Replaying Sunday, July 15, 2012

The July 15, 2012 was a Sunday under the star sign of . It was the 196 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 13 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 323 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in 41 days. You have lived for 5,071 days, or about 121,707 hours, or about 7,302,432 minutes, or about 438,145,920 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Alexander the Great (military leader, politician, born July 20, 356)
  • Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (businessperson, poet, politician, born July 15, 1949)
  • Diane Kruger (actor, film actor, model, television actor, voice actor, born July 15, 1976)
  • Brian Austin Green (actor, film actor, film producer, podcaster, rapper, television actor, voice actor, born July 15, 1973)
  • Travis Fimmel (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born July 15, 1979)
  • Rembrandt (art collector, collector, draftsperson, drawer, etcher, graphic artist, painter, printmaker, born July 15, 1606)
  • Forest Whitaker (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, karateka, television actor, television director, voice actor, born July 15, 1961)
  • Linda Ronstadt (actor, composer, film actor, guitarist, jazz musician, opera singer, percussionist, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor, born July 15, 1946)
  • Damian Lillard (actor, basketball player, rapper, born July 15, 1990)
  • Olly Alexander (actor, composer, musician, singer, songwriter, television actor, born July 15, 1990)
  • Brigitte Nielsen (film actor, born July 15, 1963)
  • Taylor Kinney (art model, film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, born July 15, 1981)
  • Hassanal Bolkiah (politician, born July 15, 1946)
  • Burak Yılmaz (association football player, born July 15, 1985)
  • Ian Curtis (composer, guitarist, lyricist, musician, poet, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born July 15, 1956)
  • Scott Foley (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, television actor, born July 15, 1972)
  • Yuriko Koike (politician, born July 15, 1952)
  • Shari Headley (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1964)
  • Jesse Ventura (film actor, peace activist, politician, professional wrestler, radio personality, sports commentator, writer, born July 15, 1951)
  • Jan-Michael Vincent (actor, aircraft pilot, film actor, film producer, surfer, television actor, born July 15, 1944)
  • Jacques Derrida (literary critic, philosopher, university teacher, writer, born July 15, 1930)
  • Kim Joo-ryoung (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 15, 1976)
  • Gabriel Iglesias (actor, comedian, dancer, film producer, screenwriter, singer, stand-up comedian, television actor, voice actor, writer, born July 15, 1976)
  • Walter Benjamin (art critic, essayist, literary critic, literary historian, philosopher, sociologist, translator, writer, born July 15, 1892)
  • Graziano Pellè (association football player, born July 15, 1985)
  • Jeremiah Denton (military officer, politician, born July 15, 1924)
  • K.Kamarajar (politician, born July 15, 1903)
  • Lana Parrilla (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1977)
  • Emmeline Pankhurst (feminist, human rights activist, politician, suffragette, suffragist, born July 15, 1858)
  • Danilo Luiz (association football player, born July 15, 1991)
  • Joe Satriani (banjoist, composer, guitarist, mandolinist, musician, pedagogue, born July 15, 1956)
  • Shintaro Morimoto (actor, child actor, singer, born July 15, 1997)
  • Patrick Wayne (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1939)
  • Terry O'Quinn (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1952)
  • Yuki Kashiwagi (Japanese idol, actor, model, singer, born July 15, 1991)
  • Maiko Kano (volleyball player, born July 15, 1988)
  • Jim Rash (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born July 15, 1971)
  • Celia Imrie (actor, comedian, film actor, stage actor, writer, born July 15, 1952)
  • Adam Savage (actor, artist, engineer, film actor, film producer, presenter, sculptor, teacher, television presenter, born July 15, 1967)
  • Mario Kempes (association football manager, association football player, journalist, born July 15, 1954)
  • Marcos Maidana (boxer, born July 15, 1983)
