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The NYSE agreed to buy the American Stock Exchange for $260 million in stock.
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Merrill Lynch & Co Inc reported about $16 billion in mortgage-related write-downs and adjustments in the worst quarter of the company's history.
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Investigators probing the source of a listeria outbreak said the strain that killed three people was found at a dairy processing plant in central Massachusetts.
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Scientists at Stemagen, a California company, reported that they have created the first mature cloned human embryos from single skin cells taken from adults.
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The White House, members of Congress and Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke agreed that strong action is needed to help avoid a US recession. The DJIA fell over 306 points to 12,159.
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A US federal judge struck down Texas laws barring out-of-state retailers from shipping wine to consumers.
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The US EPA said Massey Energy, the country’s 4th largest coal producer, had agreed to pay a $20 million fine as part of a settlement over allegations that it routinely polluted hundreds of streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1995 –
Connor Cruise, American actor; adopted son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
1989 –
Hollie-Jay Bowes, English actress
1986 –
Hale Appleman, American actor
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Kang-In, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
1985 –
Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU
1985 –
Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica)
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Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer
1983 –
Andrea Lowell, American model
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Johannes Herber, German basketball player
1983 –
Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician
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January, 17
- Births
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2009,
Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (b. 1943)
2008,
Bobby Fischer, American chess player (b. 1943)
2008,
Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
2008,
Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
2007,
Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925)
2007,
Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
2006,
Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
2006,
Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (b. 1925)
2005,
Charlie Bell, Australian fast food executive (b. 1960)
2005,
Virginia Mayo, American actress (b. 1920)
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January, 17
- Deaths
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