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16 hrs ago | University of Cambridge News Stories

Sassoon campaign moves a huge step forward after NHMF grant

Cambridge University Library has taken a huge step towards acquiring the archive of Siegfried Sassoon's personal papers after the announcement of a 550,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Retail, Sothebys Holdings

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Art Knowledge News

Sotheby's Auction to Feature Group of Israeli Art from the Phoenix Collection

Sotheby's Israeli and International Art sale is a much anticipated annual event held in autumn in New York.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Retail, Sothebys Holdings,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Ticker

U.S. Stocks Rebound; Oil Falls, Gold Up

Stocks in New York closed higher and three popular indexes rebounded in the afternoon.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, New York, Restaurant Management, Starbucks, International Game Technology, Gaming, Retail, Sothebys Holdings

Thu Nov 05, 2009

China Daily

Auction of relics angers the public

China officials yesterday renewed objection to an auction of looted Chinese relics, following a flood of criticism from netizens over Wednesday's auction of an imperial jade seal in London.

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Related Topix: Retail, Sothebys Holdings

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Reuters

Activity, prices bounce back at Sotheby's auction

If there is distress in the art market, it was not on view at Sotheby's on Wednesday as the auction house sold more than $180 million worth of Impressionist and modern art at a sale exceeding even the most optimistic expectations.

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Related Topix: Retail, Sothebys Holdings

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Star Tribune

Special project: The Tom Petters fraud case

A partner in a Minneapolis investment firm testified Friday in the federal fraud trial of Wayzata businessman Tom Petters that the high-energy wheeler-dealer and his team moved at a fast pace and were always looking for investors.

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Related Topix: Wayzata, MN, Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN

Mon Nov 02, 2009

KESQ

Whistleblower recounts money problems at Petters

A longtime aide to a Minnesota businessman accused of operating a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme said Monday that he was struggling to find new money and hold off nervous investors by the time she went to federal prosecutors to report the alleged scheme.

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Related Topix: Wayzata, MN

Kansas City Star

Russian rarity from Ariz. sells for $1.3M in NYC

A miniature portrait of Czar Peter the Great in a diamond-encrusted frame - owned for decades by an Arizona family that didn't realize its historic significance - has been auctioned for $1.3 million.Sotheby's auction house says the 18th-century Russian treasure was purchased Monday by an anonymous telephone bidder for 10 times its pre-sale estimate ...

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Related Topix: Retail, Sothebys Holdings

Sun Nov 01, 2009

NY Daily News

Ponzi schemer caught red-handed, says on tape 'this is one big f---ing fraud'

Petters Group Worldwide LLC founder Thomas Petters , charged with overseeing a $3.5 billion Ponzi scheme, admitted he knew his phony deals over electronic equipment amounted to a crime, a prosecutor said.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

SF Gate

Investor details $60M lost in alleged Petters scam

Jurors in a Minnesota businessman's fraud trial heard Friday how one hedge fund was fooled into losing $60 million in what prosecutors call one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever uncovered.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Minneapolis/St Paul City Business

Petters trial day 2: Prosecutors say fraud went back years

Federal prosecutors on Thursday used initial testimony to try and prove that Minnesota businessman Tom Petters was committing fraud as early as 2000 - the seeds of what authorities say became a multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

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Related Topix: General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Fairfield, CT, Retail, Costco Wholesale, Wal Mart Stores

Bizjournals.com Internet

Tom Petters trial opens

Tom Petters used the billions he defrauded from hedge funds and close friends to prop up his image as a "corporate tycoon" and to support his extravagant lifestyle, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Dixon told jurors in court on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, St. Paul, MN, Manufacturing, Mendota Heights, MN

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Penticton Herald

After 42 years forgotten in closet, Warhol self-portrait to be auctioned in NYC

Sotheby's is auctioning a self-portrait by Andy Warhol that was recently found after being forgotten in a closet in New York City for more than 40 years.

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Related Topix: Retail, Sothebys Holdings

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Byron letters get nearly $460,000 at UK auction

A British auction house says a set of 15 letters and other writings by the rakish Romantic poet Lord Byron have sold for 277,250 pounds .

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Related Topix: Retail, Sothebys Holdings

Metromix Rochester

Uncle Ralph's keeps the steaks moving

Ralph Bushey of Ontario cooks barbecue outside of Nathaniel's Pub on Exchange Boulevard earlier this month.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Bar-B-Q, Rochester Metro, Rochester, NY, Webster, NY

Art Knowledge News

Sotheby's Fall Auction of Russian Art in New York Offers Fine Fresh Works

Sothebya TMs fall auction of Russian Art in New York, comprising fine and applied works of art, will be held on Monday November 2, 2009.

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Related Topix: Retail, Sothebys Holdings

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

Trial of Tom Petters begins

Tom Petters used the billions he defrauded from hedge funds and close friends to prop up his image as a "corporate tycoon" and to support his extravagant lifestyle, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Dixon told jurors in court on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Manufacturing, Mendota Heights, MN

ABC News

NYC Auction Set for Rare Portrait of Russian Czar

A miniature portrait of Russia's Peter the Great in a diamond-encrusted frame will be auctioned in New York City.

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Related Topix: Retail, Sothebys Holdings, Entertainment

National Public Radio

Letters Offer An Intimate Portrait Of Poet Lord Byron

An earlier collection of letters by Lord Byron was auctioned off at Sotheby's in 1885 for about 150 pounds .

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Related Topix: Retail, Sothebys Holdings, Portugal, World News

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Victoria Star

42-year-old Toronto-based auction house Ritchies forced into bankruptcy

The beleaguered Toronto-based auction house Ritchies Auctioneers has been forced into bankruptcy.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Retail, Sothebys Holdings

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