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[INTERESTS] Infographic: The Ten Most Expensive Pieces of Art Ever Sold

Infographic: The Ten Most Expensive Pieces of Art Ever Sold By Cliff Kuang Last week, a mysterious rich man paid $104.3 million [1] for a six-foot tall sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, making it the most expensive piece of art ever sold. Following that news, GOOD and graphic-design firm Karlssonwilker [2] created an infographic of the ten most expensive pieces of art of all time. (Full-size here [3].) (The title, Not-So-Starving Artists, is deceiving because it's hard to starve if you're all dead. The real lucre goes to Christie's and Sotheby's, the two major auction houses.) Obviously, the graph is a schematic, but here's the actual works, if you're curious to learn more: 1.Walking Man I by Alberto Giacommeti--$104.3 million 2.Boy with a Pipe by Pablo Picasso--$104.1 million 3.Dora Maar with Cat by Pablo Picasso--$95.2 million 4.Adele Bloch Bauer II by Gustav Klimt--$88 million 5.Triptych, 1976 by Francis Bacon--$86.3 million 6.Portrait du Dr G...

[NEWS] Chocolate Bond

British high-end chocolate maker and retailer Hotel Chocolat , which currently operates over 40 stores in the UK, the Middle East and the US, wants to expand even further. But rather than turning to banks or big investors for money, they're inviting customer to buy bonds. Bonds that will pay chocolate returns. Two values of Chocolate Bond will be issued: both with the return paid in monthly Tasting Boxes. Holders of a GBP 2,000 Chocolate Bond will receive six free tasting boxes a year worth GBP 107.70 per year, and those holding a GBP 4,000 bond will receive thirteen boxes, worth GBP 233.35 per year. Which comes down to a 5.38% return. After an initial term of three years, and on every anniversary thereafter, bond holders can redeem their bond for a full return of their investment. If they decide to continue to hold the bond, the monthly boxes will keep on coming. The company doesn't have to worry about the logistics of interest payment in kind; it already operates a tasting...

[WORLD NEWS] Timeline: Battle for Ukraine

Timeline: Battle for Ukraine A controversial election campaign followed by a disputed result plunged Ukraine into a leadership crisis. The two principal players were the rivals for the presidency, pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and pro-EU opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, who emerged as the winner. BBC News charts how the crisis evolved. 23 January : Viktor Yushchenko is sworn in as Ukraine's new president ending the bruising election marathon. In taking the oath of office before parliament, Mr Yushchenko said he would defend the unity of Ukraine. 20 January : Supreme Court rejects Mr Yanukovych's final appeal against the result of the re-run election and declares Mr Yushchenko the winner. Parliament votes to hold Mr Yushchenko's inauguration on 23 January. Mr Yanukovych concedes he has lost the election re-run to Mr Yushchenko, telling supporters in his Donetsk stronghold: "The right of force has won against the force of the law." ...

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