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Beijing's battle with bears moves into futures

China’s index futures traders are still betting jittery markets will fall further even as Beijing tries to prop them up, making the futures markets a key battleground in Beijing’s campaign to restore market confidence. Index futures, established in China in 2010, give investors a way to hedge risk, and also provide short-sellers another way to make money in a falling market. Traders note that China’s major future contracts, in particular

Jeff Bridges' Old World Montecito Estate Listed at $29.5M

Filed under: Celebrity Homes, Selling Jim Bartsch via ZillowActor Jeff Bridges and his wife bought the 19-acre estate from musician Kenny Loggins in 1994. By Melissa Allison Sometimes, there’s a house. Well, it’s the house for its time and place. It fits right in there. And that’s this house, in the California coastal retreat of Montecito. Actor Jeff Bridges — beloved as The Dude in “The Big Lebowski” and an