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PREVIEW-Clearwire investors aim to force Sprint to sweeten bid
Reuters* Clearwire shareholders to vote on Sprint buyout May 21 * Investors holding 31 pct of minority shares against deal * Sprint under pressure to raise bid By Sinead Carew NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Minority shareholders of Clearwire Corp are...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Verizon Communications
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Beatles' guitar auctioned to the tune of $408,000
ReutersBy Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, May 18 (Reuters) - A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the event....Tags: Paul McCartney, Music, Lung Cancer, Entertainment, Manhattan (New York City)
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Hunt for those at fault for Spain's bank crisis gains pace
ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - The arrest of a prominent former Spanish banker is raising hopes among campaigners that the hunt for those responsible for the problems inherited by Bankia and other failed lenders will deliver results. As Spaniards struggle with a...Tags: Prisons, Banking, Spain, Economy, Business and Finance, Embezzlement
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Decoration is everything when it comes to French porcelain
What sells at antique shops and shows is determined by customers who might like traditional, modern, eclectic, country, Art Deco, Arts and Crafts, Victorian, Western or many other styles. Preferences are influenced by age, location and what a collector...Tags: Building Material, Arts and Culture, House Building, Cherries, Arts
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Food poisoning
The free egg salad sandwiches served at the farm auction on the north edge of Aurora in eastern South Dakota about 1922 was the culprit, ushering in ptomaine poisoning. Then there was the infamous Ed Ziebarth sale near Elkton in February 1931. At that...Tags: Farms, Salads, Coffee, Lifestyle and Leisure, General Practitioners
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Our Laguna: Friends all about lunching and reading
Hats and books were the order of the day at the luncheon hosted by the Friends of the Library on Tuesday at Three Seventy Common. "Ladies Who Lunch….and Read" reviewed books they recommended to supporters of the library and competed for prizes...
Tags: Painting, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Arts and Culture, Museums, Fine Artists
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FACTBOX-Official tally of bids and investments after Brazil oil auction
ReutersRIO DE JANEIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's national oil regulator late Thursday announced the total value of bids and additional investments in exploration pledged by companies during its auction of oil and natural gas rights earlier this week. The...Tags: Brazil, BG Group Plc., BP Plc, Energy Resources, Exxon Mobil Corporation
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Painting of late 'Golden Girls' actress Bea Arthur topless fetches $1.9 million at NYC auction
NEW YORK (AP) — A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. The painting is by artist John Currin and is titled "Bea Arthur Naked." It sold at Christie's auction of postwar and contemporary art...Tags: Painting, Celebrities, New York City, Arts and Culture, Arts
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A Hartford Wise Guy And A $500 Million Museum Heist
The Hartford CourantIt was a shore dinner in Maine a decade ago that transformed Robert Gentile, an aging, unremarkable wise guy from Hartford, into the best lead in years in one of the world's most baffling crime mysteries, the unsolved robbery of half a billion dollars...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Criminals, FBI, Justice System, Politics
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Movie collectibles of 1960s attracting new limelight
Movie memorabilia from the 1960s has enjoyed a renewed interest on the market lately. Specifically, screen legends and big budget movies spell value with collectibles on the auction block. For instance, 1960s-era movie stills have sold to collectors...
Tags: MGM Inc., Richard Burton, Entertainment, Movies
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EXCLUSIVE-Onex fails to find buyer for Carestream Health
ReutersBy Soyoung Kim and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Onex Corp has called off its auction of medical imaging firm Carestream Health Inc after failing to find a buyer that was willing to meet its price expectation of as much as $3.5 billion,...Tags: Blackstone Group, L.P., Eastman Kodak Company, The Carlyle Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance
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Green acre$
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- It was a sunny spring morning in March and farmers were gathered inside the Elkhart Community Building at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds for the Garber land auction. Some had plans to bid on the Goshen farm. More were there to watch....Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Arable Farming, Economy, Business and Finance, Religion and Belief, Middlebury
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