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  2. RAND Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, [1] research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND Corporation engages in research and development (R&D) in a number of fields and industries. Since the 1950s, RAND research has helped inform United States policy decisions on a wide variety of issues, including ...

  3. Christo Wiese - Wikipedia

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    Shares of Shoprite rose by 50% on the South African stock market from March 2011 to March 2012, with Wiese making a $1.5 billion profit. [4] Wiese had a net worth of US$6.8 billion, [10] but as of December 2017 is reported to be worth only $742 million. [11] He is the executive director of South African retail giant Shoprite (JSE: SHP). [4]

  4. South African rand - Wikipedia

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    The 1978 series began with denominations of 2, 5, 10, and 20 rand, with a 50 rand introduced in 1984. This series had only one language variant for each denomination of note. Afrikaans was the first language on the 2, 10, and 50 rand, while English was the first on the 5 and 20 rand. A coin replaced the 1 rand note.

  5. Missing dollar riddle - Wikipedia

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    The actual solution to this riddle is to add correctly (correct time, correct person and correct location) from the bank point of view which in this case seems to be the problem: First day: $30 in the bank + $20 owner already withdrew = $50. Second day: $15 in the bank + ($15 + $20 owner already withdrew) = $50.

  6. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The United States dollar ( symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

  7. Walker established a new general course of study (Course IX) emphasizing economics, history, law, English, and modern languages. [16] Walker also set out to reform and expand the Institute's organization by creating an Executive Committee, apart from the fifty-member Corporation, to handle regular administrative issues.

  8. Economy of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Foreign reserves. $61.7 billion (Feb 2024 est) [24] All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. The economy of South Africa is a mixed economy, emerging market, and upper-middle-income economy, one of only eight such countries in Africa. [25] [26] [27] The economy is the most industrialised, technologically advanced, and diversified ...

  9. Comparison of American and British English - Wikipedia

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    The English language was introduced to the Americas by the arrival of the British, beginning in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.The language also spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and settlement and the spread of the former British Empire, which, by 1921, included 470–570 million people, about a quarter of the world's population.