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...Israel’s government stepped in at the eleventh hour to halt the auction of Islamic art and watches from Jerusalem’s LA Mayer Museum, due to take place at Sotheby’s on October 27-28....
...The average price at online-only auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips was found to have tripled from $8,000 in 2019 to nearly $24,000 in the first eight months of this year....
...from Arianne Phillips....
...In 1974, Phillips-Van Heusen’s pension fund sold its shares in International Telephone and Telegraph at a heavy loss in protest at the US conglomerate’s political donations....
...Sotheby’s and Phillips were yet to field up to $400m of works in their evening sales as this column went to press....
...Stephan Mayer, a member of the ruling Christian Democrats, told Die Welt that Germans who participate in civil wars should be taken to court, although presently the German criminal code only punishes those...
...Adding to our enjoyment are Hedwig’s fanciful costumes, which were designed by Arianne Phillips....
...$2.02) Facebook $0.15 (N/A) Hennes & Mauritz Q4 SKr3.19 (SKr3.24) Nintendo Q3 Y186.45 (Y171.40) NTT DoCoMo Q3 Y2,713.18 (Y2,305.50) Nordea Bank FY €0.75 (€0.73) Northrop Grumman Q4 $1.74 ($2.09) Phillips...
...Simmons & Simmons was in talks with Mayer Brown, one of the largest Chicago firms, but these were abandoned last June after the firms decided that a combination was not the right option....
...Includes Azzedine Alaïa, Phillip Lim and Diane von Furstenberg (Diane von Furstenberg Luxe sandals, £113)....
...This is not such a case,” Lord Phillips said in the judgment. Angela Hayes, partner at law firm Mayer Brown, said on Wednesday that the case would have wider implications....
...Michael Garcia, US attorney for the southern district of New York, said Mr Collins helped Phillip Bennett, Refco’s former chief executive, hide more than $1bn owed to Refco by a company owned partially by...
...The company, which had gone public five months earlier, was valued at $4bn before it revealed that its former chief executive Phillip Bennett had failed to disclose a $430m debt he owed the company....
...Mayer Brown was unavailable for comment....
...In 1973, Julia Phillips became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Picture as co-producer of The Sting....
...According to Refco, its CEO, Phillip Bennett, assumed responsibility for those bad receivables in the 1990’s....
...US federal prosecutors and regulators have broadened their investigation into the collapse of Refco beyond the role of Phillip Bennett, its former chief executive, in the disguised transfer of bad customer...
...Now the spotlight has turned from Goldman Sachs to Mayer, Brown, which documented the loans that were used by Phillip Bennett, Refco’s former chief executive, to disguise his debt of $430m to the brokerage...
...Phillip Bennett, Refco’s former chief executive, was charged with securities fraud last month....
...Not, of course, that this applies to Mayer Brown – which is a partnership, not a corporation....
...Refco filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, one week after the group revealed that a company controlled by Phillip Bennett, its chief executive, owed $430m to the brokerage....
...Documents obtained by the Financial Times show that those agreements were drawn up by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw....
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