Auction of nominal bonds RIKB 22 1026 - CisionWire (press release)

Auction of nominal bonds RIKB 22 1026
CisionWire (press release)
Only primary dealers in Treasury securities are authorised to submit bids in this auction. They also submit bids on behalf of investors. The minimum amount of each bid is 1 m.kr. nominal value. The auction will be structured as a single-price auction, ...

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Fed Plays Wall Street Favorites in Secret Bond Deals: Mortgages - BusinessWeek

Fed Plays Wall Street Favorites in Secret Bond Deals: Mortgages
BusinessWeek
“It seems odd that if you want to get the best possible price that it wouldn't be open to anyone who wants to put in the most competitive bid.” After inviting more than 40 broker-dealers to take part in a series of auctions last year, ...

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Audubon's 'Birds of America' Fetches $7.9 Million at Christie's - BusinessWeek

Audubon's 'Birds of America' Fetches $7.9 Million at Christie's
BusinessWeek
A single telephone bid took the prize. The highest auction price paid for one of the first editions was $11.5 million in a 2010 sale at Sotheby's. The giant four-volume set (1827-1838) stands more than 3 feet tall and features 435 hand-colored ...

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Skinner Reports Excellent Results From Fine Painting & Prints Auction: Sale ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Skinner Reports Excellent Results From Fine Painting & Prints Auction: Sale ...
MarketWatch (press release)
With the auction room filled to capacity, and a tremendous amount of activity on the phones and online, the auction attracted the largest number of bidders for a single sale in Skinner history. The record-setting sale grossed $2708694.46 including ...

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Hunting for Yield in Tax Liens May be Risky - Bloomberg


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Hunting for Yield in Tax Liens May be Risky
Bloomberg
New Jersey Auction At an auction in December, bidders on a first-name basis with one another chatted in the aisles and cracked jokes as they trickled in to the second-floor courtroom of the municipal court in West New York, New Jersey.

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Treasury Yields Rise - Wall Street Journal

Treasury Yields Rise
Wall Street Journal
Even an auction offering 30-year bonds at the highest yield in months solicited less-than-inspiring interest. Treasurys were off to a bad start as US trading began, with news that Greek leaders reached an agreement to implement the austerity measures ...

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Elizabeth Taylor's artwork, jewellery and fashion fetches £120m at auction - Daily Mail


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Elizabeth Taylor's artwork, jewellery and fashion fetches £120m at auction
Daily Mail
Every single item - out of more than 1800 lots - was sold, some at 50 times their pre-sale estimates. The auctions took place over two days in New York and London, ending with a sale of 35 pieces of art at Christie's in London yesterday.

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