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As he prepares to step down this month, Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, discussed the financial crisis and policies adopted by the central bank.
Some investors are upset that banks will not divulge the amount of money set aside, but some banks say they don’t want regulators to know the number lest the authorities increase settlement totals.
Marissa Mayer’s firing of her top lieutenant, Henrique de Castro, was her first public signal that turning around Yahoo would be far more difficult than some had suggested.
The company, which disclosed the data theft of customer information late last week, said it did not believe Social Security numbers or birth dates had been compromised.
A proposed monument to Union soldiers at Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park has enraged the area’s Confederate descendants.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 15, 2014, covering January 17, 2014.
Soundtrack
Beyonce
Eminem
Katy Perry
Lorde
2014Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (born 1915)[†]
Mohammed Burhanuddin was the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohras from 1965 to 2014. He led the community for 49 years in a period of social, economic, and educational prosperity; strengthened and re-institutionalized the fundamental core of the community's faith; revived its culture, tradition, and heritage. In successfully achieving coexistence of traditional Islamic values and modern Western practices within the community, Burhanuddin completed the work his predecessor Taher Saifuddin had started.
2014Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (born 1940)[†]
Francine Lalonde was a Canadian politician who served on both the provincial and federal levels. Prior to being elected, she was a lecturer, teacher, and unionist.
2014Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (born 1942)[†]
Robert Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green was a British businessman, politician and author who was an advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
2014John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1940)[†]
Captain John James McGinty III was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the United States militaries' highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for heroism during July 1966 in the Vietnam War.
2014Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (born 1962)[†]
Sunanda Pushkar was an Indian-born Canadian businesswoman. She was a sales director in the Dubai-based TECOM Investments, and a co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous Sports World (RSW), a cricket franchise in the Indian Premier League. Pushkar was the wife of former International diplomat serving under the UN and politician Shashi Tharoor.
2014Suchitra Sen, Indian film actress (born 1931)[†]
Suchitra Sen, widely known as the Mahanayika, was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite actor Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]