The Wall Street Journal features Trade Extensions White Paper
Trade Extensions White Paper, "US Treasury Must Use Volume-Constrained Auctions" makes headlines at The Wall Street Journal.

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US Treasury Must Use Volume-Constrained Auctions
Trade Extensions, procurement software provider and specialist in game theory and auction optimisation, urges the US Treasury to use a volume-constrained auction structure instead of ‘simultaneous auctions’ when buying ‘Troubled Mortgage-Related Assets’.

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Saving the Financial System by Buying Troubled Assets
A White Paper by Arne Andersson, CEO, Trade Extensions

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The Chemical Purchasing Summit - Seaport World Trade Centre, Boston, MA, USA
Trade Extensions President, Garry Mansell presents "Buyer Beware – Security of the Supply Chain".

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Making Crude Decisions
Oil prices are unstable and unpredictable. How does this affect buyers and what do analysts think will happen next?

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Trade Extensions Publishes 3 Case Studies on Public Procurement of Multiple Cleaning Contracts Using Combinatorial Bidding

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Bottom of the Barrel
Just back from two weeks in India and China, Hans Elmsheuser is in sombre mood. The head of global procurement at agribusiness giant Syngenta reckons something unprecedented is taking place in the chemicals and commodity markets in which the Basel-headquartered company sources its raw materials.

"Demand is genuinely starting to outstrip supply," he says. "It's a paradigm shift. China used to be a low-cost country for us to buy chemicals from, but now it isn't. In chemicals, there are no low-cost countries any more."

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Trade Extensions Has Lift-Off in Houston
On-line procurement specialist, Trade Extensions has achieved a milestone in its expansion plans by opening its first US office.

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ICIS Chemical Business Magazine covers Trade Extensions
As chemical companies strive to improve their porocurement process and minimize cost, Trade Extensions is offering one solution.

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SOI Conference: 26–27 augusti 2008, Scandic City, Östersund
Trade Extensions gives a seminar on bid evaluation and combinatorial bidding at SOI conference.

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Whirlpool signs Global Licence agreement with Trade Extensions
Whirlpool has signed a Global Licence agreement with Trade Extensions which will give Whirlpool access to the full suite of the Trade Extensions software.

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Trade Extensions sponsors the Multimodal 2008 conference (http://www.multimodal.org.uk/)
Joe Critchley presents “The European Freight Market - A review and a look at the future”

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Göran Brunberg and Jan Andersson at Götebrogs Stads Upphandligsbolag has been awarded ”Purchaser of the Year” by Sveriges Offentliga Inköpare (SOI). One of the main motivations for the award was a successful telephony auction done in collaboration with Trade Extensions. Göteborg is also using online bidding technology and bid evaluation methods from Trade Extensions.

Trade Extends Through €10 Billion
On-line procurement specialists Trade Extensions announced today that its unique software has been used in the sourcing of over €10 billion of goods and services since the company was formed in 2000. Breaking the €10 billion barrier is a landmark for the company but 2007 also saw a significant growth in revenue and Trade Extensions recorded growth of over 90%.

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The 12 Best Practices of Freight Bidding - Tompkins Associates
The results of the survey point to a number of best practices. Freight bidding can be a time consuming endeavor that is disruptive to the supply chain, but bidding is necessary to ensure that you are receiving competitive rates and quality service. Keep on track by following the 12 best practices.

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