Archive for August, 2006

EBay shares rise on news of Google deal

Monday, August 28th, 2006

EBay shares rose 3 percent in premarket trading on Monday after it announced it has struck a deal to have Google handle its Web search advertising outside of the United States.
The two companies also plan to join forces on a “click to call” service that would let buyers click a link to speak directly […]

London City Airport Auction

Monday, August 28th, 2006

UK Auction Info
CITIGROUP, the world’s largest bank, has made it on to the shortlist of bidders for London City Airport, pitting it against a number of high-profile rivals. The bank is bidding for the airport – owned by Irish financier Dermot Desmond – through its infrastructure fund .
The US bank is a strong contender due […]

Drawings attributed to Hitler for auction Sep 26

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

UK Auction Info
Twenty-one watercolors and sketches attributed to Adolf Hitler will be sold by a British auction house on September 26, officials said Friday.
The drawings were made when Hitler was a soldier serving in Flanders during World War I, said Ian Morris, auctioneer at Jefferys Auctioneers at Lostwithiel in Cornwall in southwest England.
The images, mostly […]

Webuy New Zealand online auction

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Traders using a new Internet online auction site will be allocated free shares in the New Zealand company that runs it, in a concept billed as a world-first.
The brainchild of colourful Christchurch businessman and entrepreneur Brooke McKenzie, the new site goes live at 1pm next Tuesday.
Unashamedly following the huge success of Trade Me, the […]

Syd Barrett auction - Nov 29 and 30

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

UK Auction Info
The final possessions of Syd Barrett are to be auctioned in Cambridge later this year, it has been announced.
Amongst the items set to go under the hammer are pieces of artwork from the Pink Floyd founder, some signed, which have never been seen before.
Also up for sale are his bikes, which were hand […]