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...knows what will happen, of course, when Sue goes up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City this Saturday. She may well end up in a natural history museum, rather than as a lawn ornament of the rich and famous...
Renno's talents will be tested as he faces the looming share sell-off. Nationalism runs high in Brazil, and many citizens oppose any auction of national patrimony. Government oversight is another perennial issue. Many important decisions about Petrobras are made not at corporate headquarters in Rio de Janeiro but at government ministries in Brasilia. In the past this has led to overstaffing and inefficiencies that could hinder the pace of future growth. "There has to be a change of mentality from being big to being more profitable," notes Ana Siqueira, an energy analyst with Icatu, a Rio de Janeiro...
...death of the Princess of Wales is bringing out the best in many people, but not everybody. Last week an ad appeared in the Wall Street Journal offering for sale a dress that had been bought at the Christie's auction of Diana's clothes. The purchaser paid $25,300 but has reportedly turned down $150,000. In Macau a Volvo dealership used a photograph of Diana in an ad touting the safety of its cars (Volvo canceled its contract). Finally, in Boston, three masked men tried to steal two dresses of Diana's that were in the window...
...father, and is considered the sensitive one, a "deep thinker," as Diana called him. During his parents' separation and divorce, he took on the role of his mother's protector, reportedly slipping tissues under her door when he heard her crying. He is said to have suggested the charity auction of her frocks last June. He also developed an early aversion to the press. At age 11, he had to be restrained from a fight with photographers on the ski slopes in Austria. And according to Richard Kay, a columnist for the Daily Mail who spoke to the princess...
...night of their death, the couple had decided to marry, according to some friends and relatives. Early in the summer, Mohammed al Fayed cleared out the Windsor villa in France and put 40,000 items on the auction block at Sotheby's. His family needed the extra space, al Fayed said, but some royal watchers breathlessly speculated that he was preparing a retreat for his son and the Princess of Wales. Few things would have proved more noisome to the royals than Diana, with an Egyptian husband and father-in-law, spending time in the former residence of another exile...