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Citigroup may be considering a deal that would give control of its Phibro commodities business to Andrew J. Hall, whose nine-figure salary has become a political hot potato.
Some states have passed laws requiring prospective employers to show credit checks have relevance to the nature of the job.
Some worry that Congress will give the states expensive new Medicaid obligations without providing enough new money to pay for them.
Economists say that the punch from increased government spending has helped the economy begin to bottom out faster than it would have otherwise.
Michael Jackson’s death has brought a new spotlight to the anesthetic propofol, which experts say is being abused.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 5, 2009, covering August 7, 2009.
Demi Lovato
Daughtry
Maxwell
Various Artists
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2009Louis E. Saavedra, American educator and politician, 48th Mayor of Albuquerque (born 1933)[†]
Louis Emilio Saavedra was an American politician and educator who served as the 25th mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor from December 1989 until November 1993.
2009Mike Seeger, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)[†]
Mike Seeger was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who mainly played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary recordings, and performed in more than 40 other recordings. He desired to make known the caretakers of culture that inspired and taught him. He was posthumously inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2018.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]