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CHICAGO NEWS
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s auxiliary Board’s new group of members will host their signature fall event, Last Call for Fall, tomorrow Nov. 13. Tickets are $35 until November 12, 2014 at 11:59 p.m., then $40 at the door. [NMH AUX BOARD]
• Several Chicago area restaurants were awarded Michelin stars and mentions yesterday, including Grace, Alinea(3 stars), Sepia, Sixteen to name a few . The sold out Michelin guide 2015 gala will be hosted today at the Cultural Center. [INSIDER ACCESS]
NATIONAL NEWS
•The U.S. is telling the United Nations that it now considers a ban against torture to apply to prisoners held by the U.S. overseas.Under the Bush administration, the U.S. interpreted the U.N. Convention Against Torture to apply only within U.S. borders. The White House says the U.S. will tell the U.N. this week that it interprets the ban as applying anywhere under U.S. government control, including Guantanamo Bay. [WASHINGTON POST]
WORLD NEWS
• Five major banks, including UBS, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Citigroup and JP Morgan have been fined a combined $3.4 billion for failing to stop their traders from trying to manipulate the foreign exchange (forex) market reports reuters. The banks earned a 30 percent discount for settling early. Bank of England fired its chief currency dealer, Switzerland’s UBS is paying the biggest penalty at $661 million. [REUTERS]
SPORTS
• The latest College Football Playoff Top 25, has a few shakeups. Oregon jumped from No. 4 to No. 2, Mississippi State remained No. 1, and TCU moved from No. 6 to No. 4. Baylor jumped five spots to No. 7, Ohio State is at No. 8; UCLA moved from No. 18 to No. 11, the biggest rise of any team, while Notre Dame fell from No. 10 to No. 18. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• Virgin Money Holdings plans to price its initial public offering at the lower end of its range, with a valuation of $2 billion. The low pricing reflects caution in a quarter where at least five IPOs in Europe have been postponed or withdrawn amid a stock-market sell off. [BLOOMBERG]
CELEBRITIES
• The butt that’s been seen the world over is on display again. To not talk about Kim Kardashian’s butt gracing the cover of Paper Magazine would be us not doing our jobs, and so we diligently report the cover is definitely NSFW and leaves little to the imagination. [PAPER MAGAZINE]
FASHION
• Nike’s collaboration with Brazilian designer Pedro Lourenço will be available tomorrow Nov. 13. [NIKE]
• The most expensive in the world fetched a record $21.3 million at auction in Switzerland Tuesday. The handcrafted gold Patek Philippe “Henry Graves Supercomplication” (One L Two Ps), took Patek Philippe five years to put the watch together for the NY banker it’s named after in 1925; Itweighs more than half a kilo and comprises 900 separate parts. [WWD]
LOOK OF THE DAY
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