Новости за 21.01.2016

iPhone assembler Foxconn has offered $5.3 billion for troubled Japanese electronics maker Sharp. Here are five things to know. Photo: Getty Images

German retailer Metro’s global reach across 30 countries was supposed to insulate it from market swings. Instead, turmoil around the world has battered the company, forcing the chain to retrench and refocus on Europe.

Chinese regulators this week cleared Internet video sites of a number of popular shows they consider too vulgar, bloody or superstitious. Photo: iQiyi.com

With Donald Trump receiving a political endorsement from Sarah Palin, WSJ's Jerry Seib discusses whether or not such announcements have lasting impact. Photo: AP

Europe’s safety nets are too small to cope with another large crisis, analysts say, as financial markets endure turmoil around the world.

As prices of older iPhone models fall, Apple is seeking a bigger piece of the smartphone pie in India, ramping up advertising and expanding distribution. The WSJ's Newley Purnell lays out the plan. Photo: Getty Images

Amid a sea of technocrats, bureaucrats and Eurocrats, the popular author stood out among the attendees of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Logitech International SA’s shares surged nearly 9% Thursday after the computer peripherals-maker lifted its full-year profit guidance on the back of record sales of its mobile speakers and online gaming accessories.

Deutsche Bank shares tumbled after the bank warned it would post a full-year net loss on additional charges tied to legal and restructuring costs and the impact of difficult market conditions.

GM’s new $1.2 billion plant will build its premium-brand cars as the country’s slowdown has ratcheted up pressure on the luxury market.

Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles the bulk of the world’s iPhones, has offered about $5.3 billion to take over troubled Japanese electronics maker Sharp.

European stocks paused from a steep selloff after shares on Wall Street pared losses late in the previous session, but Asian shares suffered heavy declines.

French oil major Total SA is likely to report an adjusted net profit close to $10 billion for 2015 down from $12.8 billion the previous year as a result of the oil price collapse, the chief executive said Thursday.

The U.S. citizen Mark Swidan was put in a detention center in Guangdong province, in an unresolved drugs case that rights observers say is baffling in its drawn-out nature.

Ebola, Zika virus and other infectious diseases have catapulted the threat of infectious-disease epidemics to a top spot at the World Economic Forum, where the issue is among its top 10 global challenges.

Koichi Hamada, the economist known as the grandfather of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic program, now has a second job as a composer.

The U.K.-based lender will cut 250 jobs as it shuts cash equities businesses in Asia and pulls out of Taiwan and South Korea.

Woodside Petroleum said it would write down the value of its assets by $1 billion to $1.2 billion, as the global rout in crude-oil prices worsens.

SABMiller reported a fall in third-quarter revenue as the brewer was hit by foreign exchange volatility, although at constant currency, sales climbed strongly.

China’s online censors are ringing in the new year by pulling offline a handful of popular Web dramas.

Japan’s first extensive tests of self-driving cars are occurring in a sleepy beach town called Suzu. The goal is to give a growing number of the nation’s elderly a way to stay behind the wheel.

Intel formed an unusual chip venture with two partners in China that could help address security concerns about imported technology.

Trying to lure Belgians out of their cars, the nation’s rail service has launched a tongue-in-cheek effort to add traffic jams to the World Heritage List.

The International Monetary Fund officially launched its selection process for its top management spot. Few see any serious challenge current chief Christine Lagarde, who appeared to be open to another five-year term.

Venture capital investment dollars in 2015 soared to the highest level since the peak of the dot-com boom but cooled in the fourth quarter amid concerns about the global economy and the run-up in technology startups’ valuations.