"American credibility would take a brutal blow, and our allies would have to wonder whether they should accommodate China or resort to the development of their own nuclear arsenals to substitute for the guarantees of an unreliable superpower.And not least important: Another liberal democratic state would be snuffed out, in a world in which free government, liberty, and rule of law are already un..."
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"But the unique-to-Alaska benefit has become a blessing and a curse in a state that for decades has ridden the boom-bust cycle of oil, and it now competes for funding with services like public education, health care programs and public safety as lawmakers tap into the earnings to help fund the state budget."
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"Hill stepped down as Metro Bank’s chairman in 2019 following a major accounting error that led to customers withdrawing £2 billion of deposits from the lender over a six-month period and shareholder criticism over the bank’s ties to his wife’s architecture and design firm, InterArch."
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"Paige McGlauflinpaige.mcglauflin@fortune.com@paidionReporter's NotebookThe most compelling data, quotes, and insights from the field.The Women in the Workplace report also found that women experience microaggressions in the office at higher rates than men, such as having their judgment questioned, getting interrupted or spoken over, or receiving comments on their appearance."
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"Between 2015 and 2021, the median pay for New York’s S&P 500 corporate chiefs increased 34% while for London-based index FTSE 100 CEOs, that figure declined 13%, according to a Wall Street Journal report from April."
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"To be convincing, and inspire confidence, the hopeful lead will need to be clear with their superior about what they think the opportunity is in this project or negotiation, as well as what steps they’re going to take over time to achieve those goals and who they would take on their team to get it done."
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"“Feltz Bagels,” the latest installation from British artist Lucy Sparrow, uses approximately 30,000 pieces of felt to recreate the look and feel of the authentic Jewish bagel shops prominent in New York’s Lower East Side neighborhood."
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"He has to convey biographical details about von Neumann to readers who have never heard of him, introduce complex concepts from a range of scientific fields, and simultaneously weave all this information into a moody allegory about knowledge and transgression.This means the literary spell is often broken by sentences that sound like they could have come from a textbook (“In 1901, Bertrand Russe..."
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"The College Cost Transparency Initiative, which is partnered with 400 institutions, is trying to provide clear and accurate information on college pricing in an increasingly complex financial aid system so as not to unnecessarily scare potential applicants and induce them to take on too much debt."
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"To clinch the deal, the three sources of funding (Musk personally, the lenders, and his co-investors) paid roughly $41.2 billion for Twitter’s stock at $54.20 per share including assorted fees, plus the $5.3 billion to retire the loans, for the $46.5 billion total."
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"The 2023 class of fellows includes Andrea Armstrong, professor at Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law, who created a database of everyone in Louisiana who has died in prison or jail since 2015; Patrick Makuakāne, a master teacher of hula who is dedicated to preserving Hawaiian cultural heritage; and National Book Award winner Imani Perry, who has authored multiple books about the resi..."
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"School officials in Middletown, Connecticut, have proposed to revamp the traditional calculus track by scaling back on preparations for eighth-grade Algebra I and introducing mash-up algebra-and-geometry courses that would magically pack three years of instruction into two.Unfortunately, not every state has a critical mass of academic experts and private-sector tech practitioners to push back w..."
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"Both public and private REITs have specific mandates or, at a minimum, show investors where and what they are invested in, so in a space that is going through some major changes and price volatility, it is important to see what is in the underbelly of the REITs that you are buying, both on the private and public side."
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"Wealthy families will continue to send their kids to four-year colleges, footing the bill and setting their children up for long-term success.Sanjay Sarma and Luke Yoquinto: The Toyota Corolla theory of collegeIndeed, highly educated elites in journalism, business, and academia are among those most likely to question the value of a four-year degree, even if their life choices don’t reflect that..."
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"became the tech industry’s subject du jour, Nasrin Mostafazadeh and her cofounder (and husband), Omid Bakhshandeh, were avidly researching ways to imbue machines with cognitive abilities that mirrored those of humans."
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"Thus, for example, he has placed restrictions on disaster aid to Puerto Rico in apparent response to criticism of him and his administration; directed the Pentagon to reconsider whether to award a $10 billion contract to Amazon because its CEO owns The Washington Post, whose coverage he doesn’t like; threatened to take “regulatory and legislative” action against Facebook, Google, and Twitter, b..."
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"Vance, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and Tommy Tuberville among them) and the grotesque caucus-within-a-caucus of some of the most unhinged and weirdest members of the House, including Clay Higgins, Harriet Hageman, Andy Biggs, Anna Paulina Luna, and that titan of probity and prudence, Paul Gosar.The drumbeat of propaganda from these members and their “amen” chorus in the right-wing media is having an e..."
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"That approach has led to some cognitive dissonance: oil and gas producers signing pledges to “protect the environment”; brands that tout their ethical stances while continuing to run their supply chains through regions notorious for human rights abuses; companies that promised to “invest in our employees” laying off thousands or opposing labor movements at their facilities."
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"The 2023 class of fellows includes Andrea Armstrong, professor at Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law, who created a database of everyone in Louisiana who has died in prison or jail since 2015; Patrick Makuakāne, a master teacher of hula who is dedicated to preserving Hawaiian cultural heritage; and National Book Award winner Imani Perry, who has authored multiple books about the resi..."
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"Certain securities mentioned in this article may be currently held, have been held, or be held in future in the author’s personal portfolio or a portfolio managed by Ritholtz Wealth Management.This article is part of Fortune’s quarterly investment guide for Q3 2023."
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