America

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In 1986, Steyer, co-founded Farallon Capital, which had shares valued at $89.1 million in the Corrections Corp. of America in 2005, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The European Jews who settled in America in the 19th and 20th centuries largely made their way in commerce and trade and tended to settle in cities.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Guest: Colleen Dulle, Vatican correspondent for America Media, co-host of “Inside the Vatican” podcast, and author of “Struck Down, Not Destroyed.”

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Paramount has also received $54 billion of debt commitments from Bank of America, Citigroup and the private-equity firm Apollo Global Management, which it is beginning to syndicate out to other banks and investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

I may be mistaken, but it sounded like the men in nice clothes have bought The Dessoug & plan to sail it to America.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman