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At the same time, federal officials tried to toss an international net around the missing wise and the remains of the millions he is accused of taking in a ponzi scheme.Staff at the auction said the celebrity status of the triangle's minimadoff helped drive up prices, such as the $80, 000 winning bid for wise's luxury mercedes convertible.Retailplus figures were rung up for items such as hundreds of designer handbags once owned by his wife, lynn wise.A brown leather louis vuitton hobo bag brought $2, 500. "It's the provenance,"Said sandy stallings, who works for hillsborough auctioneer leland little. "It's the story behind the bag. "Unlike imprisoned financier bernie madoff, wise has been charged civilly, but not criminally with defrauding investors of millions.Still, nearly 800 people bid online, and about the same number crowded the ballroom of the north raleigh hilton as wise's wares were auctioned.Little, running the sale along with rockinghambased iron horse auction, sparked repeated bidding battles with punchy descriptions and rapid patter.An elaborate golden ring with a diamond of nearly 4carats went for $150, 000, with a mercedes sedan fetching $48, 000 and a cadillac escalade bringing $64, 000.Kevin rollins, who came to the sale from lee county, said bidders were getting too caught up in the excitement. "It'd be nice to drive it home, but i didn't come here to donate,"Rollins said, checking out the mercedes sedan before it sold.The amounts raised totals weren't available wednesday night shrank in significance compared with the more than $200 million that wife lynn wise's lawyer said wise is now thought to have garnered from people who invested in his failed millennium bank, which was based in the caribbean.A courtappointed receiver is trying to recover money for the investors using tactics including the raleigh auction. "I think the interest was because it was a local ponzi artist and people are trying to get the investors some help and get some nice items,"Said jessica pearson, office manager at leland little auctions.In march, the federal securities and exchange commission accused wise and others of defrauding hundreds of clients through his millennium bank, simultaneously raiding offices in raleigh and california.On friday, a federal court in texas, where some of wise's investors lived, issued subpoenas for documents tied to more than 100 wiserelated accounts in businesses including credit suisse, wachovia, rbc, american express, bank of america, toronto dominion bank, sears mastercard and neiman marcus.Last month, the same court issued a subpoena for wise, to be served through dallas lawyer billy ravkind, who represents lynn wise. "They try to give it to someone who will be able to get [the subpoena] to the person who they were trying to serve,"Ravkind said wednesday.The attorney said he received one or two calls from wise after the canadianborn businessman's departure from raleigh in march but has no idea where he is. "To the best of the receiver's knowledge, william wise has fled the country,"Richard roper, the courtappointed receiver in the civil case, said in an update.
Asian markets weighed by US fiscal cliff gridlock

Hong kong asian markets fell in new year's eveshortened trade on monday as hopes that us lawmakers will reach a deal to avert the fiscal cliff faded just a day before a deadline.

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Republicans and democrats on capitol hill ended sunday without reaching a compromise deficitcutting budget that would be less painful than the deep spending cuts and tax hikes due to take effect on tuesday.

Leaders remained locked in talks that appeared to be making little headway, with each side blaming the other as analysts warned the measures could tip the economy into recession.

Senate republican minority leader mitch mcconnell warned that, despite throughthenight talks, negotiators were still a long way from success, with democrats not Ralph Lauren Outlet responding to a"Good faith offer"From his party.

Senate democratic majority leader harry reid agreed talks were at a standstill, adding: "There is still significant distance between the two sides, but negotiations continue. "

If talks fail on monday president barack obama has demanded a vote on his fallback plan that would preserve lower tax rates for families on less than $250, 000 a year and extend unemployment insurance for two million people.

But stan shamu, a market strategist at ig in sydney, said he expected some sort of plan to come out.

"No one knows how this will play out, but the most likely scenario is a patchup deal to avoid a fiscal catastrophe in the new year,"He told dow jones newswires.

Concerned investors began moving out of the dollar as recent upbeat sentiment evaporated.

The euro Pandora Charms UK rose to $1.3227 from $1.3217 in late US trade Friday, while the dollar also eased to 85.88 yen from 85.98 yen.

The euro bought 113.57 yen from 113.62 yen.

News out of beijing was better, however, with banking giant hsbc saying its final purchasing managers' index(Pmi)Of the year hit 51.5, up from 50.5 in November and a fourth straight month of improvement.

A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the key sector, while one below signals shrinkage.

The figures reinforce recent indications that the world's secondlargest economy is finally emerging from its slumber.

"Such a momentum is likely to be sustained in the coming months when infrastructure construction runs into full speed and property market conditions stabilise,"Qu hongbin, hsbc's chief economist for china, said in the release.

On oil markets new york's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in february, shed 16 cents to $90.67 a barrel and Brent North Sea crude for February delivery slipped 22 cents to $110.40.