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  2. History of the Internet - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and ...

  3. Blackstone Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Blackstone was founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman with US$400,000 (equivalent to $1.1 million in 2023) in seed capital. [3]: 45–56 [4] The founders derived their firm's name from their names: "Schwarz" is German for "black"; "Peter", "Petros", or "Petra" (Πέτρος and πετρα, the masculine and feminine rendering of the word, respectively) means "stone" or ...

  4. History of Microsoft Office - Wikipedia

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    This is a history of the various versions of Microsoft Office, consisting of a bundle of several different applications which changed over time.This table only includes final releases and not pre-release or beta software.

  5. History of cricket - Wikipedia

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    A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum. Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode. Box, Charles (1868). The Theory and Practice of Cricket, from its origin to the present time. Frederick Warne. Harte, Chris (1993). A History of Australian Cricket. London: Andre Deutsch. ISBN 0-233-98825-4 ...

  6. Daylight saving time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio Clock in the U.S. Capitol being turned forward for the country's first daylight saving time on March 31, 1918 by the Senate sergeant at arms Charles Higgins.. Most of the United States observes daylight saving time (DST), the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during the day, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.

  7. Charles Schwab Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The company's net transfer assets, or assets that come from other firms, quadrupled from 2004 to 2008. Schwab's YieldPlus fund drew controversy during the 2007 financial crisis because of its -31.7% return. [23] Investors in the Schwab YieldPlus Fund, including Charles Schwab himself, lost $1.1 billion. [24]

  8. BlackRock - Wikipedia

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    BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company.Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with US$10 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023. [1]

  9. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    A later Chinese work of history, the Book of Wei, states that by 240 AD, the powerful kingdom of Yamatai, ruled by the female monarch Himiko, had gained ascendancy over the others, though modern historians continue to debate its location and other aspects of its depiction in the Book of Wei.