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The OSI Group, one of the top meat producers in the United States with more than $6 billion in sales and about 20,000 employees in 17 countries, is enveloped in a food safety scandal in China.
The automaker has piled on cash incentives and cheap lease deals to invigorate sales of its passenger cars, particularly the smaller models.
The MoneyPak card, used to transfer cash by those without access to conventional bank accounts, has also caught the eye of criminals, from a Maryland jail gang to an online prostitution ring in North Carolina.
The Chinese retail giant has made a half-dozen major investments in American start-ups over the last year, focusing on mobile and e-commerce.
Instructors from an East Harlem driving school steer those hoping to get a license through an urban obstacle course, with one foot poised above the brake.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 30, 2014, covering August 1, 2014.
Weird Al Yankovic
Jason Mraz
Rise Against
Kidz Bop Kids
Soundtrack
2014Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (born 1973)[†]
Valyantsin Byalkevich, also referred to as Valiantsin Bialkevich, was a Belarusian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for the Belarus national team. He spent the majority of his career with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv, where he was predominantly used as a playmaker, and was part of the team that reached the semi-finals of 1998–99 UEFA Champions League.
2014Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (born 1974)[†]
Jan Roar Leikvoll was a Norwegian novelist.
2014Charles T. Payne, American soldier (born 1925)[†]
Charles Thomas Payne was an American librarian and soldier. A member of the Obama family, he was the brother of Madelyn Payne Dunham and granduncle of former U.S. president Barack Obama.
2014Mike Smith, English radio and television host (born 1955)[†]
Michael George Smith, also known by the on-air nickname of Smithy, was an English television and radio presenter, racing driver, pilot and businessman. During the 1980s, he was known for his appearances on BBC1 as a co-host of Breakfast Time and the music show Top of the Pops.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]