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Weekend in Los Angeles: That Touch of Brazil

In the short film “In-Out (Antropofagia)” (“In-Out (Cannibalism)”), from 1973, we see close-up shots of different mouths, men’s and women’s, as they babble and swallow and regurgitate eggs or multicolored strings. Another film, “Y” (1974), features the artist blindfolded, her mouth wide open and screaming without end. The mouth, in …

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How Apple’s market cap could reach $1 trillion

On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that Apple had scheduled a product-announcement event for Sept. 12. Apple has not confirmed the report. The iPhone 8 launch will be a “fairly material one for Apple,” RBC Capital’s Amit Daryanani told CNBC in a phone …

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BroadSoft explores potential sale, sources say; stock jumps 10%

Bloomberg | Contributor | Getty Images Taher Behbehani, chief marketing officer of Broadsoft Inc., from left, Charlie Wade, senior vice president of products and solutions at Rogers Communications Inc., and Ron McKenzie, senior vice president of Shaw Communications Inc., participate in a panel discussion at the Canadian Telecom Summit in …

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US troop total in Afghanistan larger than reported

Source: U.S. Marine Corps/ Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff U.S. Marine advisors board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after a train, advise and assist mission at the Helmand Provincial Police Headquarters in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, July 9, 2017. Pentagon officials for the first time say there are about 11,000 U.S. forces currently …

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This week is shaping up to be the slowest in the market since Christmas

It’s been a very sleepy week for Wall Street thus far, despite plenty of market-moving headlines. As of Wednesday afternoon, just over 13 billion shares had been traded for the week, on track to be the lowest weekly volume since last Christmas. Weekly US composite volume Source: FactSet Of course, …

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The Kitchen Is Her Stage. (It Could Actually Be Your Kitchen.)

So far 27 kitchens have been put at Mr. Zuabi and Ms. Malouf’s disposal, from Staten Island to Montclair, N.J. The smallest accommodates only 11 seats; the largest holds 40. Ticket buyers will find a neighborhood and cross streets listed for each performance, along with warnings like “third-floor walk-up” and …

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Mondelez shares tumble after Buffett says Kraft Heinz isn’t interested in buying it

Shares of Mondelez erased earlier gains Wednesday after investing legend Warren Buffett suggested Kraft Heinz isn’t interested in buying the snack company. Mondelez’s stock was trading about 0.7 percent higher in the morning. It fell 3.1 percent after Buffett’s remarks and was down 1.81 percent midday. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is …

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US conducts missile defense test off Hawaii coast

Latonja Martin | Missile Defense Agency A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, during Flight Test Standard Missile-27 Event 2 (FTM-27 E2) on Aug. 29 (HST). The target was successfully intercepted by SM-6 missiles fired from the Aegis Combat System onboard …

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Review: ‘The Teacher,’ a Classroom Satire on Political Corruption

Photo Zuzana Maurery in “The Teacher,” a film from the Czech director Jan Hrebejk. Credit Film Movement “The Teacher” is a foray into Slovak-language filmmaking by the industrious Czech director Jan Hrebejk, and for the occasion, he and his regular screenwriter, Petr Jarchovsky, have chosen a premise that sets up …

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Harvey shuts down largest US oil refinery, bears down on Louisiana plants

The largest U.S. oil refinery began shutting down on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to batter southern Texas and made another landfall on the Gulf Coast, threatening a stretch of the refining hub in Louisiana. Oil market analysts projected that about 20 percent of the country’s capacity to refine …

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