For the Watch! The last three episodes of “Game of Thrones” Season 5 were certainly exciting. The homestretch packed enough deaths, battles, betrayals, dragons and White Walkers into three hours to fill a whole season. Unfortunately, that was also the problem. The backloaded season forced viewers to endure a rather drawn-out seven-episode buildup first. Don’t be fooled!
What does running a 100-mile marathon and being a good lawyer have in common? This Spartan and Tough Mudder world champion explains.
Stretch of soft results finally catch up with $350m of debt
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker isn't usually a franchise guy (though he did recently appear in "Taken 3"), but it looks like the actor is ready to go the whole way, lining up a role in a revived property, and another in the biggest one of all. Variety reports that the actor has joined "Star Wars: Rogue One" and the reboot of "The Crow." For the former, Whitaker joins Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna and Ben Mendelsohn in the Gareth Edwards directed movie about a rebel plot to steal the plans for the Death Star. Читать дальше...
Wall Street believes the Fed is likely to start raising rates in September—unless markets turn violent enough to derail it.
Too many markets are crowded with buyers seeking refuge from zero-interest rate policies
Shares of GoPro supplier Ambarella have surged more than 130 percent this year. But one technician warns that the stock could be due for a correction.
PM attacks ‘political motives’ for rejecting bailout proposals
When it comes to names, globalisation is going into reverse
Telegraph View: Isil may boast some kind of twisted glamour, but when it comes to nurturing and influencing impressionable young minds, no one is better placed than families and schools
The "odorous house ant" smells like blue cheese or rotten coconut because it produces chemical compounds similar to those found in its nose-sakes. Cynthia Graber reports
The Special Consensus and The WoodPicks are two bands that will be headlining the 25th annual Missouri River Bluegrass Festival, which takes place Friday and Saturday at Cross Ranch State Park.
It is difficult to assess an IPO for a business covering everything from PCs to blueberries
Florida was deemed the best value state, and Davenport the best city, for vacation rentals by TripAdvisor.
Batman and Poe Dameron, so to speak, will be in the same movie —but this ain't no crossover. Two of our favorite actors, Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac, are teaming up for a new project, and it certainly sounds promising. The Wrap reports that the pair will star in "The Promise," the latest effort from "Hotel Rwanda" director Terry George, who co-wrote the script with Robin Swicord ("Memoirs Of A Geisha," "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button"). The story will be set against the backdrop of the Armendian... Читать дальше...
Canadian pension funds buy risk consultancy from Charterhouse
When cars hit them, the females' eggs release liquid that makes roads slick. Livelsberger said motorists driving through a mayfly swarm should treat it like an actual blizzard, expecting zero visibility and remains creating a slick coating on the ground. Lt. Sean Montgomery of the Columbia Borough Fire Department compared driving on the bug-covered surface to driving on ice or snow — but he said the winter scenario doesn't include the horrendous smell, "like dead fish."
The UK’s elite financial services and legal firms are reportedly operating a “poshness test” that systematically locks out talented working-class people. Hooray, another stick to batter public school kids with. There are so few areas left where we have carte blanche to despise people openly that I feel poshos do us all a great service.
A conglomerate discount is being replaced with a Russian one
Canadian group needs more orders to recoup $5.4bn development cost of its CSeries jet
E3 expects 27 virtual reality tech firms to show off their gadgets this year, but Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus remain the biggest players.
Technology workers are leaving Silicon Valley and moving to new cities—and it's affecting housing prices, a study found.
Technology workers are leaving Silicon Valley and moving to new cities—and it's impacting housing prices, a study found.
Austria won a silver medal in the synchronised swimming at the European Games yesterday – just four days after three members of their team were hit by a bus.