  • Vincent Lindon (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, born July 15, 1959)
  • Anne Sinclair (art collector, journalist, born July 15, 1948)
  • Laura Benanti (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, born July 15, 1979)
  • Mina Fujii (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 15, 1988)
  • Clive Cussler (novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer, born July 15, 1931)
  • Vilfredo Pareto (economist, engineer, mathematician, philosopher, sociologist, university teacher, born July 15, 1848)
  • Wayde van Niekerk (sprinter, born July 15, 1992)
  • Tobias Harris (basketball player, born July 15, 1992)
  • Vivianne Miedema (association football player, born July 15, 1996)
  • Aimee Carrero (film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born July 15, 1988)
  • Trevor Horn (music producer, musician, record producer, songwriter, born July 15, 1949)
  • Jason Bonham (actor, drummer, film actor, born July 15, 1966)
  • Johnny Thunders (guitarist, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born July 15, 1952)
  • Alex Karras (American football player, actor, film actor, film producer, professional wrestler, television actor, television presenter, born July 15, 1935)
  • Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri (military officer, politician, born July 15, 1926)
  • Jean-Bertrand Aristide (Catholic priest, cleric, politician, born July 15, 1953)
  • Greg Sestero (actor, film actor, film producer, model, screenwriter, writer, born July 15, 1978)
  • Eddie Griffin (cabaret artist, film actor, film producer, rapper, screenwriter, television actor, television producer, born July 15, 1968)
  • Iris Murdoch (biographer, novelist, philosopher, poet, professor, prosaist, writer, born July 15, 1919)
  • Marky Ramone (drummer, musician, born July 15, 1952)
  • John Dolmayan (drummer, musician, born July 15, 1973)
  • Nur Muhammad Taraki (journalist, poet, politician, writer, born July 15, 1917)
  • Jim Jones (actor, film actor, musician, rapper, singer, born July 15, 1976)
  • Patrick Timsit (actor, comedian, film actor, film director, radio personality, screenwriter, born July 15, 1959)
  • Crowd Lu (actor, composer, lyricist, singer, born July 15, 1985)
  • Porter Robinson (composer, disc jockey, record producer, recording artist, born July 15, 1992)
  • Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (aristocrat, born July 15, 1750)
  • Jill Halfpenny (actor, film actor, born July 15, 1975)
  • Max Levchin (businessperson, computer scientist, entrepreneur, web development, born July 15, 1975)
  • Peter Navarro (economist, politician, university teacher, born July 15, 1949)
  • Arianna Huffington (biographer, blogger, businessperson, journalist, politician, radio personality, voice actor, writer, born July 15, 1950)
  • Beth Ostrosky Stern (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born July 15, 1972)
  • Matt Mitrione (American football player, karateka, mixed martial arts fighter, born July 15, 1978)
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell (astronomer, astrophysicist, physicist, born July 15, 1943)
  • David Wang (film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1974)
  • Rosalinda Celentano (actor, film actor, model, singer, born July 15, 1968)
  • Irène Jacob (film actor, stage actor, born July 15, 1966)
  • Laura Chiatti (film actor, model, singer, born July 15, 1982)
  • Kristoff St. John (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1966)
  • Yoshinori Muto (association football player, born July 15, 1992)
  • Crispin Blunt (politician, born July 15, 1960)
  • The Boogeyman (film actor, professional wrestler, born July 15, 1964)
  • Jörg Kachelmann (journalist, meteorologist, non-fiction writer, television presenter, weather presenter, born July 15, 1958)
  • Vijay Shekhar Sharma (businessperson, chief executive officer, organizational founder, born July 15, 1978)
  • Lolita Davidovich (film actor, born July 15, 1961)
  • Shigeki Kaneko (screenwriter, born July 15, 1975)
  • İrfan Kahveci (association football player, born July 15, 1995)
  • Shailesh Lodha (actor, author, television actor, born July 15, 1969)
  • Alexander Calvert (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1990)
  • David Cicilline (advocate, faculty member, lawyer, politician, public defender, born July 15, 1961)
