LONDON (AP) — Grieving fans mourned the death of pop star George Michael as British charities praised his behind-the-scenes generosity on behalf of numerous causes.
Determined, innovative leader Strong morale builder Excellent results In this very competitive retail environment, Best Buy stands out among retailers by achieving increases in sales and earnings despite the competition from the internet in general and Amazon in particular. Since September 2012 CEO Hubert Joly has ledc the company. His [...]
Residents of Umuezeaka Ngbo community in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi state have fled their home over the strange birth to conjoined twins
Russia's largest oil and gas contractor has signed three contracts with Gazprom energy company to build stretches of the gas pipeline in northwestern Russia, Gazprom documents published Monday indicate.
A suicide bomber attacked a cattle market on Monday in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, the city worst hit in the seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack but it bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram and comes days after President Muhammadu Buhari said the jihadist group's key camp in its last remaining enclave had fallen. Buhari said the fall of the camp in the group's Sambisa forest base after an offensive by Nigeria's... Читать дальше...
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to oversee a commission to investigate the causes of the crash of the Tu-154 passenger jet, which went down Sunday in the Black Sea not far from the city of Sochi.
Main Investigations Directorate the city of Moscow opened the preliminary check of the circumstances of the death of a 46-year-old Iraqi diplomat in Moscow, according to the press secretary.
China's first aircraft carrier and five other warships passed by Taiwan and sailed into the contested South China Sea on Monday, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said.
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Not long ago I had dinner in my hometown of Darien, Connecticut, with one of the best sources on the inner workings of the U.S. Treasury bond market. Our dinner took place at the Ten Twenty Post bistro, the same restaurant I wrote about in my first book, Currency Wars.
It was there that a friend and I invented the scenario involving a Russian and Chinese gold-backed currency that we played out in the Pentagon-sponsored financial war game described in that book. Читать дальше...
Hunan Sanxiang Bank, backed by China construction equipment billionaire Liang Wengen, opened its doors today in Changsha. Liang’s main holding company Sany Group and a subsidiary of Shanghai-listed Sany Heavy Industry will own a combined 30% stake in the bank after investing a total of $132 million. Liang Zaizhong, Liang Wengen’s [...]
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow has launched an ambitious building program aimed at creating a “Museum Town” just steps from the Kremlin. The creation of such a complex was a dream of the museum’s founder, Ivan Tsvetaev. The plans involve completely reconstructing the current complex and adding galleries underground.
Читать дальше...(ATTN: CHANGES headline and lead, ADDS more details) SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- Senior officials from South Korea and Vietnam will hold a meeting this week to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral military cooperation and curb North Korea's nuclear th
Khaled Meshaal praises UN Security Council motion on settlements, but calls for more steps against Israel.
Like 2016, Apple is expected to come out with new versions of its signature devices — the iPhone, iPad, iMac and MacBook in 2017. Apple had altogether a good year if we look from the lens of the iPhone 7 demand and AirPods. Yet, toward the end of 2016, the company started suffering from a slew of software issues with many of its devices. In the coming year, the company is expected to cover more ground with its devices, especially since rivals such as Samsung Galaxy Note series will be out of the running, at least for the first half of the year.
Army chief Tukur Buratai said the roads - Gubio-Damasak and Maiduguri-Monguno-Baga - which have been closed since 2013, must also be secured and guarded.
Apple starts opening up on its AI research with its very first paper.
The Japanese mobile company installed special rolls of paper in bathrooms at Tokyo's Narita Airport. Looks like toilet paper, except for the writing on it, which says "wipe your smartphone with this."
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye planned to head the K-Sports Foundation after her retirement, one of two foundations standing at the center of an ongoing corruption scandal rocking the country, testimony showed Monday. The chief
We know that house shopping in San Francisco can often feel like a one-two punch. First there’s the hit that comes from knowing that some of the homes that listed for almost a million dollars in the last year are straight-up tear-downs. Then there’s the knockout knowledge that even if you do find a place
L.L.Bean offers a '100% satisfaction guarantee' on all of its products meaning they will accept all returns with or without the receipt however long ago you purchased the item. We spoke with Business Insider reporters about why this return policy is easily the best there is.
Читать дальше...Here are five common misconceptions about Social Security that you should know the facts about.
And we could fall two more spots in the next 15 years.
By Rick Kahler via Iris.xyz Over 25 years of writing this column, I have often discussed the value of a static buy-and-hold asset allocation with periodic rebalancing. This means investing specific percentages of your portfolio in several asset classes (a few of which are stocks, bonds, commodities, and real estate). Then, at least once a year,…
