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...Monday, Alperon, 53, donned a jaunty black fedora and sunglasses and drove to a Tel Aviv courthouse to boost the spirits of a son who was being indicted for allegedly running an extortion racket. Afterward, Alperon climbed into a white Volkswagen (he wasn't all that flashy a mobster) and drove into a busy thoroughfare, where the bomb, set off by remote control, exploded. The feared don of one of Israel's most powerful crime families was killed instantly, and police say his murder will certainly be avenged, most likely triggering a round of gang warfare. (See pictures...
...July 11, when the price of crude oil peaked at $147.27 per bbl., SemGroup, a major oil distributor based in Tulsa, Okla., was only a week or so away from a potential $5 billion payoff. Instead, the company imploded. And soon afterward, so did the price of oil, dropping some 60% in the subsequent months, to a recent price below...
...Beginning in mid-October, Lee sprang into action. The government earmarked $100 billion to guarantee new foreign debt for banks through mid-2009 in a bid to maintain the economy's access to foreign-currency borrowing. Shortly afterward, the Bank of Korea finalized a currency-swap agreement with the Federal Reserve to ensure a supply of dollars for the economy, which gave a big boost to confidence. In early November, the Finance Ministry announced an $11 billion stimulus package that included tax breaks and new infrastructure spending. The moves have recently brought some stability to stock and currency markets...
...April 18, 1906. The first shockwave registered 8.3 on the Richter scale and shook the city for a full 45 seconds. Many buildings, including San Francisco's city hall, collapsed almost immediately. Seventeen aftershocks came within an hour and fires raged for three days afterward, destroying 500 city blocks. In photos, 1906 San Francisco resembles a war zone; buildings are left half-standing, the streets are littered with debris, barely anything is recognizable. With an estimated 3,000 deaths, 1906 was the deadliest earthquake in California's history. Economists have even connected the following year's economic crash with...
...Alliance had planned the meeting in October to inform Cantabrigians about changes in its service, including the closing of the clinic. Soon afterward, CHA learned that it would be losing $55 million in state funding for the current fiscal year due to state budget cuts and statewide health care reform...