Breaking: 4,726 Colleges Set to Close

The United States has 4,726 colleges and universities.

To attend these institutions, students spend nearly $600 billion per year—that’s $393 billion for tuition, and $196 billion on expenses like travel and housing.

But a fascinating new technology has recently emerged, and it’s raising the possibility that all of those institutions—and…

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The Death of the Salaried Employee

Every spring, investors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley wait in anticipation for one of the most important reports of the year.

They’re not waiting for the jobs numbers, GDP data, or any other conventional economic indicator.

These investors are waiting on The Internet Trends Report—a report that’s predicted nearly…

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