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A British government study found that the increasing prevalence of computerized trading might lead to isolated incidents of instability in the financial markets.
Mitt Romney has promised he would replace Ben Bernanke as Fed chairman. But of his three likely contenders, only one would represent a sharp departure from current policy.
Companies like Google, Microsoft and Intel are scrambling to reinvent their businesses now that the old model — a customer sitting at a PC — no longer applies.
If Mitt Romney wins the presidency, he has already pledged he will replace Ben Bernanke, whose term as Federal Reserve chairman ends in January 2014, in just over 15 months. Mr. Bernanke, however, has told close friends that even if Mr. Obama wins, he probably will not stand for re-election.
In “Disgraced,” by Ayad Akhtar, Aasif Mandvi plays a Pakistani-American lawyer who thinks he’s left his cultural roots behind, until he hosts a dinner party that goes awry.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 17, 2012, covering October 23, 2012.
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Miguel
P!nk
Three Days Grace
2012William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)[†]
William Joel Blass was an American war veteran, jurist, attorney, educator, and politician.
2012Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (born 1917)[†]
Wilhelm Brasse was a Polish professional photographer and a prisoner in Auschwitz during World War II. He became known as the "famous photographer of Auschwitz concentration camp." His life and work were the subject of the 2005 Polish television documentary film The Portraitist (Portrecista), which first aired in the Proud to Present series on the Polish TVP1 on 1 January 2006.
2012Roland de la Poype, French soldier and pilot (born 1920)[†]
Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype was a Second World War fighter ace and a member of the Normandie-Niemen fighter group that fought on the Soviet front.
2012Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (born 1934)[†]
Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly was an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer, and critic. He played a key role in modernizing Bengali poetry and co-founded the 1953 avant-grade poetry magazine Krittibas. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific Bengali writers since Rabindranath Tagore, he has been called "the man who carried the modern consciousness of Bengal."
2012Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1952)[†]
Michael Marra was a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician from Dundee, Scotland. Known as the Bard of Dundee, Marra was a solo performer who toured the UK and performed in arts centres, theatres, folk clubs and village halls. While mainly known as a songwriter, he also worked extensively in theatre, radio and television. His songwriting was rooted in Scottish life and he found an audience within and beyond the folk music scene, which led to him working as a support musician for performers including Van Morrison, The Proclaimers, Barbara Dickson and Deacon Blue. His song "Hermless" was somewhat humorously suggested as a potential Scottish national anthem.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]