Baseball Salaries 2008: The worst value team
...and 6.26 ERA. Most unsightly of all, Carlos Silva ($8,250,000), with a newly inked four-year...in a blockbuster trade for half the Mariners' farm system, pitched adequately, but not often, making only 15 starts...

Brazil faces new market test
...value of the real. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proved to be a very market-friendly president, who immediately appointed strong candidates to run the nation's economy and financial system. Relieved international investors returned to Brazil, interest spreads...