capital

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An AFP journalist heard two loud explosions in the capital within half an hour early Saturday and saw smoke billowing from one of them.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Global venture capital investment hit a record in the first quarter of this year, according to Crunchbase data, pulling in a new generation of founders eager to raise capital before interest wanes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Now in her 80s, Lami Ezekiel remembers construction crews arriving in her ancestral home in Maitama, as it was destroyed to build Nigeria's capital, Abuja.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The main difference between those figures has to do with the treatment of spending on big-ticket items like data centers and equipment, called capital expenditures, or capex.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

But two weeks ago, running one slow lap around the nature trail would have seemed like nothing to me, and last Tuesday, it was a capital A achievement.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison