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Celebrated auction house fails to sell itself Christie's says `no sale' after end of talks with Swiss-led suitors
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Christie's, the London-based auction house, put itself on the
auction block in December, but after two months of intense
negotiations, it did not attract a bid high enough to accept.
Last week, Christie's announced that talks with a consortium led
by the Swiss-owned investment firm SBC Warburg Dillon Read about a
possible takeover had ended, despite fierce denials earlier last
week and statements that talks were continuing.
Since Dec. 10, when Christie's announced that it was c...
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Celebrated auction house fails to sell itself Christie's says `no sale' after end of talks with Swiss-led suitors
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Christie's, the London-based auction house, put itself on the auction block in December, but after two months of intense negotiations, it did not attract a bid high enough to accept. Last week, Christie's announced that talks with a consortium led by the Swiss-owned investment firm SBC Warburg
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Christie's Said to Weigh Takeover Offer; Group Bid $820 Million for Auction House, Sources Say
The Washington Post
; Christie's International PLC, the British company whose auction house has had a banner year of art auctions here this year, is considering an offer from a group of outside investors to buy the business for about $820 million, sources said today. Both Christie's and investment banker SBC Warburg
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Christie must find his perfect ending
The Independent - London
; Somebody needs to have a word with Linford Christie, and I don't mean in the way a couple of Metropolitan policemen did several years ago. No, this has to come from somebody he trusts and whose judgement he respects, which almost certainly rules out the majority of British sports journalists with
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Cason goes rolling, but Christie ready
The Boston Globe
; STUTTGART, Germany -- Linford Christie of Britain wears the crown of world's fastest human, but the burden of being Olympic champion appears to rest uncomfortably on his chiseled shoulders. Ask him about his chances against world record-holder Carl Lewis, and Christie says with a snarl that he's
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TOP 10 IN MEDIA MEDIA NO. 2 CHRISTIE HEFNER; Career built on guts, family ties -- and skin Series: CHICAGO'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
Chicago Sun-Times
; To comprehend the seemingly conflicting worlds of Christie Hefner, an ardent feminist who runs a skin magazine, you must understand that she is foremost a businesswoman. "To achieve things motivates me -- to be successful," said Christie, 51, who runs the Playboy empire from downtown Chicago. "I'm
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SOLVING THE MYSTERIES OF AGATHA CHRISTIE
The Boston Globe
; Agatha Christie has won enormous fame but little respect. This is the major theme of Gillian Gill's new biography, "Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries." "I originally had no intention of writing a biography of Christie," said Gill, 48, a specialist in modern fiction and feminist theory
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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You cannot look at Linford's body and not think: Steroids; CHRISTIE WEEPS AT DRUG SLUR.(News)
The Mirror (London, England)
; BRITAIN'S greatest sprinter Linford Christie yesterday launched a libel battle over claims that his famous rippling muscles betrayed the drug- taking that took him to the top. The millionaire sportsman broke down and wept in the High Court after his QC told how a scandal magazine branded him a
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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She's only 14 ... but Christie picks up pounds 400 a day pocket money as a cover girl; EXCLUSIVE: SCOTS SCHOOLGIRL GROOMED TO BE A SUPERMODEL.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; Christie Foley is pretty, but more girl-next-door than Claudia Schiffer. Like any other 14-year-old girl, she likes clothes, make-up and boys. But while her schoolfriends get by on a few quid for pocket money, Christie earns up to pounds 400 a day. This `ordinary' teenager from Dunfermline is being
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Under the hammer.(price-fixing case against Sotheby's and Christie's)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; SOTHEBY'S (founded 1744) and Christie's (founded 1766), the world's two biggest auction houses, are a peculiarly British success story. They have helped turn London into the centre of the international art market. In recent years, they have been taken over from abroad: Sotheby's by Americans in
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Part one: Crime of passion and lies ; The first of our exclusive two part extract from the book, The Bloody North, looks at the brutal slaying of beautiful young Penny McAllister. Her Army officer husband was having a sordid affair with Greenfinch, Susan Christie, the woman later convicted of the killing
Belfast Telegraph
; ... she ever found out about their affair he would end it immediately. That autumn Penny found that she was pregnant. She kept the news to herself. The diving club arranged a trip to Ascension Island in October 1990. McAllister was becoming more and more determined ...
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