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BLOOMBERG NEWS' Emma Moody reports Philadelphia-based ARAMARK CORP. raised $690M in its IPO yesterday. Aramark sold 30 million Class B shares at $23 each. The shares are scheduled to trade today on the NYSE under the symbol RMK. GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. managed the IPO (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 12/11)....MARIAH CAREY will sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XXXVI (NFL)....In Toronto, Peter Mallett writes that the federal government "has thrown its support behind an ambitious" Canadian bid to host the 2014 WORLD CUP. Secretary of State for Amateur Sport DENIS CODERRE made the announcement at a press conference yesterday in Montreal (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 12/11)....DAILY VARIETY's Dunkley & Harris write that TOLLIN/ROBBINS PRODUCTIONS signed a two-year, "first-look production and distribution deal" with PARAMOUNT PICTURES (DAILY VARIETY, 12/11)....In L.A., Diane Pucin profiles Dodgers Assistant GM KIM NG, who said, "Not everybody understands how much work goes into putting a team together every year. The number of hours, the way it dominates your life. ... Baseball is still in my system" (L.A. TIMES, 12/11).