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Record turnout for LAM's big night Coastline Pilot By evening's end, the live and silent auctions netted $145850 in combined winning bids, said Sarah Strozza, the museum's special events director. Altogether, Saturday's event, which organizers dubbed as a "California Art Lounge," grossed $182000 — a ... and more »

Boston.com Threats force auction house to scrap Nazi sale This is Cornwall An auction house has withdrawn the sale of a Nazi war criminal's surgeon's set after receiving a deluge of threats. The sinister instruments belonged to Anton Burger, a major in the Nazi SS and the commandant of the Theresienstadt concentration camp ... Nazi surgical set withdrawn from auction after organisers reveal 'really ...Daily Mail Threats halt 'Nazi' surgical set auction in CornwallBBC News London Auction Withdraws Supposed Nazi Surgery Kit From SaleHuffington Post Boston.com -msnbc.com all 129 news articles »

Auctions: Philly foursome who brushed black history Philadelphia Inquirer By David Iams Although Swann Auction Galleries' African American art sale will take place Thursday in New York, at least four of the artists represented in it significantly contributed to Philadelphia's role in shaping American black history: Dox ...

Three to plead guilty in foreclosure auction fraud San Jose Mercury News By Rick Hurd OAKLAND -- Three Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Contra Costa County. DOJ: Three NorCal Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging ...San Francisco Chronicle (blog) all 6 news articles »

Forbes Fed Plays Wall Street Favorites in Secret Bond Deals: Mortgages BusinessWeek After inviting more than 40 broker-dealers to take part in a series of auctions last year, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York asked only Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG and Barclays Plc to bid on the full $13.2 billion of bonds ... Goldman Snags Old AIG BondsWall Street Journal Goldman in $6.2bn toxic asset dealFinancial Times Fed Sells $6.2 Billion of Bonds From AIG Rescue to GoldmanSan Francisco Chronicle Forbes -Fox Business all 59 news articles »

TheStreet.com Opposition Mounts to Bill That Would Strip FCC Authority on Spectrum PC Magazine Tucked into a larger jobs bill, HR 3630, is a section that would allow the FCC to auction off spectrum currently owned but not used by TV broadcasters. But it would prevent the FCC from imposing certain conditions on those purchases; specifically, ... FCC's spectrum auction powers threatened in Congress, as Sprint, T-Mobile, and ...The Verge Sprint, T-Mobile urge Congress to preserve FCC's spectrum auction authorityFierceWireless Wireless CEOs want FCC auction authority preservedReuters The Hill (blog) -Multichannel News -Wall St. Cheat Sheet all 95 news articles »