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The sector was written off earlier this year when investors predicted a “SaaSpocalypse,” and questioned if software companies would eventually be replaced by AI.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Borrowing language from an earlier case, Justice William Douglas argued that giving “untrammeled discretion” to the judge or jury to make sentencing decisions in capital cases was “offensive to … the Constitution.”

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Retail sales of passenger cars in May fell 22.1% from a year earlier to 1.51 million units, the China Passenger Car Association said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The tournament will kick off with Mexico facing South Africa in Mexico City on June 11, a rematch of the 2010 opener in Johannesburg, which was played on the same date 16 years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He sat in his chair in the corner, his head buried in the newspaper that had come earlier that day.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler