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"Under my fingernails, it's no longer the sacred earth of Djenne, but engine grease," Cisse told AFP, overcome with nostalgia for his former life.

From Barron's

Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck, having previously occupied an empty office block in northern Paris, used a former Paris university building for his show this last season.

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Vincent Reinhart, chief economist at BNY Investments and a former senior Fed staffer, said that by cutting rates in last year’s second half, the Fed “bought insurance in case something bad happened.”

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Citi’s former CEO Sandy Weill just gave the largest donation in veterinary medicine to the school that cared for his dog.

From MarketWatch

Doan, a former model and a stylist in London, also reached out from his then-home in the British capital to suggest they work together.

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