Новости за 16.05.2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies have found it can be tough to do business in China. Now, as more Chinese firms invest in the United States, U.S. companies are finding it can be hard to contend with the Chinese on…

HONOLULU (AP) — As Hawaii pushes to meet its aggressive renewable energy goals, two companies have proposed offshore wind turbine projects for federal waters off Oahu.

Sarah Iler, 26, and the baby's father were driving to the hospital when a tanker truck collided with their SUV

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man who shot two state troopers to death has been convicted of first-degree murder.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero, who faces charges stemming from the arrest and death of Freddie Gray (all times local):

J.C. Penney was upgraded at Robert W. Baird & Co. on its plan to improve business by reaching its $1 billion EBITDA goal.

J.C. Penney was upgraded at Robert W. Baird & Co. on its plan to improve business by reaching its $1 billion EBITDA goal.

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Temporarily raising the body temperature of people who are depressed seems to ease symptoms for up to six weeks, a small new study finds.

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man is dead after crashing a stolen car while fleeing from Florida deputies.

When Yasiin Bey, aka Mos Def, recently dropped his new track “Dec. 99th N.A.W.” on SoundCloud via his online platform "A Country Called Earth," it barely made a splash.

What do you after selling your homes for $60 milion? Go shopping of course.

Coming amid the worst profit slump since the financial crisis, the slowdown may signal companies are preserving cash as economic and political uncertainty whips up

Stephen Feller
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 16 (UPI) -- Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, was found in an international report to be "unlikely" to be a cancer threat when consumed orally.

Court documents

A Texas pastor caused a public outcry last month after he claimed that a cake he bought at Whole Foods was decorated with a homophobic slur.

Jordan Brown, an openly gay pastor at Austin's Church of Open Doors, is now reversing those claims — and dropping a lawsuit he filed against Whole Foods — after the company threatened a countersuit, The New York Times reports.

In a statement on Monday, Brown said:

The company did nothing wrong. I was wrong to pursue... Читать дальше...

Lower Columbia CAP collected 21,126 pounds of food and $340 cash this Saturday through the 24th annual letter carrier food drive in the Longview and Kelso areas.

TEHRAN — Iranian police have arrested eight people in a new crackdown targeting “un-Islamic acts” online such as female models posting images of themselves without their hair covered, state media reported Monday, part of a larger cultural struggle in the Islamic Republic over the country’s future. The arrests follow the detentions of artists, poets, journalists and activists as moderate President Hassan Rouhani’s administration secured a landmark nuclear deal with world powers. The arrests and... Читать дальше...

Oil prices are up, but two well-known producers are bankrupt in a mixed-news day in the oil industry.

Starbucks Corp. said Monday that it has closed an underwritten public offering of senior notes, including the first U.S. corporate sustainability bond. The net proceeds of $500 million in 2.450% senior notes due 2026 will be used to enhance sustainability programs around the coffee supply chain, including procurement from suppliers verified by a third-party for ethical sourcing and the development of farmer support centers in coffee-growing regions. Starbucks said it has a commitment to provide... Читать дальше...

Activist investor Carl Icahn went mostly on a selling spree, reducing or eliminating positions in his portfolio, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late Monday. Icahn eliminated his stakes in Gannett Co. , Hologic Inc. , Mentor Graphics Corp. , and Tegna Inc. Also, the filing confirmed that Icahn had unloaded his last 4.8 million shares of Apple Inc. . Icahn added to his current positions in Herbalife Ltd. and Xerox Corp.

David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital has raised stakes in Apple Inc. , General Motors Co. , Yahoo Inc. and Yelp Inc. in the first three months of the year, according to a regulatory filing submitted Monday. The hedge fund boosted its stake in Apple to 8.21 million shares from 6.28 million in the fourth quarter. It also bought more than a million shares in GM to boost its stake to 15.29 million shares while doubling its Yahoo holding to 4.4 million shares from 2.03 million shares in the previous quarter. Читать дальше...

A new $45 billion gas pipeline to supply energy to Europe is the biggest foreign investment in Greece's history.

ASIC's statement of claim uses 5-minute windows on two trading days to illustrate how Westpac traders planned and executed huge trades to allegedly manipulate the BBSW.

Energy sector given a boost from crude price forecasts

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A prep school graduate convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old freshman girl as part of a game of sexual conquest called Senior Salute will again be free pending appeal.