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Cinar was misled about its money, testimony shows
An agreement to invest more than $100 million U.S. of Cinar Corp. money in the Bahamas was only drafted and signed in early 2000 after the Montreal animation company began investigating what had been done with its money, according to testimony in a court-authorized examination.The phony agreement was just one element of an elaborate strategy to mislead Cinar into believing its money had been properly invested in a Bahamian group of companies with close ties to Montreal's Norshield Financial Group in the late 1990s, alleged a former top executive of the Bahamian companies.
Robert Daviault alleged that
Norshield chief executive John Xanthoudakis orchestrated the damage-control
strategy along with his long-time friend and business associate Lino Matteo,
chief executive of now bankrupt Mount Real Corp.
Longest match no laughing matter
AUSTRALIAN Todd Perry has been defeated in the longest match in Wimbledon history. Perry and his doubles partner Simon Aspelin of Sweden lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 23-21 to Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Canadian Daniel Nestor in the quarter-finals.At six hours and seven minutes, it shattered the record for the longest match since the tournament began in 1877. The longest previous match was Greg Holmes' 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 14-12 victory over Todd Witsken in five hours and 28 minutes in the second round of singles in 1989 � a match spread over three days.
Perry's match began on Tuesday about 4.30pm, was called off because of poor light at 11-11 in the fifth set, and finished on Wednesday after another 23 games.
Knowles and Nestor saved
six match points en route to victory.
Davis Cup squad undefeated in play
The Bahamas' Davis Cup squad went to Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador with their game faces on as they are determined to return to the Americas Zone Two for next year.And after their first two matches, the four member team of Chris Eldon, Marvin Rolle, Devin Mullings, and H'Cone Thompson are definitely on the right path after consecutive wins over Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago.
It has been the combo of Rolle and Mullings that has gotten the job done for The Bahamas so far.
In their 2-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, Rolle needed three sets to get past Shane Stone 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the opening match at the Maya Country Club.
Mullings on the other hand, made his
singles match look easy as he got by Richard Brown 6-1, 6-4.
Sean Connery writes a book
EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 6 (UPI) -- Actor Sean Connery, best known for his work as James Bond, is writing a book that mingles Scottish history with autobiographical anecdotes.Canongate Books of Edinburgh said the book, "Connery's Scotland," would be published in September 2007. It will coincide with the 300th anniversary of the political union of Scotland and England, the New York Times reported Thursday.
Connery, 75, who was born in Edinburgh and now lives in the Bahamas, has said he would not live in Scotland again until it became independent.
He will collaborate with Murray Grigor, a writer/film maker, on the book.
"Our goal is to produce a
very readable, visually stimulating and hopefully intriguing history of
Scotland, with personal discoveries," Connery said.