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Rob Evans, a former head coach at Mississippi and Arizona State, has joined Arkansas' staff as an assistant to John Pelphrey, the former UK player who this month was hired away from South Alabama. Evans, who has 38 years of college experience, was fired by Arizona State last year after an 11-17 season. At Ole Miss from 1993-1998, Evans led the school to consecutive Southeastern Conference Western Division titles and NCAA Tournament bids. In 1997 he was named SEC Coach of the Year. .
Signed Rangers Top Auction for Greyhound Rescue Charity
Greyhound Rescue Scotland was formed in 2001 and since that date the charity has been run by unpaid volunteers. They are therefore reliant on public donations to allow them to continue helping wonderful animals who deserve a better life.
As part of their fundraising they are auctioning a Rangers top from 2002/03 signed by the Rangers team that season. There is a link to the Ebay auction here.
Please take a look at their website where you can find all the necessary details if you would be interested in donating or helping out by adopting a dog or fostering one. .
Namibia: Chiefs Caught in Financial Scam
The Regional Councillor for the Otjombinde Constituency, Matti Ndjoze and chiefs Erastus Kahuure and Tumbee Tjombe from the same constituency, are caught up in a wrangle involving money belonging to the community that cannot be accounted for. The three, under the chairmanship of Ndjoze, make up a committee that was chosen to act as caretakers of community money sourced from livestock sales during auctions in the constituency from February to August 2006. .
Economist who aided Canada wins top honour
Susan Athey garnered worldwide attention last week when she became the first woman to win one of the economics profession's major prizes. But her academic bona fides were already well established in Canada -- as the professor who helped design lucrative timber auctions that helped take some of the sting out of a long-standing trade dispute with the United States. The 36-year-old Harvard University professor made history on Friday when she won the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal, awarded every two years to the United States's most promising economist under the age of 40. "It's pretty incredible," Dr. Athey said yesterday in a telephone interview from her home in Cambridge, Mass., just after she and her husband succeeded in putting their two young children down for an afternoon nap.
Net auctioneer's profit jumps
EBay Inc., the world's largest online auction company, says its first-quarter profit soared 52 per cent after the company raised fees on items for sale and held more auctions outside the United States. Net income climbed to $377.2 million (U.S.), or 27 cents a share, from $248.3 million, or 17 cents, a year earlier, eBay said yesterday. Excluding some expenses, eBay earned 33 cents, three cents more than analysts estimated. Revenue increased 27 per cent to $1.77 billion as a weaker U.S. dollar and demand in western Europe boosted results internationally. Last year, eBay chief executive officer Meg Whitman more than doubled fees for merchants selling goods at fixed prices. A higher percentage of listings are now leading to sales. "They're still the gorilla," said Rachel Wakefield, portfolio manager for Coldstream Capital Management in Portland, Ore.
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