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Koerstz Madsen sees off Lin in playoff to win LPGA Thailand
AFP, Published on 13/03/2022
» A tense playoff between Lin Xiyu and Nanna Koerstz Madsen brought the final round of LPGA Thailand to a spectacular close with the Danish player snatching victory on Sunday.
New Zealand Rugby backs plan to sell stake in All Blacks to US investors
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand Rugby backed a "revolutionary" plan to sell a stake in the All Blacks to US investors Thursday, ignoring opposition from top players who fear the deal will sully rugby's most storied team.
New Zealand Rugby backs All Black private equity 'revolution'
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand Rugby backed a "revolutionary" plan to sell a stake in the famed All Blacks to US investors on Thursday, despite opposition from top players.
All Blacks or greenbacks? New Zealand Rugby mulls controversial US investment
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand Rugby is poised to vote on the sale of a multi-million dollar stake in its legendary All Blacks franchise to a US private equity firm, opening a new front in the battle over big money in sport.
Coal under increasing financial pressure: activists
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» PARIS - The coal industry is under increasing financial pressure, a coalition of environmental groups said Wednesday, but insurers are not ditching the polluting fuel fast enough to meet climate targets they warned.
AIG names new CEO, breaks up its insurance business
AFP, Published on 27/10/2020
» NEW YORK - Global insurer AIG announced a multi-part shake up on Monday, naming a new CEO and splitting its business in two.
Davos financiers pump $1.4tn into fossil fuels: Greenpeace
AFP, Published on 21/01/2020
» PARIS: Some of the world's biggest banks, insurers and pension funds have collectively invested $1.4 trillion in fossil fuel companies since the Paris climate deal, Greenpeace said Tuesday at the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
'Lehman Weekend': the biggest bankruptcy in American history
AFP, Published on 14/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - It was "Lehman Weekend." The moment in September 2008 when the 150-year-old investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, precipitating the worst global economic crisis since the 1930s.
Failure of justice in 2008 crash eroded public trust: inquiry chief
AFP, Published on 09/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - Phil Angelides pointed the finger at some of the world's most powerful men -- leaders of an industry that crashed the global economy and drove untold millions into despair, unleashing the raw emotions now dominating American politics.
'Lehman Weekend': the biggest bankruptcy in American history
AFP, Published on 02/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - It was "Lehman Weekend." The moment in September 2008 when the 150-year-old investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, precipitating the worst global economic crisis since the 1930s.