Новости за 04.04.2012

Michelle Obama will appear as a guest on The Colbert Report on Wednesday, April 11, following a number of talk show visits of late, including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Ellen and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Comedy Central released a statement in which Stephen Colbert said he is honored that the first lady is joining us and I trust that the feeling is mutual. Mrs. Obama will be noting the first anniversary of her initiative Joining Forces, which serves military families.

A recent study by the Federal Reserve found that foreign companies cross-listed on U.S. stock exchanges receive a disproportionate amount of investment from Americans, mainly due to increased transparency, highlighing the crucial role that information plays in financial markets. For U.S.-based investors, who at the end of 2007 owned $5.3 trillion in foreign stocks, cross-listing on U.S. exchanges is the most important factor behind their trading of foreign equities, the Fed study found.

San Francisco is notorious for making it difficult to open and run small businesses. For Juliet Pries, who just opened The Ice Cream Bar in Cole Valley, it meant months of red tape and rent to realize her goal. Maggie Beidelman reports.

Now that Canadian telecommunications powerhouse Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) has a new boss and a new outlook, the BlackBerry developer is in play. Between its 2,441 patents and 3.948 patent applications, RIM has a rich library that CEO Thorsten Heins said last week might be valuable to license or auction, a big change from his precedessors, Mike Lazaridis and James Balsillie, who remain major shareholders but have been removed from management. Another prospect is selling the Waterloo, Ontario company completely... Читать дальше...

Last year we woke up to headlines involving the home of the Acropolis and one of the worst debt situations in recent history -- Greece. The new question is: Could Greece this year be replaced by one of its peers? Spain, perhaps? A few months ago, the odds of another blowup in the European Union were not very high, but in the last week, the odds have ratcheted up as headlines once again turn to the sovereign debt issues in the region. Spanish Bonds Tell a Story It has been a busy week for Spain, starting... Читать дальше...

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Tennis Now's Ted LePak covers the top five tennis charities. With a sport that gives players so much to players, it's nice to see players give back. From Chris Everet's Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic to Andre Agassi's Foundation for Education

4th April 2012, In a previous article, I described the argument that Russia’s elections are “more or less” democratic as one of the “legitimating myths” of Putinism [designed to bolster the regime and keep the population in check]. Unsurprisingly, this claim upset some readers, and they made a number of counter-arguments. Their main points were; The current Russian […]

The hottest American car at the New York International Auto Show 2012 may be the Hotwheels Chevy Camaro Concept from General Motors. While the new 2014 Chevy Impala was lacking in the vroom department and suffered from a saggy rear end, the metallic green Hotwheels Chevy Camaro Concept is ridiculous: ridiculously big, ridiculously shiny, and ridiculously green, and its place of prominence at the entrance to the North Pavilion, where GM keeps its cars, shows that the company knows its the show stopper.

The end was inevitable: sometime last year, Alfred and Stella Bassal, Iranian immigrants, built a chicken coop for themselves and three children in the backyard of their house on Surrey Lane in Great Neck, N.Y. They put two chickens there who delivered the Bassals four eggs every morning and were like family members, Stella Bassal testified. There was no noise, no thoughts of disease or even getting sick.

Who is Goldman Sachs? Wall Street's top investment bank, or a company that treats its clients like muppets in order to make as much profit as possible? And what does that mean for the rest of us? Greg Smith, a Goldman Sachs executive director and head of the firm's United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, touched off a firestorm earlier this month when he quit the bank after writing a deeply critical opinion column in the New York Times in which he described... Читать дальше...

Drawbacks of heat treatment for termite control There have been other methods of control for drywood termites tried, but most only allow spot treatments. [...] the pretreatment preparation required of the homeowner is extensive and, if not completed properly, heat can be extremely damaging to property, such as plastics, electronics and many other items. Black widows only bite if they are handled carelessly, such as squeezed, or if you leave your clothes on the floor, one crawls in and when you... Читать дальше...

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There has been a tremendous amount of excitement in the tasting rooms and cellars of Bordeaux that 2011 is shaping up to be a very good year for white wine.

I have finally gotten around to completing some long planned changes to the mizzen rigging

People on mopeds and scooters sometimes carry some really weird junk with them, and the image often looks like something ranging from incredible to ridiculous. But a man on a moped with an axe is, well, terrifying.

DENVER — Brittney Griner came up big for Baylor, scoring 26 points and grabbing 13 rebounds to help the Lady Bears finish off an undefeated season with an 80-61 win over Notre Dame in the nati…

The founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia on difficult decisions and understand the Web.

An Instagram for Android app is finally here. Previously iPhone-only, not everyone is pleased to have the riff-raff crash their twee color-filtering party.

More companies are hiring chief innovation officers, but few actually know what to do with them, Steve Rosenbush reports on the News Hub. Photo: Reuters.

Records show that One L. Goh, the man being detained as a person of interested in Monday's mass slayings at an independent Christian college in Oakland, suffered from years of run-ins with creditors, and he may have been expelled from at least some classes, Jim Carlton reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP.

Records show that One L. Goh, the man being detained as a person of interested in Monday's mass slayings at an independent Christian college in Oakland, suffered from years of run-ins with creditors, and he may have been expelled from at least some classes, Jim Carlton reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP.

Dallas police report possible tornadoes have touched down across Dallas, overturning semi-trailers and causing considerable damage in cities south of Fort Worth. WSJ Dallas Bureau Chief Leslie Eaton has the details on the News Hub. Photo: AP.