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  2. Basis point - Wikipedia

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    A related concept is one part per ten thousand, ⁠ 1 / 10,000 ⁠.The same unit is also (rarely) called a permyriad, literally meaning "for (every) myriad (ten thousand)". [4] [5] If used interchangeably with basis point, the permyriad is potentially confusing because an increase of one basis point to a 10 basis point value is generally understood to mean an increase to 11 basis points; not ...

  3. Probability - Wikipedia

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    Probability is the branch of mathematics and statistics concerning events and numerical descriptions of how likely they are to occur. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1; the larger the probability, the more likely an event is to occur. [note 1] [1] [2] This number is often expressed as a percentage (%), ranging from 0% to ...

  4. Per mille - Wikipedia

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    Major dictionaries do not agree on the spelling, [1] [2] [3] giving other options of per mil, [2] per mill, [1] [3] permil, [1] [4] permill, [1] permille. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The word promille is the cognate in Dutch, German, Finnish and Swedish, and is sometimes seen as a loanword in English with the same meaning as per mille .

  5. US Senate career of JD Vance - Wikipedia

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    In March 2021, Peter Thiel gave $10 million to Protect Ohio Values, a super PAC created in February to support a potential Vance candidacy. [9] [10] [11] Robert Mercer also gave an undisclosed amount. [9] In April, Vance expressed interest in running for the Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman. [12] In May, he launched an exploratory ...

  6. Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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    Musk was a good but unexceptional student, earning a 61 in Afrikaans and a B on his senior math certification. [32] Musk applied for a Canadian passport through his Canadian-born mother to avoid South Africa's mandatory military service , [ 33 ] [ 34 ] which would have forced him to participate in the apartheid regime, [ 2 ] as well as to ease ...

  7. Human - Wikipedia

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    The typical height of an adult human is between 1.4 and 1.9 m (4 ft 7 in and 6 ft 3 in), although this varies significantly depending on sex, ethnic origin, and family bloodlines. [239] [240] Body size is partly determined by genes and is also significantly influenced by environmental factors such as diet, exercise, and sleep patterns. [241]

  8. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    December 4, 2024. In 2020, some major companies and institutions started to acquire bitcoin: MicroStrategy invested $250 million in bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset, [42] Square, Inc., $50 million, [43] and MassMutual, $100 million. [44] In November 2020, PayPal added support for bitcoin in the US. [45]

  9. Central Asia - Wikipedia

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    Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [4] The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning 'land') in both respective native languages and most other languages.