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David and Sybil Yurman: Out of Africa — and the Subconscious

DAVID YURMAN The piece was interesting to do, but it wasn’t a self-portrait. Although maybe that’s what I’ll look like when I get really old. When it comes to furniture and design, you clearly appreciate midcentury modern. Where does your furniture come from? MS. YURMAN About 15 years ago we …

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The big problem that triggered Netflix’s decline

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Listerine mouthwash bottles move through the production line at the J&J consumer healthcare products plant in Lititz, Pennsylvania. With the Dow Jones industrial average surging through the 23,000 level for the first time ever, Cramer offered investors a piece of contrarian food for …

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Cramer’s charts show declines in consumer goods stocks—and that’s good

With the indexes breaking records, including the Dow Jones industrial average’s all-time high on Tuesday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer wanted to pause and investigate what’s not working in this market. “Even if the greatest bull run in ages is going on, there are losers and there are laggards, and they help …

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Harvey Weinstein, Fired on Oct. 8, Resigns From Company’s Board

Since the allegations against Mr. Weinstein first became public, most Weinstein Company board members have resigned, leaving only Tarak Ben Ammar, Lance Maerov and Bob Weinstein. Photo Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer, Patricia Glaser, right, after leaving the Weinstein Company board meeting in New York on Tuesday. Credit Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse …

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It sounds like a ‘Goldilocks’ market to me: Expert

Michael Nicholson | Corbis | Getty Images Goldilocks found by the tiny wee bear. A 20th century Childrens’ book illustration for ‘The Story of the Three Bears.’ All week, the market has been breaking records. On Monday, U.S. stocks hit record highs as Wall Street looked ahead to the release …

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Mexican Peso, Canadian dollar rise on new hopes for NAFTA deal

Chris Wattie | Reuters Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (C) speaks before the start of a trilateral meeting with Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (L) and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during the third round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September …

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Bodies in Pain, Protest and Resistance

The troupe’s current production, which has met with protests in other parts of the world, is “The Siege,” a speculative re-enactment of the 39-day event of the title, when Palestinian militants took refuge from the Israeli Army in 2002 in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built in the fourth century …

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Amazon Studios chief Roy Price resigns following sexual harassment allegations

Greg Doherty | Getty Images Roy Price, Amazon Studios Amazon Studios chief Roy Price has resigned from his job after sexual harassment allegations surfaced, CNBC has confirmed. Price was put on a leave of absence “effective immediately” last Thursday when reports emerged that he allegedly sexually harassed an Amazon TV …

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NAFTA renegotiation talks will go into next year

Yuri Gripas | Reuters (L-R) Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer and Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal arrive at a joint news conference after a NAFTA trilateral ministerial press event in Washington, October 17, 2017. In the meeting before officials spoke Tuesday, Mexico …

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Exxon Mobil fires up huge new Gulf Coast plant despite Harvey impact

Exxon Mobil on Tuesday began production at a new petrochemical facility in Mont Belvieu, Texas, just two months after Hurricane Harvey pummeled the U.S. Gulf Coast and hobbled the U.S. refining and specialty chemicals hub. The new first of two lines turning out polyethylene — the most common plastic used …

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