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The same Household Finance that had pushed Steve Eisman over the narrow border between Wall Street skeptic and Wall Street cynic.

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But the green cynic changes his tune once he's wowed by some of the low price products on offer.

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They say it’s better to be lucky than to be smart, and cynics may now wonder which word is a better fit for Bisignano.

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A cynic convinced of the world’s brokenness, he realizes that revolutions need hope too.

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A cynic might argue that, like pumpkin-flavored treats appearing in stores during the first week of August, these successes are merely the product of early excitement for the Halloween season.

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