CHICAGO, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- uBid.com (OTCBulletinBoard: UBHI) , one of the leading business-to-consumer and business-to-business online auction companies (http://www.uBid.com) has teamed up with Mary Kay, the official beauty sponsor of "The 41st Annual CMA Awards" to launch "A Kiss for Country," a philanthropic campaign dedicated to ending domestic violence.

uBid.com will host more than 30 different online auctions for one-of-a-kind framed kiss prints of Country Music artists like Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Tanya Tucker, George Strait and Martina McBride. The online auctions for the "kiss card" plaques all have a starting bid of $55 and run from November 6, 2007 to December 31, 2007. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation to help end domestic violence against women and children.

Auction-rate securities

AUCTION-RATE SECURITIES are debts that mature 10, 15 or 20 years in the future, but which change hands frequently -- as often as every seven, 28 or 35 days. The interest rates on the securities change with each auction. Lately, bidders have been scarce or nonexistent for some of these auctions, drastically deflating the value of the securities.

Wild Card/Vacation Day 11 of 12

Now, the hard vacationing begins. Before, I flip over today's Wild Card, I noticed Mike K was the first to land a direct mailing in my mailbox, touting his endorsements by the firefighters and police officers. I'll be discussing Mike and the others the Monday before Election Day on Dick Haugen's KVNI morning show. Now, your latest Wild Card ...

Guillen's 15 minutes are up

Here I thought Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, was the sorriest person alive with that given name. Seems he has a thing about sleepwalking naked at night, forcing him to install a custom-made alarm on his door to avoid public nudity scenes. Organizers of the Brit Awards are very nervous that Osbourne, appearing as a presenter, will expose his bum on live TV this week.