assets
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For example, how would we value privately held assets, such as private businesses?
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, despite over $900 billion in assets, is facing cash constraints and scaling back ambitious projects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Police in India told CalMatters that the gangs often target “real estate developers, liquor contractors, transporters, and local businessmen” — people with higher incomes or assets.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
There was no feasible way back then to keep track of the value of anyone’s assets or net worth in any meaningful real-time way.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
My generator will soon be out of gas anyway—and I can hide my acquired assets in the attic behind the boxes of Christmas ornaments.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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