• News 19.01.2009

    The News Review:

    - JJB Sports Says Bank Deal Will Cost It GBP8.3 Mln In Fees
    - Wantagh parents raise $650G for sports activities
    - Sports stars thinking presidential

    JJB Sports Says Bank Deal Will Cost It GBP8.3 Mln In Fees
    Wall Street Journal 
    LN–>JJB Sports Says Bank Deal Will Cost It GBP8. 3 Mln In Fees ArticleCommentsmore in. LN) Monday said it will have to pay its banks GBP8. 3 million in fees in return for an earlier agreement to postpone repayment of a debt. JJB which last week issued a profit warning and revealed its chief executive lost his 27. 5% stake in the company said an agreement with lenders Barclays PLC (BARC.
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    Wantagh parents raise $650G for sports activities
    Newsday NY 
    “Just happy it’s over and concerned about next year” said Don Desroches a Wantagh SS spokesman and father of two. He added that the group’s next project will be to push for voter approval of a school budget in the spring so that further fundraising won’t be necessary. Already Wantagh SS has paid more than $430000 to the district – enough to save more than three dozen sports teams and activities ranging from the high school yearbook to a middle school drama production. According to the group’s latest letter a final payment will be made soon – and ahead of the Feb. 1 deadline – to preserve another six teams in spring sports at the middle school level along with a high school musical plays and other activities. Related links High School Sports.

    Sports stars thinking presidential
    Detroit Free Press United States 
    com | Detroit Free Press. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali who turned 67 on Saturday is an honored guest at today’s Bluegrass Ball sponsored by the Kentucky Society of Washington.

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