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Rowe Price & Associates, is turning to a heavy hitter to head up its legal team. After leaving Munger in 2015, Bleich became partner at Dentons and led the firm’s global consulting group. Cruise, the subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, automaker Honda and T. ambassador to Australia.
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