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Treasurys: Rates fall to record lows
Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction to the lowest levels on record. 0.050% Three-month bills. $28 billion auctioned. 0.430% Six-month bills. $28 billion auctioned. The average yield for one-year... -
Mark Leckey takes 2008's Turner Prize
Mark Leckey wins U.K.'s top art prize Video artist Mark Leckey on Monday won the 2008 Turner Prize, the United Kingdom's top contemporary-art award. "It's great to do something that has some kind of effect on British culture," said the 43-year-old...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Radio Industry, Carnegie Hall, New Year's, Murder
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Mexico sells off foreign currency reserves to boost struggling peso
MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Mexico's central bank has sold off $400 million in foreign reserves to stabilize the peso as it continues to weaken against the U.S. dollar. Mexico's currency has fallen more than 30 percent against the dollar since Aug. 1. The bank... -
Grow it if you got it
Of The Associated PressLindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game -- tobacco farming. He recently took 20 tons of his early prepared leaf to Clay's Tobacco Warehouse in Mount Sterling, due east of Lexington in the Appalachian foothills, where...Tags: Altria Group, United Nations, Tobacco Products, Sales, Agricultural Research and Technology
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'Eleanor Rigby' mystery solved?
Associated PressLONDON—Eleanor Rigby: fact or fiction? That question, which has bedeviled Beatles' fans for decades, may be answered in part by a 1911 hospital payroll sheet that was auctioned Thursday in London. The document, sent by Paul McCartney in 1990 to...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Hospitals and Clinics, Charity, Popular Music, Indiana University
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Northern Indiana's Oz Festival calls it quits
The organizers of an annual Wizard of Oz festival that attracted thousands of fans of the classic 1939 film to watch parades of costumed characters say this year's flood-plagued festival was their last. Brenda Maynard, president of the Indiana Wizard of...Tags: Porter, Festive Event
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Former city fireboat sold in online auction
Baltimore's former fireboat was sold in an online auction to an Ohio-based equipment supply company, netting the city's cash-strapped general fund $80,000, said Ian Brennan, a City Hall spokesman. The 85-foot fireboat was named after Mayor J. Harold...Tags: E-Commerce Industry
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Skywalker's lightsaber going to the auction block
Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from Star Wars, Indiana Jones' hat and whip from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Batman's cowl from Batman Begins are going on the auction block. The iconic movie items are for sale as part of Profiles in History's...Tags: Indiana Jones, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman, Harry Potter
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Pam Shriver's Tennis Classic Auction
Special to the SunThe Tremont Grand ballroom was bursting with people and bustling with energy as several hundred guests wined, dined and perused all sorts of silent auction items at Pam Shriver's 23rd annual Charity Tennis Classic Grand Kickoff Reception. Not bad for an...Tags: Government, National Government
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Strawberry fields forever
Special to The Baltimore SunThe giant strawberry fields outside the towns of Salinas and Watsonville, Calif., south of San Jose, seem to stretch on forever. In Merced County, east of Santa Cruz, the tomato fields roll on and on for miles. For some old-timers in our area, these...Tags: Campbell Soup Company, Agriculture, Farms, Sales, Agricultural Research and Technology
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EAST HADDAM: Library Plans Holiday Auction
The Rathbun Free Memorial Library will host a display and silent auction of donated Christmas trees, wreaths and holiday exhibits. All proceeds from the event — organized by the East Haddam Community Lions — are to benefit local emergency...Tags: Haddam, East Haddam
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Smart collector: Shed light on glass lamp
Richard, from Miami Beach, wants to know how to find the maker of his grandmother's leaded glass lamp. Auction action An 18K gold and enamel Hot Wheel car features working wheels and hood. It's covered with more than 2,700 round brilliant and baguette...Tags: Miami Beach, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking
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