Golf legend Byron Nelson dead at 94.
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- Golf legend Byron Nelson dead at 94.
- Utah’s Tupola has grown into the job, become talented offensive…
- Home prices finally hit wall.
- Tullow Oil wraps up Hardman with $1.47bn bid
- A drop in the bucket
- Citgo bedeviled by fiery speech
Golf legend Byron Nelson dead at 94.
Free with registration – Dallas Morning News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 26, 2006
He said Nelson told him that her husband had slept well the previous night, was feeling good and may have been headed to his golf cart, perhaps to do some woodworking in his shop. “He was active until the last second,” Bradley said. To Texas golf fans, Nelson was a home-grown institution. His golf life was a folk tale that spanned nine decades _ from when he learned to play as a 12-year-old caddie at Fort Worth’s Glen Garden Country Club, to his 39 years as venerable host of Irving’s EDS Byron Nelson Championship. To national golf fans and historians, he was Lord Byron, owner of two of golf’s oldest and most exalted records. During the 1945 season, he amassed a tour-record 18 victories. More mind-boggling were his record 11 straight wins that season u dwarfing the tour’s next-best streak, six.
Utah’s Tupola has grown into the job, become talented offensive…
USA Today – Sep 26, 2006
He credits having played safety as the reason for his quickness, agility and excellent footwork. The Utes (3-1) face a key game at home Saturday against No. Tupola’s play has been hampered by a knee injury; he sat out last Saturday’s 38-7 victory against San Diego State, ending a streak of 33 consecutive starts. He is listed as probable for this week. Behind him, the Utes have not allowed a sack this season… “We would’ve been almost the same size. He would’ve been scrawny. ”
Andria, 25, who teaches music and is a choral director, can hold her own against him. She played basketball at Kamehameha Schools and was a dancer at the Polynesian Cultural Center. In the offseason, they play games of one-on-one at a local health club. “She’s beaten me four times,” he says, proudly. “She has a killer jump shot.
Home prices finally hit wall.
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 26, 2006
–> COPYRIGHT 2006 Chicago Tribune Byline: Mary Umberger Sep. 26–At a pace that some analysts described as “astonishing,” the price of existing homes declined nationally for the first time in 11 years in August, signaling that the long-awaited other shoe has finally dropped on the real estate market. Home sales have been slowing for months but sellers appeared to be holding out to get their price. Now the pressure to sell is intensifying, leading to a drop in house values across the country. In the Chicago region, prices stayed flat for the month, meaning that the average homeowner missed out on appreciation. But analysts see price declines hitting the area soon as anxious sellers give in to the trend and lower their asking prices. Economists worry about the housing slump’s ripple effects.
Tullow Oil wraps up Hardman with $1.47bn bid
The Age – Sep 26, 2006
London-listed Tullow, Hardman’s 50:50 partner in its promisingUgandan oil project on Lake Albert, yesterday offered $2. 02 perHardman share after negotiating with Hardman executives over theweekend. The offer means another home-grown resources company is poisedto fall into foreign hands because of Australian investors’distaste for assets in the developing world. The price, which can be taken as cash or cash and scrip, sentHardman shares soaring as high as $2. 09, before closing 73¢ upat $2. 04 on speculation Tullow’s offer may flush out a rival bid,most likely from British groups British Gas or Dana Petroleum. Both companies are partners in various Mauritanian permits inwhich Hardman has a major interest.
A drop in the bucket
The Age – Sep 26, 2006
60) a bottle in theUS. Of course, Horn is crossing all fingers hoping that Lindemans’South African shiraz and Chilean chardonnay don’t “cannibalise” orkill sales of Lindemans’ existing home-grown bestsellers such asBin 50 shiraz. It’s a worry because for every existing Australian-sourcedLindemans’ Bin wine (including a merlot and a cabernet) in theinternational marketplace, there is a South African or Chileanequivalent. That’s where Peter Taylor steps in. He’s the company’s globalwinemaking development director, with the brief to make sure thenew country-of-origin wines are Lindemans in mould but stillforeign enough in flavour. For South Africa he went to the Robertson region of the WesternCape and formed a partnership with Roodezandt Wines.
Citgo bedeviled by fiery speech
St. Petersburg Times – Sep 26, 2006
"Hasner also sent a copy of the letter to Gov. Jeb Bush, who is an outspoken critic of Chavez as well as being an advocate of alternative "biofuels," including sugar cane-based ethanol. Hasner said Chavez's speech highlighted the urgent need for the United States to reduce its dependence on foreign oil by developing home-grown alternative fuels. "It's important not to do business with a subsidiary of Venezuela," he said. "But it's not just about Hugo Chavez. Even more important is the message that we need to be less dependent on foreign oil for our security and for our environment. "Officials for the governor's office and the Department of Transportation confirmed receipt of the letter, but said no determination has been reached.