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These drugs are often reserved for illnesses like community-acquired pneumonia and severe skin and bacterial infections after other antibiotics have not worked. Antibiotics are one of the most commonly prescribed and important drug classes in medicine. Rest, drink plenty of fluids (other than alcohol), and be sure to finish all your medication when you have…
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Unfortunately, many privacy policies are full of legalese and hard to understand. Search for words like “third parties,” “data,” “store,” “retain,” and similar terms if you’re curious how the site handles your personal data. Don’t fall for this trick — it only takes a moment to verify a link is safe. We allow users to…
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Checking a URL before clicking on it is a simple way to perform your own website safety test. In other words, to check if a link is safe, find out where the link leads before you click on it. Just mouse-over any link to verify the URL it’s actually linked to. Follow these simple guidelines…
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Social media has become a hotbed of scams, hacking, and identity theft. Many fake websites appear to have legitimate URLs, but actually contain slight variations or spelling mistakes. This may include small misspellings or characters that look similar to others in order to spoof real URLs, such as replacing the letter “o” with the number…
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Aura’s app keeps you safe from scams, fraud, and identity theft. Laws and regulations require most companies to provide basic legal information on their websites, such as a privacy policy or data collection policy. Links to these policies often appear at the bottom of every page of a website. They also suggest that thanks to the…
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A stock split is when a company divides its stock into multiple shares, effectively lowering the price of each share without changing the company’s market value. It’s akin to cutting a cake into smaller slices; you end up with more pieces, but the total amount stays the same. For instance, in a two-for-one split, an…
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This principle extends to the company’s market capitalization, which remains unchanged before and after the split (except for market shifts). The total value of shares held by all shareholders should stay the same, maintaining the company’s market value. Along with this increase in share count, the price per share is adjusted downward in line with…
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Instead, you should evaluate the company’s fundamentals and future growth prospects, in addition to evaluating how the shares would fit in with your investment strategy. Such an event can prove positive for a company’s image, generating favorable visibility and therefore drawing investors to the organization. While neither the company’s convention of conservatism value nor that…
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For instance, in a two-for-one split, each share is divided into two, doubling the number of outstanding shares. Interestingly enough, there are some famous stock splits which have been even larger. For example, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway split its shares 50-for-1 back in 2010. More recently, Chipotle announced in March 2024 that it would go…
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