Новости за 08.06.2012

Workers who exercise regularly earn 9% higher pay on average than those who don't. Jack Hough on Lunch Break explains why. Photo: Getty Images.

Stefanos Chen on Lunch Break shows us the latest homes vying to be WSJ's House of the Week, including a high-altitude house in Lake Tahoe, a Spanish-style home in Oklahoma, an English manor in Atlanta and a Bedford, N.Y. home built from the remnants of an old dairy barn. Photo: Steve Turner.

Homes are getting big again. As the economy slowly improves and some consumers' anxieties ease, buyers are upsizing again-though there is far less demand than before for huge houses loaded with upgrades. Robbie Whalen has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Chris Hardesty for The Wall Street Journal.

President Barack Obama discussed the euro-zone crisis and the overall state of the U.S. economy on Friday morning. Kathleen Madigan reports on Markets Hub. Photo: AFP/Getty Images.

Markets will react to a Panamax-sized container of China data slated for release Saturday and Sunday. Plus, Spain looms large, Apple's developer's conference kicks off and jobless claims arrive, Laura Mandaro reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Reuters.

Where did Google, Carl Icahn and Jon Corzine rank in this week's Winners & Losers? David Benoit discusses on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.

Friday, Jun. 08, 2012

Of all of the creatures of the earth, baby cheetahs look the most like Eddie Munster. The Smithonian National Zoo in Washington just released this photo taken about a month ago when the cubs were 17 days old.

Bottoms up, claws out! One of the Smithonian National Zoo's cheetah cubs makes fast work of a bottle of milk.

Nobody subscribes to living statues anymore: Due to declining circulation, the newspaper man of Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid will soon become digital-only with a paywall. Читать дальше...

Chesapeake plans to sell assets in three transactions totaling more than $4 billion in cash, as the natural-gas company struggles against mounting debt. Daniel Gilbert reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.

Dig into the theories and conjecture about the deeper meaning of Facebook's embarrassing performance after the initial public offering, and you can at least gain some insight into the market and investor behavior. Chuck Jaffe reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Reuters.

Tennis Now’s Blair Henley covers the men’s semifinal matches at Roland Garros. Women’s singles finalist Sara Errani wins her second Grand Slam doubles title of the year, and retired player Ivan Ljubicic enters tennis politics.

Tennis Now's Roland Garros Preview is now available! View the magazine here: http://www.tennisnow.com/Magazine.aspx

Rafflesia cantleyi, perhaps better known as the corpse flower for its pungent scent, steals everything from its host. Though each blossom can be in excess of three feet across, the massive buds cannot support themselves, and have no leaves, stalks or true roots. Instead, they rely entirely upon their vine host, Tetrastigma rafflesiae, for survival. Harvard researchers have now discovered that food and water aren't the only things the corpse flowers steal - over the course of evolutionary history

In a special double-length Rant Cast European edition regulars Ed and Paul look ahead to the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine, which starts on Friday. Assessing each of the teams, record, manager, best players, chances and haircuts, Euro Cast is the most comprehensive preview of the tournament ever featured, well, on this website at […]

The spiralling global population and over-consumption are threatening the future health of the planet, conservation group WWF warned.

Unpublished estimates show 5,000 homes may be registered in ways to avoid property taxes

A London home has listed for £37.5 million, or about $58 million. The 10,130-square-foot, seven-bedroom home is located in London's St. John's Wood neighborhood. Lauren Schuker has details on The News Hub. Photo: Bruce Thomas.