Profile: Asil Nadir's finances have fascinated media for 40 years
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:58:23 -0700
Son of local businessman Asil Nadir began selling newspapers aged six and bought clothing company Polly Peck in the 1970s For the past 40 years, the complexities of Asil Nadir's financial adventures have fascinated the media. Born in 1941 in the Cypriot copper mining town of Lafka, Nadir was the son of a prominent local businessman. At the age of six, he began selling newspapers. . His father, a ...
Bulgaria's Key Chimimport Group Marks Marginal Up in Profits
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:41:06 -0700
The Bulgarian Chimimport Holding group has registered a 3% growth in net profits for the first half of 2010 notwithstanding greatly decreased revenue for the period. ...
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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:48:42 -0700
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Durant Paces USA Basketball to pair of wins in opening weekend of pool play at FIBA World Championship
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:27:22 -0700
Former Texas star leads Team USA in scoring (18.0 ppg) through first two games.
Basketball Capsules: Big second quarter helps US run away from Croatia
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:11:58 -0700
ISTANBUL — For weeks, U.S. players have been hearing about what they aren’t. Not big enough. Not old enough. And maybe even not good enough. On Saturday, they finally got to show what they believe they can be: the team that ends a 16-year world championship drought.
Brawl leaves 2 top teams at world basketball championships reeling from suspensions
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:12:51 -0700
KAYSERI, Turkey — The brawl between Greece and Serbia in a warmup game has left two of the top teams at the basketball world championship reeling from suspensions that have ruled out some of their best players for the start of the tournament.
Suspensions levied for brawl
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:55:14 -0700
This article has been read 0 times. KAYSERI, Turkey - The brawl between Greece and Serbia in a warmup game has left two of the top teams at the basketball world championship reeling from suspensions that have ruled out some of their best players for the start of the tournament.
Basketball Capsules: Coach K tries again to put U.S. on top of the world
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:26:47 -0700
ISTANBUL (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski’s college kids were overmatched, his NBA All-Stars a bit unready. Now he will try with a team that’s somewhere in between.
Serbia’s Nenad Krstic banned 3 games after brawl
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:40:23 -0700
source: The Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP)—Serbia center Nenad Krstic(notes) has been suspended for three games for throwing a chair during last week’s brawl with Greece. Basketball’s governing body said Thursday that three other players will miss two games. FIBA also fined both national federations. Serbia’s Milos Teodosic is banned for two games. His fight with Greece’s Antonis Fotsis started ...
FIBA bans Krstic three games for throwing chair
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:07:26 -0700
Nenad Krstic of the Oklahoma City Thunder was suspended Thursday for Serbia's next three games for throwing a chair during last week's brawl with Greece. Serbia - Oklahoma City Thunder - Nenad Krsti? - Greece - Nenad Krstic
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Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:57:39 -0700
FIBA hands Serbia center three-game suspension ISTANBUL — Nenad Krstic of the Oklahoma City Thunder was suspended for Serbia’s next three games for throwing a chair during last week’s brawl with Greece. Basketball’s governing body said Thursday that three other players will miss two games. FIBA also fined both national …
A united Iran against a collapsing Israel
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:29:42 -0700
As the racist regime of Israel moves toward greater international isolation due to its aggressive, belligerent policies, Iran receives wider support from the world’s nations for its uncompromising resistance against the bullying superpowers and annulling their mischievous plots.
Serbia's Nenad Krstic banned three games after brawl
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:23:23 -0700
Serbia center Nenad Krstic has been suspended for three games for throwing a chair during last week's brawl with Greece. Basketball's governing ...
Serbia's Krstic suspended three games for brawl
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:54:52 -0700
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Nenad Krstic of the Oklahoma City Thunder has been suspended for Serbia's next three games for throwing a chair during last week's brawl with Greece.
FIBA hands out suspensions for Serbia/Greece brawl
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:10:07 -0700
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Fugitive tycoon says he's returning to UK
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:05:38 -0700
In this Friday, May 30, 1997 file picture Asil Nadir the former chairman of food and electronics conglomerate "Polly Peck" gestures during the press conference in Istanbul,Turkey.
College Sports Capsules: Drexel moves on from arrest
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:41:57 -0700
He loved the sights, sounds and competitive basketball Drexel experienced on last week's tour of Turkey that let Flint, the Dragons' 10th-year coach, get an early look at an unexpected new lineup.
Today's Sports Calendar
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:59:18 -0700
TODAY'S LOCAL SPORTS TODAY’S LOCAL SPORTS Boys golf 3A at St. George GC, 1 p.m. 4A at Bloomington CC, 1 p.m. Girls... TODAY'S LOCAL SPORTS TODAY’S LOCAL SPORTS Boys golf 3A at St. George GC, 1 p.m.
Soccer Capsules: Alleged drug lord sheltered Cabanas' assailant
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:26:48 -0700
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An alleged drug lord being held by Mexican authorities says that for three months he hid the fugitive wanted in the shooting seven months ago of Paraguay footballer Salvador Cabanas.
German-Turkish author to face robbery, homicide charges in Turkey
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:57:59 -0700
Istanbul - An Istanbul prosecutor has prepared a complaint charging Dogan Akhanli, a German author of Turkish descent, with robbery and homicide, Akhanli's lawyer said on Wednesday in the Turkish capital.
