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Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup. (Tyrone Siu/REUTERS) ·Tyrone Siu / reuters Citigroup's cuts punctuate a tough year for Wall Street and the rest of the banking industry.

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The problem is the walls. In the living room, there is something that I think is called "rough plaster" - it looks as though there are small nonpareils under the plaster.