Новости за 29.10.2015

Nova Scotia Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan announced Thursday that the government had entered into talks with Bay Ferries, which previously operated a high-speed catamaran on the route. The Portland-to-Yarmouth route was operated over the past season by Maine-based Nova Star Cruises, which failed to meet ridership goals despite receiving $41.5 million in provincial subsidies in its first two years of operation.

Slipping enrollment and struggling competitors have done little to shake the faith that the nation's biggest health insurers have placed in the Affordable Care Act's public insurance exchanges. Aetna executives said Thursday that the exchanges, a key element in the overhaul's push to cover millions of uninsured people, remain a good market, even though the insurer's enrollment in them fell 11 percent to about 814,000 people in the third quarter. Non-profit health insurance cooperatives in South Carolina... Читать дальше...

No matter where and when each game takes place, you know you'll get a hearty historical romp loaded with breathtaking acrobatics, bewildering conspiracies and beautifully realized re-creations of the world's great cities. The Fryes have to fight their way up the corporate ladder before they can take on the mustache-twirling villain — and if they can break up some street gangs and free some child laborers along the way, all the better. Jacob is better with the fisticuffs, while Evie is sneakier... Читать дальше...

Best-Selling Books Week Ended Oct. 23rd. "Career of Evil" by Robert Galbraith (Little, Brown) "The Survivor" by Vince Flynn (Atria Books) "Harry Potter/Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine Books) "Killing Reagan" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (Henry Holt and Co.) "The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire" by Dan Howell and Phil Lester (Random House Books for Young Readers) 'Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins) "Killing Reagan" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (Henry... Читать дальше...

Four months after Jordan Hansell resigned in the midst of NetJets' contract dispute with its pilots' union, he took a job as president of Rockbridge Holdings. During Hansell's time with NetJets, Buffett praised his efforts to cut costs after demand for private jets plummeted in the midst of the Great Recession. Rockbridge is in a position of strength and that gives us a different set of opportunities. Since 1992, Rockbridge has completed more than 300 hotel deals worth more than $5 billion as it mostly buys, improves and resells hotels. Читать дальше...

The bill also extends until Nov. 20 the government's authority to spend money on transportation programs in an effort to buy time for Congress to pass a long-term bill. The measure was sought by the rail industry, which said many railroads were likely to miss a deadline for installing the technology, known as positive train control or PTC.

Stocks dipped Thursday after the U.S. government said economic growth slowed in the third quarter as businesses cut production and drew down their inventories. The Nasdaq composite index sank 21.42 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,074.27. The Dow Jones industrial average has added 109.10 points, or 0.6 percent.

The online business reviews company's third-quarter results topped Wall Street expectations. The maker of action video cameras reported worse-than-expected third-quarter results, along with a weak outlook. The restaurant chain reported worse-than-expected third-quarter results and lowered its full-year profit outlook.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State officials launched an ambitious four-year roads plan Thursday, saying they want to issue nearly $900 million in bonds to pay for the expansion and renovation of Oklahoma's turnpike system, including new tollways in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Gov. Mary Fallin said the new $892 million Oklahoma Turnpike Authority project would be funded through existing revenues generated by state toll roads and could result in rate hikes of up to 16 percent. State Secretary of Transportation... Читать дальше...

Wu Shengli was set up at China's request, apparently triggered by the U.S. decision to have the guided missile destroyer USS Lassen sail within the limit of the newly created islands on Tuesday. A statement released by the Navy said that Richardson and Wu discussed pending port visits, senior leader meetings and "the importance of maintaining an ongoing dialogue." The Chinese took no forceful action during the USS Lassen's sail-by on Tuesday, but on Thursday a Defense Ministry spokesman said China's... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Volvo Cars is working on a kangaroo detection system to avoid costly car crashes in Australia. Volvo already has radar and camera-based technology that detects pedestrians and cyclists and automatically brakes to avoid a collision.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood came into its fall season buoyed by a near-record summer, the comfort of having three aces up its sleeve (James Bond, "Star Wars" and the final "Hunger Games" film), plus a string of studio spectacles geared more for adults than teenagers. Last weekend, in particular, drove home the point, when five new wide releases — most strikingly the $30 million awards season heavyweight "Steve Jobs," with a paltry $7.1 million launch in wide release — all failed to click. The box-office downturn... Читать дальше...

Does Russell Wilson hold on to the ball too long? Or is the Seahawks' offensive line simply that bad? 

The tweet from state Republican chairman Susan Hutchison arrived minutes after Wednesday’s CNBC debate between Republican presidential candidates, and was  predictable boilerplate: “Big story tonight is the unfair and unbiased mainstream media — exposed repeatedly.” Of course, Hutchison was part of that mainstream media for years as a news anchor at KIRO-TV. Still, generations of Republicans have found that attacks on the “MM” are a way to fire up the troops, bring in campaign cash and wage psychological warfare. Читать дальше...

DENVER (AP) — One marijuana business hosts an annual golf tournament in Denver to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. Huron's company donates to One Colorado, a gay rights advocacy group, but he declined to say how much. "Good Chemistry exemplifies a local business who is committed to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Coloradans by treating their employees fairly as well as giving back to the community," he said in a statement. Another marijuana business, The Clinic... Читать дальше...

[...] that could one day expand beyond New York as cable companies try to appeal to younger people who have grown comfortable watching TV via Netflix or Hulu without a traditional cable box. "Where we're headed is the ability of customers to access the complete video product without having to rent a set-top box from us," said CEO Rob Marcus on a call with analysts. Comcast is also trying to appeal to millenials with Stream, a TV service that cuts out the cable box and, when using Comcast's app, only works on mobile devices and computers. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International plans to shift some of its casino-resort real estate into a separate company that will lease the properties back to MGM to boost value for shareholders and give both companies more flexibility to grow. The Las Vegas-based casino giant announced Thursday it would create a real estate investment trust, or REIT, called MGM Growth Properties LLC that would own 10 of its casino-resorts and assume $4 billion in debt. Meghan Repko, a spokeswoman for MGM Resorts... Читать дальше...

Kingston has been promoted to vice president and assistant general manager for baseball operations after serving as an assistant under former GM Jack Zduriencik. Allison was promoted to vice president of player personnel and will oversee all aspects of the Mariners' scouting department.

MILAN (AP) — Wealthy Chinese remain the No. 1 buyers of luxury products worldwide, appearing inured to economic turmoil at home as they zigzag the globe in search of deals on everything from handbags to jewelry, according to a new study by Bain consultancy. The study released Thursday by the Altagamma association of Italian luxury producers forecasts that global sales of personal luxury goods will jump 13 percent to 253 billion euros ($276 billion) this year. The study noted that a plunge in the... Читать дальше...

Customs officers stopping travelers coming and going from the United States have found drugs disguised as cream filling in cookies, in bags of coffee, bottles of rum, and stuffed inside bricks of frozen meat, among other places. Depending on how much experience they've had, (officers have) probably seen every consumer method under the sun, said Anthony Bucci, the public affairs specialist for Customs and Border Protection's New York regional office. Customs officials made 153,000 drug seizures... Читать дальше...

Watch out for more than just ghosts this weekend: the Alaskan Way Viaduct will be closed for its semiannual inspection.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen is sticking with planned investments at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee — including production of a new SUV there next year — despite the uncertainty caused by its emissions scandal. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Volkswagen AG equipped 482,000 diesel engine models with software that disabled emissions controls when cars were not on test stands.