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Scuttling the Ship

Boats aren't the only things sinking ...

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  • June 2008

    • Last College Sailor Found Dead

      CNN  |  Jun 9, 08 3:55 AM CDT

      Last College Sailor Found Dead

      (Newser) - The last of six sailors missing from a Texas A&M University racing crew was found dead yesterday. The other five were rescued earlier in the day. The crewmembers were washed overboard when their boat took on water. "The flooding was so fast that the thing flipped over," said a Coast Guard spokesman. The team was heading to Mexico to take part in an annual sailing regatta. More »

  • March 2008

    • Could the Credit Crunch Sink a Whole Country?

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Mar 26, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Could the Credit Crunch Sink a Whole Country?

      (Newser) - The global credit crisis has spelled disaster for banks and hedge funds, but now worry is mounting that an entire country could go under. Yesterday the central bank of Iceland was forced to raise its interest rate 1.25 percentage points to 15% at an emergency meeting, reports the Financial Times . The surprise move was a desperate effort to curb runaway inflation and prop up the krona, a currency in free fall. More »

    • Financials, $108 Oil Sink Stocks

      MarketWatch  |  Mar 10, 08 3:49 PM CDT

      Financials, $108 Oil Sink Stocks

      (Newser) - US stocks fell today for a third consecutive day as fears of recession continued to spread, MarketWatch reports. With Ambac’s revival uncertain and Countrywide facing a possible securities fraud probe, shares of both financial giants plummeted, pressuring the overall market downward. The Dow lost 153.54 to close at 11,740.15, the Nasdaq dropped 43.15 to 2,169.34, and the S&P 500 fell 20.00 to 1,273.37. More »

    • US Car Sales Sink in Slow Economy

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 3, 08 9:45 PM CST

      US Car Sales Sink in Slow Economy

      (Newser) - A tumbling US economy hit Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, and Toyota today as all four posted declining sales for last month, Bloomberg reports. Chrysler fell 14% as Ford dropped nearly 7% and GM suffered almost a 20% drop in light truck sales. "Primarily it's driven by the weak economy,'' one analyst said. "It's been difficult for people to refinance and get credit.'' More »

  • February 2008

    • Home Sales, Prices Sink Again

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 25, 08 10:05 AM CST

      Home Sales, Prices Sink Again

      (Newser) - Existing-home sales and home prices continued to fall in January, indicating that would-be buyers are waiting for the market to bottom out, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Inventories are high, so it's not surprising prices are declining," said one economist, who described home sales as "soft but fairly stable." The resale number actually beat economists' projections. More »

    • Cool Austrie Helps UConn Sink So. Florida

      Hartford Courant (Conn.)  |  Feb 16, 08 3:38 PM CST

      Cool Austrie Helps UConn Sink So. Florida

      (Newser) - Craig Austrie made sure No. 17 Connecticut didn't see its win streak end in South Florida today. After Dominique Jones hit a shot to put South Florida ahead with six seconds left in overtime, Austrie coolly took the ball down the floor and sank a shot with .2 seconds left for a 74-73 Big East win, reports the Hartford Courant . More »

    • Stocks Sink on Fed Comments

      MarketWatch  |  Feb 14, 08 3:46 PM CST

      Stocks Sink on Fed Comments

      (Newser) - The markets fell today after three days of growth as the Fed warned that continuing credit trouble will restrain the economy and several top brokerage firms saw their earnings estimates reduced, MarketWatch reports. The Dow slid 175.26 points to 12,376.98, the Nasdaq dropped 41.39 to 2,332.54, and the S&P 500 fell 18.35 to 1,348.86. More »

    • Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST

      Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      (Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black Sea under notorious commander "Silent Otto" Kretschmer. More »

  • November 2007

    • Antarctic Cruise Ship Sinking

      CNN  |  Nov 23, 07 7:34 AM CST

      Antarctic Cruise Ship Sinking

      (Newser) - Passengers and crew abandoned a cruise ship traveling in Antarctic waters after the vessel struck an iceberg and began to sink late last night. More than 150 people on board the Explorer manned lifeboats in the freezing waters near the South Shetland Islands, south of Argentina, until they were taken aboard a Norwegian cruise ship, the  MS Nord Norge, this morning, CNN reports. More »

  • September 2007

    • Reed Boat Crew Abandons Ship

      Der Spiegel  |  Sep 8, 07 5:00 AM CDT

      Reed Boat Crew Abandons Ship

      (Newser) - An amateur historian attempting to sail the Atlantic in a boat made of reeds and grass has abandoned ship. Der Spiegel reports that the Abora III, a 41-foot ship modeled after those of Bolivian Indians, ran into two storms and was ditched after some 900 miles and 56 days. The mission sought to prove trans-Atlantic trade was possible 14,000 years ago. More »

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