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Linda Christian, Mexican-born American actress, first Bond girl and wife of Tyrone Power (b. 1923 in Mexico) Charles Taylor Manatt, lawyer and political party leader (b. 1936) July 23. Robert Ettinger, academic, writer and father of cryonics (b. 1918) John Shalikashvili, Polish-born American 13th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (b. 1936)
This is a list of countries by business research and development intensity as a percentage of value added in the industry, published by the OECD in 2013. [1]
Despite the recession, last year was a banner year for e-commerce. U.S. e-retail sales jumped 9.8% in 2010 from 2009, totaling $142.491 billion worth of merchandise, according to Web measuring ...
In his 1995 book Economics and World History, economic historian Paul Bairoch gave the following estimates in terms of 1960 US dollars, for GNP per capita from 1750 to 1990, comparing what are today the Third World (part of Asia, Africa, Latin America) and the First World (Western Europe, Northern America, Japan, Singapore and South Korea). [14]
The recession may be on its way out, but for many the progress in 2010 was frustratingly slow, with improvements more of a rumor than a reality. Nothing ever stays the same, however, and although ...
List of the 20 Economies with the Largest Contribution to Global Economic Growth in nominal GDP from 1980 to 1990 [1] Rank Country Share of Contribution to Global GDP Growth — World: 100.0% — European Economic Community: 29.7%: 1 United States: 27.1% 2 Japan: 6.3% 3 West Germany: 5.8% 4 Italy: 5.8% 5 France: 5.0% 6 United Kingdom: 4.2% 7 ...
The end of 2011 brought to a close a disastrous year for Bank of America. Falling by 58%, it was the worst-performing stock in the 30-member Dow Jones Industrials Index ( NYS: ^DJI ) .
Miss America 2011; Miss Teen USA 2011; N. 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan; List of The New York Times number-one books of 2011; 2011 News Corporation scandals; O ...