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Wimbledon Champions Will Receive £1M Prize Money

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood

The Wimbledon organizers have increased the prize money for both the men’s and women’s champions to £1 million ($1.53 million). The total prize for the event will be £13.725 million. The All England Club agreed to pay women the same prize money as men. The £1million prize for the year 2010 ladies single’s champion is more than double compared to the prizes 8 years ago. According to Tim Phillips, the chairman of All England Club, Wimbledon exists in a highly competitive global marketplace and it is the world’s best players who give and drive the interest of the people. As a result, it is important to offer them a level of prize money which is both appropriate to the prestige of the event and that gives the players full and fair reward. This year’s tournament will run from June 21 to July 4 and it will be a “World Cup-free zone”, since football fans were denied to watch matches on the big screens at the All England Club. Wimbledon Champions Will Receive £1M Prize Money is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →

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Visa Inc. Will Buy Online Processor CyberSource

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood

People nowadays, most especially in developed countries has been relying on online shopping using the ‘plastic’ or cards. These cards may be credit cards or debit cards. It gives a shopping person the convenience of just staying at home and waiting for the product to be delivered on their doorsteps. One of the major names in industry, is the credit and debit card processor Visa. Visa Inc. has announced Wednesday that to further broaden their scope in fulfilling customer’s online shopping, they would be buying the online processor CyberSource. The price would be $26 per share and that would be around $2 billion dollars. CyBerSource’s known clients include British Airways, Home Depot, Facebook and Google. These are just few big name among their 295,000 merchant clients. The deal between them allows Visa to increase the amount of online payments it processes and the resulting business for its client banks, which issue Visa credit and debit cards. “CyberSource’s key market opportunities are international, specifically Asia and Latin America. This will be a significant focus, effective immediately,” said Visa Chairman and Chief Executive Joseph Saunders Visa Inc. Will Buy Online Processor CyberSource is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →

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2010 Masters prize money

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

2010 Moomba Masters Prize Money Men Slalom Tricks Jump Wakeboard * 1st $9,550 $6,850 $8,450 $4,300* 2nd $5,300 $3,850 $5,500 $2,500* 3rd $3,200 $2,350 $3,400 $1,500* 4th $1,625 $1,300 $1,825 $750* 5th $1,050 $850 $1,350 $550* 6th $525 $375 $1,225 $400* 7th $300 $200 0 8th $200 $125 0 $21,750 $15,900 $21,750 $10,000* $69,401 Women Slalom Tricks Jump 1st $6,950 $3,750 $6,950 2nd $3,400 $1,925 $3,400 3rd $2,100 $1,125 $2,100 4th $1,300 $800 $1,300 5th $400 $275 $400 6th $250 $125 $250 $14,400 $8,00