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Colombia and Chile experienced similar, if less dramatic, run-ups in their currencies in 2009, and Latin America remains the region to watch in 2010. Greg Anderson, director of currency strategy at Société Générale Global Markets in New York likes Mexico best, noting its peso could repeat the performance of last year's hottest Latin-American currencies, helped by comparatively high interest rates, currently at 4.5% but expected to trend upwards to 5.75% by year end. Also, Mexico's government is pursuing a hands-off approach to currency markets...
...Crimson started the game on a 6-0 run, and the volume in the building continued to increase over the course of the first 12 minutes as Harvard built a 16-12 lead...
...Although polls show that Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou still has broad support for his economic plans, with about 65% of Greeks agreeing that painful measures are necessary to slash the deficit, many of the street protesters said they did not believe the government claims that it had run out of money. Others argued that it was the rich who should pay. "It's a crisis caused by the capitalist system," said Sissy Vovou, a 60-year-old pensioner. "Those who should pay are the capitalists, not the working classes...
...Vonn, who plans to test her shin during a training run on Thursday, says she is refusing to sit for an X-ray: if her shin is broken, she doesn't want to know. That's how badly she wants an Olympic title, the only major prize the two-time World Cup and World Championship winner has yet to grab. Her doctors say they are confident that nothing is fractured...
...Last Tuesday, Feb. 2, Vonn crashed during a slalom training run in Austria and nearly crushed her right shin. "I came down and got twisted funny and went over in front of my skis," Vonn said in front of 100 or so media members during an emotional press conference. "All the force went onto my shin. It's probably the worst place you can have an injury, because you're constantly pushing against your boot, and there's no way around it. You can't pretend that it's not there - you feel it in every turn." Vonn has tried...