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Indonesia’s May inflation may have picked up to 3% from 2.42% in the previous month amid less favorable base effects and higher transport costs, ANZ’s Mathur said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Barron’s picked Idacorp stock on May 22, 2025, believing the utility serving some 650,000 retail customers in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon would benefit from population inflow and power-hungry artificial-intelligence data centers.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The Lush Life section of Larsson's tour performances have now become hotly anticipated, with fans getting picked to perform the routine alongside the popstar.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

It still took another three years before we actually did a pilot that, then, got picked up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

He picked up a pen and began to roll it between his fingers, his arm outstretched with his wrist resting on the edge of the desk.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu