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...His auction house offers 23 works on November 11, again all guaranteed....
...‘Perfect scenario’ Those look like V-shaped projections, Andrew Glenn thought to himself....
...“This is not going to be a V-shaped recovery from here given the many months [or] years it will take for full repair, but it feels good now.”...
...Lyft has hired the IPO adviser Class V, which was founded by Lise Buyer, one of the key architects of Google’s 2004 Dutch auction. But Uber will not be far behind....
...The South Dakota v Wayfair ruling, handed down last month, will open the door for states to pass legislation to require online merchants to collect and pay sales tax for sales within their borders....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...The auction house Phillips has raised the fees it charges buyers, in a bid to bolster revenues....
...We just think some people are comically underestimating how hard it would be to force India’s v v diffuse population to give up its gold....
...That compares with 3 per cent for auctions, says Bill Hambrecht, whose eponymous firm participated in IPO auctions for Google, Rackspace and NetSuite....
...He reportedly outbid three kings for it, including Britain’s King George V – today it remains the only rare stamp not in the Queen’s collection....
...Awkward (Financial Times) Moscow’s ‘political technologists’ specialise in creating pure spectacle (Financial Times) Sleaze v spin in Mexico’s race for reform (Financial Times) The SEC is turning into...
...The line up is: Portugal v Sweden, France v Ukraine, Greece v Romania and Iceland v Croatia PlayStation 4 launches Sony launches its PlayStation 4 in the US....
...Mr Heddle said Hong Kong had been chosen as the company’s initial base in the region due to its thriving auction business....
...Hermès also worked with the Four Seasons George V hotel in Paris to create a hand-built Rolls-Royce Phantom, custom-made to the hotel’s specifications....
...V ivendi’s Universal Music, home to Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, will pay $1.9bn for EMI’s recorded music business or seven times earnings before interest depreciation, tax and amortisation, a price tag...
...Only 220 brands successfully acquired domains this way, including British Airways (ba.co.uk) and Virgin Enterprises (v.co.uk). The auctions ran in August and September....
...UK private equity rivals Cinven and Permira had been involved in the V.Ships auction but dropped out early. The auction is being run by Lazard, while RBC Capital Markets advised Omers....
...UK private equity groups Cinven and Permira, and Canadian pension fund Omers had previously also been involved in the auction, which is being run by Lazard....
...Yahoo nabbed y.co.uk and Virgin has v.co.uk. BP will get bp.co.uk, the Football Association fa.co.uk, British Airways ba.co.uk, Burger King bk.co.uk, and Yo! Sushi yo.co.uk....
...To this end, the V&A has already acquired pieces of high street/designer collaborations, including Jil Sander’s J+ line for Uniqlo and Giles for “Gold” at New Look....
...A used-car price index compiled by Atlanta-based Manheim Consulting reached a record high in March....
...Yep, Thursday’s bond auction takes on increased significance now....
...noted in its coverage of Terra Firma’s decision to launch a £2bn lawsuit against Citigroup, Mr Hands’ private equity firm is alleging that one of Citi’s top corporate financiers, David Wormsley, rigged the auction...
...Last week there was a surge in the number of investors who bypassed them entirely and bought large chunks of Treasuries directly in the US government’s debt auctions....
...(Remember that Terra Firma is suing Citi over its role in the EMI auction). Now, all of which chimes with Thursday’s story in the FT....
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