| Wie struggles to a 78 in final round of Fields Open
The Stanford University student shot a 69 on Thursday, breaking 70 for the first time since the Evian Ladies Masters in July 2006. She made the cut with two strokes to spare with a second round 73. Playing on her home island of Oahu and starting the season against the women for the first time in five years, she last qualified for the weekend for the first time since last year's Evian, where she closed with rounds of 84 and 76 to tie for 69th. Wie injured both wrists last year but kept playing and struggling. She made only two cuts in 2007 and finished 19th in a 20-player field at the Samsung World Championship in October, her final event of the year. In eight starts against women, she withdrew twice and only broke par twice in 19 rounds. .
MPs call to criminalise data loss
MPs on the Justice Select Committee have called for new laws to protect the integrity of personal data. The move was prompted by critical government data losses over the past few months, such as the loss of computer disks at HM Revenue & Customs. The committee called for a breach law that would make it a legal obligation for companies to notify customers if their data has been accessed and to create a system of fines for repeat offenders. "The scale of the data loss by government bodies and contractors is truly shocking, but the evidence we have had points to further hidden problems," said committee chairman Alan Beith. "It is frankly incredible, for example, that the measures put in place at HM Revenue & Customs were not already standard procedure." The Committee also called for the Information Commissioner to have powers to make spot checks on government departments to ensure that correct practice is being followed.
Santa Anita has been the place for chaos
For the moment, the Great Race Place isn't great. Santa Anita is having the winter of its discontent.
Traditionally, the thoroughbred horse race meeting that begins the day after Christmas, at the track at the foot of the scenic snow-topped San Gabriel Mountains, has the most expensive horses in the country and the best jockeys to ride them in an annual showcase for the sport.
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Corn, soybean oil and bean meal exports within estimates
Corn was reported at 932,400 tons (36.7 million bushels), 9% less than the week ending January 31 and a decline of 46% from the four week average. Before the report, expectations ranged from 550,000 to 1 million tons. The primary buyers were Japan (189,500 tons), South Korea (167,800 tons) and Colombia (162,800 tons); unknown destinations canceled on 45,000 tons. At this point in the 2007/08 marketing year, corn exports are 1.901 billion bushels, compared to 1.459 billion last year. Sales of 48,000 tons (1.9 million bushels) for 2008/09 delivery were to Japan.
Soybeans were placed at 328,400 tons (12.1 million bushels), 68% under the prior week and 58% below the four week average. Analysts were anticipating sales of 350,000 to 800,000 tons. The main buyers were Mexico (143,500 tons), Germany (127,200 tons) and Spain (120,400 tons); unknown destinations canceled on 239,100 tons.
Police: One Man Killed, One Kidnapped In Eastlake
CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- A 23-year-old man was killed and his male companion briefly kidnapped from an Eastlake condominium complex, police said Friday. Joel Fonseca Jr. was shot to death at the Villa Martinique condo complex in the Eastlake neighborhood of Chula Vista shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, said Chula Vista police spokesman Bernard Gonzales. Fonseca was found lying next to a Mercedes Benz sedan that had all four doors open and headlights turned on, police said. His male companion, who was not identified, told police they were confronted in the complex's parking lot by three masked men, Gonzales said. .
Lenny Dykstra: MLB Player To Money Analyst To Publisher?
Lenny Dykstra, baseball player turned financial analyst, is now adding another title to his resume: Publisher. He's coming out with a magazine called The Players Club in conjunction with Doubledown Media, publisher of Trader Monthly. It promises to be a monthly business and lifestyle glossy for athletes. The circulation will only be 20,000, but the magazine press release says it will wind up in the locker rooms of the major professional sports. When this idea first hit a couple years ago, I thought it was tremendous. It's basically, a play on an old game. Niche publication gets into the right audience. Pays for itself and earns a profit from advertisers who covet the market. But this marketplace is challenged. First, Dykstra is hardly the initial mover in this field. The "original" magazine of this type was called Moves and it was founded by a former agent named Scott Helfand, four years ago.
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