Jaffe blames movies for this recent shift.

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Mr. Gross has bought Treasury bonds in recent months to extend duration, a shift from earlier this year when his bets that Treasury yields would rise were hit by the flight-to-quality flows.

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And this contrast shows the dramatic shift that has occurred in business attire in recent years, as each industry has developed its own rules.

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This would require a big cultural shift for businesses, but in the same direction that the recent trend towards corporate citizenship has been carrying them.

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Cutting directly to the chase, recent economic data suggests that we may (the key word at this point in the game) be seeing a shift in the direction the winds are blowing.

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