The 10 largest companies on the 2000 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:
Between 1990 and 2000 – three companies dropped out of the top 10: Chrysler; DuPont; and Texaco.
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Here is the Fall 2025 HigherED.zone ranking of the Five Best Business Schools in Kansas:
This Top Five List was determined by a ranked choice vote of the HigherED.zone editorial board.
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Sniff ‘n The Tears – Driver’s Seat | COUNTDOWN (1991)
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Peter Hitchens on Why the Left Think They are Better.
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Modern American life is absolutely steeped in video, which follows us, at every hour, from TV screens to smartphones to laptops, from movies to social media rants to workplace anti-harassment training modules. The soundtrack to most of it is some form of sync.
~ Ryan Francis Bradley via The New York Times Magazine
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When your local hospital and nursing home get loaded with debt, cut back on staffing and start charging more for worse patient outcomes, that’s financialization as tragedy. When airlines earn more by selling miles to credit card companies than by flying passengers, with consumers footing the hidden bill every time they swipe at the register, financialization has become farce.
~ Oren Cass via The New York Times
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Mark Carney — the Canadian economist and politician who has served as the 24th Prime Minister of Canada since March 2025 — was born on this day — March 16, 1965 — in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and the University of Oxford, where he earned both a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics.
Prior to entering elective politics, Carney held the unique distinction of serving as the Governor of two different national central banks: the Bank of Canada (2008–2013) and the Bank of England (2013–2020). He also served as the United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance and as the Chair of Brookfield Asset Management.
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