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Specialty retailer Linens 'n Things, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May, said Wednesday it is scrapping a reorganization plan and will put itself up for sale in an auction occurring Tuesday.

With a winning bid of just $1.75, a Chicago woman won an auction for an abandoned home in Saginaw, Mich.

She was the top bidder during an auction on eBay, The Saginaw News reported.

FCC drops most items from agenda of Sept. 25 public meeting, keeps outlining new rules for auction of D block of 700-megahertz spectrum.

The move comes as the bank, which has suffered badly from losses on mortgages it had made, continues to stumble.

FCC to reattempt auction of D block of 700-megahertz spectrum.

The Federal Reserve has auctioned another $25 billion in loans to the nation's banks in an effort to combat a serious credit squeeze.

The Port Authority cited negative impacts of a federal plan to auction slots at the airports in the New York area.

Why do we blame China and the Far East for the economic problems we are having in the world today. We know the price of oil is bid up in a kind of auction called the NYMEX.

This can be stopped by placing limits on how high the price can go.

"We now have sufficient spectrum to continue growing our business and data revenues well into -- and possibly through -- the next decade, and this is the very best spectrum"

The coordinators of Sunday's auction of 41 units at the new Eight Orchids condominium midrise in Oakland billed the event as a means of finding the actual market value for such homes.

If true, the results may be bad news for developers and great for buyers.