Новости за 19.05.2015

Important reforms centre on energy, which kingdom uses wastefully, writes John Sfakianakis

The Federal Trade Commission alleges less than 3 percent of $187 million went to patients.

The GOP has a target-rich environment to go after Hillary Clinton. But will that keep her from the White House?

"There are, of course, very great pieces – the ancient Greek tragedies, for example – but they are no match for Hamlet." We are in the Saitama Arts Theatre, his base just north of Tokyo, and Yukio Ninagawa, the internationally acclaimed director, is reflecting on why he keeps returning to this play. His eighth stab at it (surely a record) had opened the previous night. Don't imagine, though, that he's through with it yet.

Investors are hedging their bets for the upcoming leap second, according to a report. Here's why.

Aston Martin will decide whether to add production at another plant by the end of 2015 and it would likely be in the U.S.

Supercar makers are like teenage boys at a high school dance, according to business consultant Belinda Parmar. “Any woman could drive those cars,” said Sonja Heiniger, the Swiss owner of an Internet services firm who has owned four Lamborghinis and hits the racetrack in a Porsche. “If you only address men, then that’s a pity,” the 76-year-old said as she revved her latest Lamborghini, a $375,000 Gallardo Super Trofeo Stradale special edition, in “rosso mars” red. While fewer than 10 percent of... Читать дальше...

Thankfully there wasn't any homework for the kids to do.

The Trio Animal Foundation sponsor rescue animals so they can get the medical care they desperately need.

Carl Icahn's big bet on Apple is now one of the greatest trades of all time.

He had painstakingly scribbled dates on each egg to remind himself when to eat them

There is something irresistibly romantic about the concept of the double agent, and it's a narrative that has lent itself to some dramatic cinematic incarnations. It speaks of intrigue, subterfuge, and inner conflict as the pressure of deceiving people who come to trust you tests the strength of your loyalty to bosses and ideologies that begin to seem very far removed. It's a shame, then that the latest entry into this subcategory, Elie Wajeman's "The Anarchists," should be so inert, especially considering... Читать дальше...

Riskier corporate debt outperforms investment grade bonds

There's lots of reasons for upward pressure on oil but it's not showing yet, says Art Cashin, of UBS, discussing the market's lackluster performance despite robust housing data and rising yields.

The scene is Old Trafford, where a young girl – playing for Manchester United – boots the ball and scores a goal. The crowd goes wild. This was the opening dream sequence of Gurinder Chadha's much-loved 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham, about a teenage Sikh tomboy named Jess, who defies her parents to play football.

European aerospace group tells armed forces to test engine control system

Almost exactly a year after Narendra Modi's election, some Indian market-watchers are getting impatient for better days.

New report from PwC exclusive to CNBC shows that patent trolls took a hit in 2014, but they aren't dead yet.

Add assets, lower costs, repeat

The beats on earnings and revenue show the consumer is spending "more and more" on their home, says a leading analyst.

The DEA and the NYPD seized 70 kilos of heroin with a street value of about $50 million and arrested two in the Bronx.

First UK bank to levy fees for currencies with negative rates

Fittingly, perhaps, for a man whose job requires an appreciation for the value of money.

The premise is simple: aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a hostile act of war and so in preemptive retaliation, they send characters including Pac Man, Donkey Kong, the Space Invaders and more, from those same video games back to destroy earth. Call it a high concept comedy that taps into arcade nostalgia for the 1980s and the golden age of video games. If it sounds silly, well, it is an Adam Sandler film. Written by Tim Herlihy, a frequent collaborator of the actor, Sandler haters should know... Читать дальше...

'Is anyone out there? Being twitterless is like lonely.'