Financial logic suggests Microsoft bonds should have higher yields than those of the U.S. government: Treasurys are easier to trade, are issued at a lower yield than Microsoft and have tax benefits ...

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Wordle #1577 on October 13, 2025, presented a simple five-letter word challenge. Players engaged with the daily puzzle, employing logic and vocabulary to find the answer. The game continues to ...

New York Times' Wordle #1575, released October 11, 2025, presented a moderately easy challenge. This daily five-letter word game, requiring logic and vocabulary, saw players aiming to guess the word ...

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and especially since the launch of reform and opening-up, the country's economic achievements have drawn global attention. China's GDP skyrocketed ...

My sister and I (both in our 30s) are very different. She’s brilliant, accomplished, and a high earner. She has a loving husband who earns even more, and three wonderful children who I adore. I’m ...

There’s fearlessness to the film’s relentlessly slippery logic and one-woman scope, but little power in surrendering to either. Albert Camicioli / Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection ...

The key to understanding this apparent contradiction might lie in something called “vertical morality.” This ethical framework measures righteousness not by goodness to others, but by something more ...

In May 1787, the democratic government that had emerged from the American Revolution was only eight years old. But already, it threatened to crumble. Although the Articles of Confederation had ...