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
A $22 billion auction in 30-year bonds will follow on Thursday, ahead of next week’s Fed meeting, the first led by new Chairman Kevin Warsh.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
A Glasgow auction house founded by TV presenter Anita Manning has been criticised for offering human remains for sale.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The other man took the piece of paper and pinned it on the corkboard, where the notices of dances, auction sales, whist drives, and so on were displayed.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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