How do we make life easier for small businesses? That's a question we ask here at Bridge, so we're happy to see this service by Stripe that seeks to do the same for foreign entrepreneurs. Admittedly, I think that there are plenty of U.S.-based businesses that need help like the article mentions, but I'm willing to give Stripe a high five for inspiring us.
Happy Thanksgiving! Around this time of the year, we often get nostalgic and buy some gifts for friends. What better way to pay homage to these past times than to share the history of the "$" sign. The sign is an abbreviation for the word "peso" dating back to the Revolutionary War. The creator would abbreviate "peso" as "ps" and he'd merge the two letters.
Excerpt: "Pollock...entered the abbreviation 'ps' by the figures for 'peso.' Because Pollock recorded these Spanish "dollars" or "pesos" as '...
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