Archive for May, 2009

Irish Fly Tip Painting Withdrawn from Auction

Friday, May 29th, 2009

A painting by the 19th century American artist Winslow Homer was pulled from a New York auction on 21 May, after a claim was made by one of the artist’s family.
The watercolour, Children under a Palm Tree, was presented to Sotheby’s auction house earlier this year after being discovered on the BBC One show.
It had [...]

Tucows Commences Second Dutch Auction Tender Offer to Repurchase Shares

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Tucows Inc. a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today that it is commencing a modified “Dutch auction” tender offer to repurchase up to 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, representing approximately 5.8% of the Tucows’ outstanding shares. The closing price of Tucows’ common stock on the NYSE Amex on [...]

Ireland to Auction Euro Bonds

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Ireland plans to sell two bonds with a total value in the range of 750 million to 1 billion euros at an auction next Tuesday, the National Treasury Management Agency has announced.
A 2014 bond will pay a 4 percent coupon and another bond maturing in 2019 will carry a 4.4 percent coupon, said the NTMA.