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The Difference Between a PDF and an Accessible PDF

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In 1993, Adobe invented the PDF format, and ever since, it has seen various updates, innovations, and modern features. All government and significant private bodies use accessible PDFs to reach disabled people for documentation like signing contracts. Perhaps, this is why PDFs are the most popular file extension on the internet today!

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Dominican Central Bank Reports 29% Growth In Remittances

YoungUpstarts

annually since 1993. million between 1993 and 2020. Most government and private sector employees had to work remotely. Before COVID-19. Over the last 5 years the Dominican Republic was a fast growing Caribbean economy. According to the World Bank the country’s economy grew 5.3% In 2018 the country received $6.8

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What is ESG Due Diligence? And Why is it Important to You?

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The term, literally meaning “required carefulness” or “reasonable care” has been in use since the fifteenth century and more recently became a legalised term in 1993 under the United States Securities Act. Governance. Similarly, it pays for businesses and companies to take environmental, social and governance issues seriously.

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[Infographic] The Incredible Growth Of Web Usage

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What started as an experiment that connected academic and government computer systems has today become an entire globe-spanning network of interconnected machines and devices that not only include huge enterprise servers but also that mobile device in your hand. billion.

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What I noticed in 2013

Start Up Blog

Anonymity is the new black: You may remember in the early commercial web era – post 1993, we all had alias names and emails before we felt comfortable enough to convert to our actual human self on line. As privacy gets eroded through government activity we can expect a lot more anonymous forums to emerge as powerful web platforms.

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The Philanthropic Efforts Of James Dondero

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The Dallas investment management firm was founded by James Dondero and Mr. Okada in 1993 in Los Angeles, over the course of more than two decades, Highland has become a multibillion-dollar global asset manager.

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Twice in a Lifetime

Austin Startup

First Big Target: Decentralize Money People no longer need governments to issue currency in order to store or exchange value. As you would expect, the more authoritarian the government, the harsher their reaction. The internet was created in 1983, and people said the same thing about it in 1993. Which is an accurate statement.

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