| Asus auctions unique red laptop for Comic Relief
There's literally only one red Asus S6F laptop on the planet, and if you want to avail yourself of the opportunity to win it - and do some good into the bargain - visit eBay or Harrods this weekend. Asus is offering the machine for auction, with bidding taking place online at ebay.co.uk and at retailer MicroAnvika's store-in-a-store on Harrods' third floor. The one-of-a-kind laptop will go to the highest bidder while all the proceeds go to Comic Relief. The notebook is clad in red leather and comes bundled with a suitably hued mouse, mousemat and carrycase. The auction kicks off tomorrow, Saturday, 31 March at 3pm BST and ends on Monday, 9 April at 3pm BST. .
Royal Navy Bidding War Begins In Earnest
A bidding war has begun after the Ministry of Defence last week gave the green light to the 15 Royal Navy personnel captured in Iranian waters, to sell their stories to the media.Several newspapers, magazines and TV stations have been vying for the rights to the sailors' accounts of their terrifying ordeals, and to turn them into coffee table mush.Faye Turkey, allegedly a "good gobbler", acted as "plaything" to Iranian leader Mahmoud Armadinnerlady, and was "stripped to her knickers". She is to be married to the despot in July, and has been talking to leading celebrity magazines with a view to selling the horrific photographic evidence of the event.But it's not only the stories that have been for sale.Sotheby's are to hold a special one-off event to auction-off some of the clothing worn by the former hostages.Captain Chris Air's beret, which he wore during his TV appearance, and Arthur Batchelor's underpants, which he shat during his capture, are part of the exclusive collection.Other items have surfaced on eBay.
Cetes drop in auction
Mexico City, April 17th.- In Tuesday's government securities number 16 of this year, Mexico's 28-day Treasury Certificates, or Cetes, ended flat at 7.00 percent, according to information provided by the Central Bank (Banxico). Banxico said the 91-day Cetes shed 0.01 percentage points to finish at 7.14 percent, compared to last week's final quote at 7.15 percent. Meanwhile, the banking authority said the 175-day government closed at 7.26 percent, reflecting a decline of 0.02 percentage points versus the previous rate of 7.28 percent. (Information provided by Finsat/Esteban Rojas H./GCE) .
Bidding war brews for Alliance Boots
A bidding war broke out for Alliance Boots PLC on Friday as a second private equity consortium came forward with an improved proposal after the pharmacy company accepted a 10.6 billion pound ($21.3 billion) bid from a group comprising its deputy chairman and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Boots shares soared 7.2 percent to 1,125 pence ($22.55) after the rival consortium including private equity group Terra Firma Investments, medical charity the Wellcome Trust and banking group HBOS PLC made an "indicative offer" worth 10.8 billion pounds ($21.6 billion). Boots made no immediate comment on the approach from the Terra consortium. Earlier Friday, the company recommended that its shareholders vote in favor of the sweetened bid from its deputy Chairman Stefano Pessina and KKR valued at 1,090 pence ($21.87) a share.
China to open bidding for 3G handsets
Participants at the industry forum in Beijing last week said that Chinese firms are expected to win 50 percent of an upcoming handset bid for the 3G technology valued at about $518 million. This is according to a ShanghaiDaily report. The China government still has not given a definite stamp on the 3G standard but industry insiders believe the country will start operating the homegrown time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) network standard by the end of this year. Chen Haofei, secretary-general of the TD-SCDMA Forum said that Chinese firms cannot take the lion's share in the TD-SCDMA equipment bids but should be half and half against foreign suppliers. In order to carry out the bidding, Chen said China Mobile will invite manufacturers to showcase their models in Beijing to decide on the specific shares to be given to the phone makers.
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