Новости за 16.09.2015

Budweiser maker AnheuserBusch InBev wants to buy Miller maker SABMiller, in what could be one of the top six corporate takeovers in history.

Fantasy sports website DraftKings has been the biggest advertiser on television in the past week, having spent $20 million on ads airing 5,800 times, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Netflix isn't the only one in the streaming business.

With Amazon Prime, you can buy a discounted pair of sneakers and stream some great movies as well.

Amazon Prime contains a wide selection of new and old movies. If you have a subscription, it's a great opportunity to explore some flicks you might have missed.

Here are the 17 movies best movies on the streaming service you may have missed.

"Amelie" (2001)

What it's about: The titular Amelie tries to help others... Читать дальше...

The Federal Reserve makes a momentous decision on Thursday, and it may finally raise US interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis.

Real-estate mogul Donald Trump has a target on his back at the big CNN presidential debate Wednesday night.

Apple's big new software updates for iPhones and iPads is coming Wednesday. It's called iOS 9, and it'll be available as a free download.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced" will be the most-produced play nationwide in the coming 2015-16 season, according to the theater industry's largest trade group.

Olive Garden's "Never Ending Pasta Pass" is back. 

For $100, the pass offers seven weeks straight of unlimited pasta, breadsticks, salad, and Coca-Cola beverages.

The restaurant is selling 2,000 passes, including 1,000 that extend the unlimited pasta offer to your entire family. The passes go on sale Thursday at 2 p.m.

The pasta passes were so popular last year — which was the first time they were offered — that Olive Garden's website crashed right before they went on sale. Читать дальше...

Warning: There are spoilers ahead if you haven't read the book.

"The Martian," the sci-fi bestseller praised for its exhaustive attention to scientific detail, has a movie adaptation coming out on Oct. 2.

The movie closely follows the novel and, like the book, is chock full of science — and emphatic, curse-ridden one-liners.

The story follows astronaut Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, and his struggle to survive on Mars after his crew is forced to leave him behind. How do... Читать дальше...

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local):

Apple's big new software updates for iPhones and iPads is coming Wednesday. It's called iOS 9, and it'll be available as a free download.

The FTSE 100 closed up 1.49% to 6,229.21 on Wednesday, after brewing giant SABMiller confirmed that rival drinks giant Anheuser Busch InBev is planning to buy the company to create the world's biggest brewing firm.

You're probably a pretty intelligent person. But you could very well be acting in ways that make you look like a complete idiot.

A new video has surfaced that shows some kayakers paddling among a pod of humpback whales when one of the animals emerges from the water and into the air, landing right on top of them.

The average American kid under age 19 gets 12% of his or her calories from fast food. 

Basketball just got a big upgrade. 

The sporting equipment maker Wilson revealed on Wednesday its new Wilson X Connected Basketball, a classic regulation-size ball embedded with sensors to track how well you are shooting.

The smartball connects through Bluetooth with an app that can be downloaded on iOS and Android (Google Play is slated to come in October).

The app tracks the total time spent playing, the amount of shots taken and how many points were scored. To get started... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are accusing Republicans of blocking confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the U.S. international aid agency amid the international migration crisis.

Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman, the founder of $19 billion Pershing Square Capital Management, slammed the US government on Tuesday night for keeping all of the profits from mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Justices on Maine's highest court are skeptical about an appeal by a man who was stripped of his right to a lawyer because he couldn't get along with five earlier ones.

Kathmandu (AFP) - Nepal's parliament passed a new national constitution on Wednesday, weeks after political leaders reached a historic agreement to create a federal state following an earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people.

San Pedro Huamelula (Mexico) (AFP) - A small drone buzzes above a pristine Pacific beach in Mexico as troops stand guard, seeking to deter poachers from snatching sea turtle eggs that end up on restaurant menus.

Santiago (AFP) - Airport workers have staged a 24-hour strike in Chile, grounding flights across the country and disrupting travel plans for some 50,000 passengers.

Vice President Joe Biden blasted real-estate magnate Donald Trump on Tuesday.

New York (AFP) - Serena Williams put a brave face on her shock US Open defeat, unveiling her latest fashion collection in New York with Anna Wintour and rumored boyfriend Drake in the front row.

The woman who survived an on-air shooting that killed two TV journalists in Virginia says the gunman never said a word.