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The story of history's most expensive painting and the art world's most epic battle -- The Bouvier Affair -- is about the enter a new chapter.
The Salvator Mundi —the world's most expensive painting — is the subject of a $1.29 billion battle between...
The story of history's most expensive painting and the art world's most epic battle -- The Bouvier Affair -- is about the enter a new chapter.
Danone prepares to sell US$1bn stake in Mengniu Bloomberg Danone SA is paving the way to sell its stake in China Mengniu Dairy Co (中國蒙牛乳業) later this year by converting the investment into a direct holding. The 9.8 percent stake is held indirectly and has a book value of 850 million euros (US$1.03 billion), the world’s largest yogurt maker said in a statement on Sunday. The majority of the proceeds would be returned to shareholders through a share buyback program. Danone SA chief executive officer Emmanuel Faber poses ahead of a press conference in Paris on Feb. 16, 2018. The F...
Prosecutors recommend suspended sentence for former French PM Balladur France 24 02/02/2021 NEWS WIRES © Patrick Kovarik, AFP Prosecutors in the corruption trial for former French prime minister Edouard Balladur on Tuesday called for him to be sentenced to a one-year suspended prison term. They said the 91-year old, tried on charges he used kickbacks from 1990s arms deals to help finance a presidential bid, should also pay a fine of 50,000 euros ($60,000). Balladur's former defence minister Francois Leotard, also on trial at Court of Justice of the Republic, which hears ca...