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Two of Yayoi Kusama's pumpkin sculptures went for $500,000 each, and several of her paintings also found buyers. PARIS – As Judd Tully reported, sales at the fair are proceeding at a fast clip, leading some dealers to call last week's successful Frieze fair comparatively slow. Here is a l

Sweden's Ericsson Q3 profits soar -

Ericsson revenues in the July-September period rose to 47.5 billion kronor, from 46.4 billion kronor in the year-ago quarter, coming in somewhat below expectations due to changes in exchange rates. The company said it is still seeing the effects of a component shortage in the sector, but that it is

The Magnificent Art of the Medicis Fills Paris's M

PARIS – In a show of 150 objects that once belonged to the Medici dynasty, Paris's Musée Maillol reveals how these rich apothecaries from Florence became bankers and then princes of Europe — defining the future of Western art along the way by surrounding themselves with the gre

Japan promises to talk to China despite protests -

Associated Press Writer Anita Chang contributed to this report from Beijing. Maehara said that he is trying to work out a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Separate talks between Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Jiabao Wen are being arranged on the sidelines of

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Chanel has also increased the price of some of its classic wares by as much as 20 percent. Meanwhile, Longchamp, France's biggest handbag maker which has hired super-model Kate Moss as part-time designer, told Reuters last month 2010 would be a record year with sales up as much as 25 percent. A

Comedian Mike Birbiglia sleepwalks to comic riches

Birbiglia said his style developed into a form of storytelling that was observational as well as thematic and would lead the audience and readers to think more deeply about such topics as family relationships and self-realizations. Birbiglia, best known as a stand-up comic whose off-Broadway show -

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PARIS – In a show of 150 objects that once belonged to the Medici dynasty, Paris's Musée Maillol reveals how these rich apothecaries from Florence became bankers and then princes of Europe — defining the future of Western art along th

Stan Lee joins with MTV to create new comic series

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First, though, it has to be written and illustrated. MTV will hold a contest to find an undiscovered writer and artist to work on the new comic series. The winners will work with Lee and POW to develop the concept and create multiple issues.

Iraqi leaders not following US advice on gov't -

"Yes, the Americans have their view on how to form an Iraqi government," Askari agreed. "But it does not apply to the political powers on the ground and it is not effective."

Washington, which has its hands full with the war in Afghanistan and the hunt in Pakistan for Osama bin Laden, s

Last year's moonshot splashed up lots of water -

Apollo astronauts previously found traces of silver and gold in lunar samples facing the Earth. Specks of silver in the frigid polar crater are "not going to start the next `silver rush' to the moon," said planetary geologist Peter Schultz of Brown University,wholesale clothing bags cheap website

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