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Before it declared bankruptcy Detroit made a deal with two banks on money it owed them in line with safe harbor rules for derivatives traders, in what could end up as a better deal than what other creditors receive.
The fund for the Rana Plaza factory building collapse is considered a landmark in compensating families of garment industry victims, in terms of both the amount to be paid and the sophistication of the arrangements.
Sources briefed on the insider trading investigation into Steven A. Cohen, the head of SAC Capital, say that a call in 2009 raised his suspicions.
At least a dozen new groups are setting up to back individual Republican candidates for the Senate, threatening the strategic and financial dominance of Karl Rove and the nonprofit he co-founded, American Crossroads.
Model Alliance is working to prevent abuses like agencies cheating models out of pay and coercive contracts.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 18, 2013, covering December 24, 2013.
Garth Brooks
One Direction
Kelly Clarkson
Britney Spears
The Robertsons
2013Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (born 1924)[†]
Frédéric Back was a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films. During a long career with Radio-Canada, the French-language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning two, for his 1981 film Crac and the 1987 film The Man Who Planted Trees.
2013Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (born 1923)[†]
Ian Graeme Barbour was an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion. According to the Public Broadcasting Service his mid-1960s Issues in Science and Religion "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of science and religion."
2013John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (born 1938)[†]
John M. Goldman was a British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher. A specialist in chronic myeloid leukaemia, Goldman conducted pioneering research into leukaemia treatment – he was instrumental in the development of bone marrow transplantation as a clinical method, and later in the development of the drug imatinib. He was also a prolific author of scientific papers, was involved with numerous medical charities and had a decades-long surgical career at Hammersmith Hospital, London.
2013Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (born 1946)[†]
Allan McKeown was a British television, film, and stage producer.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]