«— Ах, если бы я была такой же большой, как другие деревья! — вздыхала ёлочка. — Тогда бы и я широко раскинула свои ветви, высоко подняла голову, и мне бы видно было далеко-далеко вокруг! Птицы свили бы в моих ветвях гнёзда, и я при ветре так же важно кивала бы головой, как другие!»
«— Ах, если бы я была такой же большой, как другие деревья! — вздыхала ёлочка. — Тогда бы и я широко раскинула свои ветви, высоко подняла голову, и мне бы видно было далеко-далеко вокруг! Птицы свили бы в моих ветвях гнёзда, и я при ветре так же важно кивала бы головой, как другие!»
Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. The news also helped traders look past another report showing decades-high inflation and shake off some of the volatility from recent sessions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' February Consumer Price Index (CPI) this week showed another surge in prices even before Russia escalated its attacks in Ukraine. The headline CPI — soaring 7.9% over last year — underscored the sticky inflationary pressures reverberating across the U.S. economy, with everything from groceries to rents and airline fares getting more expensive for everyday consumers. And indeed, volatility has been a hallmark of the market environment so far in 2022, with the S&P 500 still down more than 10% for the year-to-date after first sliding into a correction last month. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, has held at a lofty level of more than 30. In the past, it was noticed that through bulk SMSes, investors were induced to invest in or purchase the stocks of certain listed companies. READ MORE
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