Новости за 16.03.2016

SYDNEY, March 16 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open near unchanged on Wednesday, pausing after the market recorded its biggest one-day fall in three weeks in the previous session. The local share price index futures fell 0.1 percent to 5,099, a 2.4 point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark fell 1.4 percent on Tuesday - the biggest one-day fall since February 24. New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.2 percent in early trade. For a s

A firefighter was taken to the hospital for a shoulder injury after a mobile home fire Tuesday on Orvid Street in North Charleston.

SAO PAULO, March 15 (Reuters) - Stock in Grupo BTG Pactual SA, the Brazilian investment bank struggling with fallout from a sweeping corruption probe, fell on Tuesday as the country's top court validated a plea bargain from a senator who implicated the bank and its founder André Esteves.

SAO PAULO, March 15 (Reuters) - Stock in Grupo BTG Pactual SA, the Brazilian investment bank struggling with fallout from a sweeping corruption probe, fell on Tuesday as the country's top court validated a plea bargain from a senator who implicated the bank and its founder André Esteves.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stops by a donut shop in Florida to greet voters as five states head to the polls. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stops by a donut shop in Florida to greet voters as five states head to the polls. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of a U.S. Senate panel and firms working on self-driving vehicles on Tuesday called for national rather than state regulation of the cars to avoid a patchwork of rules that could slow development.

SYDNEY, March 15 (Reuters) - Parliament in the Australian state of Queensland agreed on Tuesday that India's Adani Enterprises Ltd should be granted "all state government approvals" to build one of the world's biggest coal mines, state mining minister Anthony Lynham said.

SAO PAULO, March 15 (Reuters) - The testimony released on Tuesday of a prominent Brazilian senator is leading prosecutors in the widening corruption scandal beyond the graft-ridden oil and electric sector that have been their main focus and into the ethanol industry.

"It’s just another disappointment from the DC (the federal government). It’s not something we were excited to see, but not something that surprises me to see them turn around and pull the rug out from under us. When I looked at offshore drilling jobs was one component to it. This was also about energy independence. We need to...

Healthcare stocks led the way south for stocks on Tuesday, as investors awaited news from the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Healthcare stocks led the way south for stocks on Tuesday, as investors awaited news from the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Healthcare stocks led the way south for stocks on Tuesday, as investors awaited news from the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Healthcare stocks led the way south for stocks on Tuesday, as investors awaited news from the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting. Bobbi Rebell reports.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union risks compromising its human rights values if it fails to ensure Turkey offers proper protection to all refugees under a deal to curb migrant flows to Europe, the United Nations' human rights chief said on Tuesday.

A 24-year-old West Ashley man was arrested Monday after allegedly threatening his girlfriend at gunpoint and choking her because she confronted him about some missing pills.

BOSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Hedge funds on Tuesday lost an estimated $5.3 billion on drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals' stock meltdown, with billionaire investors William Ackman and Jeffrey Ubben taking the brunt of the hit - losing more than $700 million each, according to data from research firm Symmetric.IO.