2015 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi encounters resistance to proposed labor reforms as 150 million workers go on strike for a day in protest; Modi is seeking to make the Indian business environment more attractive to investment by foreign companies 2015 Event Google, Inc. restructures, placing its search business and its various research ventures into a holding company called Alphabet; Google will begin reporting under the new company with the fourth quarter of this year 2015 Event CVS Health will pay $1.6 billion to take over the pharmacy and clinic business of Target; CVS will continue existing operations within the Target stores 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama states that he did not know that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton solely used a personal email address for government business, possibly violating federal law; Clinton served under Obama for four years 2014 Event Forbes Media, controlled by the Forbes family, is selling a majority interest in the business to Integrated Whale Media Investments, based in Hong Kong; the deal is expected to provide Forbes with greater international exposure 2014 Event Apple and IBM join forces to develop apps for business users; the agreement will give Apple a greater share of the business market, which is increasingly catering to a mobile workforce; IBM will benefit from the software integration on its cloud computing platform 2014 Event Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has accepted a role as economic advisor to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in order to help Egypt reform its economy and develop new business opportunities 2014 Event The CEO of BlackBerry Ltd. will be refocusing its business on software and services in an effort to turn around the company; once a leader in the smartphone market, the company's products now account for less than 1% of global market share 2014 Event 21st Century Fox, Inc. is seeking to sell its European pay TV assets to its BSkyB unit; this will enhance BSkyB's standing as a pay TV company while divesting Fox of its non-core business; such a deal must still receive regulatory approval 2014 Event The NBA names business executive Dick Parsons as acting CEO of the L.A. Clippers; owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from contact with the Clippers or the NBA after he made racist remarks; the NBA plans to attempt a forced sale of the team 2014 Event Bayer strengthens its position in consumer healthcare after winning Merck's consumer-focused business unit at auction for $14.2 billion 2014 Event Online business networking site LinkedIn will be expanding its presence in Singapore's central business district; the company established headquarters in Singapore in 2011 and sees the prime location as a means to attract the best talent 2014 Event Colorado's recreational marijuana stores open for business; voters approved the landmark law to legalize the sale of marijuana in 2012 2013 Event In the midst of an increasing industrial slowdown, China institutes business tax breaks and export liberalization in an effort to boost its economic growth 2013 Event With a personal fortune of $73 billion dollars, Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim, tops the list of the 'Forbes' list of wealthiest people 2011 Event New Zealand's City Council in Christchurch announce plans to rebuild their central business district after an earthquake devastated the area 2004 Event After popularizing the PC in the '80s, IBM sells its PC business to a Chinese company 2000 Death Peter McWilliams, writer, Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, dies at 49 1996 Event "How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers New York City after 548 perf 1996 Death Walter Hyatt, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business', dies at 46 in a plane crash 1995 Event "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers New York City for 548 performances 1993 Event 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street 1992 Event Braniff Airlines goes out of business 1992 Event "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances 1992 Event "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances 1991 Death Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies 1981 Event Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business 1980 Death Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 1971 Event New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business 1968 Birthday Susan Haskell, actress, Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business 1967 Death Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1965 Event "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St. New York City after 1415 performances 1964 Birthday Raphael Sbarge, actor, Risky Business, My Science Project, Werewolf 1962 Birthday Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor, Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman 1961 Event "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St. New York City for 1415 performances 1958 Death John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67 1957 Birthday Mukesh Ambani, born in Aden, Yemen, Indian business tycoon, largest shareholder and managing director of Reliance Industries, worth over $29 billion 1953 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business 1953 Event U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling 1951 Birthday Daniel Gerroll, London, actor, Big Business 1949 Birthday Walter Hyatt, born in America, musician, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business' 1946 Death Harry L Hopkins, U.S. Minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55 1942 Birthday Tom Peters, born in Baltimore, Maryland, writer, author, speaker, consultant, business management practices expert, co-wrote, 'In Search of Excellence', believes the least amount of overhead business processes can produce empowering decision-makers within an entire company organization 1942 Event Capitol Record Co. opens for business 1940 Birthday James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company 1940 Birthday Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor, How to Succeed in Business 1939 Death Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73 1939 Birthday George Bain, principal, London Business School 1936 Birthday [Aino] Elina Salo, born in Sipoo, Finland, actress, Hamlet Goes Business 1934 Birthday John Akers, business executive 1932 Birthday Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive, Kyocera Ceramics Co 1929 Event 1st time New York curb stock exchange transacts more business than New York Exch 1928 Birthday Peter Moore, Principal, London Business School 1924 Event Judy Garland, 2, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut 1922 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws 1922 Birthday Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business 1919 Event Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views 1915 Birthday Billie Holiday, born in Baltimore, singer, Aint Nobodys Business 1910 Birthday Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist/founder, Samsung Business 1909 Birthday Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music 1908 Birthday Nigel M Balchin, Mark Spade, English author, Business for Pleasure 1907 Birthday Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism 1907 Birthday Norton Simon, business executive, Simon and Schuster 1906 Event Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business 1905 Event "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published 1899 Event North Carolina Mutual opens doors for business 1897 Death Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies 1896 Birthday Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister Socialist Business 1892 Birthday Charles L Bass, actor, Business in White Slavery 1889 Birthday Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official, Everybody's Business 1885 Birthday Esther Dale, Beaufort, South Carolina, actress, Unfinished Business 1879 Birthday Theodore Limperg, business economist, substitute value 1875 Birthday Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 1872 Event Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business 1867 Birthday Maggie L Walker, black business and civic leader 1861 Event U.S. president Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states 1844 Birthday A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business, Montgomery Ward 1829 Birthday Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert 1826 Event Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura 1824 Event New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business 1784 Event 1st U.S. seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia 1619 Event England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies 1594 Event Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies
