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How major US stock market indexes fared on Wednesday Energy companies led U.S. stock indexes mostly higher Wednesday as crude oil prices rose. Banks and other financial stocks declined as bond yields headed lower, which will mean lower interest rates on loans and lower profits for banks.

Film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs sent an email to academy members Wednesday detailing the new protocols for announcing Oscar winners developed after the best-picture flub at last month's Academy Awards. The academy's Board of Governors discussed its ongoing relationship with PwC, formerly known as PricewaterhouseCoopers, and established the new controls at a meeting Tuesday night. Besides banning cellphones, the academy is adding a third balloting partner to the telecast, and bringing... Читать дальше...

Westinghouse Electric Co., the U.S. nuclear unit of Japan's Toshiba Corp., filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, calling into question the future of a number of billion-dollar nuclear projects under construction, including two in the U.S. Nuclear power is cleaner than generating electricity with coal or natural gas, but building a nuclear reactor is much more complex and prohibitively costly. [...] some older nuclear plants are being shuttered and the four nuclear reactors Westinghouse is... Читать дальше...

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Sixty-two percent of Americans turned thumbs down on Trump's handling of health care during the initial weeks of his presidency, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released Wednesday. Of six changes the failed House GOP bill would have made to President Barack Obama's law, five drew more negative than positive reviews. An overwhelming 8 in 10 opposed the Republican proposal to let insurers boost premiums on older people. By wide margins, people also disliked proposed cuts in Medicaid... Читать дальше...

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is moving, along with his boss President Trump, to revive the beleaguered coal industry.  He lifts moratorium on new federal coal leases, but admits "there has not been a rusk in the past few years for coal leases."

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's top health official got strong pushback Wednesday from lawmakers of both parties about deep cuts the White House is pressing in medical research, public health and social service programs. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price also dodged repeated attempts by Democrats to flush out the administration's next move on the Obama-era health insurance law. While Price said he personally values and admires the work of both agencies, he suggested that... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling health care, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Most oppose key elements of the short-circuited GOP proposal to overhaul President Barack Obama's health care law, including Medicaid cuts and surcharges for people whose coverage lapses. [...] more oppose than favor replacing income-based subsidies with age-based subsidies for people buying insurance, 48 percent to 16 percent. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some international travelers are citing politics as a factor in whether to visit the U.S. this year, according to survey research by the tourism marketing agency Brand USA. Travelers from India, Japan, Brazil and South Korea were the least sensitive to the U.S. political climate as a factor against visiting, but their likelihood of visiting also decreased over the three-month period, just less dramatically than the others. When international travelers were asked in December and... Читать дальше...

President Trump should make public his income tax returns, said Republican Rep. Dave Reichert, but not in a way that "could violate the privacy of all American taxpayers."

Disney moves Magic Kingdom metal detectors to ticket center (AP) — Walt Disney World is moving its metal detectors to an earlier entry point at its most popular park, Magic Kingdom.

A video from a helicopter flown by the Chilean Navy showing an unidentified flying object releasing something into the atmosphere has been confirmed by an agency in the Chilean government to be official and unexplained so far.

Energy companies led U.S. stock indexes mostly higher in early afternoon trading Wednesday as crude oil prices rose. THE QUOTE: "It's sort of a yawn today in the market," said Jeff Zipper, managing director at the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. [...] some of that investor optimism dimmed in recent weeks after the Trump administration's bid to pass a bill intended to begin repealing the Affordable Care Act failed to win enough votes. RH, formerly Restoration Hardware, climbed 13 percent a... Читать дальше...

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled Wednesday that Dr. Hannah Ryan allowed an inaccurate temperature to be recorded when the nurse returned to Britain from a stint in West Africa treating Ebola victims. The nurse's temperate was over 38 degrees centigrade — an elevated temperature that can be an early sign of infection — but a lower temperature was recorded.

A lack of coolant circulation could cause the engine to overheat, causing a crack in the cylinder head, according to Ford. If that happens, pressurized oil can leak through the crack, and if it hits a hot surface, could cause and engine fire. If parts are available, dealers will install a coolant level sensor and a warning light on the dashboard telling owners if the coolant level is low, Weigandt said. Door latches have been a major problem for Ford vehicles during the past three years, resulting... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Talks with a Chinese company seeking a stake in a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by the family of Jared Kushner are over. The Kushner Cos. confirmed Wednesday that negotiations with Anbang Insurance Group to help fund redevelopment of the family's office tower on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue have ended. Jared Kushner sold his stake in the building as part of his agreement with the Office of Government Ethics, but his family would have stood to benefit from an Anbang deal. A senior White... Читать дальше...

A notorious computer hacker whose anti-Semitic rhetoric matches the swastika tattooed on his chest, the 31-year-old views online trolling campaigns as a modern form of an age-old political tactic. Trolling ( http://apne.ws/2mPU2Gk ) is a calling card of the "alt-right" — an amorphous fringe movement that uses internet memes, message boards and social media to spread a hodgepodge of racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny and xenophobia. Targets of The Daily Stormer's "Troll Army" have included prominent journalists... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The electric utilities that own two nuclear reactors under construction in South Carolina say they're committed to finishing the project despite the bankruptcy of builder Westinghouse Electric Co. [...] the utilities have signaled their commitment to keeping the project on track as part of an agreement filed in Westinghouse's bankruptcy proceedings.

With just three games left on their spring slate, the Mariners are facing some questions in their rotation after left-hander Drew Smyly was scratched from his final spring training start on Friday following a bullpen session on Tuesday.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk. Symptoms are caused by the immune system attacking the fatty coverings on nerves in the brain and spinal cord that protect them, much like insulation on electrical wiring. For patients with primary progressive MS, life span on average is shortened by six years, said Dr. Fred Lublin, director of the MS center at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. Читать дальше...

John Schneider and Pete Carroll both spoke at the owners meetings this week. Here are some of the headlines (courtesy of Twitter) and some takeaways: Emphasized an interesting name in the secondary — Pierre Desir. Said he had chance to sign with Lions 53 last year but stayed on Sea PS. — Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) […]

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): Major U.S. stock indexes are mixed in midday trading as losses by banks outweigh gains in other parts of the market. Drugmaker Depomed dropped 3.9 percent after the company replaced its CEO late Tuesday and shook up its board. Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street led by declines in utilities and real estate companies.

Medicare does not cover health expenses overseas, but some Medigap policies and short-term travel medical insurance do. Pauline Frommer, editorial director of the Frommer's travel-information company, and John DiScala, a travel writer who goes by JohnnyJet on Twitter, both favor T-Mobile, which has a plan that allows free roaming and unlimited data in more than 100 countries. Travel experts are divided over whether President Donald Trump's proposed travel bans and anti-immigrant rhetoric will put Americans in more danger overseas. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More people signed contracts to buy U.S. homes last month as warm weather and rising confidence appeared to encourage consumers to look for houses. Lawrence Yun, the Realtors' chief economist, suggested that a rising stock market had helped bolster confidence. Investors bid up rates in part out of expectation that President Donald Trump's plans to cut taxes and increase spending on defense and infrastructure would raise economic growth and inflation.

The Galaxy S8 features a larger display than its predecessor, the Galaxy S7, and sports a voice assistant intended to rival Siri and Google Assistant. Samsung has blamed the Note 7 fires on multiple design and manufacturing defects in its batteries. Inspectors concluded that the initial batteries were too small for their capacity, and that their external pouch put pressure on the internal structure, leading to damage and overheating. Samsung recalled the phones and shipped replacements, but the... Читать дальше...