auction
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Meanwhile, investors may focus on the Japanese finance ministry’s auction today of about 600 billion yen of 30-year JGBs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
That’s because its funding is tied to an auction for a shrinking number of pollution allowances.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The Treasury will announce the result of a $39 billion 10-year-note auction at 1 p.m.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
In June 2024, Russia's Litfond auction house listed in its catalogue a second edition of Pushkin's "The Prisoner of the Caucasus", a book corresponding to a copy stolen from the BnF.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“Well, she sold it at auction, silly. At an auction you have to sell it to the highest bidder. No one bid higher than $225. It’s that simple.”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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