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16 February

Cayubit tops Ronda’s Visayas qualifying leg

BACOLOD CITY—Boots Ryan Cayubit finished fifth in the third and final stage Friday to crown himself champion of the Visayas qualifying leg of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas that started and ended in the Provincial capitol here.

16 February

Camacho upbeat despite reduced events in SEAG

Despite the scrapping of four sports and reduced number of events in wushu’s sanda, Philippine Chief of Mission to this year’s Southeast Asian Games in Singapore Julian Camacho remains positive the country could better its 29-34-38 gold-silver-bronze medal haul two years ago in Myanmar.

16 February

Looking for the Next Big Thing

Manny B. Angeles / Out of bounds In 1975, at the height of his career, the great Bobby Fischer walked away from chess and became a recluse. In 1993, Michael Jordan, considered the greatest basketball player of all time, left the NBA and tinkered with baseball for a while. He came back to lead the Chicago Bulls to their second …

16 February

Deadly crash involving Bruce Jenner

Tami Abdollah / The Associated Press LOS ANGELES— Investigators have dug deeper into a weekend chain-reaction crash on Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway that involved Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner and left one woman dead.

16 February

Tesla’s 4Q profit falls on strong dollar, delayed shipments

DETROIT—Tesla Motors ended 2014 on a sour note, with production hiccups and a bungled launch in China, but the electric car maker is confident it can significantly grow sales this year as it launches a new SUV.

16 February

Driverless cars hit road

Sylvia Hui / The Associated Press LONDON— Driverless cars are hitting Britain’s public roads for the first time, giving a glimpse of future travel that’s billed as safer and more efficient.

16 February

Greece, creditors open to compromise

Athens, Greece — Signs that Greece and its European creditors are open to compromise boosted market hopes on Friday that the sides can reach a deal to save the country from bankruptcy. But any agreement will likely take time, with both sides pressing hard for concessions.After a turbulent week, in which investors feared Athens’ demands to rewrite its bailout terms …

16 February

Harvard educated most IPO leaders last year

Harvard produced the most graduates who were CEOs at their time of their companies’ market debuts in 2014, according to Equilar, an executive compensation data firm.

16 February

Judges weigh options in bid to probe Google

Jackson, Mississippi — Does Google help criminals by allowing its search engine to lead to pirated music or by having its autocomplete function suggest illegal activities?

16 February

Retailers fret as goods languish at US ports

Los Angeles — A prolonged labor crisis at West Coast seaports means the critical gateways for international trade have become more like parking lots for massive cargo ships that haul a vast selection of consumer goods from Asia and return there with U.S. exports.

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February, 2015