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Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky was worth an estimated $15 billion when he went to prison 10 years ago. Now, he can only guess at how much of it is left.
Months after the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex in Bangladesh exposed abuses in the garment industry, there is no consensus on what responsibility global chains should bear for reform and compensation.
Parents and advocacy groups are tapping the power of the web to force food companies to reconsider what they put in their products.
In a nation with a reputation as a tough place to do business, American tech entrepreneurs are importing the Silicon Valley mind-set.
Andrew Ross Sorkin draws up the annual “Closing Dinner” guest list, and toasts and roasts figures from the realm of finance and business.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 25, 2013, covering December 31, 2013.
Beyonce
Garth Brooks
Kelly Clarkson
R. Kelly
One Direction
2013James Avery, American actor (born 1945)[†]
James La Rue Avery was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Judge Michael Conover on L.A. Law, Steve Yeager in The Brady Bunch Movie, and Dr. Crippen on The Closer (2005–2007); and as the voice actor for Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Haroud Hazi Bin in Aladdin.
2013Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (born 1953)[†]
Roberto Ciotti was an Italian blues musician, composer and guitarist.
2013Bob Grant, American radio host (born 1929)[†]
Robert Ciro Gigante, known as Bob Grant, was an American radio host. A veteran of broadcasting in New York City, Grant is considered a pioneer of the conservative talk radio format and was one of the early adopters of the "combat talk" format. Grant's career spanned from the 1950s until shortly before his death at age 84 on December 31, 2013.
2013Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (born 1925)[†]
Irina Korschunow was a German writer. Her oeuvre comprises short stories, novels theatrical works and film scripts. Born in Stendal, she started her career as a journalist and writer for children's books and young adult literature but focused predominantly on writing novels in her later years since about 1983. She was also a translator.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]