auction
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Discovery shareholders in April approved the sale of the company to Paramount after Netflix dropped out of the auction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The Ministry of Finance is scheduled to auction about 600 billion yen of 30-year JGBs on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
A separate auction from the company Heritage included a Christian Dior skirt that Monroe wore on her honeymoon and a letter from her husband playwright Arthur Miller.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Another focus is the Japanese Finance Ministry’s auction today of about 2.6 trillion yen of 10-year JGBs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
At the end of the night, the winner of the auction comes up to me, smiling, my piece in his hands.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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