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Early in the spring of 1956, only weeks after Elvis Presley released his debut studio album, and actress Norma Jean Mortenson had her name legally changed to Marilyn Monroe, a budding 25-year-old businessman from the American Midwest fatefully registered his first-ever company. His name, of course, was Warren Buffett. And
It’s not exactly as if the world is swimming in a sea of tranquility these days. War in Gaza has been raging for months. War in Ukraine has been raging for years. And Russia has even threatened using nuclear weapons. Terrorist groups brazenly attack American shipping vessels. Iran keeps stirring
On January 16, 1917– at the peak of World War I, the imperial German Foreign Minister, Arthur Zimmerman, sent an encoded telegram destined for the President of Mexico. Zimmerman wanted to form an alliance with Mexico, in the hopes that the United States would be too distracted with potential conflict
The ink was barely dry on the Treaty of Paris in the year 1763 when the financial panic set in. Government ministers across Europe began taking stock of their disastrous finances… and the picture was gruesome. The world had been at war with itself for nearly a decade. And though
On September 18, 1928, at the peak of the ‘Roaring 20s’, an American investor by the name of Evelyn Gregory was sitting on a fat capital gain totaling over $133,000– worth more than $12 million in today’s money. The top federal tax rate back then was 25%… but Evelyn wasn’t
I imagine life can often feel pretty difficult for today’s high school students. On top of dealing with classic teenage drama like homework, hormones, pimples, parents, driving, dating, university selection, and more, students these days have to contend with a host of new challenges. They suffered long periods of brutal
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