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Man's Search for Meaning Revisited

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Over the last week I caught up on two month’s worth of newspapers and magazines. Read over of a couple of days, this fall’s news seems especially dark. Terrorism, ugly politics, random killings and environmental degradation. We move through our days knowing that shocking things will happen and that we will learn about them in […]

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There could be a flood of selling in China on its way

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The Chinese market is tanking. The CSI 300 stock market index crashed 7% before markets were halted for the day. That came after the Caixin-Markit manufacturing PMI unexpectedly fell to 48.2 in December from 48.6 in November. The official NBS manufacturing PMI stood at 49.7 in December. Any reading below 50 signals contraction. In a […]

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China's Stock Markets Close After Sharp Fall

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Chinese stocks plummeted nearly 7 percent Monday – on the first day of trading for the new year in China – prompting a halt to trading for the day on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. European markets followed Asia’s lead, opening lower, with Germany’s DAX down more than four percent and the FTSE in London […]

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Investors Exhausted; Markets Close Lower

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Good morning and Happy New Year. Stocks did very little on Friday ending the day and the year just a touch lower….I have to say that I was a bit disappointed that they couldn’t nudge it just to the unchanged mark vs. what they did by allowing the S&P to close off fractionally for the […]

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Jaden Smith Stars In Louis Vuitton's New Womenswear Campaign

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“The Karate Kid” is also the champion of gender-fluid fashion we always wanted. Jaden Smith is the new face of Louis Vuitton’s womenswear campaign. The series of ads was shot by legendary photographer Bruce Weber, with two of them debuting Sunday on the Instagram of LV’s creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière. A photo posted by (@nicolasghesquiere) […]

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Ellen DeGeneres to Accept People's Choice Humanitarian Award

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Ellen DeGeneres is receiving a humanitarian award, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is reaping the benefits. Producers of the People’s Choice Awards announced Monday that DeGeneres will be recognized as the Favorite Humanitarian at Wednesday’s ceremony. The honor comes with a $200,000 donation from Walgreens, which DeGeneres is directing toward the hospital. She joked […]