| Iwannatrade.com is a New Donating Online Auction, Online ...
Free for Injured Riders, classic online auction format instantly extends auctions by 60 seconds after users place last-second bids, so no loss of money as long as people are bidding the auction continues. (PRWEB) April 4, 2007 -- Many people who would like to help have rooms full of items they'd like to sell are often intimidated or overwhelmed by online marketplaces in the same way they're overwhelmed by rooms full of sellable goods, said Jon Varley, iWannaTrade.com's founder and motorcycle/motorcross racer. The site, he said, was created to give consumers a simple platform to sell their goods online for a pre-set flat rate, while offering them three ways to get rid of an item. Now people can use all sections, Online Auctions, Online Classified, Online Trades to raise funds for injured riders free.
National Auctioneers Day on Saturday, April 21 Focuses on Charity ...
KANSAS CITY -- Auctioneers across the U.S. and world are conducting charity auctions and making separate donations to charities as part of National Auctioneers Day, on Saturday, April 21. Members of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) have donated more than $4 million to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital since 1995 to support this chosen charity of NAA. The hospital in Memphis, Tenn., provides pediatric cancer patients with the most advanced care available, and always regardless of the families ability to pay. Auctioneers and auction schools conduct special fundraising auctions for this charity, and other worthy causes in their communities, in April and throughout the year. Perhaps more than any other group, Auctioneers in all specialties routinely use their fundraising skills to help their local civic groups, churches, schools, and U.S.
Fayetteville begins bidding process
FAYETTEVILLE - In an early morning meeting on Friday, March 23, the Fayetteville Board of Education voted to approve going to the bid phase in building the new school building.
The new facility will be ready to open in 2009. In this stage of the planning, the estimated cost from the construction manager for tree removal, the relocation of utilities, and to prepare the ground to build, will cost $1,800,000.
As a side note, the Fayetteville Elementary School will not be demolished until the new facilities are open and ready to accommodate students in 2009. The time window to purchase the elementary school to stop it from being demolished, however, is closing soon.
Along with the plans for the new building, the board of education also approved to go to bid for the school's new administration building, which would be just to the east of the school's current boiler room.
Inverness launches bidding war for Biosite
Inverness Medical Innovations Inc., a maker of diagnostic products for the consumer and medical professional markets, has entered a bidding war for a San Diego company. The Waltham, Mass.-based company (AMEX: IMA) has submitted an unsolicited bid of $90 per share for Biosite Inc. in San Diego, beyond the 4.9 percent of Biosite shares it already owns. .
Slew of flaws cited in RCMP contracts
OTTAWA–An independent audit found multiple violations in contracting practices in the Mounties' beleaguered pension outsourcing scheme, three months after the RCMP dropped its own investigation, the Toronto Star has learned. The KPMG forensic audit, obtained by the Star, looked at 45 consulting contracts valued at more than $7.3 million, mostly tied to the RCMP's pension and insurance division, and many of which appeared to have broken Treasury Board rules and federal contracting guidelines. The audit was completed in December 2005, three months after the RCMP quietly concluded that no criminal charges were warranted against the outside companies and consultants. But violations cited by KPMG include practices that did an end-run around the rules, such as: contracts funnelled toward selected individuals; splitting a contract into two parts thereby reducing the initial price tag in order to avoid a competitive bidding process; and contract back-dating or awarding contracts for work either already done or begun before a contract was signed.
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