Новости за 03.11.2015

Walgreens says it's willing to divest up to 1,000 stores to win regulatory approval for its Rite Aid purchase, although it expects it won't have to sell more than 500.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Some Kentucky residents who claim a whiskey warehouse is causing black fungus to grow on their homes have received a court's permission to press their lawsuit against liquor giant Diageo.

NEW YORK - For more than five years after a finance executive was found strangled in her bathtub, suspicion swirled around her estranged husband.

NEW YORK - ConAgra Foods Inc. is selling most of its private-label operations to TreeHouse Foods Inc. for about $2.7 billion as part its plan to focus more on name brands including Chef Boyardee and Slim Jim.

LAS VEGAS - Nevada is looking into whether cryotherapy is safe for the general public after the death of a Las Vegas spa worker found inside a phone booth-sized chamber chilled with liquid nitrogen, regulators said Monday.

NEW YORK - Shares of American International Group Inc. slipped in extended trading Monday after the insurer reported adjusted earnings that missed estimates and said it would restructure its business.

TRENTON, New Jersey - Veterinary drugmaker Zoetis, looking to capitalize on increasing global demand for farmed fish, is buying the top maker of vaccines and other health products for aquaculture.

SACRAMENTO, California - The nation's largest bank will pay $100 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging it used illegal methods to collect debts from more than 125,000 credit card holders, the state's attorney general announced Monday.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - For Kelsea Ballerini, one is the luckiest number. Her auspicious debut on the country music scene has earned her a lot of firsts this year, from hit singles to award nominations and big performances.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana - Nearly 100 voters will have until Nov. 13 to cast correct ballots after election officials discovered they voted in the wrong city council districts because of a software coding error, a county clerk said Monday.

NEW YORK - Investigators are still trying to determine what led to the sudden and catastrophic breakup of a Metrojet plane Saturday over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, just 23 minutes after the Russian-operated jetliner took off from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

SAN FRANCISCO - Wearable fitness device maker Fitbit said its net income and revenue more than doubled in the third quarter, topping Wall Street's expectations, but Fitbit's shares skidded after the company announced a large stock sale.

SEATTLE - They can't vote yet, but dozens of young people want a say in the planet's future, so minors nationwide have been suing states and the federal government in recent years to push action on climate change.

LOS ANGELES - Justin Bieber's cleanup work at a homeless shelter has paid off, with a judge agreeing Monday to take him off formal probation in a vandalism case filed after he damaged a neighbor's home with eggs.

LOS ANGELES - Big Sugar and Big Corn face off in court this week in a bitter, multibillion-dollar battle of sweeteners that boils down to a mix of science, semantics and marketing.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Ten-month-old Darina Gromova presses her soft, barely-toddler hands on the window of an airport terminal. "The main passenger," her mother's comment reads, followed by smiley faces.

WASHINGTON - Tracking calories at chain restaurants is supposed to become easier next year, but new studies raise questions about whether the counts actually make a difference for diners and eateries.