BETHESDA, Md. -- K.J. Choi's victory at the AT&T National a year ago at Congressional Country Club outside Washington, D.C., was Choi's sixth since he joined the PGA Tour full time in 2000. The victory at the event hosted by Tiger Woods was one of two titles he enjoyed in 2007. Choi also won the Memorial Tournament.
FUKUOKA, Japan -- Twenty-six-year-old kyokushin fighter Ewerton Teixeira of Brazil won the K-1 Japan Grand Prix 2008; while Semmy Schilt and Badr Hari defended their championship belts on Sunday at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka.
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. real-estate stocks had their worst performance in more than 20 years in the second quarter as property values dropped and rents for new office leases fell for the first time in more than four years.
O.K., the new iPhone comes out next week. I’m guessing there won’t be quite the same hysteria there was last year when the first iPhone debuted, but there’s still plenty of curiosity.
Shares in Taylor Wimpey tumbled more than 50% Wednesday after the U.K. home builder said it hadn’t been able to persuade investors to part with more cash and warned of further housing market weakness.
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. government bonds rose after an industry report showed house prices slid in June by the most since 1992 and as equities fell, boosting demand for the safest assets.
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling put off plans to get U.K. banks to pay for a system that guarantees the deposits of savers, giving lenders time to recover from a global credit squeeze.
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