The next day, it announced the sale of its operations in Central Europe to Generali, an Italian insurer.

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Tickets that are not sold each day will be carried forward for sale the next day.

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"The collaboration is about having people come in to see beautiful works of art and objects from jewelry to paintings, in particular for the spring seasons kicking off the spring sales next week with our impressionist and modern evening sale and day sale on the 8th and 9th, " says Ms. Kim.

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So if an inventor shows her invention working at a trade show, demonstrates it for an angel investor group or offers a single unit for sale, it will not receive a patent even if she applies the next day.

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Awkwardly, though, Rosanna Wong, the head of the public-housing authority, announced the next day that she would put up 16, 000 public-sector flats for rent rather than for sale, and that she would ensure cheaper loans for home buyers.

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