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An intricate web of shell companies disclosed in filings by Alibaba connects the company to the sons and grandsons of the most powerful men in China.
Faced with a worrisome loss in negotiating power, lesser players like AMC and Discovery Communications are seeking ways to secure their own relevance.
In declining to keep a prescription drug database, the state has hampered its ability to combat abuse and also drawn buyers from neighboring states.
Bradford L. Smith, general counsel at the tech company, uses the skills he learned as a Washington lawyer to advocate change in government policies that affect the industry.
After showing encouraging signs before the All-Star Game, the Mets lost two of three in San Diego, raising questions about potential roster moves in the near future.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 16, 2014, covering July 21, 2014.
Trey Songz
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Seether
Soundtrack
2014Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (born 1926)[â ]
Louise Abeita Chewiwi was a Pueblo writer, poet and educator who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo.
2014Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (born 1961)[â ]
Daniel Marc Borislow was an American entrepreneur, sports team owner, inventor, and thoroughbred horse breeder. Borislow was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Widener University. In 1989, he founded Tel-Save, Inc. to resell access to AT&T long distance lines. Borislow took the company public in 1995, and two years later brokered a $100 million deal with AOL at the "Cafe LâEurope," Palm Beach. In early 1998, Tel-Save had sales of $300 million and was valued by Wall Street investors at $2 billion. However, due to the financial strain of paying off the AOL deal, Tel-Save lost $221 million in 1999, and Borislow sold his stock for approximately $300 million and retired.
2014Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (born 1915)[â ]
Eleanor Lettice Curtis was an English aviator, flight test engineer, air racing pilot, and sportswoman.
2014Hans-Peter Kaul, German lawyer and judge (born 1943)[â ]
Hans-Peter Kaul was a German international law scholar and former diplomat and lawyer. From 11 March 2003 until 1 July 2014, he served as Judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. At the ICC, Kaul was President of the Pre-Trial Division from 2004 until March 2009 and again in 2014, and he was the Court's Second Vice-President from 2009 to 2012. In 2014, he resigned from the ICC for health reasons but his condition became worse and he died on 21 July 2014.
2014Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian engineer and politician (born 1938)[â ]
Rilwanu Lukman was a Nigerian engineer who held several ministerial positions in the Nigerian Federal government before becoming Secretary General of OPEC from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000. He died on 21 July 2014. On 18 December 2008, Lukman was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources by Nigerian president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, holding office until March 2010.
2014Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player and boxer (born 1927)[â ]
Kevin Lawrence Skinner was a rugby union player from New Zealand who won 20 full caps for the All Blacks, two of them as captain. He was also a heavyweight boxer, winning the New Zealand championship in 1947.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]