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Aug 9, 2011

SPORTS, Athletics News, Aug 09, 2011


RSU 13 announces initial fall athletic practice schedules
knox.VillageSoup.com
22, with the exception of middle school football. Middle school football practices begin on Monday, Aug. 15. Girls soccer — Practices will be on the auxiliary soccer field behind Oceanside West in Thomaston (near the varsity softball field). ...
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Thorp Names Search Committee For next Athletic Director
TarHeelBlue.com
Baddour has served 14 years as Carolina's athletic director and has worked at the University for 45 years. Under his direction, the Tar Heels have won 13 national championships in four sports (women's soccer, field hockey, men's basketball and men's ...
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High School Athletes begin Two-a-Day Workouts in August Heat
Newswise (press release)
Last year, four high school football players nationwide died of heat stroke, according to the Annual Survey of Football Injury Research. Seasons that begin Wednesday in Illinois include boys football,soccer and cross country and girls tennis, ...
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Dougherty Valley Athlete Set to Play Football at Delaware State
Patch.com
In fact, to Mitch, the word football referred to the sport known in the United States as soccer. Born and raised in England, Mitch and his family did not move to the United States until he was 14. While growing up, Mitch's focus was mainly soccer, ...
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Orange Kicks Off 2011 with Scrimmage
SUAthletics.com
Syracuse's Olympic sport teams will also be on hand to mingle with the fans. There will be scrimmages, practices and meet and greet opportunities with the football , women's soccer, field hockey, volleyball and women's basketball teams. ...
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Ready for football? Practice starts Friday
Great Falls Tribune
15 is the first day of practice for prep soccer, volleyball and cross country teams across the state. Athletes in those sports must complete 10 days of practice to be eligible for an event. The first day of competition for soccer, volleyball and cross ...
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Talented Greentree raising the bar
Newcastle Herald
Away from athletics, Greentree has transferred her natural abilities to cricket and soccer. She was part of the Hunter Academy of Sport girls' cricket squad this year and has been a representativesoccer player with Macquarie for the past two seasons. ...
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Business of the Week: Sportsplex West
Patch.com
... a family-owned sports training facility on a mission to enhance every athlete's athletic abilities no matter the sport. Sportsplex West offers a variety of leagues, camps, or lessons for basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, football and ...
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It's time to honour women
Joburg
There are plenty of activities planned for Women's Day, 9 August, with a fun run, a soccer match and zoo visits taking centre stage. ATHLETIC events, zoo visits and a stadium rally are planned for Women's Day on 9 August, to honour the contribution of ...
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Fall Sports Tryouts Begin Wednesday at Oswego, Oswego East
Patch.com
However, the fall athletic season will begin Wednesday for a host of student-athletes at Oswego and Oswego East high schools. That's the first day of tryouts/practices across the state in boys cross country, boys golf, boys soccer, football, ...
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Q&A with Bylaw Blog's John Infante
Black Shoe Diaries
So major changes in the rulebook are less about what those changes will be and more about which schools and sports will be in the highest level of college athletics when you're done. You were recently a guest on a podcast with CBS Sports' Mike ...
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The Bachscore: Oregon, Oregon State football and the offseason of money
OregonLive.com
Oregon's athletic-department headquarters is sliced open and awaits attachment of a sleek, six-story center for the football program -- the latest edifice of undisclosed value by Nike co-founder-turned-Ducks-athletics-magnate Phil Knight. ...
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Practice for fall sports teams begins today
Lakenewsonline.com
By Anonymous The 2011-12 high school sports season begins today throughout Missouri, as teams hold their first official fall practice. Football, soccer, volleyball, softball, tennis, golf and cross country athletes have at least two weeks of intense ...
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Athletic foundation forms to light up the field at Red Bank Regional
Asbury Park Press
In addition to football, RBR's soccer, lacrosse and field hockey teams also would be able to use a lit field, she said. Red Bank Regional parents are the second group to form a foundation to helpsports programs on the Two River peninsula. ...
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High Schoolers Wanting To Play Fall Sports Should Be Conditioning Now
Patch.com
By Jessica Mazzola Try-outs for Mahwah's fall varsity sports – cheerleading, cross-country, girls and boys soccer, girl's tennis and volleyball – begin at the end of this month. According to MHS'sathletic director Roger Pelletier, if your kids want to ...
