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12/5   http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bank-Julius-Baer-CEO-dies-rb-13755979.html
        52-year-old CEO of Switzerland's largest wealth mgmt fund kills self
        \_ "wealth management."  Nice euphemism.
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finance.yahoo.com/news/Bank-Julius-Baer-CEO-dies-rb-13755979.html
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