Hey fellow white people. Like me, if you were born in America and grew up in America, you were raised to be racist. Even if we like to think we “don’t see color”. Even if we can’t identify anything racist we’ve ever said or done or thought. Even if our …
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“Pray for the best — prepare for the worst,” says “Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki, who laid out in a tweet over the weekend how he suggests doing just that: The gloomy assessment is in line with what he’s been saying for a while. Clearly, he’s bullish on …
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Teddy Schleifer, “finance and influence” editor at technology news website Recode, on Wednesday tweeted out a link to his story about how Bill Gates is working to convince his fellow billionaires to donate more in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. The Microsoft MSFT, -1.46% co-founder suggested the creation of …
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As of Tuesday, an island off the U.K.’s southern coast will become a petri dish for efforts to isolate and contain the third-biggest coronavirus outbreak in Europe. “From tomorrow, we will begin to pilot test, track and trace on the Isle of Wight, starting with health professionals, then rolling out …
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To the European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde’s relief actions did speak louder than words. The question for investors is whether more action is in store this week. ECB policy makers, who will hold a virtual policy meeting on Thursday, have taken a number of emergency measures since their last …
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