WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, James Schnurr, said he plans to retire from the agency. Schnurr had suffered a serious bicycle accident in April and is continuing rehabilitation. The former vice chairman of Deloitte became the SEC's chief accountant in Oct. 2014. "Jim has been a strong leader--encouraging improvement in audit quality and working to facilitate other important goals, including consistent implementation and application of... Читать дальше...
HONG KONG (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. and Hong Kong are launching a $1.4 billion expansion of the southern Chinese city's Disneyland resort that includes the company's first themed areas based on the movie "Frozen" and Marvel superhero characters.
HONG KONG (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. and Hong Kong are launching a $1.4 billion expansion of the southern Chinese city's Disneyland resort that includes the company's first themed areas based on the movie "Frozen" and Marvel superhero characters.
The Hong Kong government, which owns a controlling stake in the resort, said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Disney for the expansion, which also calls for renovating the park's castle and adding an attraction based on Disney's new animated film "Moana." Hong Kong is striving to improve its competitiveness as an Asian tourism destination following the June launch of Shanghai Disneyland, a $5.5 billion resort that many had feared would siphon off mainland Chinese visitors to the Hong Kong park.
Homebuying activity rose in October for the second straight month to a new cyclical high, a sign the housing market is stabilizing as the year comes to a close.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Lindsay Lohan left comments on two of Ariana Grande's Instagram posts over the weekend, telling the "Side to Side" singer she was wearing "too much makeup."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new record high Tuesday morning just above 19,000 as the stunning market rally since the election of Donald Trump continues on Wall Street. The blue chip index went as high as 19,015 shortly after the opening bell. The Dow, which includes 30 brand name stocks such as Coca-Cola, […]
The claims of adviser to UN special envoy for Syria Jan Egeland that the implementation of a UN humanitarian plan in Aleppo depends on Moscow and Damascus is a distortion of facts, the evidence of opposition’s readiness to stick to it may be fake, a Russian diplomatic source told Sputnik.
The chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, James Schnurr, said he plans to retire from the agency.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel's order Monday requires the Ferguson-Florissant School District to adopt cumulative voting, a process in which voters may cast a number of votes equal to the number of seats to be elected.
Egypt’s highest court overturned a life sentence against ousted president Mohammed Morsi and cleared 18 other senior Muslim Brotherhood officials, some facing the death penalty, in a long-running espionage case.
Sales of previously-owned homes were stronger than expected in October as buyers turned out in force despite lower inventory and higher prices.
Sales of previously-owned homes were stronger than expected in October as buyers turned out in force despite lower inventory and higher prices.
A nearly complete dodo skeleton is sold at auction for £280,000.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices staged an abrupt retreat in early trading Tuesday as doubts lingered over OPEC coordination.
British star James Corden says he is "truly honoured" to be hosting next year's Grammy Awards.
A number of Hollywood stars voiced their support for rapper Kanye West in the aftermath of his alarming hospitalization.
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Tim Allen went on Fox News' "The Kelly File" on Monday night and brought a different perspective to the election of Donald Trump than most in Hollywood.
The star of ABC's "Last Man Standing" (still best known for hit '90s sitcom "Home Improvement") touched on what he calls the "hypocritical" talk that comes out of the entertainment world about the president-elect.
“What I find odd in Hollywood is that they didn’t like Trump because he was a bully," Allen said. "But... Читать дальше...
A Westlands Water District lobbyist who was leading the Trump transition team’s Interior Department planning has dropped Westlands as a client, though his transition responsibilities remain unclear. Meanwhile, a former … Click to Continue »
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson dismisses U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's call for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington, saying in parliament that there is no vacancy for the job
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WOLFSBURG, Germany - Volkswagen is putting the Americas at the heart of the turnaround plan for its core VW brand, pinning its hopes on new higher-margin SUVs and electric cars to rebuild its image following the diesel emissions cheating scandal.
Europe's biggest carmaker is battling to recover from the biggest business crisis in its history after admitting last year to cheating U.S. diesel emissions tests.
Key to this will be a turnaround plan for its mass-market VW brand... Читать дальше...
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MSNBC reports source says Trump believes Clinton ‘has been through enough’
In a bid to win European Union antitrust approval of its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, Microsoft has proposed concessions that would allow rival professional social networks access to its Outlook programs.
