But a winning end to Britain's triumphant summer eluded them as Nehad Dedovic and top scorer Kenan Bajramovic hit two free throws each in the last 20 seconds to seal a win that puts them into next year's last-chance additional qualifier.

BBC: GB defeated in final group game

An elderly Beowulf puts on his armor for one last hurrah, invoking the age-old duty of all chief executives, male and female: Be a mensch .

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The reason it puts some store in the data is that it says the last two times long-only buying was at these levels, March 2009 and July 2009, the MSCI Europe index performed very strongly over the next three months.

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This ratio is docked higher than 73% of other such readings taken within the last 12 months, reflecting a healthier-than-usual appetite for puts over calls.

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Those who were buying puts and shorting stock-index futures early in the week were very happy, but the last hour rally Thursday took away many smiles.

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As he steps to the edge and looks down with "only his humanity, " as Martin Scorsese eloquently puts it, the love music has the last word, resolved by a thunderous, hard-earned cadence: Scottie is shattered again, this time by the truth rather than by morbid fantasy.

NPR: 'Hitchcock's Music' Scores Big on Suspense

"To win the Grand Final in your last game is a massive send-off and he thoroughly deserves it because he puts his heart and soul into the game, " said Senior.

BBC: Smith turns focus to GB success

The FTC filed its own pretrial brief last week -- which wasn't immediately made available -- in which it no doubt puts a different spin on the evidence it has gathered.

CNN: Intel claims FTC found no evidence of harm

The pent-up demand might mean a phenomenal holiday quarter for Apple, like last year, but it also puts its stock under the risk of the iPhone 5 not meeting customer expectations.

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