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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (born 1938)[†]
Terence George Spinks MBE was an English boxer, who won the gold medal in the flyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the final he defeated Mircea Dobrescu of Romania on points. He was also British featherweight champion from 1960 to 1961.
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This year’s International Furniture Fair was marked by the contradictory pursuits of social consciousness and unrestrained luxury.
The bribery allegations surrounding Wal-Mart cast into relief the transformation of the once-obscure Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a law enacted in 1977 that was rarely enforced.
More large banks are aggressively pursuing low-income customers with products that can carry high fees and are largely untouched by consumer protections.
A difficult question has emerged as Walt Disney Studios searches for a new chairman, with no obvious candidates: Does the job require a brand manager or a strong movie hand?
The defeat of two conservative Pennsylvania representatives, Jason Altmire and Tim Holden, by more liberal opponents foreshadows an even more polarized Congress next year.
“The Columnist,” by David Auburn, stars John Lithgow in the title role, portraying Joseph Alsop, who wielded power in mid-20th-century Washington.
Despite the similarities with the Trayvon Martin case, the death of Justin Patterson did not receive the same attention.
The carmaker’s profit of $473 million was attributed to an overhaul of a large portion of its product lineup and the use of creative, high-profile advertising to attract new customers.
Chesapeake Energy, whose stock has fallen 45 percent in a year, said it would not extend a controversial compensation plan for Aubrey McClendon that provided him with a right to personally invest in the company’s new wells.
Yubari is hoping that 31-year-old Naomichi Suzuki can turn around its deep debt and troubling demographics.
This stop-motion animation film from Aardman Animations about a band of hapless high-seas troublemakers is a curiosity cabinet of visual pleasures.
The elections in France and the government’s collapse in the Netherlands should serve as warnings for Germany, which still insists on austerity elsewhere in the euro zone.