• This week on Fresh Air, we're marking the year's end by revisiting some of the most memorable conversations we've had in 2009.

    NPR: John Doe, The Sadies Rock The 'Country Club'

  • The festival is also marking the Year of Natural Scotland 2013.

    BBC: Dumfries nature festival seeks 'next Attenborough'

  • Other major events marking the Year include World Water Week, in Stockholm (Sweden) from 1-6 September, a conference on water cooperation in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), also in September, and the Water Summit, which will take place in Budapest (Hungary) on 10 and 11 October.

    UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA

  • Other major events marking the Year include a conference on water cooperation to be held in August in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), World Water Week in Stockholm (Sweden) from 1-6 September, and the Water Summit, which will take place in Budapest (Hungary) on 8 to 11 October.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • By the time of the Johannesburg conference in 2002, marking the ten year anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit the UNEP hopes to have available images of almost everywhere in the world lettign people peer into their own backyard.

    BBC: UN launches one-stop green website

  • Reaching its highest level since March 2010, the number of planned layoffs was up 32% from January and 20% from February 2010, marking the first year-over-year increase in monthly job cuts since mid-2009.

    FORBES: Job Cuts Hit An 11-Month High Of 50,702

  • Nonresidential construction companies analyzed by Sageworks posted an average sales increase of about 10 percent in 2011, marking the sixth year out of the last seven in which nonresidential builders outperformed privately held residential builders.

    FORBES: Private nonresidential building trends improve

  • This is particularly true of the purification-by-fire marking the end of the old year.

    ECONOMIST: Iran

  • In the second half of a year marking the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth, the Met originally planned a revival of "Parsifal" for next season but changed it to "Wozzeck" to accommodate Levine's comeback.

    WSJ: Met cuts ticket prices following box office slump

  • Household spending declined in September by 6% compared with a year earlier, marking the ninth consecutive month of year-on-year declines.

    ECONOMIST: Overview

  • Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi won an uncontested presidential election the following year, marking the final stage in the exit of Mr Saleh - the country's longest-serving leader in recent times.

    BBC: Deaths mar Yemen's 2011 revolt anniversary

  • Visa Personal Payments, already offered by financial institutions outside the U.S., became available in the U.S. market last year marking the first time that a major payment network has introduced a global requirement for account issuers to accept incoming funds.

    FORBES: Bitcoin Funded Debit Cards

  • Marking the Chinese New Year, the year of the Black Snake begins this Sunday.

    FORBES: celebrating the year of the snake

  • The Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to faxed requests for comment on Tuesday, a public holiday in China marking the Lunar New Year.

    NPR: North Korea Nuke Test Could Test China's Patience

  • However that number was up 30 percent from the same time last year, marking the worst quarter since 2011.

    FORBES: Daily Wrap

  • He warned that the country could not escape the global slowdown, saying that the economy was likely to shrink for a few more quarters this year--marking the country's first economic contraction in nearly two decades--but a rebound may occur by year's end.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The investiture of the new king before a joint session of parliament later in the day will be the high point of a year of celebrations marking the end of the Napoleonic occupation in 1813.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • The Jagiellonian University is marking its 600th anniversary next year by opening the first buildings on a new campus, to include a centre for molecular biology and a technology park, bang next door to the Papal Theological Institute.

    ECONOMIST: Polish education

  • U.S. same-store sales were down 1.3% year-over-year, marking the sixth sequential quarterly decline.

    FORBES: Wal-Mart Chugs To $70 On U.S. Growth Alone

  • Sales of small cars at Ford rose 54 percent year-over-year, marking the best performance for the segment in 11 years.

    FORBES: Analysts: Storm Will Hurt Car Sales

  • It will appear in an anthology next year, marking the first time I've ever had an idea for a work of fiction while on a book tour.

    WSJ: Tom Rob Smith Climbs Mount Fuji | Traveler's Tale

  • The company benefited from the boost in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 64%, marking the biggest gain.

    FORBES: Earnings Preview: CMS Energy

  • For the first quarter of the year, which ended Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 11%, marking its best opening quarter of a year since 1998.

    WSJ: S&P Milestone Marks Investors' Embrace of Stocks

  • But the Warriors seized the initiative after seven minutes when Ndlovu chipped the ball perfectly onto the head of Edzai Kasinauyo, marking his return to the team after a three-year absence.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | African | Swazis riot after defeat

  • The company enjoyed the boost in the second quarter of the last fiscal year when net income expanded 47%, marking the biggest gain.

    FORBES: Earnings Preview: Dover

  • Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong turns 50 this year and is marking the achievement with a slew of special offerings and promotions to lure in travelers.

    FORBES: Why To Visit Hong Kong Now

  • The company benefited from the boost in the third quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 66.1%, marking the biggest gain.

    FORBES: Earnings Preview: Comerica

  • The company benefited from the boost in the second quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 49.8%, marking the biggest gain.

    FORBES: Earnings Preview: Capital One Financial

  • The company benefited from the boost in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 63.4%, marking the biggest gain.

    FORBES: Earnings Preview: Southern Company

  • The company benefited from the boost in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 15.2%, marking the biggest gain.

    FORBES: Earnings Preview: Citrix Systems

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