Новости за 21.01.2015

'I was terrified. I could only see horses.'

Traders won't be content with $500 billion in ECB bond-buying. Some want $1 trillion.

There are six stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 that are paying their investors twice, USA Today reports.

Ukraine's President has likened the violence by pro-Russian separatists against its citizens to "terrorism."

Netflix's faster-than-expected rollout in overseas markets surprised many analysts, who scrambled to raise their price targets on the stock.

For the more adventurous viewer, the Sundance Film Festival’s NEXT section is where it’s at, and where some of the most creative filmmaking discoveries come from. Last year gave us Ana Lily Amirpour's "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" (with the director since setting up her next movie at Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures), Desiree Akhavan's "Appropriate Behavior" and Gillian Robespierre’s “Obvious Child” which became a big indie comedy hit last year, among others. We don’t yet know what will stand out this year... Читать дальше...

In his State of the Union address, the president talked about the need for frameworks to be in place to stop future pandemics and rising worldwide temperatures

The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in 35 years begins talks aimed at restoring diplomatic ties and eventually normalizing relations.

Aetna raised employees' wages because not doing so would have put workers in poverty, CEO Mark Bertolini tells CNBC.

Tracy Ralph complained of feeling 'short of breath' before she suffered complete organ failure

Warren Buffett had a couple of billion-dollar loser days in October, and so far January isn't doing him any favors either.

AirAsia's Fernandes says he gave his cellphone number to victims' relatives because he wanted to help comfort the families.

Spaniards go on a spending spree despite accelerating fall in prices

What do a civil rights leader, a former movie star, and a brilliant physicist have in common? If you answered that they’re all among the protagonists in some of this year’s Academy Award-nominated Best Pictures, you’re right. And even if you haven’t seen “Selma,” “Birdman,” or “The Theory of Everything” yet, you can catch clips of all three — plus from the other five nominees — in a new four-minute 2015 Oscar tribute video edited by Dustin Martin. By now, you’re well aware that “American Sniper,”... Читать дальше...

But former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers tells CNBC that breaking up the euro zone would be a mistake.

The comic book world rumbled slightly when last week it was announced Tom Hardy had exited the star-studded lineup of "Suicide Squad." No reasons were given for his departure, and we guessed that perhaps it was nothing more than scheduling, but rumors suggested otherwise. The folks at Latino Review reported that Hardy wasn't pleased with "drastic changes" to the script that saw more screentime given to Deadshot and the Joker, and less to his villain Rick Flagg. And now comes another twist in the tale. Читать дальше...

The year 2014 ended the period of cooperation between Russia and the West. A new period has begun, marked by rivalry and competition. At the same time, Russia has been seeking ways to strengthen ties with leading non-Western powers.

The man is said to have climbed through the window of a family home in the village of Neustift im Stubaital

Standard & Poor's will pay more than $58 million to settle charges of fraudulent misconduct in rating mortgage bonds, the SEC said.

Gulf Co-operation Council states to lose $300bn in oil revenue this year