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CHICAGO NEWS
• Warby Parker, the affordable eyeglasses online based brand, is headed back to Chicago for a limited pop-up concept store. Starting Saturday Nov. 22, the Warby Parker Frame Studio will allow customers to try on glasses (sun and optical) and have their frames adjusted; they will also have a local photographer on-site everyday, so customers can have complimentary portraits taken! [INBOX]
NATIONAL NEWS
• The 24th richest man in the United States is about to pay one of the biggest divorce settlements in history. a judge in Oklahoma City has ruled that the 68-year-old Mr. Harold Hamm must pay nearly $1 billion to his ex-wife, Sue Ann Hamm. The judgment requires Mr. Hamm to pay his ex-wife about $320 million by the end of 2014. The rest is to be paid in chunks of at least $7 million a month. He did not have prenuptial agreement. [NY TIMES]
WORLD NEWS
• US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had few brief encounters on Tuesday during an Asia-Pacific summit in China. The two leaders would seem to have much to discuss but little chance of finding common ground. Communicating mostly by telephone over the past year, their contacts have been described as frustratingly tense as relations between Washington and Moscow have fallen to a post-Cold War low. [REUTERS]
SPORTS
• Monday Night Football, the Philadelphia Eagles routed the Jacksonville Jaguars 45-21 with strong plays from quarterback Mark Sanchez-300-yard game and triple-digit passer rating in his first start for the Philadelphia Eagles. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• Josef Ackermann has been nominated as chairman of Bank of Cyprus Pcl. a victim of the biggest debt restructuring deal in history, which Ackermann negotiated while he was head of Deutsche Bank AG. Shareholders are scheduled to meet Nov. 20 in Nicosia, Europe’s last divided capital, to approve the appointment.Backing him are Viktor Vekselberg, the second-richest man in Russia, and Wilbur Ross, the U.S. billionaire. [BLOOMBERG]
CELEBRITIES
• Last week it was reported that Jay Z bought a champagne company now PageSix reports how much he spent. $200 mil! That’s the amount JayZ paid for his stake in the Armand de Brignac brand, also known as the Ace of Spades champagne. [PAGE SIX]
FASHION
• Giambattista Valli has collaborated with Seven Jeans Women’s Wear Daily reports, the spring collection will include high-waisted jeans, dressy T-shirts in lipstick shades and animal prints. This follows the fashion house previous collaborations with Moncler & Nokia [WWD]
• Macy’s is set to launch a visual search app that will allow customers to snap photos of outfits they like and have the same or similar items identified from the retailer’s inventory.
LOOK OF THE DAY
• LUPITA NYONG’O
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