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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Swiss watchmaker&amp;nbsp;Parmigiani&amp;nbsp;says the response it has received since its watches became the center of the latest FIFA scandal has been \"unanimously positive,\"&amp;nbsp;according to&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/em&gt;.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Members of FIFA's executive committee, along with other international soccer officials from the nations competing in the 2014 World Cup, received the $26,400 watch as part of a gift bag sent out by the Brazilian soccer federation before the tournament. But the expensive watches exceed the gift guidelines and FIFA has&amp;nbsp;set an Oct. 24 deadline to send the watches back or else face a disciplinary hearing.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Kobe Bryant threw down $10,000 so Tony Gaffney could gamble\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Parmigiani&amp;nbsp;has worked with the federation, known as the CBF, since 2011 and even has a line of watches inspired by the South American nation's team. According to the company's brand manager, Emilie&amp;nbsp;Jacquot, the watchmaker's website has never had so much traffic.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Brendan Maloy&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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