He'd blown a few deals over the years, overpaying for real estate himself, but the bottom feeder of yore had stepped off at the top.

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And the two combined for England's second when Cole's cross from the left was stepped over by Michael Owen and Rooney struck the ball into the bottom corner via a deflection.

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In November New York City-based Gordon Brothers Capital, an investment concern, stepped in and bought the business at what was apparently a rock-bottom price.

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