While the Company cannot predict the outcome of this investigation with certainty, based on the information currently available to it, the Company believes that the outcome of the investigation will not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

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Even though none of the firms has been found guilty yet, Sotheby's has acknowledged that the dispute "could well have a material impact on Sotheby's financial condition".

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So does the material's hardness, and especially its surface condition.

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To improve your chances of getting full credit, provide a sales slip or gift receipt, return the item in new condition, unopened, and with all packaging material.

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Speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the material, the officials said the United States has lowered the threshold for information considered important enough to put suspicious individuals on a no-fly list or revoke their visas.

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The establishment of any solution capable of meeting the aforementioned first-order condition would likely result in enough success that the security product itself would become the subject of material direct attack, including by state actors.

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