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...In a statement after the trial, the auction house said the verdict “totally vindicates Sotheby’s of any alleged misconduct....
...In a recent building auction she was running, she recalled, she kept a cast of mostly male billionaires and big developers cooling their heels....
...US regulators are wary of foreign takeovers of significant domestic assets. Members of the US’s United Steelworkers union voiced dismay about the deal, saying they had been excluded from negotiations....
...Results are mixed from the ongoing auction season in New York, reflecting a more selective pool of art-buyers at the highest end of the market....
...Brian Reissaus, former head of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, has joined Freshfields as a senior adviser on national security. Smart reads Crime . . ....
...’s Americas....
...Sotheby’s has agreed to buy the Brutalist building owned by the Whitney Museum of American Art on the Upper East Side, in a deal that will finally move the auction house closer to the heart of the New York...
...Allen and a two-part auction of about 220 works owned by the late Boston collector Gerald Fineberg....
...When he wrote on his website, “I believe in the United States of America. I believe in a strong national defence....
...United States Energy Award in 2021....
...Mixed-owner evening auctions now seem run-of-the-mill relative to the razzmatazz single-collector sales....
...Consignments are coming in thick and fast for New York’s auction season in November....
...At the top end of the market, hybrid auctions (held physically and simultaneously streamed globally) have become powerful platforms across all three auction houses, ArtTactic notes....
...New York’s marathon auction season wrapped up as strongly as it began. On May 18, Phillips hit its highest ever sale total of $192mn ($225mn with fees)....
...And it was passed also in Washington state — a version of the bill — earlier this year, and went into effect on June 9. So it’s now in the two states that most broadly cover the tech industry....
...In 2010, shortly after Uber was launched, the city introduced a new auction for medallions, the licences that give drivers the right to operate taxis....
...Monday’s event was the first of two auctions that will conclude the final chapter of the long-running divorce battle between the Macklowes....
...On a panel earlier this month, Griffin announced his intention to go “all in” to support a candidate who could defeat the current Democratic governor of his home state of Illinois, fellow billionaire JB...
...His multiyear, “material misrepresentations” included forged contracts, one of which named a stolen identity as the seller of a work, according to the United States Attorney’s Office....
...Winston Churchill, secretary of state for the colonies, was the dogged son of Lord Randolph Churchill, a legendary champion of Ulster....
...“The winner of that asset will be one of the largest land and mineral owners in the United States.”...
...The United States is about to go through a months-long liquidity crisis in the shops, restaurants and wallets of the real economy....
...The state of Missouri was the first to pass a labelling law in 2018. It limits use of the term “meat” to livestock and poultry meat. Missouri has since been sued....
...Dr Leana Wen, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said her group would challenge the bill in court if it was signed. “We have no choice....
...In this week’s auction, Contura — formed from the formerly bankrupt Alpha Natural Resources — has stepped up as a stalking-horse bidder for the mines it once owned, but it is not clear what price the assets...
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