Posted AT 10:10 AM EDT on 15/02/08
Pattison goes for the record books
To heck with just setting records. Vancouver billionaire Jimmy Pattison has decided to buy the record book.
Jim Pattison Entertainment Ltd. announced Friday that it has bought the storied Guinness World Records from Britain's HIT Entertainment Ltd. for an undisclosed price.
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