Новости за 14.07.2017

The latest version of Honda's popular Accord midsize car is lower, wider, lighter and sleeker than its predecessor, and the company says it's faster and handles better.

Maine is implementing a new lottery system for licenses to fish for baby eels, which are worth more than $1,000 per pound on the worldwide sushi market.

Gov. Jerry Brown warned of a California ravaged by forest fires, disease and mass migration if lawmakers fail to renew the state's signature program to fight climate change, which he called "a threat to organized human existence."

U.S. stocks edged higher in early trading Friday as investors sized up quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and other big banks.

Two prominent African-American pastors have filed suit against Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association, claiming soda manufacturers knowingly deceived customers about the health risks of sugar-sweetened beverages.

Residents have been allowed to return to more than a dozen homes that were evacuated after about 50,000 gallons (189,000 liters) of crude oil spilled from a cut underground pipeline in Central Texas.

President Donald Trump has nominated energy lawyer Kevin McIntyre to chair the vacancy-plagued commission that oversees natural gas pipelines and other energy projects.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said its second-quarter profits rose by 13 percent from a year earlier, as the nation's largest bank by assets benefited from rising interest rates and more fee income from investment banking.

While the retail sector as a whole is struggling to keep its head above water — with U.S. sales falling for a second consecutive month in June — e-commerce behemoth Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced Wednesday Prime Day sales surged 60% over last year’s already record breaking totals — surpassing its sales on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

The VanEck Vectors Oil Service ETF (NYSEArca: OIH), the largest oil services ETF and a fund that is heavily allocated to the industry’s biggest names due to its cap-weighted methodology, is off 26% year-to-date, underscoring the vulnerability of this industry to sliding oil prices. Some analysts are expressing concern oil services stocks will remain depressed…

JPMorgan Chase & Co, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, reported a 13.4 percent increase in quarterly profit on Friday as gains from higher interest rates more than offset a drop in bond trading.

Global stocks scaled record highs on Friday, capping their best week in over two months as the dollar stayed close to nine-month lows, with bets on a gradual U.S. Federal Reserve rate hike path and hopes for a strong earnings season boosting risk appetite.

The German Transport Ministry says the country's motor transport authority will examine cars made by Daimler amid an investigation into suspected manipulation of diesel emissions controls.

Oil prices edged higher in choppy trading on Friday and were on track for solid weekly gains following positive demand signals and a reported decline in stocks.

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If congressional Republicans succeed in repealing and replacing "Obamacare," expect a big Rose Garden celebration with President Donald Trump taking credit.

Telecoms company Altice is buying control of Portugal's Media Capital, paying Spain's Prisa 440 million euros ($502 million) for its 94.7 percent stake in the Lisbon company.

By David Haviland, Beaumont Capital Management Today, our world shares a global economy. While the United States still has the largest economy with an $18 trillion Gross Domestic Product1 (GDP), many are surprised to learn that we are now less than one quarter of the world’s economy (versus 40% of the world’s GDP in 19602). When…

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has released a new plan to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare, but votes could still be hard to come by.

PacSun, A&F, Gap, Banana Republic, and J. Crew aren’t bringing customers back to their brick-and-mortar stores.

One of South Korea's hottest YouTube stars is a 70-year-old grandmother whose cool, undaunted style and hilarity are a breath of fresh air in a social media universe that exalts youth and perfect looks.

A report by the Asian Development Bank says Asia will endure extreme heat, rising sea levels, growing losses from severe weather and increasing food insecurity in coming decades as climate change raises temperatures and alters weather patterns across the globe.

Gasoline thieves are out of control in Mexico, tapping into pipelines in broad daylight often with the support of local townsfolks and under the noses of authorities.

A federal judge in Hawaii ordered a loosening of President Donald Trump's travel ban late Thursday, ruling that the Trump administration's interpretation of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling is too narrow.

An Uber driver was charged on Friday with raping a 16-year-old passenger in the eastern Australian city of Brisbane, the second driver from the ride-hailing service to be charged with sexually assaulting a passenger in the city in a week.