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Risk-parity and exchange-traded funds, both considered ways of providing steady returns in a pitching market, are now thought to have added to the turbulence.
As President Xi Jinping prepared to visit the United States, Washington warned of possible sanctions over digital attacks. Beijing pushed back by organizing a technology forum of industry leaders.
The high school competition counts among its past competitors eight Nobel Prize winners, along with chief executives, university professors and award-winning scientists.
The president of the European Commission urged Europeans to remember ancestors who sought refuge from religious persecution and war and famine.
As overstuffed and messy as this new “Late Show” could be, the goal was a refreshing one at a time when late-night shows have been redefined as content creators for your phone.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 9, 2015, covering September 9, 2015.
Disturbed
Luke Bryan
Dr. Dre
Kip Moore
Ed Sheeran
2015Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (born 1922)[†]
Annemarie Bostroem was a German poet, playwright, and lyricist. She lived most recently in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood of Berlin.
2015Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)[†]
Einar Harold Ingman Jr. was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Third Battle of Wonju in the Korean War.
2015K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1934)[†]
Kanthia Kunaratnam was a Sri Lankan Tamil physicist, academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
2015Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.[†]
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]