Word: auctioning
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...obscure bit of rulemaking from the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC for the past four months has been selling off slices of the broadcast spectrum -- the radio bands used for everything from dispatching taxis to broadcasting Rush Limbaugh's belly laughs. And in preparation for a big auction scheduled to begin in December, the agency required that all companies seeking to bid on this latest piece of electromagnetic real estate disclose the names of their business partners by last Friday...
...federal government is bracing for tomorrow's opening of fierce bidding in the second stage of the largest federal auction of the airwaves ever, one featuring bidding by alliances of some of the world's largest telecommunications companies. Last July, the FCC netted more than $600 million from frantic betting for new pager and cellular phone "bandwidths" and this week's bidding should push the total value of the auction at over $1 billion. More than two dozen companies are expected to compete for 30 regional licenses to offer a web of more powerful wireless services, such...
...lift pass to Blue Hills resort, a certificate to Boston dance club Europa and a basket from Condom World will be the items up for grabs in tomorrow's Dutch Auction at Leverett House...
...auction is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the house dining hall, house committee members said in a meeting yesterday...
Stocks fell as the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury bond climbed above 8% for the first time since May 1992. Although interest rates in general have been trending up recently, today's move stemmed partly from the fact that the Treasury is due to auction off $28.25 billion worth of two- and five-year notes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Traders apparently feared that this influx of new issues could drive prices down, and yields up, especially with the Federal Reserve expected to lift short-term rates again as soon as next month. In response, the Dow Jones Industrial...