2014 was a year of crisis. Ebola, ISIS, and Donbas are now part of the global lexicon. Eurasia Outlook experts weigh in on how crises on Russia's periphery affected the country, and what these developments mean for Moscow in 2015.
Ebola has now spread to claim more than 8,000 lives.
Demolition crews began work earlier this week on Cleveland's Randall Park Mall, once the world's largest shopping center.
You will never feel safe in your own bathroom again.
CEO Ginni Romett says IBM must reinvent itself, but will investors wait around?
Vladimir Putin negotiated the South Stream pipeline to Europe, but he was forced to halt the project, the NYT reports.
Elsie Keirl's son, David, also claims his mother Elsie was so cold she was going blue.
This year we compiled an aggregated Playlist Best Films Of The Year which you can find here. However, regular contributors were also given the chance to submit personal lists. Here's the rest of our substantial year-end coverage, among which you'll find other personal top ten lists from our staff. Film geeks like myself (who really own the “geek” part of the term) have received a lot of cinematic gifts in 2014. This year saw a number of indie films encroaching on genres normally reserved for blockbusters with great results. Читать дальше...
Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson, provides his top tech predictions for 2015, and discusses if Google can make the jump to mobile next year.
States are getting ready to implement thousands of new laws in 2015, The Christian Science Monitor reports.
From the, 'Really, really don't try this at home,' department
Discussing Expedia's growth trajectory and competition in online travel, with Henry Harteveldt, Atmosphere Research.
For the Russian economic and political system, as well as for the country's foreign relations, the current economic crisis is an existential one. Russia will exit from it in a very different form from what it is today.
2014 was no exception when it came to the U.S. government's wasteful use of money, reports the Fiscal Times.
What is the plot of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”? Depending what you believe from rumors online, either the entire story is already out there, and/or some elements of these plot rumors are correct and some of it is misinformation that J.J. Abrams, Disney and LucasFilm are happy not to clarify (which they’ve said so themselves in the past, even if some of it is correct, the off-base stories help preserve the mystery and keep the full narrative muddled). Well, Oscar Isaac, who plays a Rebel pilot in the movie... Читать дальше...
An ETF that tracks regional banks is outperforming the S&P 500 in December, and commodity stocks have rebounded in the last week.
WSJ's Tyrone Johnson talks about the opening of the stock market with Tim Courtney, chief investment officer for Exencial Wealth Advisors.
NYSE floor trader Kenny Polcari shares his favorite chart for 2014 and where he sees that indicator in 2015.
"One great positive is greater buying power," says Center for American Progress fellow Christian Weller.
Signed contracts to buy existing homes increased just 0.8 percent from a downwardly-revised October reading
Seven tonnes of fireworks were set off over the course of the evening in a series of displays costing $750,000.
