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there was a conversation that was happening after my first cover, is she fat or not. and i think thats that that was literally what the conversation was. and you know, that s insane to me that anyone, i mean, honestly, anyone can call me fat, it s fine. but it s insane to me that that is actually something that we re debating. it shouldn t be if i m fat or not. it should be how i feel. if i feel confident, if i m proud of my body, if i am at a good place. micklethwait: we conclude with my conversation with maggie siff from the showtime series billions. i don t think she would be in that job or in that marriage, actually f she didn t have a huge quantities of sort of respect, curiosity and empathy for who these men are and how much they re ego and their will to dominate really, like, consumes them. i think she s by turn fascinated. i think she feels tenderly towards it, and sometimes horrified. sometimes titillated, like she is a very complicated character. mi ....
and a recovery in oil prices. in fact, stocks tied to commodities rallied across the globe, and today s rally puts the s&p 500 back in the green by a smidge for the year. one market-watcher said he thinks this is the long-awaited, somewhat traditional santa claus rally and that stocks were due for a bounce. by the close, the dow jones industrial average rose 185 points to 17,602. the nasdaq added 44, and the s&p gained 25. oil prices recovered, ending sharply higher after an unexpected decline in crude inventories in the u.s. opec also issued an outlook for prices, saying they were set to rise, though slowly. domestic crude settled nearly 4% higher at $37.50. the gains weren t limited to the energy sector. mining stocks also rallied, this on a report that china will cut its steel surplus, something that s kept prices at a decade low. if the country cuts back on production, analysts say china s steel glut may begin to moderate in the new year. that supported a number ....
some of the biggest financial institutions including jp morgan chase, barkleys the royal bank of sc ubs will pay billions for manipulating the interest rate markets, one of the least regulated markets in the financial world and one of the largest, about $5 trillion changes hands every day. the traders from different banks didn t act as rivals but rather they worked together to rig the price of u.s. dollars and euros in a scheme that went on nearly every day for five years through 2012. eamon javers has more. deep inside of the posh offices of the major banks, in the private digital exchanges of the private traders was right ought of the mafiainity invited to join the scam. mess this up and you sleep with one eye open up. and if you ain t cheating you ain t trying. and yes, the left competition the better. and today that language caught up with the traders as new u.s. attorney general l lyn announced the massive setty traeders formed a group they dubbed the cartel. it ....
some of the biggest financial institutions including jp morgan chase, barkleys the royal bank of sc ubs will pay billions for manipulating the interest rate markets, one of the least regulated markets in the financial world and one of the largest, about $5 trillion changes hands every day. the traders from different banks didn t act as rivals but rather they worked together to rig the price of u.s. dollars and euros in a scheme that went on nearly every day for five years through 2012. eamon javers has more. deep inside of the posh offices of the major banks, in the private digital exchanges of the private traders was right ought of the mafiainity invited to join the scam. mess this up and you sleep with one eye open up. and if you ain t cheating you ain t trying. and yes, the left competition the better. and today that language caught up with the traders as new u.s. attorney general l lyn announced the massive setty traeders formed a group they dubbed the cartel. it ....