Новости за 24.07.2015

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss earlier this week filed paperwork to operate a bitcoin exchange called Gemini for both individual and institutional investors in New York state, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

Charleston Mayor Joe Riley has agreed to an independent review of the July 17 incident in which a carriage horse fell down on East Bay Street.

NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - Investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss earlier this week filed paperwork to operate a bitcoin exchange called Gemini for both individual and institutional investors in New York state, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

(Reuters) - Apple Inc said it had removed Nest Labs' Internet-connected thermostats from its U.S. online and retail stores, a year after the home automation maker was bought by Google Inc for $3.3 billion.

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a private dinner with family members after arriving in Kenya. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a private dinner with family members after arriving in Kenya. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a private dinner with family members after arriving in Kenya. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

MONTREAL (Reuters) - An industrial contamination lawsuit brought a quarter century ago has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada, bringing an end to a case dating as far back as 1924 that involved black tar so sticky that horses caught in its grip had to be shot.

NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed U.S. corporate tax reforms on Friday including a sliding scale for capital gains taxes, greater transparency for stock buybacks and changes in executive compensation to encourage long-term economic growth.

* Weak China factory data dents oil demand outlook (Recasts; updates prices to settlement)

TORONTO, July 24 (Reuters) - Canadian mining-focused investment bank Edgecrest Capital has put itself on the auction block, hurt by a prolonged downturn in the natural resource sector that has hit fees and activity, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

TORONTO, July 24 (Reuters) - Canadian mining-focused investment bank Edgecrest Capital has put itself on the auction block, hurt by a prolonged downturn in the natural resource sector that has hit fees and activity, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

CURITIBA, Brazil, July 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors presented formal charges against Marcelo Odebrecht, head of Latin America's largest engineering firm Odebrecht SA , and Otavio Marques Azevedo, CEO of Andrade Gutierrez , and 20 others on Friday.

CURITIBA, Brazil, July 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors presented formal charges against Marcelo Odebrecht, head of Latin America's largest engineering firm Odebrecht SA , and Otavio Marques Azevedo, CEO of Andrade Gutierrez , and 20 others on Friday.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - Staff economists at the Federal Reserve see a quarter-point U.S. interest rate increase this year, according to forecasts the Fed mistakenly published on its website in a gaffe that drew criticism about its ability to keep secrets.

CHICAGO, July 24 (Reuters) - A law aimed at shoring up two of Chicago's financially shaky public worker retirement systems violates pension protections in the Illinois constitution, a judge ruled on Friday.

It is not uncommon for visitors to London to raise a quizzical eyebrow when confronted with their taxi fare after a short journey across the capital. But a group of tourists who were asked for £206 after travelling less than a mile by rickshaw have more cause for complaint than most.

(Note: Paragraph six contains language that readers may find offensive)

Some 100 Moroccan journalists and activists demonstrated Friday in front of the parliament in solidarity with an editor on a monthlong hunger strike over his treatment by the government.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland on Friday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland on Friday.

(Por Claudio C. Coppola)

Luego de realizar un breve estudio focalizado en los antecedentes del Taladro en Copas Argentinas, podemos remontarnos a la era amateur para encontrar registros de partidos disputados entre el Taladro y el Xeneize.

El primer enfrentamiento fue en 1914 por la Copa Competencia de 1ra. División de la Asociación Argentina. Читать дальше...

Clemson went 1-1 against SEC teams for two of its top prospects on Friday, picking up a commitment from defensive end Xavier Kelly of Wichita but losing out on offensive lineman Bryce Mathews of Brentwood, Tenn.

Widely regarded for his sharp legal reasoning, the federal judge overseeing Dylann Roof’s potential death penalty prosecution is an author of black history books and, in a way, an activist for racial integration who has decided some of the Lowcountry’s most contentious lawsuits and sentenced some of its most prominent criminals in...

NASA details the latest images of Pluto collected by its New Horizons mission. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).