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...dawn, and Kandinsky was convinced. He saw the artist at the apex of a triangle moving into the future, the base representing the mass of humanity who are slower to see the light. The paintings he produced at the time are full of joy and liberation, made with rapid, free gestures. In Improvisation 20 (Two Horses) (1911), animals are sketched with a few black lines, like a half-obliterated prehistoric cave drawing. Elsewhere mountains and buildings are indicated by sooty lines driving through patches of pure rainbow shades. (See pictures from a Cézanne exhibition...
...institutional investors. Ross Smith Energy Group, a Canadian outfit that follows the oil and gas industries, is getting into investment banking. Three companies-Argus, Independent International Investment Research and Pipal Research-have joined with the London Stock Exchange to provide coverage of smaller firms willing to pay for it. Rapid Ratings is finding a hearty new revenue stream in doing analysis for companies that want to know about the financial positioning of the firms they do business with. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...nearly $90 million a year the investment banks have been plowing into the system. When that money stops, "you're going to see a lot of these smaller firms either consolidate or dry up and go away," says James Gellert, CEO of the ratings and research outfit Rapid Ratings International, which sells its research through the settlement...
...global economy improves, based on their own specific supply and demand conditions. This makes timing a turnaround complicated. Rogers says he expects commodities prices to be among the first to rise, out of all asset classes, when economic growth begins to return. Other experts argue against a rapid rebound, because inventories are high for commodities such as oil, and because demand for natural resources has been so thoroughly squelched in some industries that it may not fully recover anytime soon. Francisco Blanch, head of commodities research for Merrill Lynch in London, says he doesn't expect overall demand will return...
...primarily third person, a departure from the first-person letters and diary entries that were the rest of the series. Throughout the novel, McCafferty branches into more unconventional forms. One chapter is written in haikus that alternates between the perspectives of Jessica and Marcus. Another section is entirely rapid-fire dialogue. These sections punch up the emotional power of the prose.They also contrast with the distancing effect of the rest of the book, a trade-off to access both main characters’ interiors. The climax is written in fragmented phrases from the rest of the series, strung together...