Posted by lesleee_999, at 10:38AM 10/06/08 and by 1 others:
Steve Youngs No. 8 Jersey - Retired At Halftime Today!
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He was a unique player in the history of the NFL. When the 49ers retire Steve Youngs No.8 jersey today at halftime of their game against New England, it will bring his career in San Francisco full circle. He came here via a Bill Walsh-inspired trade in 1987 as little more than a promising oddity and ended up in 1999 as one of the best quarterbacks
tags: steve young
groups: in Football (NFL)
Posted by lesleee_999, at 10:36AM 10/06/08 :
The Final Curtain for the Kimbo Slice Show
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It was just a matter of time before Kimbo got exposed. He was little more than a character out of central casting, a bunch of addictive YouTube videos and a lot of insane hype by CBS, which made him a headliner before he made himself a fighter...
tags: kimbo slice
· final curtain
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Posted by dennys007, at 09:20AM 10/06/08 and by 1 others:
Why are games so expensive?
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Shops are cutting the price of everything except videogames. Are we being ripped off? Wandering into a videogame shop can be a pretty depressing experience and not just because it takes four hours to get to the checkout. 34.99 for Mass Effect? 49.99 for a console game?
tags: games
groups: in Gadgets & Games
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 08:12AM 10/06/08 and by 1 others:
Oil sinks below $90 as commodities retreat
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Oil sinks below $90 as commodities retreat : By Chris Flood -
US crude oil prices fell below the $90 a barrel level on Monday, leading a broad retreat across energy, metals and grains as commodities found themselves battered by the ongoing storm sweeping global financial markets. Nymex November West Texas Intermediate sank $3.73 to $90.15 a barrel after touching a low of $89.07, while ICE November Brent fell $3.68 to $90.20 a barrel after reaching a low of $85.56. The net long position held by speculators in crude oil fell modestly, down 3.9 per cent to 40,093 lots in the week ending September 30 when WTI reached $100.64 a barrel. Traders said that hedge funds were adopting an increasingly bearish stance towards the energy complex with the net short position in US natural gas reaching a record high while the net long positions in heating oil and RBOB gasoline had fallen to their lowest levels since August 2007 and February 2007, respectively.
tags: bahramerad
· oil
groups: in Energy, International News, Bahramerad, Maxx News
Posted by pkrf1end, at 08:12AM 10/06/08 and by 1 others:
Bank buyouts raise question of names for venues
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Performance venues love blockbuster events, but not the kind that are currently affecting their naming-rights partners. The stunning takeovers of big banks like Washington Mutual (WaMu) and Wachovia are forcing venues with long-term naming-rights deals with these institutions to grapple with unexpected branding challenges.
tags: buyouts
groups: in Mergers & Acquisitions