Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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Investors Sidestep Brazil in Latin American ETFs
BRIC nation Brazil is being avoided by ETF investors in Latin American funds as they favor better-performing countries such as Mexico with stronger economic growth.For example, iShares MSCI Mexico (NYSEArca: …


Blue Jackets hire 1st European as NHL GM
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Columbus Blue Jackets have made history by hiring Jarmo Kekalainen of Finland as the first European to become a general manager in the National Hockey League.


IOC president Rogge to meet with wrestling leader
FILE - In this April 21, 2012 file photo, Rulon Gardner speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa. Gardner's epic upset of Russian wrestling great Alexander Karelin in 2000 remains one of the most compelling moments of the modern Olympics. Starting in 2020, youngsters looking to Gardner and Karelin for inspiration won't have a chance to excel on the sport's biggest stage. Ga   rdner and nearly everyone else associated with the sport in the U.S. were jolted Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 when International Olympic Committee leaders dropped wrestling from the Summer Games. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- IOC President Jacques Rogge says he w ill meet with the head of wrestling's governing body to discuss ways the sport can fight to save its place in the 2020 Olympics.


Barry Bonds seeks dismissal of felony conviction
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 13, 2011 file photo, former baseball player Barry Bonds leaves federal court in San Francisco, after being found guilty of one count of obstruction of justice. Bonds' appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction is scheduled to be heard by a three judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/George Nikitin, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It has been slightly more than nine years since prosecutors and grand jurors alike grilled a defiant Barry Bonds for hours about his relationship with performance enhancing drugs.


Kick Off: Wondo eyes bigger, better contract with Quakes
Kick Off: Wondo eyes bigger, better contract with QuakesAfter three straight seasons of double-digit goals and an MVP award in 2012, Chris Wondolowski could be about to join the league's elite in more ways than just the stats column.The San Jose Earthquakes star told media members this week that he's currently in talks with the club about a new d eal that would make him the only Designated Player in the Quakes' locker room, and could mean he'll become an MLS millionaire."We are in the process of working something out," Wondolowski says in an article in The Sporting News. …


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