The July 16, 2007 was a Monday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 196 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 18 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 355 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, July 16, 2026, in 9 days. You have lived for 6,930 days, or about 166,343 hours, or about 9,980,598 minutes, or about 598,835,880 seconds.
Date: 16 July 2007
By Chris Suellentrop
Chris Suellentrop
The real digital divide: Information inequality of the voluntary sort, not involuntary income inequality, is “[t]he new fault line of civic involvement,” says Princeton professor of politics and public affairs Markus Prior. The author of “Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections,” Prior writes on the op-ed page of The Washington Post:
Date: 16 July 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Geoff Lawson, the former Australia fast bowler, said he had been appointed coach of the Pakistan cricket team to succeed Bob Woolmer, who died four months ago at the World Cup.Lawson, 49, said in an interview with Australia’s Sky News that Pakistan Cricket Board officials called him yesterday to confirm his appointment. The board was set to make an announcement today, Lawson said.
Date: 17 July 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ReAble Therapeutics, the orthopedic-device maker controlled by the private equity company Blackstone Group, agreed to purchase DJO for $1.6 billion.
Date: 16 July 2007
By Shelly Freierman
Shelly Freierman
ABC Television, Amazon.com and a subsidiary, CustomFlix Labs, a DVD manufacturer, are going to make shows from the archives of ABC News available on demand.
Date: 16 July 2007
By Louise Story
Louise Story
The Washington Post is introducing a Web site with news and other information for a rarefied group: people in Loudoun County, Va.
Date: 17 July 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Business Machines will purchase the DataMirror Corporation for 170 million Canadian dollars ($161 million) to gain programs that help businesses access data faster. I.B.M. bid 27 Canadian dollars a share for all the outstanding common stock of DataMirror, which is based in Markham, Ontario. The price represents a 20 percent premium to DataMirror’s closing price on Friday, which was 22 Canadian dollars a share. I.B.M. will gain more than 2,200 customers with the purchase.
Date: 17 July 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Empire Company, which owns the Sobeys supermarket chain in Canada, agreed to buy Thrifty Foods for 260 million Canadian dollars ($249 million) including debt. The acquisition, which will quadruple the number of grocery stores Empire has in British Columbia, includes 20 stores, a distribution center and a wholesale division. Thrifty Foods, with 3,700 employees, will become a unit of Sobeys.
Date: 16 July 2007
By Dealbook
Dealbook
A member of the Bancroft family is making a last-ditch attempt to block Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. from buying Dow Jones, Reuters reported on Monday, confirming a story in The Wall Street Journal. Christopher Bancroft, whose family controls Dow, has recently approached hedge funds and private equity firms, in a move to acquire enough voting shares to give him the power to thwart a sale, the report said.
Date: 17 July 2007
By Danny Hakim
Danny Hakim
State officials explain how to apply for new property tax rebate checks.
Date: 17 July 2007
Leadership of Congress has shifted to the Democrats, but the National Rifle Association’s power to block sensible steps to curb gun violence endures.