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Kenneth Jacobs awarded Simon Wiesenthal Center's Humanitarian Award

The most successful Simon Wiesetnthal Award dinner ever, the dinner raised $1.6 million. 

The Wiesenthal Center is “a living memorial to the memory of a great man — Simon Wiesenthal — who died eight years ago at the age of 96, sixty years after his liberation,” New York State Governor, Andrew Cuomo said: “Now some will say that the Center’s mission is complete.” Apropos the emergence of anti-Semitism worldwide, Cuomo cited incidents in France when “last month a group of Jews were attacked by a gang of teenagers…in Spain two months ago…’Adolf Hitler was right’ was painted across a bullfight arena…. It is very much a real threat in the world we live in…. So Simon Wiesenthal was right and you are right to be here this evening. We need a strong Israel and we need a strong America…working hand-in-glove because they are the bulwarks for democracy on this globe.” At the dinner Kenneth Jacobs, Lazard Ldt.'s Chairman and CEO was awarded the Centers Humanitarian Award. 

A few days ago we noted a major Senate demand of the Treasury Secretary that foreign nations’ currency manipulations should be punished (supported by American Manufacturers Associations). Today we find out that Eric Holder and his DoJ crew have found that nine Japanese car parts makers have colluded to raise prices. As part of the scheme, more than $5 billion in auto parts were sold to U.S. car manufacturers and installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere. The companies will pay more than $1.6bn in criminal fines. Seems like a small price to pay for the Japan being allowed to devalue its currency boosting its own car exports?

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Security Founder John McAfee: "Obamacare is a Hacker’s Wet Dream"

Security founder John McAfee of McAfee Associates, a computer anti-virus company, reflects on Obamacare: “This Is A Hacker’s Wet Dream“.

NEIL CAVUTO: What do you make [of Obamacare]? Obviously, a lot of people have been focusing on the law but not really…

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Holiday message from the Merchandise Mart, 1951, Chicago.

Michael Graves on Starchitects’ Pitfalls, Detroit’s Future, And The Industry’s Names To Watch

After offending much of his market base, Lululemon chairman and founder Chip Wilson will step down, according to a press release from the company. 

Wilson has been at the center of a firestorm of bad press after he said some women’s bodies just “don’t work” in the brand’s pants. This fall, Wilson responded to criticisms of low quality by saying that women’s thighs that rub together were eroding the pricey brand’s athletic clothing.

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