Новости за 08.03.2016

TEL AVIV, March 8 (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon took the job promising consumers to cut the cost of banking, just as he once did for mobile phones. His drive to spur competition, however, has provoked a row with the central bank and raised questions over the future stability of the financial system.

CAPE TOWN, March 8 (Reuters) - South Africa will give the green light in the next 12 months to companies looking to explore for shale gas under the semi-arid Karoo basin, the government said on Tuesday, more than six years after firms such as Shell applied for licences.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition alliance launched a campaign on Tuesday to oust President Nicolas Maduro, vowing to hold protest rallies and push for both a recall referendum and constitutional amendment to end his presidency.

Controversy over the Confederate naval jack continued to ricochet around Charleston over the past week.

MILAN, March 8 (Reuters) - Shares in Saipem fell sharply on Tuesday after banks underwriting the oil industry service group's 3.5 billion-euro ($3.9 billion) rights issue cleared most of the unsold shares on their books at a discount to the current market price.

MILAN, March 8 (Reuters) - Shares in Saipem fell sharply on Tuesday after banks underwriting the oil industry service group's 3.5 billion-euro ($3.9 billion) rights issue cleared most of the unsold shares on their books at a discount to the current market price.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Pentagon and Air Force officials will meet on Tuesday with Raytheon Chief Executive Tom Kennedy for another "deep dive review" of the company's long-delayed ground control system for next generation GPS satellites, U.S. defense officials said.

CAIRO, March 8 (Reuters) - Sami Khangy's printing press has a problem: finding paper. A dollar shortage and import controls mean supply is tight. Prices are rising, profits are falling and uncertainty over the fate of Egypt's currency is clouding investment plans.

The world's top women's tennis player, Serena Williams, says she was shocked to hear fellow tennis star Maria Sharapova had failed a drug test, but commended her for showing courage in taking responsibility. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The world's top women's tennis player, Serena Williams, says she was shocked to hear fellow tennis star Maria Sharapova had failed a drug test, but commended her for showing courage in taking responsibility. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

As the official kickoff for Lowcountry track and field, the Sandlapper Classic put on display some of the top athletes in the area last weekend at West Ashley High School.

As the official kickoff for Lowcountry track and field, the Sandlapper Classic put on display some of the top athletes in the area last weekend at West Ashley High School.

There are these things that make you question the order. You see, there almost always is a big, broad, wall between the everyday and the exotic, but every once a while comes along an explosive phenomenon which blows the barrier away. What typically ensues is democratization to various extents, along with a question mark in […]

While female politicians across the country were delivering speeches on the occasion of Women’s Day, one of them was busy riding her Harley Davidson to the Parliament for the day’s proceedings. Ranjeet Ranjan, an MP from the state of Bihar rode on her Harley Davidson Street Bob to the Parliament today. Ranjeet, the wife of popular […]

CHESTER, S.C. — Two people have died after a logging truck and a van collided on state Highway 9 west of Chester.

Resurrecting once again from the worst of situations, as the American motorcycle maker has made another comeback after declaring bankruptcy in April 2015. Erik Buell Racing (EBR) was recently taken over by Liquid Asset Partners and the production line in the Wisconsin factory was commenced on March 1, 2016. Liquid Asset Partners has a long term plan for the two-wheeler […]

KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Two workers at Glencore's huge Katanga Mining copper and cobalt operation in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo died on Tuesday and five remain missing, the mine's chairman said after a 250-metre pit wall collapsed.

* Collapsed wall was more than 250 metres high (Recasts with toll, adds quote, context)

Everyone at Chanel's latest show is sitting front row with a half-mile runway offering up riding boots and "protective" hats to guests including Pharrell Williams and Willow Smith. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).

Everyone at Chanel's latest show is sitting front row with a half-mile runway offering up riding boots and "protective" hats to guests including Pharrell Williams and Willow Smith. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).

Everyone at Chanel's latest show is sitting front row with a half-mile runway offering up riding boots and "protective" hats to guests including Pharrell Williams and Willow Smith. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Some of London's brightest financial technology talents have begun weighing a future elsewhere, worried Britain will lose its hard-won position as an industry hub if it opts out of the European Union in four months.

SANTIAGO, March 8 (Reuters) - Chile's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that declared it illegal to dismiss workers for striking outside of a formal collective bargaining process, a decision that could have ramifications for future labor disputes.

* Carinthia's buyback offer expires on Friday (adds comment from creditors, province of Carinthia)

NO MORE STUMBLING BLOCK – Galing at Puso presidential bet Senator Grace Poe, elated by the Supreme Court decision allowing her to run in the May, 9, 2016, elections, waves to her supporters who celebrate her legal victory during the International Women’s Month celebration at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila yesterday. The SC verdict reversed the earlier decision of the Commission on Elections disqualifying her from running on account of residency and citizenship issues. (Camille Ante) The Supreme... Читать дальше...