| Bids taken for D70 preschool
The funding for these students comes from the Colorado Department of Education to help promote early intervention classrooms for preschool-age children considered to be academically at-risk. Requests for proposals will be accepted from today through April 30. Providers interested in applying for the student slots must provide educational programs that are equal to or meet the same developmental benchmarks as the district's preschool curriculum. The curriculums must be developmentally appropriate and must build a strong literacy baseline of skills. Students in the program need to have 110 contact hours. For application packets and more information, contact Jenny Robinson at 369-6528. .
Iran to seek bids for two atomic power plants
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it would seek bids in the next few days for two new nuclear power plants and will partly run them on fuel produced at home, a process the West fears could lead to material for building atomic bombs.Ahmad Fayazbakhsh, an official at Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, said the power plants would each have capacity for 1,000 to 1,600 MW and would be built at Bushehr, the southwest port city where Russians are building Iran's first atomic plant.The West fears Iran's civilian nuclear programme is a smokescreen for atomic weapon ambitions, a charge Tehran denies.A Western diplomat said the tender announcement appeared aimed at justifying Iran's statement on Monday it had expanded work to make atomic fuel in defiance of a U.N. demand to halt uranium enrichment, a process which can be used to make bombs."Two international tenders in the coming days will be issued by Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation ...
Insurance Auto Auctions Opens in Western Colorado
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2007--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive and specialty vehicle auction services in the United States, today announced the opening of its newest auction center - Western Colorado - in Delta, located about 30 miles south of Grand Junction. The new 10-acre facility will provide service coverage to western Colorado as well as portions of southern and southeastern Utah. Live auctions at Western Colorado will include the I-bid LIVE(sm) internet bidding platform that combines live auctions with live auction internet bidders. This format, standard at all IAA locations, has maximized selling prices at IAA auctions across the United States. The new auction center is IAA's 2nd location in Colorado and follows the January opening of a new state-of-the-art facility in Denver.
Tenke Mining: Lundin Merger Offer Could Spike Bidding War.
Sufiy submits: It's all happening so fast. On April 4th, Lundin Mining (LMC) announced an all cash offer at CAD 5.0 per share of Rio Narcea (RNO) for all shares outstanding; it is now only a couple weeks later and we have news of a new deal to buy out Tenke Mining (TNKDF.PK), with their major asset of 24.75% in Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt mine in Congo. As per the announcement, all shareholders of Tenke Mining are being offered 1.73 shares of Lundin Mining for each Tenke share, but I will be surprised if Lundin will get Tenke at the first price offer. Lundin's motivation is clear: such an asset is still under the radar of the investment crowd with almost no one following it. With construction of the mine at full speed, and expected first production in 2008, the price for Tenke will increase dramatically as soon as the story hits newsletters and analysts start to follow the stock.
AmEx launches travel auction website
Credit card giant American Express is launching a travel auction website for cardholders as part of its "My Life, My Card" strategy. The Going Once website launch is being backed by an experiential campaign centred in London created by OgilvyOne. The company is operating the site as a Dutch auction where the price continues to drop until a bid is placed. There will be nine different holiday packages available – one offered each day. The price will then drop every 20 minutes between 4.20pm and midnight. Destinations offered include Hong Kong, Antarctica and the Greek Islands. Cardholders are also given the option of buying a choice of three fixed-priced packages each day. † .
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