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July 9, 2013

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Headlines from July 9, 2013

Trader’s Day in Court May Lack Some Details

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

A case is seen within the S.E.C. and on Wall Street as a referendum on Goldman Sachs. But all of the details might not be presented.

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Perelman Sues Old Friend Milken (Not to Worry. It Isn’t Personal.)

By Peter Lattman

One of the billionaire deal maker Ronald O. Perelman’s companies has sued Michael Milken and others on accusations of fraud.

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Regulators Examining Sales of Early Financial Data

By Nathaniel Popper

The New York attorney general is looking into early release of data after Thomson Reuters announced that it was suspending an early release of a consumer confidence survey to clients who paid extra.

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Financial Crisis Just a Symptom of Detroit’s Woes

By Monica Davey

As officials negotiate in a last-ditch effort to spare the city the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation’s history, residents say the city has worse problems than its $18 billion debt.

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Unlikely Partners, Freeing Chimps From the Lab

By James Gorman

A campaign to end biomedical experiments on humans’ closest primate relatives has pulled together two federal agencies and several animal welfare groups.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 3, 2013, covering July 9, 2013.

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Yeezus
Kanye West
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Born Sinner
J. Cole
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Watching Movies With The Sound Off
Mac Miller
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Talk A Good Game
Kelly Rowland
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Black Sabbath
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Notable Deaths

2013Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1959)^[†]

Markus Büchel was a lawyer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein in 1993. Serving for just under 7 months, he is the shortest serving prime minister in Liechtenstein's history.

2013Andrew Nori, Solomon lawyer and politician (born 1952)^[†]

Andrew Nori was a Solomon Islands lawyer and politician, arguably best known for his role in the ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

2013Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (born 1954)^[†]

Metropolitan Kiril ; June 8, 1954 – July 9, 2013), was the Bulgarian Orthodox metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria.

2013Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (born 1927)^[†]

Barbara Jean Robinson was an American author and writer of the children's books The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994).

2013Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (born 1922)^[†]

Toshi Seeger was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, her credits include the 1966 film Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison and the Emmy Award-winning documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, released through PBS in 2007. In 1966, Seeger and her husband, folk-singer Pete Seeger, co-founded the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which seeks to protect the Hudson River and surrounding wetlands. Additionally, they co-founded the Clearwater Festival, a major music festival held annually at Croton Point Park in Westchester County, New York.

Historical Context for July 9, 2013

In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people^[†]

Headlines from July 9, 2013

Trader’s Day in Court May Lack Some Details

Perelman Sues Old Friend Milken (Not to Worry. It Isn’t Personal.)

Regulators Examining Sales of Early Financial Data

Financial Crisis Just a Symptom of Detroit’s Woes

Unlikely Partners, Freeing Chimps From the Lab

Yeezus

Born Sinner

Watching Movies With The Sound Off

Talk A Good Game

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Notable Deaths

Historical Context for July 9, 2013