Новости за 11.12.2015

The website for Trump Towers, the Manhattan skyscraper owned by real-estate mogul and Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, has been attacked by activist hacking group Anonymous, which disabled it for a time in protest at his anti-Muslim comments.

Bearish sentiment is persisting, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index on pace for its biggest drop in more than two months.

The Crown Prosecution Service said that there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against Rupert Murdoch's newspaper holding company in Britain.

South African President Jacob Zuma said his government's top priority is to maintain a "prudent fiscal position".

Faked number plates, high speed fines, a break and enter and targeted theft were all part of Christopher Wilcox's plan for revenge.

The race is on to make Melbourne a five-minute city.

Fighting broke out among members of Ukraine's ruling coalition in parliament on Friday after a member of President Petro Poroshenko's bloc physically picked up Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk and pulled him from the podium.

While the hype may have faded a bit, 2015 was still a busy year for bitcoin.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a guest house near the Spanish embassy in Kabul on Friday, and said fighting was still going on at the scene.

Global financial markets have turned gloomy as the countdown to the Fed's probable rate lift sparked a selloff among riskier assets.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has acquired the South China Morning Post, a move which simultaneously signals its intention to expand its media influence beyond mainland China while sparking fears around editorial independence at the venerable Hong Kong newspaper.

The fast-talking Australian-born Dow lifer has become the well-known public face of the company during his 11 years as CEO.

Moroccan authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Salah Abdeslam, the Paris attack suspect who is at the centre of an international manhunt, according to the Moroccan police.

Iron ore extended declines for a ninth week with Chinese steel production data on Saturday expected to signal a further weakening in demand.

Dow Chemical and DuPont will join in an all-stock merger of equals that's the first step in a plan to create three new businesses.

Australian Open organisers says the world's top 99 men and 99 of the top 100 women will descend on Melbourne Park in January for the 2016 grand slam tournament.

Hosts and inaugural champions India will kick off the Super 10 stage of the World Twenty20 with a March 15 match in Nagpur against New Zealand in the sixth edition of the tournament offering a record $US5.6 million in prize money.

Hopes of running for presidency of game's scandal-hit governing body dented.

Rest assured, Queensland. If nothing else, this year proved that in times of crisis, there are plenty of strangers out there who have got your back.

Oil and resources are on a downward path and there seems little hope of a rebound on the horizon.

Chris Jordan is on a mission to make multi-national companies pay their fair share of tax and is kicking down doors around the world to make them do it.

Queensland will find out next week how the state government intends to merge its electricity assets, with Treasurer Curtis Pitt due to announce the plan as part of his mid-year economic update.

The weather is hot, the beach is beckoning, and thoughts are turning to sun protection. But tests have found popular sunscreens are failing to live up to their SPF claims.

The New Zealand Breakers preserved their perfect home NBL record with a decidedly hard-fought victory over the Sydney Kings at Vector Arena on Friday.