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Remember of The King Of Pop, 4 Years After His Untimely Death Four years have passed since Michael Jackson died, on June 25, 2009, from cardiac arrest caused by a lethal combination of prescription drugs. His death, later rumored to be a homicide, shocked fans and musicians across the world. Michael Jackson was famous since the year 1964, being the youngest member of the "Jackson 5", his family's Motown group. He continued to dominate the music industry with best-selling hits such as "Thriller," "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Dangerous", "They don't really care about us". Jackson is survived by his three children, Prince Michael Jackson II, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson.

In what is to be one of the biggest acquisitions for the year 2012, Britain based luxury mobile phones manufacturer, Vertu is now all set to be acquired by the European private equity firm Permira. The parent company of Vertu, Finland based mobile phone giant Nokia is now reportedly close to finalizing the deal, which as per estimates would bring in a whopping $264 million to Nokia.  Since the emergence and subsequent increase in popularity of Google Android smartphones as well as the iPhone series, Nokia has been feeling the pinch of aggressively competitive mobile phone market. Vertu, which was founded in the year 1998, has for more than decade served as the face of bespoke luxury mobile phones that though lack the evolutionary technological prowess, yet have charmed their way into the world of the rich and the affluent with their gorgeous looks, mind blowing hand crafted designs and insane price tags.  It wasn’t until October 2011 that the luxury phone behemoth launched ...

In September we told you about Rembrandt ’s legendary ‘Portrait of a Man’ would be going under the hammer. Well, it did last week. And the new and extremely proud owner of this materpiece is none other than the casino mogul Steve Wynn. From what we hear, he splurged a huge and record $33.2 million at the grand auction hosted by Christie’s in London last week. Let us remind you that this painting dates back to 1658 and has the portrait of a man, half-length with his arms akimbo. An insider told us that Mr. Wynn made the winning big over the teleophone. Though Wynn has not officially revealed that he was the winning buyer but there has been serious speculation more so after NY Times reported that he had consulted many art dealers and scholars to check their opinions of the piece before the sale. Most of us are quite sure as far as Wynn is concerned because he is quite and art afficionado and already possess pieces by Rubens, Vermeer and Cezanne. Not just that, he also ...