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Chad Masters fills in as volleyball coach for Tolton Catholic
Columbia Daily Tribune
Because of its small initial enrollment that includes no juniors or seniors, Tolton agreed to co-op — or combine athletes — with Calvary in football, soccer, softball and baseball. On a cool, overcast morning, the practice scene was relatively quiet ...
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MVHS, MMS announce fall tryouts, practices
knox.VillageSoup.com
Soccer players must have a mouth guard and approved shin guards. Athletes are encouraged to bring water bottles/sports drinks. For more information on both MVHS and MMS, contact athleticdirector Matt Lash at 832-5389, extension 129, by cellphone at ...
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As school athletics start, sports medicine is needed
Odessa American
A soccer player at Odessa High, Holguin tore her anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, and after having surgery she's been hard at work with an athletic trainer. “They have me sweating,” Holguin said. “They have me working hard. ...
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Palisade athletics tryout information
KKCO-TV
Football: Mini-Camp begins August 8th and runs through August 12th scheduled for 7:00am to 1:00pm – Official Practice begins August 15th and also runs 7:00am to 1:00 pm. Meet at PHS. BoysSoccer: Mini-Camp runs August 8th – 11th at PHS from 7:00pm ...
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Reuters sports schedule at 1330 GMT on Monday, Aug 8
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
ATLANTA - We preview this week's US PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club where Germany's Martin Kaymer defends the title he won in a playoff with American Bubba Watson last year after a wild final round at Whistling Straits. ...
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Irvington Park Project Completed
Local Talk News
Increased usage by athletic teams from Irvington High school, municipal recreation programs and residents resulted in significant wear and tear on the natural grass soccer field in Irvington Park. To address the poor field conditions and to maximize ...
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Fans Invited To Show Aggie Pride At The Cache County Fair and Rodeo
Utah State Aggies
Visitors of the Utah State Athletics booth will have the opportunity to receive autographs from various Utah State coaches and student-athletes, meet Big Blue, register to win Utah State Football season ticket packages, and pick up posters and schedule ...
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Utah State Aggies
New Advice for Keeping Young Athletes Safe in Heat
WebMD
8, 2011 -- As aspiring football and soccer stars hit the fields for preseason training, there's new advice on how to keep young athletes safe when exercising in the heat. New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) show that heat ...
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Strong Richmond contingent at Western Canada Games
Richmond Review
•Liam Doig (soccer) is an honour roll student who hopes to earn a university scholarship. •Harjun Gill (rugby) has been dedicated to his sport since the age of 14 but has been around the game since he could walk. •Caitlin Gordon (field hockey) has been ...
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Saskatchewan Huskies Men's Soccer Open Training Camp
Boxscore News
In 2011-12, Huskie Athletics will celebrate 100 years of Huskie Pride with Centennial celebrations! Huskie Athletics has 95 Canada West Championships and 25 CIS Championships under its belt. Huskie athletes leave the campus and the University of...
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Boxscore News
It's up . . It's good! Athletic cash donations in 2010-11 hit record high
William and Mary News
... the new home for the Tribe's lacrosse and soccer programs. Additionally, contributions tofootball, men's basketball and women's athletics reached an all-time high, and cash gifts in support of athletic endowments were the fifth-highest total ever. ...
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Relief as Maputo-bound boxers, athletes get a shot in the arm
The Citizen Daily
Mashaga said he was optimistic the support would enable the boxing and athletics teams to train even harder for the multi-sport event.“The NSSF support has come as a timely morale-booster for our boxers. With this kind of support, I am optimistic our ...
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TCNJ athletics adds facebook for fan followers
The College of New Jersey Athletics
Both soccer teams play away at tournaments while cross country hosts the Blue/Gold Classic at Rosedale Park in Pennington, NJ. The field hockey team hosts Gwynedd-Mercy College in TCNJ's home opener on that Saturday, September 3. Football lines up at ...
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Large Canadian team gunning for medals at 26th World University Games
Winnipeg Free Press
They are unlikely to threaten even the top five this time around, but Baxter expects strong performances in swimming, athletics, water polo and taekwondo. The goal is to win more than the 15 medals Canadians took home in 2009 at the last Summer ...
