2015 Event E-commerce company eBay announces that it will lay off 2,400 employees in advance of its plans to spin off its PayPal unit; the split is expected to take place in mid-2015 2014 Event EBay Inc. announces that it will split its PayPal unit into a separate company, raising the possibility of a PayPal buyout by mobile payment operators such as Google 2014 Event Bank of America must pay $1.3 billion in a civil lawsuit over fraud committed by lending unit Countrywide Financial, which operated a scheme nicknamed 'Hustle' that resulted in large numbers of unsubstantiated mortgages during 2007-2008 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 Bayer strengthens its position in consumer healthcare after winning Merck's consumer-focused business unit at auction for $14.2 billion 2012 Event In an effort to curb binge drinking and other alcohol related problems, the United Kingdom's Home Office begins a 10-week consultation on whether to introduce a minimum price on the sale of alcohol of 45p a unit 2012 Event Footballer Fabrice Muamba is critically ill and in a London hospital intensive care unit after undergoing cardiac arrest on live television during the 41st minute of the FA cup quarter final 1990 Event "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV 1971 Event White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks 1967 Birthday Moon Unit Zappa, rocker, Valley Girl, Frank's daughter 1962 Event NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts 1954 Event Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit 1951 Event 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated 1951 Event Dutch Korea volunteers win U.S. Collective Unit Citation 1935 Event Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia 1934 Event French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit 1918 Event 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France 1918 Event U.S. employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor 1901 Event Battle at Bakenlaagte: Lt-colonel Bensons unit vs Boers 1901 Event Battle at Elands River Port: Boer General Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers 1892 Event Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed 1864 Event Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: General Hobsons unit caught
