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Punters Throng London’s Historic Christmas Meat Auction
Date: December 24, 2024
By Yann Tessier LONDON (Reuters) – Meat traders flung cheap turkeys to the highest bidders in a public auction at London’s historic Smithfield Market on Tuesday, a long-standing Christmas tradition whose future now hangs in the balance. For around 900 years, the site in the City of London financial district has been a hub for...
Exxon Talks Continue on Shallow-Water Block in Guyana Auction, Company Says
Date: December 3, 2024
HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil and partners are continuing to negotiate with Guyana’s government on the terms for developing a shallow-water oil block, an Exxon spokesperson said on Monday. Exxon, Hess and CNOOC won offshore block S8 in a bidding round launched in late 2022 by President Irfaan Ali’s administration. The...
UBS on Track to Fully Own China Securities Joint Venture
Date: November 26, 2024
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -One of UBS’s joint venture partners in China will sell its entire holding in a securities company, paving the way for the Swiss bank to fully own a sizeable securities brokerage in the world’s second-largest economy. Beijing State-owned Asset Management (BSAM) plans to auction off a 33% stake in the joint venture,...
Jeff Beck’s Guitars and Amps to Go on Sale in London
Date: November 16, 2024
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – More than 130 electric guitars, amps and other pieces of musical equipment that belonged to English guitar legend Jeff Beck will go on sale in London next year, Christie’s auctioneers said on Friday. Often described as a “guitarist’s guitarist”, Beck rose to fame with The Yardbirds, went on to...
Diamond Necklace Linked to Marie Antoinette Sells for $4.8 Million
Date: November 14, 2024
By Cecile Mantovani GENEVA (Reuters) – A diamond-studded necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that hastened the downfall of the doomed 18th century queen of France, Marie Antoinette, sold at auction in Geneva on Wednesday for 4.26 million Swiss francs ($4.81 million). Put up for sale by an Asian private collector, the Georgian-era...
Huge Crime Network Forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso Uncovered in Italy
Date: November 11, 2024
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network making and selling fake artworks attributed to some of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art including Banksy, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. Some 38 people were placed under investigation in Italy, Spain, France and Belgium on suspicion of conspiracy to handle...