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And it isn't just that they drive on the right on Russia.

Here's a riddle for you: A director is casting his new blockbuster film for a major studio. His son, who is an actor, is up for the lead role as the plucky youngster who saves the world. The director worries it will look like nepotism to cast him, and so he doesn't. Later, the director is fired from the project. His replacement resumes looking through the casting footage, but when it comes to that same actor's audition, the new director exclaims: "I can't cast him, he's my son!" Can this be possible? Читать дальше...

Nepal's earthquake damage will put it among the most expensive earthquakes in recent history relative to a country's economic size.

Frozen just got iced out. Furious 7 continues to break box office records and, as of this weekend, h[...]

Harley's incoming CEO raves about the electric bike favored by Scarlett Johansson's character in the new "Avengers."

Most consumers who have pre-ordered the Apple Watch will likely have to wait longer than they expected.

Mylan rejected Teva Pharmaceuticals' $40.1 billion buyout offer, saying the cash-and-stock proposal undervalues the company.

The Supreme Court will decide if websites can be sued for publishing inaccurate personal details.

If the UK’s largest nation becomes exasperated with Scotland, then the game is up

How quickly the “Je suis Charlie” moment passed. For a week or two after the jihadi massacres of journalists and hostages in Paris, every trend-hopping celebrity piped up in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo. Inevitably, the wheels soon fell off that bandwagon. Always brash, sometimes crass, never politely liberal, the scurrilous French weekly turned out to have quite as many enemies as friends.

Joan Rivers accomplished a lot in her decades-long career, but one of her most meaningful triumphs w[...]

Weak performance and fiscal and political uncertainty mean sector is lagging behind US

Google employee Dan Fredinburg was one of the 18 climbers thought to have been killed by the avalanche.

Apple could hit new highs very soon, technical analyst Todd Gordon says.

UK state-backed lender continues to retrench from global markets

It’s kind of amazing, considering the trouncing he received with his Oscar-hosting appearance and dismal box-office showing of “A Million Ways to Die in the West” that writer/director Seth MacFarlane, hasn’t shown an ounce of humility in the aftermath of those events, but we suppose he still has the $549.4 million worldwide gross of “Ted” to feed his ego every morning during his “you are still special” pep talk to the mirror routine. MacFarlane was at it again recently, throwing pot shots at low-hanging fruit “Paul Blart 2” during CinemaCon... Читать дальше...

One strategist breaks down an old Wall Street maxim and whether it will work this year.

When Inua Ellams was 15, his family moved from England to Dublin. "Back then Dublin was, how shall I put it, at a youthful stage in its race relations," Ellams says elegantly. "They had these ready-made stereotypes for black kids. One was that I would be into hip-hop. The second was that I would be good at basketball. The problem was that, at the time, I didn't like either."

French IT and consulting group seeks to boost exposure to US market

2) Want Action Man's mobility scooter? Woolworths got your back

Institutional Shareholder Services recommended that activist investor Nelson Peltz be voted onto DuPont's board.

Here's what CEOs can learn from watching the Bruce Jenner interview.

eBay just released data showing than 90 percent of its small businesses are now exporting on the platform.

Miner scrutinised by lawmakers over marketing hub in Singapore

Celebrate National Stationery Week with a handwritten note to show your appreciation. The IndyBest team put pen to paper