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That setup has investors pouring billions into non-Chinese rare earth projects.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

If SpaceX is underpriced by just 10%, Ritter said, that’s billions in profit for the “people and institutions that are lucky enough to get shares allocated to them.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Meanwhile with deep pockets – hundreds of billions if not trillions – and enough time, most experts agree a company could build a copycat of Amazon's e-commerce platform.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Utilities around the country are planning to spend tens of billions of dollars to build new sources of power generation and high-voltage transmission lines to carry electricity from power plants over long distances.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

And if no process rubs out or fills in the crater, it may last for billions of years.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan