| Committee considers bids for district finances
The Policy and Long Range Planning; Audit, Budget and Finance; and Building, Grounds and Site Selection Committees met before the district's board of trustees Tuesday.
After voting to approve their March 13 meeting minutes, the Audit, Budget and Finance Committee brought three agenda items to the board, beginning with a presentation concerning the district's budget and finances.
To minimize reinvestment, interest and credit risks when investing $275 million bond proceeds, the committee recommended that the board approve for Hypo Public Finance Bank to act as provider, and U.S. Bank N.A. as the custodian, for a Flexible Repurchase Agreement.
Four bids were received March 19, Hypo Public Finance Bank's bid being the highest at a yield rate of 4.72 percent.
Wheat prices in China under pressure to further slide
Shanghai. April 18. INTERFAX-CHINA - Chinese wheat prices are under pressure to further slide as a result of weak demand from downstream consumers and routine state wheat auctions, according to an article posted on the Ministry of Agriculture's official Web site yesterday. .
Toll spin-off Asciano to look overseas
Toll Holdings Ltd's proposed infrastructure spin-off, Asciano Ltd, will be seeking opportunities overseas, the new managing director of Asciano, Mark Rowsthorn, said. Mr Rowsthorn said Asciano was already part of a consortium bidding for a rail concession in the Middle East. He would not specify the country or give details. Mr Rowsthorn told reporters that there was scope for Asciano to expand in the transport of bulk commodities via rail in Australia, and there were also opportunities on the wharves given considerable activity in the expansion of ports. "We'll be participating in those," Mr Rowsthorn said. "As time marches on, we've already identified a number of international acquisitions that we'll participate in as well. "There is one particular one which isn't an acquisition - it's really part of a consortium bidding for a concession, a rail concession, in the Middle East.
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More Than 4000 Bidders Attend the Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Grande ...
GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/23/07 -- Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX: RBA)(NYSE: RBA), the world's largest auctioneer of industrial and agricultural equipment, announces the results of its large Grande Prairie, Alberta auction held April 18 and 19, 2007. A record 4,300 registered bidders from 15 countries attended the unreserved auction. They came from all 10 Canadian provinces and two territories, as well as 31 U.S. states, generating over CA$26 million (US$23 million) in gross auction sales. The previous registered bidder record for the site was 2,300 people. "We usually hold separate agricultural and industrial auctions in Grande Prairie in the spring," says Ritchie Bros. Regional Manager Brian Podruzny. "We decided that instead of holding separate sales, we would combine them - which both buyers and sellers seemed to appreciate at the auction last week." More than 2,200 lots were sold over the two-day auction, with the first day concentrating on trucks and industrial equipment.
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