Новости за 09.02.2017

The past week brought a slew of high-level financial filings from tech and music companies — from which we read the tea leaves.

Activision Blizzard reports fourth-quarter earnings after markets close on Thursday. Investors are focused on sales of the latest installment of its hit series “Call of Duty” and mobile advertising for its games.

Coke is a drag on Dow even as index rises 100-plus points

"What I'm most happy about and most proud of is being part of the team that brought the Stanley Cup back."

Things weren't so merry-nara.

In the 20 days since the inauguration, public acts of opposition to the Trump administration and its supporters have started to go viral. An online consumer movement — #DeleteUber — spread so wildly that it may have played a role in Uber’s decision to drop out of the president’s business advisory council. A video of a masked man punching white separatist leader Richard Spencer was transmogrified into thousands of memes. And most significantly, a series of protests, some violent, have been broadcast... Читать дальше...

Here are some recent news stories on WCBS-TV, the station which serves the New York metropolitan area whose nightly ll:00 PM broadcast is anchored by Maurice DuBois and Kristine Johnson (and let's not leave out their erstwhile Beach Boy resembling weatherman Lonnie Quinn): "Absolutely the Best Sheets You'll Ever Sleep In," "Take the Hypersensitive Person Test," "The New Face of Divorce," "Doctors Say One Specific Musical Composition Can Put You to Sleep." Sometimes local news can give you the willies. Читать дальше...

In a meeting with U.S. airline executives, Trump speaks again on removing regulations for American businesses.

SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's No. 2 tiremaker Kumho Tire Co. said Thursday its net loss shrank greatly from a year earlier in the fourth quarter, helped by a slight increase in sales. The net loss came to 5.3 billion won (US$4.63 million)

MOSS POINT, Miss. — Two Mississippi men have been sentenced to jail and ordered to work in an animal shelter for taking part in the videotaped scalding of a cat. Police say the cat died after being doused with boiling water in December. The video was posted online. News organizations report 24-year-old Laderrick Rostchild was

Wells Fargo's board is likely to wipe out 2016 bonuses for CEO Tim Sloan and other senior executives as the bank continues to dig out from its fake account scandal.

Spoiler: It probably won’t be like in a rom-com.

ZURICH — The United State dropped one spot to 29th in the FIFA rankings following its first two games under coach Bruce Arena, and African champion Cameroon moved up 29 places to 33rd. Arena replaced Jurgen Klinsmann in November and opened with a 0-0 tie against Serbia and a 1-0 win over Jamaica in a

(AP) — A Senate committee has approved a bill that would allow students to take part in religious activities at Kentucky's public schools. Supporters say the measure would be a guide for school officials in allowing students to exercise their rights to religious expression.

Three brothers who managed office IT for government officials were relieved of their duties last week on suspicion that they ...

Investors lose billions as immunotherapies fall short of high expectations

On February 9, 1773, future U.S. president William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia. The enigmatic Harrison is best known for his premature death in office. But the ninth president won his race in 1840 using tactics familiar to most of us today.

YORK, Pa. — A former Pittsburgh Steelers fullback has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his second crash while driving under the influence of prescription drugs last year. Forty-four-year-old Jon Witman was ordered to serve three days on house arrest as part of his six months’ probation sentence. He was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty

You can take David Brent out of The Office, but you can’t take the office out of David Brent. 14 years after the last episode of the two-part series-ending Christmas episode — and four years after a short, made-for-charity Office sequel — Ricky Gervais has revived his signature creation for a feature-length follow-up: David Brent: Life on the Road.

You can take David Brent out of The Office, but you can’t take the office out of David Brent. 14 years after the last episode of the two-part series-ending Christmas episode — and four years after a short, made-for-charity Office sequel — Ricky Gervais has revived his signature creation for a feature-length follow-up: David Brent: Life on the Road.

Call it Le Big Mac.

A major snowstorm is making its way through New York and Maine on Thursday with an expected 8 to 12 inches of snow in the New York region alone.

CLINTON, Ky. — A blaze that tore through an award-winning country ham business in western Kentucky burned much of the 100,000-square-foot facility to the ground. Media reported that fire crews were called to Harper’s Country Hams in Hickman County before daybreak Wednesday and spent much of the day getting the blaze under control, then putting

In 2015, I received a call from my sister, a widow living in southern Iraq with her children. She told me that her son had been kidnapped, taken while playing outside of their home. He was returned to safety a day later, frightened but unharmed. My sister was scared out of her mind.