Новости за 29.01.2016

Acura

Acura's brand-new NSX supercar will be featured in a new ad running during Super Bowl 50.

The ad, called "What He Said," is set to Van Halen's hit, "Runnin' With the Devil" — which is set against the melody of the NSX's turbocharged V6 engine.

The $156,000 supercar is loaded with next-generation hybrid technology, which includes three electric motors that work in tandem with the gasoline-powered engine, producing an estimated 573-horsepower combined. 

Acura's press people call it "the only supercar designed... Читать дальше...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A vaccine for the Zika virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of infants, could be ready for emergency use before year-end, one of its lead developers said on Thursday, a timetable well ahead of estimates by U.S. officials.

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LONDON (Reuters) - An EgyptAir mechanic whose cousin joined Islamic State in Syria is suspected of planting a bomb on a Russian passenger plane that was blown out of Egypt's skies in late October, according to sources familiar with the matter.

So far Egypt has publicly said it has found no evidence that the MetroJet flight, which crashed in the Sinai Peninsula after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh airport, killing all 224 people on board, was brought down by terrorism. Читать дальше...

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Good morning. Here's everything you need to know in the world of advertising today.

1. Facebook admitted it's worried about ad blockers. The company highlighted ad blocking technologies as a significant risk factor in its annual 10-K filing.

2. James Murdoch is chairman of Sky again. He resigned from the position four years ago.

3. IBM acquired digital agency Resource/Ammirati.The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016, Adweek reports. Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - Xerox Corp will split into two companies and give activist investor Carl Icahn three seats on the board of one of the companies, the Wall Street Journal reported.

One of the companies will house Xerox's hardware operations and the other its services business, the Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Icahn will be given the seats on the board of the company holding Xerox's services business, the Journal reported. Читать дальше...

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For the last 10 years, Doritos has run a contest which gives fans the chance to get their own advert played during the Super Bowl. The winner also gets $1 million and incredible CV points.

Fans loved it. So why does Super Bowl 50 mark the last ever contest? Business insider spoke to Dortios-owner Frito-Lay's chief marketing officer Ram Krishnan to find out.

He said: "It was 2006 when we created this program. The context was different. The consumer target was millennials... Читать дальше...

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States and Britain have monitored secret sorties and communications by Israel's air force in a hacking operation dating back to 1998, according to documents attributed to leaks by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

Israel voiced disappointment at the disclosures, published on Friday in at least two media outlets and which might further strains ties with Washington after years of feuding over strategies on Iran and the Palestinians. Читать дальше...

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Switzerland’s Vollgeld “Full Money Initiative”

I can pretty much guarantee you that the biggest story not being covered in the traditional business press right now is that Switzerland is holding a referendum later this year to consider ending fractional reserve banking (!).

Yes, you read that correctly. That paragon of the banking industry is voting on whether to deconstruct banking as it has been practiced for centuries. In case you cannot read German, let... Читать дальше...

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Frankfurt (AFP) - Retailers in Germany clocked up their strongest annual increase in sales in 21 years in 2015, with business expanding by 2.7 percent, official data showed on Friday. 

German retail sales, a closely watched measure of household confidence, eased by a fractional 0.2 percent in December alone, the federal statistics office Destatis calculated in a statement.

But retailers' sales jumped by 2.7 percent during the whole of 2015, which was the strongest increase since 1994... Читать дальше...

Mitchell Pearce speaks to the media today. Photo: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images A contrite Sydney Roosters captain ​Mitchell Pearce is heading to an overseas rehab clinic for treatment for alcohol issues, he said at a media conference this afternoon, but his future may now depend on the meaning of two words used by someone in the apartment where the drunk Origin player was filmed simulating sex with a dog.

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LONDON (Reuters) - British engineering company Rolls-Royce is cutting a few dozen senior management jobs, the latest move by its chief executive to revive a company reeling from low oil prices and a slowdown in aero-engine servicing.

CEO Warren East, who took the helm in July, wants to cut the company's cost base by 150-200 million pounds a year by 2017.

