By springtime, he was supported by a rich merchant syndicate under the patronage of Henry, Prince of Wales.

' I remember my news syndicate was so worried about what his reaction might be, and we were all surprised when he telephoned and told me how thrilled he was with it.

Alphonse Gabriel " Al " Capone ( January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947 ) was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate.

His syndicate, which has since become Universal Uclick, has said that the painting was the first new artwork from Watterson that the syndicate has seen since Calvin and Hobbes ended in 1995.

By, Somers was at the end of his tether, and sold the team to a syndicate headed by Chicago railroad contractor James C. " Jack " Dunn.

With most of his money tied up in the Indians, Veeck was forced to sell the team to a syndicate headed by insurance magnate Ellis Ryan.

Theories that Cronje was murdered on the orders of a cricket betting syndicate flourished after his death and were most recently re-floated by former Nottinghamshire coach Clive Rice in the wake of the death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer in March 2007.

Dirks sued, and after a long legal battle, the Hearst papers were allowed to continue The Katzenjammer Kids, while Dirks was allowed to syndicate an almost identical strip of his own for the rival Pulitzer newspapers.

The franchise was sold for $ 1 million to a five man syndicate headed by Sonny Werblin of the Gotham Football Club, Inc. in February 1963.

The club was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets after a syndicate led by future NFL commissioner Bert Bell purchased the rights to a Philadelphia franchise from the league.

One such Mafia syndicate was led by crime family patriarch Honore Vashon ( played by Harold Gould ), a character introduced in the fifth season.

The notorious First Ward ( encompassing downtown, which had many businesses but few residents ) was tied to the local mafia or crime syndicate, but Daley's own ward was supposedly clean and his personal honesty was never questioned successfully.

( Brewster, Chiswell, and Herringman were members of the six-man syndicate that published the third Ben Jonson folio in 1692 ; Herringman was one of three stationers who issued the second Beaumont and Fletcher folio in 1679.

Lately the Lourenço Marques Oil Refinery was established by the Sociedade Nacional de Refinação de Petróleo ( SONAREP )-a Franco-Portuguese syndicate.

It was also during the 1960s that the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club began to grow into a formidable motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate.

After Knox died in April 1944, Stevenson returned to Chicago where he attempted to purchase Knox's controlling interest in the Chicago Daily News, but his syndicate was outbid by another party.

The situation was worse in the capital, where the Bình Xuyên organized crime syndicate boasted an army of 40, 000 and controlled a vice empire of brothels, casinos, extortion rackets, and opium factories unparalleled in Asia.

As with all syndicate ghostwriters, Benson was paid a flat fee of $ 125 to $ 250 for each Stratemeyer-outlined text ; the equivalent of three month's pay for a newspaper reporter at that time.

He noticed that the material offered by a syndicate to the magazine was not very good, so he wrote a serial which was bought by the syndicate for 75 pounds.

He assembled a syndicate and formed the Comedy Opera Company, with Gilbert and Sullivan commissioned to write a comic opera that would serve as the centrepiece for an evening's entertainment.

The industry saw a major breakthrough in 1962 when the government granted the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau ( STDM ), a syndicate jointly formed by Hong Kong and Macau businessmen, the monopoly rights to all forms of gambling.

In 1996, under new owner John Moores ( a software tycoon who purchased controlling ownership in the team in 1994 from Tom Werner, who subsequently formed a syndicate that purchased the Boston Red Sox ) and team president Larry Lucchino, and with a team managed by former Padres catcher Bruce Bochy ( a member of the 1984 NL championship squad ), the team won the NL West in an exciting race, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in the final series of the regular season.

The resourceful Weeghman formed a syndicate including the chewing gum manufacturer William Wrigley Jr. to buy the Chicago Cubs from Charles P. Taft for about $ 500, 000.

The original plat for Edmond was prepared by the Seminole Town and Development Company, a newly formed syndicate with ties to the railroad.

Captain Aaron Olmstead, a wealthy sea captain in the China trade out of New England, was one of 49 investors who formed a syndicate in 1795 to purchase a major part of the Western Reserve from Connecticut.

Rupert put an initial investment of £ 270 of his own money into a proposal for a fresh expedition and set about raising more ; despite setbacks, including the Great Fire of London, by 1667 he had formed a private syndicate and leased the Eaglet from the King for the expedition.

In 1870, twelve people, known as the " 12 apostles ", formed a syndicate to purchase the land for around £ 1 10s an acre (£ 371 per km² ).

In 2000, Hansen formed Talonian Productions to syndicate the show himself.

European investors in the Oregon and San Francisco Steamship Line, after building new vessels, became discouraged, and in 1879 Villard formed an American syndicate and purchased the property.

Oracle Racing is an American sailboat racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America ’ s Cup.

A syndicate is a self-organizing group of individuals, companies or entities formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest.

In 1950, William H. Cane, for whom the Cane Pace is named, headed a syndicate formed as the Algam Corporation which acquired Empire City and converted it to Yonkers Raceway.

Finally, in 1877, Carte organized a syndicate of four financiers and formed the Comedy Opera Company, capable of producing a full length work.

John Hawkins formed a syndicate of wealthy merchants to invest in trade, including that of slaves.

The industry saw a major breakthrough in 1962 when the government granted the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau ( STDM ), a syndicate jointly formed by Hong Kong and Macau businessmen, the monopoly rights to all forms of gambling.

In 1914, William Randolph Hearst expanded his International News Service wire syndicate into the International Picture Service, a syndicate formed to create newsreels, when newsreels were an entirely new idea.

Launched in March 2000, this syndicate is restricted to Grand Cru proprietors and was formed with a single purpose: " To defend and promote the quality of Chablis Grand Cru wines ".

Eager to liberate the English stage from risqué French influences, and emboldened by the success of Trial by Jury, Carte formed a syndicate in 1877 to perform " light opera of a legitimate kind ".

Lithuanian-born Oliver formed a syndicate, the Ocean Life Research Foundation, which allegedly had some $ 100, 000, 000 for the project and had offices in New York and London.

Rather than capitulate, the manufacturers formed " the Shuttle Club ", a syndicate which paid the costs of any member brought to court ; their strategy of patent piracy and mutual indeminification nearly bankrupted Kay.

Within a year of Hadden's death, Luce formed a syndicate, which succeeded in gaining hold of Hadden's stock.

The purchasers of the mine were led by Hugh Matheson's Matheson and Company, which ultimately formed a syndicate consisting of Deutsche Bank ( 56 % ownership ), Matheson ( 24 %), and railway firm Clark, Punchard and Company ( 20 %).