Vente aux enchères (Auctions)

L’Iran est accusé d’avoir facilité une cyberattaque contre un fournisseur d’énergie israélien. Washington demande une enquête internationale urgente.Traduction :Iran is suspected of aiding a cyberattack on an Israeli energy firm. Washington calls for an urgent international inves ... Show More

Un pic de chaleur inédit touche le sud de la France. À Marseille, le thermomètre atteint 35°C le 2 mai, un record absolu.Traduction :Southern France swelters under an unusual heatwave. In Marseille, temperatures hit 35°C on May 2, a new all-time record for the month. Hosted on Ac ... Show More

<p>Depuis le printemps dernier, la France est touchée par une crise sans précédent: une pénurie nationale de moutarde.</p><br><p>Traduction:</p><p>Since last spring, France has been hit by an unprecedented crisis: a nationwide shortage of mustard.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; fon ... Show More

The Google AdWords algorithm is (famously) an auction system for allocating a massive amount of online ad space in real time--with that fascinating use case in mind, this episode is part one in a two-part series all about auctions. We dive into the theory of auctions, and what ma ... Show More

Texte:<br>Une des rares peintures de Vincent Van Gogh encore dans des mains privées, “Scène de rue à Montmartre” a été vendue pour plus de 13 millions d'euros jeudi.<br><br>Traduction:<br>One of the few paintings by Vincent Van Gogh still in private hands, "Street Scene in Montma ... Show More

Texte:<br>Le musée Rodin à Paris est le seul musée en France autorisé à reproduire et vendre certaines des oeuvres d'art présentées, afin qu'il puisse survivre sans aide de l'Etat.<br><br>Traduction:<br>The Rodin museum in Paris is the only museum in France that's allowed to repr ... Show More

We discuss auctions. We first distinguish two extremes: common values and private values. We hold a common value auction in class and discover the winner’s curse, the winner tends to overpay. We discuss why this occurs and how to avoid it: you should bid as if you knew that your ... Show More

Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" was sold at auction at Christie's in London in March 1987 for 39.9 million dollars - then a world record and more than double the previous top price paid for an artwork at auction. The sale made front-page headlines and is now seen as the moment th ... Show More