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Tintin drawing sells for record 1.55mn euros in Paris

  Paris / AFP An original drawing from “Explorers on the Moon”, widely regarded as one of the two best Tintin adventures, sold for a record 1.55 million euros at a Paris auction on Saturday, auction house Artcurial announced. The 50 cm X 35 cm drawing in Chinese ink by the Belgian cartoonist known as Herge shows the boy reporter, ...

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Facebook authorizes $6bn share buyback

  San Francisco / AFP Facebook’s board of directors authorized spending as much as $6 billion to buy back shares in the leading social network. The stock repurchase program would go into effect at the start of next year, potentially allowing Facebook to take advantage of a price dip triggered early this month by word that revenue growth will slow ...

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UK PM deploys financier husband to woo business

  Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May has enlisted her husband, who has worked in finance for more than 30 years, to help her charm business leaders as she prepares to take the country out of the European Union. The Mays are hosting chief executives of some of the UK’s biggest companies at a series of dinners in No. 10 ...

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