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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
The visas provide workers with temporary stay in the U.S.
Earlier this week, Indian American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan's appointment as Trump's artificial intelligence (AI) policy adviser .
—Mandy Taheri, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
The emergence of a capitalist market economy put ever greater demand on quantification (the act of counting or measuring the quantity of something), calculation and bookkeeping skills.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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In another, a sociologist who embedded himself in a buzzy startup for 19 months describes how engineers cut corners to meet venture capitalists’ expectations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
The visas provide workers with temporary stay in the U.S.
Earlier this week, Indian American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan's appointment as Trump's artificial intelligence (AI) policy adviser .
—Mandy Taheri, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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During the Mao years, China styled itself as a revolutionary country, bent on challenging the existing international system and its institutions dominated by the United States and other Western capitalist countries.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
The emergence of a capitalist market economy put ever greater demand on quantification (the act of counting or measuring the quantity of something), calculation and bookkeeping skills.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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That left a landscape of haves and have-nots, with nearly 200 veteran free agents still unsigned.Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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So there is a never-ending dialogue between the haves and don’t-want-to-haves, who each claim a piece of the art.David Aldridge, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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This problem is still a long way away, and with more and more economic value accruing to bitcoin, the incentives will grow year by year for researchers and developers to address it. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.Korok Ray, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Trump: ‘Energy is going to bring down prices’ Trump has held up the oil industry as a centerpiece of his broader economic mission: Attacking the cost of living.Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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Merritt McAlinden, who had landed at Utah Beach on D Day and gone through the Battle of the Bulge, knew his way around what had come to be known as commercial explosives applications.John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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But the company already has several government and commercial launches booked.RICHARD TRIBOU ORLANDO SENTINEL (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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The researchers’ analysis suggests this may also be allegedly linked to money laundering.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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Hire a sensible and pragmatic internal IT director who has experience working with these markets to get the most value for your money.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The Big Story Elon Musk’s growing influence over Trump, D.C. The tech magnate, who once largely eschewed politics, now has a political clout of his own to throw around as President-elect Trump heads back to the Oval Office.Julia Shapero, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
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The shipping magnate — who also owns Olympiacos in Piraeus, Athens — brought the case against Irini Karipidis, chairperson of rival club Aris Thessaloniki, and three other claimants, including Ari Harow, formerly the chief of staff to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Kevin Coulson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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If successful, the New Glenn could put Blue Origin at the forefront of the private sector space race—sparking even more fierce competition between the billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the world's two richest men, who own companies vying for the lead.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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In the latest iteration of Bill Ackman's activist investing career, the billionaire hedge fund manager is using the power of his 1.5 million followers on X to try to influence one man in particular: Donald Trump.Felix Salmon, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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