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In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]
2010Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1935)[†]
Alan Frederick Plater was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. He is best known for the sitcom Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt and the comedy drama serials The Beiderbecke Trilogy.
2010Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1915)[†]
Richard Beverland Sellars was an American business executive who served as chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson as part of 40 years with the healthcare product firm. Sellars played a pivotal role in keeping the company's headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and worked to rebuild that city's downtown area.
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Hebrew Language Academy in Brooklyn has become one of the most racially mixed charter campuses in the city.
Pakistani officials want to bring the network of Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Al Qaeda ally, into a power-sharing deal.
In an effort to make itself more acceptable to urban areas, Wal-Mart has offered to shrink its stores and maybe even pay its employees more.
Many analysts view Higher One’s successful market debut as a sign of a long-awaited thaw in the market for initial public offerings.
Artificial intelligence technology, especially computer recognition of speech, is moving into the mainstream.
Experts wondered what Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, hoped to achieve by announcing it would punish owners who strategically defaulted.
There are some glimmers of hope for the Democrats as economic improvement comes to some important battleground areas for the House and the Senate.
An overhaul of the financial regulatory system will vastly expand governmental authority in a bid to curb what led to the plunge of the world economy in 2008.
Provisions in the financial bill will change many ways of doing business.
Toyota has introduced a new Sienna that is considerably better than the preceding model in nearly every way.
Watching the first round, one gets the feeling that the global game is experiencing a swing away from Europe.
A onetime actor is faithfully rebuilding Army Jeeps with aircraft-quality parts.