Sotheby's CEO to Step Down
He has worked at Sotheby's for 34 years, and during his 14-year tenure as CEO he has pushed it beyond the traditional auction hubs of New York, London and Hong Kong into mainland China, the Middle East and online. He also has had to negotiate a …
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Greater New York Watch: News Digest
A judge set bail at $ 7,000 and ordered Mr. Souid to surrender his passport. District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said Mr. Souid's “foolish” actions had put himself and others in danger. “It will not be tolerated,” Mr. Thompson said. “This is not a game …
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Battle of Jerusalem: What Congress should do now
In 2002, Congress passed a law requiring the State Department to issue to an American child born in Jerusalem a passport saying he was born in Israel. The bill passed almost unanimously. Yet when the American parents of such an American asked for such …
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Charlottean is thankful for 'where we are today'
In 1975, after retiring from the Davis Cup team, Marmareanu was stripped of his passport. For what he described as a great deal of money, he obtained a 72-hour tourist passport and defected to the United States, where he made his home in New York.
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