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The excess profits companies can extract from their customers when they face little or no competition — known to economists as “rents” — may be deepening income inequality, experts argue.
Justin Zormelo, a 30-year-old Georgetown graduate, has become the private guide for players looking to work their way through advanced analytics.
Double-digit increases cannot go on forever, and many economists are using words like “sustainable” and “stable” to describe the slowdown, saying the market is becoming healthier.
Google has begun building a fleet of 100 experimental electric-powered vehicles that will dispense with all the standard controls found in modern automobiles and take the driver out of driving.
President Obama said the United States could play a vital role in world affairs without resorting to unilateral force or retreating to isolationism.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 28, 2014, covering May 28, 2014.
The Black Keys
Michael Jackson
Various Artists
Soundtrack
Rascal Flatts
2014Stan Crowther, English footballer (born 1935)[†]
Stanley Crowther was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion during the 1950s and early 1960s. He won three caps for the England under-23 team, though he was never selected at senior level.
2014Oscar Dystel, American publisher (born 1912)[†]
Oscar Dystel was an American publisher and paperback books pioneer whose firm Bantam Books published bestselling paperback editions of Catcher in the Rye, Jaws and Ragtime among many others. His management made Bantam the main publisher of mass-market paperbacks.
2014Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (born 1928)[†]
Malcolm Glazer was an American businessman and sports team owner. He was the president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied business interests, and owned both Manchester United of the Premier League and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.
2014Bob Houbregs, Canadian-American basketball player and manager (born 1932)[†]
Robert J. Houbregs was a Canadian professional basketball player. Houbregs was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.
2014Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer (born 1971)[†]
Isaac Ramaitsane "Shakes" Kungwane was a South African football midfielder who played for Kaizer Chiefs, Jomo Cosmos, Pretoria City and Manning Rangers. During his spell at Kaizer Chiefs he wore the number 11 jersey after Nelson Dladla.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]