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A meaner machine than any Popemobile and a sure head-turner on the highway to heaven - Bonhams Paris will today auction off a Harley-Davidson motorcycle owned by Pope Francis. The Harley-Davidson FXDC Dyna Super Glide is one of two presented to the pontiff to mark the bike company's 110th anniversary, and proceeds from the sale will go towards a hostel and soup kitchen in Rome. The bike bears the pope's signature on the fuel tank, and Bonhams says it is expected to fetch up to US$20,000.

Nu Skin Enterprises, the American seller of skin-care products that is under investigation on the mainland, is due to give an update on a promised internal review of its practices today. Shares of Nu Skin plunged earlier this month after the People's Daily said the company was running a "suspected illegal pyramid scheme". In a letter to customers in China, Utah-based Nu Skin, which has continued to sell its merchandise on the mainland, said it would review employee and sales-force practices and intended to take "corrective actions".