There are rumors of rogue walruses that prey on seals, puncturing them with their tusks, then sucking out the fat with their powerful mouths.

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Word has it the next piece of fat VikramPanditVikram Pandit will be sucking out of Citigroup will be its life insurance unit Primerica, one of the first acquisitions Sanford Weill made when he began building his financial services supermarket.

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