Archive for April, 2008

Clock ticking on auction for Bonds’ last home run ball

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

The News Review:

- Clock ticking on auction for Bonds’ last home run ball
- Summit revises auction policy
- To throw 1st pitch, get gourmet meal, bid on auction
- US auction market shrinks by US$51 bil.
- They came. They bid. And now? We wait.
- Auctions – New York Times
- Auctions – New York Times

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Auction-Rate Market Shrinks With Failure Rate at 71% (Update2)

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The News Review:

- Auction-Rate Market Shrinks With Failure Rate at 71% (Update2)
- Alitalia shares up 12.50 pct to 0.45 eur in closing auction – bourse
- Stolen US military equipment found on auction site

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Japanese government bonds close flat to lower on auction results

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

The News Review:

- Japanese government bonds close flat to lower on auction results
- Auction Failures Force Students to Lose College Funds (Update2)
- Alitalia shares up 1.27 pct to 0.400 eur in closing auction – bourse
- Bank of Italy 3-month BOT auction 142.7 pct oversubscribed; yield…
- Builders to have huge auction of houses and vacant lots in Lapeer…
- Sky

Alitalia share price 0.395 euro in closing auction, down 21.0 pct -…

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

The News Review:

- Alitalia share price 0.395 euro in closing auction, down 21.0 pct -…
- Islamic manuscript sold for record price at London auction
- Chinese Contemporary Art Auction
- Mascon to develop online auction platform
- Classic Mustang heads to auction (+photos)
- Zimbabwe: Chinhoyi Earns $1 Trillion From Auction
- Auction Floor Announces Full Integration With AuctionZip.com

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Fed auctions another $50 billion to cash-strapped banks in battle…

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

The News Review:

- Fed auctions another $50 billion to cash-strapped banks in battle…
- ADC sees up to $22 mln charge on auction rate securities
- Fed’s TAF auctions 50 bln usd 28-day loans at 2.82 pct
- BoE to offer 15 billion pounds in 3-month money auction on April 15…
- ECB allots $15 billion at dollar-term auction facility

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Palm revises 3Q results, reports $25 million charge for auction-rate…

Monday, April 7th, 2008

The News Review:

- Palm revises 3Q results, reports $25 million charge for auction-rate…
- Auction Collapse Quadruples Fee for Bond Alternatives (Update2)
- Fed’s TAF to auction 50 bln usd, 28-day loans at 2.11 pct minimum…
- Auctions offer a way to speed up home sales
- Sotheby’s withdraws Sikh armour from auction
- Bank of Italy to auction 4.0 bln euro 3-mth, 8.0 bln euro 12-mth BOTs…

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Wireless Auction Unlikely to Shift Carrier Balance

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The News Review:

- Wireless Auction Unlikely to Shift Carrier Balance
- Home owners skip auctions as gloom sets in
- eBid Founder Goes from Stockbroker to Auction Entrepreneur
- The aura around Indian art

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Are online auctions too good to be true?

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

The News Review:

- Are online auctions too good to be true?
- SGPC for ban on auction of relics
- Auction know-how
- The Bidder

An Auction That Google Was Content to Lose

Friday, April 4th, 2008

The News Review:

- An Auction That Google Was Content to Lose
- Student Lenders Stifled by Auction-Rate Bond Failures (Update1)
- Get a steal of a deal at real estate auctions
- Ambac to address auction-rate securities, variable debt

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Qualcomm gets 8 licenses in spectrum auction for $558.1 mln

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

The News Review:

- Qualcomm gets 8 licenses in spectrum auction for $558.1 mln
- Lincoln Letter Sets Auction Record
- UK DMO auction of 3.75 bln pounds in 2010 gilts covered by bids 2.63…
- French Treasury bond auction 10-year yield 4.24 percent
- Fed to auction another $25 billion in Treasury securities this week
- Zimbabwe: Shortage of Packaging Materials Likely to Blight Tobacco…

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