decade

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The planning for the new capital right in the centre of the country began a decade earlier.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Pozen points out that Microsoft, the subject of a recent Barron’s cover story, trades at just 16 times 2028 earnings, its lowest valuation relative to the S&P 500 in a decade.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The difference between 3% and 2% annual growth has major implications for how much revenue the government collects over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The Case-Shiller index of U.S. home prices is up 87% in a decade, or about 6.5% a year.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

But today is the start of a new year, and a new decade.

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