Usain Bolt wins 100-meter world championship, proving he is still the fastest man alive Yahoo Daily News >>(REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach) | Bolt nips Gatlin at the line. | Usain Bolt is still the fastest man in the world. | The 100-meter world-record holder defended his title as the world's fastest man on Sunday, winning the 100-meter run in a thrilling race at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing. Bolt, 29, ran a season-best time of 9.79 seconds ...
US stocks plunge in early trading after Chinese stock rout The Miami Herald U.S. stock markets plunged in early trading Monday following a big drop in Chinese stocks. | The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 1,000 points in early trading and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell into correction territory, that’s Wall Street jargon for a drop of 10 percent or more from a recent peak. | Treasuries surged as i...