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Members’ Profile: Rofhiwa Irene Singo

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However, my commerce teacher noticed my aptitude for math and saw potential in me for a different path. This opportunity allowed me to audit clients like the South African Revenue Service and South African Tourism, as well as manage accounts for Mastercard South Africa.

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Dollars Are For Spending & Investing, Not Saving

Barry Ritholtz

That comp gets deposited directly into my bank account, and that money is available for purchasing necessities (food, housing, clothing, medicine, transportation, etc.) Whether it’s a few decades or a century, the math works the same. That compensation is in a currency that is a widely accepted medium of exchange.

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Stakes Rising In The US-China AI Race

Global Finance

While China does seem to produce more total research in terms of papers and is leading in patents—accounting for 61.1% Arcesati notes, “The US has historically excelled at attracting top STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] talent from abroad, while China has struggled to do so.

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Start/Stop Cycle: Modern-Day Money Laundering And What To Do About It

PYMNTS

Also, in the 1920s, it had recently been ruled unconstitutional to make, transport or sell alcohol (because making a rule against something always stops people from wanting to do it, right?). Violators can be pushed out of business, thus limiting account creation – and that, he said, is the most vulnerable part of operations.

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Transcript: Linda Gibson, CEO PGIM Quantitative Solutions

Barry Ritholtz

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. You, you get a, a BS in Mathematics and a JD from Boston University Math and Law. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child. I didn’t get an advanced degree in math. Not the usual combination. What happened?

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 The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning

PYMNTS

by 22 percent based on CEO Jeff Bezos’ recent disclosure that independent retailers accounted for more than 58 percent of Amazon’s gross margin on retail sales. eMarketer says based on that figure it projects that Amazon accounts now for 37.7 eMarketer says based on that figure it projects that Amazon accounts now for 37.7

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Transcript: Cathy Marcus, PGIM Real Estate

Barry Ritholtz

I was always good at math, but I really, I just didn’t relate to things that were more esoteric bonds options. I worked in sort of a quasi portfolio management role for like a single client account type business. I only took, you know, three accounting classes and I’m, you know, I, I don’t think I’m your person.