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...Reportedly worth $100 million, The Boy, Gloor said, was part of the "trilogy," of Cezanne's portraits, which also include a self-portrait and a painting of his wife. The three other stolen works are van Gogh's Blossoming Chestnut Branches, Monet's Poppies near Vétheuil, and Degas' Count Lepic and His Daughters...
...study is interesting in a counterintuitive way,” said psychology professor Joshua D. Greene ’97. “You might think that if people are sad, everything seems lousy and material goods aren’t worth their money...
...researchers explained their results with two possible theories: sad, self-focused individuals either indulge in material goods to seek self-enhancement or they feel reduced self-worth and consequently value other things more by comparison...
...Sian Berry, who is challenging Livingstone in the mayoral race on behalf of the Green Party but backing him on this initiative, thinks she spots a solution to my problem. "If you hardly drive your car, then a ?25 congestion charge might be worth living with rather than getting rid of the car," she says. "People are very good at unconsciously cutting down on their driving, when there's a fuel crisis for example...
...Hedge funds practice such risky behavior because there are effectively no consequences for them. If hedge funds have fewer than 100 investors, or investors worth at least $5 million each, they are exempt from the Securities Exchange Commission Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940. By avoiding this legislation, hedge funds do not have reporting obligations or leverage limitations...