Focusing My Time
“I have made the decision to step down from both of the public boards on which I serve – Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway – to dedicate more time to philanthropic priorities including global health and development, education, and my increasing engagement in tackling climate change.” — Bill Gates
A Timeline of the Hong Kong Protests
In all, as of the end of February, there have been at least 973 protests and 14,507,591 protesters.
A look at bear and bull markets through history
With the stock market officially in a bear market, here’s a look back at each decline of at least 20% since the 1930s to see how long, and how severe, such downturns typically are.
14th century: The Crash of Peruzzi and the Bardi family in 1345
Some economic historians have concluded that this collapse of the early Florentine banks was a major cause of a great depression that lasted beyond the 1340s.
The Untold Story of the Man That Made Mainstream Encryption Possible
Meet Whit Diffie, the man who invented public key cryptography and brought encryption to the masses.