  • John Brzenk (arm wrestler, born July 15, 1964)
  • Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (military officer, born July 15, 1823)
  • Koharu Kusumi (actor, fashion model, model, seiyū, singer, born July 15, 1992)
  • John H. Cox (businessperson, lawyer, political candidate, politician, radio personality, born July 15, 1955)
  • Michael Tse (actor, singer, television actor, born July 15, 1967)
  • Masatoshi Nagase (actor, photographer, born July 15, 1966)
  • Steve Cunningham (boxer, born July 15, 1976)
  • Jean-Christophe Grangé (journalist, novelist, reporter, screenwriter, writer, born July 15, 1961)
  • Willie Aames (actor, film director, film producer, reality television participant, screenwriter, television actor, television producer, voice actor, born July 15, 1960)
  • Buju Banton (singer, songwriter, born July 15, 1973)
  • Kenta Imamiya (baseball player, born July 15, 1991)
  • Jürgen Möllemann (politician, university teacher, born July 15, 1945)
  • Heath Slater (professional wrestler, born July 15, 1983)
  • Leticia Calderón (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 15, 1968)
  • M. T. Vasudevan Nair (author, film director, screenwriter, writer, born July 15, 1933)
  • Tristan Wilds (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1989)
  • Bergen (recording artist, singer, born July 15, 1958)
  • Vald (lyricist, rapper, born July 15, 1992)
  • Carl Bildt (blogger, diplomat, politician, writer, born July 15, 1949)
  • Oh Seung-hwan (baseball player, born July 15, 1982)
  • Masayuki Qusumi (film director, mangaka, born July 15, 1958)
  • Chi Cheng (musician, born July 15, 1970)
  • Alexander Frei (association football manager, association football player, born July 15, 1979)
  • Ryōsuke Hashimoto (actor, singer, born July 15, 1993)
  • Jil Teichmann (tennis player, born July 15, 1997)
  • Artimus Pyle (drummer, songwriter, born July 15, 1948)
  • Miho Karasawa (actor, lyricist, singer, born July 15, 1983)
  • Mil Máscaras (actor, film actor, professional wrestler, television actor, born July 15, 1942)
  • David Miliband (diplomat, economist, politician, research fellow, born July 15, 1965)
  • Marco Di Vaio (association football player, born July 15, 1976)
  • Toshihiko Seko (athletics competitor, long-distance runner, marathon runner, born July 15, 1956)
  • Aníbal Cavaco Silva (economist, politician, university teacher, born July 15, 1939)
  • David Abraham (association football player, born July 15, 1986)
  • Peter Odemwingie (association football player, born July 15, 1981)
  • Derrick Favors (basketball player, born July 15, 1991)
  • Folorunso Alakija (business executive, businessperson, fashion designer, philanthropist, born July 15, 1951)
  • Anu Hasan (actor, entrepreneur, model, born July 15, 1970)
  • Canan Ergüder (actor, born July 15, 1977)
  • Soong Ai-ling (politician, born July 15, 1889)
  • Ronald Gene Simmons (serial killer, spree killer, born July 15, 1940)
  • Peter Gojowczyk (tennis player, born July 15, 1989)
  • Muhammad al-Arifi (imam, writer, born July 15, 1970)
  • Ken Kercheval (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 15, 1935)
  • Barry Trotz (ice hockey player, born July 15, 1962)
  • Jessica Meir (aircraft pilot, astronaut, biologist, explorer, faculty member, marine biologist, born July 15, 1977)
  • Thilakan (actor, television actor, born July 15, 1935)
  • Agniya Kuznetsova (actor, born July 15, 1985)
  • Seth Gordon (cinematographer, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, born July 15, 1976)
  • Michael Lee (drug trafficker, born July 15, 1993)
  • Stan Kirsch (actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, born July 15, 1968)
  • Frances Xavier Cabrini (missionary, born July 15, 1850)
  • Margaret of Parma (aristocrat, politician, born July 5, 1522)
  • Jarrell Miller (Thai boxer, boxer, kickboxer, born July 15, 1988)
  • Aída Yéspica (actor, model, born July 15, 1982)
  • Joe Turkel (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 15, 1927)
  • Roky Erickson (guitarist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born July 15, 1947)
  • Elisabeth of Austria (queen, born July 5, 1554)
  • Mike Zambidis (boxer, karateka, kickboxer, born July 15, 1980)
  • Ayana Tsubaki (fashion model, model, tarento, born July 15, 1984)

