Новости за 18.05.2018

The major U.S. stock indexes finished mixed Friday as declines in banks and technology companies offset gains elsewhere in the market. Energy companies also declined as crude oil prices closed lower. Bond prices rose, sending yields lower. Industrial and health care companies were among the big gainers. On Friday: The S&P 500 index fell 7.16 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,712.97. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 1.11 points to 24,715.09. The Nasdaq composite lost 28.13 points, or 0.4 percent... Читать дальше...

Despite a choppy week of trading and a mixed finish for U.S. stocks, the market extended its recent streak of relative calm Friday. The S&P 500, the market's benchmark index, notched its 10th day in a row without a gain or drop of 1 percent or more. That's the longest stretch going back to January 26, when the market broke four and a half months of calm with a 1.2 percent gain, which also marked a record high. Just one week later, the market entered an extended bout of volatility that included a rapid plunge of 10 percent in early February.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Campbell Soup Co., down $4.85 to $34.37 The company cut its profit forecast and said CEO Denise Morrison would retire immediately. Nordstrom Inc., down $5.55 to $45.36 The upscale department store chain reported that sales at its established stores, a key metric for retailers, showed meager gains. PayPal Holdings Inc., up $1.60 to $80.79 PayPal is buying Stockholm-based payment processing startup iZettle for $2.2 billion to expand into Europe and Latin America. Читать дальше...

The 27-year-old woman accused of killing her wife in Redmond and trying to cover up her tracks is now charged with attacking a former roommate with a hammer in Seattle.

NEW YORK (AP) — Interest rates are charging higher, and that can be a good or bad thing depending on whether you're saving or borrowing. For savers, it's a long-awaited win. After years of making virtually nothing on their money market accounts and certificates of deposit, savers are finally getting closer to keeping up with inflation. Investors are also getting rewarded with higher interest payments for buying newly issued bonds. For borrowers, though, the math is getting tougher. Loans for a car or house are getting more expensive... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — China is sending conciliatory signals as U.S. and Chinese negotiators meet in Washington to try to head off a trade war between the world's two biggest economies. Beijing has dropped an anti-dumping investigation into imported U.S. sorghum, which it had accused the United States of unfairly subsiding. It has also given approval for a U.S. private equity firm to buy Toshiba's memory chip business. Those gestures could suggest a thaw with the U.S. as trade talks went on in Washington... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. It was a mixed finish on Wall Street as declines in banks and technology companies offset gains elsewhere in the market. Citigroup lost 2.2 percent Friday, and chipmaker Intel fell 2.4 percent. Industrial companies rose. Deere jumped 5.7 percent after forecasting strong equipment sales for the current quarter. Campbell Soup plunged 12.4 percent after cutting its profit forecast and saying its CEO was retiring immediately. Читать дальше...

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SEATTLE (AP) — Copper River salmon arrived at SeaTac Airport early Friday morning. The arrival of fresh Copper River king and sockeye salmon is a rite of spring in Seattle where the fish are prized for their flavor. They typically bring the highest prices at restaurants and fish markets. KOMO reports several Alaska Airlines flights from Cordova, Alaska, delivered thousands of pounds of salmon to the market, where it will then be delivered to restaurants and grocery stores across the country.

HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban-operated airliner with at least 110 people on board crashed into a cassava field just after takeoff from Havana's international airport on Friday. There appeared to be mass casualties as Cuban officials said three people had survived, but had yet to give an official toll. Authorities said there were 104 passengers and nine foreign crew members on the flight, operated by Cubana de Aviacion. An employee of a Mexican charter firm said the plane belonged to the company and it had a six-person Mexican crew.

U.S. stock indexes edged mostly lower in late-afternoon trading Friday, placing the market on track to extend losses from a day earlier. Banks and technology companies fell, offsetting gains by industrial and health care stocks. Energy companies also declined as crude oil prices closed lower. Bond prices rose, sending yields lower. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index slipped 6 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,713 as of 3:28 p.m. ET. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 4 points to 24,718. The Nasdaq composite fell 24 points... Читать дальше...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A 70-year-old woman accused of manufacturing the deadly toxin ricin (RY'-sin) and testing it on fellow residents at a Vermont retirement community has pleaded guilty to possessing it. The FBI says Betty Miller has an extensive mental health history and was arrested last November after telling investigators she made ricin at her home at the Wake Robin community in Shelburne because she wanted to "injure herself." A federal complaint says Miller told investigators she tested... Читать дальше...

HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on the plane crash in Havana (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Residents living near the site of a plane crash in Cuba tell The Associated Press they saw at least some survivors being taken away in ambulances after an airliner with 113 people on board plummeted after takeoff from Havana's international airport. A military officer who declined to provide his name to reporters says there appear to have been three survivors in critical condition from the Cubana flight. Other officials have declined to confirm that. Читать дальше...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — In a story May 10 about indoor farming, The Associated Press inaccurately implied that the farming startup Plenty was pursuing public subsidies to make its business viable. Plenty CEO Matt Barnard has said that "society should consider investing" in this new form of agriculture. But Plenty says it has not sought government subsidies, nor does it believe that public support is necessary for its business to succeed.

LONDON (AP) — Nearly four years after the World Health Organization was accused of bungling its response to the biggest Ebola outbreak in history, the U.N. agency appears to be moving swiftly to contain a flare-up in Congo, in what some experts see as a critical test of its credibility. "The difference between WHO's response in 2014 and now is like night and day," said Suerie Moon, of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland, who was part of an independent panel that assessed WHO's performance back then. Читать дальше...

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RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A nuclear power plant in southeastern Washington shut down unexpectedly Friday. The Tri-City Herald reports the Columbia Generating Station's systems detected a problem having to do with electrical distribution and automatically shut the plant down at 6:51 a.m. Authorities said there is no risk to the public. The 1,207-megawatt plant is the only commercially operated nuclear power plant in the Pacific Northwest and produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Seattle. Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by one this week to 1,046. At this time a year ago there were 901 active rigs. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported Friday that 844 rigs drilled for oil this week and 200 for gas. Two were listed as miscellaneous. Among major oil- and gas-producing states, New Mexico added three rigs and Texas tacked on two. Kansas gained one. Alaska, Colorado, Louisiana, North Dakota and Ohio each shed one rig. Читать дальше...

More than a million chain saws are being recalled because they have a faulty power switch that could fail to shut off the tool. Other recalled consumer products include pottery wheels and playground slides. Here's a more detailed look: CHAIN SAWS DETAILS: Two models of 14 inch chain saws sold under three different brand names at Harbor Freight Tools stores nationwide and at www.harborfreight.com from May 2009 through February 2018. The model number is printed on a label on the bottom of the chain saw. Читать дальше...

LA HABANA (AP) — Una mirada a los mayores accidentes aéreos recientes en Cuba: -18 DE MAYO DE 2018: Un Boeing 737 operado por la aerolínea estatal Cubana se estrella al despegar del aeropuerto internacional José Martí en La Habana con 104 pasajeros a bordo. Las autoridades no reportan víctimas de inmediato. La televisión estatal y medios digitales dicen que el avión se dirigía a la ciudad de Holguín y el accidente ocurrió entre La Habana y el pueblo cercano de Santiago de Las Vegas. -29 DE ABRIL DE 2017... Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors on Poland's Baltic coast have opened a probe into potential environmental damages in the Bay of Gdansk after the sewage system of that Baltic Sea city malfunctioned. The spokeswoman for Gdansk province prosecutors, Grazyna Wawryniuk, said Friday that prosecutors were looking into the cause of the accident and into whether it had endangered the environment or residents. Refuse from Gdansk's main sewage system was redirected as an emergency measure into the Motlawa... Читать дальше...

HAVANA (AP) — A Boeing 737 operated by state airline Cubana crashed on takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Friday with 104 people on board. There was no immediate word on casualties. State television and websites said the plane was headed to the eastern city of Holguin and crashed between the airport in southern Havana and the nearby town of Santiago de las Vegas. The plane lay in a farm field and appeared heavily damaged and burnt, with firefighters spraying water on its smoldering remains. Читать дальше...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Canadian computer scientists helped pioneer the field of artificial intelligence before it was a buzzword, and now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hoping to capitalize on their intellectual lead. "We've been investing massively in AI," Trudeau told a conference of tech entrepreneurs Friday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, before name-dropping several of the Canadian academics he said provided the "modern underpinnings" of the technology during an "AI winter" when most weren't paying it much notice.

LA HABANA (AP) — Medios cubanos reportan que un Boeing 737 con 104 pasajeros de la aerolínea estatal Cubana se estrelló al despegar del aeropuerto internacional José Martí en La Habana. Hasta el momento no hay ningún reporte de víctimas. La televisión estatal y medios digitales han dicho que el avión se dirigía a la ciudad de Holguín y el accidente ocurrió entre La Habana y el pueblo cercano de Santiago de las Vegas. El avión había sido rentado por Cubana, que ha retirado varios de sus aviones... Читать дальше...