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A small, offbeat gem of a film that has finally made it to U.S. theaters, David and Nathan Zellner’s "Kumiko the Treasure Hunter" (which incidentally features the all-time Lettuce D’Or winner for Best Performance by a Rabbit), was one of the quieter success stories of the 2014 festival circuit. The strange, sad, bittersweet story of a lonely Japanese woman, played with perfect self-contained command by Rinko Kikuchi, who finds a VHS tape of the Coen Brothers’ "Fargo," and, conflating reality and fiction... Читать дальше...

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed into law a religious freedom act that the state's business community strongly opposes.

Higher tuition fees prompt £9bn increase in student debt

Reported incidents up a quarter and that is likely to be the ‘tip of the iceberg’

A step in the right direction — but only big six providers take part

Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips talks about how his organization will advocate for states to ignore the new EPA carbon rules. He speaks with WSJ’s Amy Harder at the ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Move to appoint Murilo Ferreira seen as an effort by the government to reassure capital markets

Lenders continue to ignore borrowers looking to remortgage for lower interest rates

If you want to vote on the Elliott Advisors’ proposal, you’ll need to prepare in advance

Nan Tucker McEvoy, the last member of The San Francisco Chronicle’s founding family to run the 150-year-old newspaper and a prominent olive oil producer, philanthropist and Democratic Party activist, died Thursday morning at age 95. The granddaughter of M.H. de Young, co-founder of The Chronicle, Mrs. McEvoy was the longtime chair of the board of Chronicle Publishing, which included the morning daily, KRON-TV, Chronicle Books and other media holdings. Whether she was helping get the Peace Corps program off the ground... Читать дальше...

It's more effective than the classic 'shove everything in and hope for the best' technique

Get out the varsity jacket! Sports comedy Coach is headed back to television for a new sequel series[...]

Companies like Cameron International and Bed Bath & Beyond have seen their shares lag the market since 2013, USA Today reports.

CEO John Chen says he's happy with BlackBerry's performance now that it has posted a second-straight quarterly profit.

The Fed finds itself in an uncomfortable position heading into its first rate-hiking cycle in nearly a decade.

As always with the world of Terrence Malick, nothing is official until the movie is on the screen, so take this bit of news with a grain of salt. But perhaps, if anything, this news indicates that the director's next film is finished. According to fansite One Big Soul (via The Film Stage), Malick's next, music-scene movie starring Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett is now titled "Weightless." The intel comes from a credit sheet belonging to Supervising... Читать дальше...

Fifth consecutive week of losses for the commodity

Morgan Stanley’s Porat heads west; BHP, Petrobras, O2 and football also in the news

Those who think the Tories would not move against a sitting prime minister forget Thatcher’s fall

The joke was on this clown in the end.

Whoa there! Jake Gyllenhaal looks nearly unrecognizable as boxing champion Billy “The Great&rd[...]

Jean Rogers, CEO and founder of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, speaks with WSJ’s Jefferey Ball at the ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Environmentalism is more than a movement. It’s also big business. Andrew Steer, CEO of the World Resources Institute, and Mark Tercek, CEO of the Nature Conservancy, speak with WSJ’s Kim Strassel at the ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Adidas' U.S. sales slipped 7 percent in 2014, falling behind Under Armour to third place. Company wants to change that.