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Companies like BuzzFeed, Vice and Vox were once worth billions, but shifting audiences and declines in advertising have sent their values plummeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"The Cuban regime is sitting on several billions of dollars," he said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

But it is very confident that the up-front investment would save the UK money in the long run, potentially tens of billions of pounds per year.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Nvidia isn’t exactly sitting on its cash, Wagner told MarketWatch in emailed comments, noting that the chip maker has committed tens of billions of dollars to strategic investments and capital deployments just this year.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Astronomers now think there may be billions of these objects.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson