Новости за 23.01.2016

(Reuters) - Mondelez International Inc has agreed to pay $750,000, improve its product sourcing and testing, and hire a food quality auditor after failing to warn California shoppers that its Nabisco Ginger Snaps contained excessive levels of lead.

Mayor of Washington Muriel Bowser said she has requested assistance from the National Guard to help with a record-setting snowstorm. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

Mayor of Washington Muriel Bowser said she has requested assistance from the National Guard to help with a record-setting snowstorm. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

Mayor of Washington Muriel Bowser said she has requested assistance from the National Guard to help with a record-setting snowstorm. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

Mayor of Washington Muriel Bowser said she has requested assistance from the National Guard to help with a record-setting snowstorm. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

BOSTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Viacom Inc said on Friday it cut the total pay of its 92-year-old Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone by 85 percent to $2 million last year in light of his "reduced responsibilities" and that it had raised the pay of Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Mauricio Macri's popularity is at about 65 percent two months after he narrowly won office and carried out a shock currency devaluation as part of his plan to revive Latin America's No. 3 economy, two polls showed.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women in El Salvador and Colombia are being cautioned to avoid pregnancy due to the potentially dangerous Zika virus, but little access to contraception or abortion and pregnancies from rape leave many women unable to heed that advice, campaigners say.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women in El Salvador and Colombia are being cautioned to avoid pregnancy due to the potentially dangerous Zika virus, but little access to contraception or abortion and pregnancies from rape leave many women unable to heed that advice, campaigners say.

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks made their biggest gain in more than a month Friday, propelled by a jump in oil prices.

A major winter storm in the U.S. barrels down on the Middle Atlantic states, threatening to bury some cities like Washington, D.C. in snow and coastal areas in New York and New Jersey in floodwaters. Mana Rabiee reports.

A major winter storm in the U.S. barrels down on the Middle Atlantic states, threatening to bury some cities like Washington, D.C. in snow and coastal areas in New York and New Jersey in floodwaters. Mana Rabiee reports.

A major winter storm in the U.S. barrels down on the Middle Atlantic states, threatening to bury some cities like Washington, D.C. in snow and coastal areas in New York and New Jersey in floodwaters. Mana Rabiee reports.

A major winter storm in the U.S. barrels down on the Middle Atlantic states, threatening to bury some cities like Washington, D.C. in snow and coastal areas in New York and New Jersey in floodwaters. Mana Rabiee reports.

The sixth annual Charleston Marathon event held last weekend rebounded slightly in participation from last year’s numbers, but still remained off its record marks set in the 2014 marathon and half marathon.

CHARLOTTE — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera likes to refer to Pro Bowl running back Jonathan Stewart as his team’s "tempo setter."

Seven people were displaced Friday by a fire that ignited at a North Charleston home.

WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, an appeals panel has rejected an effort by 27 states — including South Carolina — and dozens of corporations and industry groups to block the administration’s signature regulation on emissions from coal-fired power plants while a lawsuit...

COLUMBIA — A state Senate working group that is expected to propose a new plan for fixing South Carolina roads is also highlighting just how much the issue has divided lawmakers.

NEW YORK — "Outsiders," the bare-knuckles new drama from WGN America, pits a tribe of off-the-grid hill people against "civilized" folk at the foot of the mountain who want to oust them to unearth a rich vein of coal just waiting to be mined once these long-entrenched squatters are...

Jan 22 (Reuters) - American Express Co shares on Friday had their worst day in more than six years as the company's disappointing earnings forecast for the full year raised doubts about the future of its business model.

There have been times during the past couple of weeks, mostly after a tough two-hour practice, when College of Charleston sophomore Cameron Johnson has looked around the Cougars’ locker room and wondered what might have been this season.

KAMPALA, Uganda Jan 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The government of Uganda said on Friday it will stop sending housemaids to Saudi Arabia, eclipsing a deal between the two nations to ship workers to the wealthy Gulf nation amid complaints of poor conditions and mistreatment.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says Turkey, once vaunted by Washington as a model of Islamic democracy, is setting a poor example for the region by intimidating media, curtailing Internet freedom and accusing academics of treason. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says Turkey, once vaunted by Washington as a model of Islamic democracy, is setting a poor example for the region by intimidating media, curtailing Internet freedom and accusing academics of treason. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).