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Terra Firma is seeking about $2 billion in damages.
Terra Firma Case Goes to Jury Randall Smith 2010
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In summary, Terror Firma is probably the best of these in fannish terms, Thicker Than Water probably the most approachable for the non-fan.
October Books 19) A Midsummer Night's Dream nwhyte 2008
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All being governed by the word Firma: For, as I have faid, a long letting of thefe Vicontiels to Firme, had brought them to be a fetled charge, charged upon, and anfwe - red by the Sheriff; and he gather - ed up the Vicontiels to his own ufe, to make himfelf a Saver, and to make good his Firme.
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Mr. Hands said that if he had known that rival Cerberus Capital Management LP had instead dropped out of the bidding, he could have made a lower bid in the knowledge that Terra Firma was the only bidder in what he described as "a busted auction."
Guy Hands Takes Stand Randall Smith 2010
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Lily Allen went even further in an interview with The Word magazine: I hate Terra Firma.
EMI: the £4.2bn deal that turned the best of friends into bitter enemies Zoe Wood 2010
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David Wormsley, the Citigroup banker at the centre of the EMI fraud trial, told jurors in New York yesterday that he was "always truthful and honest as I could be" with Guy Hands, the private equity chief at Terra Firma.
Citigroup banker tells EMI fraud trial he was 'always truthful and honest' Edward Helmore in New York 2010
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If Terra Firma loses the case, it could be forced to hand over EMI to Citigroup, which has already booked $500m (£318. 5m) in interest on a $4bn loan for the purchase plus more than $175m in advisory fees.
Citigroup banker tells EMI fraud trial he was 'always truthful and honest' Edward Helmore in New York 2010
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It was clear to everyone, including Hands, that Terra Firma had overpaid for EMI.
EMI: the £4.2bn deal that turned the best of friends into bitter enemies Zoe Wood 2010
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So close was the relationship between the bank and the private equity firm that in one email Wormley suggested throwing a "Citi-Terra Firma party to celebrate all the deals we're doing."
Citigroup banker tells EMI fraud trial he was 'always truthful and honest' Edward Helmore in New York 2010
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Guy Hands of Terra Firma and David Worsmley of Citibank were once inseparable; tomorrow they face each other in a New York court in one of the most sensational financial trials for years
EMI: the £4.2bn deal that turned the best of friends into bitter enemies Zoe Wood 2010
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