Thursday morning at 10:00 AM, the grand auditorium on the sixty-fifth floor of Vance Tower was filled to capacity. Over two hundred institutional shareholders, financial journalists from Bloomberg and Reuters, and federal regulators packed the tiered leather seating. Flashbulbs illuminated the vaulted ceiling, and live broadcast cameras transmitted the proceedings to global financial networks. At the center of the raised mahogany dais sat Julian Vance, immaculate in a bespoke three-piece…
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