Новости за 15.03.2016

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc, the world's largest supplier of equipment used to make semiconductor chips, plans to invest 4 billion yuan ($615 million) to expand in the China market over the next few years, the China Daily quoted company CEO Gary Dickerson as saying.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich are confident they have overcome a mini-crisis just in time for their Champions League round of 16 second leg against Juventus on Wednesday as they chase a treble of titles this season.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, in an interview that aired on Monday, voiced concern about the struggling Venezuelan economy and said he did not want to see the country fail despite the tense relations between Washington and Caracas.

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, in an interview that aired on Monday, voiced concern about the struggling Venezuelan economy and said he did not want to see the country fail despite the tense relations between Washington and Caracas.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Reuters) - Malaysia, the world's second largest palm oil producer after Indonesia, raised its crude palm oil export tax from zero to 5 percent for April, a government circular showed on Tuesday, ending a duty-free policy held since May 2015.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Morocco's foreign minister on Monday he was angered and disappointed by a demonstration in Rabat he said was a personal attack on him over remarks he made about the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. spending on prescription drugs rose 5.2 percent in 2015, including the impact of rebates, driven by an 18 percent increase in specialty drugs, Express Scripts Holding Co said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. spending on prescription drugs rose 5.2 percent in 2015, including the impact of rebates, driven by an 18 percent increase in specialty drugs, Express Scripts Holding Co said on Monday.

SAN JUAN/WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers are writing a fix to the Puerto Rico debt crisis that would give an independent financial review board sweeping power to arbitrate creditor disputes and map a future for the U.S. territory's pension system.

BRASILIA, March 14 (Reuters) - Record protests against President Dilma Rousseff have all but guaranteed her impeachment by pushing hesitant lawmakers from Brazil's biggest party to favor her ouster, party sources said on Monday.

Right now the refined copper market is going through one of its confused phases, displaying simultaneous symptoms of both supply surplus and supply deficit.

SYDNEY, March 15 (Reuters) - Australia's Qube Holdings Ltd said it has joined Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc and international partners to make a A$9.1 billion ($6.8 billion) bid for ports and rail freight company Asciano Ltd.

Fossils unearthed in Uzbekistan show that a smaller, older cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex had already acquired the sophisticated brain and senses that helped make the T. Rex such a horrifying predator. Gavino Garay reports.

Fossils unearthed in Uzbekistan show that a smaller, older cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex had already acquired the sophisticated brain and senses that helped make the T. Rex such a horrifying predator. Gavino Garay reports.

Fossils unearthed in Uzbekistan show that a smaller, older cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex had already acquired the sophisticated brain and senses that helped make the T. Rex such a horrifying predator. Gavino Garay reports.

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Suspected Islamic State militants staged an attack on a power and water plant about 80km (50 miles) from the major Sarir oil field in eastern Libya late on Monday, an oil facilities guard said.

BENGHAZI, March 15 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamic State militants staged an attack on a power and water plant about 80km (50 miles) from the major Sarir oil field in eastern Libya late on Monday, an oil facilities guard said.

* Iran crude imports in Feb at 1,064,337 T, up 91 pct y/y -customs

'Force Awakens' director J.J. Abrams admits he is not looking forward to film being watched on cellphones at a seminar at SXSW film festival. Rough Cut - no reporter narration.

'Force Awakens' director J.J. Abrams admits he is not looking forward to film being watched on cellphones at a seminar at SXSW film festival. Rough Cut - no reporter narration.

'Force Awakens' director J.J. Abrams admits he is not looking forward to film being watched on cellphones at a seminar at SXSW film festival. Rough Cut - no reporter narration.

'Force Awakens' director J.J. Abrams admits he is not looking forward to film being watched on cellphones at a seminar at SXSW film festival. Rough Cut - no reporter narration.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s road back to the Final Four will travel through … South Dakota?

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s road back to the Final Four will travel through … South Dakota?

LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - Rafa Benitez was pleased with the endeavour of his Newcastle United players despite a 1-0 Premier League defeat at leaders Leicester City in his first match in charge on Monday.