• In his legal defence and counterclaim filed on 7 August, Calzaghe alleges he had lost out financially and substantially to Warren since 2004 because Warren had acted as both Calzaghe's promoter and manager.

    BBC: Calzaghe files court counterclaim

  • Handing out pardons is an established tradition among new monarchs in Saudi Arabia, which Abdullah has ruled as regent since 1995 because of the long illness of King Fahd.

    BBC: NEWS | Middle East | US hails Saudi dissidents' pardon

  • But she says that that day she was scared because she was running as fast as she could in back of the coyote, because, since he had me, she felt like he was going to run away with me.

    NPR: Immigrant Students Talk About U.S. Life

  • Shakespeare owned Hamlet because he created him, as none other before or since could.

    NEWYORKER: In the Air

  • If Nancy Snyder "did not pay one penny" for her husband's cancer treatment or her surgeries, it's because government subsidized that care since Robert's early days as a miner.

    CNN: Commentary: Don't cut our (public) health care

  • Acura sales had peaked at 209, 610 in 2005, but the brand has fallen out of favor with the customers since, partly because of less investment in the brand as well as competition.

    FORBES: Weaker Yen And U.S. Sales Will Fuel Honda's Earnings

  • Because Facebook cannot get 10x as many users as it has now since the world is only about 8x as big as Facebook.

    FORBES: Will Facebook Generate More Revenue Than Google?

  • These Drexel issues offered some downside protection, since they were mostly debt, but had upside potential as well because there were warrants attached.

    FORBES: Dow Jones Interactive

  • Because we were about to go through the worst recession since the Great Depression, as a consequence of some of the same policies that Governor Romney is now promoting.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Carlesimo had sounded such a dire warning because the Nets had not lost two in a row since he replaced Avery Johnson as the Nets' coach on Dec. 27.

    WSJ: Nets Beat Up on Magic; Up Next, a Real Test

  • While Barcelona has an 11-point lead in the Spanish league with five games left, its first season since Vilanova replaced Pep Guardiola as coach will be considered a disappointment because it failed to win the Champions League following titles in 2006, 2009 and 2011.

    NPR: Bayern Munich-Dortmund In All-German Champs Final

  • Short for graphics interchange format, Gif has been around since the 80s but was this year's US champion because it gained traction as a verb, not just a noun.

    BBC: Quiz of the week's news

  • He said there had not been a "completely new" antibiotic registered since 2003 - "partially because of a lack of interest by drugs companies as antibiotics are not particularly profitable".

    BBC: Antibiotics search to focus on sea bed

  • Alex Carter, who farms 3, 500 acres of rice and soybean in southern Missouri, told CNN he's been running electric irrigation twice as much as most years because he's only gotten two inches of rain since March.

    CNN: U.S. drought biggest since 1956, climate agency says

  • Too many people have made too much money, in bonds as well as in stocks, since 1994 to change their lifestyles radically just because their net worths shrivel a bit. (However, the wealth effect on consumer spending could surface if the market drops 20% or more.) Lower interest rates will help sustain consumer spending.

    FORBES: How to surf the yield curve

  • Interest rates are unlikely to rise as sharply as had been expected in November, partly because monetary policy has already been tightened since then by the appreciation of the pound.

    ECONOMIST: Why the Bank has raised rates despite low inflation

  • He was brave to pick the name John at all, says Melloni, since the last man to hold the name is viewed as an "antipope" because he was elected pontiff during a schism in the church in the 15th Century.

    CNN: What's in a name? Clues to be found in next pope's moniker

  • Because, again, you have a situation where, as we recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression, a recession that was in full bloom when the President took office, that resulted in more than 8 million jobs lost by Americans, we have made some substantial progress.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Companies are turning to exploration to ensure future coffee supplies because production has leveled off even as demand has increased, causing coffee-bean prices to quadruple since 2001.

    WSJ: The Indiana Jones of Coffee

  • Mr. Senkut, who has invested in more than 60 start-ups as an angel investor since 2005, says he raised a super-angel fund because he wants to shift from being a minority investor in start-ups to taking majority stakes more often.

    WSJ: 'Super Angels' Fly In to Aid Start-Ups

  • Internet service providers (ISPs) are starting to realise that they must try to outwit spammers outside the legal arena too, or lose business as disgusted customers go elsewhere. (ISPs also lose money because of spam, since they must pay to store and transmit it.) This spring AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo!

    ECONOMIST: Spam in the dock

  • In fact, as I mentioned earlier, the divide between them has widened since the financial crisis, because London has been growing so much faster.

    BBC: Should Britain let go of London?

  • Metal on metal hip resurfacing is considered to be a much better option because it has a lower failure rate and is more cost effective since it does not need to be repeated as often as a total hip replacement.

    BBC: NHS arthritis treatment for young

  • We'll hear Joe Henry's version of "Don't Tell Me to Stop" in just a moment, as well as some new material, which is exciting for his fans because it has been four years since the singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer has put out something new.

    NPR: Joe Henry Is a Still Driving Man

  • He has been registered as a locum chemist in the area since March 1999, but claims he is not working because he has cancer.

    BBC: You are in: Health

  • That in turn, helped fuel a 116% increase since 2007 in the price of gold, the classic hedge against inflation, because its value tends to increase as the dollar weakens.

    WSJ: Gold Plummets to Two-Year Low

  • That's just as well - because they look like needing every drop in the most competitive title run-in since the epic battle between Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet and eventual champion Alain Prost in 1986.

    BBC: Ferrari need quick solutions

  • The President obviously nominated Secretary Bryson because he believed he was capable of serving as Commerce Secretary, and he has served effectively as Commerce Secretary since he was confirmed by the United States Senate.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The whole thing makes me laugh because ever since I started reporting on Wall Street and financial services firms in the 1980s, FINRA, then known as the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), had a reputation for being impotent.

    FORBES: Why FINRA May Become An Even Bigger Joke

  • Because bank valuations have remained depressed since 2008, relatively strong banks that wish to make acquisitions might see the public markets as a means of validating their valuations as higher than industry norms, enabling them to use their stock to pay for acquisitions, Burrows said.

    FORBES: Banks Trickle Back To IPO Market

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