15th of July 2012 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 15, 2012

RIM Told to Pay $147 Million in Software Patent Dispute

Date: 16 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is found liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing software patents held by Mformation Technologies.

Full Article

Loan Moratorium Approved in Italy

Date: 15 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

Italian companies have made 16,000 applications to postpone 5.5 billion euros of payments since a loan moratorium began in March; small and medium-size Italian companies will be permitted to suspend payments on 3.6 billion euros ($4.4 billion) of debt for as long as a year.

Full Article

News From the Advertising Industry

Date: 16 July 2012

By STUART ELLIOTT

Stuart ELLIOTT

Full Article

Microsoft and NBC Complete Web Divorce

Date: 16 July 2012

By BRIAN STELTER

Brian STELTER

MSNBC.com renames itself NBCNews.com, ending the site’s brand confusion with the cable channel of the same name and signifying that NBC’s long relationship with Microsoft is over; NBC's parent Comcast is acquiring Microsoft's stake in the joint venture for $300 million; moves come at a time when television news operations are increasingly looking online for advertising dollars and new audiences.

Full Article

This Season, Cold Facts Are Getting in Investors’ Way

Date: 15 July 2012

By JEFF SOMMER

Jeff SOMMER

Jeff Sommer Strategies column, citing new data and the work of some economists who are sifting through it, warns that the slowing economy could be a temporary stumble or signal another recession.

Full Article

Made Where?

Date: 15 July 2012

By ERIC WILSON

Eric WILSON

Eric Wilson comments on ABC News report that pointed out that the Ralph Lauren uniforms American athletes will wear at the 2012 Olympics ceremonies are made in China; says uproar has caught officials at Lauren by surprise. Photos (M)

Full Article

French President Wants Private Lives Kept Private

Date: 15 July 2012

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Steven ERLANGER

Francois Hollande, the new French president, says that he has told those close to him to keep their private lives private and to resolve their conflicts away from the news media; he has been embarrassed by the evident strain between his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, and his four children, whom he fathered with former Socialist presidential candidate, Segolene Royal.

Full Article

Latest Word on the Trail? I Take It Back

Date: 16 July 2012

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Jeremy PETERS

Faced with an unforgiving, gaffe-obsessed media culture, politicians and their advisers are routinely demanding that reporters allow them final editing power over any quotations that appear in print; it is a double-edged sword for journalists, who are getting the on-the-record quotes they have long asked for, but losing much of the spontaneity and authenticity in their interviews.

Full Article

Trying to Eradicate Reports of a Cockroach Invasion

Date: 16 July 2012

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Elisabetta POVOLEDO

Naples Journal; Italian news media reports that red cockroaches, the American type, have invaded Naples, but health and city officials deny reports; media hype helps fuel alarm, indignation and some jokes, not to mention a minor diplomatic spat with the Aeolian Islands to the south, identified by some Neapolitan officials as the source of the red bugs.

Full Article

The Moral Case for Drones

Date: 15 July 2012

By SCOTT SHANE

Scott SHANE

News analysis; some moral philosophers, political scientists and weapon specialists believe armed, unmanned aircraft offer marked moral advantages over almost any other tool of warfare, which may be surprising to those who criticize the use of drones; drones may actually reduce the number of civilian casualties, and the intensified scrutiny of their use in targeted killings may reflect a growing intolerance to the routine slaughter of previous wars.

Full Article

RIM Told to Pay $147 Million in Software Patent Dispute

Date: 16 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is found liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing software patents held by Mformation Technologies.

Full Article

Loan Moratorium Approved in Italy

Date: 15 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

Italian companies have made 16,000 applications to postpone 5.5 billion euros of payments since a loan moratorium began in March; small and medium-size Italian companies will be permitted to suspend payments on 3.6 billion euros ($4.4 billion) of debt for as long as a year.

Full Article

News From the Advertising Industry

Date: 16 July 2012

By STUART ELLIOTT

Stuart ELLIOTT

Full Article

Microsoft and NBC Complete Web Divorce

Date: 16 July 2012

By BRIAN STELTER

Brian STELTER

MSNBC.com renames itself NBCNews.com, ending the site’s brand confusion with the cable channel of the same name and signifying that NBC’s long relationship with Microsoft is over; NBC's parent Comcast is acquiring Microsoft's stake in the joint venture for $300 million; moves come at a time when television news operations are increasingly looking online for advertising dollars and new audiences.

