MIAMI // The Atlanta Braves nosed ahead of the Florida Marlins in the race for a post-season berth on Monday, beating their National League East rivals 5-2. Atlanta trailed by a run until Omar Infante drove in two runs with a triple in the seventh inning, before scoring himself on catcher David Ross's single to make it 3-1. Adam LaRoche and Yunel Escobar had RBI singles in the eighth inning to stretch the Braves' advantage. The Marlins' second baseman Dan Uggla went 2-for-2, bringing home Jorge Cantu in the second and ninth innings for his team's two runs.
Japanese right-hander Kenshin Kawakami struck out five and gave up just one run in six innings to help Atlanta (69-62) break out of a tie in the standings with the Marlins (68-63). "We can't afford to lose right now," Kawakami said. "So I really wanted to win tonight." Kawakami also battled through a 10-pitch at-bat in the sixth inning against Florida ace Josh Johnson (13-4). Atlanta's Chipper Jones said Kawakami's at-bat looked to have taken a little bit out of Johnson.
"Any 10 or 11-pitch at-bat has a tendency to wear on a pitcher, especially when it's that late in the game," he added. The Braves moved within three games of NL Wild Card leaders San Francisco and Colorado with the win. It was the Marlins' fourth loss in five contests. Atlanta are due to start Tim Hudson tonight, who will make his season debut after undergoing elbow surgery last August. * Reuters
Mubalada World Tennis Championship 2018 schedule
Thursday December 27
Men's quarter-finals
Kevin Anderson v Hyeon Chung 4pm
Dominic Thiem v Karen Khachanov 6pm
Women's exhibition
Serena Williams v Venus Williams 8pm
Friday December 28
5th place play-off 3pm
Men's semi-finals
Rafael Nadal v Anderson/Chung 5pm
Novak Djokovic v Thiem/Khachanov 7pm
Saturday December 29
3rd place play-off 5pm
Men's final 7pm
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Employees: 100
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Tributes from the UAE's personal finance community
• Sebastien Aguilar, who heads SimplyFI.org, a non-profit community where people learn to invest Bogleheads’ style
“It is thanks to Jack Bogle’s work that this community exists and thanks to his work that many investors now get the full benefits of long term, buy and hold stock market investing.
Compared to the industry, investing using the common sense approach of a Boglehead saves a lot in costs and guarantees higher returns than the average actively managed fund over the long term.
From a personal perspective, learning how to invest using Bogle’s approach was a turning point in my life. I quickly realised there was no point chasing returns and paying expensive advisers or platforms. Once money is taken care off, you can work on what truly matters, such as family, relationships or other projects. I owe Jack Bogle for that.”
• Sam Instone, director of financial advisory firm AES International
"Thought to have saved investors over a trillion dollars, Jack Bogle’s ideas truly changed the way the world invests. Shaped by his own personal experiences, his philosophy and basic rules for investors challenged the status quo of a self-interested global industry and eventually prevailed. Loathed by many big companies and commission-driven salespeople, he has transformed the way well-informed investors and professional advisers make decisions."
• Demos Kyprianou, a board member of SimplyFI.org
"Jack Bogle for me was a rebel, a revolutionary who changed the industry and gave the little guy like me, a chance. He was also a mentor who inspired me to take the leap and take control of my own finances."
• Steve Cronin, founder of DeadSimpleSaving.com
"Obsessed with reducing fees, Jack Bogle structured Vanguard to be owned by its clients – that way the priority would be fee minimisation for clients rather than profit maximisation for the company.
His real gift to us has been the ability to invest in the stock market (buy and hold for the long term) rather than be forced to speculate (try to make profits in the shorter term) or even worse have others speculate on our behalf.
Bogle has given countless investors the ability to get on with their life while growing their wealth in the background as fast as possible. The Financial Independence movement would barely exist without this."
• Zach Holz, who blogs about financial independence at The Happiest Teacher
"Jack Bogle was one of the greatest forces for wealth democratisation the world has ever seen. He allowed people a way to be free from the parasitical "financial advisers" whose only real concern are the fat fees they get from selling you over-complicated "products" that have caused millions of people all around the world real harm.”
• Tuan Phan, a board member of SimplyFI.org
"In an industry that’s synonymous with greed, Jack Bogle was a lone wolf, swimming against the tide. When others were incentivised to enrich themselves, he stood by the ‘fiduciary’ standard – something that is badly needed in the financial industry of the UAE."
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