…will we get the banks to honestly describe the assets they throw into the auction? Unless the Fed is planning to buy assets at above market value—that is, to directly…

…(as always) thinking as I type. The semi model I have in mind is one in which 1) the oil companies buy crude on a thick duble auction type spot…

…thing the Fed can do is to go the Northern Rock route. Instead of giving more money to troubled banks, it should give less. It should end the Term Auction…

…AB P.S. Technically, the auction should have started around $250 billion, corresponding to the administration’s projections back in February. P.P.S. And what’s this about: “To placate some lawmakers (Republicans as…

…economic viability of actually relocating to another state. With Boeing’s auction sure to set a new standard in the annals of job blackmail, the sooner we can get action on…

…the country — the foreclosure process won. Her home was sold at an auction and bought back by the government-owned mortgage giant Fannie Mae — which then allowed a private…

…777x jetliner. This was confirmed when, despite the rejection of its union contract offer by a 2:1 margin and opening an auction for a new facility, Boeing came back to…

…Zetland recommends wider use of auctions. His favored form is an all-in auction that puts all water rights into a pool, allows anyone to bid for as many blocs of…

…for an economic development official. San Antonio, where Toyota makes pickup trucks, jumped into the auction quickly, offering “almost $800 million in incentives.” Although Tesla has broken ground at a…

…example [this was completed prior to the Tesla auction] of a big bidding war was when Boeing threatened to move production of its 777-X aircraft out of Washington state, prompting…