Новости за 28.01.2016

NEW YORK - Eli Lilly and Co. on Thursday reported a boost in fourth-quarter profit of on higher sales of its top-selling insulin Humalog and the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis.

PEORIA, Illinois _ Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $87 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Seeking to assert Taiwan's sovereignty and build his legacy, President Ma Ying-jeou paid a visit Thursday to an even smaller island also claimed by China.

TRENTON, New Jersey - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. swung from a tiny profit to a loss in the fourth quarter as it fought multiple headwinds, but it still beat Wall Street expectations.

TOYOYAMA, Japan - Japan unveiled its first homemade stealth plane Thursday as it tries to catch up on the technology and enhance its reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities as China expands its own military presence in the region.

LAFAYETTE, Indiana - A former music pastor at a West Lafayette church will spend four years in prison for attempted child exploitation and possession of child pornography.

BOSTON - A New England Patriots fan was a bit premature when he got a tattoo declaring the team champions of a game they never reached - yet he says he has no regrets.

LONDON - Concerns over the state of the global economic recovery following some cautious comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve weighed on global markets on Thursday ahead of a raft of U.S. economic data.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo unleashed a wave of deadly violence targeting political opponents in a doomed attempt to cling to power after losing a 2010 election runoff, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday as the court's landmark first trial of an ex-head of state got underway.

PARIS - France welcomed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday with a long-term car-making agreement and pledges to boost trade now that a diplomatic deal is easing nuclear tensions.

MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania - A fire has destroyed a central Pennsylvania home where Poison lead singer Bret Michaels once lived as a child.

NEW YORK - Time Warner Cable Inc. on Thursday reported its profit dropped in the fourth quarter as higher costs outpaced a boost in revenue.

MIAMI - A registered sex-offender is accused of trying to kidnap a 3-year-old girl while her family was renting a car at Miami International Airport.

SAN ANTONIO - Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $298 million.

RICHMOND, Virginia - Altria Group (MO) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.25 billion.

NEW YORK - Nasdaq Inc. (NDAQ) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $148 million.

MILWAUKEE - Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $42.2 million.

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania - Hershey Co. (HSY) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $213.4 million.

NEW YORK - Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Holding Ltd.'s third quarter net income jumped ahead of analyst expectations as mobile shopping continued to grow and Chinese customers snapped up items during the holidays.

MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania - Fire has destroyed the Pennsylvania childhood home of Poison singer Bret Michaels.

ATHENS, Greece - IOC President Thomas Bach says the torch relay for this year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will include a stop at a refugee camp in Athens.

MARIETTA, Georgia - The Latest on a highway shooting that left a Georgia State Patrol trooper wounded and the suspect dead. (all times local):

CHICAGO - A grand jury has indicted the wife of a disgraced northern Illinois policeman who embezzled money from a youth program and then staged his own suicide to look like a homicide.

ATLANTA - PulteGroup Inc. (PHM) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $228 million.

LOS ANGELES - Sting is trading "Fields of Gold" for a court of all-stars.