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Gold as Investment

With Wikipedia Info Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in a pure form.  Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold […]

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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

The world’s 2nd largest philanthropy is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, shown above The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.  Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported as of 2020 to be the second largest charitable

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Dancing Through Live by Allen T. Brown

Book Review- Dancing Through Life – Indulge Your Dreams and Pursue Life’s Possibilities

Author: Allen T. BrownPublisher:  Greenleaf Book Group Press – 140 pagesBook Review by: Kumar Balani The author of this book Allen T. Brown learned to dance in his mid-eighties. Thereafter, he became the top amateur ballroom dancer in the United States. He also became a multi-millionaire, turning a $12 investment into $30 million. These two accomplishments –

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The Conflict in Ukraine: 

Two-Month Review and Update By: The Council on Foreign Relations    WASHINGTON, April 24, 2022 – Since Russia launched a full-scale military invasion into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, fighting has caused over nine hundred civilian deaths and pushed millions of Ukrainians to flee to nearby countries — the majority of whom have arrived in Poland, a NATO country where U.S.

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Main Street Moxie by Noelle Stary

Book Review: Main Street Moxie – From Surviving to Thriving in The New American Marketplace

Author: Noelle StaryPublisher: Open Door Publications – 96 pagesBook Review by: Kumar Balani Noelle Stary begins this book in her Introduction – The Day the World Stopped by recalling events sometime from January 2020 onward about events that were affecting her business: “I started to notice reports on the news about a new virus somehow

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Zelensky Implores Congress for More Weapons and Sanctions

Zelensky delivers an emotional plea to Congress: ‘I call on you to do more.’ By Catie Edmondson – New York Times President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made an urgent and emotional appeal to Congress on Wednesday to come to his country’s aid as it fights off a brutal Russian invasion, asking for help protecting its air space, military

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Negotiations to End Putin’s War “Difficult and Vicious”

New York, March 15, 2020 – Bloomberg has reported that Ukraine and Russia will resume talks Wednesday as a key adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called negotiations to end Vladimir Putin’s war on his country “difficult and vicious.”  But they acknowledged there’s room for compromise. The Kremlin contends Ukraine isn’t serious about the talks. Next

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Putin Has Secured His Position

Putin Has Secured His Position As President of Russia Until 2036. “Under Putin’s leadership, Russia has experienced democratic backsliding and shifted to authoritarianism…Putin’s rule has been characterized by: Endemic corruption, the jailing and repression of political opponents, the intimidation and suppression of media freedom in Russia, and lack of free and fair elections.” Who is Vladimir Putin? Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born

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