Новости за 23.02.2016

Sacha Baron Cohen attends world premiere of 'Grimsby' as his latest alter-ego, a beer-swigging, underpants-clad football hooligan called 'Nobby'. Rough Cut - no reporter narration

Sacha Baron Cohen attends world premiere of 'Grimsby' as his latest alter-ego, a beer-swigging, underpants-clad football hooligan called 'Nobby'. Rough Cut - no reporter narration

Sacha Baron Cohen attends world premiere of 'Grimsby' as his latest alter-ego, a beer-swigging, underpants-clad football hooligan called 'Nobby'. Rough Cut - no reporter narration

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange are taking a fresh run at a merger that would create a large European exchange operator potentially capable of facing down strong competition from the United States and Asia.

WARSAW, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Poland's central bank should support the government's policies as long there is no conflict with its mandate to ensure financial stability, newly appointed Monetary Policy Council (MPC) member Lukasz Hardt said on Tuesday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters were reported to have tightened their grip on a Syrian government supply route to Aleppo on Tuesday as the army battled to retake the road, which is important to its campaign to retake the city.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The hardline leader appointed by President Vladimir Putin to maintain order in the turbulent Chechen region has created his own caliphate that may one day unleash an Islamic State-style jihad against Russia, according to opponents of the Kremlin.

(Reuters) - PTC Therapeutics Inc's marketing application for its muscle disorder drug was not sufficient to merit a review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said, pushing the company's stock down about 40 percent before the bell.

(Reuters) - PTC Therapeutics Inc's marketing application for its muscle disorder drug was not sufficient to merit a review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said, pushing the company's stock down about 40 percent before the bell.

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Team8, an Israeli firm that creates cybersecurity companies, said on Tuesday it has raised $23 million from strategic partners, bringing the total amount raised so far to $40 million.

Profits at Standard Chartered plunged 84 percent last year, its worst result since 1998, sending the bank's shares down as much as 10 percent. As Jagdip Cheema reports volatile markets, weak commodity prices and low interest rates took their toll.

Profits at Standard Chartered plunged 84 percent last year, its worst result since 1998, sending the bank's shares down as much as 10 percent. As Jagdip Cheema reports volatile markets, weak commodity prices and low interest rates took their toll.

Profits at Standard Chartered plunged 84 percent last year, its worst result since 1998, sending the bank's shares down as much as 10 percent. As Jagdip Cheema reports volatile markets, weak commodity prices and low interest rates took their toll.

DUBAI (Reuters) - A former BBC journalist with joint British-Iranian nationality was released on bail from prison in Tehran on Tuesday, his friend said, almost three weeks after being detained on unspecified charges.

DUBAI (Reuters) - A former BBC journalist with joint British-Iranian nationality was released on bail from prison in Tehran on Tuesday, his friend said, almost three weeks after being detained on unspecified charges.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Celebrities might be flocking to the front rows of this week's London Fashion Week shows, but some designers are swapping the runway for Hollywood's awards season red carpets as the fashion world seeks new ways to draw attention.

(Reuters) - Printer maker Lexmark International Inc said on Tuesday it would cut 550 jobs, or about 4 percent of its worldwide workforce, as it considers its future.

LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline consumption increased by more than 2.6 percent last year thanks to a combination of lower oil prices and economic growth (http://tmsnrt.rs/1WG3inq).

A new opinion poll in Japan suggests confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is slipping. After a series of scandals and blunders by top-ranking officials, his support has fallen to 47%. As Graham MacKay reports that's not good news for the author of the economic brand called Abenomics.

A new opinion poll in Japan suggests confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is slipping. After a series of scandals and blunders by top-ranking officials, his support has fallen to 47%. As Graham MacKay reports that's not good news for the author of the economic brand called Abenomics.

A new opinion poll in Japan suggests confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is slipping. After a series of scandals and blunders by top-ranking officials, his support has fallen to 47%. As Graham MacKay reports that's not good news for the author of the economic brand called Abenomics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - João Santana, the architect of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's 2010 and 2014 campaigns, returned to Brazil and police are taking him to the city of Curitiba, the epicentre of a massive corruption probe, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

Top global miner BHP Billiton slashes its interim dividend by 75 percent, abandoning a long-held policy of steady or higher payouts as it braces for a longer-than-expected commodities downturn. Hayley Platt reports.

Top global miner BHP Billiton slashes its interim dividend by 75 percent, abandoning a long-held policy of steady or higher payouts as it braces for a longer-than-expected commodities downturn. Hayley Platt reports.

PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen threatened his daughter Marine on Tuesday with launching a rival movement if she refused to accommodate ultra-conservative militants within the National Front party which she now leads.