Новости за 11.03.2015

Documentarian Errol Morris clearly loves to work and tell stories, as, in between his features, he's always got a plethora of short projects brewing for a variety of outlets, including The New York Times. His latest venture is for Grantland, and it's a half-dozen short sports documentaries, and as per usual, it finds Morris taking a unique angle and capturing the kinds of tales you're not likely to get from any other filmmaker. So let's break them down: —"The Subterranean Stadium" takes a portrait of John DiCarlo and his friends... Читать дальше...

The world needs more people like Caralee Savage.

GE is considering making major changes to its GE Capital unit, including cutting its lending business, Dow Jones reported.

Blythe Masters, the former JPMorgan executive, has re-emerged as chief executive of a cryptocurrency start-up.

Acadia Pharmaceuticals fell more than 22 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday on news that its CEO is retiring.

‘Bring Back Clarkson’ petition garners support of nearly 500,000

Stock market operator plans low cost futures exchange

A change in the way Google selects search results has allowed company statements to top the list of news links shown.

Entering its seventh year, the ageing US equity bull market looks vulnerable. FT reports.

Late last week we lost the great documentarian Albert Maysles, but the ever prolific filmmaker left us with a couple movies to treasure, and first up is "Iris." A new trailer landed today highlighting the filmmaker's distinct talent at capturing unique personalities at their best. In this case, it's New York City fashion scene staple, Iris Apfel. "My father was always interested in making portraits of people, of them just being who they were. He really loved working with Iris. I would often stand... Читать дальше...

Facebook must face class-action lawsuit to provide refunds when children spend their parents' money on its website without permission.

A SMALL factory in an industrial park outside Shanghai, churning out widgets you never see but probably use, provides a perfect snapshot of the state of global manufacturing today. Some workers at the Integrated Micro-Electronics (IMI) facility affix pieces by hand to circuit boards bound for digital displays on European stoves. Others stand at computers, guiding machines that press together components for cars’ steering systems. But IMI is important less for what it makes than for what it represents. Читать дальше...

Private owners hope for a long-awaited return on a deal that symbolised credit bubble excesses

Are stocks dead in the water thanks to the dollar rise?

Bid for US drugmaker tops lower offer from Valeant

Investor John Paulson welcomes ‘very compelling’ counter offer in pharmaceutical bidding war

Operation recovers weapons from powerful party in Karachi

Oil could hit $20 per barrel before the downturn is done, according to Raoul Pal of The Global Macro Investor.

Shake Shack tops revenue estimates in its first quarterly report as a public company. Shares dropped in after-hours trade.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets. Dollar spiked, oil fell again today, after another big inventory build.