| Frontier bids for blanket Open Skies access
Frontier Airlines could receive blanket access to each of the countries involved in any Open Skies agreement with the US, after applying for automatic admittance. The Denver-based carrier currently flies to Canada and Mexico, but Jeff Potter, Chief Executive, is eyeing a wider international reach, according to reports. Since the European Union agreed an "historic" Open Skies pact with the US last month, the prospect of unlimited transatlantic connections has moved closer to reality. Federal decision-makers are also involved in negotiations with China with a view to a similar accord. .
Auctions offer lounge lizards with a difference
THE dinosaur skull was advertised as "perfect for a New York City apartment", though with a starting bid of $US100,000 ($A124,000), it was clear that the apartment in question was not a small studio. What the I.M. Chait Gallery billed as its "natural history" auction held on Sunday at its showroom on Fifth Avenue at 29th Street, as well as by telephone and on eBay was a child's dream, a wealthy person's playground and a curator's nightmare. The showroom resembled miniature versions of the rooms at the American Museum of Natural History. Fossils were displayed all around and meteorites lined the shelves. Nearly all 345 items were available to touch. They included an Egyptian mummy's hand; lion, hyena and warthog skulls; a gold nugget; and (behind glass, but touchable on request) crystals, minerals and a meteorite from Mars.
The Good News in a Resignation
THE EXIT OF HEINRICH VON PIERER from Siemens is good for the corporation and Germany's self-image -- if it proves to be the platform for serious corporate reform. Von Pierer's departure Thursday as chairman of Siemens' supervisory board should help the company and investigators clean up the mess surrounding the bribery scandal that has overshadowed the conglomerate's otherwise impressive turnaround. His move should allow his successor as CEO, Klaus Kleinfeld, to focus more clearly on the day-to-day running of Siemens. The markets obviously were encouraged by the news. In midday trading in ... .
Mixed Forecast for Online Auctions
(Multichannel News) _ As eBay's Internet-based TV ad-auction venture hit massive turbulence, another from Google pulled onto the runway. The Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau last week abruptly pulled out of eBay's online marketplace for buying advertising slots on cable networks, dealing a critical blow to the project before it got off the ground. The CAB's about-face came just days after Google announced a deal with EchoStar Communications to sell a portion of the ad inventory on Dish Network's 125 national channels in an auction format. After several members of the consortium did a "deep dive" on eBay's Media Marketplace exchange for the past month, CAB CEO Sean Cunningham said, they concluded that the system would not provide the capabilities CAB needed. Snapshot: TV Ad Revenues Cable saw ad sales increase in the fourth quarter: .
Sacramento sheriff auction of Simpson book rights delayed
LOS ANGELES - An auction scheduled for today for the rights to O.J. Simpson's book, "If I Did It," was delayed because the company that originally brokered the book deal between Simpson and a publishing firm filed for bankruptcy, an attorney said.Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg had ordered the auction with the condition that all proceeds from any book that may be published be given to the family of Ronald Goldman, who was slain in Brentwood in 1994 along with Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Simpson, an ex-USC and NFL star, was charged with the killings but was acquitted in 1995. .
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