Новости за 19.03.2016

BOGOTA, March 18 (Reuters) - Colombia's central bank raised its benchmark lending rate on Friday to 6.50 percent, the seventh consecutive monthly increase, as policymakers grapple with high inflation figures and a deep current account deficit.

SAO PAULO, March 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank plans to auction up to $1 billion worth of reverse currency swaps on Monday, in an indication that policymakers are uneasy with recent gains in the real that could worsen the magnitude of the nation's harshest recession in decades.

A judge on Friday sentenced a Summerville man to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old boy.

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp apologized for hiring dancers dressed as skimpily-clad schoolgirls for its Game Developer Conference (GDC) afterparty in San Francisco on Thursday night, responding to media reports citing attendees' pictures on Twitter and Instagram.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Our species, Homo sapiens, has a more adventurous sexual history than previously realized, and all that bed-hopping long ago has left an indelible mark on the human genome.

Pop-ups and collaborations galore.

The post Rodarte Enjoys Its Best Week Since 2009 appeared first on W Magazine.

(Reuters) - MotoGP's season-opening round in Qatar was overshadowed on Friday by the death of a Tunisian rider who crashed in a support series race.

The town of James Island has a new definition of what makes a tree grand.

March 18 (Reuters) - MotoGP's season-opening round in Qatar was overshadowed on Friday by the death of a Tunisian rider who crashed in a support series race.

VANCOUVER, March 18 (Reuters) - British Columbia pledged on Friday to crack down on real estate contract assignments - dubbed "shadow flipping" by local media - in a new effort to help cool down red hot housing markets, particularly in the Vancouver area.

Here’s the big secret of NCAA recruiting: Your grades in high school matter, too.

"The Who" band members donate a space for teens with cancer at a New York hospital.

"The Who" band members donate a space for teens with cancer at a New York hospital.

"The Who" band members donate a space for teens with cancer at a New York hospital.

(Reuters) - General Mills Inc said on Friday it would begin putting labels on U.S. products that contain genetically engineered ingredients, a move it said was forced by a Vermont law that will require food packages in that state to include such information on July 1.

(Reuters) - General Mills Inc said on Friday it would begin putting labels on U.S. products that contain genetically engineered ingredients, a move it said was forced by a Vermont law that will require food packages in that state to include such information on July 1.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - England's Joe Root hit a sparkling 83 to lead them to the highest-ever run chase in World Twenty20 cricket and a dramatic two-wicket victory over South Africa in Group One on Friday.

NASA's Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin launch en route to the International Space Station. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

NASA's Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin launch en route to the International Space Station. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

NASA's Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin launch en route to the International Space Station. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - An ex-employee of Western Asset Management Co pleaded guilty on Friday to repeatedly accessing his former supervisor's email account after leaving the financial firm, conduct his lawyer said stemmed from a concern he was being criticized.

March 18 (Reuters) - Hedge funds wounded by recent stock market gyrations may struggle to pressure companies and reap the benefits of their activist campaigns, lawyers and bankers at Tulane Law School's corporate law conference in New Orleans said this week.

March 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Aviva Premiership matches on Friday RESULTS Bath Rugby 21 Newcastle Falcons 19 STANDINGS P W D L F A B Pts 1. Saracens 16 12 1 3 413 282 7 57 2. Exeter Chiefs 16 11 0 5 402 258 11 55 3. Wasps 16 10 0 6 402 288 8 48 4. Northampton 16 9 0 7 341 257 10 46 5. Leicester Tigers 16 10 0 6 345 326 5 45 6. Harlequins 16 8 1 7 395 399 9

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Celeste Perosino was investigating possible crimes committed by Argentina's central bank during the "Dirty War" military dictatorship decades ago before her team was disbanded by the new conservative President Mauricio Macri.

VANCOUVER, March 18 (Reuters) - Canada's Environment Minister on Friday approved a liquefied natural gas export project proposed by Woodfibre LNG in British Columbia, after an environmental review found the project was "not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects."