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Bank officials are expected to belatedly follow the recommendation of a group of shareholder advocates to strengthen the board committee that oversees risk.
Tiger Woods finished at nine-under 279 to win the Memorial Tournament for his 73rd PGA Tour victory, tying him with Jack Nicklaus.
Days before shareholders voted on Bank of America’s 2008 purchase of Merrill Lynch, top executives were told the investment firm’s losses would most likely hammer future earnings.
As Hamid Karzai’s days as Afghanistan’s president draw to a close, his family members are trying to protect their status while secretly fighting among themselves over the fortune they have amassed.
Artisanal food trucks have been making inroads in Paris, adding a new twist in culinary culture to a city where diners rarely eat on the go, much less with their hands.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 30, 2012, covering June 4, 2012.
Adam Lambert
Adele
Carrie Underwood
Tenacious D
Norah Jones
2012Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (born 1925)[†]
Peter Jamieson Beaven was a New Zealand architect based in Christchurch, who lived for his last few months in Blenheim. He was a co-founder of New Zealand's first heritage lobby group, the Civic Trust, and is regarded as a significant figure in Christchurch Style architecture.
2012Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1946)[†]
Pedro Borbón Rodriguez was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) most notably as a member of the Cincinnati Reds dynasty that won four National League pennants and two World Series championships between 1970 and 1976. Borbón was known for his durability, appearing in more games than any other pitcher in the National League between 1970 and 1978. He also played for the California Angels, San Francisco Giants, and St. Louis Cardinals. In 2010, Borbón was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.
2012Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (born 1932)[†]
Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño was a Guatemalan Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala from 2003 to 2010. He previously served as Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas from 1980 to 2001. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003.
2012Herb Reed, American violinist (born 1929)[†]
Herbert Reed was an American musician, vocalist, and founding/naming member of The Platters, known for songs such as "Only You " and "The Great Pretender". Reed was the last surviving original member of the group, which he co-founded with Joe Jefferson, Alex Hodge, and Cornell Gunter. Reed is credited with creating The Platters' name. Reed thought of the group's name after noticing that DJs in the 1950s called their records "platters". Reed was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 as a member of the Platters.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]