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China has been introducing changes in its banking sector and at state-owned companies, but the pace of reforms could slow if the market slump persists.
The company will shed more than 6 percent of its workers and take a charge against earnings related to its acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone business.
Despite further steps by Beijing to calm trading, shares plunged, extending a rout that began last month.
The British lender is the latest in Europe to replace its top executive, as banks adjust to tighter regulatory scrutiny and move beyond legacy issues.
In this memoir, a British Arabist who had opposed the invasion of Iraq recounts her time advising American forces after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 8, 2015, covering July 8, 2015.
Breaking Benjamin
Tori Kelly
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
James Taylor
2015Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (born 1945)[†]
Kenneth Michael Stabler was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons, primarily with the Oakland Raiders. Nicknamed "Snake", he played college football at Alabama and was selected by the Raiders in the second round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft. During his 10 seasons in Oakland, Stabler received four Pro Bowl selections and was named Most Valuable Player in 1974. Stabler also helped the Raiders win their first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XI. He was posthumously inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
2015James Tate, American poet (born 1943)[†]
James Vincent Tate was an American poet. His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]