Archive for July, 2009

Ritchie Bros. to conduct complete dispersal for George Schmid Sons in Vancouver

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , is conducting a complete dispersal auction for George Schmid Sons, Inc., a family-owned excavation business founded in 1958 and based in Washougal, Washington.
The unreserved public auction, to be held on Friday, July 31, 2009 starting at 8:00 a.m., will be located at 13910 SE Mill Plain – the former property of [...]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated Announces 2009 Q2 Earnings Conference Call

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Ritchie 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 2009 Q2 Earnings on Friday, August 7, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Pacific Time).
This call is being [...]

Ableauctions Announces Share Exchange Agreement with SinoCoking

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Ableauctions.com Inc. (the “Company” or “Ableauctions”) announced today that on July 17, 2009 it executed a Share Exchange Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) with its significant shareholders, Abdul Ladha, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a director, and his spouse, Hanifa Ladha, Top Favour Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation (known as “SinoCoking”), and the shareholders of [...]

GunBroker.com® Online Auction Launches Mobile Site for Cell Phone Users

Monday, July 20th, 2009

GunBroker.com®, the world’s largest online auction for firearms and hunting/shooting accessories, has launched a mobile site designed for easy viewing and use on the small screens of cell phones and PDAs.
The mobile site, accessible at http://m.gunbroker.com, looks sharp on a cell phone but also works in a regular Web browser.
“We live in a mobile society [...]

Canada 2008 Radio Spectrum Auction Design Flawed, According to NERA Report

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

The advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum auction completed by Industry Canada in July 2008 may have been distorted by the insertion of incompatible regulatory goals into the auction process, according to a report by NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters. The report was [...]

Tucows Announces Preliminary Results of Second Dutch Auction Tender Offer

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Tucows Inc. a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today the preliminary results of its modified Dutch auction tender offer, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 9, 2009. Tucows expects to purchase 1,115,000 shares of its Common Stock at a purchase price of $0.45 per [...]

Hart Davis Hart Closes First Half of 2009 Wine Auctions by Selling 100% of Lots for $2,831,828

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

An Auction of Finest and Rarest Wines Including an Outstanding Selection from a Prominent Restaurant brought the attention of bidders from all over the world to Chicago. The room was nearly full with active bidders from around the world including strong participation on the Internet and telephones. The competition was robust throughout the day for [...]

RM ONLINE COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

RM Classic Cars is leading the way in the collector car hobby by offering buyers and sellers of vintage and special interest automobiles a convenient and credible means of conducting business over the Internet with the production of its exclusive online auction, Sunday, August 9, 2009.
“We’re thinking outside the auction block,” said Dan Spendick, [...]