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SCHEDULE: UAAP Season 88 basketball tournament

The UAAP Season 88 tips off with the basketball tournaments starting September 20. Games will be held every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at UST Quadricentennial Pavilion, Smart Araneta Coliseum and Mall of Asia Arena. This season features basketball competitions in the men’s, women’s and 16-under divisions. Highlighting the men’s basketball first round games are the

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WNBA: Fever beat Dream to reach semifinals

COLLEGE PARK, Georgia — Aliyah Boston made the go-ahead basket with 7.4 seconds left, Lexie Hull stole the ensuing inbounds pass and the Indiana Fever beat the No. 3-seeded Atlanta Dream 87-85 on Thursday night to advance to the WNBA semifinals. Despite missing Caitlin Clark among its injured players, Indiana closed on a 7-0 run

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US court moves to support Elliott affiliate’s bid for Citgo parent

HOUSTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge allowed an affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management on Thursday to move towards completing its offer for Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum’s parent through a court-ordered auction of shares, while restricting rival bidder Gold Reserve from doing the same. Delaware Judge Leonard Stark instructed a court officer overseeing the auction of shares to terminate a stock purchase agreement (SPA) with a Gold Reserve subsidiary and sign a new one with Elliott’s affiliate Amber Energy, Gold Reserve said in a release.

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Government offices now required to go ‘green’

MANILA, Philippines — The government is making bolder moves to cut power costs and embrace green technology, as all agencies are now mandated to use energy-efficient products and deploy solar rooftop systems. The directive that requires government offices nationwide to comply with the minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) was approved through a resolution of the