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Why Bill Gates Is Buying Up U.S. Farmland

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Bill Gates made headlines for becoming the largest private farmland owner in the U.S. But he’s not the only one. Some of the wealthiest landowners including Jeff Bezos, John Malone and Thomas Peterffy are buying up forests, ranches and farmlands across the United States. Why? Watch the video to find out. Investments in farmland are … Read more

Crisis On Wall Street: The Week That Shook The World (Part 1)

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Offering a sneak peak of the CNBC Original “Crisis On Wall Street: The Week That Shook The World” premiering Wednesday, Sept.12 at 10pm ET/PT. Ten years after the fall of Lehman Brothers, CNBC has produced the definitive televised account of the historic financial failure and cascade of events over a September weekend in 2008 that … Read more