Word: heists
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...York City police, acting on a tip, are making a bust in the heist of more than $1 million in jewels from world-famous Tiffany's last Sunday, police sources confirmed to TIME New York correspondent Massimo Calabresi. They expect to recover some or all of the precious purloined stones. Investigators were acting on search warrants for an undisclosed location this afternoon, and expected to arrest one or more suspects tonight. The tipster's motive for coming forward: a $50,000 reward from Tiffany's and its insurers for information on the theft...
...heist of over $1 million in jewels from world-famous Tiffany's might have been an inside job, according to the New York police. Two armed men, wearing ski masks, reportedly entered the Fifth Avenue store Sunday night. After binding four security guards with duct tape, the robbers left with almost 300 pieces of jewelry, valued at as much as $1.25 million, and the videotapes from security cameras. Tiffany's opened for business today, and Lloyd's of London has offered a $25,000.00 reward for information on the theft...
Police in Brussels recovered Picasso's Woman with Dark Eyes, one of seven artworks stolen last November in a $75 million heist from Stockholm's Modern Art Museum. Three Swedes reportedly tried to sell the painting, worth an estimated $7 million, to undercover agents posing as prospective buyers...
...executives were doing their best last week to minimize the shock of the Murdoch heist. At a Thursday press conference, CBS Broadcast Group president Howard Stringer pointed out that the affiliation switches affect only 8% of the network's audience and predicted that the ratings loss would amount to no more than two-tenths of a Nielsen point. (CBS was No. 1 in the Nielsens for the 1993-94 season with a 14.0 rating, 1.6 points higher than No. 2 ABC and 6.8 points better than...
...Great Gold Heist...