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RETIRED "It's over," said Annika Sorenstam, 38, on Nov. 22 after she failed to qualify for the third round of golf's ADT Championship. Sorenstam announced in May that she would retire at the end of the 2008 LPGA season. It became official after she came just two shots short of making it to the next round. She ends her career as a Hall of Famer with 72 LPGA wins and 89 career wins...
...Monday when announcing picks for his White House economic team, saying a new economic-stimulus package was needed right away in addition to the ongoing efforts to pump more than $700 billion in federal rescue funds into ailing businesses like Citigroup. There was no indication how any of that round of spending will reach the growing numbers of the nation's neediest...
...market, that could pose a double whammy. As mutual funds have been forced to sell long-held positions to meet redemptions this year, they have generated capital gains - which must be passed along to investors. We might therefore also see a round of year-end selling of mutual-fund shares by investors looking to offset gains and avoid paying taxes by locking in losses. "Tax-loss selling is a very powerful force," says Joe Battipaglia, market strategist for the private client group at Stifel Nicolaus. "The market is down 50% from a year ago - those are sizable losses...
Four Mather House residents swayed atop a rickety table, raised their cups to the air and pointed to a crude cardboard clock. The inebriated quartet began a rousing countdown of their sixth round of “Crunk Time.” Cold droplets of beer sprayed on their fellow House-mates, who reciprocated by chanting along and then chugging their drinks...
...Harvard men’s soccer team thinks it can play with the best teams in the country. The Crimson will have that chance tonight, as it faces No. 8 University of South Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.Harvard (12-5, 5-2 Ivy) comes into the match on a high, following its dramatic 1-0 double-overtime victory over the University of Massachusetts on Saturday. Junior Andre Akpan scored the winner in the 103rd minute, sending the Crimson through to the second round.The final result was only half the story from Amherst, MA, though. Strong wind...