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Title: China's Largest Conglomerate Buys building at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
Post by: goxed on October 20, 2013, 12:30:39 AM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-18/chinas-largest-conglomerate-buys-building-houses-jpmorgans-gold-vault
"In what is the most remarkable news of the day, which has so far passed very quietly under the radar, Fosun International, China's largest private-owned conglomerate which invests in commodities, properties and pharmaceuticals also known as "Shanghai's Hutchison Whampoa", announced in a statement filed just as quietly with the Hong Kong stock exchange, that it had purchased JPM's iconic former headquarters, the tower built by none other than David Rockefeller, at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza for a measly $725 million.
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Title: Re: China's Largest Conglomerate Buys building at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
Post by: CEG5952 on October 20, 2013, 01:34:40 AM
huh. so what does this signify exactly, if anything?  ???


Title: Re: China's Largest Conglomerate Buys building at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
Post by: pedrog on October 20, 2013, 03:03:06 AM
huh. so what does this signify exactly, if anything?  ???

Nothing for bitcoiners...


Title: Re: China's Largest Conglomerate Buys building at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
Post by: fattypig on October 20, 2013, 03:08:31 AM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-18/chinas-largest-conglomerate-buys-building-houses-jpmorgans-gold-vault
"In what is the most remarkable news of the day, which has so far passed very quietly under the radar, Fosun International, China's largest private-owned conglomerate which invests in commodities, properties and pharmaceuticals also known as "Shanghai's Hutchison Whampoa", announced in a statement filed just as quietly with the Hong Kong stock exchange, that it had purchased JPM's iconic former headquarters, the tower built by none other than David Rockefeller, at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza for a measly $725 million.
"

I read the whole article and did not mention Bitcoin....


Title: Re: China's Largest Conglomerate Buys building at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
Post by: Marbit on October 20, 2013, 03:45:51 AM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-18/chinas-largest-conglomerate-buys-building-houses-jpmorgans-gold-vault
"In what is the most remarkable news of the day, which has so far passed very quietly under the radar, Fosun International, China's largest private-owned conglomerate which invests in commodities, properties and pharmaceuticals also known as "Shanghai's Hutchison Whampoa", announced in a statement filed just as quietly with the Hong Kong stock exchange, that it had purchased JPM's iconic former headquarters, the tower built by none other than David Rockefeller, at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza for a measly $725 million.
"

I read the whole article and did not mention Bitcoin....

I did the same thing, how disappointing.  :-\


Title: Re: China's Largest Conglomerate Buys building at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
Post by: b!z on October 21, 2013, 01:31:40 PM
A number of users from the Bitcoin Forum have expressed their frustration at this sale, saying, "I read the whole article, and it did not mention Bitcoin!"