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The Scottish government said the country's teachers were the best paid in the UK.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Property insurers had the best underwriting gains of the past decade in 2024 and 2025, according to S&P. Higher deductibles and tighter claims criteria are leading to fewer pay outs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The spread between the S&P 500’s best and worst performers is also near levels last seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

To be sure, index inclusion represents passive buying, and buying drives up stock prices, but passive buying, at best, creates short-term distortions in price, not long-term distortions in value.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The thing that I love and hate about Rue’s grandmother is that she gives the best shade of any Black woman I’ve ever met.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold