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Monet's Waterloo Bridge returns to the Savoy, 110 years onupdated: Wed Dec 14 2011 14:04:00

A Claude Monet pastel drawing of London's Waterloo Bridge has gone on display in the Savoy hotel room where it was created 110 years ago.

London's record-breaking art auctionupdated: Thu Jun 24 2010 12:30:00

Asian bidders are making an impression at London's record-breaking art auction. CNN's Eileen Hsieh explains.

A visual feast for a bargainupdated: Wed Dec 09 2009 09:44:00

The visit begins with a 4,000-foot climb in a tram.

24 hours in Paris: Save time for a smooch in the city of romanceupdated: Mon Mar 30 2009 04:33:00

Truly appreciating the beauty of Paris is a pleasure that can't be hurried.

Fortune: Oil profits help art market defy gravityupdated: Thu Jul 03 2008 12:22:00

Luxury these days is a tale of two markets: consumers continue to snap up high-priced Louis Vuitton bags even as they balk at paying full price for Coach handbags. The same can be said of demand for works of art.

Swiss police recover stolen masterpiecesupdated: Tue Feb 19 2008 15:47:00

Police have recovered two of the four Impressionist paintings stolen earlier this month in a daring museum heist, police in Zurich, Switzerland said Tuesday.

Two stolen paintings recoveredupdated: Tue Feb 19 2008 15:47:00

Police in Switzerland recovered two Impressionist masterpieces stolen earlier this month. CNN's Mallika Kapur reports.

Van Gogh, Monet art goes in $163M heistupdated: Mon Feb 11 2008 20:26:00

Swiss police were scrambling Monday in search of three masked men who stole four Impressionist paintings worth about $163 million (180 million Swiss francs) Sunday in a heist police characterized as "spectacular."

Fortune: BIRD'S-EYE VIEWupdated: Mon Apr 04 2005 00:01:00

WHEN WILLIAM STARK WAS 10 years old, a nail he was hammering in the cellar of his home in Pittsburgh shot upward and plunged directly into his left eye. His injury was bad enough that a surgeon eve...

$17 million for Monet paintingupdated: Fri May 07 2004 12:31:00

A large painting of waterlilies by French artist Claude Monet sold for nearly $17 million Thursday night at Sotheby's, capping a two-day auction of impressionist and modern art that grossed $315 million.

Fortune: Bookmarksupdated: Mon Jul 19 1999 00:01:00

Janet Baker founded Dragon Systems, which makes speech-recognition software, with her husband, Jim, in 1982. Baker, who is CEO of the Newton, Mass., company, has a Ph.D. in computer sciences from C...

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