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Nasdaq, where SpaceX will trade, announced earlier this spring that it would speed up the timeframe for including such mega listings in its main benchmark index.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

In March alone, U.S. airlines spent almost $1.3 billion more on jet fuel than they did a year earlier, according to the Transportation Department.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The same foursome clocked 39.70 to break the state record at the Arcadia Invitational one month earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Defensively, problems under Maresca earlier in the campaign evolved into wider issues at both ends of the pitch under Rosenior, whose six-game losing run without scoring ultimately led to his exit.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

It was the mattress left behind by whomever had lived there earlier that had inspired him.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el