May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Chile's peso dropped to a more than four-month low as a slowing economy reduced appetite for the nation's assets. The peso fell for a second day, weakening 0.5 percent to 478 per dollar at 10:31 a.m. New York time, from 475.8 yesterday.
Starting one shot out of second place, the Spencer boys turned in their highest 18-hole round of the season Saturday at the Iowa Boys State Golf Tournament at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames, firing a second-day 336 to finish fifth overall.
Orlando Cabrera's fourth hit drove in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and the Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland 6-3 on Monday night, handing the Indians their ninth loss in 10 games.
NEW YORK -- U.S. home prices dropped at the sharpest rate in two decades during the first quarter, a closely watched index showed Tuesday, a somber indication that the housing slump continues to deepen.
Bank of Montreal today reported lower earnings for the second quarter ended April 30, as provisions for credit losses rose from the low levels of a year ago.
SYDNEY, May 27 - Perpetual Ltd , a mid-size Australian fund manager, said its earnings may drop as much as 10.5 percent in fiscal 2008 due to volatile equity markets, sending its shares down as much as 5 percent.