21 december 2006 was een donderdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♐. Het was de 354e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 19 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op zondag 21 december 2025, 186 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op maandag 21 december 2026, in 178 dagen. Je hebt 7.126 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 171.038 uur, of ongeveer 10.262.291 minuten, of ongeveer 615.737.460 seconden.
Date: 22 December 2006
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann
Flynt Leverett
To classify information for reasons other than the safety and security of the United States and its interests is a violation of democratic principles.
Date: 22 December 2006
Defense lawyer Troy Ellerman is subject of FBI investigation to determine if he leaked grand jury information to media during exam of steroid use by professional athletes (S)
Date: 22 December 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Americas.
Date: 21 December 2006
By Kate Phillips
Kate Phillips
As Defense Secretary Bob Gates meets with military commanders in Iraq, the talk of winning and losing remains the backdrop at home.
Date: 22 December 2006
By Jennifer Medina
Jennifer Medina
While other could-have-been-contenders are bowing out, Chris Dodd has hired a big-name Democratic operative, Jim Jordan.
Date: 22 December 2006
By Lisa Tozzi
Lisa Tozzi
New York’s former mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, will spend some time in the Granite State next month.
Date: 21 December 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Arcelor Mittal, the world’s largest steel maker, agreed to buy two construction steel plants from Grupo Villacero of Mexico for $1.4 billion, giving it a foothold in the market for construction steel, like bars and wires used in buildings. The purchase is the company’s first since Mittal Steel’s $38.3 billion merger with Arcelor this year.
Date: 21 December 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Clorox agrees to buy Colgate-Palmolive ble
Date: 22 December 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Husqvarna agrees to buy Gardena Holding of Germany, maker of garden sprinklers and water pumps, for 730 million euros ($963 million) from Industri Kapital (S)
Date: 21 December 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Clorox agreed to buy the Colgate-Palmolive bleach business in six countries — Canada, Uruguay, Venezuela, Columbia, the Dominican Republic and Ecuador — for $126 million to expand in Latin America and Canada. The transaction in Canada will be completed this year, while those in Latin America will close in the first quarter of 2007.
Date: 21 December 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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