Phillies

Phillies: PHILADELPHIA Chris Carpenter tossed a three-hitter to outpitch old pal Roy Halladay in a duel for the ages and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 Friday night in the deciding Game 5 of their NL playoff series. The wild-card Cardinals scored in the first inning when Rafael Furcal led off with a triple and Skip Schumaker followed with a double. And that was it.Heavily favored Philadelphia never broke through against Carpenter. Ryan Howard grounded out to end the game and hurt his leg coming out of the batter's box – he limped a couple of steps and crumpled to the ground as St. Louis started to celebrate. "It...

 

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Ryan Howard

Ryan Howard: ST. LOUIS For as long as he has been in the middle of their lineup, and certainly for as long as he has been at the top of their payroll, Ryan Howard has endured as the Phillies’ most reliable measuring device. When he’s hot, chances are they will be too. And when he wastes a two-game postseason road trip without providing a hit, chances are the Phillies will be drenched only in questions, not champagne. So it was Wednesday as they retreated from Busch Stadium in hopes of salvaging a season Friday night at Citizens Bank Park. Despite a career-long tendency to torment the Cardinals in his hometown, Howard was subdued in Games...

 

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Apple Stock

Apple Stock: True, shares fluctuated throughout Thursday, as the news set in that the company's co-founder had finally lost his long battle with cancer. Yet in dropping a statistically insignificant 0.23 percent to close the day at $377.37, the house that Jobs' built remained relatively unscathed. Apple did fall a further 0.36 percent in immediate after-hours trading to $376.Also read: Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg React to Steve Jobs' Death In all, the fallout could have been much, much worseWhen Jobs resigned as Apple's CEO last summer, Apple shares dropped nearly 3 percent, slashing roughly $10 billion off the company's value. Even...

 

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Steve Jobs Quotes

Steve Jobs Quotes: As the sad news of the death of Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL -0.23%  co-founder struck Silicon Valley and the global business world like a lightning bolt, many were remembering encounters with the man who has been described variously as the Thomas Edison of his generation, suffering no fools as he revolutionized three industries. See news of the death of Steve Jobs here. Jobs was famous for his ability to convey enthusiasm for Apple products, both on stage and in interviews with the press, in an easy-to-understand manner, with simple terms and catch phrases like “awesome,” “insanely great” and...

 

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