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Stock market players let it roll again in a brutal year

Stock market players let it roll again in a brutal year

(Bloomberg) — Like stuck card players trying to claw it all back with one hand, stock bulls are increasing their appetite for risk at the end of a brutal year. Bloomberg’s Most Read Active inventory managers are adding positions. Options markets are showing a hedging pattern, a sign that professional traders are diving back into …

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Criticism of 'emancipation': Will Smith's relentlessly brutal slave epic is a B-movie with delusions of grandeur

Criticism of ’emancipation’: Will Smith’s relentlessly brutal slave epic is a B-movie with delusions of grandeur

, Oscar-winning Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation” is the kind of immaculate misfire that can only happen because Hollywood is spinning off-axis. Because the American film industry has sacrificed mid-budget programmers on the altar of monolithic franchise blockbusters, original stories can only be expected to be told if they fuel the awards machine and/or create a sense …

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How Elon Musk’s Twitter Reign Amplified His Brutal Management Style

Elon Musk’s reputation precedes him. The seemingly impulsive and demanding boss of SpaceX and Tesla is known to value product above all else. And whether the employees who build the products agree with how he plans to achieve his ambitions, or the ambition itself, they are often expected to go above and beyond – sometimes …

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