A federal grant of $2.2 million was contributed to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy for creating therapeutics able to suppress the desires of cocaine addicts. The professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy, Alan Kozikowski, leads a research team that will work on targeting a particular family of serotonin receptors found in the brain.

$2.2 Million for to Suppress Desires for Cocaine

A private collector bought a rare $10 gold coin, minted as a diplomatic gift for United States President Andrew Jackson when he was on his trade missions to Asia. The collector was brave enough to pay $5 million for the rare coin.Although being dated 1804, the Eagle coin was, in fact, struck later in 1834 at the Philadelphia Mint. It represents one of four specials coins that were able to survive till nowadays.

$10 Eagle Coin Purchased for $5 Million

The first thing to say is that Google has finally updated Page Rank. However, it is logically right to start from the very beginning. All webmasters know that Google Page Rank (PR) represents a value, from 0 to 10. The goal of this value is to estimate the sites' popularity.

Google Update - Its Ups and Downs

Stack's 72nd anniversary auction, which was held in the period between October 16 and 17 in the New York City, was proud to offer an 1894-S Barber dime, which was purchased for $1,552,500.

Dime Sold for Almost $1.6 million

One of the most popular social tools on the Internet Facebook Inc. is also one of the most rapidly increasing websites. Recently the site has sold its 1.6 percent stake to the software giant Microsoft Corp. who was willing to pay $240 million for it.

$240M Investment of Microsoft Into Facebook

One of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, coin is considered to be the 1933 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle1933 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle. It actually was never officially issued. Still it appeared from 1907 until 1932. Although in 1933 there were 445,500 Double Eagle minted, none were released into circulation because of the changes made in currency laws during the Great Depression.

The 1933 Saint-Gaudens Gold Double Eagle Coin

If you are like most people, the last few months have been tough on your pocketbook let alone your psyche. We are, at least for the immediate future, in tough economic times. For some people, there are difficult decisions that have to be made:

COLLECTING COINS IN DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES

With all the turmoil in the financial markets you would think the rare coin market would be on its death bed. NOT! Without a doubt, even though we have been harping the coin market has been going through what we will call a “quality correction” of 10-20% (probably more like 30-40% now), nice, fresh, original, and truly rare coins have NOT decreased in value by any noticeable measure

THE COIN MARKET AS WE SEE IT

The final mission to service the Hubble space telescope has slipped deeper into next year, Nasa has announced. Officials said the delay would give engineers extra time to prepare a spare control unit needed to replace one that broke on the observatory last month.

Hubble works but servicing slips

The Perth Mint of Australia launched a new proof set of silver coins depicting five classic motorbikes from around world. The set includes five, 1-oz legal tender coins made from 99.9% pure silver with each struck in proof quality.

Motorbikes Five-Coin Silver Proof Set Launched by The Perth Mint of Australia