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The most influential research was from Jagadeesh and Titman, two finance professors at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, in1993, but earlier papers date back at least to the 1960s.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded on all sides by Italy, still uses governing documents that date back to the 1600s.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
The documents date back to 1997 when the MoD was looking to sell the site following four decades of presence by the United States Air Force.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The Journal identified more than 80, based on publicly-available materials and reporting, many of which date back to his time running the venture firm Y Combinator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Our present ideas about the motion of bodies date back to Galileo and Newton.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
