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VIDEO: Cara Delevingne & Michelle Rodriguez Cozy Up At Knicks Game!

Do we have a hot new Hollywood couple on our hands? Ok, we might be jumping the gun on this one,…

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VIDEO: Imax Forced To Decide Between ‘Gravity,’ ‘Hunger Games’ In China

Imax has another fight between dueling Hollywood blockbusters on its hands in China. The good…

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May the force of a good employer recommendation be with you. [contd]

Lazard Declares Special Dividend

NEW YORK, Dec 10, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lazard Ltd LAZ +0.56% today announced that its Board of Directors has voted to declare a special dividend of $0.25 per share on its outstanding Class A common stock. The special dividend is payable on December 27, 2013, to stockholders of record on December 20, 2013.

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[Credit scores as a basis for hiring is] one more way in which the system is rigged. If you’re rich and you get divorced, it’s not going to hurt your credit rating. If you’re rich and you have a medical problem, it’s not going to hurt your credit rating. If you’re rich and you end up quitting your job or losing your job, you walk out with a whole lot of savings, you walk out with a nice package. It’s not going to hurt your credit rating. But how about families who work hard every day, who live a lot closer to the economic margin? Those are the ones who get hit with a problem, with a medical problem, with a job loss. And boy, it’s not only the hit, it’s the financial fallout from that hit. And here’s the deal: it stays on their credit report for seven years, in some cases even longer. So what does that really mean? This is a problem that hits hardworking families who are struggling to get back on their feet. It’s not one that hits the rich, and I think that’s just wrong.

Elizabeth Warren, commenting on credit scores being a rigged way to deny poor people employment, as reported by Common Dreams.  (via america-wakiewakie)

Torafu Constructs Furniture That Functions Like A Room

VIDEO: Turkish Police Fire Tear Gas As Kurds Protest Against Syria Wall

Turkish riot police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse Kurdish protesters demonstrating…

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