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Surprise! California’s 40 Qs of Rising Minimum Wage & Fast Food Industry Growth (Beating USA)

The Big Picture

@TBPInvictus here Our story so far : California has been raising its minimum wage for the past decade, starting at $8/hour through 2013. ” A bit of quick math: 726,600/0.987 = 736,170 (starting point). Economies are extremely dynamic, ever-changing on a day-to-day basis. 726,600 – 736,170 = -9,570.

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Math Problems

The Better Letter

The maths are exactly the same. These sorts of math problems are the focus of this week’s TBL. Math Problems As this TBL goes live, just 16 games and one day of the NCAA Tournament are in the books, yet my bracket is a mess. We notice the unlikelihood of 100 in a row because of the pattern. Thanks for reading. quintillion.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

The Big Picture

I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature. BITTERLY MICHELL: … obviously, the United States, the global economy. RITHOLTZ: Whereas the — and the market when — essentially didn’t get above 2000 to like 2013 or so.

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

I did in 2013 the largest banking transaction that the market had seen since the financial crisis, it was a $2.4 And I did the math, and I think at that point in time, roughly speaking, assets in ETS were roughly just 10 percent, 12 percent of assets in mutual funds and I was pretty convinced that that number was to increase significantly.

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Bracketology (2024 Edition)

The Better Letter

Duke math professor Jonathan Mattingly claimed the average college basketball fan has a far better chance of achieving bracket perfection than one in 9.2 In Monte Carlo, on August 18, 2013, a Roulette ball landed on black 26 times in a row – the longest such streak ever recorded, with odds against of 136,823,184 to one.

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What Might Happen if You Invest $100 in Bitcoin Today?

Good Financial Cents

Anyone with an Internet connection can participate in the cryptocurrency economy. If you invested $100 in Bitcoin in Bitcoin in July 2013, about nine years ago, you would have bought 1.47 Every single Bitcoin transaction that has taken place is tracked in this public database. At its peak, that was worth about $101,500.

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Two Years Without Health Insurance (and What I’m Doing Now)

Mr. Money Mustache

So I decided to take some action, by doing the math for myself using a spreadsheet. And as you scale up the operation, some economies of scale on things like space and equipment make it even better. I am guessing that you might feel the same way these days – most of us Americans are in the same boat.