Bill Would Raise Taxes on Public Equity Firms
New legislation could increase taxes on publicly traded private equity firms and hedge funds, a move that could dampen interest in the Blackstone Group.
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New legislation could increase taxes on publicly traded private equity firms and hedge funds, a move that could dampen interest in the Blackstone Group.
New York City police officers have a menu of sirens available, each designed to make a specific impression.
The S.E.C. is expected to propose a rule that would allow foreign companies using international accounting standards to stop reconciling their financial statements to U.S. rules.
A new addition to the landscape, gardening coaches are the personal trainers of the plant and prune set.
Still striving to get to the top of the A.L. East, the Yankees now have the longest winning streak -- nine games -- of any team in the Major League this season.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 13, 2007, covering June 15, 2007.
R. Kelly
Maroon 5
Linkin Park
Jason Aldean
Daughtry
2007Hugo Corro, Argentine boxer (born 1953)[†]
Hugo Pastor Corro, better known plainly as Hugo Corro, was an Argentine former professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight championship between April 1978 and June 1979.

2007The Nokkakivi Amusement Park is opened in Lievestuore, Laukaa, Finland.[†]
Nokkakivi is an amusement park in Lievestuore, Laukaa, Finland. It is located along the Highway 9 (E63), and the distance from the amusement park to the nearest big city, Jyväskylä, is 24 kilometres (15 mi). Nokkakivi is owned by Bellingham Oy. It is the newest amusement park in Finland, although for the time being it has only a limited number of pre-owned rides on its ride list.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]