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Shell’s drilling program, the subject of two federal inquiries, has had problems environmentalists say highlight the dangers of prospecting for oil in the severe Arctic environment.
Most banks have recovered from the recent financial collapse, but the two companies reported continuing effects on earnings.
The computer mogul Michael Dell, in talks to acquire the company he started as a teenager, has built a reputation as a shrewd investor.
Thomas Weisel, who bankrolled Lance Armstrong through seven Tour de France wins, said in his first public comment on the matter that he never personally saw an instance of doping on the team.
Lithium-ion batteries are popular because they are powerful and charge quickly, but Boeing has had serious problems with the technology on its new Dreamliner.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 16, 2013, covering January 18, 2013.
Soundtrack
Mumford & Sons
Taylor Swift
Phillip Phillips
One Direction
2013Sean Fallon, Irish footballer and manager (born 1922)[†]
Sean Fallon was an Irish professional footballer. At his death, he was the oldest surviving person to have played for the Republic of Ireland national football team.
2013Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (born 1942)[†]
James Jay Horning was an American computer scientist and ACM Fellow.
2013Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (born 1989)[†]
Jonathan Mannah was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He played as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2009–2011) and the Parramatta Eels (2012) in the National Rugby League (NRL). Since 2013, the Johnny Mannah Cup, which is named in his honour, is annually competed for by both clubs he played for.
2013Lewis Marnell, Australian skateboarder (born 1982)[†]
Lewis Kristian Marnell was a professional skateboarder from Melbourne, Australia who was Slam Magazine's 2008 "Skater of the Year". Marnell died in January 2013, following complications related to type 1 (juvenile) diabetes, a condition that was diagnosed when he was 10 years old. Numerous tributes were published following Marnell's death and his longtime skateboard deck sponsor, Almost Skateboards, continues to use the hashtag "#LewisMarnellForever"—on 15 and 29 July 2014, the company published the hashtag with 2006 video footage of Marnell skateboarding in Japan.
2013Ron Nachman, Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1942)[†]
Ron Nachman was an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for the Likud. The founder of Ariel, one of the largest Israeli settlements in the West Bank, he was its mayor from 1985 until his death in 2013.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]