Новости за 09.02.2015

An heir to the Benihana fortune is accusing a multi-billion dollar hedge fund of trying to force her to sell, USAToday reports.

The farmer has reportedly been offered huge sums of money for the piglet.

The victim was arrested days before for possessing child pornography.

New York Fashion Week pulls in nearly $900 million each year, according to a report.

Oil prices have rebounded recently, but Barclays' Michael Cohen doesn't think the rally will last.

Beijing seems to share the Russian view that America organised the uprising in Ukraine

Germany has been sacking Greece and other Mediterranean economies for years, and the Hellenic revolt against austerity is overdue, says Peter Morici.

Cash is king when it comes to credit cards. Even the most affluent prefer cash back to other rewards.

Shane Meadows has made a career of chronicling the messy complications of regular life. Whether it's in his ongoing "This Is England," or in efforts such as "Somers Town" and "Twenty Four Seven," the filmmaker has taken an observational and personal approach to storytelling. But for this latest effort, he turns the camera to a close friend, the result is "The Living Room," and you can watch the whole thing right now. Running just a shade under forty-minutes, the documentary — which circles back to a few years ago ... Читать дальше...

Starting Monday, a "curated" selection of movies and series from Netflix will be available for streaming in Cuba.

Dish's Sling TV opened for business, but is it ready to compete with cable companies? Here's what you need to know.

'They did not seem like professionals, as they didn't target valuable stuff' said Madam Gong

M&A experts forecast there will be more major pharma deals in 2015 — but the U.K. won’t be a focus and the deals won’t be done for tax reasons.

Huawei is the next Chinese tech powerhouse hoping its products soon find their way into the American psyche.

You should never laugh at the misfortune of others.

'The taste was like a cross between rabbit and pigeon - quite a strongish meat.'

Mexican marijuana growers are losing out as legal weed proliferates across the United States, Global Post reports.

If you think the leader of the country should have a smouldering, sexy stare then Mr Miliband may well be your man.

Crackdown seen as a danger to British inward investment

Slowdown in US output seen as vindication of oil cartel’s policy not to cut production

"...it had a different ending but in the middle of shooting, I knew it was a piece of shit," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu told us quite candidly last month. "I felt it and the film began to breathe by itself, and the characters began to grow. I went in and wrote it with Alexander [Dinelaris] and Nico [Giacobone], and I am so happy that I changed it. Now I feel very good about the ending. It feels very fair." But what about the scrapped finale? At the time, Inarritu didn't share with us what he originally had in mind... Читать дальше...

Leaked documents show Swiss private bank provided untraceable bricks of cash to clients

Apple's increasing market share of the smartphone market is well-known. But its profitability now has some perspective.

Investor demand for Microsoft's seven-tranche dollar bond, was expected to be $7 billion in size, is nearing $$26 billion, Reuters reported.

McDonald's global same-store sales shrank 1.8 percent last month, which was worse than analysts had been expecting.