Month: October 2019

Bugatti makes the world’s most expensive cars, and, arguably, the most beautiful. But to truly understand the brand you must know its history.

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Wall Street once hired engineers to create complex financial products. Now it needs their smarts to mitigate risk and avoid another crisis.

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Does “historically black” mean “exclusively black”? Founded after the Civil War to educate African-Americans who were largely barred from other colleges, financial pressures have led historically black colleges to adopt a new mission – diversify. Here’s what it’s like to be one of the 11% of students at HBCUs who are white.

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2009 Villanova graduate Stephen Augustyn still hasn’t found a full-time job, works multiple part-time, temp jobs while living at home.

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Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos was permanently removed from Twitter after starting a barrage of hateful Tweets directed at Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones. He sits down with CNNMoney’s Alison Kosik.

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Rising sea levels and increased scarcity of land are forcing tech companies to develop innovative real estate solutions. In the Netherlands, engineers have tested a concept for a “floating mega island”.

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Starting out as a trunk maker, the Louis Vuitton brand is now estimated to be worth $30 billion.

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Companies are on the hunt for engineers, but relatively few students are going for the hard science majors and even fewer are graduating.

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This hydrogen powered passenger train is being tested in Germany. It is nearly silent and emits nothing but water.

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Safiyyah Cotton makes $7.50 an hour working at McDonald’s. So how does she stretch her budget? With a lot of help from the government. Here’s a look inside the life and budget of a low-wage worker.

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