below what they did in calendar year 2021, amid the post-pandemic online shopping boom.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

He hadn’t seen them before because they were so widely spaced, but now he made out the signs of the buck’s panicky leap down the slope below, with the bear tracks racing after it.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver