31.   The auction house said it agreed to take the item off the auction on Wednesday.

32.   The auction house said only one similar note was known to exist.

33.   The Carta publishing house said it wanted to help save lives.

34.   The auction house said the price was the highest for any item ever sold on the Internet and for any American historical document.

35.   The auction house said it was confident the dinners would be sold privately soon.

36.   The auction house said the jersey was sold to an unidentified telephone bidder.

37.   The auction house said Cartland had wanted her distinctive fashion sense to live on after her death.

38.   The funds would help Cheerful expand its China securities business, the broking house said.

39.   The fashion house said that it will return to Paris to present its Atelier collection for the high fashion showings in July.

40.   The house said futures market trading continued to remain volatile.