Fewer than 50 senior managers at Rolls-Royce, or roughly a quarter of managers at that level, will leave over the coming months... Читать дальше...

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The gap is widening between Rome and Brussels. The reasons are both diverging interests and increasing domestic pressure on the government. But how far will this fight go in 2016?

A year ago, Italy was widely thought to be on the right path by EU leaders.

Matteo Renzi, a member of the Democratic Party appointed as Prime Minister, was going forward with his reformist agenda, including a labor reform and an overhaul of the Italian electoral and constitutional... Читать дальше...

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Geneva (AFP) - UN-mediated peace talks aimed at ending Syria's conflict are scheduled to kick off Friday, but the absence of key opposition members threatens to derail the biggest diplomatic push yet to resolve the nearly five-year-old civil war.

The Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee, which met in Riyadh on Thursday, said the opposition group would not attend the negotiations in Geneva until an agreement is reached on aid entering besieged towns.

Even though Donald Trump did not attend the Fox News debate on Thursday night, he was mentioned in the very first question of the night.

Photo: Getty. The legal battle between Patrick O'Connor and the ANZ is over after the former bond salesman decided to withdraw his unfair dismissal claim against the bank.

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As unseemly waves of an increasingly ideological debate confront parts of the European political elites, powered by fears of an immigration crisis, I’d argue that political nationalism, as we knew it, is diminishing in real and practical terms. Its killer wasn’t one of the old ideological enemies – socialism or communism or social democracy – it’s the Internet, and the borderless consumerism it has enabled.

World economic leaders gathered last week in Davos... Читать дальше...

Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images Australian stocks closed the session higher but lost the month.

prpix.com.au via Getty Images Atlas Iron, cutting costs as hard as it can to try to catch falling iron ore prices, is still having trouble getting its operations to be cash positive even after turning some of its contractor payments into profit sharing.

Fox News

Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer said after Thursday night's Fox News Republican debate that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) might have come away a big winner.

Speaking with Fox moderator Megyn Kelly shortly after the debate ended, Krauthammer said the former Florida governor turned in a strong performance — possibly the best of the night out of all the candidates on stage.

"I thought it was, interestingly, the best night that Jeb had in all of the debates," Krauthammer said. Читать дальше...

Photo: Charles Croucher/ Twitter. Malcolm Turnbull caught the tram to work this morning, joining the thousands of Melbournians making their daily commute.

REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Donald Trump wasn't onstage at the Thursday Fox News Republican debate.

But his presence was certainly felt.

He was, quite literally, right down the road, hosting his own event. He dominated the social-media conversation. And from the minute the debate started, Trump's rivals were forced to confront Trump's absence amid a high-profile boycott.

"For one night, he beat Fox News," wrote NBC senior political editor Mark Murray on Twitter.

The... Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has just stunned financial markets, taking official interest rates into negative territory.

Voting 5-4 in favour of the measure, the bank announced that it will charge an interest rate of -0.1% for excess reserves parked at the bank by financial institutions.

It also stated that it will be willing to cut interest rates further if necessary.

Akin to the same policy implemented by the Swiss National Bank, the BOJ announced that... Читать дальше...

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New parents aren’t the only ones clamoring for more flexible work arrangements. Near-retirees are also increasingly looking for schedules outside of the traditional 9-to-5.

More than two-thirds of American workers now want a flexible transition into retirement, according to a new report from the Aegon Center for Longevity and Retirement.

The top reasons for wanting to work in retirement include a desire to keep active, enjoying work, and financial concerns.

René Redzepi at Noma Australia. Photo: Jason Loucas The wait list for Rene Redzepi's Noma Australia at Barangaroo in Sydney is reportedly 27,000 people long, but there's one way to jump the queue and do some good at the same time.

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Over the past year, global markets have been weighed down by concerns about China's economic growth, which sank to a 25-year low in 2015. That decline darkened the outlook of many U.S. companies which are dependent on the Chinese economy. Yet one such company — Starbucks — doesn't seem worried at all.

During last quarter's conference call, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said that the coffee chain was "just getting started" in China, its largest market outside the United States. Читать дальше...