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Bill Ackman will debate a guy...for a million dollars; Tim Cook plans to give away all his money; "McDonald's Is Shilling Big Mac Clothing"; and more.
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$$$Activist Investor Bill Ackman Sets a $1 Million Debate Bet [Vanity Fair]

$$$Kleiner Sex-Bias Case a Watershed Moment for Women [Bloomberg]

$$$London Brewery Seeks Money and Profile in Crowdfunding Craze [Bloomberg]

$$$Oil Companies Reap Large Gains After Cashing In Hedging Bets [WSJ]

$$$McDonald's Is Shilling Big Mac Clothing [Gawker]

$$$Apple's Tim Cook will give away all his money: Fortune [Reuters]

$$$Headhunter contacts Morgan Stanley's Fleming about CEO job at BNY Mellon [Reuters]

$$$Man gets $9,172 for jail time from cocaine soap confusion [UPI]

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