Implied yields were already reflecting an about-face in the direction of short-term monetary policy before some profit-taking set in for Aussie bills.
Then came the semiweekly tourist ship that would take sightseers to the O'Higgins Glacier -- a favorite among the global warming picture-taking set.
And the course Dayton is taking may set the city apart from its rust belt neighbors.
After his defeat, he said even taking a set off third seed Grosjean was a real morale-booster.
He only needed the first, taking the set 7-5, despite receiving treatment for a wrist problem after going 6-5 up.
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Baines takes corners and whips in a great free-kick for Everton, although he's not going to be doing any of that for England because players like Gerrard will be taking the set-pieces.
The top seed looked set to cruise through after taking the opening set, but Gulbis fought back in the next two sets and, despite wasting six previous match points, the world number 40 eventually went through 2-6 6-1 7-5 in a match littered with unforced errors.
With the 2008 champion losing at the quarter-final stage in the last two years at Melbourne Park, the Serb looked in determined mood and broke as early as the fourth game against Almagro to set him on the way to taking the opening set in 31 minutes.
When Kakuei Tanaka, the boss of their faction, was weakened after being accused, among other misdeeds, of taking bribes, the two men set about taking over.
The big-serving Croatian beat ninth seed Richard Krajicek in a marathon match, eventually taking the final set 15-13.
The Belgian broke Kostanic in the first and fifth games before taking the opening set in 30 minutes.
But the Swede settled down and broke Ljubicic's serve in the fourth game on his way to taking the first set.
The Brazilian won the first eight points of his semi on his way to taking the first set 6-4.
Blake overcame his edgy opening to claw back one of the breaks but could not prevent Hewitt from taking the first set.
The days of surviving or even prospering based on hard work, graft, defending well and taking advantage of set plays are gone.
Murray, who missed Madrid through injury, breezed through opener 6-1 but Nalbandian hit back to level by taking the second set 6-4.
Dokic, chasing her third title of the year, raced out to a 3-0 lead against seventh seed Tanasugarn before eventually taking the opening set 6-3.
After taking the first set, the two-time champion blew a 5-2 lead in the second-set tiebreaker before breaking early in the third to seal the match.
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The World No.3 was on control from the start against Lacko, breaking him twice on the way to taking the opening set and then continuing the good work in the second.
He was convincing and often dominant against the rangy 25-year-old Frenchman, roaring to a 5-1 lead in taking the first set, feasting on Monfils's second serve, and fending off multiple set points before winning the tiebreak.
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Its risk-taking allowed it to set itself apart from peers like JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley, but also brought it a heap of criticism.
Verdasco saved two break points before taking the first-set tie-breaker 7-5.
Cirstea, world ranked 34th, just missed out on a seeding -- and had the Russian in trouble in the first set when taking a 3-1 advantage.
Nadal set up four more break opportunities in the second set, taking two, as the Serbian again struggled to cope with the four-time French Open winner's powerful returns.
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