Full Article

This Season, Cold Facts Are Getting in Investors’ Way

Date: 15 July 2012

By JEFF SOMMER

Jeff SOMMER

Jeff Sommer Strategies column, citing new data and the work of some economists who are sifting through it, warns that the slowing economy could be a temporary stumble or signal another recession.

Full Article

Made Where?

Date: 15 July 2012

By ERIC WILSON

Eric WILSON

Eric Wilson comments on ABC News report that pointed out that the Ralph Lauren uniforms American athletes will wear at the 2012 Olympics ceremonies are made in China; says uproar has caught officials at Lauren by surprise. Photos (M)

Full Article

French President Wants Private Lives Kept Private

Date: 15 July 2012

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Steven ERLANGER

Francois Hollande, the new French president, says that he has told those close to him to keep their private lives private and to resolve their conflicts away from the news media; he has been embarrassed by the evident strain between his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, and his four children, whom he fathered with former Socialist presidential candidate, Segolene Royal.

Full Article

Latest Word on the Trail? I Take It Back

Date: 16 July 2012

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Jeremy PETERS

Faced with an unforgiving, gaffe-obsessed media culture, politicians and their advisers are routinely demanding that reporters allow them final editing power over any quotations that appear in print; it is a double-edged sword for journalists, who are getting the on-the-record quotes they have long asked for, but losing much of the spontaneity and authenticity in their interviews.

Full Article

Trying to Eradicate Reports of a Cockroach Invasion

Date: 16 July 2012

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Elisabetta POVOLEDO

Naples Journal; Italian news media reports that red cockroaches, the American type, have invaded Naples, but health and city officials deny reports; media hype helps fuel alarm, indignation and some jokes, not to mention a minor diplomatic spat with the Aeolian Islands to the south, identified by some Neapolitan officials as the source of the red bugs.

Full Article

The Moral Case for Drones

Date: 15 July 2012

By SCOTT SHANE

Scott SHANE

News analysis; some moral philosophers, political scientists and weapon specialists believe armed, unmanned aircraft offer marked moral advantages over almost any other tool of warfare, which may be surprising to those who criticize the use of drones; drones may actually reduce the number of civilian casualties, and the intensified scrutiny of their use in targeted killings may reflect a growing intolerance to the routine slaughter of previous wars.

Full Article

RIM Told to Pay $147 Million in Software Patent Dispute

Date: 16 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is found liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing software patents held by Mformation Technologies.

Full Article

Loan Moratorium Approved in Italy

Date: 15 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

Italian companies have made 16,000 applications to postpone 5.5 billion euros of payments since a loan moratorium began in March; small and medium-size Italian companies will be permitted to suspend payments on 3.6 billion euros ($4.4 billion) of debt for as long as a year.

Full Article

News From the Advertising Industry

Date: 16 July 2012

By STUART ELLIOTT

Stuart ELLIOTT

Full Article

Microsoft and NBC Complete Web Divorce

Date: 16 July 2012

By BRIAN STELTER

Brian STELTER

MSNBC.com renames itself NBCNews.com, ending the site’s brand confusion with the cable channel of the same name and signifying that NBC’s long relationship with Microsoft is over; NBC's parent Comcast is acquiring Microsoft's stake in the joint venture for $300 million; moves come at a time when television news operations are increasingly looking online for advertising dollars and new audiences.

Full Article

This Season, Cold Facts Are Getting in Investors’ Way

Date: 15 July 2012

By JEFF SOMMER

Jeff SOMMER

Jeff Sommer Strategies column, citing new data and the work of some economists who are sifting through it, warns that the slowing economy could be a temporary stumble or signal another recession.

Full Article

Made Where?

Date: 15 July 2012

By ERIC WILSON

Eric WILSON

Eric Wilson comments on ABC News report that pointed out that the Ralph Lauren uniforms American athletes will wear at the 2012 Olympics ceremonies are made in China; says uproar has caught officials at Lauren by surprise. Photos (M)

Full Article

French President Wants Private Lives Kept Private

Date: 15 July 2012

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Steven ERLANGER

Francois Hollande, the new French president, says that he has told those close to him to keep their private lives private and to resolve their conflicts away from the news media; he has been embarrassed by the evident strain between his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, and his four children, whom he fathered with former Socialist presidential candidate, Segolene Royal.

