The October 26, 2011 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 298 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 14 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, October 26, 2025, 253 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, October 26, 2026, in 111 days. You have lived for 5,367 days, or about 128,809 hours, or about 7,728,546 minutes, or about 463,712,760 seconds.
Date: 26 October 2011
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas capped an eventful day on the campaign trail Tuesday with an interview on “The O’Reilly Factor” in which he criticized his chief rival, Mitt Romney.
Date: 26 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Trading volume on United States exchanges surged 14 percent from a year earlier as investors speculated that the European debt crisis was spreading.
Date: 26 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The leading American chemical maker, which has exceeded expectations for the last 11 quarters, also raised its full-year forecast.
Date: 26 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Uganda’s Parliament has voted to reopen a debate on a bill that seeks to outlaw homosexuality and that could be expanded to include the death penalty.
Date: 26 October 2011
Doug Andrea, the chief executive of Andrea Electronics, discusses his company’s 75-year history in the audio industry. Quentin Hardy, the deputy technology editor of The Times, explains what “Big Data” is and how it’s being used to put online advertisements in front of people. The weekly news roundup includes Nokia and Microsoft’s new mobile phone venture, Netflix’s continued woes, a new round of “Grand Theft Auto,” and computer scientists cracking the cipher of an 18th-century manuscript. The Tip of the Week offers a quick way to clean up old bookmarks in Firefox.
Date: 27 October 2011
A look at the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, and the challenges facing Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. Chief correspondent for The Caucus at NYTimes.com Michael Shear, chief political correspondent Jeff Zeleny, and national correspondent Richard Oppel join Sam Roberts in New York.
Date: 26 October 2011
By Michael D. Shear
Michael
With a proliferation of debates, signs emerge that fatigue is setting in.
Date: 27 October 2011
By Christopher Soghoian
Christopher Soghoian
Often, anonymous sources have been exposed by a journalist’s use of insecure communications.
Date: 26 October 2011
The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll is based on telephone interviews conducted Oct. 19 through Oct. 25 with 445 adults throughout the United States.
Date: 26 October 2011
By Jillian Dunham
Jillian Dunham
Ruminations on wandering serfs and derelicts, the harvesting of signs by the Smithsonian, and the passage of a resolution to limit the duration of drumming.