7 mn readWarren Buffett is quite possibly the greatest investor of all time. For decades, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway — nicknamed the “Oracle of Omaha” — has shown his ability to read Wall Street like a book. He has a net worth of nearly $82 billion, according to Forbes, making him one of the richest people […]
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< 1 mn readUTEP announced they have expanded their Paydirt Promise for families in the El Paso area. The Promise previously had been for families making $80,000 per year, but now the Promise will be expanded for families making up to $100,000 per year. The Board of Regents allocated an additional $35 million to the fund to support […]
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2 mn readWhen you become a numismatist, you practice several life skills, including managing your budget, learning to determine fair value, studying history, art, and geography, and being organized. While all committee members judged this thesis almost certainly true, one member with experience measuring demographics explained that such a study would be too expensive and take too […]
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2 mn readA Texas state representative is hoping to develop a high-speed rail line along a major north to south highway running through the state. Democrat John Bucy has proposed legislation that would allow the Texas department of transportation to join forces with a private company to build and maintain a high-speed rail line along the I-35 […]
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2 mn readElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy aim to scrap “thousands of regulations” and reduce the size of the federal workforce through a new, efficiency-focused government agency. On November 12, President-elect Donald Trump announced that the two entrepreneurs would lead the Department of Government Efficiency, an agency he said would serve an advisory role to the White […]
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6 mn readA MacBook Pro laptop is the newest acquisition in the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection, the collection of record for the United States monetary system. Though it may appear ordinary, its story is not: This MacBook helped the U.S. government trace and seize billions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency. The laptop and the case around it […]
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