On this day
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The announcement, an apparent first for a major drug company, would end a common practice that is criticized for posing a conflict of interest.
Four months after being found liable for defrauding investors in a soured mortgage deal, the former Goldman Sachs trader faces $910,000 in fines.
In a shift of rainmakers on Wall Street, asset and hedge fund managers are edging out bankers when it comes to the size of year-end bonuses.
Even officials who support the stimulus agree that the Federal Reserve should taper off on its bond buying and focus on stimulating the economy by other means. It’s just a matter of timing.
President Obama’s loyalists are quietly jockeying over who will plan his post-presidential library, a plum task at the intersection of wealthy donors, perks and powerful networks.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 11, 2013, covering December 17, 2013.
One Direction
Eminem
Garth Brooks
The Robertsons
Katy Perry
2013Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer (born 1929)[†]
Fred Bruemmer, D.Litt. was a Latvian Canadian nature photographer and researcher. He spent his life travelling extensively throughout the circumpolar regions and to other remote parts of the globe. His works have been centered mostly on the Arctic, its people and its animals. He also conducted research and published on animals in many other areas of the globe. He spoke nine languages and wrote more than a thousand articles for publications around the world, including Canadian Geographic, Natural History, National Geographic and Smithsonian. Fred Bruemmer lived in Montreal, Quebec.
2013Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (born 1926)[†]
Ricardo María Carles Gordó was a cardinal priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona in the Catholic Church.
2013Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (born 1925)[†]
Richard Douglas Heffner was the creator and host of The Open Mind, a public affairs television show first broadcast in 1956. He was a University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers University and also taught an honors seminar at New York University.
2013Tetsurō Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1950)[†]
Tetsurō Kashibuchi was a Japanese musician, composer, and record producer.
2013Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (born 1925)[†]
Janet Davison Rowley was an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers, thus proving that cancer is a genetic disease. Rowley spent the majority of her life working in Chicago and received many awards and honors throughout her life, recognizing her achievements and contributions in the area of genetics.
2013Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (born 1926)[†]
Cornelis "Conny" van Rietschoten was a Dutch yacht skipper who was the only skipper to win the Whitbread Round the World Race twice.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]