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...But the writing was already on the walls of the New York offices of Wedgwood Inc. (USA)....
...But we had a gem, with a butler’s pantry full of Waterford crystal, Wedgwood and exotic tea sets of the thinnest porcelain; original Stickley furniture in the dining room; the two Steinway concert grands...
...I am expecting to see plastic containers, but the food has already been transferred on to fine Wedgwood porcelain. Our places have been set with linen napkins, embroidered with the KKR initials....
...Examples include the UK high street retailer Woolworths, which closed in 2009, and tableware company Waterford Wedgwood, which collapsed into administration the same year....
...Clarion Capital, a US-based buyout group, has made a bid for Waterford Wedgwood, the troubled Irish glassware and crockery group placed in administration last month, reports The Times....
...Waterford Wedgwood collapsed into administration earlier this year. Royal Doulton is no more....
...Waterford Wedgwood employs approximately 1,900 staff in the UK, with another 5,800 covering the USA, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Japan and Asia....
...Just a week ago, Waterford Wedgwood, the luxury tableware maker. was put into receivership....
...First Waterford Wedgwood, owner of the luxury crystal and china brands, was placed in receivership....
...Credit spreads in both Europe and the US widened slightly as fears about corporate defaults were heightened by Waterford Wedgwood’s fall into administration and receivership....
...Waterford Wedgwood, the troubled tableware company chaired by billionaire businessman Sir Anthony O’Reilly, has asked the Irish government to guarantee €39m (£31.2m) of new debt....
...Although 3.1bn shares changed hands, this was inflated by heavy trading in three Irish stocks, Petroceltic, unchanged at 15p, Waterford Wedgwood preference shares, steady at €0.04, and Ryanair, unmoved at...
...Jasper Conran has found that his collaborations with Wedgwood china and Waterford crystal and his bespoke furniture range have attracted new people to his work....
...Royal Doulton firmed 14.8 per cent to 11.6p after the china maker agreed to a 12p-a-share offer from Waterford Wedgwood....
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