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Free college would help the rich more than the poor

Free college sounds like a great idea, when you first hear the words. That might be why Bernie Sanders was able to whip up so much enthusiasm around the idea in his 2016 presidential bid, and is still campaigning for it to this day. For anyone who has had to pay sky-high tuition at a big-name university, or dealt with ...

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Just say no to Yes Bank’s rabbit hole of bad loans

Oh no, Yes Bank. You don’t get to spin a yarn about the wonderful quarter you’ve had. You don’t get to fill page after page of your earnings presentation with arrows pointing up, up and up. The bragging about how you are the world’s second-most-social brand (whatever that means) can also wait. There’s only one question for you to answer. ...

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For Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, philanthropy is ‘saved for later’

Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos may have surpassed Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates to be the richest person in the world, but there’s one title he isn’t likely to claim: world’s most generous. Even with more than $90 billion to his name, Bezos has yet to make a major philanthropic mark, but with the new mantle of the world’s richest, ...

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