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Morgan Stanley has been shrinking its business of trading bonds, commodities and other investments, leaving that to be dominated by its Wall Street rivals.
President Hugo Chávez’s health crisis and decision to proceed on Thursday with a quasi-presidential inauguration that he is unable to attend is producing national angst about who is in charge.
The United States is in the grip of an early start to the annual flu season with an unusually aggressive virus, a new type of norovirus, and the worst outbreak of whooping cough in decades.
The carefree style of the singer Rita Ora, a Jay-Z protégée, appeals to designers, with a blend of hip-hop, bling and ’90s Gwen Stefani.
The dash to put new gun controls in place made New York the first flash point in the battles over firearm restrictions that are expected to consume several state capitals this year.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 9, 2013, covering January 10, 2013.
Taylor Swift
Soundtrack
One Direction
Bruno Mars
T.I.
2013George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (born 1932)[†]
George Gruntz was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and Mel Lewis.
2013Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (born 1936)[†]
Claude Nobs was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
2013More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan.[†]
Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a valley surrounded by mountains on all sides. Quetta is at an average elevation of 1,680 metres above sea level, making it Pakistan's highest altitude major city. The city is known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan," due to the numerous fruit orchards in and around it and the large variety of fresh and dried fruits produced there.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]