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Canadian billionaire buys Guinness Records book

AFP | By, Ottawa
Feb 16, 2008 11:36 AM IST

Jim Pattison Group holdings already include Ripley Entertainment Inc, which has operated Guinness World Records attractions for more than a decade.

Canadian billionaire Jimmy Pattison has bought the storied Guinness World Records book from Britain's HIT Entertainment for an undisclosed price, his company said.

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According to British newspapers, the sale sum was 180 million dollars.

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Jim Pattison Group holdings already include Ripley Entertainment Inc, which has operated Guinness World Records attractions for more than a decade.

"The coming together of Guinness World Records and Ripley's Believe It or Not! creates a historic combination of the world-leading authorities on records and record- breaking, and all that is unbelievable," Jim Pattison Jr said in a statement on behalf of the Group on February 15.

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