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...Admirers included Mae West, Bette Davis, George Gershwin, Leon Trotsky, Errol Flynn, Orson Welles and Frida Kahlo....
...He also revealed he had paid off his $500,000-$1m credit account with Tiffany’s, the upscale jewellers, an account that caused derision when it was revealed last year....
...He is now trying to counter allegations that he was a paid lobbyist for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying that the beleaguered mortgage giants hired him as a history expert....
...When Capote was a boy, his mother Lillie Mae had left him in the care of an aunt for months at a time and gone to New York to party with wealthy men. “I knew a girl once, she was nothing like you....
...“There’s cachet in owning an artist-designed vase versus just a vase from Tiffany,” Quinn says....
...Tiffany’s & Co beat expectations as the jeweller reported a 31 per cent rise in second-quarter net earnings on a per share basis....
...His annual letter to Berkshire shareholders was described in Jeff Matthews’ blog as “much of what you’d expect”: … a self-confession or two, that old Mae West “Snow White” joke, one humorous new aphorism...
...Mortgage groups Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and investment bank Lehman Brothers remained on the minds of investors amid ongoing worries about their long-term health....
...Macy’s rose 4.5 per cent to $29.81, while Tiffany & Co, the jeweller, gained 4.8 per cent to $50.23....
...In addition, Fortune magazine reported that Fannie Mae’s losses could top $5bn. Shares in the mortgage lender fell 2.9 per cent at $35.18....
...Nordstrom, the upmarket store, fell 11.3 per cent to $32.38 and jeweller Tiffany & Co fell 11.6 per cent at $43.92....
...Electronics retailer Circuit City sank 4 per cent to $22.78, while jewellery company Tiffany & Co lost 3.3 per cent to $30.80....
...Tiffany, the jewellery retailer, also struggled, dropping 3.2 per cent to $40.79 after third quarter sales fell short of expectations....
...Among the high-end retailers Tiffany & Co rose 0.2 per cent to $29.98....
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