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As another round of fiscal brinkmanship looms with Republican control of Congress, the impact on tax policy, government programs and the overall economy could be severe.
There has been an awakening that online threats are real and growing worse, and that the prevailing “patch and pray” approach to computer security will not do.
Associates at large law firms in New York are taking home bonuses this year of $15,000 to $100,000, or more, depending on their tenure.
The Federal Reserve says that more than 30 percent of Americans report irregular incomes that sabotage efforts to budget and save. Unreliable work hours are cited most often.
Academy Awards are lucrative for all, but are key especially for the success of some art house films.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 3, 2014, covering December 3, 2014.
One Direction
Taylor Swift
Pentatonix
Nickelback
Garth Brooks
2014Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (born 1929)[†]
Herman Badillo was an American lawyer and politician who served as borough president of The Bronx and United States Representative, and ran for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican elected to these posts, and the first Puerto Rican mayoral candidate in a major city in the continental United States.
2014Jacques Barrot, French politician, French European Commissioner (born 1937)[†]
Jacques Barrot was a French politician, who served as European Commissioner for Justice from 2008 to 2010, after having spent four years serving as Commissioner for Transport from 2004 to 2008 and Commissioner for Regional Policy for eight months in 2004. He was also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. He previously held various ministerial positions in France, and was a member of the right-wing political party UMP. He was officially approved in his post by the European Parliament on 18 June 2008 with a vote of 489 to 52 with 19 abstentions.
2014Nathaniel Branden, Canadian–American psychotherapist and author (born 1930)[†]
Nathaniel Branden was a Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer known for his work in the psychology of self-esteem. A former associate and romantic partner of Ayn Rand, Branden also played a prominent role in the 1960s in promoting Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Rand and Branden split acrimoniously in 1968, after which Branden focused on developing his own psychological theories and modes of therapy.
2014Ian McLagan, English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1945)[†]
Ian Patrick McLagan was an English keyboardist, best known as a member of the rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
2014James Stewart, Canadian mathematician and academic (born 1941)[†]
James Drewry Stewart, was a Canadian mathematician, violinist, and professor emeritus of mathematics at McMaster University. Stewart is best known for his series of calculus textbooks used for high school, college, and university-level courses.
2014The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.[†]
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions such as asteroid exploration and possible human exploration of the Moon. Its motto is One JAXA and its corporate slogan is Explore to Realize.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]