Новости за 12.12.2016

Achaogen Inc.'s stock rocketed 51% toward a 1 1/2-year high in premarket trade Monday, after the biopharmaceutical company said a phase 3 trial of its treatment for urinary tract infections met its primary endpoints. The company said its lead product candidate, plazomicin, also showed a lower rate of mortality or serious disease-related complications when compared with colistin therapy. Achaogen said it plans to submit a New Drug Application with the Food and Drug Administration in the second half of 2017... Читать дальше...

By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- New York Jets running back Matt Forte was among a number of players who left Sunday's game.

Damien Chazelle’s delightful modern musical “La La Land” picked up seven nominations for the 74th annual Golden Globes on Monday, including recognition for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Director and for its two stars, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. In the television categories, FX’s much-praised “The People v. O.J. Simpson” collected five nominations — including for Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television as well as for stars Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance, John Travolta and Sterling K. Читать дальше...

The Champions League draw took place for the last 16 phase of the tournament, but when are the ties set to take place? Goal takes a look..

FX’s “The People v OJ Simpson” never claimed to be a documentary, but it can hold its head high when it comes to accuracy. [...] the show also moved a dramatic courtroom moment from February to August (the scene where Marcia Clark offers to take off her watch and jewelry). Remember when a juror says white people prefer Target and black people prefer Ross?

It's uncanny!

ANITA, Iowa — Authorities believe snow contributed to a crash on Interstate 80 in western Iowa that killed a youth hockey coach from Nebraska and two Iowa brothers. Eight other people were also injured in the weekend crash.

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The police chief in Inver Grove Heights who has been on paid leave since April while being investigated for possible wrongdoing is to resign under a separation agreement reached with the city.

By Phillip Heilman, The Sports Xchange
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars expected Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford to remain cautious with his throws Sunday.

Daniel J. Graeber
MILAN, Italy, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Italian energy company Eni said it was selling off a stake in an Egyptian gas field to a Russian company to help bring quick monetary success to the project.

By Patti Traina, The Sports Xchange
The New York Giants overcame a 7-0 halftime deficit by scoring 10 unanswered second-half points to top the Dallas Cowboys, 10-7, at MetLife Stadium.

Jon Beesley remembers being in the cockpit as if it were yesterday. The 66-year-old retired Lockheed Martin test pilot can still see the thousands of people watching as he taxied … Click to Continue »

Homeless people are finding British streets to be increasingly hostile places for rough sleepers who say they are being targeted with “deliberate noise pollution”, “defensive architecture,” and attempts to spray them with water as they sleep. According to the homelessness charity Crisis, 20 percent of homeless people that they surveyed claimed to have experienced deliberate attempts to disturb their sleep and force them away from public spaces. RT reports: Respondents to the survey said these measures included playing loud music... Читать дальше...

Plus: Canadians not impressed with cash-for-access; climate deal struck; and veterans outnumbering soldiers

Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Another stock is reeling into the red after a tweet by President-elect Donald Trump.

This time around, Trump turned his gaze to Lockheed Martin's F-35 program in a tweet early Monday morning.

"The F-35 program and cost is out of control," Trump tweeted. "Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th."

The next-generation fighter jet has overrun costs — overshooting the original budget by 50% — but is near completion. Читать дальше...

Nicholas Blanford, The Arab Weekly
BEIRUT -- Hezbollah main­tains close watch on Israeli behav­ior and continues to prepare for the next conflict with the Jewish state, even as it fights in Syria.

Progressives have long been skeptical of federalism, with the role that “states’ rights” played in the resistance to the civil rights act and desegregation typically featuring prominently in their criticism. Its ugly history even led one 20th-century scholar to insist that “if one disapproves of racism, one should disapprove of federalism.” Even now, with every national institution in the hands of the GOP, progressives associate federalism with conservatism and shy away from invoking the language... Читать дальше...

U.K. real estate investment in 2016 hit its weakest level since 2012, according to property adviser CBRE.

The Sports Xchange
The NFL quickly put an end to a report the league could be facing another Deflategate scandal.

So Bill Murray walks into the Oval Office... #GetCovered https://t.co/X4R4hhC5Fe

Golden Globes 2017 live updates: Surprise! 'Deadpool' gets a nomination Dec. 12, 2016, 6:36 a.m. The nominations for the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced. Issa Rae, Natalie Portman and Ruth Negga all got nominations for their work this year on television and film. "Sausage Party"...

International oil deal and the ongoing selloff in US governmental bonds have resulted in expectations of an almost certain Fed rate hike on December 14, as well as higher US inflation, thus improving the investment appeal of non-financial sector, backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s fiscal stimulus plan.

If Trump chooses to continue targeting companies, some are more vulnerable than others, Fidelum's Chris Malone says.