MOSCOW — Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the world championships, anchoring Jamaica to victory in the 4×100-meter relay on Sunday. The Jamaican team of Bolt, Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole and Nickel Ashmeade won in 37.36 seconds.
Maria Savinova, Russia's Olympic gold medallist and defending World 800m champion, was in peak form, ready to win another home gold in front of a crowd which included many of her family and friends. Yet, in the end, she had to settle for silver behind …
Apple is widely expected to announce its next iPhone in September, and the rumors surrounding the flagship smartphone are at fever pitch. Among the reports: two different phones and a gold model. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has asked …
To celebrate his commission, Irvin and Connie Bell Cox presented their middle son with a gold signet ring, the oval emblazoned with a raised propeller and wings. Engraved inside were the words, "Mother & Father to David C. Cox Greensboro, NC," and the …
However, some years earlier, Nixon had taken an even more contentious route and abandoned any lasting pretense that money was related to and underpinned by gold. This Bretton Woods system had backed the dollar and hence the global money system …
by calling a telephone answering service he had set up. By 1995, when he died in an accident, he had received half a million calls, the Times reports: "apologies, confessions, delusions, truths, half-truths and everything in between." He shared the …
“If stated commitments to solidarity and shared responsibility are to amount to more than lip service, future work on hammering out new development goals should specify plausible institutional reforms that could be implemented by the more affluent …
Most important, however, is that the average affluent Indian's largesse doesn't include venturing outside of their comfort zone. They are in many ways an immovable object. Jain said the taxi service is closing the loop between seller and buyer. “There …
Under Ullman, J.C. Penney has ramped up discounts, run ads apologizing to the chain's shoppers and tried to improve customer service by adding cash registers. Johnson worked to attract younger and more affluent consumers with higher priced goods while …