Новости за 07.01.2015

She has been charged with a number of offences.

My choice of Tegan Passalacqua and Morgan Twain-Peterson as The Chronicle’s 2015 Winemakers of the Year came with a not-so-subtle message: It’s time to take Zinfandel seriously again. Of course, true believers in Zin are shaking their head this moment, wondering what I mean. Let me explain: No variety has endured more of a cultural

Jean-Luc Godard doesn't do "awards." Generally, whenever Hollywood has reached out a hand to the New Wave legend, Godard has, at best, looked at it, and at worst, completely ignored it. But this week, the filmmaker's latest digital arthouse collage movie "Goodbye To Language" was the surprise winner of the National Society Of Film Critics' Best Picture, and His Holiness Godard actually responded. The filmmaker sent a note to Richard Lorber, the president of his film's distributor, Kino Lorber, and it's perfectly, well, Godard-ian. Читать дальше...

Muni, like transit agencies pretty much everywhere, has warned riders to keep their cell phones in their pockets while riding the bus or train. But it appears there’s getting ready to be a major exception. Muni and tech company Globe Sherpa have announced that sometime this summer they’ll start testing an app that allows passengers to pay their fares with their phones. But don’t get too excited if you’re a FastPass user. To begin, the app will allow the purchase of single-ride tickets and three- and seven-day passports used mainly by visitors. Читать дальше...

We're only seven days into 2015, and it's likely the MPAA will do something else silly, but the group's latest rating for "Fifty Shades Of Grey" is their most MPAA-est in quite some time. Of course, the mom-approved, sexytimes movie was always going to get an R-rating, unless the filmmakers really played things safe, but it's the description that's particularly interesting:  So, for all you millions who bought the best-selling piece of former fan-fiction and enjoy fantasizing about (or engage in) light bondage or dominance/submission play... Читать дальше...

Enrollment has dramatically slowed on the federal Obamacare exchange since before the Christmas holiday

Barron's economics columnist Gene Epstein tells Jack Otter that he is donating his entire Social Security to charity, and urges others to do the same.

The pros weigh in on what to expect from the market and where to invest.

James Comey says Pyongyang ‘got sloppy’ in cyber assault on studio

Today we're daydreaming about Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba.

Refusal to endorse EU treaty change on UK visit

Refusal to endorse EU treaty change on UK visit

Key global commodity’s dramatic price falls mean analysts could miss big changes in other markets

Trying to pick an absolute bottom in any market is a fool’s errand, but there are a few signs that a turn may be coming, says "Fast Money" trader Brian Kelly.

Company urged to put its stock market indices business on the auction block

Hedge fund manager to target shares for potential falls

Flight to quality debt indicates interest rate expectations anchored

A surge in U.S. gasoline and diesel supplies spells more trouble for oil prices but is good news for consumers.

The world's cartoonists remain defiant.

With crude oil now at $48, many energy companies may now be operating in the red, and with debt payments to come. CNBC's Kate Kelly reports which companies are on the watch list.

According to comScore, online spending from desktop computers raked in $53.3 billion in November and December.

As television has turned into the premiere format for creative artists and the shows themselves have become more cinematic, ambitious, and daring, so too have the opening credits of these shows evolved. There’s an art to the sophisticated, inky silhouettes of the opening titles for "Mad Men," or the Southern Gothic rot on display in the terrific titles for “True Detective.” And yet, lest we forget, TV credits in the 1980’s—especially those for shows that fell within the confines of the science fiction... Читать дальше...

A national day of mourning has been declared for tomorrow.

International risks cited by Fed officials among reasons for caution