| Henry named executive sports editor
Jim Henry has been named executive sports editor for The Joplin Globe, according to the paper's editor, Carol Stark. Henry, who returned to the sports department on Nov. 12, began his journalism career during his senior year at Boonville High School. He worked as a one-man sports staff at The Boonville Daily News from 1971 until 1976, and later worked at the Fort Gateway Daily Guide in Waynesville from 1976 to 1978. He joined The Joplin Globe staff in April of 1978, where he worked until September of 2003. Since 2003, Henry has worked for The Morning Sun. in Pittsburg, Kan. His primary beats were Pittsburg State University and Pittsburg High School. Henry and his wife, Mary Ann, who is a special education teacher, live in Pittsburg. He fills a position that had been held the past 18 months by Lance Ogden.
Kansas’ rise in poll is a good thing for Sooners, too
Kansas blasting its way to No. 4 in the BCS this week may be the best thing to happen for the Sooners. If Kansas goes on to win the North, with a game this week at Stillwater against OSU and a decisive game against Missouri, a Big 12 championship game between the two actually works best for both. Missouri is sixth and would be the Sooners' alternative opponent to decide the Big 12, but two wins over Missouri might mean less than a win over both Mizzou and KU. .
Emert relieves for Razorbacks
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Backup Nathan Emert quarterbacked more than half the game and way more than half the points as Arkansas frosted its last cupcake. The Razorbacks, 5-3, swamped 0-8 Florida International, 58-10 in Saturday's nonconference homecoming before 60,570 at Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Starting with next Saturday's 7 p.m. ESPN televised game against South Carolina here, November is all SEC all the time for Arkansas' final four games. Emert likely would have played much of the second half in Saturday's rout, but the Shiloh Christian alum and former Missouri Southern starting quarterback, got handed the reins way earlier. With 11 minutes left in the first half add the Hogs up 17-0, starting quarterback Casey Dick got clobbered on a 4-yard loss and suffered both bruised ribs and a slight concussion.
Hong Kong shares end morning sharply lower on Wall St fall; Bank of East Asia up
HONG KONG (Thomson Financial) - Hong Kong shares ended Tuesday morning trade sharply lower, tracking heavy losses on Wall Street overnight as the credit crisis continued to cast uncertainty over the banking sector's prospects. Sentiment across Asian markets was dampened by Goldman Sachs' downgrade on large banks and a remark that Citigroup Inc would probably have to write down 15 billion US dollars more in the next two quarters due to losses from investments related to unpaid housing mortgages. Bank of East Asia (Nachrichten) provided a bright spot to trading, rising 2.2 percent after its larger rival BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) bought a 4.94 percent stake in the local lender for 3.95 billion Hong Kong dollars. The Hang Seng Index was down 757.38 points or 2.8 percent at 26,702.79, extending yesterday's losses.
Mortgage mess on Wall Street
Stocks sold off early Friday, continuing steep losses for the week, as Wachovia became the latest bank hit by fallout in the mortgage sector. The 30-share Dow Jones industrial average (Charts) and the broader S&P 500 index (Charts) each fell about 1 percent, while the tech-fueled Nasdaq (Charts) slid 1.7 percent. Wachovia (Charts, Fortune 500), the nation's fourth-largest bank, said the complex debt instruments it had in its portfolio declined in value by an estimated $1.1 billion before taxes in October, leading to $600 million loan-loss charge for the current quarter. The bank had reported $1.3 billion in pre-tax losses in the third quarter tied to pools of debt backed by home loans. The additional losses from Wachovia come after Citigroup (Charts, Fortune 500) said last week it expects to write down a further $8 billion to $11 billion in the fourth quarter due to credit- and mortgage-related problems.
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