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Member states and industry lobby join forces to replace ‘too big to fail’ protection with soft options

For the euro to survive, Europe needs political union or a rigid partnership, says Thomas Mayer

Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970-set film, from Thomas Pynchon’s novel, is dazed and confusing

CEO Mark Hurd tells CNBC Oracle is ready to start swinging.

Hedge funds in both the U.S. and abroad are grabbing at investment opportunities in a distressed energy sector.

With 2015 upon us, we figured it was a good time to look back on the movies the millennium has brought us. We've dug into the archives and are re-running our Best of the 2000s pieces, from way back in 2009 when the Playlist was a little Blogspot site held together with tape and string. Each list runs down the top 10 films of each year (it's possible that, half-a-decade on, we'd put them in a different order and even change some of the movies, but we wanted to preserve the original pieces untouched as far as possible). Читать дальше...

Plenty of advertisers have gotten dinged after their Super Bowl ads went off mark. Here's five of the top Super Bowl ad blunders, NBC News reports.

The British government is right to change how performance is ranked on league tables

Prime minister turns to text message democracy to shape policy

Prime minister turns to text message democracy to shape policy

May your wishes all come true this Thursday, Jan. 29, when Parenthood airs its final episode. After [...]

If you've been feeling like you need a little more nutrition with respect to your otherwise blockbuster-heavy cinematic diet, maybe "Madame Bovary" is worth digesting. The adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel, starring Mia Wasikowska, debuted at the Telluride Film Festival last fall, and hit Toronto and London not long after, but failed to make much of an impression. Anyway, it looks like its now headed to theaters, as the first trailer has arrived. Co-starring Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Paul Giamatti... Читать дальше...

Buffett won’t snap up McDonald’s. Someone should

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told CNBC that Russia would consider giving financial help to debt-ridden Greece.

Arizona health officials have asked people who may have been exposed to measles to isolate themselves, a newspaper says.

Feeding a group of children a form of beneficial bacteria helped them overcome a potentially fatal food allergy.

With McDonald's CEO Don Thompson stepping down, experts have some advice for successor Steve Easterbrook.

EasyJet soars to top of main index after broker comments

Brussels shake-up for pensions, crowdfunding and infrastructure

Although company has found life after handsets, it has yet to convince investors

Forget the "Riff" and on with the ripped! Rapper Riff Raff took to his Twitter on Wednesday, Jan. 28[...]

New chief inherits a wide range of pressing challenges worldwide

I'm the worst at predicting which YA franchise will take off and which will die on the vine. I thought both "Divergent" and "The Maze Runner" would flop hard, but clearly there is an audience for these things. And it's not just hardcore fans of the books either, as the mainstream has been turned into fans as well. And so here we are with "Divergent" sequel "Insurgent" and a pre-game-day ad (AKA our marketing budget doesn't allow for spending money on an actual Super Bowl spot) has arrived. I didn't see the first movie... Читать дальше...

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Looks like sometimes the pen(cil) really is mightier than the sword - or at least just as effective.