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Graduates will enter an economy struggling with weak consumer demand, where year-on-year retail sales contracted for the first time in three years in May, and revenue in the catering sector rose a paltry 0.6 percent.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

Graduates from the first tranche have already established street stalls across China and a restaurant in Vietnam.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

Graduates with Plan 2 loans pay back 9% of everything they earn over the repayment threshold.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Graduates were “encouraged to work for ambulance-chaser negligence firms,” he says, but Grubman took a different path, charming his way into a law firm after several others would not hire him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Graduates never spoke to a soul when they left—apparently they were too high and mighty even to say good-bye to old friends.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart