Article: FINDINGS: EXEC EXITS JACOB & CO....NIECE BAGS...EYES FOR BETSEY JOHNSON.(Dooney and Bourke Inc. signs Emma Roberts for new handbags campaign)(Betsey Johnson Inc. signs licensing agreement with Legacie Accessories )(Jim Haag joins Verdura after leaving Jacob & Co.)

EXEC EXITS JACOB & CO.: Jim Haag, former managing director of sales and marketing at Jacob & Co., has left to become executive director of sales and marketing strategy at Verdura, the 67-year-old jewelry firm known for adorning the likes of Rita Hayworth, Katharine Hepburn and Babe Paley.

That's a big leap from the custom-bling world of Jacob & Co. created by founder Jacob Arabov and clients such as Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams. Haag said Arabov's arrest in June on federal money-laundering charges had nothing to do with his departure. Arabov has pleaded not guilty to participating in an alleged scheme to launder more than $270 million in illegal narcotics proceeds involving ...

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