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The retailer’s 10-year commitment, totaling $50 billion, comes as it is under pressure over its overseas sourcing following a deadly fire in November in Bangladesh.
As government seeks ways to save cash by outsourcing services, it might keep in mind that private efforts need clear goals and close monitoring, lest they veer in unintended directions.
Two of the biggest makers of electric cars are pushing plans to lift sales: General Motors, aiming for the luxury market with the Cadillac ELR, and Nissan, with a cheaper Leaf.
Airstrikes alone may not be enough to root out battle-hardened Malian rebels, who have spent months accumulating arms, constructing defenses and reinforcing their ranks.
Forestalling violence by keeping closer tabs on those with mental illness is an appealing idea, but it poses more difficulties than are at first apparent.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 16, 2013, covering January 16, 2013.
Soundtrack
Mumford & Sons
Taylor Swift
Phillip Phillips
One Direction
2013Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (born 1930)[†]
Wayne Delbert Anderson was an American college basketball coach, the head coach for eight seasons at the University of Idaho, his alma mater. He was also the head baseball coach at Idaho for nine seasons, and the assistant athletic director for fifteen years.
2013André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (born 1926)[†]
André Cassagnes was a French inventor, electrical technician, toymaker, and kite designer. Cassagnes is best known as the inventor of the Etch A Sketch, a popular mechanical drawing toy manufactured since 2016 by Spin Master, formerly by the Ohio Art Company.
2013Gussie Moran, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1923)[†]
Gertrude Augusta "Gussie" Moran was an American tennis player who was active in the late 1940s and 1950s. Her highest US national tennis ranking was 4th. She was born in Santa Monica, California and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 89.
2013Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (born 1918)[†]
Pauline Esther Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newspaper column in 1956. It became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, syndicated in 1,400 newspapers with 110 million readers.
2013Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (born 1923)[†]
Glen Parmelee Robinson, Jr., called the "father of high-tech industry in Georgia", was an American businessman and founder of Scientific Atlanta, formerly a subsidiary of Cisco Systems. Robinson was the first employee of Scientific Atlanta, where he remained CEO then Chairman of the company until he retired.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]