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Some people were concerned that with yields below 2 percent there might not be enough demand for the bonds. However, the auction went okay and that spurred buying of futures.

There's a very strong short base in the two-year, as well as the potential for the auction to be postponed.

There seem to be all the elements of a good auction -- the bid-to-cover ratio was solid, the yield was as expected and yields are not rising.

Alexi Lalas

As we've all seen, we have Americans in desperate need of help, ... No MLS team has even worn orange and the more unique and valuable an auction item is, the more money it can potentially raise.

As we have said throughout the auction process, we continue to be interested in Daewoo Motor. We regret that Daewoo lost valuable time while its condition continues to deteriorate.

This is really the only formal black tie optional event that's held in Allen. We always have a lot of fun. A nice dinner, great opportunity for auction items and we have music for dancing.

It's not one versus the other. A lot of sellers use both. You might sell an item that's in demand at auction and the kinds of things that might not sell right away as a fixed-price listing.

There was some buying back in the early morning, but the market remains top-heavy, as market players are waiting for the results of auction of 10-year bonds this afternoon.

There was no robust auction that I could see. It's been a bizarre process . . . For all the effort and bravado, it's amusing.

There was very strong demand -- off the charts -- from the indirect bid -- about 65 percent, bigger than the 55.6 percent at the 10-year note auction in November 2005.

This is going to make it hard for eBay to win in Asia. It totally reshapes the landscape for auctions in Asia.

Rumi

A pearl goes up for auction. No one has enough, so the pearl buys itself.

Energy markets have proven to be volatile, unpredictable and trending dramatically upwards. This auction would expose consumers to all of the risks of the market.

There's relief around the industry that the final 3G auction is over, ... The next sale of licenses is in France next year and that has been factored into company spending because it's a fixed-fee beauty contest.

Bonds are likely to rebound following the auction. It looks like there will be plenty of demand from investors. A respite from auctions for the near future should help supply and demand conditions recover.

Twenty-year bonds have risen too far given the auction tomorrow. Traders are likely to try and back up the yield to closer to 2 percent for the auction.

Today, most of us think about eBay as an auction site, but a third of the items that transact on eBay are actually fixed price.

We're putting out feelers and will be watching Christie's closely to see what we can learn, ... But since holding auctions in China has to be done through intermediaries we will see how things develop.

There is some short-term concern in the market that the auction could be delayed.

We expect the white flags to fly over Madrid and Helsinki in the next two to three days. The auction will possibly raise about $35.5 billion, that's just around the U.K. figure. It may just top that.

We expect the auction to do phenomenally well for a couple of reasons,

The sellers in the auction have the power rather than the buyer. They set the date for the auction and the closing, they set the price and the property is sold as-is. The owner is the power-broker in the sale.

The spread supply had been a factor weighing on the Treasury market and when the 10-year TIPS auction didn't go terribly well, that compounded the issue.

The beauty of the auction process is that magical things can happen when the right players get involved and the money is not an issue for them. It's all about the horse for them - and the quest to have the best.

The auction went surprisingly well, but it's a low volume day and crude oil is dropping.

The auction went smoothly. Government notes have been sold excessively recently and yields have probably factored in the impact of a policy shift.

The auction went quite well. There was good interest from indirect bidders,

The auction was better than I expected and showed solid demand for the debt. The note has priced in speculation the central bank will shift monetary policy and the move was too excessive.

The auction showcased disappointing demand. Rallying stocks are building sentiment that Japan's economy will sustain a reasonably good pace of growth, signaling higher yields.

The auction result was disappointing and the market trend is already weak. Investors are staying on the sidelines and not buying.

The auction results are likely to be neutral but if the site in Repulse Bay could be sold at a good price it should give property stocks a boost.

Reed Hundt

The auction of AWS spectrum is primarily important because it creates the opportunity to change the market structure of the cellular industry.

The auction is lending some more weakness to the general tone of our market that started with the housing number this morning and this is not helping.