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HOLES-IN-ONE
Bangor Daily News
Tryouts at the varsity field Aug. 15-18, 7-9 am; girls soccer: tryouts Aug. 15-17 from 8-10 am and 5-7 pm at Union Street Athletic Complex; grade 8 football: Open to boys entering eighth grade at Cohen and Doughty schools; practice begins Aug. ...
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Triathlete had to overcome fear of swimming
Calgary Herald
CALGARY • As a kid, James McCreath's parents encouraged his love for any athletic activity he wanted to try. “Soccer, bowling, track and field, you name it,” says the 33-year-old Calgarian. “When it came to sports, they didn't say no to anything. ...
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Hofstra Women's Soccer Picked Second In CAA Preseason Poll
Boxscore News
Hempstead, NY - The defending regular season champion Hofstra Women's Soccerteam was picked to finish second in the 12-team Colonial Athletic Association in 2011 in a vote of the league's coaches, it was announced today. James Madison, which finished ...
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Fall season tees off with boys golf
The Aurora Sentinel
All sports get underway Sept. 1. This is the 91st season of sanctioned athletics by the ado High School Activities Association, which has a new commissioner in Paul Angelico. "The start of the school year still remains one of the most exciting ...
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Schools changing athletic program costs to cope with budget loss
Daily American Online
Salisbury students have participated in football, cross country and other sports at Meyersdale for several years. Meyersdale students play boys soccer at Salisbury. Both schools have agreed to pay the host district $300 for each student who registers...
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Daily American Online
Warning about RVC athletics scam
WREX-TV
... to get money for the RVC athletic program. Police have received reports about a group of young people knocking on doors and asking money to support an RVC soccer trip. RVC doesn't have asoccer team and says it would never solicit money this way. ...
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Area events sports calendar Aug 7-13
Greenwich Time
Anyone interested can apply by contacting Director of Athletics, Tracy Nichols, at 203-322-3401 ext 17. Sterling Farms Golf Shop is now taking applications for its Junior Golf Programs. There are several programs open to both girls and boys, ...
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R.J. Rico: xxx
SI.com
So too has the money that the visitors stand to make as the country's soccer awareness has risen. Add in the fact that the US offers training facilities unparalleled in their quality and ubiquity, and the decision for European clubs to tour America in ...
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Sports Etc.
Marietta Times
Marietta High athletic passes will be available for sale starting Wednesday, at the high school office. Pass costs this year are $80 for adults, $50 for students and $15 for senior. Season tickets and passes for all sports and reserve seats for Warren ...
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RAVE Soccer Program Provides Exercise, Excitement
Patch.com
Each week from early June to mid-August, eight teams from five TOPSoccer locations near the metro meet at the Lexington-Diffley Athletic Fields in Eagan to play a game or two. The RAVE breaks up its approximately 35 athletes into two teams each week to ...
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Evans wins Nordman Award
Fort Dodge Messenger
By JOSH MEYER Messenger Sports Writer When looking back at her distinguished Fort Dodge Senior High athletic career, Rachel Evans can proudly hold her head up high. After leaving an indelible mark along the way in four different sports, ...
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Would You Rather: The College Football Coach Edition
Ology
Began to begin? Started to start? F*ck it. Soccer's starting. Oh, and soccer continues here in our own country in the form of MLS! Plus there's some other sports sh*t going down. One such sports sh*t is college football. It's coming. Soon. ...
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Northwest Region post-season playoffs expand
Gazette Virginian
Northwest Region officials have expanded the region’s post-season playoffs to include third-place teams in each district in volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball and soccer. Under the new format, Northwest Region tournaments in those sports ...
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"Astro Turf" Playing Fields a Surprise Success Story
Patch.com
Overall, the county has 289 athletic fields, both rectangular and baseball-diamond fields. All of turf fields are rectangular fields (suitable for football, soccer and lacrosse) except for one baseball diamond at Nottoway Park in Vienna, Kaiser said. ...
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Mavs kick-start with in-state talent
Omaha World-Herald
By Rob White While most of UNO's athletic programs are in the process of making the difficult transition from Division II to Division I, the men's soccer program is taking a different path, that of turning fantasy into reality. ...
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Soccer begins camp with expectations - Northern ado
The Northern ado women's soccer program kicked off its camp with high hopes for the coming season. The Bears start their season at 7 p.m. Aug. 13 with the annual Blue & Gold Scrimmage at Jackson Field. ... 26 when they face off against Jacksonville. Thanks to a donation from Best Western, admission to all Northern ado home matches will be free. University of Northern ado Athletics 270D Butler-Hancock Athletic Center Greeley, CO 80639 ...Northern ado Athletic News
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(Editor's note: This is an ongoing column by Center High School football player Cody Carleton, as he gives us an inside look on the action of the Roughrider ...
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STOCK, Shares, NYSE News, Aug 09, 2011


'Pak stocks attractive as growth overshadows crises'
Pakistan Daily Times
Samad's Rs 650 million ($7.5 million) Atlas Stock Market Fund outperformed all Pakistan's 30 equityfunds, according to Invest Capital Markets Ltd. The fund returned 40% in 12 months ended June 30 and beat 29% return of benchmark Karachi Stock Exchange ...
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Foreign Funds Sell Net 16.1 Billion Rupees of Indian Equities
Bloomberg
They sold a net 4.53 billion rupees of bonds, reducing their flows into debt this year to 142.4 billion rupees. Overseas investors bought a record 1.33 trillion rupees of shares in 2010, helping fuel a 17 percent rally in the Bombay Stock Exchange's ...
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Dow plunges more than 634 points after downgrade
Beaumont Enterprise
A total of 9.9 billion shares traded, and about 70 stocks fell for every one that rose on the New YorkStock Exchange. Stock markets in Asia began Monday's global rout. The main stock index fell almost 4 percent in South Korea and more than 2 percent ...
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Argentine Stocks, Bonds Hurt By Global Selloff; Merval -10.7%
Wall Street Journal
The volume of shares traded on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange totaled ARS101.5 million ($24.4 million) during the session. The Global X FTSE Argentina 20 ETF, which tracks shares of Argentine companies listed on international markets, fell 7% to close ...
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Certain DWS Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Distributions
MarketWatch (press release)
There is a one-time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are sold in the open market through a stock exchange. Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount to the net asset value. The price of a fund's shares is ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Investors flee stocks for bonds on US downgrade
Reuters
The selling came in heavy trading, with volume of 17.5 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and Nasdaq, second only to the day after last year's sudden "flash crash." Investors took shelter in the asset that was downgraded ...
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Markets fluctuate as uncertainties persist
Livemint
The 50-share Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) recovered from an intraday low of 5054.05 points to close at 5118.50, down 1.78%. All major Asian indices ended in the red, with the Shenzen SE Composite Index declining 4.43% to top the losers. ...
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Biz Break: Downgrade 'fallout' -- stocks fall as investors get out of the market
San Jose Mercury News
By Jeremy C. Owens A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 8, 2011 in New York City. After Standard & Poor's downgraded US debt from AAA to AA+ late Friday, all eyes were on Wall Street to see the ...
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Indian Rupee Slips To Five-Week Low On US Downgrade, Weak Stocks; Bonds Up
Wall Street Journal
A late recovery in local shares, however, helped the rupee bounce back from its lows. The BombayStock Exchange's Sensitive Index--which fell to a low of 16759.45 during the day--recovered a little to finish down 1.8%, at 16990.18. ...
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Asian Currencies Gain, Led by Singapore Dollar, on U.S. Rating Downgrade
Bloomberg
Global funds ploughed more than $1 billion into emerging- market bond funds in the week to Aug. 2, with those focused on local-currency notes recording their best inflows in more than a year, EPFR Global said in an Aug. 5 statement. ...
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US STOCKS-Wall St plummets as fear jumps on historic downgrade
Reuters
Panicked selling resulted in the S&P 500's worst day since December 2008, with every stock in the benchmark index ending in negative territory. Volume totaled 17.89 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and ...
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SET dips as US troubles deepen
Bangkok Post
Thai stocks closed 1.39% lower yesterday in volatile trade as most Asian markets tumbled in the wake of last week's historic ratings downgrade of the United States. The Stock Exchange of Thailand index dropped 20 points at the opening, and slid by as ...
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Bond Funds With an Edge
TheStreet.com
By Stan Luxenberg 08/08/11 - 10:34 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Wary of falling stock prices, investors have been fleeing to bond funds. Among the popular choices are two solid index funds, Fidelity Spartan US Bond Index(FBIDX) and Vanguard Total ...
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Bears rule Gulf stocks
Khaleej Times
Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange was the only market in GCC, which closed in positive columns due to buying in property shares. The benchmark index rose from Sunday's 10-week low, ending up 0.37 per cent to 2612.80 points with 67.25 million shares traded on ...
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Some big investors look to buy as markets buckle
Seattle Post Intelligencer
"'What's rocking the market is a growth scare," said Kathleen Gaffney, co-manager of $20 billion Loomis Sayles Bond Fund. She said that investors are afraid that the economies of Europe and the United States won't grow quickly enough to work their way ...
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Stocks plunge worldwide _ Dow's 6th-worst loss
Kansas City Star
The Fed ended a $600 billion bond-buying program in June. "What's rocking the market is a growth scare," said Kathleen Gaffney, co-manager of the $20 billion Loomis Saylesbond fund. She said the market is worried not about the downgrade but about how ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX plunges 4 percent, S&P downgrade stokes fears
Reuters
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE closed down 491.21 points, or 4.04 percent, to 11670.96. Earlier in the session it fell to 11617.81, its biggest intraday fall in more than two years and its lowest point since Aug. 25. ...
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A look at economic developments around the globe
The Associated Press
___ ATHENS, Greece — Greece banned short selling on the stock market for two months, starting on Tuesday, after shares on the Athens Stock Exchange plunged to their lowest level in more than 14 years. The Greek index dropped 6 percent to 998.24 points ...
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South Korea Stock Tumble Prompts Kospi Program Trading, Kosdaq Index Halt
Bloomberg
Program trading on Kospi shares was stopped for five minutes from 1:23 pm local time after Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2) futures fell more than 5 percent for more than a minute, Korea Exchange Inc. said. Trading of shares on the Kosdaq, which has 1030 ...
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Asian Markets Reel After US Downgrade
Wall Street Journal
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 2.2% to 9097.56, its weakest level since the days after the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. India's Bombay Stock Exchange 100 fell 1.6%, its fifth drop in a row. The catalyst for the selloff was ...
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Across globe, traders brace for a downturn
Austin American-Statesman
In Israel, shares fell 7 percent Sunday, the worst drop since 2000. Investors placed so many sell orders that the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange delayed the opening of trading "to give people a chance to think," spokeswoman Idit Yaaron said. ...
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S&P owner McGraw-Hill's stock falls after downgrade
Reuters
McGraw-Hill shares fell 7.7 percent to $38.45, and Moody's slipped 7.5 percent to $30.40, both on the New York Stock Exchange late Monday afternoon. (Reporting by David Henry; Editing by Robert MacMillan and Richard Chang)
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Stocks plunge worldwide _ Dow's 6th-worst loss
San Francisco Chronicle
By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer Jin Lee / AP Traders work on the floor of the New YorkStock Exchange on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 in New York. The stock market buckled Monday under the weight of a crisis in Europe and danger of recession at home. ...
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Bank Stocks Tumble to Biggest Plunge Since 2009 Led by BofA, Citigroup
Bloomberg
Bank of America slid $1.66 to $6.51 as of 4:15 pm in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. It was the biggest drop since April 2009, and left the stock shorn of half its value since the start of 2011. Citigroup fell $5.49 to $27.95, ...
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Latest Updates on the Market Upheaval
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Graham Bowley The Associated Press reports: Greece has banned short selling on the stock market for two months from Tuesday, after shares on the Athens Stock Exchange plunged to their lowest level in more than 14 years. The bourse's general index sank ...
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BlackRock Expands Index Fund Offerings for Defined Contribution Plans
MarketWatch (press release)
The newest funds, which will be available on most major recordkeeping platforms, complement a product suite that also includes BlackRock's S&P 500 Stock Fund; Small Cap Index Fund, tracking the Russell 2000 Index; International Index Fund, tracking the ...
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