Новости за 20.01.2016

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina decreed measures on Tuesday designed to help fight drug trafficking, vowing to crack down on smugglers using the country as a transshipment point for Bolivian and Peruvian cocaine destined for the lucrative markets of Europe.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin endorses Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, and touts his business credentials. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin endorses Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, and touts his business credentials. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin endorses Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, and touts his business credentials. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

DAVOS, Switzerland - Prime Minister David Cameron will call on EU leaders to relax trade rules with Jordan to help spur economic growth and help "hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees across the region to work".

DAVOS, Switzerland - Prime Minister David Cameron will call on EU leaders to relax trade rules with Jordan to help spur economic growth and help "hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees across the region to work".

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain will send 1,000 military personnel to take part in NATO defence exercises in Poland, part of an agreement with Warsaw to strengthen security ties, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain will send 1,000 military personnel to take part in NATO defence exercises in Poland, part of an agreement with Warsaw to strengthen security ties, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Sheffield Forgemasters, one of Britain's oldest steelmakers, plans to cut up to 100 UK steel jobs, it said on Wednesday, in another blow for an industry reeling from tumbling global steel prices and cheap imports.

CHICAGO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. cattle producers have called on CME Group Inc and federal legislators to rein in price volatility they say has rendered the world's largest livestock futures market ineffective.

COLUMBIA — An Upstate opponent of South Carolina accepting refugees said there is little that could change his mind regarding a proposed bill that would track refugees. A second bill would prohibit state agencies from providing refugees aid.

(Reuters) - Netflix Inc's aggressive push into international markets won more customers than the video streaming service and its investors expected last quarter, sending its shares surging 7 percent.

Jan 19 (Reuters) - MetLife Inc, the largest U.S. life insurer, said it has formed a real estate investment venture with New York State Common Retirement Fund, the third-largest U.S. public pension fund.

MELBOURNE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton flagged on Wednesday that it sees no recovery in iron ore or coal prices in the next few years while holding out hope for a rebound in copper and oil as the company fights a slump in earnings set to hit its long-protected dividend.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's new opposition-led Congress plans to investigate state-run oil company PDVSA's [PDVSA.UL] financial health and hefty Chinese loans, a lawmaker said on Tuesday.

A company controlled by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump gained control of a shuttered North Charleston manufacturer Tuesday, purchasing the former Titan Atlas building and 6-acre property for more than $3.6 million at a foreclosure sale.

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Husky Energy cut C$800 million ($549.07 million) from its 2016 capital budget and slashed production guidance by 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day on Tuesday in the latest sign that Canadian producers are scrambling to cope with low oil prices.

COLUMBIA — College of Charleston President Glenn McConnell expressed concern Tuesday over the desire by some legislators to have the state’s extra cash spent on roads instead of its crumbling infrastructure.

Plaintiffs in the boutique hotel lawsuit in Summerville have challenged the legality of the private-public partnership.

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department has a message for taxpayers getting calls from the IRS demanding immediate payment: Hang up.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most business merger stories have no need for a "this is not a joke" disclaimer, but this one did: Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications Inc [UVN.UL] announced a deal on Tuesday to buy a stake in humor website "The Onion."

LAS VEGAS — A robust U.S. economy and job market, plus low mortgage rates, should help keep the recovery in the new-home market going at a modest pace this year, but a return to pre-housing boom sales and construction levels appears to be at least a couple of years away.

Thousands of people’s lives in the Lowcountry could be changed by the Obama immigration overhaul. South Carolina is among 26 states that have challenged it as unconstitutional.

Work on achieving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of racial equality is as urgent today as it was when the civil rights leader lived five decades ago, the YWCA USA chief executive officer said Tuesday.

The Citadel wasted little time in replacing former football coach Mike Houston.