Full Article

Latest Word on the Trail? I Take It Back

Date: 16 July 2012

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Jeremy PETERS

Faced with an unforgiving, gaffe-obsessed media culture, politicians and their advisers are routinely demanding that reporters allow them final editing power over any quotations that appear in print; it is a double-edged sword for journalists, who are getting the on-the-record quotes they have long asked for, but losing much of the spontaneity and authenticity in their interviews.

Full Article

Trying to Eradicate Reports of a Cockroach Invasion

Date: 16 July 2012

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Elisabetta POVOLEDO

Naples Journal; Italian news media reports that red cockroaches, the American type, have invaded Naples, but health and city officials deny reports; media hype helps fuel alarm, indignation and some jokes, not to mention a minor diplomatic spat with the Aeolian Islands to the south, identified by some Neapolitan officials as the source of the red bugs.

Full Article

The Moral Case for Drones

Date: 15 July 2012

By SCOTT SHANE

Scott SHANE

News analysis; some moral philosophers, political scientists and weapon specialists believe armed, unmanned aircraft offer marked moral advantages over almost any other tool of warfare, which may be surprising to those who criticize the use of drones; drones may actually reduce the number of civilian casualties, and the intensified scrutiny of their use in targeted killings may reflect a growing intolerance to the routine slaughter of previous wars.

Full Article

RIM Told to Pay $147 Million in Software Patent Dispute

Date: 16 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is found liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing software patents held by Mformation Technologies.

Full Article

Loan Moratorium Approved in Italy

Date: 15 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

Italian companies have made 16,000 applications to postpone 5.5 billion euros of payments since a loan moratorium began in March; small and medium-size Italian companies will be permitted to suspend payments on 3.6 billion euros ($4.4 billion) of debt for as long as a year.

Full Article

News From the Advertising Industry

Date: 16 July 2012

By STUART ELLIOTT

Stuart ELLIOTT

Full Article

Microsoft and NBC Complete Web Divorce

Date: 16 July 2012

By BRIAN STELTER

Brian STELTER

MSNBC.com renames itself NBCNews.com, ending the site’s brand confusion with the cable channel of the same name and signifying that NBC’s long relationship with Microsoft is over; NBC's parent Comcast is acquiring Microsoft's stake in the joint venture for $300 million; moves come at a time when television news operations are increasingly looking online for advertising dollars and new audiences.

Full Article

This Season, Cold Facts Are Getting in Investors’ Way

Date: 15 July 2012

By JEFF SOMMER

Jeff SOMMER

Jeff Sommer Strategies column, citing new data and the work of some economists who are sifting through it, warns that the slowing economy could be a temporary stumble or signal another recession.

Full Article

Made Where?

Date: 15 July 2012

By ERIC WILSON

Eric WILSON

Eric Wilson comments on ABC News report that pointed out that the Ralph Lauren uniforms American athletes will wear at the 2012 Olympics ceremonies are made in China; says uproar has caught officials at Lauren by surprise. Photos (M)

Full Article

French President Wants Private Lives Kept Private

Date: 15 July 2012

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Steven ERLANGER

Francois Hollande, the new French president, says that he has told those close to him to keep their private lives private and to resolve their conflicts away from the news media; he has been embarrassed by the evident strain between his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, and his four children, whom he fathered with former Socialist presidential candidate, Segolene Royal.

Full Article

Latest Word on the Trail? I Take It Back

Date: 16 July 2012

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Jeremy PETERS

Faced with an unforgiving, gaffe-obsessed media culture, politicians and their advisers are routinely demanding that reporters allow them final editing power over any quotations that appear in print; it is a double-edged sword for journalists, who are getting the on-the-record quotes they have long asked for, but losing much of the spontaneity and authenticity in their interviews.

