CultureDesk , to random
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The world's oldest forests are in New York state. We've known this since the 19th century when the town of Gilboa became famous for fossil forests that were around 380 million years old; in 2018, scientists revealed evidence of a 385-million-year-old forest in nearby Cairo. Last month that received funding to protect it as a first step towards turning it into an educational site. This summer, the Gilboa Museum will hold its first fossil walks. The BBC's Hillary Richard got a sneak preview.

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YusufToropov , to random
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So this is important: How could run a stock involving that would generate the $500 million he needs to post bonds and appeal his civil case losses. (via electoral-vote.com)

Please .

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Trump needs to raise something in excess of half a billion dollars very fast to post a bond so he can appeal his losses in civil cases and the Letitia James case. TruthSocial is owned by the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). The company's owners, mostly Trump himself, want to merge it with the Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC). The latter is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The DWAC stock is traded on the NASDAQ. Late last week, the SEC signed off on the merger. The stockholders of the two companies will vote on the merger this week. If it is approved, the companies will merge and Trump will own 69% of the new entity based on his 79 million shares of the merged company. His share will be worth about $3.8 billion, based on the closing price Friday. We are not experts on SPACs, but our gut feeling is that a company whose only actual asset (other than a bank account) is Trump's boutique social media platform might not be worth $5 1/2 billion. Remember, this is a publicly traded company and is expected to make a profit. The Truth Social app has been downloaded about 1 million times, but the company has never turned a profit. It has made a cumulative loss of about $31.5 million. Owning stock is not like owning cash. To convert stock to cash, you have to sell it.... Trump might be able to dump a small quantity of stock fast enough to raise bond money before anyone caught on.
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