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Twenty-nine percent want bolder policies; 15% favor a fundamentally new approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

South Korea relies on Middle East crude for around 70 percent of its imports.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

In afternoon trading, a barrel of the main Brent benchmark was off 0.8 percent at $108.20 with West Texas Intermediate down 1.4 percent at 110.01.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

SDSSJ0715-7334 has just 0.005 percent of the metals found in the Sun, making it the most metal-poor star ever observed, more than twice as metal-poor as the previous record holder.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

“It was like everyone had agreed in advance that five percent was the number,” said Eisman.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis