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...glitch comes as a heavy blow to retailers feeling the pinch after last year's recession - and the gloomy holiday shopping period when sales were largely stagnant. According to HDE, the German retailers' association, at least a fifth of all payment terminals in German stores could not read the faulty cards after Jan. 1. Furious over the loss of sales that resulted, retailers have lashed out at the banks for failing to spot the problem earlier. "We have angry customers and lost revenues and it's simply not our fault," Stefan Genth, the head of HDE, told the German daily...
...captain Louis Caputo (184 lbs.)—wrestling in a Crimson singlet for the first time this season—had by far the best showing. The fifth-year grappler reached the quarterfinals en route to a fifth-place finish, meaning that Caputo has placed every time he has attended the meet...
Caputo earned a measure of retribution in his fifth-place bout, dominating a rematch with Keddy’s teammate Grant Gambrall. The Crimson standout earned a 5-0 decision to cap his Midland career, finishing with the third-highest win total all-time in the tournament’s 184 lb. weight class...
...continued to prove that the setback did not faze him just moments after his second free throw sailed through the net. The Colonials Tony Taylor tried to bring the ball up the court for his team, but Lin came away with his fifth steal of the half. The 6’3 guard raced down the left sideline before crossing over to his right and thundering home a dunk that gave his team a three-point advantage with 56 seconds remaining in the period...
...problem is that portraying Lula as a saint stretches credulity. Brazilians know and admire the man who dragged himself up from poverty to become President of the world's fifth most populous nation. But while the film ends in 1980, the years since have produced a different Lula, the intemperate leader who swears in public and rails at the press for investigating graft, and whose government was tainted by one of the most egregious corruption schemes in Brazilian history...