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Don Bradmans iconic baggy green set to fetch over $1m at auction

December 3rd, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Sydney, December 3 (ANI): Don Bradmans baggy green cap is expected to cost bidders more than 1 million dollars at an auction of cricket memorabilia. The cap, worn by the Aussie batsman ...

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Brit woman sells Hitler painting at PS7k loss because she hated it!

November 27th, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 27 (ANI): A Brit woman, whose son had gifted her a painting by Adolf Hitler for her birthday, sent her present under the hammer bearing a loss of 7,000 ...

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IT Minister reiterates allocation of 3G spectrum

November 7th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Communications and IT A. Raja reiterated on Friday that India will allocate spectrum for next generation wireless networks as planned earlier. Successful bidders would ...

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Rothschild wins technical bid to become spectrum auction agency

October 1st, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The government has zeroed in on Mumbai-based NM Rothschild and Sons as the agency to conduct online auctions for allocating third generation radio frequencies in India, the ...

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”Fear of losing” drives people to overbid at auctions (Re-issue)

September 28th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): The fear of losing might drive bidders to pay ''too much'' at the auctions, according to a new study. The team of neuroscientists and economists at New York ...

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Fear of losing drives people to overbid at auctions

September 26th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Sept 26 (ANI): The fear of losing might drive bidders to pay too much at the auctions, according to a new study. The team of neuroscientists and economists at New York ...

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Unknown Aussie buys Bradmans inauspicious debut bat for 145,000 dollars

September 25th, 2008 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Sept 25 (ANI): The bat with which crickets all time great Sir Don Bradman made his debut in 1928 against England, fetched 145,000 Australian dollars at an auction last evening. ...

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Michael Phelps auctioning his swimming skills for charity

September 22nd, 2008 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI -
New York, September 22 (ANI): Golden Olympian Michael Phelps will give swimming lessons to the highest bidders at a charity event. The swimmer maestro who won eight gold medals at the ...

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Coal India to restart excavation in 18 abandoned mines

August 13th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS -
By Aparajita Gupta Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) The largest coal mining company of the country, Coal India Ltd (CIL), will extract coal from 18 abandoned underground mines owned by three of its subsidiaries ...

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Himachal to allot power projects on free supply amount

July 27th, 2008 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, July 27 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government will allot power projects to those bidders who offer more free supply to the state, instead of seeking bids on an upfront premium basis, ...

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CBI submits charge sheet against Atiq Ahmed

CBI submits charge sheet against Atiq Ahmed

July 17th, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation Wednesday filed in the CBI court here a charge sheet against Atiq Ahmed, a member of parliament, officials said Thursday. Expelled from the ...

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Anish Kapoor sculpture attracts $3.87 mn at Sotheby’s sale

July 2nd, 2008 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS -
London, July 2 (IANS) An untitled 2003 sculpture by Anish Kapoor sold for 1,945,250 pounds ($3.87 million) after being hotly contested by three bidders on the telephone at Sotheby's auction of contemporary ...

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Government receives 181 bids for 45 hydrocarbon blocks (Lead)

June 30th, 2008 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The seventh round of auction of India's hydrocarbon assets Monday received 181 bids from 96 companies for exploration in 45 blocks, the government announced. Indian petroleum officials ...

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Government receives record 181 bids for hydocarbon exploration

June 30th, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The government received 181 bids from 96 companies for exploration in 45 blocks of hydrocarbon assets, it announced Monday. Of the 57 blocks put on auction Monday, ...

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Seventh round of bidding for oil, gas blocks to end June 30

Seventh round of bidding for oil, gas blocks to end June 30

June 28th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The government Friday said it will stick to the June 30 deadline for receiving bids from domestic and global companies for the award of hydrocarbon assets under ...

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State to develop Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link, Ambanis out

June 25th, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Wednesday decided to engage a state-run agency to construct the proposed Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link, rather than choose one of the two remaining bidders - Mukesh ...

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Bidding frenzy for ‘entire life’ of heartbroken Brit on eBay

June 23rd, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI -
London, June 23 (ANI): A heartbroken Briton has launched an online auction of his 'entire life' on eBay, with the highest bid to date touching AU$ 2,201,000 (1.06m pounds). In a bid ...

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Subodh Gupta’s work fetches $1.33 mn at Saffronart auction

June 20th, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) New Delhi-based contemporary artist Subodh Gupta's untitled work of steel vessels soared past S.H. Raza's "Germination" to record a high of Rs.57 million ($1.33 million) at Saffronart's summer ...

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No bid for airline services in northeast: minister

No bid for airline services in northeast: minister

June 19th, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Airlines operators have shown no interest in starting services in the northeast, Minister for Development of the North Eastern Region and Panchayati Raj Mani Shankar Aiyar said here. ...

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Cashing in on craze, IPL ticket prices hiked

May 29th, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) The Mumbai Indians team may have been knocked out of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but the franchisee Reliance Industries are all set to cash in on the ...

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‘Cyber-spite’ erodes credibility of auction sites

May 22nd, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 22 (IANS) eBay's rating system, which allows users to post positive or negative comments about trading partners, has created a unique set of problems. Sellers who offered damaged or substandard ...

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‘Cyber-spite’ erodes credibility of auction sites

May 22nd, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 22 (IANS) eBay's rating system, which allows users to post positive or negative comments about trading partners, has created a unique set of problems. Sellers who offered damaged or substandard ...

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Religare, two other Indian companies vying for London stockbrokers

May 17th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 17 (IANS) Three Indian companies, including Religare, are bidding to acquire city stockbrokers Arden Partners, the Financial Times reported. Arden, which Friday ended talks with the larger Cenkos Securities, said ...

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India’s extended tender deadline for combat jets expires April 28

India’s extended tender deadline for combat jets expires April 28

April 20th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) India's extended deadline for opening bids for the country's biggest defence deal for 126 combat jets valued at $10 billion expires April 28 and no further extension ...

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Microsoft will not raise Yahoo! offer: Report

April 1st, 2008 - 11:24 pm ICT by admin -
DPA New York, April 1 (DPA) Software-giant Microsoft has no intention of increasing its multi-billion takeover bid for internet company Yahoo!, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Quoting sources close to the company, ...

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Fed auctions $50 bn to cash-strapped banks

March 26th, 2008 - 12:24 am ICT by admin -
Xinhua Washington, March 25 (Xinhua) The US Federal Reserve Tuesday said it auctioned $50 billion in short-term loans to cash-strapped banks to combat a persistent credit crunch. This was the central bank's eighth ...

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Real estate bid sets new record in Noida

March 11th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by admin -
Noida, March 11 (IANS) A bid worth Rs.50 billion for a single commercial plot in Noida seems to have set a new real estate record Tuesday. BPTP, a real estate developer, shattered ...

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TDP threatens to take back auctioned government lands

March 2nd, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by admin -
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) Setting aside their differences for a time being, the opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh Sunday came together to stage 'maha dharna' (mega sit-in) against auction of government lands, ...

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India extends tender deadline for 126 combat jets

India extends tender deadline for 126 combat jets

February 28th, 2008 - 12:30 am ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India Wednesday extended by two months the date for opening bids for the country's biggest defence deal for 126 combat jets - six days before the March ...

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Tata preparing to sign Jaguar deal early March

February 26th, 2008 - 6:44 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Tata Motors Ltd is all set to sign a landmark deal to take over two iconic British automobile brands, Land Rover and Jaguar, from US carmaker Ford Motor ...

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