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Ableauctions.com (AMEX:AAC) announced today that it will host Lower Canada Auction’s two-day “Nuphilex Spring Auction” on March 2, 2007, and March 3, 2007, on eBay Live Auctions through its subsidiary iCollector.com.
This event will offer an excellent sampling of numismatic material such as raw or uncertified coins as well as an array of key-dates in [...]

MDS Inc. said on Monday it would buy back up to 16 percent of its outstanding shares to raise about C$500 million.
The life sciences company expects to repurchase up to 16.5 percent of its common shares at between C$21 to C$23.50 per share through a Dutch auction bid which expires April 5.

A medal awarded to a Nova Scotia soldier from Canada’s only black battalion in the First World War has found its rightful home.
A Victory Medal given to Percy Fenton of Arcadia, N.S., about 90 years ago was bought on EBay late Friday for C$7,435.40 by a Canadian bidding on behalf of the Black Cultural Centre [...]

News of shareholders rights plan or a plunge in fourth quarter earnings — which one shaved more than $150-million off the market capitalization of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (RBA/TSX) as of roughly 2:30 p.m. ET on Thursday?
Ritchie Bros. said fourth quarter earnings fell to US$9.8-million from US$14.2-million a year earlier, but given that its shares [...]

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Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (NYSE:RBA)(TSX:RBA), the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, operating through over 110 locations in 25 countries around the world, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its 4th quarter results on Thursday, February 22, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8 a.m. Pacific Time).
This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN [...]

International auctioneer Ritchie Bros. has signed a letter of intent to acquire the auction business and assets of Rouleau-based Clarke Auctioneers.

Medals awarded to a member of Nova Scotia’s famous Black Battalion and a Halifax soldier killed in the Second World War are for sale on the Internet auction website eBay.
A 1914-19 Victory Medal awarded to Sapper Percy Fenton of the No. 2 Construction Battalion — the only all-black battalion in the First World War — [...]

The Canadian government expects to auction off wireless spectrum licenses in early 2008 and said on Friday it has started a consultation process ahead of the bidding.
“This consultation solicits input that will assist my department in developing a framework to foster a fair, efficient and competitive marketplace and ensure that the Canadian wireless industry remains [...]

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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (TSX:RBA)(NYSE:RBA) today announced the signing of a letter of intent to acquire the auction business and assets of Clarke Auctioneers Ltd., a Rouleau, Saskatchewan-based auctioneer of agricultural equipment. This acquisition is intended to expand Ritchie Bros.’ presence in the used agricultural equipment and land markets in Saskatchewan, Canada. Darren and [...]

The Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council is investigating after 99 cars deemed salvage or not repairable were imported to Canada, fixed up and registered as active.
The active designation prevented prospective buyers from discovering the cars had been written off in the U.S. as the result of a crash or a flood, said Bob Hamilton, executive [...]