Charlotte Russe Bucks the Trend
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This retailer joins the in crowd -- retailers with good news for a change.
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com. Svetlana Kuznetsova: After Anatasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova won the French Open and Wimbledon, respectively, earlier this year, the unspoken slogan of the women&#39;s game has been &quot;The Russians are coming.
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While most Vermonters have read about the political uprising in Ukraine, a Charlotte woman had an opportunity to witness the events unfold firsthand.
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Both went 3 for 3 from beyond the arc for their first three-pointers of the season and career highs for three-pointers in a game. Reserve Erlana Larkins added 12 points for the Tar Heels (6-0).
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Akiko Morigami outlasted the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan yesterday to earn a 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 win and her second finals berth in three years at the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason Ohio.Morigami, the seventh seed from Japan, had 17 chances to break Amanmuradovaâs serve and converted just four. The most crucial came in the sixth game of the third set, when Morigami returned a second serve deep to Amanmuradovaâs backhand. Amanmuradova hit her return volley into the net.âIt was a little bit tough,â Morigami said. âI kept telling myself not to think about the breaks and just to focus on the next point.âShe will face the winner of the semifinal match between top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia and third-seeded Sania Mirza of India.
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By Pam Kowalik, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb.
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Venus Williams of the US returns a shot during a match against Elena Bovina of Russia at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow&#39;s Olympic Indoor stadium on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.
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French Open winner Anastasia Myskina and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova are just two talented players that are carving a Russian foothold in the top tier of women's tennis.
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Some champions make the toughest challenge look easy. Count American Tyson Gay and Russian Yelena Isinbayeva among them.
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PARIS/MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti&#39;s sports analyst Mikhail Smirnov) - Footballers of the Moscow Central Army Sports Club (CSKA) had their last and best game of the season in Paris, confidently outplaying local PSG (Paris Saint-Germain).
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HOT favourites Russia, seeking their first Fed Cup title, will take on champions France in the final after beating Austria today. French Open champion Anastasia Myskina recovered from a horrendous first set
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Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily October 29, 2004 - MOSCOW - It felt like one was watching a modern recreation of a novel by Tolstoy at the show of Olga Samoschenko, a very talented designer from Byelorussia who seems assured of a great future.
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The unpredictability of Marat Safinâs game is becoming a thing of the past. These days the tempestuous Russian is as strong and forceful opponent as it is possible to find on the opposing side of a tennis
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The retailer has a winning formula.
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Uncork the Cristal, break out the beluga. It&#39;s bonus time on Wall Street. Bonuses for employees of the city&#39;s financial-services firms are expected to total $15.9 billion â-
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Looking for the latest hot item in  fashion? Tune into Sunday's Emmy Awards and you might catch a  glimpse of the next big trend on the red carpet, like  pearl-encrusted bra straps.
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Young women's clothing retailer Charlotte Russe Holding Inc.  on Thursday slashed its quarterly earnings and sales forecast after a disappointing back-to-school season, sending its stock down 21 percent.