Новости за 29.12.2014

Shake Shack, known for its fresh burgers and shakes, filed for an initial public offering with U.S. regulators on Monday.

US attorney-general nominee has reputation as tough prosecutor

U.S. crude futures hit a new five-year low, reversing earlier gains on concerns about Libyan supply.

Stewart James Greene has been charged with the murder of Alex Robinson

Here are 6 things a merry holiday-shopping season says about the economy for 2015, says retail analyst Brian Sozzi.

President says US sanctions left Russian economy exposed to plunging oil price

Some of the addicts are now holding down jobs

88 seconds long, 13 million YouTube page views and counting, the first teaser trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" was an event. And frankly, Disney doesn't really have much to worry about when it comes to marketing the seventh entry in the franchise. They can pretty much do nothing and fans will still line up opening day. And so it goes for this Fortune profile on studio CEO Bob Iger, which barely mentions the movie at all (it focuses more on the company's embrace of technology and future non-movie plans)... Читать дальше...

The largest company in the world could grow even bigger with increased mobile-phone market share.

China has blocked people's ability to access their Gmail.

his week in tennis news brought us video from Roger Federer’s charity match along with a classic photo of a freezing Fed. Plus, see footage from Rafael Nadal’s practice session, Andy Murray’s fitness drills and Caroline Wozniacki’s golf outing.

When a man attached his friend's GoPro video camera to his dog's collar, he might have expected some food and sofa-related high-jinks.

A Virgin Atlantic passenger plane safely carried out a "non-standard" landing at Gatwick airport.

Paul Samara was arrested in Blackpool

'A gentle soul, loved by so many and gone far too soon.'

He was trying to avoid storm clouds.

They won't be this cute forever.

Pershing must pay a $3 million fine for violating a rule that requires the firm to protect customers' funds.

While next summer is packed with blockbusters, and every studio is crossing their fingers that they'll have a mega-hit, Warner Bros. probably isn't too worried about "Mad Max: Fury Road." Thanks to two great trailers (one of which cracked our 13 Best Movie Trailers Of 2014), anticipation is through the roof for the franchise reboot, and thus even two magazine covers get a moment in the blogosphere sun. Empire has the latest looks at Tom Hardy in the flick, with the movie gracing the cover of their February issue... Читать дальше...

The New York Jets' head coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik will not be returning in 2015, reports USA Today.

Defence group sells anti-fraud software to governments

Those who claim to speak for the common people had a good 2014, writes Tony Barber

The housing market is cooling off. It may be just what is needed to get buyers back into the market this coming spring.