Full Article

Trying to Eradicate Reports of a Cockroach Invasion

Date: 16 July 2012

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Elisabetta POVOLEDO

Naples Journal; Italian news media reports that red cockroaches, the American type, have invaded Naples, but health and city officials deny reports; media hype helps fuel alarm, indignation and some jokes, not to mention a minor diplomatic spat with the Aeolian Islands to the south, identified by some Neapolitan officials as the source of the red bugs.

Full Article

The Moral Case for Drones

Date: 15 July 2012

By SCOTT SHANE

Scott SHANE

News analysis; some moral philosophers, political scientists and weapon specialists believe armed, unmanned aircraft offer marked moral advantages over almost any other tool of warfare, which may be surprising to those who criticize the use of drones; drones may actually reduce the number of civilian casualties, and the intensified scrutiny of their use in targeted killings may reflect a growing intolerance to the routine slaughter of previous wars.

Full Article

RIM Told to Pay $147 Million in Software Patent Dispute

Date: 16 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is found liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing software patents held by Mformation Technologies.

Full Article

Loan Moratorium Approved in Italy

Date: 15 July 2012

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bloomberg NEWS

Italian companies have made 16,000 applications to postpone 5.5 billion euros of payments since a loan moratorium began in March; small and medium-size Italian companies will be permitted to suspend payments on 3.6 billion euros ($4.4 billion) of debt for as long as a year.

Full Article

News From the Advertising Industry

Date: 16 July 2012

By STUART ELLIOTT

Stuart ELLIOTT

Full Article

Microsoft and NBC Complete Web Divorce

Date: 16 July 2012

By BRIAN STELTER

Brian STELTER

MSNBC.com renames itself NBCNews.com, ending the site’s brand confusion with the cable channel of the same name and signifying that NBC’s long relationship with Microsoft is over; NBC's parent Comcast is acquiring Microsoft's stake in the joint venture for $300 million; moves come at a time when television news operations are increasingly looking online for advertising dollars and new audiences.

Full Article

This Season, Cold Facts Are Getting in Investors’ Way

Date: 15 July 2012

By JEFF SOMMER

Jeff SOMMER

Jeff Sommer Strategies column, citing new data and the work of some economists who are sifting through it, warns that the slowing economy could be a temporary stumble or signal another recession.

Full Article

Made Where?

Date: 15 July 2012

By ERIC WILSON

Eric WILSON

Eric Wilson comments on ABC News report that pointed out that the Ralph Lauren uniforms American athletes will wear at the 2012 Olympics ceremonies are made in China; says uproar has caught officials at Lauren by surprise. Photos (M)

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French President Wants Private Lives Kept Private

Date: 15 July 2012

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Steven ERLANGER

Francois Hollande, the new French president, says that he has told those close to him to keep their private lives private and to resolve their conflicts away from the news media; he has been embarrassed by the evident strain between his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, and his four children, whom he fathered with former Socialist presidential candidate, Segolene Royal.

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Latest Word on the Trail? I Take It Back

Date: 16 July 2012

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Jeremy PETERS

Faced with an unforgiving, gaffe-obsessed media culture, politicians and their advisers are routinely demanding that reporters allow them final editing power over any quotations that appear in print; it is a double-edged sword for journalists, who are getting the on-the-record quotes they have long asked for, but losing much of the spontaneity and authenticity in their interviews.

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Trying to Eradicate Reports of a Cockroach Invasion

Date: 16 July 2012

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Elisabetta POVOLEDO

Naples Journal; Italian news media reports that red cockroaches, the American type, have invaded Naples, but health and city officials deny reports; media hype helps fuel alarm, indignation and some jokes, not to mention a minor diplomatic spat with the Aeolian Islands to the south, identified by some Neapolitan officials as the source of the red bugs.

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The Moral Case for Drones

Date: 15 July 2012

By SCOTT SHANE

Scott SHANE

News analysis; some moral philosophers, political scientists and weapon specialists believe armed, unmanned aircraft offer marked moral advantages over almost any other tool of warfare, which may be surprising to those who criticize the use of drones; drones may actually reduce the number of civilian casualties, and the intensified scrutiny of their use in targeted killings may reflect a growing intolerance to the routine slaughter of previous wars.

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