Not All Dutch Auctions Are Equal
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Jeff Stacey, managing director of researcher IPO Monitor in Los Angeles, says Dutch auctions are designed to set the price accurately right away.
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Strange stirrings at advertising broker
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More than 200 companies qualified to bid in the upcoming auction of public airwaves that could raise as much as $15 billion for the U.S. Treasury. But it's not clear whether any of those companies will fulfill one of the key goals of the auction -- to attract a bidder that would build a wireless...
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Online auction giant takes a cautious approach to social networking.
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Questions about the auction company lead to a drop in the stock price. Does fear create an opportunity?
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The presence of Sothebyâs and Christieâs at the European Fine Art Fair has caused a stir among dealers who have long considered the auction houses their biggest competitors.
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You can&#39;t blame eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY). It has to deal with folks trying to sell everything from body parts to fake props of historical notoriety to Milli Vanilli CDs.
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Larger sellers are benefiting from discounts that for the first time in the siteâs history, treat high-volume merchants better than mom-and-pop sellers.
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People are sometimes more extravagant with currencies that have high face values.
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Did I say there wouldn't be a bidding war? Whoops.
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Lower listing fees have arrived at eBay.
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As 700MHz auction approaches, groups say some of that space should go to emergency responders. Mobile operators disagree.
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The performers are not stars, but the price is competitive.
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NEW YORK  Â Art is hot. Despite turmoil in the financial markets, there are no signs that the art market is softening. The fall auction season in New York saw robust prices across most categories, with postwar and contemporary works in particular going through the roof. It seemed like a new record was being shattered every time an art auction was held.
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While Google Inc. (GOOG) made some well publicized mistakes leading up to its initial public offering, the IPO still brought in $1.1 billion for the company and more than $450 million for its founders and initial investors. But was the company's unique Dutch auction system successful enough for other companies to follow Google's lead?
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Demand lots of value at low prices.
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The Flying Dutchman isn't half as scary as this dry bulk shipper.