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Will Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media behemoth Meta Platforms get whacked with a legal judgment equal to its entire $1.4 trillion stock-market value?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The group said it would pay shareholders a four-year record high dividend of US$1.72 a share -- equal to US$8.7 billion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
In exchange, the government owes that person treatment equal to that of others born on its soil.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The new dividend, equal to 28 cents a year, represents an annual yield of about 3.8%, based on Thursday’s closing price of $7.39.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
If our new number were equal to the first number on the list, it would also have a first digit of 3—but we can easily prevent that from happening.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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