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Francine Lacoy in London, David Gura,

off David sent us Francine a photo of his seats at the Super Bowl.

It's unreal.

He's like literally, I kid you not at the 47 yard line.

It's just, I don't know which side he's on, like Patriots or Falcons. This is beyond well timed.

We take it is a great privilege to have Alan Kruger

with us in Jobs Day.

But Professor Kruger, I think there can never

be a better time to speak to you now about the raging

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