London shares – closing features (Sharewatch)

LONDON (Thomson Financial) – FTSE 100 risers Friends Provident 163.4 up 4.4 Closer to a break-up as it prepares for strategic review – Sunday Times British Energy 549 up 13-1/2 Goldman target price hike last week Royal & Sun Alliance 147.0 up 1.0 On Friends Provident news Rolls Royce 547 …

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More Than A Million Unwanted Christmas Gifts Up For Sale At Ebay – AHN

CNN-IBN More Than A Million Unwanted Christmas Gifts Up For Sale At EbayAHN –3 hours agoLondon, England (AHN) – Ebay announced that more than a million gifts have been offered for sale and as an opportunity to be re-gifted. …Nation's unwanted gifts sold on eBayTelegraph.co.ukUnwanted Xmas gifts sold on eBayThaindian.comA million …

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Highs and lows from auctions (Herald Sun)

THIS was the year Bill Gross said his stamps had outperformed his bond fund, Stanley Ho beat Damien Hirst in bidding for a truffle, and Amazon.com paid 39 times estimates for a book of JK Rowling stories. Among the mishaps, Marie Antoinette’s pearls and a Van Gogh painting didn’t sell. …

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