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Valley athletes have tossed their hats into the Olympic rings (Yakima Herald-Republic)
August 20, 2008Yakima is 6,183 miles from Athens, Greece, where the modern Olympics began, and it's 5,262 miles from this year's games in Beijing. Geographic distance notwithstanding, the Yakima Valley and the Olympics have a long history together.
Four in fight to land Twenty20 jackpot (Independent)
August 20, 2008On the way to securing the chance to win today's final and then play in the cash-rich Champions' League and the Stanford series, Essex survived the "Group of Death", aka the South Group.
Valley athletes have tossed their hats into the Olympic rings - Yakima Herald-Republic
August 20, 2008Valley athletes have tossed their hats into the Olympic rings Yakima Herald-Republic, WA - Graduates of Naches Valley High School, the Mahre brothers won a combined 36 World Cup skiing races. Phil, who was born four minutes earlier than Steve, ... |
Sports writer Ian Smith headed to higher ground - Ottumwa Courier
August 20, 2008Sports writer Ian Smith headed to higher ground Ottumwa Courier, IA - As for me, I’ll be covering a lot more outdoors stuff — like World Cup Skiing — and enjoying the cool mountain temperatures. ... |
Get ready Peyton, Eli's coming
August 20, 2008Those rare sports fans who think there aren't enough Mannings in commercials can take heart. Peyton's little brother Eli is likely about to be Madison Avenue's new go-to guy.
Their Bear Stearns, your money
August 20, 2008Congratulations. You just bought Bear Stearns. You, me and all taxpayers.
Captain's Blog, Stardate: 3/3/08
August 20, 2008THE SHOW: Are we having fun yet? Me neither. My old pal Deep Blue keeps writing me about various stocks and such that might have upside, but then acknowledges it's hard to imagine much of anything working this year. Except cash, and you better hope that's real cash and not some sort of 'cash equivalent.' Still, there will be winners and losers. I'm sorry I know there will be fits and starts but I really don't see the non-dollar commodity run crashing on us. (See Buffett, Warren on the Brazilian real.) Gold is the new greenback kind of deal....Kudos to hedge fund manager Phil Goldstein who is suing the S.E.C. to lift its ban on advertising. It's just garbage that the hedgies can't do this, and garbage that they can't publically release their returns either. (We all find out, anyway.) All of this is just a holdover from when hedge funds were a tiny, exclusive slice of the financial services pie. Newsflash: they no longer are! Goldstein told the FT: "gun shops are allowed to advertise, the Massachusetts state lottery is allowed to have a website. We want to be treated like any other business." Now obviously there has to be a limit on hucksterism here, but mutual funds and broker dealers abide by those types of limits just fine. Bring on the hedgies I say!......Guess Jarrett Lillien didn't get the brass ring at Etrade. (Don Layton, formerly of JP Morgan Chase did.) How often do 'acting' heads ultimately get the job?.......Questions: Is Dell over? Is Google over? Is Facebook over before it started? See what some nasty economic weather can do to your brain!
Ohio State beats LSU...
August 20, 2008There has never been a better year for upsets in college football than 2007. But there's one place where the traditional powerhouses still dominate -- in the rankings of revenue and profits.
StubHub's winning ticket
August 20, 2008When the Patriots try to finish off an undefeated season tonight, thousands of Pats fans will come out to Giants Stadium and thousands of Giants season ticket holders will be counting the money they collected by selling them the tickets.
Captain's Blog, Stardate: 1/23/08
August 20, 2008DAVOS: Given worldwide financial jitters, I think the sense of urgency at Davos is palpable. If there was ever a need to have an intelligent truly global debate, it is now. The issues here are pressing and real-time. Attendees from outside the U.S. are feeling penalized, and there is real concern that the U.S. doesn't have the leadership to respond properly, and that that response may become overly political given the ongoing campaign.
