Новости за 16.07.2015

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles has moved toward becoming the biggest city in the U.S. to allow ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers at the airport.

Two hackers have scored a million frequent-flier miles each on United Airlines for finding security holes in the airline's computer systems.

INDIANAPOLIS - Thomas Easterly informed Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday he will retire from his post as commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, a position he has held since 2005.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Authorities in Kyrgyzstan say four militants linked to an international terror organization have been killed in a shootout in the country's capital of Bishkek.

LAS VEGAS - A Nevada judge on Thursday denied an attempt to unseal a private investigator's report in a wrongful termination case against casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp., Sands China Ltd. and the companies' chairman Sheldon Adelson.

EL SEGUNDO, California - Mattel Inc. (MAT) on Thursday reported a second-quarter loss of $11.4 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California _ Google Inc. (GOOGL) on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $3.41 billion.

LONDON - Bank of England of Gov. Mark Carney is suggesting that interest rates could rise from their record low of 0.5 percent as soon as the end of the year as Britain's economic recovery continues to gather strength.

Comcast is adding another hook to try to keep customers in front of the TV: video games in its set-top boxes.

INDIANAPOLIS - Spending cuts to many state agencies during the past year helped Indiana's state government cash reserves grow to more than $2.1 billion, even as tax collections increased more slowly than expected, officials announced Thursday.

CHICAGO - Grain futures were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

NEW YORK - After weeks in limbo stemming from revelations of sexual misconduct by one of its stars, the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" is officially dead.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California - Here's the latest on the 67th annual Primetime Emmy nominations announced Thursday in West Hollywood, California, by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (all times local):

SAN FRANCISCO - In a story July 15 about Netflix's rapid subscriber growth, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the company executed a seven-for-one stock split last week. The first day of post-split trading of Netflix's stock occurred Wednesday.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Young people in Indiana weren't the only ones caught off guard by an amendment to a state law that banned the use of cellphones for all drivers under age 21.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Rome's mayor is promoting the use of existing venues in the city's bid for the 2024 Olympics.

SEATAC, Washington - A Delta Air Lines flight heading from Alaska to Georgia had to make an emergency stop at the Seattle airport early Thursday after one of its engines caught fire, officials said.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - A once-idled ethanol plant in South Bend is producing and shipping the fuel again.

Jeanne Achille used to find business travel "really depressing" because she never got to sightsee in the places she was visiting.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Heavy rains are flooding major swaths of Guyana's coastal capital and other low-lying areas.

NEW YORK - A broadcast network is still the best place for a television event to get notice. That holds no sway with Emmy voters, though.

INDIANAPOLIS - The city of Fort Wayne has been awarded $862,946 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to purchase and demolish 18 flood-prone structures.

BRUSSELS - As dawn broke in Brussels on Monday, Europe's frazzled leaders gazed into an abyss: the looming exit of Greece from a common currency that symbolized European unity.

NEW YORK - Bruce Willis' daughter is beating her famous dad to Broadway.

MILAN - The Chinese joint venture between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the Guangzhou Automobile Group has announced plans to create a news sales company as it expands its SUV production in China.