In many countries, the buyer must record the difference between the price of the acquisition and the target firm's reported assets as a new asset on its balance sheet.

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That is especially true if the buyer is a mining firm, earning near-record prices once more for its ore.

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Likewise, when you walk through the door, stores will know whether you are a frequent buyer of high-ticket items, or someone with an arrest record for shoplifting, and you will be treated in the context of who you are.

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Even the buyer, sushi chain owner Kiyoshi Kimura, who also paid out the record price last year, said the cost was "a bit high".

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The sale to an anonymous buyer is a landmark moment for the London art market and establishes a record price for any Post-War work of art sold at auction in Europe.

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But a digital-only version of the record, available on October 10th, can be purchased for whatever price the buyer deem fit, which has just about everyone in the music industry a buzz.

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Here is what I have been hearing from people very close to the situation who would only speak off the record: Anschutz got wind that Leiweke was trying to influence the choice of a buyer for AEG.

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