Новости за 21.12.2017

L'enquête du Bureau de la concurrence au sujet d'un présumé stratagème de fixation du prix du pain vise au moins sept entreprises, des boulangeries grossistes des chaînes à bas prix en passant par les trois grands épiciers du pays, révèlent des documents de cour.

With all the buzz over woman-directed films this year — from Patty Jenkins’ blockbuster “Wonder Woman” to Greta Gerwig’s indie darling “Lady Bird” — you’d think female filmmakers would have a better shot at the Oscars this year. Far from it. Of the 274 narrative, English-language features eligible for the Academy Awards this year, only 18 percent have a female director or co-director, according to an analysis by TheWrap. Similarly, just 19 percent of 26 eligible animated features have at least one woman at the helm. Читать дальше...

___ Trump celebrates after Congress wraps up massive tax package WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump cheered a massive overhaul of U.S. tax laws Wednesday, saying "we broke every record." Flanked by Republican lawmakers, the president took a bow outside the White House shortly after the House finished its last-minute re-vote to pass the $1.5 trillion bill that provides generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts for middle- and low-income families. Читать дальше...

On Tuesday, Rosie O’Donnell tweeted a lucrative offer to GOP senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz): If they’d have voted against the GOP tax bill, she would give them $2 million each. Neither senator took her up on the offer, and both voted in favor of the tax bill, but O’Donnell was nonetheless accused of openly trying to bribe sitting politicians.

Thomas Mueller scored the decisive goal as Bayern Munich fought to a 2-1 victory over rivals Borussia Dortmund to reach the German Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.

It’s a great time to be studying to be pilot. Just ask Madison Wolf who has only a year of training left at the Metro State University of Denver. “I’ve seen even just in the few years that I’ve been at it they’ve been offering more and more money,” Wolf said. “They’re just trying to...

Manchester United's League Cup defense was ended by second-tier side Bristol City when the holders conceded in the third minute of stoppage time.

Championship club Bristol City knocked out League Cup holders Manchester United in the biggest upset of the 2017/18 season. Jose Mourinho’s men were stunned in the quater-finals of the League Cup. Despite a goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic Man United could not defeat Bristol City. READ ALSO: Real Madrid tell Manchester United transfer target to reject all […]

NASA has approved funding for a mission to Titan, one of the best candidates for life in the solar system.

The Peterborough Petes hit the holiday break on a five-game losing streak. The team is 15-17-1-1 through 34 games.

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In January, around half a million people took to the streets for the Women's March on Washington, DC.

• Facebook, Google, and Bain & Company are the 3 best employers in the US — here's what they have in common
• A mobile banking service is transforming how the poor transfer money — here's how it works
• Billionaire Barry Diller has plans to build a $250 million floating park in New York City, and the designs look incredible

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Brian Kelly believes there are a number of incoming freshman who could see instant playing time in 2018.

Just days after the inauguration, White House Counsel Don McGahn learned—and warned President Donald Trump—that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had probably violated federal laws, according to a new report out Wednesday.

The closing address by newly-elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa at the party's 54 national elected conference which was held at Nasrec in Johannesburg.

The closing address by newly-elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa at the party's 54 national elected conference which was held at Nasrec in Johannesburg.

The memories go with him. As Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio, who served a record 40 years in the job, prepares to vacate his office Dec. 29, a half century of historic photographs are coming down from the walls. They span Vecchio's career as an NYPD officer and Long Island politician. They show him with presidents, astronauts, the Queen of Thailand and other notable figures. “They’ve been here so long,” Vecchio said, seated at his desk under a photo that shows him escorting then Sen. John F. Читать дальше...

"I Tonya" doesn't tell you that the only person Tonya has to blame for her failures is herself.

The drastic pay disparity between Catt Sadler and her E! News co-host Jason Kennedy — who she learned was making “double” her salary for “several years” — is the result of a “cultural norm,” according to a human resources expert.

Book Review: 'Floating Staircase' by Ronald Malfi

Recently I was recommended the book The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi, as someone always looking for a good scary read I went to check it out. Unfortunately the copy belonging to my local library had been checked out, so instead I got a copy of Malfi's 2011 book Floating Staircase which I will review for you today. True this is a horror novel with a ghost, but make no mistake it is the protagonist's own past which is haunting him throughout the plot. Читать дальше...

An Argentine judge on Wednesday ordered searches of the navy headquarters and a shipyard as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in repairs on the submarine that disappeared 35 days ago, judicial sources said.

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Before 13-year-old Rosalie Avila hanged herself in her Yucaipa, California, bedroom last month she left several notes for her family to read when they found her body.