Новости за 14.12.2015

A group of bankruptcy scholars have come out against possible changes to a Depression-era law that could wiggle their way into the spending bill currently before Congress.

Like the drive for minimum-wage increases, a seemingly well-intentioned idea has plenty of drawbacks.

New York furniture designer Richard Wrightman constructs his elegantly utilitarian look with Japanese discoveries and premium basics. Here are his best recommendations.

Senior White House officials are meeting Monday with American Muslim and Sikh leaders increasingly concerned about violent attacks on members of their communities in supposed retribution following recent terrorist incidents in the U.S. and Paris.

In the face of staggering debt loads for law school graduates, one Texas school is lowering its price tag.

Energy company Kinder Morgan shares are falling (again), but may be close to the bottom. Disney and XL Group insurance are up after Barron's publishes positive stories on the stocks.

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has dropped 15 pounds in the last year, doesn't drink or smoke and could be "the healthiest individual ever elected" president in U.S. history, according to an effusive physician’s note released by his campaign Monday.

Christmas puddings, panettones, candy canes: The edible gifts really pile up at this time of year. Here’s how to turn them into desserts your guests will actually want.

Obama visits Pentagon as part of anti-terrorism tour, how would an independent Donald Trump run work and some oddball holiday gifts.

Central African Republic’s National Election Authority has extended a vote on a constitutional referendum in areas where violence prevented people from going to the polls.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade this week, but what it does after that could look different than last time.

The U.S. junk-bond rout deepened Monday, with the bonds of dozens of low-rated companies falling anew and the shares of some large fund-management firms tumbling as well.

The prospect of a U.S. interest-rate rise has heaped pressure on metal prices since the summer, but an increase this week won’t spell the end of the pain being felt by gold, copper and other metals.

France’s center-right heavyweights challenged the authority of their leader Nicolas Sarkozy and positioned themselves for primaries late next year within minutes of the party winning a majority of regions in elections Sunday night.

Most drone owners will have to register their devices starting next week under rules aimed at controlling the proliferation of unmanned aircraft that officials fear threaten public safety.

Fearing terrorism is perfectly reasonable.

The WWE star talks about his roles in 'Trainwreck' and 'Sisters.'

The governing Popular Party is likely to win Spain’s general election Sunday but could lose its absolute majority, the latest round of opinion polls show.

China’s new pledge to depeg its currency from the U.S. dollar underscores a difficult fact for Beijing: the U.S. Federal Reserve could blunt its efforts to rekindle Chinese growth.

President Barack Obama gave an update on progress in fighting Islamic State, saying the group is being hit harder than ever by the U.S. and allies, and that it is losing territory. Photo AP

There are reasons to vary our hair-washing routine, but shampoo ‘immunity’ isn’t one of them, says Nicole Rogers, an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Tulane University School of Medicine.

LGI Homes’ focus on first-time buyers is helping it outstrip other builders.

Google is turning to a new kind of customer for growth: people on low-cost smartphones in poor countries. CEO Sundar Pichai is to makes his first official visit to India this week.

Egyptian investigators examining the wreckage of a Russian passenger jet that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula haven’t turned up evidence of terrorism, contradicting a conclusion by the Russian spy agency and raising questions about the probe.

Natural-gas prices touched a nearly 14-year low in the U.S. as forecasts of mild weather may worsen a glut of the fuel.