Four men have pleaded guilty to selling pirated software on the Internet auction giant, eBay. The four sold counterfeit Rockwell Automation software with a retail value of more than $19.1 million through the service, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Eric Neil Barber of Manila, Arkansas; Phillip Buchanan of Hampton, Georgia; Wendell Jay Davis [...]

Press Release – Bob Cole of North Shore Auto Auction in Chicago is proud to announce the launch of their innovative new website showcasing quality used cars at deeply discounted prices. Anyone in the market for a used car can visit the North Shore Auto Auction website to view photographs of used cars and [...]

Press Release – Auction Direct USA Used Vehicle Superstore, one of the fastest growing New York used car dealerships, launched another innovative online initiative with its own used car Blog: www.WhyBuyUsedCars.com
The company’s used car Blog will act as another platform for used car shoppers to gain insight and information on vehicles, dealers and the industry. [...]

Two parcels of land have brought $958,000 into the city coffers to boost next year’s budget.
Auctioneer Daniel J. Flynn was upbeat as he auctioned off the two tax title properties Friday afternoon. Hearing about the influx of money, city officials were, too.
“I’m ecstatic,” said Mayor Charles Crowley when told the city would collect $129,000 for [...]

Economic growth in the United States slowed to a near-crawl of 1.3 per cent at an annualized pace in the first three months of 2007, the worst performance in four years, the commerce department says.
The main culprit was the housing slump.
The reading on gross domestic product released yesterday was even weaker than the 2.5 per [...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late Wednesday approved a preliminary broad outline for the final rules and regulations of the auction.
The FCC is also seeking further public input on a number of proposals for the use of the spectrum, including setting aside certain portions of the airwaves for open access and a nationwide public safety [...]

The annual Green Bay Police Department bike auction will be Saturday at Bay Beach Amusement Park, 1313 Bay Beach Road.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the auction will start at 9 a.m. inside the pavilion.
This year’s auction will be the biggest yet, the department said in a news release. Surplus items from the city [...]

Four more defendants pleaded guilty in Milwaukee to selling copyrighted software, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Steven M. Biskupic for the Eastern District of Wiscon sin announced today.
Eric Neil Barber of Manila, Ark.; Phillip Buchanan of Hampton, Ga.; Wendell Jay Davis of Las Vegas; and Craig J. [...]

A pearl necklace that once belonged to a maharajah sold at auction in Manhattan yesterday for nearly $7.1 million, more than double the previous record for a piece of natural pearl jewelry, the auctioneers said.
The Baroda Pearls had been the property of the Maharajah Khande Rao of Baroda, a former state in western India. Christie’s [...]

Few people led a more over-the-top wine life than the late collector Steven Verlin, a founding partner of New York’s Veritas restaurant. He liked to serve 1990 Cristal champagne with truffle-oil laced popcorn and once cooked 40 lobsters in two cases of Chateau d’Yquem, one of the world’s most expensive wines.
Next week, part of his [...]

An unnamed recording company executive from Dallas has paid $59,750 for two diaries written by Anna Nicole Smith in the early 1990s.
The purchase came after the diaries failed to sell at a recent auction, said Doug Norwine, director of music and entertainment memorabilia at Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas.
An entry in Anna Nicole Smith’s diary [...]

THE US Federal Communications Commission is set to take its first stab at defining how this year’s spectrum auction will take place.
The agency plans later this year to auction spectrum that is being returned by television broadcasters as they move to digital signals early in 2009.
The sale is touted as the last opportunity for new [...]

Sales of non-new US homes fell 8.4% in March, the sharpest month-on-month drop for 18 years and a further illustration of weakness in the US housing market.
The data, from the National Association of Realtors, also showed the number of homes sold was at a near-four year low.
The housing market has stuttered badly in recent months, [...]

An auction on Saturday of the furniture and artifacts of the Springfield Masonic Temple raised more than $30,000, according to its president.
The day was deemed a success after drawing numerous buyers, browsers and bargain-hunters, according to Masonic Temple President Robert E. Karowski and the auctioneer, Peter Stanton Imler the owner of Stanton Auctions of Hampden.
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The fourth biennial Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction, presented by Quiksilveredition, has uncovered a new round of true surfing treasures that will go under the hammer at Honolulu’s Blaisdell Center 12 weeks from now, on July 20 and 21, 2007. Over the past three events, more than $750,000 of highly prized surf collectibles have changed [...]