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Big Tech Goes Nuclear

The Motley Fool

Amazon may be the fastest to get there but each of them is telling shareholders, look, we're not going to build out data centers for AI and have to build new cold power plants to do that. One other area where where private investors could explore retail investors could explore is crowdfunding platforms Republic or Start engine, MicroVentures.

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Better Investment: Stocks or Real Estate?

The Motley Fool

Another thing that stocks do, a lot of well-established companies they'll pay dividends in order to return value to shareholders. You look at companies like Starbucks for example, they will continue to reward shareholders through holding those shares over long periods of time by returning cash to shareholders in the form of dividends.

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Transcript: Steve Case

The Big Picture

And somehow you guys, AOL shareholders, ended up with the majority of the stock, even though Time Warner was arguably a much larger, more established company. And also, frankly, from an AOL standpoint, or representing our shareholders, we recognize there was some value in diversification. What was that process like of negotiations?