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Are Smiles and Applause Appropriate When Billions of Dollars Are Lost?

While investors have anguished over their stock market losses, a group of smiling faces have appeared almost every day at the New York Stock Exchange to mark the start and close of trading. Each morning and afternoon a new group of company executives, nonprofit organizations, sports stars or supermodels gets the chance to ring the bell that starts and ends trading on the floor. For the participants, it's an honor and a rare chance to witness a world foreign to most. But in today's turbulent... Full Story
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