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Energy Information Administration calculates that China’s strategic reserves stood at about 1.4 billion barrels of oil late last year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

He may have stood down from his co-chair position but Sullivan remains the club's largest shareholder, with a 38.8% stake.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Mortgage rates last week stood around 6.5%, but “if somehow the mortgage rate can return back to near 6%, definitely home sales would be coming out of this three years of slump,” Yun said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

One reason for caution around Cerebras has been that the majority of its backlog of $24.6 billion, as it stood at the end of 2025, was a single cloud deal with OpenAI.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A whippoorwill called from the distance, bugs dive-bombed my ears, and I stood in the middle of Grandpa Jimmy’s alfalfa field, stalks up to my elbows.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith