Finance
Money, markets, and economic phenomena
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Finance
Japan keeps enough oil to last for eight months
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Finance
Power companies sometimes pay customers to use extra electricity
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Finance
Tipping began as a way to avoid paying former slaves
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Finance
Shortened trade credit cycles significantly increase the survival rate of exporting firms
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Finance
A single percentage point rise in interest rates could cost Japan twelve trillion yen
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Finance
Retailers earn billions in pure profit every year from gift cards that are never redeemed
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Finance
Global oil markets are shifting toward energy trades settled in currencies other than the US dollar
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Finance
Purchasing power metrics reveal a wealth gap between European nations wider than nominal income suggests
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Finance
Lottery winners lose 40 percent of their jackpot by choosing cash over 30-year annuities
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Finance
A single department closure can trigger a financial domino effect that bankrupted 136 rural hospitals
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Finance
The math used to fund private healthcare plans values a hip fracture twice as much as kidney disease
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Finance
Micronesian villagers traded five-ton stone discs without ever moving them from their spots
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Finance
Medieval England tracked national debt using notched wooden sticks split into matching halves
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Finance
The first international banking crisis was triggered by an English king defaulting on loans
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Finance
The Knights Templar invented the modern traveler's check to protect pilgrims from bandits
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