Archive for February, 2007

Illinois Internet Crimes Unit to crack down on online crime

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Earlier this month, Gov. Blagojevich unveiled an Internet Crimes Unit Web site with the goal of cracking down on Internet crimes. The public will be able to visit the Web site www.isp.state.il.us/icu for answers to questions regarding Internet crime and to report suspicious online behavior. With the start of this new program, a new branch […]

China used car auction

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

The U.S.-based Manheim Auctions, the world’s leading auction company of used vehicles opened its second joint auction venture in Shenzhen last month. It’s first was set up in Shanghai in November last year.
Neville Green, president of the joint venture, has predicts China’s used car sales could exceed 6 million by 2011.

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Tennille Auction to hold sale in new building March 3rd

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Press Release
For years, Tennille Auction Company held weekly sales in a 6,500-square-foot converted parts warehouse building in Tennille, a small town in central Georgia. All that changes on Saturday, March 3rd, when the firm will hold a grand opening sale in a brand new building designed specifically as an auction house in nearby Sandersville. The […]

Trade auction nets more than $2 million for Napa Valley Vintners

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Napa Valley Register - A sell-out crowd of some 600 retailers and restaurateurs spent more than $2 million Saturday for close to 200 lots of wine handcrafted solely for the trade attending Premiere Napa Valley.
Sponsored by Napa Valley Vintners, the auction was held at CIA Greystone, an event that supports the trade association’s worldwide marketing […]

Jackie Kennedy Letters for Auction

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports that the handwritten memos and letters show a side of Jackie O. the public hasn’t seen before. The former first lady is trying to help her sister-in-law Joan through her doomed marriage to Senator Ted Kennedy
“The content is beyond description,” said auctioneer Bill Panagopulos. “In these letters she […]