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Over the same period, silver averaged an 80.8% annual gain—thanks in part to Herbert and Nelson Hunt’s attempt to corner the market in 1979. If you leave out the unusual situation involving ...

The growth in the number of economic units in Bangladesh has slowed over the past decade, primarily due to capital shortages among rural entrepreneurs, according to the latest Economic Census of ...