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You can keep it relatively simple, and even a few thousand dollars could help broaden their horizons later on.

From MarketWatch

But for all of the focus on cutting-edge technology, one of the best-performing investment themes this year involved commodities that have been used by humans as stores of value for thousands of years.

From MarketWatch

Hundreds of thousands of snow-belt households have installed heated driveways to melt snow quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tens of thousands of people are now making their way to New York City’s Times Square to participate in the ballyhooed New Year’s Eve ball-drop event and mark the start of 2026.

From MarketWatch

On Earth, regions shaped by large river systems are some of the richest ecosystems on the planet -- the Amazon River basin alone supports tens of thousands of known species.

From Science Daily