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Zions’ chairman defeats challenge to his leadership

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:10:10 MDT

Zions’ chairman defeats challenge to his leadership

By Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 05:10PM MDT

Zions Bancorp’s Harris Simmons on Friday easily beat another proposal to strip the role of chairman from him, when shareholders voted by a margin of two to one to reject the idea. Just 34 percent of the votes cast during the regional bank’s annual shareholder meeting favored activist shareholder Gerald Armstrong’s second proposal in three years to cleave the role from Simmons’ other duties of president and chief executive officer. Armstrong first proposed splitting the roles at Zions’ 2010 annua...

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Cyclist tests positive for EPO, risks life ban

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:59:56 MDT

Cyclist tests positive for EPO, risks life ban

By andrew dampf AP Sports Writer

Updated May 24, 2013 11:59AM MDT

Rome • Cycling’s first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday. Former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise check at his home before this year’s race, organizers said. If confirmed in a backup “B’’ sample, Di Luca risks a lifetime ban since this is his third offense. “I wasn’t expecting this. It was a surprise for me. I’m disappointed,” Di Luca said upon leaving his team’s hotel in n...

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Panel to study UCI-Armstrong ‘collusion’

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:47:33 MDT

Panel to study UCI-Armstrong ‘collusion’

The Associated Press

Updated May 23, 2013 08:47AM MDT

Geneva • Cycling federation president Pat McQuaid says an independent panel will examine the allegations that the UCI was complicit in Lance Armstrong’s doping. McQuaid tells The Associated Press that senior UCI and World Anti-Doping Agency officials will meet in Russia next week to discuss potential appointments to a three-member expert panel. He says longstanding claims about the UCI and Armstrong’s relationship “absolutely will be addressed,” including alleged collusion over suspicious te...