Even VW Now Feels the Weight of Europeâs Economic Troubles
Vehicle sales on the Continent have declined to their lowest levels in decades.
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Vehicle sales on the Continent have declined to their lowest levels in decades.
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant were struggling to contain groundwater that was pouring into the plantâs reactor buildings by the minute.
A study by the Cass Business School in London found that leaks had fallen in recent years, and pointed to a strategy of how buyers and sellers approached leaks to gain an advantage. Andrew Ross Sorkin and Peter Lattman discuss the use of leaked information.
New companies are growing fast in the German capital, which with its stylish cool and cheap rents is becoming a vibrant home for young entrepreneurs.
Jim DeMint, a former Republican senator, who helped kill legislation to overhaul immigration, finds Marco Rubio, his onetime protégé, on the other side of the issue.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 24, 2013, covering April 30, 2013.
Paramore
Brad Paisley
Justin Timberlake
Blake Shelton
Eric Church
2013Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (born 1937)[â ]
Roberto "Bobby" RodrĂguez Chabet was an artist from the Philippines and widely acknowledged as the father of Philippine conceptual art.
2013Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (born 1953)[â ]
Shirley Firth was a Canadian cross-country skier who competed in four consecutive Winter Olympics in 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984.
2013Viviane Forrester, French author and critic (born 1925)[â ]
Viviane Forrester was an essayist, novelist, journalist and literary critic.
2013Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.[â ]
Willem-Alexander is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[â ]