| Escala’s Bowers and Merena Division Sets Records with $7.2 Million ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Escala Group (Pink Sheets:ESCL), a global collectibles company in stamps, coins, and art and antiques, today announced the aggregate sales results for its most recent auction conducted by Bowers and Merena Auctions of Irvine, California, part of Escala's Spectrum Numismatics division. As the official auction of the Baltimore Coin and Currency convention, the Bowers and Merena auction generated a total of $7,231,480 in winning bids in two days, March 22 and 23, 2007. "The auction results show stronger than ever prices for some numismatic material with dozens of new rare coin auction records established. There were pennies that brought thousands of dollars, and silver and gold coins that sold for tens of thousands," said Steve Deeds, President of Bowers and Merena.
After Extended Break In Racing Action, Tony Stewart Racing’s Jones ...
I proved to myself that having a bad start doesn't have to make or break you. It's the entire season as a whole that you have to worry about. Ideally, we'd like to win both races for Chevrolet and come away from the weekend ranked first and second in the points. Realistically, we're going after the wins on both days and will worry about the points as the year sorts itself out. It's a long season and this is just the beginning of it. " Winchester Speedway is a very fast, very intimidating race track. Do you remember what went through your mind as you took your first laps at speed around the facility in a sprint car? "I remember asking myself if I could really do this. It was that intimidating. I was running my Dad's car and the place and the speed really made me think.
Bidding Cities Should Be Treated With More Respect
SPECIAL TO GAMESBIDS.COM - Bidding for events is a major new product which is becoming increasingly important to international sports organisations and the international governing bodies. Is this new product being treated with sufficient seriousness and receiving the respect that it deserves? The bidding roller-coaster seems to gather greater momentum each year. Almost every month now there is a vote taking place to award the rights to host a major event to some deserving city or country. We have just heard the announcement from IAAF about their selected hosts for their World Athletics Championships in 2011 and 2013. Next month we will know who will host Europes second largest event in 2012, the UEFA EURO. In July the IOC will select the host city for the Olympic Winter Games of 2014 with decisions of the host cities for the All African and Commonwealth Games coming later in the year.
Lara bids farewell to international cricket
Bridgetown, Barbados: West Indies captain Brian Lara announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday, ending a record-breaking career of one of the sport's greatest ever batsmen. Lara, said his last match for West Indies would be Saturday's World Cup match against England at the Kensington Oval. "I've given this extensive consideration and on Saturday will be bidding farewell to international cricket as a player,"Lara told a news conference after West Indies beat Bangladesh by 99 runs in a Super Eights match on Thursday. "I've already spoken to the board and to my players." The 37-year-old Trinidadian holds the record for the highesttest score (400 not out) and in the first-class game (501 not out). He is also the leading run scorer in tests with 11,953 from 131 matches.
Scicom bidding for several deals
PETALING JAYA: Business outsourcing firm, Scicom MSC Bhd, is bidding for several deals in South-East Asia and North America, and is also confident of signing new contracts with mobile-phone companies Nokia and Singapore Telecommunications, said research house TA Securities. The brokerage said in a note the landscape for business process outsourcing was revolving rapidly, and that contact centres were being pressured to provide more value-added services to their customers. These companies would be judged based on the volume of business they do, it added. With Malaysia becoming costlier to operate in, Scicom has plans to become more sales oriented,'' TA Securities said. We believe Scicom should remain focused on operating call centres, and its call agents need only make product recommendations for its customers, but need not involve themselves in sales, the note said. At present, the company is trying to secure a deal with a North American financial institution.
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