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Glorious history of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel

New York City's home away from home for presidents, royals and rockers was just sold to a Chinese insurance conglomerate for nearly $2 billion. The hotel's fi rst 121 years constitute a guest book of the American century

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Published: Nov 4, 2014 07:27:26 AM IST



(This story appears in the 30 November, -0001 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)

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