Новости за 15.05.2015

The supermarket giants have been successfully selling financial products for around 18 years in the UK and the keen rates and discounted deals continue to make them a popular choice.

A recent "Questions of Cash" featured a £79 charge imposed by Amazon for a subscription to its Prime service. The reader, PG, did not have an account with Amazon, let alone a subscription with Amazon Prime. The charge was refunded by his card issuer. We have had responses from several readers with similar difficulties.

I have never hidden from you my pulsating disdain for Simon Cowell and all of his works, so you may be surprised that he features as much as he does in this week's doings. And while I have never gone as far as to claim that the stack-heeled guru of teatime mediocrity is actually in league with the Devil, I do believe that he, at the very least, has Satan's ear. If not his email address.

I suspect many readers will have sat up with surprise on hearing the election result.

There has been a $450bn sell-off of bonds around the world in recent weeks, and on Monday and Tuesday there was further turmoil. Returns on bonds, which move in the opposite direction to their price, had been driven to all-time lows by worries over a European slide into deflation.

There's free beer up for grabs in this week's Bargain Hunter competition. But it's not just any beer: it's a brand new, unfiltered, 6.5 per cent India pale ale from the craft beer specialist And Union.

Concerns about the future strategy of Alliance Trust, the investment company run by Katherine Garrett-Cox, have led the investors' organisation Sharesoc to set up a new shareholder action group. It will campaign on behalf of investors worried about the trust's direction following the recent annual general meeting and the appointment of new directors supported by the private equity firm –and activist investor – Elliott Advisors.

Hasn't the Government put an end to these yet?

Before the presidential race heats up, Congress should pass an open-Internet law, says Jamal Simmons.

Politician accused of presiding over something close to ‘an absolutist monarchy or personality cult’

Rumer Willis rocks an all-black outfit as she arrives at the dance studio in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon (May 13). The 26-year-old actress joined her pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy to start working on their freestyle for the Dancing With The Stars finals next week. “I have no words to express my gratitude and pure [...]

Say what you will about Kristen Stewart, but she became the first American actress to win a César award for her performance in Olivier Assayas' "Clouds Of Sils Maria." Clearly, the collaboration was rewarding for both, and the two are reuniting on a new project. READ MORE: Cannes Review: Olivier Assayas' 'Clouds Of Sils Maria' With Juliette Binoche And Kristen Stewart Variety reports that Stewart will star in Assayas' "Personal Shopper." While the title might sound a bit bland, the premise is anything but. Читать дальше...

QE is so far working well in Europe, whatever its supposed side-effects

JPMorgan upgraded Yum Brands to "overweight," citing a greater "probability" of spinning off the China business.

Ross installs security cameras around his property after claiming he felt ‘unsafe in his own home’

At this point, making fun of Michael Bay and his “Transformers” series seems overdone, yet there are still some new wrinkles left in poking fun at the loud robot franchise, as evidenced by the new Funny Or Die video (via AV Club). The video is short, sweet, and to the point: a few of the infamous set pieces in Bay’s 'Transformers' series with normal scenes from other movies cut in as inserts of civilian casualties. The destructiveness of the heroes of Bay’s series only grows more ludicrous as the video goes on... Читать дальше...

Engineer under scrutiny in Philadelphia train derailment, the best and worst airline rewards programs for 2015 and Pat Monahan of the band Train.

How to snap out of it when you realize you're going through the motions at work; how picky is your small business about the way a resume looks; and for you franchise owners...why the turnaround plan at McDonald's is a yawn.

Dropbox is building off Dropbox for Business in order to grow in the higher-education sector.

Fewer drug-related incidents have been reported to police since the policy came into being, while demand for emergency rooms has plummeted.

Miners and oil stocks drag FTSE 100 down slightly

It’s been a minute since we’ve seen actor and fashion line creator Tara Subkoff, known for "The Last Days of Disco,” “The Notorious Bettie Page” and her breakthrough ‘90s role in the teen drama “All Over Me” (though if you’ve paid close attention, you’ll note she’s made recent appearances on “The Kroll Show”). But she’s been up to something: her feature-length filmmaking debut “#HORROR,” which she directed, wrote and produced. Inspired by actual events, “#HORROR” centers on a group of 12-year-old... Читать дальше...

With her swimsuit on and an open heart! Jessica Simpson brought her incredible body to the arid dese[...]

She now 'sees' sounds and 'hears' colours but has lost all memory of her life before the accident.

The upfronts and digital newfronts were a spectacle.