It's also possible that the advent of lower heels is a harbinger of happier days.

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Coming off the heels of disappointing third quarter results which drove Annaly shares lower by 3.59% Tuesday, Denahan-Norris may regret his impromptu soap-box speech.

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That big movement came hard on the heels of a disappointing earnings release last month, when Western Union announced lower-than-expected sales levels and said its earnings for the year will be below levels it had forecast in July.

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