capital

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“Most stations were out,” said Kristina Topalović, a tour guide in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Various other changes also come into force at this time of year, including alterations to inheritance tax on farms, tax on dividends, tax relief on venture capital trusts, and homeworking tax relief.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

She spoke of one audience member, a relative of someone who was murdered, who became more open to a debate about the merits of capital punishment after seeing the opera.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

But there’s a lot more to Meta than that product, including aggressive capital spending to keep up in the AI race and the loss of two landmark social-media addiction trials last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

It had $40 in bets on its subprime mortgage bonds for every dollar of capital it held against those bets.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis