| Elton John And Simon Cowell Sign Up To Help Sick Animals
Rock legends, sporting heroes and pop stars autographs are all up for grabs in aid of veterinary charity PDSA. So if you fancy getting your paws on the signatures of Sir Elton John (pictured), or everyone's favourite Mr Nasty, Simon Cowell, or Greased Lightnin' babe Holly Willoughby, then log on to eBay and get bidding!
The auction coincides with the start of eBay's animal campaign, encouraging people to either sell items they no longer need and donate a percentage of the sale to their chosen animal charity, or bid on items being sold. Funds raised for PDSA will help the veterinary charity provide free veterinary treatment for sick and injured pets.
PDSA so relies on the generosity of the public to funds its PetAid services, which cost more than 41 million every year - and is counting on your bids to help keep tails wagging across the UK!
So what are you waiting for? Log on to PDSA's website and follow the links through to the auction site.
Sega taking Football Manager MMO, beta next month
Sega has announced the future release of Football Manager Live, a brand new massively multiplayer online game from Sports Interactive. Scheduled for release in Autumn 2008, Football Manager Live has its roots set in the best-selling and award-winning Football Manager series, but has been designed specifically as a massively multiplayer online game.
Sega says Football Manager Live is a brand new concept in football management and allows players to build a club from scratch to compete against friends and rivals online for the ultimate in Football Manager bragging rights. "It's the definitive test of football management skills, allowing you to set-up mini-leagues amongst your friends, bid in player auctions and compete in live matches 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Matches take place in real-time with a range of tactical options for managers to control as they follow all the action via the realistic 2D match engine.
Escala's Bowers and Merena Division Sets Records with $7.2 Million ...
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-April 11, 2007 - Escala Group (Pink Sheets:ESCL), a global collectibles company in stamps, coins, and art and antiques, today announced the aggregate sales results for its most recent auction conducted by Bowers and Merena Auctions of Irvine, California, part of Escala's Spectrum Numismatics division. As the official auction of the Baltimore Coin and Currency convention, the Bowers and Merena auction generated a total of $7,231,480 in winning bids in two days, March 22 and 23, 2007. .
Examining corporate bids, bottlers' claims
In the 2000 movie "Return to Me," a customer insists that the waitress, played by Minnie Driver, bring her bottled water because she prefers it to tap water. Out of the customer's sight, the waitress pours a bottle of water down the drain, refills the plastic bottle with tap water, sticks a straw in it and takes it to the woman. The customer then remarks: "Ah! Such a difference." A similar but real episode played out in Cleveland on a bigger scale last year. Documentary filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman and journalist and film critic Michael Fox detail it in their thought-provoking new book, "Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water." In an ad campaign, Snitow, Kaufman and Fox write, Fiji Water boasted that its water was "purified by island trade winds" and free of pollutants.
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