Новости за 17.03.2016

SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - International regulators are close to releasing the first stage of a global code of conduct for the scandal-hit foreign exchange market that seeks to restore trust in the industry through a range of voluntary principles.

NEW YORK, March 16 (Reuters) - Shell and Saudi Aramco on Wednesday announced plans to break up Motiva Enterprises LLC and divide up the assets, almost two decades after forming the U.S. oil refining and marketing joint venture.

March 16 (Reuters) - Natural gas pipeline company Southcross Energy Partners LP said its parent, Southcross Holdings LP, has reached a restructuring deal "in principle" with its owners, lenders and others, that would be implemented under Chapter 11.

COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley called on South Carolina families to open up their homes to children in foster care.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria was closed on Wednesday, a Syrian Kurdish official told Reuters.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, March 16 (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff, threatened with impeachment and a massive corruption probe, named her charismatic predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff on Wednesday, a move that offers him some protection from prosecutors who charged him with money laundering.

MELBOURNE, March 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open firmer on Thursday, while New Zealand ticked higher, with risk appetite back on after the U.S. Federal Reserve flagged it would raise rates more slowly than expected this year. Pointing to a higher operning, Australian share price index futures rose 0.7 percent to 5,162, a 43-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark inched up 0.15 percent on Wednesday. New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index

(Reuters) - A lawsuit over Justin Bieber's 2012 run-in with a photographer in California while on a date with Selena Gomez has been settled out of court, the photographer's attorney said on Wednesday.

Reuters Health - Exposure to air pollution for just a month or two may still be enough to increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially for obese people, a recent U.S. study suggests.

Reuters Health - Exposure to air pollution for just a month or two may still be enough to increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially for obese people, a recent U.S. study suggests.

TORONTO, March 16 (Reuters) - Barrick Gold said on Wednesday that its chief financial officer, Shaun Usmar, is leaving the company to lead a new mine financing venture in Toronto backed by U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management.

March 16 (Reuters) - Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc will get to vote on whether their banks should consider breaking into smaller pieces.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Seventeen miners murdered near a gold deposit were mainly shot in the head, and four suspects have been arrested so far in a case that has shocked Venezuela, the chief state prosecutor said on Wednesday.

BOSTON, March 16 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman told clients on Wednesday that his Pershing Square Capital Management has sold 20 million shares of Mondelez , a key holding, but has no plans to sell any other investments at this time, an investor in the fund said.

March 16 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co Chairman and Chief Executive John Stumpf's 2015 compensation was unchanged from a year earlier.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Overstock.com Inc said on Wednesday it would offer shareholders new common shares to be traded on the company's t0.com platform.

Morris Sokol Furniture may have disappeared from Charleston after 94 years, but that doesn’t mean an offshoot isn’t in the works.

(Reuters) - Support for Britain to stay in the European Union stood at 43 percent, ahead of support for a withdrawal from the 28-member bloc, which stood at 41 percent, an opinion poll by ICM suggested on Thursday, ahead of a referendum on June 23.

(Reuters) - Support for Britain to stay in the European Union stood at 43 percent, ahead of support for a withdrawal from the 28-member bloc, which stood at 41 percent, an opinion poll by ICM suggested on Thursday, ahead of a referendum on June 23.

March 16 (Reuters) - Investors in Caesars Entertainment Corp were scrambling on Wednesday to grasp the cost from a court-ordered investigation that said the casino company could face $5 billion in potential damages from the bankruptcy of its operating unit.

NEW YORK, March 16 (Reuters) - Overstock.com Inc said on Wednesday it would offer shareholders new common shares to be traded on the company's t0.com platform.

LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - England prop Joe Marler avoided punishment on two counts on Wednesday after allegedly striking one opponent and verbally abusing another during the Six Nations victory over Wales.

LONDON (Reuters) - England prop Joe Marler avoided punishment on two counts on Wednesday after allegedly striking one opponent and verbally abusing another during the Six Nations victory over Wales.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of the most powerful medicine delivered to young patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on Wednesday came in a package less than 32 inches tall and with a tail.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of the most powerful medicine delivered to young patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on Wednesday came in a package less than 32 inches tall and with a tail.