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Markets fell sharply on Thursday, on concern the European Central Bank’s stimulus package was not stronger. On Friday, Mario Draghi said there would be “no particular limit” to the bank’s efforts.
It is a moral outrage and national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency.
Despite signals that the Fed will raise rates gradually, three factors could prompt the bank to move more quickly than investors would like, one analyst says.
As Republican candidates demanded on Friday that the United States face up to a new world war, Democrats seemed to offer a more muddled response.
Are you dealing with the out-of-shows blues? You are not alone.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 2, 2015, covering December 5, 2015.
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Logic
Jeezy
Chris Young
2015Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (born 1936)[†]
Victor Carl "Vic" Eliason was an American evangelical clergyman who founded the VCY America Radio Network, a conservative Christian broadcasting ministry, based in Milwaukee, along with Milwaukee television station WVCY-TV.
2015Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)[†]
Tibor "Ted" Rubin was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, as a combatant and a prisoner of war (POW).
2015Chuck Williams, American businessman and author, founded Williams Sonoma (born 1915)[†]
Charles Edward Williams was the American founder of Williams Sonoma and author and editor of more than 100 books on the subject of cooking. Williams is credited for playing a major role in introducing French cookware into American kitchens through his retail and mail-order business. He became a centenarian in October 2015 and died two months later on December 5, 2015, in San Francisco, California.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]