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London Art Sales Soar

Bacon tops Sotheby's contemporary auctions; London shows new art-market clout

Jun 25, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Francis Bacon took top honors and Damien Hirst became the highest-priced living artist—beating out Jasper Johns—at Sotheby's contemporary auctions in London last week. A 1971 Bacon self-portrait went for $43.2 million, and the Hirst pill cabinet called "Lullaby Spring" for $19.4 million. "Hirst is... More »

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art market • London • art • Sotheby's • Damien Hirst • Francis Bacon • auction

Mo$cow: World's Priciest City

London second, Seoul third in worldwide survey

Jun 18, 07 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moscow is the world's most expensive city for expats, according to an annual human resource study. A cup of Muscovite coffee can run more than $6, and lodging in the Russian capital can send foreign workers from rubles to rags. London placed in the survey, which compared costs of living... More »

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Russia • London • New York • Moscow • money • Cost of Living • Paraguay • Asuncion

World's Top 50 Business Centers

Jun 14, 07 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. London
  2. New York
  3. Tokyo
  4. Chicago
  5. Hong Kong
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London • Chicago • New York • Hong Kong • business • list • top business centers • Tokyo

Italy Acquits Five in "God's Banker" Murder

Judge cites insufficient evidence in 25-year-old mafia hanging

Jun 6, 07 9:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge in Rome exonerated five suspects on trial for the 1982 murder of Roberto Calvi, citing a lack of evidence. Calvi—known as "God's banker" for his closeness to the Vatican— was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London in a presumed suicide. Newly discovered forensic evidence led... More »

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fraud • London • Italy • Robert Calvi • Blackfriars Bridge • Freemason • Rome • God's banker • Vatican • Banco Ambrosiano • Mafia • banking • scandal

'No Go to the Logo,' Say Londoners 

Olympics logo is making people not only furious but physically ill

Jun 6, 07 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Londoners loathe the logo unveiled Monday for the 2012 Olympics so much that 30,000 have already signed a petition demanding a new one. The jagged pink-and-orange rendition of 2012  took a brand-consultancy firm $800,000 and more than a year to design; Olympics organizers, calling it "dynamic" and... More »

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London • 2012 London Olympics • Ken Livingstone • logo • design • epilepsy • Olympic Games

Blaze Ravages London Clipper

A fire ravaged the historic Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London this morning

May 21, 07 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fire ripped through London's historic Cutty Sark early this morning, nearly destroying the 138-year-old tea clipper. But an ongoing £25 million restoration saved the ship, which has drawn 15 million tourists to its south-east London dock since it opened in 1957. Much of its structural foundation, including its... More »

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London • tourism • Cutty Sark • England • Greenwich • ship

Bubbles Painter Washed Up
No Longer

Britain's Tate plans retrospective on soapy artist Millais

May 16, 07 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - London's Tate Britain gallery is trying to rescue the cred of a Victorian painter whose best known work is synonymous with crass commercialism. Pre-Raphaelite John Everett Millais is best known for Bubbles, which he sold to the Pears Soap company to make it one of the most reproduced images in... More »

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London • art • Tate Gallery • John Everett Millais • painting

Fertilizer Bomb Suspects Convicted

After long trial and deliberations, five British citizens convicted of massive plot

Apr 30, 07 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A London jury brought in convictions today for five men in the 2004 fertilizer bomb plot that targeted hundreds of shoppers in a British mall. The plotters, all of them U.K. citizens, may get life in prison. Two other suspects were acquitted in the conspiracy, after a 27-day deliberation,... More »

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terrorism • London • london transit attacks • bomb • fertilizer bomb

Nasdaq Options Philly Mart

Eyes exchanges options business

Apr 11, 07 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange is looking to expand into the options-trading market, and it's in talks with the Philadelphia Stock Exchange about a possible merger. Nasdaq's bid to buy the third-largest options trading exchange, valued at up to $300 million, comes as a number of bigger exchanges are on the... More »

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stock market • London • NASDAQ • Philadelphia Stock Exchange • merger • business • stocks • finance • London Stock Exchange • Philadelphia

UK About-Face On Sailors Selling Stories

Public outcry leads to ban on further embarrassing interviews

Apr 10, 07 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British Ministry of Defense bowed to public opinion last night and banned further media deals for the sailors and marines released from captivity in Iran. The decision to let the detainees sell their stories had "not reached a satisfactory outcome," the defense secretary said. More »

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Iran • media • Middle East • Rupert Murdoch • Faye Turney • London • Tehran • The Sun • United Kingdom • tabloids • Arthur Batchelor • Britain • hostage

Charges Filed in London Bombings

Three men charged with conspiracy
in 2005 tube and bus attacks

Apr 6, 07 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three men have been charged in the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London mass-transit system. The suspects, Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem, and Mohammed Shakil, are accused of conspiring with the terrorists who blew themselves up in the tube and on a bus, killing 52. Surveillance cameras recorded the men... More »

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terrorism • London • subway • transit • london transit attacks • bombing • Peter Clarke • Britain

British Captives
Standoff Stiffens

Experts say there is no clear border between Iran and Iraqi waters

Mar 30, 07 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - London and Tehran and ratcheted up the rhetoric over the 15 British soldiers being held captive in Iran yesterday, the LA Times reports: Britain got the UN Security Council to issue a statement of "grave concern," while Tehran released more video of sailors professing guilt and issued charts... More »

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Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Tony Blair • diplomacy • London • Tehran • captives • Persian Gulf • Britain

Iran Promises Female Soldier's Release

Britain steps up pressure by freezing business activity

Mar 28, 07 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran promised to release by Friday the female sailor captured along with 15 men in a British patrol boat last week. England stepped up pressure to free  the soldiers by cutting off "bilateral business" and publicizing secret documents which mark its boat nearly two miles from Iranian waters at... More »

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Iraq • Iran • War on Terror • United Nations • military • Middle East • diplomacy • Faye Turney • London • Tehran • captives

Financial Action Flees
to London

Goldman Sachs is now doing as much business abroad as on Wall Street

Mar 20, 07 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street’s position as the center of the financial universe—unchallenged for more than a century—is under serious threat from the City of London, according to John Gapper. London is catching up with Gotham in bond trading, already ahead in derivatives and the place to be for really... More »

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investing • international trade • Wall Street • London • New York City • Goldman Sachs • business • finance

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