Новости за 07.04.2016

Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela spoke to the press on Wednesday about the "Panama Papers," a leak of documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. (Photo: Getty Images)

Getting 7-Eleven owner Seven & I to jettison its non-convenience-store business should unlock value.

Investors in European banks are wedded to dividend payouts, even though that may be stopping lenders from rebuilding capital and making better profits.

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam won’t be transferred to France for several weeks so Belgian investigators can continue questioning him, the suspect’s lawyer said.

The 2016 presidential campaign has unfolded as the year of the angry, disillusioned voter. Many analysts see this dynamic on both sides of the aisle, inviting odd-couple comparisons between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.

The chair J.K. Rowling sat on while writing the first two books of the Harry Potter series was auctioned in New York City on Wednesday for $394,000. Photo: Getty Images

Dutch voters rejected a landmark European Union trade deal with Ukraine in a referendum Wednesday, a deal that deepens economic and political ties with the former Soviet republic and has already been ratified by the EU’s 27 other member states. Photo: AP.

Financial advisors helping people save for retirement will be required to act in investors' best interest.

Delegates could play a decisive role in deciding their party's general election candidate this year, so who are they and how are they selected? WSJ's Shelby Holliday looks at what it takes to become a delegate. Photo: Getty Images

Toshifumi Suzuki, the 83-year-old convenience-store pioneer who built the Tokyo-based 7-Eleven empire, on Thursday said he would step down after losing a boardroom clash that pitted him against U.S. hedge-fund operator Daniel Loeb. Here are five recent activist battles that have tested corporate Japan:

For the first time in decades, the presidential nomination for both political parties may rest on the unlikely state of New York. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib discusses the history of the state primary and why it matters this year. Photo: AP

The could've-been Pfizer-Allergan mega-merger was scuttled by new Obama administration regulations on corporate inversions and something called "Earnings Stripping." How could these clampdowns be costly to companies with interests overseas? Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer. Photo: AP

Liberated a year ago from Islamic State, Tikrit is being held up by the government and its backers as a success story—despite residents’ complaints about joblessness and militia abuses, Yaroslav Trofimov writes.

According to one Chinese military commentator, the hit film “Zootopia” is proof that the U.S. is waging an "invisible propaganda" war against Beijing.

One of the largest investors in Indian startups, Tiger Global Managment LLC, lost a billion dollars in its hedge fund, even as the value of its venture capital investments in India are being questioned.

Last year Tiger Global Managment LLC made a billion-dollar hedge on its Indian investments as concerns about Indian startup valuations rose, but it seems that bet backfired.

With eight women on the list, India is second behind China, including Hong Kong and Macau, which had 15 women. Thailand followed with five women while Japan had four.

Some students at a new online high school in Japan attended their opening ceremony by donning virtual reality headsets.

Some students at a new online high school in Japan attended their opening ceremony by donning virtual reality headsets.

Tata Steel will begin the formal sale process for its U.K. plants by Monday and will allow a “reasonable amount of time” for the process to be concluded, U.K. Business Secretary Sajid Javid said after meeting the Indian conglomerate’s chief to discuss the matter on Wednesday.

Over the past two years, Samsung Electronics Co. has taken a beating in three of the world's most populous countries, losing its No. 1 spot in China, India and Indonesia. But the South Korean smartphone giant has stanched some of the bleeding in recent months. Here's how it happened:

Over the past two years, Samsung Electronics Co. has taken a beating in three of the world's most populous countries, losing its No. 1 spot in China, India and Indonesia. But the South Korean smartphone giant has stanched some of the bleeding in recent months. Here's how it happened:

In one of its first moves as owner of the South China Morning Post, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. removed the paywall on the newspaper’s online and mobile editions, signaling an emphasis on generating more traffic.

Pfizer, Allergan and others are critical of new Treasury Department rules aimed at limiting companies’ ability to move their tax addresses overseas.

SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co., after being dethroned in 2014 and 2015 as the No. 1 smartphone brand in China, India and Indonesia, is winning back consumers in these key markets with a simple policy: slashing prices. Until this year, Siddharth Sharma, a 35-year-old resident of New Delhi, didn’t consider buying a Samsung phone because devices offered […]