| Dealers see renaissance in 20th-century pieces
Leigh Keno has devoted his life to the study, acquisition and sale of the finest 18th- and early 19th-century American antiques. Yet in the past few months, he has fallen for pieces for his own home by 20th-century furniture masters George Nakashima and Wharton Esherick. Keno, a respected Manhattan dealer and dealer who frequently appears on PBS' "Antiques Roadshow," is as knowledgeable as anyone about the antiques market and canny about recognizing a good investment when he sees one. He is also a telling barometer of the increasingly muscular market for 20th-century furniture. The strict definition of antique is reserved for pieces at least 100 years old. By that standard, early 20th-century furnishings clearly make the cut. But pieces from the mid-century and even later are being scooped up by collectors aware of their growing value.
DoubleClick's sale may bring aQuantive bids
Shares of aQuantive rose the most in eight months after Google's $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick sparked speculation that the Seattle company might be the next to be bought. The stock climbed $3.49, or 12.2 percent, to $32.01 Monday. AQuantive, which owns the largest Internet advertising agency and is DoubleClick's biggest competitor, may fetch $39 a share in a takeover, J.P. Morgan Securities analyst Imran Khan wrote in a report Monday. The DoubleClick acquisition will extend Google's lead over Microsoft and Yahoo! and may drive them to make a counter move, said Benjamin Schachter, an analyst at UBS in New York. "It clearly raises the valuation" of aQuantive, said Schachter, who raised his rating on the company to "buy" from "neutral" after the DoubleClick news.
E-Commerce Live Auction for Patents Scheduled
Chicago, Illinois - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - March 28, 2007 - Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc firm, Ocean Tomo Auctions, will sell several Lots containing core intellectual property relating to various aspects of E-Commerce and online privacy protection, at its spring 2007 Live Intellectual Property Auction, on April 19th at the Union League Club of Chicago. Examples of the intellectual property include patents relating to online protection of private consumer information, centralized online management of personal information, online ordering of goods and services, online consumer feedback and ratings applications, and management of credit card accounts for online purchases. Acquisition of these Lots represents a rare and unique opportunity for companies with any focus or efforts in E-Commerce.
Limited edition bear for auction
A Telford businessman has handed over one of the last limited edition teddy bears to be produced at his world famous factory to help raise hundreds of pounds for charity. Oliver Holmes, who owns the historic Merrythought factory in Ironbridge, has handed over the grey teddy bear to staff at Wrekin College for their charity auction of promises and gifts to be held on Saturday. The auction will raise cash for Medic Malawi to pay for the second phase of The Wrekin Orphan House in Malawi, Africa. A group of staff and students travelled to Malawi to build the first orphan house in 2005, after raising nearly £20,000. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star. .
Auction/dinner gives a lot back
Thanks to Hitchcock Healthcare, Vindi McMaster says that her 9-year-old daughter Carley is able to walk again. After Carley was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2005, Vindi says that she and her husband Scott, left Aiken and relocated to Atlanta with Carley so that their daughter could undergo intensive care treatment, saying that Carley had suffered two strokes. Once Carley was out of the woods and no longer needed around the clock care, the McMasters' moved back to Aiken and began sending Carley to Hitchcock Healthcare as a patient of their Children's Therapy Program. As Vindi watched Carley, with only the help of a walker, mingle among the hundreds of guests in attendance at Hitchcock's annual dinner/auction held on Friday-where Carley was one of several young ambassadors-Vindi says she can't help but be grateful for the role that Hitchcock has played in Carley's progress.
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