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  2. List of most expensive paintings - Wikipedia

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    This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [note 1] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the painting was sold. The inflation adjustment may change as recent inflation rates are often revised.

  3. L'Homme qui marche I - Wikipedia

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    Including the buyer's premium the price reached £65 million (US$103.7 million). [ 14 ] The piece broke the record for a Giacometti work at auction, which was set at $27.5 million by Grande Femme Debout II in 2008, [ 16 ] and that for the most expensive sculpture sold at a public auction, which was held by the 5000-year-old Guennol Lioness ...

  4. 2003 mutual fund scandal - Wikipedia

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    As part of the settlement, Calugar will disgorge $103 million in ill-gotten gains and pay a civil penalty of $50 million.” On February 2, 2006, the SEC “announced that it filed an enforcement action against five former senior executives of General Re Corporation (Gen Re) and American International Group, Inc. (AIG) for helping AIG mislead ...

  5. Dolly Parton - Wikipedia

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    Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee. [4] She is the fourth of 12 children born to Avie Lee Caroline (née Owens; 1923–2003) and Robert Lee Parton Sr. (1921–2000).

  6. History of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    The first open source bitcoin client was released on 9 January 2009, hosted at SourceForge. [23] [24] One of the first supporters, adopters, contributors to bitcoin and receiver of the first bitcoin transaction was programmer Hal Finney. Finney downloaded the bitcoin software the day it was released, and received 10 bitcoins from Nakamoto in ...

  7. Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines, [g] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [h] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

  8. United States fiscal cliff - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 November 2024. 2013 tax increase and spending decrease This article is part of a series on the Budget and debt in the United States of America Major dimensions Economy Expenditures Federal budget Financial position Military budget Public debt Taxation Unemployment Gov't spending Programs Medicare ...

  9. Imelda Marcos - Wikipedia

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    During Ferdinand Marcos's first term, Imelda began doing the duties traditionally expected of a First Lady, mostly social events and public appearances. [81] Imelda became a power broker. Receptions at her offices in the Malacañang "Music Room" were sought after by cabinet members, heads of financing institutions, and business leaders who felt ...