Новости за 08.02.2016

You would be forgiven for thinking the sky is falling at the Walt Disney Company. In the six months since CEO Bob Iger sent media stocks tumbling after he spoke of “modest” subscriber declines at ESPN, we’ve seen story after story predicting a doomsday scenario for the house that Mickey built.

The city would be required to count homeless people on the streets four times a year under newly introduced legislation.

The internet caught on fire this week with reports that the infamous "pickup artist" Daryush Valizadeh, known as Roosh V, was going to hold "pro-rape rallies" around the world in 165 cities and 43 countries on February 6.

Nebraska's Jessica Shepard earned her conference-record ninth Big Ten freshman-of-the-week award on Monday.

Oil futures fell Monday to settle below $30 a barrel, pressured by ongoing fears about the global oversupply of crude and a lack of action among major producers to cut output. March West Texas Intermediate crude finished at $29.69 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down $1.20, or 3.9%. That was the lowest finish since Jan. 21.

– The Alaafin of Oyo is in trouble for alleged criminalities and has been dragged before the International Criminal Court – In 2014, the inspector general of police was asked to investigate the Alaafin but he ignored the order – One of the allegations against the Alaafin is that he planned to bomb Oloja’s palace […]

The fiscal plans upon which the Chancellor has built his reputation are now hanging by a thread

Een 64-jarige vrouw uit Brooklyn heeft na veertig jaren intensief alcoholmisbruik een enorme bult op haar rug gekregen. Ook in haar nek en op haar armen verschenen grote bulten. Het fenomeen staat bekend als Madelung-ziekte.

Turkije en Duitsland willen hun NAVO-bondgenoten om hulp vragen bij het volgen van de vluchtelingen die vanuit Turkije via de Egeïsche Zee Griekenland en vervolgens West-Europa proberen te bereiken. Dat heeft de Turkse premier Ahmet Davutoglu maandag gezegd na een onderhoud met de Duitse bondskanselier Angela Merkel over de vluchtelingencrisis.

Most polls point to Donald Trump winning the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday. Right now he maintains a double-digit lead over any of his competitors.

Oil futures fell Monday to settle below $30 a barrel, pressured by ongoing fears about the global oversupply of crude and a lack of action among major producers to cut output.

Ma Bell’s old switching centers and phone companies’ data center warehouses are on the auction block as telephone companies downsize for more modern wireless services.

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Tesla Motors fell as much as 10% on Monday, adding to a slide that's brought the shares to their lowest level in two years.

They are now trading below $150 apiece, down about $90 from where they ended 2015.

Investors are worried that production delays will put undue strain on the company's balance sheet.

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas laid out his fears in a five-point note on Monday morning. The problem, specifically, is the delayed launch of the Model X SUV. Читать дальше...

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After giving his opinion once on the CBS Super Bowl game show Sunday, the network's officiating expert, Mike Carey, apparently hit the showers.

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BALTIMORE (Reuters) - An FBI agent on Monday accused lawyers for a convicted murderer of manipulating cell phone records in their bid to get a retrial for the Maryland slaying made famous by the podcast "Serial."

Adnan Syed, 35, is serving a life sentence for the 1999 strangulation of his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Syed's lawyers are seeking a new trial based on new evidence amid questions about the fairness of the case that were raised by the podcast in late 2014. Читать дальше...

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will draft a Rs 1,100-crore plan to draw 6 TMC water from Mulshi dam to fulfil the city's drinking water demand in 2047.

Billboard Dance is proud to present its brand new discovery series, Radar, spotlighting Aussie live/electronic outfit RÜFÜS as its introductory...

| For a club which has screened plenty of bold and independent films ever since its inception in 2014, Saturday came as a bit of a surprise.

The Bharati Vidyapeeth police's hunch that the driver of a multi-utility vehicle (MUV) may have helped four hitchhikers rob a passenger near Katraj on January 31 paid off.

The district authorities are now targeting housing societies to increase seeding of Aadhaar details with ration cards.

Russia's Defense Ministry is ready to have a "professional and expeditious" dialogue with all interested parties, including representatives of the European Union and NATO, amid snap drills in the country's south, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Monday.

Derek Fisher has been fired as the head coach of the New York Knicks, the team announced Monday.