| Bidding for second auction of YUKOS assets to close
RBC, 02.04.2007, Moscow 10:38:13.The Russian Federal Property Fund (RFPF) will close its call for bids to participate in the second auction for YUKOS's assets, which will take place on Wednesday. Some 25 assets of the bankrupt company will be put up for sale, including a 20-percent stake in Gazprom Neft, as well as shares of other companies. Gazprom and Rosneft are considered to be the main bidders for YUKOS's assets. No official information has been released about potential bidders. According to unofficial data, an independent natural gas producer NOVATEK may participate in the auction, as well as an Italian consortium of Eni and Enel together with Grigory Berezkin's ESN Group. Ten latest news Other news .
Names of ex-factory property investors made public—
We now know the names of the investors who purchased the former Martin Aircraft factory property in Middle River in an online auction last fall. That's because a Baltimore developer and broker sued the investors, claiming they didn't pay him a more than half (m) million dollar commission. Attorneys say the suit was settled amicably out of court last week. The lawsuit filed by broker Mark Shapiro named as plaintiffs Mexican businessman Aberto Saba and New York developers Joe Aini and Jack Avital. The suit identified them as the anonymous men who used an Internet screen name to bid in the auction held by the U-S General Services Administration. The are described by their attorney as the primary investors in Middle River Station Development, which includes other investors.--- Information from: The (Baltimore) Daily Record, http://www.mddailyrecord.com .
Man auctions speeding ticket on web
Wellington - In a strange example of Internet madness, a New Zealander has sold a NZ$130 (about R500) speeding ticket on a local online auction website, a newspaper reported on Friday. Nearly 30 000 people viewed Bob Grieve's ticket on the Trade Me site before Allan Hearn, an insurance assessor from Pukekohe, bought it for 51 New Zealand dollars. Hearn said he had never had a speeding ticket - a gap in his life that is now filled, The Press of Christchurch reported. "For 50 bucks, who cares?" he asked. "I told my missus about it, and she called me an idiot." Grieve, a TV cameraman from Christchurch, posted his photograph holding the ticket on the site and said he had fielded a flurry of amorous comments as well as bids. One woman asked if the holder came with the ticket and bid four times, he said.
Web traffic to eBay and Yahoo continues to grow
Web traffic to Yahoo has increased by 3 percent since last year and eBay has seen a 12 percent rise in the same time frame, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. Yahoo parent company increased three percent year over year, from a three-month average monthly unique audience of 104.7 million unique visitors in Q1 2006 to 107.5 million unique visitors in Q1 2007. In online advertising, estimated revenue from image-based impressions on Yahoo grew 54 percent from Q1 2006 to Q1 2007. Sponsored links on the Yahoo property grew 16 percent in the same time period. Web traffic to the eBay parent company increased 12 percent year over year, from a three-month average monthly unique audience of 60.9 million in Q1 2006 to 68.2 million in Q1 2007. EBay brands eBay, PayPal, Shopping.com Network, and Skype all ranked number one in subject categories in March 2007, including classifieds/Auctions, Financial Tools, Shopping Directories and Guides and Long Distance/Local Carriers.
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