ALL THE MONEY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW | | | | | | Daniel de Visé | Personal Finance Reporter
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That concussive thud you heard was Jeff Bezos dropping his wallet. |
The celebrity billionaire has unloaded another $2 billion worth of Amazon shares, Bailey Schulz reports, the last in a series of planned stock sales that have netted the former Amazon CEO about $8.5 billion in cash. |
Bezos, the founder and executive chair of Amazon, still has more than 900 million Amazon shares worth roughly $158 billion. His net worth totals about $191 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Read the story. | Kaila Tyree-Castro, a second-year pre-vet student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, cradles a goat on the school's farm. The historically Black institution seeks to create a vet school, becoming one of fewer than three dozen on college campuses in the U.S. University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
Historically Black college eyes veterinary school |
When Kaila Tyree-Castro was 13, her pet geckos got sick. The closest veterinarian was an hour away, and an appointment was not available for two weeks. |
The episode left her wanting to become a veterinarian herself ‒ and now, as a first-generation college student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, she is hoping to join the inaugural class at her university's planned new veterinary school. |
Last month, UMES received state approval to create a school of veterinary medicine that will become just the second among the nation's more than 100 historically Black colleges and universities. Tuskegee University in Alabama has the only other veterinary school among the country's historically Black institutions. Read the story. |
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Daniel de Visé covers personal finance for USA Today. | | | | University of Maryland Eastern Shore is hoping to become just the second historically Black college to have a veterinary school in the U.S. by 2026. | | | |  | Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos has completed his plans to sell 50 million Amazon shares. | | | | Two recalls involve more than 150,000 vehicles in total, the latest safety notices issued by Ford this month. | | | | Mike Balog has fought eviction efforts for nearly a decade. He is one of the millions who have been evicted or face that threat. | | | | Spring break 2024 is near, and USA TODAY spoke to travel experts on how to find the best prices and cheap destinations. | | | | A widespread telecommunications outage overnight left tens of thousands of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers without cell service. | | | | Capital One's acquisition of Discover could mean fancy airport lounges, better service and perks for consumers but little actual cash savings. | | | | The youngest baby boomers, born in the era that spawned Beatlemania, have less retirement wealth than older generations. | | | | KFC announced Wednesday it is introducing a fried chicken-pizza hybrid, the Chizza. It hits menus nationwide starting Feb. 26. | | | | The parent company behind the viral Stanley tumblers has been sued for allegedly failing to disclose the presence of lead in the cups sooner. | | | | |  | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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