| Bidding war lifts Europe
European equity markets sparkled on Monday, with London's FTSE 100 shares index hitting a six year high as investors spied a potential bidding war for Dutch bank ABN Amro. The FTSE 100 index closed 0.83 percent higher at 6516.20 points, its highest level since 14 September, 2000. In Paris, the Cac 40 rose 1.25 percent to 5861.97 points. In Frankfurt, the Dax rose 1.75 percent to 7338.06 points. The DJ Euro Stoxx 50 index of eurozone blue chip shares gained 1.43 percent to 4379.25 points. The euro stood at 1.3549 dollars. Japanese share prices closed with gains on expectations that exporters would benefit from the weakness of the yen after world finance chiefs had skirted the issue over the weekend, dealers said. In Europe, investors tracked news on ABN Amro, which is in exclusive talks with Britain's Barclays Bank about a takeover deal.
Mammoth, meteorite or bezoar? Christie's offering all 3 in unusual ...
Christie's auction house in Paris, which usually sells fine art and furniture, is hosting an unusual auction of paleontological curiosities, including several prehistoric mammals. Skeletons of a 10,000-year-old, four-metre-long rhinoceros and a two-metre-high cave bear are also going under the hammer. The skeletons are currently owned by a private collector but buyers may include museums or artists, said Christie's spokeswoman Capucine Milliot. The auction is not to all paleontologists' liking. Pascal Tassy, professor at Paris's Natural History Museum, has decried the selling off of specimens that could be useful to science. "It is a pernicious consequence of the Jurassic Park effect," he said. "In the past, private collectors donated to museums, it was a great time of patronage.
Steps Underway To Boost Bangladesh's Bond Market
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - The Bangladesh Bank (BB), the country's central bank, is going to amend the existing guidelines for primary dealers (PDs) allowing commission and liquidity support with a view to activating the country's secondary bonds market, officials say in the capital, Dhaka. Besides, the central bank might allow only PDs to participate in government-approved securities, including bonds auctions from the first day of the next fiscal year 2007 to 2008, they added. A high-level team comprised of senior BB officials supported by an International Monetary Fund (IMF) consultant is now working on the proposed amendment to bring dynamism in the market by ensuring financial benefits for the PDs. "We will provide liquidity support to the PDs to meet their fund demands," a BB senior official told AHN in Dhaka on Saturday.
County commissioners study bids for asphalt, computer equipment
Tuscarawas County commissioners Monday opened and took under advisement bids for bituminous asphalt and for computer equipment to allow the county Child Support Enforcement Agency to switch its paper records to digital files. Asphalt bids, with per-gallon prices for the county to pick up the material followed by price for delivery, were as follows: JASA Asphalt Materials of Akron, catyonic rapid-set, $1.30, $1.27, high-float rapid-set, $1.30, $1.27, high-float rapid-set polymer, $1.55, $1.52, and Asphalt Materials Inc. of Marietta, catyonic rapid-set, $1.21, $1.22, high-float rapid-set, $1.18, $1.19, high-float rapid-set polymer, $1.52, $1.53. County Engineer Joe Bachman, who attended the bid opening, said the county uses about 400,000 gallons to 500,000 gallons of asphalt per year.
E-Commerce Live Auction for Patents Scheduled
Chicago, Illinois - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - March 28, 2007 - Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc firm, Ocean Tomo Auctions, will sell several Lots containing core intellectual property relating to various aspects of E-Commerce and online privacy protection, at its spring 2007 Live Intellectual Property Auction, on April 19th at the Union League Club of Chicago. Examples of the intellectual property include patents relating to online protection of private consumer information, centralized online management of personal information, online ordering of goods and services, online consumer feedback and ratings applications, and management of credit card accounts for online purchases. Acquisition of these Lots represents a rare and unique opportunity for companies with any focus or efforts in E-Commerce.
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