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FORTNITE'S crossover with Naruto is finally here but don't fritter away your V-Bucks just yet. One of the new additions to Fortnite, aside from the Naruto skins, is the Kurama Glider. Fortnite 1,000 V-Bucks — buy here With a price tag of 1,200 V-Bucks, you'd need to spend £12.98/ $15.98 for enough V-Bucks to buy […]
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The federal government collected $3.7 trillion in tax revenue in fiscal 2020. That money was used to fund a wide range of basic public services, including infrastructure and social safety net programs as well as defense. Not all government entities are taxpayer funded, however. There are currently over a dozen institutions in the United States […]
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People often associate U.S. presidents with wealth. Donald Trump is a billionaire (according to him). John F. Kennedy’s family had a huge fortune. The Roosevelts were from money. The Bush family’s wealth came from investment banking. George Washington owned a tremendous amount of land. (This is where America’s presidents are buried.) Not all presidents, however, […]
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Americans have been on a home-buying spree for the past year. Demand has been so hot that buyers are offering well over asking prices, paying competing bidders to go away, and even sweetening the deal by offering sellers paid vacations and fancy wines on the side. CNN reported in June that a buyer relocating from […]
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Enes Kanter excoriates the NBA, Nike for not standing up to ‘big boss’ China: ‘Biggest hypocrite companies’ Boston Celtics star Enes Kanter excoriated both the NBA and Nike Wednesday for not standing up to China over human rights abuses being perpetrated by the communist country. The Boston Celtics’ Enes Kanter excoriated both the NBA and […]
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Real estate prices have skyrocketed this year. Low-interest rates are one reason for this. Also, people have started to pile into what they consider affordable metropolitan areas, inland from the huge and expensive cities on both coasts. Some of the most expensive real estate in the country can be found around San Francisco and San […]
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FACEBOOK knows plenty about you – but the truth might be shocking if you're a long-time user. Thankfully, there's a way to access Facebook's mammoth archive of data on you. This will let you examine what Facebook knows in excruciating detail. All you have to do is add the letters DYI after the end of […]
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For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. Life is full of surprises. But there are surprises, and then there are surprises. What I mean is that most of the time, when something you weren’t anticipating happens, you quickly realise that it’s something you could and maybe even should have seen coming, at least […]
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Student debt disproportionately affects Black borrowers. Today, 86.6% of Black college students take out federal loans to attend four-year colleges, compared to just 59.9% of white students. Many believe that student loan debt is beneficial, as it can potentially improve your credit score and demonstrate creditworthiness if payments are consistent. However, a large number of […]
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The United States has some of the highest levels of income and wealth inequality in the world. U.S. Federal Reserve data shows that the wealthiest 10% of Americans control $93.8 trillion, more than double the $40.3 trillion in the hands of the remaining 90% of Americans. The income and wealth divide only appears to be […]
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