Fourteen hours after their initial descent, the two tree-sitters, a male and a female who goes by the name "Olive, " left their tree-top roosts after speaking with Celaya.

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Tom Pritzker also runs Hyatt, which the family reportedly has been prepping for an initial public offering (see " Shaking The Family Tree" and Readers Say), as well as the family's investments in Royal Caribbean Cruises (nyse: RCL - news - people ).

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The initial request to fell it was made in 2006 by a resident claiming the tree was damaging a boundary wall and drain.

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By the late 1990s he was overseeing a team of 200 analysts who used decision-tree economics to determine the value of a case at various stages along its life cycle, from initial filing to post-verdict appeal.

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