BUENOS AIRES- Former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro will undergo a second wrist operation in four years on Monday and miss the rest of the season, Argentine media reported. Follow @SlamSports Del Potro, who pulled out of the Miami tournament this week, will have surgery on his left wrist which he uses for his backhand, having had an operation on his right wrist in May 2010. The big Argentine, who won the Sydney tournament in January before a disappointing Australian Open, has dropped Read more [...]

    BUENOS AIRES —The naturally mummified body of a woman was found at her Buenos Aires home by a neighbor who had not seen her for more than 10 years, police said Friday.   Her remains, with skin tissue preserved by drying, were being studied to determine the time and circumstances of the death of Maria Cristina Fontana, who was born in 1953. Fontana is believed to have died at age 51 of complications from an aneurysm that had been operated Read more [...]

The Qatar National Bank (QNB) Group has underscored the importance of foreign ownership of debts as an indicator of vulnerability to the crisis faced by emerging markets (EMs). Citing a new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the QNB Group noted that since the Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen announced the gradual reduction of its asset-purchasing programme or quantitative easing (QE), EMs have witnessed large capital outflow and strong devaluation of currencies. “Overall, the IMF Read more [...]