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For Cambodia and other poor nations, trade agreements that foster exports can also encourage land grabs by wealthy, politically connected families.
Stock markets around the world steadied early on Tuesday after broad declines on Monday. The dollar, however, fell in value against major currencies.
Individual investors are increasingly demanding transparency in performance track records, but pension funds — the biggest slice of the investment world — have conspicuously turned a blind eye to demanding track records from their most influential advisers, investment consultants.
A currency shortage, created by Western sanctions, appears worse than previously thought, increasing pressure on leaders seeking to negotiate a nuclear deal.
The head of the commission’s enforcement unit, who has taken on the financial industry, is stepping down.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 25, 2013, covering October 1, 2013.
Keith Urban
The Weeknd
2 Chainz
Luke Bryan
Janelle Monae
2013Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1930)[†]
Arnold Irwin Burns was an American lawyer. He served as the United States Deputy Attorney General from 1986 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese. In March 1988, Burns, together with the head of the U.S. Justice Department's criminal division William Weld and four aides, resigned from office in protest of what they viewed as improper conduct by Attorney General Meese, including personal financial indiscretions. In July 1988, Burns and Weld jointly testified before the U.S. Congress in support of a potential prosecution of Meese following an investigation by a special prosecutor, who had declined to file charges. Meese resigned from office later in July 1988, shortly after Burns and Weld appeared before Congress.
2013Tom Clancy, American author (born 1947)[†]
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. His name was also used on screenplays written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects occasionally with co-authors, and video games. He was a part-owner of his hometown Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees.
2013Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (born 1928)[†]
Imero (Immie) Fiorentino was an American lighting designer, considered one of the most respected pioneers and leaders in the American entertainment industry. Beginning his career as a lighting designer in the Golden Age of Television, he designed productions for such celebrated series as Omnibus, U.S. Steel Hour, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse and Kraft Television Theatre. Fiorentino's expertise was often called upon by industry professionals throughout the world to consult on the planning and development of major productions, exhibits, museums and architectural projects; from the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention and numerous United States presidential election debates, major concert tours and television specials to the environmental lighting for Epcot’s World Showcase at Walt Disney World. His consulting work on major corporate events with clients included: Anheuser-Busch, Michelin, Electrolux, American Express and Xerox.
2013Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (born 1923)[†]
Israel Gutman was a Polish-born Israeli historian and a survivor of the Holocaust.
2013Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (born 1939)[†]
Ole Danbolt Mjøs was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. A professor and former rector at the University of Tromsø, he was known worldwide as the leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2003 to 2008.
2013Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (born 1936)[†]
James W. Rountree was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for ten years during the 1950s and 1960s. Rountree played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]