Denny McCarthy's 8-under-par 64 and Bryson DeChambeau's 9-foot birdie putt on the 18th green for a 71 clinched the Eisenhower Trophy for the USA, which staved off the charge of Canada to win the World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) for the 15th time at Karuizawa 72 Golf East. "It was very exciting right down to the last putt," USA captain Jim Hyler said. "I'm so thrilled for these three young men, they played really hard all four days. We had different people count each day and it is a team event Read more [...]

Recession-hit Argentines are flocking to buy dollars, nervous over the government's latest debt default and pressure from the business community to devalue the peso for the second time this year. Officially, a dollar is worth 8.42 Argentine pesos. But it takes 14.26 pesos to buy one on the black market, a gap that only shows signs of widening. President Cristina Kirchner has tried to convince Argentines to stop hoarding greenbacks and spend their pesos instead. "You have to invest in things Read more [...]